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Chapter 251 Is it that difficult to play in the playoffs?
Success and Xiao He defeated Xiao He, the personal strength of O'Neill and Pierce drove the overall strength of the Celtics.

Even in the first round of the playoffs that just ended, the Celtics won the game relying on the strength of their stars.

But this time the Celtics met the Bucks with a stronger lineup and stronger strength.

In this case, the Celtics have no practical tactics that can help the team go further, and there is no on-the-spot arrangement by the coach who can help the team survive a desperate situation, so in the end it can only be a dead end.

The Celtics played well on the surface. At the end of the first quarter, relying on Pierce's convulsions, they scored three three-pointers in a row to recover some points.

But in the second quarter, the Bucks came up with a strange lineup to limit O'Neal's performance. At this time, Pierce was not there, and the Celtics couldn't bear it.

As soon as the second quarter came up, the Bucks raised troops for a thousand days and used them for a while, and finally sent two veterans, Barkley and Ewing.

When O'Neill saw these two, he felt an ominous premonition in his heart.

The young O'Neal is not afraid of these two, and he is not afraid now, but O'Neal will feel troubled.

The Bucks obviously fought with him. At the beginning of the second quarter, the Bucks just needed to play a simple positional battle, and it was enough to consume O'Neal's physical strength.

Regardless of whether Barkley and Ewing can throw the ball inside, it has little impact on the game.

But it is impossible for O'Neal to play casually. Not only does O'Neal have to throw the ball into the basket, but he also needs to use less physical strength to do this, which is very difficult.

The second quarter only played for more than three minutes. The Bucks took the initiative to call a timeout and removed the two veteran players. He Li and Kwame Brown returned to the court.

At this time, He Li was white and clean, and there was no sweat on his body. On the other hand, O'Neill was covered in sweat. Only when he encountered a free throw, he had time to wipe his face and slow down.

As the saying goes, the sweat on the face can be wiped off, but the fatigue of the body cannot be eliminated.

Suffering from a series of combination punches from the Bucks, O'Neal's physical strength was already out of order. When He Li returned to the court to lead the team to beat, run, bomb and speed up, O'Neal instantly failed.

At the beginning of the Bucks running and bombing, it gave the Celtics some opportunities, and the score of the two teams narrowed a bit.

But after a while, the scores of the two teams rose alternately, and the Bucks, as a team that was better at playing transitions and shooting three-pointers, had an advantage.

With 3 minutes left in the second quarter, the Bucks opened the game to 20 points for the first time.

Although Jim O'Brien has already removed O'Neal, the Celtics barely kept up with the Bucks' game rhythm, but the Bucks relied on the depth of the lineup and the personal strength of the stars, and quickly established a huge scoring advantage with the advantage of misplaced singles.

Pierce is a star, occasionally a superstar, but not a superstar after all.

Pierce, who led the team with a single core in the second quarter, was limited by the depth of the team's lineup. Once he was double-teamed, he couldn't score as efficiently as he did in the first quarter.

The Celtics wanted to take advantage of the Bucks' opportunity to double-team Pierce to score, so they could only go to the basket. After all, with the intensity of the playoffs and the psychological pressure of the home court, even if there is an open space, they often cannot accurately put the ball into the basket.

"Shaq, the team needs you!" Jim O'Brien saw that the team fell behind by a large score, so he could only turn to O'Neal for help.

O'Neal got along very happily with Jim O'Brien before, but now he suddenly remembered those days when he worked with Zen Master.

"Is it that difficult to play in the playoffs? It's not the finals! It's all because of that dead snake!" Thinking of Zen Master, it is naturally impossible not to think of Kobe.

If he was still with the Lakers, even if he met He Li, met the Bucks, and encountered such an unfavorable situation, it would not be the current situation.

O'Neill could have imagined that Kobe could not wait to lead the team to play.

Of course, after Kobe grabbed the shift and seized the power, he didn't have to play so tired. Before the second half came, he already felt unable to play.

"You all think I'm tired right now, but I know the team needs me, so I'm tireless! Who am I? I'm Big Diesel! I'm Superman! Don't worry, I won't be tired."

O'Neal knew that he was the boss of the team and that the team needed him, so even though he was very tired, he accepted Jim O'Brien's request and went to the field immediately.

