Chapter 197 The effect of changing the array

In the next game of the second quarter, both teams entered a stalemate. The Celtics players were very active in defense and never allowed their opponents to take the opportunity to expand their advantage. The Magic finally ended the first half with an advantage of 8 points with a 58:50 lead. "《》.com.

Celtics players can still accept this result. After all, the difference between 8 points can easily catch up in one half.

"This guy..." Rajon Rondo looked at Wu Feng's back with a little solemn expression, sitting on the bench panting.

In the past few minutes, his exercise volume was too great, and most of the Celtics' scoring opportunities were obtained by relying on Rajon Rondo's breakthrough and passing, and the Magic's defense against him became more and more powerful.

At the end of the first half, the Magic led the Celtics by 8 points 58:50. Although the Magic still led by 9 points, the big score lead in the middle of the second quarter is no longer comparable.

Especially the morale that was originally strong was slightly lower at the end of the second quarter. Rajon Rondo of the Celtics was like the mainstay of the Celtics. After resisting the Magic's attacks, the Celtics players gradually regained their confidence under the leadership of Rajon Rondo, especially Ray Allen, who hit two consecutive three-pointers at the last moment.

The morale of the Celtics rose, and the morale of the Magic naturally declined. However, despite this, Stan Van Gundy did not criticize his disciples. He believed them and believed that they could get out of the predicament during this period, especially with Wu Feng.

Although the Magic did not perform well at the end of the second quarter, they still controlled the initiative on the court. Wu Feng did not perform well in the last two minutes of the second quarter, but the espn column reporter still chose Wu Feng as the interview target. (《》彩 7*)

It was Wu Feng who revitalized the entire team's offense in the middle of the second quarter that brought the Magic's vitality back to life. And it was obvious that victory was very close to the Magic's, as long as Wu Feng could perform normally.

Moreover, the Celtics sacrifice most of their physical strength to defend the Magic and always play fast breaks, so their physical strength will definitely be problematic.

In the second half of the life-and-death battle, physical strength will become a fatal factor for the Celtics.

What's more, the Celtics are originally a team with severe aging. In the team's starting lineup, three players are over 33 years old, and they are the Big Three.

Ray Allen is 35 years old, Garnett is 34 years old, and Paul Pierce, the youngest "truth" is 33 years old.

So for the Celtics, a protracted battle is the most difficult. Especially because they are still on the back side, the Celtics, which consumed a lot of physical strength in the first half, will face a very big challenge in the second half when they are more intense, physically intensive and more frequent.

In the first half, the Magic had nine players, Wu Feng, who was on the court for the longest time. He only rested on the bench for more than five minutes; and on the Celtics, except for Kevin Garnett, who was injured at the beginning of the first quarter, rested for one quarter, the other four almost played the first half.

Wu Feng was a little overwhelmed after playing for so long. He said to the espn reporter panting: "I believe everyone has seen this game and will be one of the hardest games we have ever seen this season. The Celtics are an excellent team, their defense is at the forefront in the league and they do a good job in offense, especially since they have an excellent point guard, Rajon Rondo. "《》.com. He is one of the strongest opponents I have encountered. Although we are 8 points ahead of them now, it is not easy to win this game. In the second half, only by giving our all can we win this highly anticipated Christmas game."

After saying so much in one breath, Wu Feng quickly rushed into the lounge. For the second half, Stan Van Gundy must make some arrangements.

The Celtics players also rushed into the locker room. Doug Rivers was a little depressed. Although the score difference was narrowed to single digits at the end of the second quarter, their main players were all very tired. At least a few starters had to get enough rest time, otherwise the game would be exhausted before the game was over.

Doug Rivers is the most troublesome now. How to arrange players to rest is so difficult for the Celtics now. Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo are the most difficult to arrange. The game is inseparable from them now. Ray Allen is the guarantee of his offense on the outside. His role in the outside is currently no replacement for the team.

At the end of the second quarter, it was his outstanding performance on the outside that allowed the Celtics to narrow the gap to single digits. Rajon Rondo is the team's offensive engine. Without Rajon Rondo's Celtics, it is like a sports car without an engine.

