I just want to play healthy basketball

Chapter 164 The Celts Are Desperate, The Bucks Are Fishing (Big Chapter)

"Our opponent is the Bucks, the No. [-] Bucks in the East, and we all know they are good.

But, like them, we also want to win.

I don't think they are invincible, the key to our victory is hard work.

Our previous opponents, the Pistons, were also strong, but the result?Still we won!

I firmly believe that we can still make it to the next round. "

On May 5, the Celtics visited Milwaukee as a guest.

Before the start of the second round of the playoffs, Paul Pierce said this to media reporters.

It can be seen that Pierce is full of confidence at this time.

Coincidentally, another Celtic twin star, Antoine Walker, also said a few words at this time.

"The health of players is very important, and young players need to accumulate experience through actual combat!"

Before the Bucks played against the Celtics, He Li and Walker basically played against each other, and Walker was bullied by He Li enough.

But now, He Li's knee "injury" is well known. If Walker doesn't take advantage of your illness to kill you, then he will really lose his temper.

Of course, Walker didn't pretend to be too much. He didn't say harsh words before the game, but pointed out that He Li was injured, which gave the Celtics an opportunity to win the game.

However, Celtics head coach Jim O'Brien doesn't think so.

"From the point of view of the ranking, we are not under so much pressure.

Today's game, as long as we play our normal level, it shouldn't be too difficult.

In an away game, there will definitely be some difficulties in customer service.

Including ourselves, in the first few games, we were in different positions, and some players consumed a lot.

We will fight for every game and we will not give up easily.

But if we really encounter insurmountable difficulties, we also use this game to let players in some positions make some adjustments. "

Before the start of the game, as the head coach of the Celtics, Jim O'Brien was saying such frustrating words.

The implication is that the Celtics played five games against the Pistons, and the most recent one was played two days ago. At this time, they are exhausted, and the loss to the Bucks is justifiable.

This is indeed the case.

In the playoffs, don't delay if you can win.

Being dragged down by the opponent to the fifth or seventh tie, even if it is difficult to win this round, the next round will be very difficult.

In the current situation, the Bucks sit at home to recharge their batteries and wait for a long time to work, but the Celtics are exhausted and rush to the away game without any rest.

Compared with the two, the Bucks don't gain too many advantages objectively.

As long as the Bucks play normally and don't have too many problems on the defensive end, this game will not be difficult to win.

On the other hand, the Celtics, even if they play the whole game with all their strength, they will still inevitably lose a game.

Although Jim O'Brien's statement is difficult for Celtic players to accept, it is actually a more sensible solution.

If the Celtics lost to the Bucks by more than ten or twenty points in the first half of today's game, and they obviously can't beat them, then there is no need to stalk them.

It is better to withdraw the main force for a short rest, adjust, and wait for the next game quietly.

But then again, there is no way to think rationally in the playoffs.

For players with strength, fighting spirit and ideals, every game cannot be given up lightly.

Especially when it comes to the court, players cannot choose to give up.

Therefore, the subtle relationship between the attitude of the Celtics players and the attitude of the head coach is quite interesting to the media reporters on the scene.

Everyone is looking forward to what the Celtics will do today.

Of course, everyone is looking forward to how the injured He Li will perform today!
Should he regain the strength of averaging 30 points per game, or should he barely score more than ten or twenty points?

After the pregame media conferences of the two teams ended, reporters poured into the Bradley Center one after another.

Time passed quickly, and it was time for the starting players to debut.

The heavyweight guests in the Bucks audience today are slightly different from those in the first round of the playoffs.

Jordan and other non-Bucks historical celebrities did not appear, but today, apart from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and other Bucks historical celebrities who came to watch the game, there were also many film and television stars.

There were also last time, but most of them were from Milwaukee, plus stars from Chicago.

Today, there are many celebrities who have come from afar. In addition, the Bucks specially invited the group of "Destiny's Child", which has been popular in the past two years, to perform live.

It can be seen that a small ball market like the Bucks has gradually become famous.

"The big dog came out first, it seems that a substitute has been placed."

"Yes, He Li should start the game, then he should play the small forward position next, and he will play against Paul Pierce."

"Now I'm looking forward to it! Truth and He Li, who will have the last laugh."

Because of He Li's relationship, Sun Zhengping and Zhang Weiping had a separate commentary space at the competition site.

Because they are closer to the Bucks' bench, they can clearly see the starters and backup candidates.

After the Celtics made their debut, the Bucks first divided the bench into two rows, and came out of the bench first while the lights were turned off.

Immediately afterwards, Ray Allen and Cassel, the two starting guards appeared.

"Hey, the bus is starting today! Now it's interesting."

"That's right, no accident, He Li is the last one to play! He Li's position as the leader of the team is really stable!"

