"Rivers' strategy was successful. He completely abandoned Lagarondo and Tony Allen. The point guard positions were rotated back and forth, Eddie House and veteran Sam Kassel."
Not to mention anything else, the depth of the Celtic bench is enviable.
Eddie House, the main substitute who averaged 8.4 points per game with the Nets the previous season; Sam Kassel, the main controller of the Clippers half a season ago.
In the first four games of the division semi-finals in the first round of the playoffs, Eddie House and Sam Kassel both sat on the bench and only made a little garbage time to play.
If Rondo and Tony Allen were not fucked, they would probably have to sit on the bench until the end of the playoffs.
The most unfair and unwilling person was Sam Kassel. He played well in the start of the Clippers, terminated the contract with the agreement and joined the basic salary for the Golden Cup.
But now, if the behind Celtics want to reverse, Cassel has to play his own way. What about the promise to hold on to him?
In the last quarter, as the leading side, the Celtics certainly did not change anything.
As the backward side, the Bobcat has not changed.
After all, the difference is not much behind, and the difference between three points is completely acceptable or even ignored.
In this way, the opening of the fourth quarter was no different from the first three quarters, and the game was still anxious, and it went down like constipation.
There was no noise at all in the empty North Shore Garden, let alone cheers, booing, shouting and cursing.
The sound of ironclads kept ringing, and the score never opened.
The camera was given to the sidelines from time to time. Sam Vincent looked calm, but Rivers was very impatient and kept standing on the sidelines to command offense and defense.
The score has not been widened, so of course he should be anxious.
The Celtics are behind the score. They are now standing on the edge of the cliff. If they are not careful, they will be a deep abyss.
And the score is tightly biting, which gives the Celtics the feeling that the threat of falling into the abyss has always existed.
"Abandoning Lagarondo and Tony Allen has improved significantly against the Celtics' offense, but accordingly, the Celtics also missed more opportunities on the defensive end..."
Rondo, Teacher Tony has strong defense and weak offense, Eddie House and Sam Kassel have strong offense and weak defense, and the Celtics focus on the offensive end, which will inevitably lead to weak defense, unless they have a player like Li Ke who has an offense and defense.
As the game progressed, Rivers gradually calmed down his struggle.
Because he found that struggling was useless. No matter how much emphasis was placed, no matter how many adjustments, no matter how many commands were made, there was only one result. They scored one, and the Bobcats would score one, they would defend one, and they would throw one if they turned around.
This is the situation, but fortunately, the Celtics have always been the leader.
From 73 to 70 at the beginning of the final quarter to 81 to 77 at five minutes later, the Celtics, who have been leading the game, are at least closer to the victory of this game.
"The Bobcats should have no other tricks. This game is almost like this."
Rivers made a silent judgment, but he didn't know that on the other side, Sam Vincent kept pinching his watch.
"The time has not come yet, the time has not come yet..."
In the private room in the stands, Boss Qiao was silent.
In the first half of the game, he was talking and laughing with Vick Grosbeck. In the second half, the situation was tense, and the only audience members in this game began to get nervous.
Vick Grosbeck is actually fine. He lost confidence long before this game started and no longer hoped that his team would win.
The lower the expectations, the lower the disappointment, and the corresponding tension is not that strong.
Boss Qiao is different. He looks forward to the team defeating the Celtics and advances in this game.
But now, the situation is not very clear and even a little dark.
"This game looks bad..."
Boss Qiao shook his head secretly, but secretly comforted himself: "If you lose, you lose. It's not bad to play another home game, that's a income of three to four million dollars..."
More than two minutes later, the score of 85 to 80 was the Bobcats' round.
Sam Vincent, who was holding the watch, walked straight to the sidelines and called a rather abrupt timeout.
"Why is Sam Vincent adjusting what this time is suspended?"
The game maintained the same rhythm and had been on the whole game. Kenny Smith and Barkley both believed that this game would not change any more.
But now, Sam Vincent suddenly paused and told everyone that no, change must be there!
On the court, Li Ke walked to the sidelines with cheerful steps.
Sam Vincent held the tactical board and looked at Li Ke: "Can you start now, Sheldon?"
"Of course, when will you wait until you don't take action?"
Li Ke nodded and sat on the bench.
Then he looked at Sam Vincent and dispatched troops.