O'Neal, who took a break for a while, accumulated some stamina. After playing, he really helped the Celtics quickly chase points at the end of the second quarter. But before the halftime break, the Bucks still gained a 12-point advantage.

When the intermission time came, O'Neill, who was out of breath, was impatient to go to the end of the game, looking for a drink to replenish his water.

As a result, O'Neal took the "oral liquid" cow handed over by his teammates and drank it.

This time O'Neal didn't tell his teammates that he was tired, but everyone knew how difficult this game was.

It's not unreasonable that the Celtics couldn't beat the Bucks in the regular season.

The Bucks are too restrained with the Celtics who own O'Neal!

Although O'Neal is qualified to be the trump card of any team, in the NBA, O'Neal is also a bright card that cannot be seen in other places.

Many teams have ways to limit O'Neal, and even worse, there are shark-killing tactics to weaken O'Neal's influence on the team and the game.

Today's Bucks have enough ways to limit O'Neal, but the Bucks chose the way that is most beneficial to them in a series.

O'Neal was exhausted in this game, and there will still be physical problems in the next game, so the Bucks can win the next game, or even the entire series, more easily.

But when the Celtics knew that O'Neal was in poor condition, it was impossible not to send O'Neal on the court. It was better than nothing, and the Celtics could not give up their hands.

Seeing the tired and embarrassed O'Neal, the Celtics players realized that O'Neal was not as strong as he thought!

If you choose someone to be the boss, He Li, who sometimes doesn't sweat much in the playoffs, may be the best solution for the current version.

After all, O'Neal can only use his own strength, he will not use the strength of the team, and rarely use other aspects to drive the entire team.

He Li's style of play is much smarter. The more players he can play and the stronger he is, the easier it will be for He Li to play, and it will be easier for him to lead the team to win the game.

When encountering tough battles, He Li can also rely on his personal strength to lead the team to victory.

Compared with O'Neill, He Li seems to be more unrestricted and untargetable.

Closer to home, the game soon reached the third quarter, and the Bucks came up as the starting lineup for the first quarter.

After the intermission, O'Neal returned to the court after wiping off his sweat. It looked similar to the first quarter, but the offensive efficiency was not as good as everyone expected.

O'Neal, who only made 4 of 6 shots in 3 minutes, could only give way to Pierce. After all, if Pierce didn't rely on Pierce to chase points, the Bucks would expand the point difference to 20 points.

Jim O'Brien quickly called a timeout to arrange tactics for Pierce, but the Celtics' intention was too obvious.

Even if George Karl didn't remind He Li and others, everyone knew what to do on the field.

After the timeout ended, the Bucks resolutely double-teamed Pierce and let the rest of the Celtics shoot. On the other hand, He Li also began to increase firepower, preparing to close the game.

He Li took too many shots, and the Celtics had to shift their defensive focus to He Li, and He Li called Cassel to play the triangle offense instead.

The Bucks didn't use this tactic much this season, but it was the key tactic to win the championship last season. As an old man, Ray Allen was familiar with the big dog. He quickly used He Li's game influence and Cassel's passing ability to get a lot of shots.

The current Celtics are not a strong defensive team. Two All-Star players who have won the championship this season, and ordinary starters in singles, their shooting percentages are naturally leveraged.

The Bucks did not give the Celtics a chance to breathe. Before He Li made an effort to close the game in the third quarter, the other Bucks starters made a pass, and the game was almost over.

The Bucks scored more than 100 points in the three quarters, while the Celtics scored less than 80 points. The Bucks left half of their main players in the fourth quarter to torture the Celtics. Celtics coach Jim O'Brien was fooled and continued to stay with O'Neal and Pierce to dream of a comeback.

He Li also scored for a while in the fourth quarter, but it was not too much, and he was off after scoring 30 points.

In the end, 102 to 128, because the Bucks reached the fourth node, although the Celtics lost, they didn't lose too badly.

After experiencing last season's playoffs, the Celtics are not unacceptable to the difference of only 26 points.

It's just that the first game of the second round of the playoffs was so miserable. In the next few games, it's hard not to be tortured by the Bucks.

(End of this chapter)