Forward to the basket

The two most competitive teams in the East and West met together, but the game was not broadcast live nationwide, and TNT's commentary team only featured second-tier players, and the golden trio of old partners did not come.

"Fans still prefer to watch star-level forwards and guards confrontation. James and Kobe collided, which helped us to distract a lot of attention. This is a good thing, right, old man?"

Rivers has no objection to such an arrangement. It is not necessarily a good thing that less people pay attention to the confrontation between the Celtics and the Spurs. They don't want to be too eye-catching, although this may be very low.

Fortunately, the collision between James and Kobe this night will definitely spark. The newly revived Los Angeles Lakers clashed with the Cavaliers, and Peter Pan and the Little Emperor faced off. This will definitely attract people's attention.

Compared with that game, the confrontation between the Spurs and the Celtics seemed a bit quiet and there was no sound.

Although there were still a large group of reporters on the sidelines, the Spurs' home court was so lukewarm, with an attendance rate of about [-]%. Even if the Celtics came, the situation would not change much.

At most, there are some groupies who are willing to watch the Celtics' Big Three, but the capacity of the 9000 people in the AT&T Center Arena is still not full, and the atmosphere does not seem so crazy, just like usual.

"This is the background of the championship team? It can only be said that the Spurs' home court is as low-key as their fans, unlike Cleveland, but their attendance rate is stable, which makes many teams envious."

Angie, who travels with the team, said that a season ago, Angie would also envy the Spurs' home attendance. There are not many dazzling big-name stars here, but they can have a group of loyal fans.

This is not like New York or Los Angeles. When you play well, there will be countless stars and big names acting as your supporters on the sidelines, and those crazy fans are there stomping your feet and waving the flag for you.

But when you play badly, those big stars who tore up the tickets, or bought the first row seats but don't come, always make the New York Knicks look very embarrassed, this is the metropolitan club. treatment.

Sometimes, loyal fans are also the basis for a team to survive, and San Antonio's fans have done it perfectly, and their firm support for the Spurs is enduring.

Compared with these, Angie also feels that the Celtics are very lucky to be able to take root in Boston. The sinking of the past 20 years has not allowed Boston fans to leave the team, and it has been the same for the past few decades.

Of course, Boston's attendance has basically reached the point where it's hard to find a ticket. In fact, there has been such a trend since last season. The arrival of Chen Feng and Rondo has completely activated the ball market.

Over the past 20 years, Boston's attendance rate has been maintained at [-]%. This is due to the persistence of this group of old and loyal fans. But now, if you can buy a package ticket, you have to thank God for your favor.

The joining of the Big Three this season, coupled with the team's crazy winning streak, has already turned Boston's home court into a sought-after place. Even if it is fashionable, you should go to the North Shore Garden to watch a game.

The atmosphere in the AT&T Center arena is not as hot as New York or Los Angeles, but the neat shouts can still create an invisible sense of oppression for the visiting team, which is far more shocking than Cleveland.

Don't look at the little emperor's territory, those crazy shouts can bring pressure to people, but there is an indescribable impetuousness in it, unlike San Antonio, where the low-key, but contains a kind of power.

"It seems that these owners don't welcome us." Facing such an away game atmosphere, the Celtics had become accustomed to it, and Chen Feng was able to joke around indifferently.

Those who like to watch Kobe and the little emperor will naturally not pay attention to the hand-to-hand combat between the Spurs and the Celtics. This is a confrontation of two feelings, one is to attract your attention, while the other can make you feel shocked .

The fight between Rivers and Vicky seemed very simple and straightforward. The fans of the Spurs were not as crazy as those in New York or Los Angeles, but with the support of those old bones, they would still be very tough.

Before the warm-up started, in the locker room, the head coaches of both sides had already made arrangements. They didn't even have to think about what lineup the other side would use, they made the arrangements entirely on their own.

A mature team doesn't have to think about what the opponent wants to do, but to know what you want to do.

Rivers is figuring out this truth, and Vicki has already understood what his team should do, so they don't care about the opponent's arrangements, mainly to implement their own arrangements.