But the two are the players that the team needs the most to rest. Once the game enters the final victory or defeat, they are the players that the team needs the most urgently.

Therefore, the Celtics coach, who is called Hesheng Town by Chinese fans, is studying how to arrange the players' rest time during the halftime break.

The third quarter started soon, and it was a bit surprising that the Celtics did not let Rajon Rondo play, which may have something to do with his intensive energy in the first half.

Avery Bradley, who came on the bench, took a tight defense against Wu Feng and kept drawing the ball from Wu Feng's hand.

However, with Wu Feng's ball control ability that has reached its peak, even Rajon Rondo cannot easily interrupt the ball from him. He always keeps two steps away from Wu Feng, which makes Wu Feng unable to have enough time to start.

Wu Feng took the ball to halftime and took about six seconds. Other players of the Magic were all standing on one side.

Wu Feng was secretly surprised, but unexpectedly, after Rajon Rondo came out, the Celtics' defense made people even more troublesome.

After the third quarter, the Magic's outside feel suddenly cold. Only Wu Feng made a goal at the beginning of the game. Several other players did not seem to find the basket in the next few long shots from outside, and even had a bad phenomenon of three-no-touch.

Moreover, in the second half, the Celtics used their most confident defense, and Kevin Garnett not only defended the inside, but also pulled out to defend the outside. It has to be said that Kevin Garnett's defense range is very large.

But this also caused a trouble for Doug Rivers, because with Garnett's defense, he consumed a lot of energy.

However, Doug Rivers may want to use the strict defense to catch up with the points gap first, and then change the defensive tactics.

The Celtics' defense made the Magic worry, and they even had 24-second offensive violations twice by the Celtics.

The Magic did not have too persistence when they could not open the outside line. Several players rushed into the penalty area without any mercy. After Vince Carter and Gerald Wallace succeeded one after another, the Magic took a double-digit lead with more than seven minutes left in the third quarter, with more than seven minutes left.

After Rajon Rondo left the court, the Celtics were obviously in a dilemma of offense paralysis. Several main players did a great job in defense, but they had little effect on offense. The offensive time was unreasonable, and there were many things that missed the scoring opportunity in vain. If Kevin Garnett had not been able to succeed in playing singles at the basket in succession, the score difference would have been even bigger.

After Celtics head coach Doug Rivers called the timeout, Stan Van Gundy was very dissatisfied with the team's current offense. The team's offense in the past few minutes was very unsatisfactory. The outside line couldn't break the deadlock, and the two sneak attacks from the inside line made the Celtics' inside line more alert. It is probably not that easy to succeed again below.

Wu Feng couldn't say anything about the pain. He used to think that Avery Bradley's offense was good and his defense was much worse. But he didn't expect that just now, he actually threatened him. The repeated small moves made him angry. Fortunately, he could still control his emotions.

Under the defense of Celtic players without hesitation, the Magic's offense began to appear more impatient. Wu Feng's pass was still so sharp, but he could not help his teammates. He made several hastily shots in a row, and the ball smashed out of the basket. Glen Davis's backcourt rebound was well controlled.

When the Magic's offense was repeatedly setbacked, the Celtics played more solidly. Avery Bradley always controlled the rhythm of the game. It doesn't matter if the fast attack was not done. He immediately entered the positional battle. It doesn't matter if the pass was not in place. The ball was passed back to the outside line. As the ball was constantly running, the Celtics were cautiously looking for opportunities to take action. Such sports battles were originally the game that the Magic were good at, but now the Magic's offense was in a mess, and the Celtics played with a solid and eye-catching manner.

After Ryan Anderson grabbed a backcourt rebound and Wu Feng dribbled the ball through halftime, Stan Van Gundy decisively called a timeout.

In the more than four minutes after the timeout, the Magic only made three shots and scored 8 points in a row with free throws. Although the Celtics did not set off a scoring craze, they also scored 11 points. The score of both sides at this time was 74:67, and the Celtics were only 7 points behind the Magic.

With Rajon Rondo off the court, the score difference between the Boston Celtics who played away further narrowed the score difference.


Chapter completed!