NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 277 278. Heaven and Hell (47)

Faced with Wallace's rest, Pierce will be under much less defensive pressure in the matchup with Ariza.

So taking advantage of this time, the Celtics quickly launched a counterattack.

After a few rounds, with Pierce hitting a 45-degree three-pointer from the left, the point difference between the two teams also came to 9 points.

This is also the first time since the start of the fourth quarter that the Celtics have chased the score to single digits.

Seeing that the situation on the field was similar, Liu Rui waved his hands, signaling the main players off the field to prepare to play.

The players sat on the sidelines and waited for a while. With the dead ball on the court, all the Bobcats' main players returned to the court.

Faced with the return of the Bobcats' main players, the Celtics' pressure on the offensive end has risen to a higher level in an instant.

As the two sides played against each other in the final stage, the time on the court became less and less, but the difference in points did not show any signs of shrinking.

Until the whistle sounded for the end of the game, the Bobcats returned to their first home game with:
109:93
16 points beat the Celtics again.

While rewriting the total score of this round of the series to 3:0, it also became the team that got the match point the fastest in this year's playoffs.

In this round of the series, the inside player Okafor can be said to have contributed the most.

Facing Rivers' changes, Okafor completed the task of the defensive end very well, and also made his own contribution on the offensive end.

In this game, Okafor played 29 minutes, made 11 of 6 shots, 2 of 2 free throws, scored 14 points and 11 rebounds, and also had 4 assists and 2 blocks.

It can be said that on both offensive and defensive ends, he has completed the tasks assigned to him by Liu Rui very well.

Especially for the pick-and-roll defense in the game, these things cannot be reflected in the data.

Even the star Wallace in the team, as well as the two guns in the backcourt, performed very well.

But if at this time, let the head coach Liu Rui select a player with the best performance in these three games, Liu Rui will definitely give this honor to Okafor who is on the field.

In this game, Kevin Martin still continued his sluggish touch.

Although the whole game also scored 13 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists.

But the overall shooting rate is only 33%, which also confirms Martin's poor state.

It is worth mentioning that the Chinese player Wang Zhizhi, who came off the bench in this game, performed very well.

全场比赛结束时，王治郅出场了13分钟，7投5中，三分线外5中4，拿下了14分2篮板1助攻的数据。

The 14 points also set a new high for Wang Zhizhi's career in the playoffs.

For the Celtics, even though Pierce's feel has been greatly improved after returning in the second half, in the end, he still failed to help the team win the final game.

The consecutive losses are also because the Celtics really have no one to use. On the offensive end, no one can give Pierce more help.

In the regular season, Ricky Davis was not bad as the team's second offensive point.

But in the playoffs, Davis, who had a low shooting percentage, suffered from the heavy defense of the Bobcats, and his shooting percentage dropped again and again.

At least so far, it has been difficult to act as the second head of a team.

With the victory of this game, the Bobcats are also in this round of the series, currently leading 3:0, holding the match point.

You know, in the history of the NBA, no team has been able to make a comeback after falling behind 0:3 in the playoffs.

So at this time, from the perspective of the outside world, the promotion of the Bobcats is already a certainty.

As for whether it can sweep the Celtics, although most of the fans on the Internet support the Bobcats to sweep the Celtics.

But there are still a small number of experts who believe that the Celtics will definitely usher in a rebound in the next game and refuse to be swept by the Bobcats.

And after the victory of this game, the head coach Liu Rui also let out a long breath.

Because Liu Rui, who came back from later generations, knows very well that in the entire history of the NBA, there has never been a case of a comeback after falling behind 0:3 in the playoffs.

Although this does not mean that the Bobcats will definitely be able to advance, but from a high probability point of view, the current Bobcats have already entered the semifinals with one foot.

The closest thing to this feat in history is probably the first round of the 2003 Western Conference playoffs, when the Mavericks played against the Trail Blazers.

In the first round of the Western Conference playoffs in 2003, the Mavericks led the Blazers 3-0, and were subsequently pulled by the Blazers for 3 games.

But in the last game, the Blazers still lost the game and failed to create this miracle.

In the post-match press release:

Reporter: "Coach Liu Rui, the Bobcats have won the match point in this round of the series, which is incredible to everyone."

"So I would like to ask, are you confident that you will sweep the Celtics [-]-[-] to advance to the next round?"

Liu Rui: "Before the game starts, everything is possible. Although I also want to win the next game as soon as possible, you know, the Celtics are a very good team."

"It's just that in this round of the series, we performed even better, so for the next games, I will still go all out."

For more sensitive questions, Liu Rui chose to answer in a low-key manner.

After all, the Bobcats have now won the match point 3:0.

In this round of the series, it is basically a foregone conclusion. In this explosive situation, it is enough for the Bobcats to get a lot of attention.

And the Bobcats he led this season has obviously become a dark horse.

From the regular season to the playoffs, his performance was pretty good, and he has already been recognized by many media.

So at this time, there is no need to say some wild words.

After answering the reporters' questions, Liu Rui also took the players back to the locker room.

The next game will be played at the Bobcats' home court. Of course, Liu Rui hopes to end this round of the series directly at his home court.

While allowing players to get more rest, they can also prepare for the next round in advance.

April 4

With the end of the second day's game, all the teams in the current league also played three times.

So far, three teams in the league have won match points. In addition to the Bobcats, the other two teams are the Suns in the West and the Heat in the East.

Since in this round of the series, the Bobcats have basically locked in the next round, so Liu Rui also analyzed the opponents in the next round at this time.

Since the Bobcats are ranked sixth in the Eastern Conference, the opponent of the Bobcats in the next round will be the winner between the Pistons and the 76ers.

Liu Rui was also very nervous about this. For Liu Rui, he certainly hoped that the 76ers could upset the Pistons and advance to the next round.
But Liu Rui knows that this hope can be said to be very slim...

(End of this chapter)