I'm king in the basket

Chapter 219 The Ladder of Advancement
The Celtics resolutely implemented the tactics formulated by Rivers.

They played against the Raptors with a "this is our last game" attitude, forcing Bargnani to miss all six shots in the first quarter.

Then focus on Garnett's flexible inside line that surrounds the entire court, rotating around, surrounding, and blocking passing lines.

To put it simply, it is: false joint defense to consolidate the penalty area, sideline flanking, fast rotation, joint defense to control the inside line, and quickly counterattack after destroying the ball.

As for offense, both teams adhere to the principle of "I don't know much about offense, but you don't want to understand it either".

After the first quarter, 25 to 20, the Celtics temporarily lead by 5 points.

Even in such an anxious battle, Li Xing is still the most dazzling one, and his existence is extremely special to both sides.

In the first quarter, he played for 7 minutes and took a rest as usual to observe the Celtics' defensive positions and rotations.

"Larch, they are desperate." Evans said off the court.

Li Xing nodded. The Celtics were indeed desperate, defending and fighting like mad dogs. The offensive end relied entirely on tactics.

Doing so can indeed drag the game into a deadlock, but there is a problem.

That is: can they really hold out to the end?

Hard can't be long, soft can't be kept.

This kind of spelling is definitely overloaded.

Maybe they can last until the end of the first half, but what about the second half, can they continue to play like this?You know, this is a team with the old man as the core, how long can such a high-intensity operation last?

Even Li Xing could see this clearly, and so could Snyder, which was why he knew that the situation on the court was not good for the team, so he still felt relieved to replace Li Xing.

As long as the game continues like this, it will be the Raptors who will ultimately benefit.

Snyder has this confidence, so he wants Li Xing to get a full rest.

Let the Celtics grab the start if they want to.

Without Li Xing, the Raptors' defense was full of loopholes, and the inside was frequently scored.On the periphery, Stephenson played several pick-and-roll offenses in a row, all of which were successful.

After one season, Stephenson's performance was affirmed by Snyder.

Li Xing's vision has been confirmed. Stephenson is indeed the player the Raptors need. He has a completely different style from Calderon, but he can take on the burden of controlling the team when the latter is off the court.

Moreover, his offensive plasticity is stronger than that of Calderon.

Especially the pick-and-roll offense, as long as he is allowed to play the pick-and-roll, he is a threatening player. From the perspective of tactical value, he is a very characteristic player.

Also due to Stephenson's active performance in these few rounds, the point difference has not been widened to double digits.

Four minutes into the second quarter, Li Xing got instructions from Snyder and walked to the sidelines with Evans and Barnes, ready to replace Arabi, Bargnani and DeRozan on the court.

At this time, Garnett happened to be attacking with the ball. Seeing that Li Xing was about to play, he intentionally made a beautiful turn-around jumper with his shoulders swaying left and right.

Even now Garnett, Bargnani can not defend.

The gap between the two is extremely obvious. Bargnani's defense is a cash machine in Garnett's eyes. As long as he wants to, he can score at any time.

Tired and frustrated, Bargnani took the initiative to foul Garnett, which interfered with the former's shooting.

If he missed, he sent it to the free throw line, and Li Xing and others went on the court.

Bargnani and Evans clapped hands, panting.

"Andrea, you looked so ugly just now." Evans scolded with a smile.

"Cut, it's the same for you."

Bargnani has never played a game with this intensity. His physical fitness is not good, and his defense is also poor. Under the high-intensity confrontation, coupled with the pressure from nowhere, his shooting has become worse. not allowed.

Under the superposition of so many factors, his performance is very bad.

From the beginning to the present, he made 10 of 1 shots and only scored 3 points.

As the second point of attack for the Raptors, his performance tonight can be a disaster, without any positive effect.

"Hey, you guys are here." Garnett looked at Li Xing playfully.

Li Xing didn't reply, and Garnett made two free throws, and the point difference was 9 points.

"Larch, let KG know how good you are." Stephenson walked up to Li Xing with the ball and said.

Li Xing handed him the ball: "I know, give me the ball."

"no problem."

When both sides put all their energy on defense, the offense will inevitably become difficult, tactical turnover will be difficult, shots will be inaccurate, and all aspects seem to be out of control.

This is normal, when you try to increase the intensity of the game, the game can become ugly.

It's a real high-level game, and it's a game that real fans love to watch, but it's not kind to people who don't like basketball very much.

This is why Stern vigorously promotes offensive basketball. If the game evolves towards the "dang dang dang" of muscular sticks, the NBA will never be able to go any further.

But this game, the muscular basketball that Stern loathes is back.