Maybe Mike Brown hasn't seen through the doorway here, at least he hasn't done it until now. With the little emperor in his hands, he may never feel like he is in control.

"Inside! Nail the basket! Control the mistakes, ensure your own offensive efficiency, and try to kill the opponent as much as possible."

"Don't let the opponent approach the basket easily, hold the three-second zone, and kill as much as you want in this area."

It doesn't matter if it's coincidence, or it's a tacit understanding, anyway, the choice of Rivers and ** is the safest choice, and the collision between the two sides will be more concentrated near the three-second zone.

The closer you are to the basket, the greater the threat. Both Vivic and Rivers are very clear about this simple truth.

As for the combination of Oberto and Duncan, this time they ran into Feng Chen and Garnett without any hesitation!

The thing Rivers cares most about is definitely not the fight between Parker and Rondo, but the fight between Duncan and Chen Feng. **Vichitch didn't choose to avoid it this time, but let Duncan do it very directly. main defense.

But Duncan didn't choose to continue to entangle with Garnett, his old opponent. He rushed to Feng Chen to kill him.

The Celtics won the jump ball without any suspense, but after Ray Allen grabbed the ball, he was entangled. Finley, who is also an old bone, posted it very powerfully.

The two good scorers collided face to face like this, fighting for an inch of ground, which directly set the tone of the confrontation between the two sides. This kind of close-to-hand hand-to-hand combat seemed to run through the entire game.

Ray Allen had to deal with Finley's entanglement, and Rondo had the ball in his hands, and he also had to face Parker's harassment. These two little guys were completely competing for speed and who could control the ball better.

Pierce was also being targeted by "Uncle Bao", and it was indeed very difficult to escape to support.

As for the matchup between the tip of the inside line and Maimang, no one wanted to avoid it. The entire first quarter was almost spent in the mutual offense and defense between Duncan and Chen Feng.

An old bone with four championship rings in his hand can never be easily defeated by you. Even though Chen Feng is crazy enough, he played very cautiously when he met Duncan.

8:7 This is the scoring data that Chen Feng and Duncan handed over in the first quarter. The two also scored five rebounds, but Duncan contributed three assists, while Chen Feng sent two blocks.

Over there, Garnett was not as flexible as before in the face of Oberto's close marking, but the Celtics were able to score 32:28 in the first quarter, thanks to the performance of the Wolf King.

It's just that most people's eyes are still attracted by Duncan and Chen Feng. These two guys are undisguised and full of firepower, especially Duncan, who has not averaged many points per game recently, has gone crazy uncharacteristically.

He was strong with the ball in the front, the mid-range after the flank passed the screen, and his iconic hitting the basket made two consecutive shots. In the confrontation in the first quarter, he just cut off Chen Feng's head. 8 points!

However, Chen Feng, who was defending against him, was not polite. While Duncan was attacking him, he also fought back fiercely. The four times he attacked the basket were all launched against the "Stone Buddha", without any evasion.

Three of four shots were made, and one of them was 2+1. This kind of needlepoint confrontation ran through the confrontation in the first quarter.

The confrontation between Chen Feng and Duncan was actually a state of canceling each other out. Regardless of Chen Feng's ability to run and jump, but to use these advantages in front of the "Stone Buddha", his firepower would always have to be compromised.

"That old guy is too slippery. It's always difficult for me to catch his weakness." At the end of the first quarter, Chen Feng also had to admit Duncan's experience, which made that old bone difficult to deal with.

This is different from the previous confrontation, almost every attack is very awkward, Duncan will not follow your rhythm to play, and Chen Feng's strong attack, in front of "Stone Buddha", also lacks a little bit of sharp feeling.

Chen Feng's impact is needless to say, but that expressionless "Stone Buddha" will never be stupid enough to compete with you. When he defends from behind, he often uses skill and experience to take advantage.

Don't look at Duncan's lack of blocking shots, but his blocking skills really made Chen Feng play very awkwardly. The old guy could always withstand Chen Feng's inside cut to the basket just right, making him unable to take his shots leisurely.

Duncan didn't count the blocked shots, but he really blocked Chen Feng's shots twice. As long as Chen Feng dared to throw the ball, it must be the result of being blocked.

