You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 518 Celtic Victory
In the half-time interview, Garnett's voice was hoarse, it sounded like a beast roaring, and he was angry: one was because he was out of breath and sweating profusely; the other was because of the noise of people around him.

Anyone who went to a Shura field where the noise of killings shook the sky would find that they couldn't hear their own voice.

And this storm was stirred up by Garnett himself.

His offense is not absolutely strong.

As far as the Lakers are concerned, Garnett's offensive threat is not strong.Compared with Pierce and Ray Allen, they are more willing to lock these two, and then give the former a comfortable offensive space.

Because Garnett loves jump shots, when he first entered the league, he was worried that he would surpass O'Neal, reported his height low, and was arranged by the coach to play small forward.

The small forward career certainly laid the foundation for Garnett to average 20+10+5 per game for many years in a row.Now he is finally determined to play inside. Years of bitter cold in Minnesota made him deeply understand how important good teammates are.

So he just came to the Celtics, looked at the team lineup and announced his contract extension.

As a result, the team's performance exceeded expectations, playing the best record in the league and reaching the finals.

In the first Finals of Garnett's career, he put pressure on the Lakers like crazy.

He managed to lead his teammates to a Celtic-style first half.

The strategy the Celtics have relied on against LeBron James has worked against the Lakers.Except for a certain moment in the second quarter, the defense retreated quickly at other times, and the Lakers were forced to grind their positions; Perkins, Garnett and PJ Brown protected the penalty area and quickly moved laterally to supplement the defense.

Under such a front defense, Derek Fisher and Radmanovic can't do anything.

Fisher left a helpless picture in the first half: he spun on the left wing for a while, but stubbornly spun around when he could pass the ball to the left wing baseline, and then gave the ball to the inside Pass Gasol luckily caused a foul.

What this picture shows is not Fisher's awareness of feeding the ball, not Gasol's foul-making ability, but the Celtics' reaction to the transfer of the ball is so fast that, except for Fisher's direct pass and Kobe's cross pass, Wei Xia's left and right wing response, other moments, the pass lacks nutrition.In terms of attack, except for Kobe, the Lakers do not have an obvious matchup advantage.

Kobe was overly cautious.

He took 13 shots in the half, and after experiencing a poor start, he restrained his desire to attack.Half of those shots were ones where the Lakers couldn't find an opportunity to force the ball to him.

Wei Xia's offense did not leave much impression on people, but his defense was good.

After halftime against him, Ray Allen only got 8 shots and hit 2 goals, a 2+1, and a three-pointer at the buzzer in the right corner.

Except for 2+1, the three-point shot at the buzzer is a powerless offense.

Wei Xia restrained the opponent just like he had done before.

However, the frontcourt advantage established by Pierce, Garnett, Rondo, and PJ Brown caused the Lakers to lose too many offensive rebounds.

The Lakers' overall shooting percentage is higher than the Celtics, but the score is behind.

54 is better than 49
The Lakers are 5 points behind the Celtics.

In the locker room, Phil Jackson pointed out several problems of the Lakers.

"I must say that your offense is not a problem. Indeed, our shooting percentage is very low, but please believe that our offense is not a problem." Jackson's tone was heavy, "Where is the problem? It is on the defensive end! We have lost vitality!"

"You let Boston steal 10 offensive rebounds in the half, and those offensive rebounds brought them 10 extra offensive possessions. They finished these rounds and they only led us by 5 points." Jackson's words were full of power. "Listen, the rebounding needs to work harder! They may be taller, stronger, and more experienced, but we are younger!"

Listening to Jackson's words, everyone was excited, but entering the game was another matter.

The Lakers are 5 points behind the Celtics. They have been chasing points since the second half.

They only wanted to attack, but the intensity of the defensive end did not continue.

He was too obsessed with rebounds, so he made consecutive low-level mistakes of not looking at people for the sake of rebounds.

Paul Pierce, like those stars in Celtics history who are not enough to be compared with superstars like Kobe in the eyes of neutrals, played a representative quarter in the first finals of his career.

After that incredible comeback in the 2002 Eastern Conference Finals and a 41-point performance against the Chosen One, it showed once again why both Larry Bird and Havlicek thought he was a guy with the bones of an old Celtic.

For the past few years, year after year, he has been perhaps the least used franchise player in the league.He maintained a dignified character on a 33-win team, never giving up on throwing 30 pitches a game to vent his anger.

In the third quarter, he scored 100 points on 15% shooting, including 3 of 3 three-pointers.

When he made those three [-]-pointers, he congratulated him in the usual way: boring chest clapping and roaring.

He has too few ways to vent his emotions, and he hasn't left as many gorgeous celebrations as Wade.Because he rarely tried to vent.

He has been looking for such an opportunity to release himself in a reasonable and restrained manner.Since he entered the industry in 1998, he has been omnipotent on the offensive end, so that he does not need to polish it at all, but only needs to show it to the fullest, but he has suppressed himself for ten years.

