Chapter 284 Important Battle(1/2)
"Pa" "Pa", the basketball kept changing hands under Wu Feng's crotch, and his speed became faster and faster. As the ball hit the floor, Rajon Rondo's heart trembled, and he did not dare to relax at all. Looking at Wu Feng's ready-to-run body, he knew that Wu Feng's attack could be completed in the blink of an eye.
With a look in Wu Feng, Brandon Bass knew what to do.
Wu Feng started at full speed before Brandon Bass was fully in place.
After Wu Feng started at full speed, Rajon Rondo quickly followed. With his speed, he could completely keep up with Wu Feng. But when he wanted to make up for Wu Feng, a flesh wall blocked him.
"Damn it." Rajon Rondo naturally knew that someone had picked and rolled Wu Feng.
The old Lei Allen naturally could not catch up with Wu Feng, and could not even cause a foul. He could only watch Wu Feng and penetrated into the penalty area.
At this time, there were two big players at the Celtics' basket. After Wu Feng passed Rajon Rondo, they were ready to defend.
Wu Feng did not seem to want to send the ball into the basket in person. After the man reached the free throw line, the ball was passed out and handed it to Dwight Howard in the inside. The man quickly passed by Dwight Howard.
Dwight Howard did not turn around and make a move, but gently swung to the left. His ball was very hidden. After Wu Feng received the ball, he used Dwight Howard's block to easily shoot.
A Celtics made a pass mistake, Wu Feng easily intercepted the ball, and a long pass helped Vince Carter hit a three-pointer.
A blocking gap between Rajon Rondo and Kevin Garnett won the opportunity to shoot a three-pointer, but the ball went out from the basket. Dwight Howard instantly pushed Jermaine O'Neal out at the basket and easily took the rebound.
Then, Wu Feng and Gerald Wallace cooperated, with the former assisting the latter dunking.
Seeing this scene, Doug Rivers sighed and finally called for a pause.
For a while ago, the Celtics players seemed to be unable to find the basket. After Wu Feng's wonderful score, the Magic seemed to gradually find the feeling of offense and scored a 8:2 small ** fight to 29:32, and the score difference has been narrowed to 3 points.
"After the Celtics widened the gap to 11 points, the Magic seemed to have regained their feelings. Wu Feng, Carter and Wallace hit a goal one after another, helping the Magic narrow the gap to 3 points. Teacher Yang, what do you think about the Magic's performance during this period?" After briefly introducing the current situation of the two teams, Yu Jia handed the topic to Yang Yi.
"Maybe everyone has felt that Wu Feng's fighting spirit just now was a little different from the one at the beginning. At the beginning, his fighting spirit was very full, but now, his fighting spirit is not only full, but has already been overflowing. Therefore, under Wu Feng's organization, Carter and others regained their feelings and scored 8-2 with a small score of 8-2.
Chao hit the Celtics back. But I think that if the Magic wants to win this game, Wu Feng's outstanding performance alone is not enough. He needs Howard's help in the inside." Yang Yi said in a constant commentary.
After listening to Yang Yi's explanation, Yu Jia nodded in agreement.
Yang Yi is right. If Wu Feng is the backbone of the Magic's outside, then the "Warcraft" is the backbone of the inside. Not only that, he is also the core of the entire team.
Although the team uses Wu Feng as the initiator of the offensive, no matter what, the current boss of this team is still Dwight Howard.
Stan Van Gundy was naturally very satisfied with his performance just now, especially Vince Carter and Gerald Wallace, whose performance has improved significantly during this period.
After the timeout, the Celtics' lineup changed again.
Jermaine O'Neal, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Marquis Daniels and Rajon Rondo formed a new lineup, which is obviously a better lineup with better defense.
Ray Allen's defense was not very good at his peak, not to mention that he is old now. Therefore, in order to strengthen the team's defense, Doug Rivers replaced Marquez Daniels, who had better defense.
There was no problem with the Celtics' offense just now, but the sudden outbreak of other Magic players made the Celtics' defense very chaotic. Therefore, Doug Rivers wanted to strengthen the team's defense.
On the Magic, JJ Redick also replaced Vince Carter.
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At the end of the first half, the Celtics temporarily led the Magic by 5 points with a coherent offense and excellent defense.
Although the Magic are still 5 points behind, they are no match for the bad situation at the beginning of the second quarter, especially the morale that is almost dispersed, which has returned to the Magic players in this quarter.
Wu Feng and Dwight Howard were like mainstays. After resisting the Celtics' attacks, the Magic players gradually regained themselves.
Especially the Canadian Flying Man, in the second quarter, he hit two consecutive three-pointers, and on the defensive end, he also restricted the performance of Junzi Lei.
During the intermission, Wu Feng was invited by ESPN. Although Wu Feng was very tired, he still accepted media interviews.
The reason why espn chose Wu Feng for the interview was because it was because Wu Feng's tenacious struggle in the second quarter that the Magic team was able to survive again.
Although the score difference has been recovered, Stan Van Gundy still has a headache now.
Because of the absence of two main substitutes, Nazel Mohamed and Chris Duhon, and the continuous pursuit of points in the second quarter, the two main players, Dwight Howard and Wu Feng, have too little rest time.
But these two players cannot be allowed to rest, so Stan Van Gundy has a headache.
After thinking for a long time, Stan Van Gundy decided to let Wu Feng and Dwight Howard not play in the first half of the third quarter and take a rest.
Therefore, when the second half of the game began, the fans did not see Wu Feng and "Warcraft" appear.
So, they all started to discuss fiercely.
At the beginning of the third quarter, Stan Van Gundy's lineup was: Ryan Anderson, Brandon Bass, Gerald Wallace, JJ Redick and Vince Carter.
