basketball hero

Chapter 556 Complete the reversal
Celtics coach Rivers immediately requested a timeout!He had a bad feeling that the opponent's lineup clearly wanted to play offense, but if he didn't let the opponent pay the price on the defensive end, the pressure on his own defensive end would be too great. Even though KG is a genius and an octopus, he is already 37 years old and can no longer move and block infinitely like he did 10 years ago.

Back from the timeout, the Celtics did not make substitutions.Ying Xiong stood on the free throw line and made an extra free throw steadily!The point difference was chased to only 1 point in an instant!
Bradley dribbles over and points out Paul Pierce.

With the help of a screen, Pierce broke through Terry with the ball.Terry faced Terrence Ross, a rookie striker who was over 2 meters tall, and used his experience to draw a foul.

It's a shooting foul and Terry goes to the free throw line.

Terry made two free throws, Gay accepted the rebound and handed it to Jeremy Lin to advance.

Jeremy Lin pushed forward, broke through directly after the high pick-and-roll, and then scored the outside line Terrence Ross, who made a 3-pointer-missed!
But Ying Xiong has an offensive rebound, he doesn't touch the ball, and then points to Terrence Ross, who then shoots a 3-pointer-finally hits!
Go-ahead!
Obviously, the Raptors' space lineup has received results on the offensive end.The Celtics also want to let Terrence Ross do what they did against DeRozan, but Terrence Ross's 3 is separated, and they dare not let it go easily.

The Celtics focus on attacking the inside of the Raptors, but the problem is that although the Raptors play a small lineup of one big and four small, they are not short in height. Except for Jeremy Lin, they are all over 2 meters tall .Their overall height exceeds that of the rival Celtics. KG is getting older, and his ability to attack the inside line is no longer what it used to be; Jeff Green's offense has one hit and one hit; Pierce has already become a floor player. Under Ying Xiong's defense, his offensive space is extremely narrow It is not easy to score points with excellent offensive skills; Terry in the backcourt has always been a shooting stream, while Bradley is a defensive player with limited offensive strength.

In this case, the Celtics' lack of athletic ability and lack of offensive ability has been infinitely magnified.When the scores of both sides are biting, it is Pierce and Terry who can score stably, but these two cannot make the opponent's small lineup pay for the shortcomings of weak defense inside.

Coach Rivers glanced at Coach Casey who was not far away, thinking that as a champion coach, he was also put together by this seemingly honest and dull guy.

With more than 3 minutes left in the third quarter, Ying Xiong was replaced by DeRozan. At this time, the score of the two sides was 3:69, and the Raptors led by 64 points.Coach Casey's change in the second half, so far, has been very successful.

In the rotation stage, the Raptors' strategy is to play a big lineup, let Valanciunas and Amir Johnson play together, partner Gay, DeRozan and Lowry.

Casey's goal is to focus on positional offense at this stage. The goal is not to widen the point difference, but to stalemate with the opponent, fight hard to defend, consume the opponent's physical energy, and bully the opponent with fewer rotations and older age.Then in the last quarter, Ying Xiong came up to close the game.

The Celtics wanted to shrink or even overtake the score in the rotation stage when Ying Xiong was absent, but they played a little anxiously and their offensive efficiency was still not high.On the other hand, the Raptors play their positions rigorously, facing the opponent's iron-walled defense, it is also difficult to play a good match.But the point difference has not been narrowed, and Coach Casey's goal has been achieved.

Ying Xiong now admires Coach Casey more and more. He didn't expect that such a strict coach would have such a god-level formation.You know, the opponent is the champion coach Rivers!

Ying Xiong came on the field in the final quarter, and seeing him on the sidelines, the home fans couldn't help but gasp.His deterrence is already enough to make the fans afraid of it, which is enough to explain the degree of his threat.

The Raptors played a big and four small lineup again. Obviously, Casey didn't intend to be conservative, but hoped to close the game.

In Ying Xiong's view, this is not a risk. Obviously, the opponent is at the end of his strength and his physical condition is worrying. It is difficult for the defensive strength to last until the end of the game.

Bradley dribbles over and points to the high post KG. KG's physical condition has been problematic since he played, because he is under too much pressure on both ends of the offense and defense.After all, time is not forgiving, even a physical monster like him can't help tossing like this.

KG faced Bargnani, but he couldn't play and had to pass the ball to Pierce.

Pierce played Yingxiong in singles, made a tentative step and then cut in, trying to fake a foul, but the opponent was not fooled.In desperation, he could only choose to step back and make a strong shot-miss!
Ying Xiong received the rebound, pushed forward with the ball, and dribbled the ball behind Bradley, who was approaching aggressively, with a cool back, and went straight to the frontcourt, gliding and dunking!

Terry hit a 3-pointer here, giving the home team a chance to breathe.

But the Celtics didn't relax for too long. Ying Xiong came to singles Bradley, and after a cross step, he directly forced into the basket and made a forced layup!
Terry missed a 3-pointer, Ying Xiong received the rebound, came over with the ball himself, and passed the ball to Terrence Ross, who was about to go down, for an alley-oop dunk!
Coach Rivers can only pause, the game has gradually lost control, this is the last result he wants to see.The importance of this game is self-evident for the Celtics, which is why these veterans have survived until now.In fact, their physical fitness has already turned red. It takes a lot of physical energy to suppress the league's scoring powerhouse Raptors to this point.

Pausing back didn't change anything.The Celtics continued to apply more ruthless flanking to Xiong, but when the Raptors had five players on the field who could all shoot 5-pointers, when the outside shot was hit, the flanking tactic would be self-defeating.

This game can be said to be the game with the most obvious strength gap between the two teams.Even though the Celtics have shown the best performance under the current personnel conditions by virtue of their home court strength, once the opponent adjusts, they will immediately be unable to match the opponent's changes, and can only watch the situation on the court change.

No one scolded the whistle, and no one booed the visiting team's players.This is the hard power of the Raptors, not the home team's lack of effort.

In the end, the Raptors easily defeated the Celtics away and won the third game of the series, thus rewriting most of it to 3:3, only one step away from advancing to the second round of the playoffs .

0:3 behind, it has almost been announced that the Celtics, the iron-blooded division, will not be able to avoid the fate of being out in the first round.

(End of this chapter)