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Chapter 67 The Weakness of the Celtics
Whether it is the Celtics' main center Er Fatty Perkins or the backup center Glenn Davis, they are all standard inside blue-collar players. They are tall and tonnage but move slowly. For the prepared players, these big meat balls are very useful when encountering inside players with rough skills and excellent physical fitness, but they will be blinded when encountering inside players who are flexible and outside shooting.

And Zach Randolph is definitely a nimble fat guy!

When Chinchilla handed him the ball and pulled the two sides together, the Grizzly used step-back jumpers to tell the Celtics that Yao Ming is indeed difficult to deal with, but if you underestimate me, I will also be on you Tear off a piece of meat severely.

Of course, the Celtics' own offense is not a problem, but if the two teams score together alone, the point difference cannot be closed. The Celtics just played against the Bobcats at home yesterday, and today they flew all the way to Dirk In the game between Texas and the Rockets, they were at a disadvantage in terms of physical strength, and coupled with their age disadvantage, if they could not draw a significant point difference with the Rockets at the beginning, then as the game progressed, their physical strength would only be a problem. will become more and more obvious.

For this reason, Rivers also called two timeouts in the first quarter, but what can he do? The big three of the Celtics + a fast-growing Rondo are already his best hand so far. Let him conjure another Garnett out of thin air to improve the team's defensive level?

After releasing a lot of talk every day, the champion coach who just won the championship asked the team to pay more attention to the rotation and the inside movement. As soon as the inside players of the Rockets received the ball, they quickly pinched them, using this way of drinking poison to quench their thirst To stop the Rockets from scoring.

Then the Rockets' perimeter players get another shot
Originally at the end of the first quarter, Pierce's defense against the Totoro has been very successful.

He does not defend against shots, he is broken, and his teammates behind him can stop the opponent.

And Totoro died because he still couldn't practice a dry jumper under someone's defense. Facing the complete defensive system of the Celtics championship team, he really couldn't find anything to drill and score. However, this does not mean that the Celtics can ignore Totoro's outside scoring ability, especially his 95 three-point shooting ability
"Shu!" "Shu!" "Shu!"

There was the sound of water splashing in the arena of the Toyota Center. Totoro made three three-pointers from the open area. The chic shooting posture and wonderful shooting trajectory directly detonated the Rockets fans. The slogan of dragon once again echoed throughout the Toyota Center arena.

Although Ray Allen, one of the Big Three of the Green Army, also responded with two three-pointers, the momentum of the Rockets was lifted by Totoro's three-pointer, and the next round Totoro attracted the defense and handed the ball to the Yao Ming on the inside, Yao Ming attracted a double team and passed back to Battier who was ambushing the bottom line. The president raised his knife and made another three-pointer. The Rockets' unexpected three-pointer rain completely stunned the visiting Celtics Generals.

At the end of the first quarter, the Rockets actually led the Celtics by 32 points at 25:7. Six three-pointers in the first quarter also set a record for the Rockets' three-pointers in the first quarter. The record is not very far. In the first half of this year, that is, the 6-07 season, the Rockets once dropped 08 three-pointers in a single quarter.

Totoro's own score also suddenly changed from 2 points to 11 points. This score is exactly 1 point more than Pierce, who always claims to be the league's number one small forward. It is disgusting for Mr. Pi.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the substitute lineup confronted, Eddie House, Poway, Glenn Davis, Tony Allen, and Bill Walker. Although the lineup is not weak on paper, the Rockets' bench is not vegetarian either. Especially when the second-round pick Marc Gasol faced the big fat Glenn Davis, the White Bears got lucky twice and scored on the big fat head with a mobile hook, one of which also caused a 2+1, It aroused applause from all over the house.

Although many Rockets fans also think that his two goals are fooled, the fact that Gasol can occasionally play such a wonderful performance also proves that he is definitely more than a second-round pick. The buried type of players, you can look at Uncle Huang for details. Jordan has spent 9 years since entering the NBA and has not developed his free throws and mid-range shots, but this still does not prevent him from becoming the number one center in the league. First team, played defense for a while).

Of course, Gasol is just the epitome of the Rockets' bench, Lowry occasionally has wonderful performances, David Lee can basically be mixed in the starting lineup on any team, and Artest, who has not changed his name to Mercy World Peace, is even more so. Those Celtics bench can stop
The substitutes who had just made great contributions to the team a few months ago did not break out. On the contrary, they were opened by the Rockets' substitutes and opened up a gap of 5 points. into the coffin.

For the dignity of the championship team, Rivers and the Big Three will naturally not surrender their guns hastily at halftime. The Celtics began to blow the horn of counterattack after Garnett's mid-range hit. Uncle Pi's signature step back Jump shots, Jun Zilei's deadly three-pointer, Rondo's lightning breakthrough, the Rockets can't prevent the Celtics from collectively breaking out, otherwise the Celtics, the championship team, are too worthless.
But they couldn't bring the point difference within 7 points, because one of the most disadvantaged places in their lineup has been targeted by the Rockets, and that is Perkins at the center position.

If Garnett is defending Yao Ming, then Randolph will be the main attacker. If Garnett is defending Randolph, then Yao Ming will be the main attacker. Moreover, the Rockets’ two insiders just don’t enter the three-second zone, and one is in the bottom. A turnaround jumper, a jumper near the free throw line, most likely weakened the Wolf King's epic defensive ability.

Rivers really wants to go to the Japanese dog at this moment. These two insiders are showing off their power in their three-second zone, but he has no way to solve it. Being shot into a sieve by the Rockets, Totoro, Battier and Xiao Heidou can't shoot three-pointers?The tragedy of the first quarter is still vivid
(End of this chapter)