NBA's strongest prince

Chapter 398 Reversal
Pierce's defensive attention at the critical moment was still concentrated. Although he was attracted by Russell, he still reacted quickly after Durant received the ball.

But Durant shot against him and still hit two points.

Pierce is a little helpless. Durant, a young player, can definitely handle it, but this buddy sometimes shoots really unreasonably. Pierce will feel that his height is still a bit short at this time.

This is Durant's talent, the height on the inside, and the soft touch on the outside.

It is difficult for defenders to directly interfere with him, and it is often up to Durant himself whether he can get in or not.

Durant rested for a while today and came up full of energy. Russell chose to pass the ball to him at a critical moment. Believe him, the moment Durant shot, he abandoned all distracting thoughts.

After entering, Durant was also happy to high-five Russell. He didn't waste Russell's pass.

Russell nodded slightly. In this lineup, the Suns not only have four three-pointers, the key is that he, Stoudemire and Durant actually all have the ability to shoot against defensive players.

The Celtics are really difficult to defend many times, and defenders are always at a disadvantage.

So far in the game, it doesn't matter whether the previous operations are good or bad.

The Suns can score, and if the Celtics want to win the game, they must have someone to stand up.

The Celtics chose to believe in Pierce. Compared with the two foreign All-Star players, they still believe in Pierce, the star who has been on the team.

Pierce also has this ability. He is very strong one-on-one, and the defenders he faces are relatively immature.

But at this time, the sun chose to attack.

Not only pinch Pierce, but the Big Three can pinch whoever gets the ball. Anyway, Rondo can be let go.

If Rondo can hit at the last moment, the sun will also recognize it.

In fact, Rondo was still unconvinced. Seeing that the Suns still let him go at the last moment, he couldn't help pressing into the three-point line and making a shot.

It's a pity that when the sound of iron striking came, he really didn't live up to it.

In a few years, he may be able to stabilize at critical moments when he is older, but Rondo is not enough now.

Going back to the Suns' offensive time, Russell didn't hesitate this time, and then he stepped on the three-point line and pulled it up. He raised his knife and hit a two-pointer.

In this case, the Suns lead by 4 points, and the time is already more than one minute, the Celtics feel dangerous.

And they were very unwilling. They had been ahead for so long, but they didn't expect to be unable to stabilize in the end.

They don't know what's going on, obviously defense is what they are best at, but they couldn't prevent the Suns' offense in the last quarter.

In the next round, Pierce finally helped the Celtics score two points.

The Suns are now flanking with the ball. After receiving the ball, Pierce directly feinted and stepped back to shoot. It was very decisive, and the flanking was too late.

The Suns are only leading by 2 points now, and everything is possible in the game, but there are only a few tens of seconds left in the game, and the Celtics must be stronger on the defensive end.

Russell advanced with the ball, and when Rondo forced over, he passed to Ray Allen for a transition.

He got the ball back past the halfway line and then controlled the tempo.

He didn't waste the time to the end either, and started it when there were almost 10 seconds left on the offensive clock.

It's still a familiar pick-and-roll, but the Suns have ambush pitchers on both corners and the weak side, and the pitchers may also cut inside. It's not easy to completely limit them.

It's not that a pick-and-roll is powerful, but that pick-and-roll tactics can be ever-changing and attract the attention of defenders.

Russell took another big step inside under the cover, but this time he didn't pull it up immediately, and took the opportunity to lean on Garnett.

Even if there is no pincer attack, Nate will delay Russell for a while before blocking Stoudemire.

If Russell shoots at this moment, Garnett can also choose to help defend.

So Garnett went up half a step first, just as Russell took another step in, and the two collided.

Not a direct collision, just a physical contact.

Garnett stretched out his arms subconsciously, forming a shroud around Russell's body, so that Russell's shooting and breakthrough would be affected.

Rondo has already chased him, and Garnett can retreat, after all, he still has to defend Stoudemire.

But at this moment, Russell seemed to inadvertently entangle Garnett's arm and jumped up.

The opponent didn't react to this operation for a while, but the referee subconsciously blew the whistle in his mouth.

Do you think you can stretch your arms randomly if you have long arms? Russell learned a trick from the future to teach you how to be a man.

After being called for a foul, Garnett collapsed on the spot. He didn't want to foul at all.

It was obvious that Russell was playing tricks on purpose. Was the referee blind? He walked up to the referee and questioned him.

But the referee immediately gave this buddy a warning. No matter what, Nate also stretched out his arm while moving just now, and there was nothing wrong with calling a foul.

Even if there is a small problem, the dignity of the referee cannot be questioned by the players.

That is to say, Garnett is a star, if a rookie player will eat T now.

Garnett also knew that it would be no good to continue talking, so he could only back away resentfully.

But for Russell, his anger has not subsided.

After Russell got to the free throw line, Garnett glared at him and said, "You liar!"

Russell didn't care, and made a steady two-pointer.

But this time leading by 4 points is different. The Celtics are running out of time.

After their offense, the sun can directly run out of time, so they can only be forced to use foul tactics, and the situation will be very unfavorable to them.

The Celtics' options now can be two or three, but the speed has to be fast.

They want to look for three-point opportunities as soon as possible, but the Suns' defense will definitely not give them time.

As a result, no good offensive opportunities were found in the first 10 seconds, and the Celtics' quick offense was considered a failure.

This is also due to the lack of offensive power of their players. There are two players on the field who can face the defense with three-point shots, namely Joe Johnson and Pierce. However, it is difficult for them to make quick shots. Chance.

The Suns' defense was too tight, so the Celtics didn't insist on three-pointers. Pierce chose to kill with the ball inside. He turned around Durant and caused a foul by Ray Allen, who was assisting in the defense.

At the critical moment, Pierce also made two free throws, but this time the time was less than 24 seconds.

When it was the Suns' turn to attack, the Celtics defended for a few seconds, but they did not force the Suns to make a mistake, so they could only use foul tactics.

Russell stabilized again and made two free throws.

Now, the Celtics have to bet three points.

As for how to defend three-pointers, the Suns are probably the best experts in the league.

(End of this chapter)