If I were Yi Di in the NBA

Chapter 224 The Gap Between East and West

On the sidelines, Celtics coach Rivers wiped his sweat with a handkerchief.

He didn't expect Lei Ting to be so ignorant of martial arts, he would sneak up on old comrades when he came up, without even probing.

"Yi Jian is such a monster..." Rivers was a little surprised.

However, he didn't do anything, at most he slapped his hands twice on the sidelines.

As a championship coach, he is praised by the outside world, but most of the time it really doesn't work.

While Yi Jian scored, he did not forget the big hat Rondo.

Rondo was also running rampant in the east, a little too confident, and came in to challenge Yi Jian, and Yi Jian naturally wouldn't give him any good fruit to eat.

After Yi Jian broke out, Durant also played more smoothly on the outside.

Together, the two helped the Thunder establish a lead within a few minutes.

In this case, the Celtics are still neither arrogant nor impetuous, because this is their style.

Moreover, when their Big Three led the team alone, they all played singles with the ball. Now, only Pierce does this, and the other two are more cooperative tactics.

It is also difficult for the Celtics to score points. The only players they can shoot three-pointers are Ray Allen and Pierce.

Whether it is an individual or a team, it is not the type to quickly score points.

And there are only a handful of teams in the league that can quickly score points against them.

Basically all are in the West, and the Thunder is one of them.

With the style of the Celtics, it is also destined that it will be more difficult for them to fall behind in the same level of strong teams.

The fact is also true, although Pierce worked very hard, but the effect was not very good.

Moreover, Rondo, who delivered shells to the Big Three, often has a little self-assertion.

If facing a team that is not strong, Rondo's autonomy can be regarded as the self-consciousness of a talented defender, but when encountering a team that can restrain them, Rondo will be a little messy.

Rondo played like this, on the one hand, he was too confident, and on the other hand, it was also because of the Thunder's defense.

Rondo's outside shooting ability is very poor, so the Thunder will deliberately let him go outside.

Guiding the opponent's players with a low shooting rate to shoot is also an effective means of defense.

Rondo can't stand this. He has a very high starting point, and the Big Three are not the kind who can do everything. Rondo is unwilling to be a tool guard, so he always wants to show his strength.

As a result, he took a lot of shots, causing the Celtics offense to get a little stuck.

When it comes to the rotation period, the Celtics' bench is also mainly defensive, without the scoring ability of the Thunder.

In order to fight against the Thunder, the Celtics started to play the main force in the first game.

Pierce and Ray Allen, as the Big Three, have relatively good physical strength, and they basically didn't have much rest. They played more time than Kobe in the previous Western Conference Finals, starting from the first half.

Garnett had no choice. Garnett himself was weak in physical strength, and he had to defend Yi Jian, so he couldn't stand it.

As for the Celtics' substitute insiders, whether it is the veteran Rasheed Wallace or the stocky Davis, it is very difficult to defend Yi Jian.

Therefore, the score gap between the two sides has been widening.

After Durant scored again in the second quarter, the Thunder took a double-digit lead.

"Is the Eastern Conference champion so weak? How do you feel that the Thunder is much more relaxed than in the Western Conference Finals?"

"The Big Three of the Celtics are old, and it seems that they can't stand up to the young Thunder at all."

"The East is inherently weaker, and so is the Lakers."

"The Thunder is still stronger. Which team is comparable to the Thunder this season? This Thunder can be included in the historical level discussion."

"It's a bit unbelievable. How did a young Thunder team become a historic level?"

"Two superstars were selected directly, that's it, that's it!"

"It is equivalent to the Lakers directly having Kobe and O'Neal, and mourning for other teams."

"It's not that exaggerated, it's just that Emperor Yi is invincible."

After the Thunder took the lead, they played more and more relaxed.

The Celtics have a good defense, but the rebounding is not very good. The Thunder's inside line can be said to have taken advantage of it.

Moreover, Yi Jian didn't want to fight on the court like facing the Lakers.

Garnett's offense is not that good now, and the Thunder can use Ibaka or Collison to top the time.

They could go up and consume Garnett desperately. Garnett's physical strength is not as good as Yi Jian's.

At the last moment of the first half, Yi Jian hit the inside line again, and the Thunder's advantage was very stable.

The halftime break was considered to have saved the Celtics, otherwise they would have been crushed.

The Eastern team's growth towards the Thunder is still not so obvious. Many of the Celtics' impressions of the Thunder are still old.

Before the start of the series, they thought they could limit Yi Jian and Durant with their defense, but in fact they could hardly limit either of them.

"It's enough to prevent their three-pointers." Yi Jian said to his teammates again.

And it's not too difficult to defend the Celtics' three-pointers.

They have a famous pitcher like Ray Allen, but there are not enough people who can pitch.

With Yi Jian sitting in the center, and Yi Jian not on the inside, he also has a good defense player. The Thunder are not afraid of the Celtics attacking their inside.

There are not many outside shooters and the inside impact is not strong. This is the Celtics' offensive dilemma.

"We will be the championship, guys." Back in the locker room, Celtics coach Rivers encouraged the players.

"I believe in you, you can have the last laugh again."

"In the second half, let's be aggressive."

In the third quarter, the Big Three of the Celtics were really aggressive.

Rivers' chicken soup still has some effect, even if you drink it for a long time, it will be a bit greasy.

However, the momentum of the Big Three did not last long.

The Thunder used defense to calm them down, and then they found that they no longer had the ability to tear apart the Thunder's defense alone.

As for Rondo, no one cared about him at all, he had to face Yi Jian when he went in, and he was unwilling to make a move outside.

What's even more frightening is that the Thunder never stopped on the offensive end.

Unlike in the regular season, when he took more care of his teammates, in the playoffs, when no one was attacking, Yi Jian was very aggressive in offense and returned to a scoring-oriented mode.

Soon, Yi Jian also scored in double figures in the third quarter. He quickly scored 30 points, and Durant also scored 20 points. The Big Three didn't even hit double figures.

The Thunder's lead also came to 20 points.

In the first game of the finals, the situation on the field turned out to be one-sided.

"The Celtics have never found a feeling on the offensive end. In fact, their offensive problems appeared in the Eastern Conference Finals, but the Magic also encountered similar problems at that time."

"When the Celtics' defense couldn't limit the Thunder's offense, they suddenly found that they couldn't keep up with the rhythm of the game. The team with the best record in history should not be underestimated."

"Yi Jian scored again, will the Celtics think of a way?"

(End of this chapter)