God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 562 The old man talks about the teenage madness

When the basketball fell into the rim, the entire Time Warner Center was boiling, and the players on the bench shouted and rushed to the court to celebrate with their teammates.Chang Wei breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines. He knew that beating the Celtics was not easy, even though this is their home court, but the next game should be even more difficult.

After Chang Wei told Jackson about his worries, the latter smiled and said, "If we can win one victory, can't we win the second game in a row? This is our territory, and I will let those guys pay for it." The price!"

Jackson looked like his team was up 3-0, leaving Chang Wei speechless.My good friend has done a good job in many aspects, but his biggest shortcoming is that he is easy to swell, not even one of them.It's hard for him to imagine how an inflated coach can lead the team to beat the Celtics. Should he remind him?
Soon Chang Wei found that his reminder basically had no effect. The whole Charlotte was crazy about the Bobcats' first division final victory in history, making Chang Wei almost think that the team had successfully won the championship.For such an atmosphere, Chang Wei said that there is nothing he can do to help. It would be good if they can continue to win, but losing the game may cool their heads.

In fact, Chang Wei's worries became a reality at the beginning of the second game, but no one thought that it was the Celtics' old captain Pierce who broke out first.Since entering Boston as the No. 1998 pick in 10, Pierce has quickly become the star of the Celtics. Even if the team once became a bully, he did not give up.

Pierce's scoring methods are not dazzling. It is difficult for him to attract fans like Kobe, Iverson, James and McGrady, but this does not mean that his scoring ability is not strong. In the 2005-06 season, he once scored 50 points in a single game point.Ainge's successive trades for Ray Allen and Garnett did greatly reduce the pressure on Pierce, but the team still needs him at critical moments.

In order to help the team equalize the big score, Pierce played like a young man from the Celtics' first offense in the first quarter.Breakthroughs with tentative steps, pull-up jump shots, post-up singles, and strong three-pointers. There is almost no one in front of Pierce. His performance makes it hard to believe that he has passed his [-]s, and there are two superstars around him level teammates.

The other four Celtics players played for Pierce tacitly, Garnett and Perkins covered him, Ray Allen opened up space for him, and Rondo delivered shells to him.Pierce did not disappoint his teammates either. He scored the Celtics' first 10 points alone and helped the team get off to a perfect 15-5 start.

It stands to reason that Ariza is responsible for defending Pierce, but the two are too far apart in terms of weight, and Pierce's butt also largely prevents Ariza from stealing the basketball in his hands.So Ariza could only watch as Pierce scored consecutive points in front of him. The worst thing was that he got two fouls just after halfway through the first quarter and had to be replaced to rest.Chandler replaced him. This rookie can compete with Pierce in terms of physical fitness, but his experience is still too lacking, and he is not a full-time defender, so he can only let Pierce score easily.

At the end of the first quarter, the Bobcats were 25 points behind 37 to 12. The most critical factor was that Pierce scored 16 points in a single quarter.In fact, this is not the Celtics' usual style of play. They can't get too many points when they limit the opponent's scoring, but because of Pierce's full firepower, they were able to score nearly 40 points in the first quarter.

Jackson didn't have a good way to take Pierce, he could only try his best to cut off the connection between this guy and his teammates.Originally, Pierce's scoring momentum was terrifying. Once he mobilized his teammates, God knows what would happen.Therefore, when arranging tactics, Jackson emphasized that Pierce should continue to play singles with the ball in the second quarter, and he can only play singles. Don't let him pass the ball to his teammates, especially Garnett and Ray Allen. This should be able to Reduce the scoring efficiency of the Celtics.

This is the easiest way to target a single-core team, and now the Celtics look like a single-core team, and Pierce alone accounts for almost half of the team's points.Jackson's thinking is normal, but Chang Wei is not very optimistic. Pierce's physical strength is not enough to last the first half, even if the Bobcats players are fighting against him anytime and anywhere.

Pierce added another 11 points in the second quarter. The reason why he didn't get more points was mainly because it was difficult for the Bobcats to cut off the connection between him and his teammates.Indeed, Pierce is a small forward, but his passing is still of a certain level, and he is not the kind of star who likes to play singles from the beginning to the end. As long as his teammates are in the open, he is still very willing to pass the ball.

Pierce's strong performance made the Celtics lead the Bobcats by 66 points 52 to 14 at the end of the half. The most terrifying thing is that he still doesn't feel tired.This made Jackson feel very helpless. Superstar basketball is like this. If you can't prevent it, you can only pray to God.

Obviously, the prayers of the entire Bobcats team failed to impress God. Pierce's state did not decline significantly in the second half. Te and Perkins worked hard to grab rebounds in the interior, trying to regain the missed ball and then organize the offense.

At the end of the third quarter, Pierce had scored 42 points, and he also helped the Celtics lead by 15 points. 20 points.But this also means that Rivers will not let Pierce play soy sauce in the fourth quarter. His scoring more than 50 points in this game is already a certainty.

Sure enough, in order to ensure the team's victory, Rivers put Pierce back into battle at 2 minutes and 27 seconds after the fourth quarter, and did not replace him until 3 minutes and 41 seconds left from the end of the game. At this time, the Celtics have already led by as much as 20 points, and the Bobcats have no chance.When Pierce was off the court, his score in this game was fixed at 52 points, which was also his own single-game scoring high in the playoffs.Although the Bobcats hit consecutive three-pointers at the last moment, it was too late. They finally lost the game 100-111, and the big score became 1-1.

(End of this chapter)