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216 Chapter 214: The Undead Giant

In the 8th minute of the first quarter, the Celtics have gone from scoring 3 goals in a row at the beginning to now falling behind by 6 points.Pierce watched as Henson replaced Leonard, the "gibbon" who has caused countless three-position stars this season.

He is energetic, expressionless, and will absolutely faithfully complete the task assigned to him by the Chinese coach.Pierce sighed, "Torment King" has regarded himself as the main target today.

The entire first quarter was a disaster for the Celtics.After Garnett's three consecutive offensive successes at the beginning of the game, the Celtics' offense fell into a stagnant pool.

When Garnett started not scoring, and Pierce and Ray Allen couldn't get space, the Celtics' offense was undoubtedly very bad.

Rondo? "Thanks to" his behavior of angering Paul, the Green Army leader was strictly guarded by Paul, and he had no chance to score points at all.Rondo is not a scoring point guard at all, and when he encounters Paul's defense, he can't score.

Ray Allen didn't score the first goal until 6 minutes and 34 seconds into the first quarter, and Pierce didn't score in sports until the end of the first quarter. 4 points, all from free throws.From Danny Green to Leonard, Pierce feels like he's facing his biggest challenge in this year's playoffs so far.

There is no shot space, no room for breakthrough.Under the opponent's rough defense, Pierce felt that his skills could not be used.He was a little frustrated, and the sense of powerlessness he felt against the Pacers in the regular season spread all over his body again.

18 to 28, the Boston Celtics trailed by 10 points in the first quarter at the Conseco Arena and fell into a hard fight!

"Fuck, we need to be more decisive in our shots!" Ray Allen cursed as soon as he sat down. He no longer cares about his relationship with this group of people, because he doesn't even know if he will sit here next season.

But as a professional basketball player, he really can't stand the team playing so aggrieved and helpless.

"What are you hesitating about? Do you have to be wide open to make a shot? Let me tell you, the opponent Indiana Pacers, you better forget about the beautiful wide open when you played against the Eagles! It is impossible for Henson Joe to give us an open shot. All we have to do is be fucking decisive. This is a tough battle!" After shouting, Ray Allen waved his hand and did not speak again.

Ray Allen was not a talkative person, and he was really aggrieved just now, so he said a few more words.

"Okay, okay, don't hang your head down. We did not play well in the first quarter, but fortunately, we still have three full quarters to make up for it."

Rivers began to arrange the tactics of the second quarter, and on the other side, Henson was also busy.

"The defense in the first quarter was very good. If the defense can be more decisive, it would be perfect! But don't think that this game is already a win. I bet my suit on the rotten slippers under Stephenson's locker. The Celtics will definitely launch a pounce! They are a team that has just won the championship in 5 years and the core lineup has not changed. Don't think that they can be defeated so easily!"

Henson did not make tactical adjustments, but reminded everyone that the battle is far from over!

In the first round, the Celtics faced similar situations countless times.But what about the result?The result was the Atlanta Hawks who lost!

The toughness of the Celtics is amazing. Garnett, Ray Allen and Pierce all belong to the kind of players who will not stop until the last drop of blood is shed in the playoffs.

In the 6 games between the Celtics and the Eagles, three full games were reversed after falling behind at halftime!In one of them, the Celtics even trailed by as much as 15 points at halftime!
The old guys know that this may be their last chance to hit the championship together, so they cherish it very much.

Now, the Pacers only lead by 10 points in the first quarter, and they are far from victory!
When Garnett scored consecutive goals at the beginning, Henson took his time.Now the Pacers lead the Celtics by 10 points, and Henson is not satisfied.He changed, became more irritable, but also more stable.He is irritable because he is more irritable than before, and he likes to fight with reporters more than before.But facing the game, Vogel must admit that Henson is much more stable than last season.

The teaching assistant at the side smiled. It was not without reason that this guy was able to succeed.

After the start of the second quarter, the Celtics did not play Pierce.Maybe it's because of Pierce's bad form, maybe it's because Pierce played a full 10 minutes in the first quarter.Whatever the reason, Rivers doesn't intend to let "truth" go back so soon.

Rivers replaced Pierce with second-year guard Avery Bradley. Bradley and Rondo formed a two-guard lineup with Ray Allen at the three.

Bradley's performance this season is still very good. Since Rondo and Allen were absent for a long time, Bradley got a lot of opportunities to show himself.In the last month of the regular season, the small guard averaged 15.2 points per game, which undoubtedly moved Rivers.