A confrontation between top power forwards appeared so fiercely in front of everyone. I really don’t know if those fans who watched Kobe and James’ aerial battle would feel a little regretful.

The confrontation of the trapeze can always be seen, but this kind of pure inside deadlock is very rare.

But the most frightening thing about the Spurs is their overall offense. Don't look at the gdp combination fighting with you on the court, but the Spurs have too many people who can shoot.

**Vich didn't intend to rely on his core to smash the Celtics. If he did that, he would definitely not be a wise person, but the Spurs as a whole do have a strong lethality.

Their counterattack in the second quarter was set off by Ginobili, Uduka, Horry and others.

The Celtics were just starting to rotate at that time, and Vicky caught this gap. Before the bench players of the Celtics could start the activity, the Spurs' offense had already started.

Ginobili's three ghost breakthroughs, Uduka's two three-pointers, and Horry's two mid-range jumpers.

Suddenly, Duncan and Parker broke out from two points to several people firing at the same time. Even Cassell and Sprewell were experienced enough, but they were stunned by the Spurs' wave.

If Rivers hadn't called a timeout, I really don't know how many points the Spurs could have scored.

However, a wave of 16:3 offense was really a blow to the Celtics. The four-point advantage they accumulated in the first quarter was just like that.

And at the end of the first two quarters, the Spurs came from behind and won by seven points. It is not difficult to understand why Rivers frowned when he returned to the locker room.

But the duel between the Celtics and the Spurs is like two soldiers holding epees. No one will take a step back, and rarely make any strange moves, that is, slashing at the opponent with a knife.

Nothing fancy, just playing with the team as a whole, if one point crashes, then you lose.

When the Spurs' firepower net began to spread out, the Celtics counterattacked very simply in the third quarter.

Ray Allen, Novak, under the cover of Chen Feng and Garnett, including Pierce also broke out at the same time.

The opponent opened the way with a wave of shots. Similarly, the Celtics counterattacked very directly. Pierce made two cuts, and after Chen Feng blocked Duncan at the top of the arc, Novak made a three-pointer. .

Garnett put Ray Allen in the pick-and-roll, and the guy made two baseline slips, a mid-range shot, and a three-pointer, all of which caught the Spurs' perimeter defense off guard.

By the time Vitch called a timeout, the stormy offense of the Celtics had already smoothed out the score gap. When the fourth quarter began, the score of 80:80 became the starting line again.

However, Rivers and ** seemed to have anticipated this result before the start of the game. When the two sides fought desperately in the fourth quarter, these two guys stood on the sidelines and kept roaring!

"Defend! Keep an eye on him! Don't let him break through! Stop him!"

"Stay your position! Don't let those guys cut inside! Damn! Position! Hold your position! Shrink! Hold the rim!"

This kind of roar was almost the only melody on the sidelines during the [-]-minute confrontation in the fourth quarter. Even during the timeout, their loud voices always reminded the players to keep fighting!

This isn't the playoffs, but no one doubts that the intensity of this game will be weaker than that of the playoffs.

When Chen Feng suddenly threw off Duncan to hit the top of the arc in the last few seconds of the game, received a sideline serve from Rondo, and suddenly took off from the spot to make a mid-range shot, the air seemed to have stagnated.

Hit!The crazy cheers suddenly erupted in the visiting team's rest area, as if to draw a pause for the game.

But more people are still reminiscing about what happened at that moment just now.

Well, this is the real competition, there is no performance show, no gorgeous moves, just a strict hand-to-hand fight, but it can make everyone's blood boil!

The moment the Celtics beat the Spurs, a two-point lead drove everyone on the visiting team crazy.

It's not the playoffs, but nobody's denying what you feel here.

Perhaps, for the Cavaliers and the Suns, they want to use their gorgeous offense to defeat their opponents and please the fans.

But for some teams, victory is the most important thing. This is not a show, they don't need to perform, and winning is their ultimate goal.

Entering the Great West, starting from defeating the Spurs...

(Kobe was injured, I suddenly discovered that we are all old, just like Peter Pan, we are getting old, the only remaining passion is gradually cooling down, suddenly a little hot and sad...)