"Boy, after going down to rest for so long, you should be very strong now, right? Let me see, what can you do!" Garnett kept provoking Li Xing.

Li Xing went to a high position and asked for the ball from Stephenson.

"I didn't expect to be on the bar from the very beginning. It seems that Laqi is also very clear that whether he can win this game depends on whether he can open up this point!"

When the two sides achieve the ultimate defensive end and force the opponent to invite their ace players to single out, it depends on whose ace is more ruthless.

Li Xing's offense was very simple and rude. If Garnett didn't come up, it would be simple, just shoot.

"Shh!"

"Go in again! Lachey's shooting touch tonight is so good!"

"Soft, do you only know how to shoot?" Garnett asked angrily.

Li Xing glanced at him with a half-smile, and Garnett read mockery on his face, as if he was saying, "You guys shouldn't have the right to say that to me, right?"

"Speak up, bastard!" Garnett yelled angrily.

Li Xing smiled sarcastically again, and really walked away without even saying a word.

"Let me show you how real men play!"

The moment Garnett took the ball, Li Xing interpreted his offense.

This is the benefit brought by the "way of offense". He has obtained Garnett's skills, experience, and game habits, which can be used in games, and he can also defend Garnett based on this information.

When he met Garnett, with just one look and one subconscious movement, he guessed all the next steps.

Garnett never imagined that his offense was seen through at the beginning.

I thought Li Xing was shaken away by him, but I didn't expect that it was just an illusion made by the former to lure him to make a move.

Garnett thought he had a trick, and when he was about to make a shot at the basket, Li Xing, who had been shaken away, suddenly regained his balance, and stepped forward to give him another pegboard cap.

"Fuck!"

Garnett kept swearing, but Li Xing picked up the rebound and prepared to fight back.

Anger swept across Garnett's body, he took the initiative to grab Li Xing, and stopped his opponent's counterattack with a clean foul.

"You are also a bastard from Toronto, you are much better than that Italian bitch!" Garnett cursed.

"The same fool from Boston, you are as miserable as a sewer rat compared to those legends who have gone down in history."

Garnett didn't expect that the first thing Li Xing said to him tonight was for Bargnani.

"What did you say?"

With a cold face, Li Xing walked out of bounds to serve Stephenson.

"Larch, do you still want to fight?"

"Give it to me if you don't have a chance." Li Xing made it very clear.

Stephenson also felt that continuing to single-play Li Xing was not a long-term solution, and other points had to be played so that Li Xing could relax.

However, the Celtics' defense was hopeless.

Li Xing was the only starting player for the Raptors, and everyone else was on the bench. None of these people was a ruthless attacker, and they were all single-function role players.

In front of the Celtics' defense, let alone offense, it is not bad if they can not lose the wind in the confrontation.

In the last seven seconds, Li Xing received the ball on the right.

"Come on, let me see how much you want to get that Italian bitch back!" Garnett clapped his hands and roared.

At this moment, Li Xing's activation was as fast as lightning, and Garnett was already dumbfounded when he took that step.

Is this the fucking starting speed of a 220 cm big man?
He didn't have time to think, keeping up with Li Xing was the most important thing right now.

Although Li Xing pulled him away, he believed that with his own speed, it shouldn't be a problem to catch up with Li Xing.

It was also at this moment that Li Xing made a move that made the audience stand up and applaud.

Running like a swift dragon, he stopped suddenly, raised the ball with his right hand, and stopped like a sculpture. Garnett, who was chasing and defending, couldn't think so much. It was his instinct to take off and block the block.

"OH~~~~"

After Garnett was swayed, Li Xing turned his frozen body backwards, pulled the distance away from Garnett, grabbed the ball with his right hand and threw it upwards, and hit the board.

The beautiful inside footsteps were happening in front of his eyes. Garnett felt like falling into a dream. He couldn't believe it was done by Li Xing.

"That's what the fuck you're supposed to do!"

Evans was so excited that he was so angry that he didn't know how to vent his excitement other than pushing Li Xing.

The roar of the audience formed a passionate sound wave that flooded the route arena. For the visiting team players who are here, this atmosphere is usually accompanied by death.

"Larch Lee continues his reign!"

"He was like Hakeem Olajuwon just now, letting everyone accompany Garnett to have a beautiful nightmare, and he himself is detached and in control of everything!"

Garnett looked at Li Xing who was going away, and made sure of one point.

Compared with last year, this young man is completely two players.Last year, he didn't have such a terrifying attack power, nor did he have this responsibility.

Tonight, he stepped up when the Raptors needed it most.

For the strong, failure is their ladder of advancement.

(End of this chapter)