"Dai Quinn, you come on the court and replace Shaq. Next, our playing style will only have one focus, run..."
On the bench next door, Rivers looked puzzled: "Tom, what do you think they want to do?"
The answer to Rivers was Siberdu's shaking his head. No one knew that when the game was three minutes away, the Bobcats cried for a timeout, what was they meant.
If he couldn't guess the opponent's idea, the Celtics had no room for adjustment, and Rivers once again played what he was good at.
Looking at the players who had returned to the sidelines, Rivers pointed to the scoreboard above his head:
"85 to 80, we are now leading by 5 points, and the last three minutes left in the game!"
"In three minutes, we will take the first step of a big reversal of 1-3. Believe in ourselves, we can do this."
"Just Paul said, 1-3 behind is not the end of the day. As long as we reverse, we will still be the super Celtics who swept the US professional basketball team!"
“…”
The suspension ended, the five main Celtics, who were excited, excited and had a vigorous fighting spirit, stepped onto the court. The next second, their expressions became shocked.
"Daequen Cook replaced Shaq, Bobcats are...?"
Kenny Smith and Barkley's faces were full of question marks, but obviously, the Bobcats' substitution was completed, the facts were decided and there would be no more changes.
"From tall to short, the Bobcats actually line up a five-square lineup with Jared Dudley, Gerald Wallace, Sheldon Lee, Day Quinn Cook and Allen Iverson?"
The word self-destruction was about to be expressed again, but Kenny Smith held back because the bobcat had already given him many surprises and surprises. It seemed that all kinds of impossible things could be made possible in front of the bobcat.
He didn't dare to make a conclusion, so he decided to take a look first.
Rivers was the same on the sidelines, frowned, but did not have the next move.
"Look at how the five little Bobcats play. The kick-off is, Allen Iverson has received the ball."
Lao Ai received the ball, and Li Ke rushed to the field, Li Ke blocked one for Lao Ai, and immediately walked in after taking it apart.
The Celtics' defense is a bit chaotic because they don't know how to match.
Dudley guarded the bottom corner, Dai Quinn Cook was on the left side of the arc, Li Ke and Lao Ai in the pick-and-roll were in the middle, and even Hua Lao Er was at the middle distance and did not go deep.
kg pushed it out directly. Perkins hesitated and looked at the empty space without anyone to guard against Hua Lao Er, so he could only pull it out.
In this way, Lao Ai got space with a pick-and-roll from Li Ke and rushed out faster.
Without kg's assisting defense, nor Perkins's frame protection, he rushed to the basket unstoppable and raised his hand to throw...
Swish—!
"The five small players all opened up, and almost every Bobcats player present had a shooting range of half the court. The Bobcats' unique strategy seemed to be successful. They forced the Celtics to give up their chain defense."
"82 to 85, the score gap is close to 3 points."
On the sidelines, Rivers frowned: "Can you change the joint defense?"
Siberdu nodded: "We can only defend together."
But they didn't move, and they stared at the court with two pairs of eyes. In their opinion, the Bobcats' five small players will inevitably explode on the defensive end.
The first question to face in the five small lineup is who will go to Perkins?
Lao Du stood up: He will be over, whoever is afraid of him.
Anyway, the blue-collar worker who can't eat cakes well can't stand him or her?
Who will fight against the kg? Li Ke stood up, and no one questioned this group of matches.
The remaining counterparts are exactly the same as the third section of g4.
Faced with such a defensive match, the Celtics played very smartly.
They handed the ball to Ray Allen, relied on Ray Allen's breakthrough to attract a pincer attack, and then made the ball to Perkins.
This aimed at the two major gaps in the Bobcats lineup, but Perkins disappointed them.
"At the basket, Kendrick Perkins, push Jared Dudley's layup..."
Bang-!
"Not in!"
Sure enough, even eating cakes is not good. So what if Perkins is free? It can’t be overwhelmed.
Old Du, who was guarding Perkins, clenched his fists and wanted to wave them, but then he heard the voices of his teammates:
"Counterattack!"
The second child Hua grabbed the rebound, and the focus of the fifth child was to fight back after grabbing the rebound. When Lao Du heard this call, he immediately turned around and rushed out.
"The bobcats fought back, five arrows were fired at once..."
After one second—
"It's over, and the Bobcats' counterattack momentum is unstoppable!"
