Legend Raiders

Chapter 185
The pressure the Rockets put on the Celtics has made their entire team a bit unstable.

Especially Garnett, who had just been dropped by Qin Tao before, was so distraught now that he almost caught a drinking fountain guard and gave him a hard hammer.

As the coach of the team, Doug Reeves is very calm at the moment, his expression looks very excited, and his words are full of encouragement.

But think about it, no matter how ups and downs the current Celtics are, after all, they have won the championship before, and they are still skinny camels are bigger than horses.

After a while, the mentality of the Celtics stabilized a lot. After they played again, they were still holding their breath, and all of them were dumbfounded at the time.

What about Qin Tao? ?

Garnett took the lead in searching the Rockets' lineup, and other players, like him, kept looking for Qin Tao.

Until they all set their sights on the Rockets' bench, they were like swallowing a blowfly, it was so disgusting that they didn't want it.

After showing his might, Qin Tao did not follow Jeremy Lin and the others back to the court.

I don't even know what McHale is thinking, not only Qin Tao is sitting below, Harden is also laughing and not playing.

Angry!

This is completely disrespectful to them. You must know that the Celtics have sent all their main players!

Hammer them all!

Garnett's expression was full of scorn, and he quickly exchanged a few words with his teammates, and he gave off a murderous feeling when he came on the court!

On the Rockets side, Greg Smith, who replaced Qin Tao, and Delfino, who replaced Harden, completely ignored their expressions and looked like they were facing each other.

When the game started, the Celtics suddenly turned into a pack of wolves, desperately biting the Rockets' lineup.

pity.

They ran into a group of flat-headed guys who were silent.

Under the control of Jeremy Lin, the Rockets are completely worthy of the Celtics.

Didn't you show your fangs?
Then I will bite you twice in a more ruthless way.

Aren't our capabilities inferior to yours?

Then let's see whose head is harder!
a time.

The members of the Rockets seem to be carrying explosives on the battlefield. They don't care whether their actions will foul or who they are facing. Their emotions are always stubborn, just like playing the last game of their careers. Celtic hard steel.

At last.

When the whistle blew for the first quarter, although the scores of the two teams were unquestionable, the Celtics definitely took the lead and won the quarter with a score of 23:18.

But a large number of fans in the home stands did not cheer as usual. Instead, they looked in the direction of the Rockets' bench and gave silent applause to the guys just now.

Among the players who played just now, apart from Jeremy Lin who has some famous names, everyone else can basically be said to be rookies and role players.

And such a group of people, not only did not show any weakness when facing the Celtics with all the main players, but they did their best to prevent them from wanton "killing", which is enough to win the respect of a large number of fans.

Garnett and the others didn't feel well. Even if they won this quarter, they knew better than anyone that the Rockets seemed to be deliberately releasing water and did not deploy their strongest lineup.

But if you think about it another way, there is nothing wrong with Ren Rocket's approach. It is just a normal personnel rotation, but the process is a little bit of that.

But the guys from the Celtics don't know, because it's not long before the All-Star season, and the season is almost halfway through. He doesn't want to cause one of the two knives in the team to be suspended again because of the conflict on the court. .

As for deliberately releasing water or something, McHale really didn't have such an idea.

But because the substitute actually played such a tough game, he didn't replace Qin Tao and Harden in the later time.

However, after the second quarter, the Rockets were clearly ready to gradually reap the game.

After the Celtics played for too long because of the core of the team and sent their mixed lineup of substitutes and main players, the Rockets came up with their strongest lineup.

Qin Tao once again played the center forward, Patterson was the power forward, Parsons was the small forward, Harden was the point guard, and Jeremy Lin was the point guard.

Looking at the Celtics, except for the absence of Garnett, Pierce and Bass, the center was replaced by veteran Jason Collins, the power forward was replaced by rookie Jared Sullinger, and the small forward was Jeff Green. , The points and point guards remain the same, Bradley and Rondo are still playing.

Judging from the Celtics' lineup, they are obviously preparing to play defense.

Needless to say, the Rockets, after dispatching the strongest lineup, the Celtics bench has already begun to curse violently.

Game start.

Jeremy Lin dribbled the ball forward, Qin Tao and Harden followed together, but when they came to the front court, they started a series of suffocating runs like a tide.

Air cut reverse run!

Cover the pick and roll!

The Rockets' tactics are launched smoothly, and the players' concentration is extremely high, not to mention their tactical literacy.

In less than eight seconds, Harden got a chance to make a shot, resisted Bradley hard, and retreated with a mid-range shot.

The ball goes in.

The Rockets celebrated briefly, without any nonsense, and quickly ran to the backcourt.

When the Celtics arrived late, the Rockets had already stood their ground and suppressed them in a controllable range.

mobile.

running position.

The Celtics made it clear that Rivers' tactics are to fight positional warfare.

But as the Rockets gradually compressed the space and shrunk to the inside intentionally or unintentionally, the Celtics' tactics suddenly became embarrassing.

Today's Bradley is definitely not the key player who can always stand outside the three-point line or even score points in the middle and long distances in a few years. Now he is still focused on making wedding dresses for his teammates, and his offense relies more on breakthroughs shooting guard.

Not to mention Rondo, even if he blooms his second spring in the Pelicans a few years later, he is still not a trustworthy scorer.

and so.

Collins couldn't carry Qin Tao on the inside, and after Sullinger managed to get some positions by virtue of his tonnage, he obviously got a chance to make a shot, but the Celtics "Double Gun" could only choose to break through and pass the ball.

my God.

Not to mention what it looks like on the Celtics bench, even most fans in the stands who don't know much can feel deeply embarrassed.

resignedly.

After Bradley received the basketball, when he faced Harden, who was not good at defending, he could only try to throw a ball.

pity.

Now that the team and he himself regard themselves as defensive leaders, it is conceivable what will happen to this ball.

Qin Tao pushed Collins hard, and when Salinger was just about to jump, his legs exploded with strength, and his long arms grabbed the rebound.

Fast attack!

Except for Qin Tao, Harden and the others seemed to have received a certain signal, turned around and rushed to the front field.

Without any hesitation, Qin Tao raised his hand and threw it at Harden.

After a time difference, the Celtics chased desperately, but they could only serve as the background after all.

I saw that after Harden rushed 45 degrees to the right, he did not choose to attack by himself, but waited until Parsons rushed past him and threw it towards the basket. Parsons flew up to be a powerful alley-oop .

Boom! !
When the Rockets scored four points in a row, they gave the Celtics a big blow with such an alley-oop.

(End of this chapter)