Forward to the basket

Nesting in the locker room of the away game is definitely not as comfortable as at home, not to mention that they are still behind their opponents, and the Celtics' locker room is filled with a gloomy and dull atmosphere.

Pierce is the leader of the team, but at the moment he also covered his head with a towel. In the second quarter, his opponent scored a wave of 28:17. Even if it is not his fault, this situation is really depressing.

This is not to say that temporarily falling behind in the score can make these bandits depressed to such an extent. The depressed mood began to spread in the team because of the loss of control of the situation on the court, and then took root.

It's not terrible to fall behind in the score. It's not that the Celtics haven't encountered such a situation. On the contrary, when they fall behind, these guys can burst out with strong offensive capabilities, and then turn around in a wave.

Although it is not always effective, but in the previous games, if the Celtics were ruthless, they would definitely give the opponent a headache for a long time. Even if they lost, they would still keep the opponent in shock.

But today, in the American Airlines Center arena, they fell behind first, and then reversed, but in the second quarter, the rhythm of the entire game began to gradually lose control, and finally the Heat took control of everything.

Those defending champions really depressed the bandits of the Celtics. From the moment O'Neill came on the field, those old guys started punching combos one after another, not fast, but very precise.

This is the same as Muhammad Ali's jab. It may not kill you in one hit, but they can make the fist hit you in the face continuously, so that the points will accumulate continuously, and then you will slowly give up resistance.

The Celtics didn't give up their resistance. They were still holding on to the opponent, but the change in rhythm made them feel a little at a loss, including Pierce who was also very confused.

There is no key breakthrough, and it is entirely relying on the cooperation between one or two people, or individual ability to solve the problem. Once such a situation is formed, it will be impossible for gods.

This is exactly the case with the Celtics. Whether it is Rondo or Pierce holding the ball, they can find where to pass the first point, but if the person who receives the ball cannot score immediately, the entire game rhythm will be lost in an instant. Stasis, followed by dry delivery, the originally smooth offense completely disappeared in this quarter.

This is not Rondo's problem, nor is it that Pierce has held the ball for too long, but that the operation of the entire team has broken points, and Rivers' deployment of troops has not brought the rhythm of the game back to normal.

And Riley was obviously not idle, the experienced old guy was very good at capturing the chaos of the opponent. As soon as the Celtics were a little confused, he was ready to make a move.

Relying on O'Neal on the inside, Wade on the outside, and professional three-point shooter Kapono, plus Payton, Eddie Jones, and even Anthony Walker, who was almost thrown back to the locker room by him, are all in this old guy. His hands began to shine again, he stood firm on the inside, and shot accurately from the outside, these are all counted.

If O'Neal on the inside can hold Feng Chen down, and Wade on the outside starts rushing with the ball, don't expect the game to go on smoothly, plus Kapono and Walker love to throw three-pointers The guy with the ball is here, and the Heat's combination of inside and outside lines throughout the second quarter is very strong, making it hard to guard against.

In addition to O'Neal's 10 points and Kapono's 9 points, Walker made two mid-range shots stepping on the three-point line, Wade also grabbed 5 points with a sudden shot, and Payton contributed 4 assists. The Heat are completely blooming more.

This was originally Rivers' tactical arrangement, but the result was good. The Celtics didn't play well, and their opponents played handily. Coupled with Riley's frequent adjustments on the sidelines, the game was instantly reversed.

It's not that the Celtics are not working hard, it's just the feeling that the overall operation is not smooth, which makes everyone play very awkwardly. Even Rondo rarely made 3 turnovers.

No matter how fierce the game is, Rondo seldom makes mistakes even when he is entangled by an old goblin like Kidd. But in the second quarter, Rondo was not as calm as usual in passing and controlling. .

Payton's second steal was when Rondo was in possession of the ball, not to say how fierce Payton played, and in the rhythm transition between passing and control, Rondo suddenly lost his target, and he was in a mess.

How could the seasoned Payton miss that kind of opportunity, so the counterattack after stealing the ball and Wade's breakthrough allowed the Heat to continue to widen the gap in the score, while Rondo shook his fist angrily.

Rao Rondo, who is usually as calm as ice, is like this, how calm do you expect other people to be?Including Rivers on the sidelines, they all behaved like ants on a hot pot, often acting a little restless.

The coach was upset, and the whole team was even more confused. The Celtics couldn't find a backbone at all, and the timeout couldn't help them. Even if they calmed down, once the confrontation started, a new round would start again. The chaos, the usual smooth cooperation are all gone, not to mention the counterattack when falling behind.

