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Chapter 554 Casey's trump card

Jeremy Lin dribbles over, picks and rolls with Bargnani, breaks through and returns to Bargnani.

Bargnani and Ying Xiong exchanged hands, and the latter suddenly changed direction drastically, throwing KG away with a cat waist, and went to the inside to kill.

Ying Xiong rushed inside, and the Celtics instinctively shrunk. He passed to Jeremy Lin who was outside the 45-degree 3-point line on the right. Jeremy Lin passed the ball twice to Bargnani, who was open at the top of the arc.

Bargnani guided precisely and hit a 3-pointer!
10:8, the point difference was narrowed to 2 points.

However, Terry also made a 3-pointer with a cover, and he returned the favor!

For the Raptors, Gay missed Jeff Green in a singles—KG took the rebound and handed it to Terry to advance.

Pierce hit a foul in singles and went to the free throw line.

Pierce made two free throws, and the point difference was widened to 7 points!This is the biggest point difference between the two teams in this game, and it is also the largest point difference between the Raptors since the beginning of the series.

Jeremy Lin dribbled the ball and saw Ying Xiong asking for the ball on the right wing.He lobs the ball to Yingxiong and takes away his defender.

Ying Xiong held the ball with his back, took a dribble, and KG came over to pinch.He makes a quick turn toward the baseline, then jumps high.In this case, it is impossible for Bradley to interfere.

Sure enough, Bradley realized this, it was a bit late, he cut it, but he didn't cut the ball.

Ying Xiong jumped very high, and even drifted slightly laterally, but he still hit the ball steadily and scored his first 2 points of the game!
This goal is quite critical. If the opponent does not score and then scores, the score is likely to reach double digits.If the opponent falls behind by double-digit points in the first quarter of the opponent's home court, it will be quite difficult to play in the next few quarters.

KG was also very depressed, he didn't expect Yingxiong to make a shot before he double-teamed.After losing the first two games, they have strengthened their determination to pinch Yingxiong, because neither Jeff Green, who is in excellent physical condition, nor Bradley, who is a defensive outsider, can't play against each other in a one-on-one situation. Restrict the opponent, so flanking is a natural thing.

Pierce wanted to make Ying Xiong another foul, but Ying Xiong predicted it in advance and dodged for a while. The opponent lost his center of gravity and missed the shot.

Amir Johnson received the rebound and passed it to Jeremy Lin.

Jeremy Lin dribbled the ball and still saw Ying Xiong on the right wing.His passing is still very good, and he accurately distributed the ball to Yingxiong.

After Ying Xiong received the ball, he suddenly made a fake turn towards the bottom corner, which fooled Bradley into a daze, and then walked on the line in an instant during this gap.

Amir Johnson blocked the approaching KG, and Ying Xiong moved sideways and took a mid-range shot—hit!
Ying Xiong scored 4 points in a row and narrowed the point difference to 3 points. Coach Rivers immediately requested a timeout.

Ying Xiong used his own method to prevent the opponent from widening the score.

After the timeout, the Celtics began to consciously pinch Ying Xiong in advance. When Ying Xiong turned his back to ask for a position, Bradley went forward desperately, in a posture of "it's a big deal for everyone to exchange sons".

Of course, Ying Xiong would not be so stupid as to exchange a child with Bradley, so no matter how big the opponent's defensive moves are, or whether there are provocative intentions in it, he can still calm his brain down.

Gay's playing did not help the Raptors much on offense, and his offense was not very stable. This game happened to be unstable.

The game entered an anxious period, and the Raptors began to change players, Jeremy Lin went off, Lowry came on, Amir Johnson went off, and Terrence Ross came on.

Ying Xiong is still on the court. As a superstar, it is normal to play a few minutes more than the average player in the playoffs.

The Celtics are still in a short rotation. They finally no longer have a 7-man rotation in this game, but they just put Courtney Lee in the rotation.

Jeff Green showed his strength in the rotation stage. He must have played for a long time in this game, because Bass will not start this game. He is a swingman of big and small forwards and is very important on the defensive end.

In the competition between the two teams in the transition period, the home team Celtics still played better.At the end of the first quarter, the Celtics temporarily led by 24 points at 20:4.

The game started in the second quarter, and Ying Xiong went off to rest.

Lowry stood up at this time. In the direct dialogue with Terry, he used his own breakthrough to score a small climax, filling the gap behind.

But soon, Terry retaliated with two 3-pointers and regained the score advantage again.

Ying Xiong only rested for 3 minutes off the court, and soon went into battle.

In the second quarter of the game, the point difference between the two sides was still very small, but the Raptors just couldn't easily equalize or overtake.In this game, Valanciunas seemed to have hit a rookie wall. He only made fouls and mistakes on the court. Amidst the interference from the fans of the visiting team, he didn’t know what to do. DeRozan was in poor form, and the opponent let him shoot 2 He didn't dare to shoot after several missed shots, which also affected his mid-range and layup touch; Gay didn't play well, and his offensive efficiency was also very low under the tough defense of the opponent.

At the end of the first half, the Celtics at home led the Raptors by 47 points 44:3.

The difficulties encountered by the Raptors in the first half were all expected by the coaching staff.The opponent will definitely change their formation when they return to the home court, and they will definitely rebound, but I didn't expect that the players of this team were not in good condition, which caused a situation of falling behind.

Coach Casey is not worried. In his opinion, the opponent played the best state of the series in the first half, while our team played so poorly, but the difference is still only 3 points.After the disadvantage of the opponent's less rotation (poor physical condition) in the second half comes out, the balance is likely to tilt.

In addition to these, Casey still has a trump card in his hand, which is Yingxiong in the playoffs.He didn't believe that Ying Xiong's ability was just like this.He had seen that Yingxiong in the series with the Heat last season, that bloodthirsty killer.Obviously, in the first half, my love will be to keep playing, and after being double-teamed, I have been passing the ball for open teammates.Once the team's situation is critical, he will definitely stand up.

The Celtics took the lead, but Coach Rivers still had a worried look on his face, not at all relaxed.Compared with the other party, their fault tolerance probability is too low.Whether it is hard power or the combat effectiveness of fighting a protracted war, the two teams are not at the same level.And he had a premonition that Ying Xiong was too quiet in the first half.This kid was a beast in the playoffs last season!

The second half of the game started quickly.The Raptors took the initiative to make changes. They removed Valanciunas and added Bargnani.Compared with Valanciunas, Bargnani's offensive range is much larger and he has more experience in the game. He can provide the team with another offensive option when Yingxiong is flanked.

(End of this chapter)