On the surface, the Bucks have He Li's knee injury, so they will reduce the number of fast breaks.

And because He Li played small forward and lacked a stable offensive point inside, he had to increase the number of outside shots.

So start Battelle and let him use his tonnage advantage to grab rebounds.

One thing to say, Battelle's inside offensive ability is also relatively good in the Bucks.

In addition, Battelle has practiced a lot with He Li and played more than a dozen games together, so he knows how to help He Li cover and respond.

Battelle and He Li went together, which can be regarded as making the best use of everything and making the best use of people.

However, the Bucks rarely come up with this configuration.

The Celtics had studied the Bucks before, but they missed this situation.

In the jump ball link, the bus lost the jump ball, but the problem is not big.

Although the Celtics immediately played a fast break after getting the ball, they did not have a firm foothold in trying to beat the Bucks.

But the Bucks themselves are very good at playing fast breaks, so don't be too experienced in how to defend fast breaks.

Ray Allen and Cassell returned to the defense first and stopped from beyond the three-point line. He Li then ran to the free throw line to prepare for the defense.

Battelle and Anthony Mason each filled a corner.

Before the Celtics had a player break into the paint, the Bucks had already placed the 212 zone defense.

There are not too many three-pointers these days, and the Bucks' defense can still shrink to the three-point line. Coupled with lightning switching defenses, He Li, the point of supplementary defense, can switch defenses in time even if they can't stop the opposing center from making air cuts.

However, for the Celtics do not need to do so much consideration.

In this game, the Celtics considered that the Bucks might take care of He Li and gave up the idea of ​​playing a fast break, so they did the opposite and set up a small and quick "five small lineup".

The Celtics only have Kenny Anderson as a small point guard, and the rest are all forwards over 2 meters.

At this time, the Celtics have only two options, either the forward plays the guard, uses the height to play the wrong position, and shoots from the outside.

Either the forward cuts to the basket and uses his speed to challenge the two inside players who are not fast enough for the Bucks to guard the penalty area.

The Celtics have the twin stars of Pierce and Walker. It stands to reason that outside shooting is a good choice.

However, this time the Celtics chose the latter.

Walker received a pass from Pierce, and then broke through to the inside. Anthony Mason was passed by Walker with a change of direction, and Walker was about to make a three-step layup.

At this time, He Li came out of the defense, and Walker immediately jumped up, threw the ball into the sky, and prepared to cooperate with his teammates to make an alley-oop.

Eric Williams understood and jumped after him, but halfway through the flight the ball was nowhere to be seen.

"It's unbelievable that He Li took off with one foot, and his bounce was not affected by the injury at all, and his shoulder could almost touch the bottom edge of the backboard!
He Li stretched out his hand to block the shot. Antoine Walker passed the ball too casually, and He Li stretched out his hand to block it!

Anthony Mason picked up the ball, and the Bucks' counterattack began! "

Although Walker shoots wildly and has a low shooting rate, he is not a black hole of ball possession. He can create better offensive opportunities for his teammates, and Walker will not give up.

It's a pity that Walker is willing to pass the ball, but his passing ability is average.

Walker thought that Heli had a knee injury and couldn't jump, because he was afraid that Eric Williams wouldn't be able to jump high enough to catch it, so he threw it a little shorter.

Whoever thinks, He Li will give Walker a little color when he comes up.

After Anthony Mason picked up the ball dropped by He Li, he immediately passed the ball to Ray Allen.

Because in the last second everyone was watching the lob between Walker and Eric Williams, who would have thought that in just a second, the ball would fall into the hands of the Bucks.

No one on the Celtics side reacted, and Ray Allen immediately started to accelerate after reaching the ball.

By the time Pierce and Kenny Anderson caught up, Ray Allen had already run to the three-point line, and when he ran near the free throw line, he began to take off in three steps.

Ray Allen felt that Pierce and the others couldn't catch up with him, and they couldn't chase him, so he simply made a layup instead of choosing a more energy-wasting way to score.

The Bucks scored 2 points first, and then made persistent efforts.

Relying on the Celtics' outside shots to strike iron, the inside line was strictly guarded against getting in, and they scored several counterattacks.

In less than 2 minutes, they beat the Celtics 6-0.

Seeing this, Jim O'Brien immediately called a timeout, but after the timeout came back, it didn't help.

In the playoffs, the intensity of the game suddenly increases, and players will spend more energy and energy on offense and defense.

It is difficult for role players to score in this situation, so the team can rely on stars.

To be honest, Pierce and Walker's scoring efficiency is not high, but they are both stars and All-Stars.

Why can they mix it up?

That is, when the team cannot score, they can digest the ball and help the team score.

And that's something role players can't do.

After returning from the timeout, Pierce hit He Li two goals in succession. One of the balls swayed He Li to the basket by dribbling rhythm, but was interfered by Anthony Mason's defense and missed the shot.