Pierce even lost his shooting touch in the first quarter. He only scored 4 points in the second quarter. If Jefferson hadn't used two tip-ins and a mid-range shot to score 6 points, it is estimated that the score gap would be even bigger. bigger.

Jefferson and Pierce scored 10 points together, but apart from the two of them, only Sprewell threw a three-pointer, and then Rondo used a breakthrough to hit one, while Chen Feng only scored two points with free throws.

If this had been normal, Chen Feng would have exploded long ago. At least he would not have been so sluggish. He only scored two points in a single quarter. At the beginning of the season, this kid's performance had never been so quiet.

He is in trouble. Chen Feng knows this well. He is completely at a disadvantage in the direct confrontation with O'Neal. In the second quarter, he not only scored two points, but was also a little bit defeated on the offensive end. He was dead, and the defensive play was not smooth because of O'Neal's heavyweight crushing style of play, but on the offensive end, Chen Feng still played very awkwardly. He tried to force a few times, but was stopped by O'Neal.

One time, he played a pick-and-roll with Rondo on the wing. Because Payton interfered, Chen Feng failed to catch the ball immediately, but his reaction was also very fast. He grabbed the basketball and wanted to take the opportunity to turn around and face the basket.

But just when Chen Feng was half-turning, O'Neill behind him pushed forward very fiercely. Before Chen Feng could wait for the basket, he was blocked by a thick belly.

The face-to-basket attack is probably Chen Feng's best strategy, but before he can turn around, O'Neill is stuck in the direction of movement.

Taking a step back, shaking his shoulders, and smearing in to the right, Chen Feng's entire response process was already agile enough, but O'Neill, who was as built as a humpback whale, took a step across and directly blocked Chen Feng's cutting route.

That was a wall, a standard Roshan Great Demon King. Chen Feng gritted his teeth and hit him head-on. As you can imagine, O'Neill didn't give him a big hat.

However, when the big slap was waved, it still disrupted Chen Feng's shooting rhythm, not to mention that when Chen Feng shot, O'Neal had squeezed him out of a good angle.

Knocking out of the basket, this is the final outcome, and this kind of thing is not the first time, although Rivers over there reminded Chen Feng to pay attention and play calmly, but Chen Feng was still anxious on the offensive end.

Because the rhythm of the whole game was not going well, Chen Feng knew that the problem was on his side. Originally, the Celtics' side was from inside to outside. If the inside line can't stand up, don't expect the team to play well.

Even if they lost the previous game, they could still play well inside. But this time, Chen Feng had completely hit a wall in front of O'Neill.

Hurry up, Chen Feng is really a little anxious here, Olney's only block was also given to him.

The frontal block didn't give him a chance to comeback or dodge at all, and Chen Feng, who was already holding the ball violently at that time, didn't even think about getting out of the way. awful.

O'Neal's big hat directly slapped the ball across the half court, and Pierce retreated in time, but after all, he was able to stop the fast break, but he couldn't stop the guy Walker from stepping on the three-point line to shoot.

Chen Feng has never been so aggrieved in playing, at least after entering the nba, he has never been so restricted.

But when facing O'Neal, he also saw what the most destructive insider in the league looks like, and even saw what kind of lethality he has.

That kind of tough style, heavy but not clumsy style of play, made Chen Feng feel a little bit internally injured, just like when he used to fight Hammond on the street, completely unable to do what he wanted.

However, Chen Feng's unyielding personality made him pinch his knuckles in depression, but in his heart he still planned to fight O'Neill to the end, even if he lost, he had to stand up and lose.

If he had been squatting on the bench, Chen Feng would probably be driven mad, but the current situation was in front of everyone, if they couldn't nail O'Neal to death on the defensive end, then they would all be waiting to be bitten to death by a big shark.

So after Rivers entered the locker room, he didn't use any passionate tone to wake up these guys, because he knew that these wild bandits didn't need too much stimulation, and they didn't lack the passion to kill their opponents. Let these wild boys get back to the rhythm, then they can cause trouble for the Heat.

"Kendrick, get ready to play, replace Sprewell, inside! We're going to get the inside back!"

The first thing Rivers said was to change players, and this time he was a little bit ruthless. After all, Riley was led by the nose for a whole quarter of the game, and Rivers didn't want to hold back this evil fire.

Since you have chosen to put the main battlefield on the inside, then I will play with you!

"Walk around to defend! I don't care what method the three of you use, you will all run around for me! Use your footsteps to circle that damned shark to death!"

Jefferson, Chen Feng, Perkins, when Rivers unreservedly put these three people under the basket, Riley didn't smell any danger yet.

However, soon, he will feel the threat very directly...