Five people arrived in an instant and surrounded the frontcourt.
Pierce, who retreated from defense, held back Hua's second child, Ray Allen stared at Lao Ai, and finally, Eddie House stood in front of Lao Du, but Li Ke and Dai Quinn Cook were so empty that they could no longer be empty.
Hua Lao Er, who holds the ball, knows very well how he should choose-
"Gerard Wallace's pass, Sheldon! Three-pointer!"
Swish—!
85 to 85, the score jumped violently. After the timeout, the Bobcats had already tied the score.
In the stands, Boss Qiao clenched his fists and waved it.
On his side, although he was no longer hopeful, Vick Grosbeck frowned.
He turned his head and looked at Danny Angie behind him. Angie nodded, and then Vick Grosbeck turned his head back, as if the two had completed a private exchange.
On the side of the court, Rivers had a premonition that something was wrong.
I got up, swept the benches around, and called for a pause first.
"It's paused, and the Celtics have also paused. This time, Rivers' reaction is fast enough."
On the sidelines, Rivers turned his head and asked Siberdo: "Leon or Glen?"
"I choose Glenn."
So, after a pause, Rivers called the rookie power forward on the bench, Glen Davis.
After the timeout, the Celtics made a substitution, and Glen Davis replaced Perkins, a substitution that was not considered a counterattack, but it was very targeted.
"Glen Davis?"
Li Ke frowned. This time, he and Kenny Smith and Barkley in the commentator's seat had the same opinion, and Rivers' reaction was a little quick.
At the last moment of the final quarter, they really don’t need to think about this and that. As long as it is an adjustment that can help the team score, it will be a good adjustment.
In this way, it was no different from the previous Celtics' offensive round. Ray Allen first played a single, then sent the ball to the basket, one-on-one, Glen Davis crushed Lao Du.
"Glen Davis, his footsteps are beautiful under the basket, a turn around, hooking..."
Swish—!
"The ball is in, and the Celtics are leading again!"
On the sidelines, it was Sam Vincent's turn to frown.
"Glen Davis? How to defend this?"
Now, he really envied Rivers, and the cards in his hand were inexhaustible.
It was at the end of the game, and Rivers took out another new card. Who can withstand this?
The basket singles scored, offense and defense conversion, and the Bobcats' round was in.
Li Ke didn't think so much. He just went back to the offensive end and scored the damn ball in.
But in the positional battle, the advantage of the five small players was gone at once.
"The Celtics have launched joint defense, and the five Bobcats's little boys have been running, but there is no effective way to open the gap..."
Finally, Li Ke received the ball.
"Sheldon, he received the ball, and he didn't have much time left, so he pulled one from the middle distance!"
Bang-!
At the basket, kg grabbed the rebound, and the ball rights changed hands.
"The strategy failed..."
Li Ke frowned. The fifth little girl was beautiful, but the reality was skinny.
The fact is that the five little ones are too far away from this era. One or two rounds may be able to beat one unexpectedly and gain something.
But over time, as long as the opponent reacts, the advantage of the five small players will be gone immediately.
Back to the defensive end, the Celtics are still the same way. The gentleman thundered and went to Glen Davis to catch the ball. The big baby received another single. This time, Lao Du almost endured it.
When Li Ke picked up the rebound at the basket, he called a timeout without any hesitation.
"Sam, no, we have to change it."
Li Ke's first reaction was to exchange the old shark back.
Sam Vincent grinned mysteriously: "How about not changing?"
"?"
Li Ke was confused for a moment, and Sam Vincent said: "Psychological Warfare."
Li Ke understood immediately.
"Then I won't change it!"
With a buzzing sound, the timer roared, and the pause ended.
A surprising scene happened. The Bobcats did not replace them, but the Celtics changed them first.
"Perkins replaced Glen Davis, and the Celtics changed back!"
The Bobcats' offense, positional battles, and the Five Little League still have no advantages.
However, Lao Ai relied on Li Ke's pick-and-roll and rushed out and made a quick stop and equalized the score with a swish.
Turning around, Celtic's turn, Rivers smiled bitterly: "Suspended?"
Siberdo nodded: "What else? Do you expect Kendrick's singles?"
A beep!
This time it was Kenny Smith and Barkley in the commentary seat. They wiped their faces: "The final stage of this game is almost a pause."
Chapter completed!