So, when a stage of his size finally appeared, he did what a Celtic should be: a newcomer to the stage, but he seemed to be a long-time master.

Moreover, the name of the person who was blown up by Pierce is also very meaningful.

League No.1 Kobe Bryant.

The Celtics led by Pierce attacked in the second quarter. Except Garnett, who had a bad touch and made 6 of 2 shots, everyone else was influenced by the former and insisted on convincing people with "truth".

Ray Allen swept away the slump in the first half.

The defense facing Wei Xia is no longer just running without the ball, but also actively attacking the penalty area with the ball, causing Wei Xia to foul twice.

He made 4 of 2 shots in a single quarter, all of which were 3 points, and at the same time there were damage caused by a breakthrough. He scored 8 points in a single quarter and followed closely behind Pierce.

The Celtics' scoring was concentrated on the Big Three and Rondo.

The Lakers are even more extreme.

Bryant wasn't as efficient as Pierce, but he had to take over the offense with Pau Gasol and Garnett dead together.

10 of 5 in a single quarter, scored 12 points, and made [-]% of his field goals. In fact, it was okay, but there were too few free throws.

Bryant's offense relies too much on touch and doesn't rush to the basket to do damage, which will seriously hurt his efficiency.

This is the secret that he will not be able to compare with other superstars in the form in the future.

But the reason why he doesn't draw fouls has nothing to do with his own personality, his skills, or his ability.

Michael Jordan's breakthrough ability is well known all over the world. No one should object to saying that he is a better breakthrough player than Kobe.

In his career, he has averaged double figures in free throws per game for two seasons, both of which were in the 2s.

That is, a season without a championship.

And what about Kobe, whose breakthrough ability is not as good as Jordan's?He averaged double figures in free throws per game three seasons.It was the three seasons before the 2007-08 season.

It is also a season without a championship.

Even, Kobe averaged 9 free throws per game this season, higher than any of Jordan's championship seasons.

Jordan's first championship season, 1990-91, averaged 8.2 free throws per game, the highest since he began a dominant season, and he hasn't averaged more than that number since.

Kobe and Jordan have several things in common.

They both played for Zen Masters, they both sacrificed a lot for the triangle offense, and they both gave up their most comfortable offense in order to let their teammates fit in.

During OK's three consecutive championships, he had the first low-level killer in history as a teammate. Kobe only needs to be an epic 3D who can take over the game at any time to achieve dominance.After the Sharks left, it was not easy to lead the team alone. In order to cater to Zen Master's tactics, he needs to receive a lot of balls in the high and low positions.

That's where he concentrates his offensive firepower, because role players need the core to create opportunities. There is currently no such thing as inside shooting three-pointers to open up space. Kobe needs to accommodate his teammates.

In three years, he has formed a habit, and as he grows older, his athletic ability is not what it used to be, and his desire to break through has become less.

In the first game of the finals, he just made a mistake of inertial thinking and didn't cause more damage.

Instead, Wei Xia repeatedly rushed to the basket to find Garnett's trouble.

In the third quarter, the Lakers' scoring was extremely concentrated on Kobe and Wei Xia.

One of them scored 12 points, the other scored 10 points, plus 1 point in a single quarter Gasol, the Big Three scored 23 points, but the Celtics on the opposite side scored 31 points with the Big Three and Rondo. Before the fourth quarter, they had already left the Lakers behind in terms of score.

With a gap of 13 points, Bryant's desire to play the role of a hero like Jordan hurt his hand.

His shooting became inconsistent, but fortunately, Derek Fisher found the touch in the fourth quarter.

The Celtics changed their previous style of play and let Ray Allen be the main ball holder.

The Celtics took the lead in the opening game, and Allen held the ball and supported a lot.Although there are many mistakes, he is obviously much more cunning than Rondo in terms of timing the ball.His activity on the wing opened up the Lakers' formation.Defensively, he's often surprisingly aggressive.

Next, the Celtics used the old-school Eastern team's method to achieve a Celtic-style victory.

Numerous times he was quickly stuck on the left side of the penalty area, the Lakers' passes were trapped in the crowd and then cut off countless times, 47 to 31 rebounds, and countless times he fell to the ground to save the ball.Every time they tangled and rolled in the mud, the fans shouted in unison.

This is how Russell, McHale and Dave Cowens win.At those critical moments, Pierce made decisive two-handed shots during the fast break, ferocious backcourt rebound protection when the score was tight in the fourth quarter, and Garnett's classic backcourt ballet save finally created a score.

Something out of the normal game, gritty, bloody and audacious, this is the Celtics.

Watching them control the situation with Wei Xia's most familiar method time and time again, the young man who shuttled back and forth between the two eras knew that their situation was over tonight.

(End of this chapter)