Basketball League of Legends

Chapter 240
Although the Hornets were chasing points from the bench, the Celtics still did not replace the main players. After the second half began, Rick Pitino replaced Jonny Lee and Ben Wallace in a leisurely manner. Mark Blunt, Di Brown and Dana Barros continued to play, and half of the main players played in the third quarter. In fact, this is also a manifestation of the Celtics' confidence after the last game.

As long as Johnny can play, the Celtics will not be afraid of disadvantaged offense, and as long as Ben Wallace plays, the Celtics' basket is safe.

In the third quarter, Johnny reappeared. The Celtics must have played tactics around Johnny, while the Hornets saw Johnny reappearing and quickly replaced Bobby Fiers. It is said that Bobby Fiers cannot guard Johnny at all, but the presence of such a full-time defender will always make people feel more at ease.

The first attack in the third quarter was the Celtics' offensive opportunity. After Jonny got the ball, he faced Bobby Fiers.

Now Bobby Fiers is a little confused by Jonny. In the last game, he was scored 45 points by Jonny. In this game, Jonny has already scored 19 points, and now he is third. The festival has just begun, and it is foreseeable that in this game, Jonny will definitely score another high score.

As a member of the league's best defensive second team, being beaten by Jonny Lee continuously, this feeling is obviously very bad for Bobby Fiers.A player like him can survive in the NBA and get a tens of millions of contracts, relying on defense, but now the defense has been blown to pieces. For Bobby Fiers, this is completely equivalent to, The things he depended on for survival were broken.

In this case, Bobby Fiers must be desperate, so he is also desperate.

But the result was not very good, and Jonny seemed to completely ignore this desperate defense.

In the first ball of the third quarter, although Bobby Fiers could not see hope, he still fought very hard. When Johnny took the ball and passed him in two steps, Bobby Fiers still turned his head and chased after him. I have no intention of giving up at all.

But obviously Jonny's speed is faster. After passing Bobby Fiers in two steps, Jonny didn't waste any time. After another dribble, he made an emergency stop jump shot, and the basketball slammed into the basket.

Then, it's time for the Hornets to attack.

In fact, the Hornets have been beaten by the Celtics all the time, not only because they couldn't defend against Jonny's offense, but also couldn't defend against the Celtics' offense.More importantly, they don't have a stable scoring point.

Glen Rice played very poorly. In the last game, he was defended by Johnny. He made 22 of 6 shots. In this game, Johnny is still the main defender of Glen Rice. Glen Rice's performance is still very bad. .

With this shot, unable to completely pass Jonny, Glenn Rice chose an emergency stop jumper, rushed two steps towards the three-point line in a row, made an emergency stop, and shot directly.

But then there was a "snap", and Jonny blocked the ball.

Glen Rice was very helpless, and Dave Cowens off the court was even more helpless. When Jonny returned to the court, the Hornets fell into a disadvantage again, which meant that the Hornets really had no chance.

Looking at the Celtics' bench, Bruce Bowen hasn't played yet, and Derek Coleman, who has gone a little crazy in this game, hasn't played yet, and Chauncey Billups, who is younger and in better condition Didn't even play, relying on Jonny Lee and Big Ben's offense and defense, the Celtics instantly reversed the situation.

The Hornets' 8-man rotation policy also forced them to let two of the main players rest off the court. Seeing that the Celtics were about to widen the point difference again, Dave Cowens had no choice but to replace Anthony Mason, who was resting off the court. Played.

Rick Pitino also followed suit. After Anthony Mason reappeared, Derek Coleman also appeared again.As for Bruce Bowen, it seems that the Celtics don't need him much now, and Di Brown, who has a better offense, is more suitable to play now.Because on the defensive end, Glenn Rice can be guarded by Jonny, so what the Celtics need to strengthen is the offensive end.

At least DiBron can fire from anywhere on the court, while Bruce Bowen can only be in the corner.

The game in the third quarter went quickly, and Jonny then made a few mid-range jumpers and three-pointers, which helped the Celtics widen the point difference.This seemed very easy, because Johnny didn't even get in the penalty area, he just shot a few shots casually outside, and then defended a few waves of the Hornets' offense. In a blink of an eye, the Celtics went from a 2-point lead to It took a lead of 17 points.

And then, after the end of the third quarter, Rick Pitino replaced Jonny Lee to rest and let Derek Coleman, who had rested for more than a quarter, reappear. As a result, in this game, Derek Coleman's state It was indeed very good. He continued Jonny's offensive firepower and scored 9 points again in the fourth quarter. This allowed Jonny to rest for a whole quarter in the fourth quarter, watching his teammates slowly maintain 20 points. points difference.

In the end, the Celtics once again beat the Hornets by 20 points at home, leading the series 2:0, winning an average of 25 points per game. It can be said that this round of the series has ended early. The next game, the Celtics Will go to Charlotte, but look at the current state of the Celtics, the next game, the Celtics can end the entire series.

With two big victories, the Celtics booked tickets for the next round.On the same day in the Eastern Conference, the Pacers vs. Cavaliers also ended with the Pacers winning.

Later, the two games in the West also decided the outcome. The Jazz once again defeated the Rockets at home, and they were only one game away from advancing.The Lakers also beat the Trail Blazers by 10 points, also a two-game winning streak.

The teams in the upper half were extremely strong, but the game on the second day finally showed some differences.The Bulls defeated the Knicks again, which is nothing surprising, but the Eagles defeated the Heat again, so experts from all walks of life did not expect that the Heat showed no power to fight back in this round of the series!On the west side, the Timberwolves' defeat of the Supersonics was also a surprise, and the Suns defeated the Spurs.

It seemed that the game on the second day turned into a counterattack of the weak.

Of course, the victory in the second game of the series cannot represent which side the situation of the entire series will fall to. It can only be said that the teams in the lower half have some advantages because they grabbed an away victory. This is so precious.

For the Celtics, in these two games, victory is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that they feel that their defense gets better. After the second game with the Hornets, Doc Rivers When I came to the locker room, I said something about the defense in this game.

Although the Celtics are still unable to practice new defensive tactics, it is still possible to improve certain defensive details.

(End of this chapter)