Carter also has certain organizational skills, so Stan Van Gundy let him serve as the team's organizational guard.
Without Dwight Howard and Wu Feng, the Magic played very hard in the first half of the third quarter.
With Marquez Daniels and Paul Pierce hitting a three-pointer, the Celtics took a 13-point lead with 6 minutes and 11 seconds left in the third quarter.
Stan Van Gundy finally couldn't help asking for a timeout, and the purpose of this timeout was to replace Wu Feng and Dwight Howard.
After Wu Feng and Dwight Howard came on the court, the Magic's offensive and defensive focus was placed on both of them.
As the two men approached full blood resurrection, the Magic launched a very fierce offensive.
Although the Celtics' defense became more fierce, their defense was suddenly broken after Wu Feng's continuous rambling.
With a "swish", Wu Feng made a wonderful pass from jj Redick in the bottom corner, and the latter hit his second three-pointer in the quarter.
After all, Rajon Rondo is also very young. After making several beautiful passes in a row, he took the game himself after failing to convert them into assists.
With continuous false action breakthroughs, Rajon Rondo rushed into the basket and was another iconic Scorpion swing.
But this time Wu Feng was not deceived and directly blocked Rajon Rondo's layup.
Then, Wu Feng grabbed the defensive rebound and quickly passed it to JJ Redick.
The latter cooperated with Gerald Wallace and then scored a layup by himself.
With this ball hit, the Magic finally narrowed the gap to 5 points.
Celtics head coach Doug Rivers sighed helplessly and asked for a timeout.
After a brief timeout, the Celtics seemed to have found their rhythm again, and Rajon Rondo forced a breakthrough and made a layup to retaliate.
Then Marquis Daniels hit the Magic's basket and caused a foul, making both free throws, and the Celtics took another 9 points to lead.
But this is the third quarter, so the Magic did not lose confidence.
Wu Feng once hit Paul Pierce, which not only hit the ball, but also caused a defensive foul of "Truth".
The fans of Amway Center Arena immediately cheered. At this time, Wu Feng stood up again, becoming the most reliable player of the Magic.
"Swish", the free throw hit, Wu Feng's two plus one hit was completed.
In the following time, both sides showed their magical powers. However, under the joint forces of Wu Feng and Dwight Howard, the Magic team played very efficiently, both offense and defense.
Therefore, at the end of the third quarter, the Magic tied the score to 80:86, only 6 points behind the Celtics.
A short break has passed and the last quarter of the game has begun.
Since Vince Carter's physical strength has not recovered yet, jj Redick is still on the court at this moment.
Wu Feng took the ball to the top of the arc and handed it to JJ Redick's hands.
JJ Redick felt that he had no chance, so he quickly handed the ball to Ryan Anderson.
Since the Celtics have focused most of their attention on Wu Feng and Dwight Howard, the Celtics have no dedicated defense for Ryan Anderson.
But because of this, Ryan Anderson hit a goal.
82:86, the Magic narrowed the gap to 4 points.
Seeing this scene, the fans at the scene were all excited.
In the second quarter, they once thought that the home team was likely to lose. But now, they feel that the home team has a great chance of turning the defeat into victory.
Ryan Anderson's goal was very important. Originally, after Wu Feng came on the court, the Celtics' main defensive target had already been on Wu Feng, but with his hit, the Celtics had to pay more attention to other Magic players. In this way, Wu Feng's pressure was much smaller.
Kevin Garnett's mid-range shot missed, Ryan Anderson took the defensive rebound, and the ball rights returned to the Magic.
jj-Redick scored a sneak attack from outside the three-point line, and the Magic scored 5 points in less than a minute, narrowing the gap between the two sides to 1 point.
Doug Rivers immediately called a timeout. The sudden outbreak of two role players of the Magic team completely disrupted his tactical arrangements. Before Wu Feng could perform, the Magic team recovered 5 points in a row. In this case, it was naturally careless.
"The game has reached the most critical moment, Rivers decisively called a timeout. Now any change may change the final result of the game. The Magic's two substitutes made consecutive shots. In fact, it is normal for this situation to happen. With Wu Feng and Howard on the court at the same time, the Celtics have to adopt a double-team tactic for both of them, and the opportunities for other players will naturally come out." Yu Jia commented.
Yang Yi nodded and commented with a smile: "That's right, I think that after several character players of the Magic team feel hot, they will no longer easily adopt the double-team tactic against Wu Feng and Howard."
Kevin Garnett's shooting today was not very good, and he has only made three of eleven shots so far, but his performance at the free throw line is impressive. So far, he has hit all eight free throws.
After the timeout, Celtics captain Paul Pierce stood up.
After making a simple gap with Rajon Rondo, he made a three-pointer from the top of the arc.
jj Redick dribbled the ball through the half, and did not stick too much, and quickly handed the ball to Wu Feng. At this time, only Ray Allen was beside Wu Feng. Although there were other Celtic players not far away, the situation was much better than the previous double-team.
With one step, the distance between the two was wide open. Wu Feng quickly passed the ball from Lei Arun's head.
Ryan Anderson received a pass from Wu Feng and turned around and made a jump shot.
Just when the Magic felt that the hope of winning was right in front of them, after Rajon Rondo made two consecutive breakthroughs and layups, the score between the two sides became 87:93, and the difference widened to 6 points again.
Wu Feng quickly led the ball through the half and pretended several times in a row. Rajon Rondo was unmoved at all.
Wu Feng seemed to have eyes behind his head, and he accurately sent the ball to JJ Redick's hand, and he took a step forward and blocked Rajon Rondo tightly on the right.
Taking advantage of the opportunity Wu Feng created for him, jj-Redick quickly got up and took action without hesitation. Unfortunately, his strength seemed to be a little smaller, and the ball hit the front of the basket and bounced high.
To be continued...