I'm king in the basket

Chapter 111
Li Xing's appearance was a turning point in the game.

The Raptors' defensive strength has suddenly improved several levels.

Li Xing's deterrence in the interior is strong, and one thing or two can be seen through a set of data: After Li Xing played, the Celtics only scored 4 points under the basket of the Raptors, and the shooting percentage was less than 15%.

If it weren't for Pierce and Ray Allen's amazing accuracy, the Celtics would have been seized of the opportunity to play a wave of counterattacks just like those teams that fell in front of the Raptors.

Thanks to the fact that the Celtics are old and strong, after confirming that they can't break through the Raptors' penalty area, they temporarily adjusted their strategy to allow Garnett to continuously pull out jump shots.

In this way, the situation was stabilized by one or two.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the two maintained a deadlock of equal points, and the points difference rose alternately.

For the Celtics, Rondo used a signature one-handed juggling layup to shake off Li Xing and stormed to the basket; in less than ten seconds, Li Xing and Bosh played a big version of the Swift Dragon. The player gets a chance at the basket and scores a slam dunk.

If you score a goal, I will respond.

Guard people here, if you switch over, the other party will also strangle you to death.

The Celtics are very good at fighting in this kind of tight game.

This is how they have come since they started in the 08 season. Apart from the smooth regular season, they played two tiebreakers in the playoffs, and they reached the sixth game twice, only two games away. Theoretically the most games in the playoffs.

They are good at consuming their opponents and torturing their souls to gain an advantage.

Among them, Garnett, Pierce, and Ray Allen are all determined.

Seeing the anxious situation, Li Xing was also a little anxious, and when he got the opportunity, he shot a jumper, but he didn't make it.

"Counterattack!"

Rondo, as a speed changer, perfectly undertook the mission entrusted to him by the team. Every time he held the ball and counterattacked, he was the one who ran the fastest. If the Raptors hadn’t prepared for him and retreated properly , The game has long been overwhelmed.

The restriction on Rondo is the best thing the Raptors have done tonight.

Unable to push back and counterattack, the Celtics could only stop and play positional warfare. This is the Raptors' favorite scene.

Once the Celtics attack, Garnett must be in a high position. In order to defend him, Li Xing has to pull out.

And this is their chance.

Rondo couldn't fight back, and he was so angry that he wanted to fight hard for a long time. Seeing that Li Xing was not there, wouldn't he want to attack the basket crazily.

The defense that Calder said was also in place, he played up and down, and all kinds of small moves were on the verge of fouling or not fouling. If he was not at home, he would have been blown back to his hometown in Spain by the referee for bullfighting.

This kind of defense made Rondo most irritated. He became ruthless, increased the range of change of direction, bullied Calderon's lack of physical fitness, and just passed him in one step.

Seeing Rondo break through inward, Li Xing simply left Garnett behind and turned inward to help defend.

It is more dangerous to let Rondo drive to the basket and score a layup than to let Garnett shoot high.

This was his plan. When he enveloped Rondo, he also fell into the opponent's trajectory.

A playful expression of "How do you know I'm not a bait?" appeared on Rondo's face. Li Xing was about to turn around, but the ball had already been passed.

The person who caught the ball was Garnett who followed Li Xing back to the basket.

The Wolf King, who has re-empowered the Celtics with the iron-blooded gene, now has the ball in the deadliest position.

No matter how good Li Xing's defense is, it is difficult to interfere with him one or two times.

With a roar, Garnett used his favorite slam dunk posture to pull up the mountains and rivers and dunk into the basket again.

"what!"

"Ah!"

"Ahhhh~~~!!"

Garnett hammered his chest and frantically demonstrated to Li Xing.

Li Xing's expression didn't change at all, but there was a hint of sarcasm on his face, and he said, "Well, there is no tooth decay."

"What a cold joke"

Angus loves Li Xing very much: "Seeing Dante running around and looking at a loss, I really feel deeply sorry for him. If the Raptors have a player like Sean Battier, everything will be fine." It has become very different, unfortunately, this kind of thing is unavoidable."

Smith said: "Looking at the history of the NBA, this season's Raptors are absolutely unique. They have the top defender in history, the undisputed best defender of the season, but they are not the best defensive team in the league."

"Doesn't this just highlight Lache's strength? How strong is his defense to give us the illusion that "Toronto's defense is good"?" Barkley said at last.

Li Xing didn't say anything, just stepped down and firmly stuck Garnett.

This horrified Garnett.

This guy's positioning skills seem to be better than before, and his core strength has increased a lot compared to the regular season. How did he do it?
During the season, how could there be such a big improvement?

