Legend Raiders

Chapter 574

Pause time.

When Kevin McHale gave Terrence Jones a huge task, Brad Stevenson made a very bold move.

Stevenson suddenly replaced Qin Tao and put Kelly Olynyk in his place.

Simultaneously.

Call Turney replaced Avery Bradley and Phil Plessy replaced Jordan Crawford.

Once their lineup appeared, the entire Toyota Center exploded in an instant!

They didn't expect that the Celtics entered the team's big rotation directly in the 5 minutes of the first quarter.

The entire main lineup, except for Jeff Green and Humphries, is actually all substitute players.

This is simply an operation that does not take the Rockets seriously!
To know.

When the Rockets returned to the court, none of the main players were replaced at all, obviously they were going to fight them to the death!

But now? ?
The Celtics play directly with this lineup, except that they have swollen to the point of disrespecting people, is it intentional to release water?

a time.

Not to mention that the fans in the stands were extremely uncomfortable, even the generals of the Rockets had ugly expressions at the moment, and they subconsciously looked at Qin Tao.

But this time they really blamed Qin Tao wrongly, and they could only blame Stevenson, a master of manipulation.

but.

Off the field, McHale would never think there was anything wrong with this lineup.

He sat in front of the TV and watched the game between the Celtics and the Heat.

The scene was familiar, and it turned out to be very effective.

and so.

He immediately stood on the sidelines to remind the players that this lineup is not as simple as they imagined.

It's not that Harden and the others didn't make any preparations. McHale watched that game, why didn't they watch it?
They quickly restrained their displeasure and immediately threw themselves into the court.

But because of Qin Tao's end, Terrence Jones and Howard don't have to be so responsible and suppressed.

"give me!"

Howard, who was nailed to death by Qin Tao for 5 minutes, opened his hand to ask Beverly for the ball after he came to the frontcourt.

Beverly didn't think much about it, and when Howard was successfully blocked, he quickly gave the ball to his hands.

Catch the ball!

Howard held back his anger and felt Humphries' continuous pressure. There was a sneer in the corner of his mouth, and he started a strong back attack at that time.

a bit!
Twice!

Howard is like a heavy tank, pushing Humphries beyond the free throw line.

A smug and irritable smile spread, and Howard couldn't help but increase his strength, ready to use Humphries as the perfect background board.

however.

Accompanied by Ken More blew the whistle suddenly, followed by the sound of falling to the ground in Howard's ear.

Water~
Fake!

Howard kept his movements, and the expression on his face was even more rigid.

Why did he have such a bad result with the script he had already written?

puff~~
In the Celtics bench off the court, Qin Tao laughed when he saw such a scene.

Naturally, the other players did not fall behind, covering their faces with towels again and again, trying not to let themselves laugh as much as possible.

foul.

Howard was about to explode, but he was punished.

Simultaneously.

Also because of his foul, the momentum of the Rockets has been lowered a little.

However, Howard quickly completed his introspection, restrained his emotions, and quickly returned to defense.

however.

When the Celtics suddenly rushed up, Howard's suppressed irritability rose straight again.

because.

Under Phil Plessy's deliberate acceleration of the tempo, the Celtics launched a frenzied attack on the inside the moment they pressed the whole line.

Among them, Jeff Green is the most.

The moment he received the pass, under Parsons' insufficiently prepared defense, he went straight to the inside.

But at this moment, Howard, because of his footsteps, hadn't settled down at all, so the inside line was empty and unguarded.

Simply Beverly's defensive sense is very keen, let go of Plessy, and rushed forward without saying a word.

pity.

Once again they ignored one person.

When everyone's attention was on Jeff Green, they saw a green figure standing there alone beyond the three-point line.

next moment.

When Howard rushed back desperately, Beverly successfully blocked, Jeff Green pretended to be hard steel, and the moment he took off, he twisted his waist and passed to the outside line.

Catch the ball comfortably, adjust comfortably, throw comfortably, and raise your right hand proudly.

Kelly Olynyk watched the basketball go into the hoop comfortably, celebrated with teammates and greeted cheers from the dugout.

The Celtics' tactics made the Rockets very uncomfortable.

It seems like a poor younger brother who can only watch the opponent score points.

Fortunately, they have the qualities that professional players should have. Even if they are hit one after another, they can still restrain their anger.

When it was their turn to attack, Harden directly started his personal show.

Against Jordan Crawford's defense, he played particularly aggressively.

So that after completely getting rid of Jordan Crawford's defense, under the extremely high-quality positions of Howard and Terrence Jones, it was a one-handed dunk to get in.

Roar!
Harden roared to the sky, venting all his displeasure.

After the dunk, the Rockets' mood and atmosphere were obviously relaxed.

But when it came time to meet the Celtics' attack, they ran into trouble again.

Because the basketball never stops for three seconds in one person's hands, and the Celtics players never stop running.

Thus.

The Rockets' defense was immediately challenged and had to enter man-to-man.

finally.

When Stevenson's system was confirmed again and the transmission got more opportunities, Olynyk used the cover of his teammates to fire from a high position again.

Two points hit!

His playing quickly expanded the lead for the Celtics, and he can be called one of the team's biggest surprises.

So in the next first quarter of the game, Qin Tao not only sat firmly on the bench, Olynik lived up to expectations. Once again, with his fiery touch, he scored four points for the team and nine points personally.

After the first quarter.

The Celtics once again scored 26 points with their wonderful lineup.

Looking at the Rockets, even though Howard started to recover in the second half and Harden's performance improved, they still couldn't turn the tables and scored only 19 points.

Holding a seven-point lead makes the Celtics' next arrangements very flexible.

Qin Tao still doesn't need to go in for the time being, as long as the previous guys can withstand the first 5 minutes, then their task can be said to be perfectly done.

Section two.

McHale couldn't stand the consumption of the main players, so he had to replace Harden and Howard with three substitutes.

(End of this chapter)