King of the Point Guard Era

Chapter 134 The last minute
The two teams were entangled with each other, until the last minute, there was no winner, and the score was tied at 1. It seemed that this game was destined to be played until the last moment.The Celtics kept Green, who performed well this time, on the court, and used Garnett to play center, playing a big and four small formations, which is very powerful for defending the King's fast break. As for Cousins' strong attack?A big center who has been running for 87 minutes, do you still worry about this?
On the king's side, Westphal uncharacteristically decided to slap the main force. Both He Yixiang and Cousins ​​played for close to 10 minutes, not to mention running a lot of time after the transition between offense and defense. , Cousins ​​didn't even have the desire to go inside and fight them hand-to-hand.

If he meets other teams, even at the critical moment of hitting the playoffs now, he will slowly rotate according to the routine, but today's opponent is the Celtics, and today Westphal played a big game. He came from the mentality that he must win. His heart for the Celtics is actually very complicated. As a basketball player, he once won the only championship in his life in this arena, but the team failed in the third game. Years later, he traded himself to get the star player Charlie Scott.

Originally thought that his life would end at this point and say goodbye to this glorious arena. He came to Phoenix, and since then he has been reborn as a phoenix. In the Suns team, he has become a star-level player in the league.Then a year after the trade, he met his old Celtics in the Finals again.This time it was still the Celtics who won, not him. Since then, he has never entered the finals again.He has reason to complain why the team didn't choose to continue to believe in him when he was improving the most, but used him to replace a declining star, so that he might have more honors and a better career.

The previous Kings didn't have the strength to fight against the Celtics, but today, they have the opportunity to beat the team he wants to beat, and this time he doesn't want to give up.He Yixiang, who knows the career of the head coach, has no complaints. Since the coach wants to win, he has to work hard.Although it may be difficult for Cousins ​​to play strong inside, he still has the ability to pick and roll.

Pulled to the high pick-and-roll, the 250-jin physique and 211cm height make the pick-and-roll very strong, but it is Garnett who defends He Yixiang, and his footsteps are very sensitive.He Yixiang swayed from side to side, crossed the dribble, and didn't find a good breakthrough opportunity, and his shooting opportunities were not great. The super long wingspan made Garnett stick to He Yixiang like a spiderman.At this time, it was too late to call another pick-and-roll, and the others did not run to the appropriate position to pass the ball, so the ball had to come by itself.

The slogan "defense" has been floating in the North Shore Garden Arena. This time there are only 8 seconds left in the attack time. The fans still believe in Garnett's ability to switch defenses against the small man. They have seen the hottest rookie recently. Strike the iron under Garnett's defense, and then say to him: "Welcome to the NBA!"

But the truth is another version. He Yixiang broke through to the right side of the free throw line at high speed, turned to the right and tried to cut into the penalty area from the baseline, but turned back at the moment Garnett moved, a difficult fallback Jump shot.The basketball crashed into the net, and coach Westphal, who has always been a calmer type, rarely celebrates a goal with his fist before the game is won.

This goal reminded Garnett a bit of the 40-year-old man he faced the Wizards in the MVP season, and he was tricked into scoring the ball by such an identical shaking.This goal reminded Garnett of very bad memories. The video of Jordan teaching Garnett to be a man is still widely circulated on the Internet at the age of 40. In fact, in that game, he also pulled to a high position on the three-point line He singled out Jordan several times and had a beautiful dunk, but the fans decisively forgot about this.

"Rajon, I'll pick and roll for you. I'm going to single out that rookie." Garnett said to Rondo a little angrily.

Rondo actually knew at this time that being angered was not a good thing for the rhythm of the entire team, but Garnett has always taken care of him in the team.He hesitated after the pick-and-roll and passed the ball to Garnett. At a 45-degree angle, Garnett chose to directly attack He Yixiang, just like the old Jordan in the Wizards.But what he may have forgotten is that he was still a 25-year-old young guy at the time, and the Jordan he faced was nearly 40 years old, but now he is an old man, facing a 19-year-old who has faster reactions and faster speed. The year-old rookie and the steals leader this season,

With a "snap", He Yixiang took the ball when Garnett was about to hold the ball with both hands.He Yixiang quickly picked up the ball that hit the ground, and quickly rushed to the opposite side, leaving only Garnett's shocked face.Seeing what he feared most happened, Rondo chased him all the way, but his speed was not faster than He Yixiang.After the ball succeeded, the Kings had already led by 91 points with 87:4.At the same time, there is not much time left for the Celtics.

Westphal couldn't believe his eyes. He didn't expect that after he practiced He Yixiang crazily for nearly 10 minutes, this guy could react so quickly to complete the steal, and at the same time, he could directly kill the opposite half so quickly. After completing the layup, it seems that I have been a little conservative in using him before.

There was only enough time for one offense. The Celtics team was doing an off-ball pick-and-roll for their most accurate three-pointer, Ray Allen, but He Yixiang, who had played for 10 minutes, stuck to him like a dog skin plaster , The two consecutive pick-and-rolls were not thrown away.If Pierce, last year's three-point contest champion, is under strict supervision by Iguodala.The last chance was in Green's hands. Green, who was hot before, did not give the Celtics hope. The ball hit the basket and bounced high.

Garnett wanted to atone for his sins, overwhelmed Cousins, and pointed the rebound at Ray Allen. At this time, He Yixiang appeared on this line and intercepted the ball.Ray Allen was forced to foul, but with He Yixiang's free throw percentage, the game can already be declared officially over at this time.After He Yixiang made two free throws, the Celtics also gave up resistance and ended the game with a score of 93:87.

(End of this chapter)