Li Xing's progress has always been a mystery in the NBA. The outside world is used to dividing him into three stages: the beginning of the season, before the All-Star, and after the All-Star.

When the playoffs started, these people who clamored that Li Xing was a monster also preached that "Dante in the playoffs is ten times stronger than the regular season."

Statements like these are too frightening, but one thing is recognized, that is, Li Xing has been making progress, and his progress is visible to the naked eye.

Originally everyone expected him to become a tall version of Dwight Howard, but later he developed shooting; well, now he can only be regarded as Howard who can shoot, but if he can shoot, is it still Howard?

Then, he started to pass the ball. All kinds of magicians and white chocolate-level rumors stunned everyone, so he became a tall and coquettish version of Howard who can shoot and respond.
This is not over yet, when Li Xing showed his low-post offensive ability, Howard's fans finally objected to the practice of forcing the man to play: "Don't fuck Howard again, let Dwight take a break Bar!"

A player who is tall, can shoot, can support, and has a beautiful low-post offensive player. The defense is still the best in the league. Is that Howard?
Did Howard give you a red envelope, or do you fucking like Howard too much?Can't find another template besides Howard?
Unfortunately, the NBA really can't find an insider with these characteristics.

Whether it is active duty or retired, there is no one.

So Li Xing is unique, and now people don't think of him as the XX version of Howard, he is himself, he is Dante, unique, he is the league's first insider as soon as he enters the industry, and the strongest rookie after Duncan.

At this moment, in front of Garnett, Li Xing used a set of skills that the opponent was very familiar with.

Li Xing held the ball in front of his chest, and his shoulders shook violently three or four times. Garnett was horrified.

It wasn't until Li Xing turned around and pulled up to a height that Garnett couldn't reach, that he confirmed it—this is the trick he is proud of, low-post multiple shoulder swing shots.

Moreover, Li Xing's shooting is more elegant than Garnett's, and his posture is more beautiful. Due to his straight-arm shooting, it is also more difficult to block.

Under this series of "changes", the ball rolled into the air and fell into the basket just as Li Xing thought.

"How could you?"

Garnett's breathing intensified, his eyes full of disbelief.

"is it hard?"

Li Xing rolled his eyes and said something disdainful.

As the most aesthetic inside move, Li Xing is not at all awkward to use it. He has acquired this skill a long time ago, and he has also trained it in private, but the attribute point of the low-post turnaround jumper is not high, so he has not used it.

If it wasn't for the surprise of Garnett, he wouldn't use this move.

This trick can be used as a surprise trick, but it cannot be used as a routine routine, especially in front of Garnett, and more attention should be paid to propriety.

As the founder of this trick, Garnett knows better than anyone how to defend such a shot.

What shocked him was that Li Xing made this shot without delay, and his technical movements were so smooth and impeccable.

"It shouldn't be, it shouldn't be."

Garnett muttered.

Li Xing underestimated the shock that this move brought to Garnett.

In Garnett's view, Li Xing did it on purpose.

Deliberately used his ultimate move in front of him, so that he could be hit.He did, and Garnett suffered a severe setback in confidence.

This was unexpected by Li Xing, it was pure accident.

When Garnett extinguished the fire of passion, the Celtics could only put their hopes on the other two giants.

The Raptors' defense has suddenly increased. Even if it was paper-thin before, it feels as hard as a rock at the moment.

No chance!

No gaps!

How can such a defense score?

Pierce picked up the ball, this was the last tactic of the Celtics - "If you really don't know how to attack, give the ball to Paul Bumblebee!"

Defending Pierce, Bargnani has a height advantage.

Triano thinks so, with Li Xing at the basket to help defend, Bargnani only needs to watch Pierce's shot is enough.

But not everything can be satisfactory, such as Bargnani's defense, from beginning to end has not been easy.

This round, he covered Pierce, forced him to receive the ball in his hands, and it seemed that he was going to be done.

At the last moment, Pierce abandoned the distracting thoughts in his mind, grabbed the ball and jumped up, and shot the buzzer three-pointer over Bargnani's head.

Bargnani raised his hands high, this is his best defense against Pierce so far in the game.

Maybe Bargnani really has some kind of magical buff.

Maybe his defense really is hopeless.

Such a good defense, just because he didn't block the ball, led to such terrible consequences.

"boom!"

"Shh!"

Pierce hit a three-pointer at the buzzer!
With only 3 minutes left in the game, Pierce's goal gave the Celtics a 3-point lead.

The Raptors defended so well, but at the last minute.
Bargnani's expression could not hide the loss, no one blamed him, everyone knew that he had tried his best.

Triano called for a timeout, and the Celtics' momentum was revived thanks to the shot.

(End of this chapter)