NBA: This Center Is So Stable

The first time, the second time.

Chapter 197: A crushing match

Game 5 day!

Madison Square Garden.

As a landmark building in New York during train travel, the arena welcomed a grand occasion of thousands of people today.

Knicks fans will witness the fifth game of the first round tonight, or even the last game.

Before the game, no one stood on the side of the visiting Celtics, whether it was the media or the mouthpieces, or the odds given by the professional analysis and gambling team.

They seemed to be united with the Knicks fans and chose to support the Knicks.

As for the previous defeat in Game 3, no New York fans would take it to heart at all.

Quite the opposite.

Many fans, on the contrary, agree with the Knicks’ loss on the road.

It is a pity that many fans could not go to the game in Boston, which is far away. The Knicks’ loss in Game 3 at the North Shore Garden was the necessary opportunity for the Knicks to return to their home court for Game 5.

To some extent, they have to thank their opponents who gave their all for bringing the series back to New York.

Otherwise, they would have to wait for another week before they could meet their semi-final opponents.

As for some tabloids, they released the so-called “inside story” before the game, claiming that the reason why the Celtics were not swept was that the Knicks wanted to earn more tickets.

This statement can be said to have deeply hurt the hearts of the entire Green Army team!

At the pre-game press conference for Game 5, both Pierce and Carroll fiercely criticized this matter.

The emergence of this voice is undoubtedly a contempt for the Celtics’ efforts in the entire 82 regular season games. Although they are the eighth in the East, these unscrupulous media have actually smeared their only victory as the Knicks handing it over.

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The warm-up ended and the official game began.

Compared with the ups and downs in the first half of G4, G5 was relatively calm.

The Knicks players, who were not affected by the locker room, quickly got into shape when they returned to their home court.

At the beginning of the game, D’Antoni saw that Carroll still had not thought of a perfect way to limit Wang Song, and the Knicks scored a 35:23 shock wave in the first quarter.

Without the mentality of the locker room, a big win in the last game and the Nets not crooked, the Knicks, whose own strength was already overwhelming the Celtics, established a leading advantage in minutes.

In addition to the basket returning to normal, the “mid-range shooting king” and “son of the wind” also found their touch. Facing the familiar basket, both of them hit 3 three-pointers in the first half.

And being able to establish a 20-point lead in the first half, it is obviously not enough to have only the firepower from the outside.

In this game, Wang Song still maintained a full-fire attitude. D’Antoni assigned him a guest Prince as the fourth position assistant, which was surprisingly effective in this series.

Prince’s mobility helped Wang Song create space very well. Once he was trapped in a double-team situation, Prince could always bypass the defender in time and appear under the basket to clear the situation.

And his three-pointer was even more unpredictable. He often received the ball and completed the second attack after Wang Song got the offensive rebound.

This made Kurt Thomas, the suspension expert who had been watching several games off the court, feel a hint of threat.

The rookie from Detroit looked even smoother than his partner with Wang Song, at least in the current Celtics game.

Fortunately, Kurt had a strong psychological quality and knew how to comfort himself, and he was also irreplaceable.

When the game entered the third quarter, the fans at the scene began to whistle.

In this game, apart from the occasional dunks by the Knicks, there was no desperate fight from the Celtics that the fans expected.

John Carroll did not seem to have carefully prepared a strategy for this Game 5, and the Celtics’ offense still relied heavily on Pierce’s singles.

And Blount in the penalty area could not open up enough space to create opportunities for his teammates to attack the basket.

All this made the Knicks like a fish in water!

Both offense and defense showed dominance.

So much so that when the game entered the fourth quarter, the difference between the two teams had opened to 35 points.

As for the counterattack that the Green Army fans had been waiting for, it was nothing more than Carroll’s paper-like tactics. After running for 20 seconds, the last 4 seconds were given to Pierce to finish.

But the current Paul Pierce is not the complete body of the future Green Army Big Three period after all. Fighting alone does not add any bonus to players below superstars like Pierce.

He needs

Need a helper, or two.

But that one obviously won’t be Ricky Davis, who can only appear in the second lineup. This guy who is at odds with James is also the same when he comes to the Celtics.

In addition to his playing style, his tyrannical personal style was isolated by Pierce in the locker room.

Entering the final quarter, the Celtics were 35 points behind. When the whistle blew, the Celtics’ highest score in a single quarter was only 25 points.

The game is over!

The Celtics lost this Game 4 with 89:112.

There was no Jedi counterattack that the Celtics fans expected, nor was there a back-and-forth that the Knicks fans expected.

There was only a massacre in Madison Square Garden.

And an angry Knicks rookie.

Wang Song got a triple-double of 29 points, 18 rebounds and 10 blocks in the whole game. Compared with the previous game, the fans were more shocked by the blocks.

Fans were so excited by the various shots that hit the top of the frame and flew out of the three-point line!

Unlike the previous game, Wang Song was not under much pressure because of the small explosions of his teammates in this game, so he played more casually. The only thing that was intensified was defense.

The series ended with a big score of 4:1, and the fans were a little emotional.

Most fans expected this outcome, and the Knicks could win the game with 4:1 or 4:2, but the Knicks still showed unexpected aggressiveness in the next two games.

New York fans even said that they were not satisfied after the game.

Because their semi-final opponents are still fighting for the decisive battle, it means that they have to wait at least five days to see the next Knicks playoff game in New York.

Post-game interview.

All Celtics players rejected the harassment of the New York media.

As a team that was eliminated in the first round, their pre-game rhetoric again and again made them unable to face the New York media.

As for the fine?

They are all going to the West Coast for vacation, so it’s not a big deal.

The Knicks naturally accepted the praise from the New York media at the post-match press conference.

“Mr. Mike, after the Celtics defended their home court in this series, it was obvious that the team had a big change in the next two games. They didn’t give the Celtics any chance to breathe and ended the suspense of the game in three quarters. Is this arranged by the coaching staff?”

“And the rumor that the outside world tactically gave up G3, is it true?”

“And Wang Song scored a triple-double in the final game of the series, which was obviously different from the team’s positioning in the last game. Is this also arranged by the coaching staff?”

Faced with a barrage of questions, D’Antoni asked Teddy at home to bark for him.

This series… I’m afraid that Teddy can win the victory even if he takes over.

The Celtics are too weak!

(End of this chapter)