God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 561
Although it is an away game, the Celtics are obviously not reconciled to failure. Their only goal in forming the Big Three is the championship. If they fall in the Eastern Conference Finals, the three superstars will be one year older next year. It's even harder.In order to win this round of the series, the entire Celtics team hopes to get off to a good start, even if it is in Charlotte instead of Boston.

As a coach with much more experience than Jackson, Rivers changed in time in the fourth quarter. He put Garnett on top of the fifth position, and then placed James Posey on the fourth position.This may seem like an imitation of the Bobcats, but it is meaningful for Rivers to let Posey play the 0.3th position at this time. He is the best three-point shooter of the Celtics this season, and his shooting percentage is even better than that of Ray Allen. 2 percentage points higher, and his average number of three-pointers per game is only less than [-] times less than Ray Allen.

Posey is the Celtics' best sixth man, but he didn't have any convincing performances in the rotation before, and at 31 years old, at least Jackson never thought he was a threat.

However, after Posey came on the court, he quickly changed the Celtics' style of play. He added a new scoring point to the outside line. The Celtics opened up the space.As soon as he came up, he hit a corner three-pointer, and then completed a steal and turned into a transition attack. The point difference between the two sides quickly became 3 points. The lineup looks completely restrained by the Celtics.

But the Bobcats also don't want to lose their first home game. For them, the home field advantage is very important. Maybe in the end, this home field advantage can help them defeat their opponents and advance to the finals.So Roy stood up without hesitation and made a three-pointer against Posey. The only difference between the two is that Roy's three-pointer is much more difficult than Posey's.

The Celtics may not know that Roy wants to shoot three-pointers, but he is the chief scorer of the Bobcats and has always been the focus of the Celtics. What's worse is that Roy has difficulty passing the ball to others. Even if the pass is passed, the basketball will eventually return to his hands. In fact, neither Allen nor Ariza in this lineup on the field can be regarded as a reliable ball-holding point.

Every single Roy's [-]-point shot required him to shake a lot and fake a lot to find a gap under the defense of Rondo or Ray Allen.Fortunately, Roy's shooting skills are very good. He can make good use of even the smallest space, and he doesn't worry about being blocked by his opponent. After all, his jumping is considered top-notch in the league, and his shooting speed is not slow.

Of course, other Bobcats players are not soy sauce on the field, they are trying hard to chase their own defensive object, causing them a lot of pressure.Now the Bobcats' two best perimeter defenders are on the court. Although Allen is going to match Garnett, Ariza can still use his long arms to sweep the perimeter.Especially Ray Allen, he is Ariza's key care object, maybe he can fly well when he was young, but now he is old.

At this time, the Bobcats showed their biggest advantage to the Celtics, that is, their physical strength. Even in the last quarter, their shooting percentage did not decline due to lack of physical strength.But the Celtics' old guys still haven't given up, and their defensive strength hasn't dropped much, but the frequency of running has become lower.

As the Bobcats struggle to maintain their lead, the importance of the Celtics recruiting three superstars is reflected, and all three of them can change the course of the game with their own singles.When teammates don't know what to do, it's right to give them the ball. They can use their personal abilities to send the ball to the damn basket and continue to help the team continue to live.

The two sides kept entangled until the last minute. The two teams took the lead alternately. Although the Bobcats led more time than the Celtics, Jackson and Chang Wei remained expressionless on the sidelines. This was the last thing they wanted to see before. Condition.How to withstand the pressure and hit a shot at the last moment of the conference finals is just a problem for elementary school students for the Celtics, but it is more complicated than a college graduation thesis for Bobcats players. Basically, they have never experienced such a problem. matter.

Sure enough, when the game entered the last 1 minute, the Celtics took the lead in launching the offensive. Pierce received the ball at the elbow, opened the way with his butt, abruptly gouged to the basket, turned around and made a jumper, helping the Celtics to take the lead. Extended to 4 points.

It took the Celtics 18 seconds to attack this time, limiting the rest of the time well.In fact, Pierce originally planned to take the shot at the last second, but he has squeezed into the three-second zone, and if he doesn't make a shot, he will fall into a double-team.

4 points is not a big difference. Looking back, Roy moved the ball to the corner during the pick-and-roll process with Gasol. Jack appeared in the right position with Ariza's screen. He had no extra The action directly hit a three-pointer with a knife and a three-pointer, reducing the point difference to 1 point again, and there were 34.7 seconds left in the game.

The Celtics now want to pursue the success rate and continue to press time. Rondo controls the ball unhurriedly near the center line, not afraid of being squeezed into the corner by the opponent.With 8 seconds left in the shot clock, Garnett came to the three-point line and gave him a solid screen. I made a layup.

This time the 24 seconds were used to the extreme by the Celtics. They only left less than 12 seconds for the Bobcats. Jackson quickly called a timeout so that he could get a chance to serve from the center line.After a tense tactical arrangement, the game restarted. Roy went around two screens in a row before receiving the ball one step beyond the three-point line. He avoided Rondo's interception and hit a three-pointer again.

This ultra-long three-pointer helped the Bobcats tie the score. Now the pressure is all on the Celtics, and they must fight for the next wave of offense.However, the Bobcats believed in their offense more. After the Celtics kicked off, Jack fouled Rondo and sent him to the free throw line. This strategy made Rivers dumbfounded. Logically, the Bobcats should try to prevent this Attack is right.

Rondo's mental quality is good, but his free throws are not very good. No matter how calm he is, he only made two free throws at the free throw line. One moment to the other half.Roy did not participate in rebounding, he had already started ahead of time, and just received a long pass from Gasol Jr. across the court.Roy made a light three-step layup, and the basketball fell into the hoop when the clock was zero. This may be the easiest lore of the season.

(End of this chapter)