The other ball was also missed by He Li's defense.

Ever since, the Celtics could only transfer the ball to Walker.

The Celtics used Pierce to attract the defense, Walker misplaced the guard and made several three-pointers.

However, when the first quarter was about to end, the point difference between the two teams had opened to more than 12 points.

第一节还有2分钟的时候，场上比分16比28，雄鹿大比分领先，于是撤下了第一节3投1中拿下3分的何力。

"He Li's health-preserving basketball is quite interesting. It seems that he doesn't need to work hard, and he can easily win the game."

"Actually, He Li had a lot of confrontation in the first quarter.

As he himself said, he likes confrontation, as long as it is not a dirty confrontation, he will enjoy it.

And this style of play does not consume much He Li.

Shoot more three-pointers on the offensive end, and make more defenses on the defensive end.

As long as he doesn't take off with all his strength to block shots like he did at the beginning, He Li's injury will gradually improve, and the Bucks' record will not be worse. "

"That's right. He Li's style of play is very reasonable. He is trying his best to help the Bucks win.

If you feel good, you can shoot a few more shots, and if you feel bad, you can help your teammates attract defense.

On the defensive end, He Li's role is not small.

If He Li is not injured, He Li is Kevin Garnett with a larger defense area. "

"Don't mention KG, He Li has already led the team to the second round of the playoffs, which KG can't do."

"Let's talk about the Celtics! In fact, the Celtics played pretty well, mainly due to the loss of the schedule.

There is a slight gap in the overall strength of the players of the two teams, but it is mainly reflected in the rotation of players.

Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for the Celtics starting lineup to lose that many points.

But the situation at this moment is obviously affected by physical factors. "

The Celtics' starting lineup lacks height, and they are already at a disadvantage in rebounding.

The Celtics' initial tactics were to bully the Bucks and have no way to speed up, so they played fast breaks.

Who would have thought that the players didn't have enough rest, coupled with the fact that the fast break didn't start at the beginning, they seemed very depressed and frustrated, and the game became less and less passionate.

In many cases, the Celtics players just take a jumper and shoot a three-pointer directly from outside the three-point line.

When luck is good, the ball will be scored, or bounced back for a second attack, but more often it is still a strike, and the Bucks find an opportunity instead.

On the Bucks side, George Karl saw the decline of the Celtics in the first quarter, so he had a whim and wanted to fish.

George Karl sent a substitute to send points, reducing the score of the two teams to about 6 points.

The 6-point scoring advantage is completely controllable for the Bucks, but for the Celtics, it is a score that is difficult to voluntarily give up.

George Karl just wanted to hang the Celtics with scoring.

In other words, the next game between the Bucks and the Celtics will be three days later, that is to say, there will be two days of rest in between.

But for the playoff teams, even with two days off, it is difficult to fully recover.

According to Jim O'Brien's idea, today's game is to give up, and the Celtics will try their best to win the Bucks in the next game.

When the time comes to return to Boston with a victorious posture, the Celtics will have two home court advantages. If they grasp it well, they can advance the score to 3 to 1 and firmly hold the advantage in the hands of the Celtics.

But for players, giving up the game is incomprehensible and not allowed.

Players see that the game can play, so they must fight for it.

As long as the Bucks don't make the Celtics desperate, the Celtics players will definitely try to chase points in the next two quarters.

If the score in this game can keep hanging the Celtics, then the players don't want to consume a lot of energy, then that won't work.

People in the arena involuntarily.

That's the truth.

With the help of the timeout at the end of the first quarter, the Bucks successively removed all the starters and replaced them with a brand new second team.

Although the second lineup is led by the big dog, the big dog's ability to lead the team is just like that.

It's just that the Celtics didn't find the touch. Even though Pierce and Walker were chasing points desperately, after the first quarter, the point difference between the two teams not only did not narrow, but widened.

21 is better than 35!

The energetic big dog actually relied on his body to eat the sweaty Pierce. When the whistle sounded, the big dog hit the buzzer.

"You are called truth? Find out the situation, and I am the truth standing in front of you now!"

"Young man, stand by the side obediently and watch how I beat you!"

Pierce originally wanted to give up today's game, but when he heard that Big Dog was talking trash to him at this time, he immediately became furious.

Pierce had a bad temper, otherwise he would not have been stabbed 11 times.

As soon as he thought of the thing that he usually blows up, shitting and pissing on his head, Pierce immediately wanted to give the big dog a hard time.

However, it will take 5 minutes to wait.

"Facing me, how long can you be tough? You dead dog, you will change back to your original form in no time! I'll wait for you to return to your original form first!"

Pierce invited the Big Dog to fight again in the second quarter.

The big dog turned his back and smiled at George Karl.

(End of this chapter)