So much so that in the last round of the series, he even replaced Ray Allen's starting position.Although Ray Allen's playing time is still longer than that of Bradley, even if he is just a false starter, he must have this strength.

Ray Allen is gearing up, he really can't stand the grinding style of this group of guys.Now that there are two point guards on the field, Ray Allen's task is to shoot crazy long shots!

On the first goal of the game, Paul's shot was interfered by the Celtics.This time, it wasn't Rondo who interfered with him, because Paul had already thrown Rondo clean through a pick-and-roll.It was Bradley who interfered with Paul!

In college, Bradley was a very good perimeter defender.When he was still in the NCAA, many experts claimed, "He has been able to defend NBA-level guards."

This time, Bradley's excellent defensive awareness was on display.His filling was very decisive and proved to be very effective.The Pacers failed to attack, and the 10-point difference remained.

After the Celtics played, George found that the veteran shooter in front of him seemed to be much more active than in the first quarter.Ray Allen ran tirelessly without the ball, looking for opportunities, as if completely oblivious to the sting from his feet.

Subsequently, Allen and Garnett made an off-ball screen cooperation very skillfully.George is delayed, Ray Allen catches and shoots!

Of course, this is not a completely open wide open, because George's height and wingspan allow him to interfere with Ray Allen's shooting even if he is blocked by a screen.But as Ray Allen said just now, when facing the Pacers, don't think about the big open opportunities!

"Swipe!" Ray Allen hit a three-pointer, which was his second three-pointer of the game!

"Beautiful, Ray Allen seems to have woken up and helped the Celtics open up the situation with a three-pointer! This is the game that the Big Three should have!"

"Fuck, what did I say? These old guys!" Henson complained to Vogel. George actually defended the ball very hard just now, but Ray Allen was able to score. This is the resilience of the Celtics!
Subsequently, Garnett succeeded in the mid-range "iron-blooded jumper".Counting the 8 points in the first quarter, Garnett has already scored 10 points today.It seems that this will be another high-scoring game for Garnett.

With a three-pointer and a mid-range shot, the Celtics narrowed the point difference to 5 points in an instant!Henson stood up from the bench again before his butt was hot.

Standing for the entire first quarter, Henson's legs were really sore.I thought I could take a break after leading by 10 points, but now it seems that Henson has no life.

After that, the Celtics' state gradually recovered.Not only the offense, but the defense also did better than the first quarter.

Pacers bloom more?Then the Celtics responded with active supplementary defense.

Seeing his teammates on the field and the Pacers playing inextricably, Pierce also clenched his fists.

Every day in the Celtics, when he walked into the arena and saw the retired jersey numbers on the North Shore Garden Dome, Pierce hoped that one day, his jersey could be placed on it.This is a kind of pressure, but also a kind of motivation.And the situation at this time undoubtedly turned all this into Pierce's strongest motivation!

My teammates are already fighting the enemy bravely. As a "green blood man", as a player who is eager to retire the Celtics jersey, how can I watch the fire from the other side?

"Paul, go to the technical table!" Rivers seemed to see through Pierce's mind, and at this juncture, he took the "truth" back up.

So after that, the Big Three reorganized, and the Pacers experienced a difficult game!

Pierce made a post-up jumper, which made Green, who had already tried his best, feel desperate.

Garnett cut into the dunk, as if back in Minnesota time.

Ray Allen scored the third three-pointer in this section, making the score even closer!
The Big Three survived, and after experiencing the trough in the first quarter, they bottomed out and rebounded!
Garnett's tenacity, Ray Allen's anger and Pierce's resignation, the three old guys, all over 100 years old, told everyone: "We are still here to fight for the championship"!
Although Henson had expected this a long time ago, he couldn't help but yell at the Celtics for their sudden magic.Their spirit is invincible, so never expect the Celtics to collapse early.

Fortunately, the Pacers' own offense has stabilized. Paul's strong field control ability did not let the Pacers be crushed by the awakening of the Big Three.

After halftime, the score became 47-42.The Pacers led the Celtics by only 5 points, Garnett had 14 points in the half, Pierce had 9 points in the half, and Ray Allen had 13 points in the half.
Henson refused the reporter who came up to interview him, frowning and walked directly into the player tunnel.It could be seen that Henson was in a terrible mood at this time.Some teams, some players, are so amazing that you don't think it's fair.

"Fvck Celtics!" Vogel only heard Henson curse softly.

(End of this chapter)