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In the first attack after the opening, the two sides scored the ball respectively, showing a good competitive state.

In the next few rounds, Long Rui continued to create offensive opportunities for his teammates by breaking through and splitting the ball. The Celtics were helpless.

Even if Paul Pierce played the best defense, he still couldn't limit Long Rui's breakthrough.

The movement speed of his feet could not keep up with Long Rui's. Coupled with the continuous high-intensity competition, Pierce only felt that his legs were extremely heavy.

Compared with the previous few games, Pierce's offensive and defensive state has declined significantly.

Driven by Long Rui, the Cavaliers quickly established a five-point advantage.

On the other hand, the Celtics, apart from playing well in the first few rounds, they gradually showed signs of fatigue.

They can only cooperate with Rondo's command to complete the offense, and the efficiency of the Big Three's individual singles is very low.

When the home fans saw that they were playing so hard, they already had an ominous premonition in their hearts.

As Garnett turned over and hit the iron with a jumper, the first quarter ended.

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The Cavaliers had a 7-point lead, their largest lead in the first quarter in four games.

"Today's game was much easier than I expected, and I feel that they are not as difficult as before!"

During the intermission, Stephen Curry said with a smile!
With his immature cheeks and his smile, he looked completely harmless to humans and animals.

But now no one dares to underestimate this 'elementary student'. Many teams have already experienced his ruthless three-pointers, including the Celtics now.

"Haha! I've already thought about the celebration!"

Paul George on the side also echoed.

The 7-point lead makes them feel very relaxed now, as if there is no pressure at all.

Long Rui glanced at them, and immediately his face sank: "I said, before winning, don't have any thoughts of belittling your opponents. Such thoughts may cost us a heavy price."

Seeing Long Rui's displeasure, everyone immediately put away their laughter and shouldn't say another word.

Then, the second quarter started.

The Celtics launched the first offense of the second quarter.

After inter-section adjustments, the Celtics seemed to be activated suddenly, and they began to actively speed up the offensive rhythm.

Rondo dribbled the ball across the half court. He didn't stop to organize, but directly attacked the inside.

Perhaps many fans think that Rondo can only organize, but forget that he has a good breakthrough ability.

Rondo is at his peak this season, with excellent physical abilities, and he also has extremely fast speed.

Facing Stephen Curry's defense, Rondo passed him in one step. Of course, this was also because Curry didn't expect him to break through directly.

When he broke into the inside, the Big Three also ran separately.

Garnett took apart Yi Jianlian inside and created the best space for Rondo.

And Pierce followed up, ready to respond at any time.

Ray Allen came to the weak side, also ready to catch the ball.

Curry chased after Rondo, and Rondo glanced back, then immediately joined the ball and was about to layup with a big stride.

Seeing the turn, Curry hurriedly jumped up to chase the cap.

But at this moment, Rondo passed the ball behind his head, and it just fell into the hands of Pierce who followed up. After the latter received the ball, he easily layup and scored!

This sudden offensive change caught the Cavaliers off guard.

Long Rui frowned slightly, apparently he did not expect the Celtics to suddenly speed up their pace.

It seems that the Celtics are already planning to give it a go. Actively speeding up the offensive rhythm will certainly allow them to get more scoring opportunities, but the consumption of physical strength will be further accelerated.

As soon as today's game started, Long Rui could clearly feel that they had serious physical problems. Now that they were playing like this again, it was completely a gamble.

"Play defense and get through this time."

Long Rui turned around and gave a warning.

In the next few rounds, the Celtics played very strongly on the offensive end.

Seeing that the point difference was approaching step by step, Cavaliers coach Byron Scott looked a little anxious, but Long Rui's expression was very indifferent.

Long Rui was well aware of the current state of the Celtics. The reason why they played so strongly during this period was, to put it bluntly, purely posturing, trying to suppress the momentum of the Cavaliers.

Once they pass this strength, they will become weak and unbearable.

The game entered the middle of the second quarter. After 'Junzi Lei' made a three-pointer from the left, the Celtics directly completed the overtake and led the Cavaliers by two points.

"It's not okay to go on like this, why did they suddenly become so powerful?"

Curry said bitterly.

"Don't worry, what we have to do now is to bite the point difference. They want to play fast, then we will do the opposite, suppress the rhythm of the game, and give them more physical confrontation on both ends of the offense and defense."

Long Rui saw the fate of the Celtics, and naturally he would not let it go easily. He just wanted to consume the opponent bit by bit.

From the second half of the second quarter, the Cavaliers further increased physical confrontation. Under the fierce confrontation, the Celtics' offensive momentum was gradually suppressed.

With 19 seconds left in the second quarter, the Celtics have taken a 10-point lead.

From being 7 points behind to leading by 10 points, they played an extremely good performance in this quarter, which also made many Celtics fans excited.

"That's it, keep it up and we'll win the game!"

"Good job! Don't give the Cavaliers any chance in the second half."

During the intermission, when Long Rui walked through the player tunnel, he could distinguish a few words belittling the Cavaliers from the noisy voices.

Hearing these remarks, he couldn't help sneering to himself.

It's true that you can win if you keep going, but the Celtics are already at the end of their battles. How long can they stay in this state?

At the end of the second quarter, they had already shown a downward trend. Long Rui estimated that there was still half a quarter of the game at most, and their momentum would be completely exhausted.

"Long Rui, how are we going to play in the second half? They seem to be in full swing."

Byron Scott looked at Long Rui worriedly.

"Yeah, I didn't expect these old guys to suddenly rejuvenate, playing so aggressively..."

Curry gritted his braces and said helplessly.

"Long Rui, you don't seem worried at all?"

Yi Jianlian observed carefully. He kept staring at Long Rui, but he never saw any strange expression on him.

At this time, Long Rui suddenly smiled mysteriously: "Of course, don't worry!"