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Chapter 411 The Eagles have a great harvest(1/2)

No one expected the Hawks to beat the Boston Celtics so easily. Although the latter caused some trouble to the Hawks at the last moment of the game, the Hawks still won the final victory.

And after the game, the Eagles received two good news in succession.

On the second day after the Hawks defeated the Celtics, NBA officially announced that the general manager of the year was Rick Sand of the Hawks. It was his outstanding operation in the offseason last year that attracted Wu Feng to the Hawks.

Under Wu Feng's leadership, the Eagles achieved the most impressive record in the East.

Immediately afterwards, NBA officially announced the winner of the Best Head Coach of the Year.

That's right, the one who won the honor was Hawks head coach Larry Drew.

This is also the first time Larry Drew was elected the best coach of the year in his coaching career. Therefore, at the press conference, Larry Drew seemed very excited and thanked his disciples one after another, especially Wu Feng.

What is more meaningful is that this is also the first time in the history of the Eagles that they have won both the General Manager of the Year and the Best Coach of the Year.

These two good news undoubtedly made Atlanta people extremely excited, and they are also looking forward to the announcement of the most valuable players, because the most powerful competitor of the most valuable players is their Atlanta newcomer King Wu Feng.

If Wu Feng wins the most valuable player of the season, then the Hawks will undoubtedly be the team that has gained the most this season.

Happy times are always short, and in a blink of an eye, the second game of the Hawks and Celtics series will start again.

Although the Atlanta won the first game, they did not dare to have the slightest pride because they knew that the Celtics were a very difficult team and they were likely to cause them great difficulties in the next game.

In this game, Al Horford finally beat Garnett on the jump ball.

However, the Hawks' first offense was not good. When Cork Hinrich passed the ball, he was cut off by Marquez Daniels, who started the game.

Marquez Daniels then passed the ball to Rajon Rondo.

However, Wu Feng immediately avenged Cork Hinrich.

When Rajon Rondo dribbled through Wu Feng, his cover was not very good. Wu Feng was quick-eyed and quick-handed, so he let Rajon Rondo go over, but he left the ball directly.

Wu Feng made a long pass to Josh Smith, who scored one-handed heavy drop in three seconds, helping the team to score first.

The loss in the last game was a big blow for the Celtics. Especially the team's defense was very bad, which made Doug Rivers always have a gloomy face during training.

At the beginning of the game, the Celtics players were in shape and continuously hit the Hawks' inside line. Paul Pierce made a move outside the left wing three-point line and Kevin Garnett actually grabbed the rebound with Josh Smith's head move and took the opportunity to make a heavy drop.

The ball hit Al Horford's back heavily, and the kg roared after landing, venting the depression that had been accumulated in the last game.

Josh Smith was detained by Kevin Garnett, so he was naturally unwilling to give up and wanted to fight back.

At the beginning of the game, the Hawks seemed a little out of shape. The players were at a disadvantage in defense and rebounding protection. Josh Smith's layup was directly blocked by Brandon Bass from the side.

The ball fell to Rajon Rondo. At this time, the Hawks' return to defense was not in place. Rajon Rondo's pass passed through the gap between several players' bodies and reached Paul Pierce's hands in the frontcourt, who took action outside the three-point line.

With a "swish", Paul Pierce's long shot was successful.

The team's offense at the start was excellent, which made Doug Rivers very excited.

The Hawks' offense was still fruitless, and the Celtics protected the defensive rebounds.

"Clang", the ball hit the front of the rim and bounced high, and Rajon Rondo missed a three-pointer.

Kevin Garnett grabbed the offensive rebound and turned around and pressed Al Horford to make a jump shot.

Al Horford was extremely depressed, but he was helpless.

The Celtics were holding their breath in their hearts when they lost the last game. They tried their best as soon as they started today.

Veteran Kevin Garnett scored frequently under the defense of Josh Smith and others, almost opening up the situation for the Celtics with one man. 6 of the Celtics' first 11 points were his result.

The Celtics started 11:2, and Larry Drew's timeout seemed to have no effect. Today, the overall defense of the Hawks did not have any problems.

However, in terms of offense, the rhythm seems to be relatively hasty, and the choice of shooting opportunities is not very ideal. In addition, Kevin Garnett seemed to have been in a state of surprisingly good condition today. Even under the double-team of Al Horford and Josh Smith, the ball can be sent into the basket.

Taking advantage of a dead ball, the Hawks quickly adjusted their lineup.

What was unexpected was that McGrath replaced Josh Smith at this time.

In the past, McGrady was replaced at the beginning of the second quarter, but unexpectedly, McGrady got a chance to play just halfway through the first quarter.

Moreover, McGrady made a contribution as soon as she arrived on the court. She received a pass from Wu Feng and made a mid-range jump shot.

Then, Marvin Williams made another steal from the frontcourt, then avoided the block of the defensive player and dunked with one-handed dunk.

The Celtics' consecutive mistakes allowed the Hawks to score four points in just half a minute, catching the score to 11:6. Phillips's low atmosphere just now was wiped out.

As the Hawks played their offense, their defense also played.

Cork Hinrich made a desperate steal and poked the Celtics' pass out of the baseline, leaving only 5 seconds left for the opponent's shooting time.

Paul Pierce quickly received the ball on the right wing and was about to pass it out, but when he saw that his teammates were following an Eagles player. As time passed, Paul Pierce quickly retreated, and his body took advantage of the retreat to jump backwards, and the ball was shot out along the basket.

After dodging ahead, he had no time to take care of both sides. At the moment when he rebounded, Wu Feng had already known his plan, quickly penetrated from the right wing and slapped the orange basketball.

Fortunately, Paul Pierce's movements were slightly tilted back when shooting, otherwise Wu Feng's blocking shot would have slapped the ball on his face, but when the ball slid over his head, he was also frightened and sweated.

Marquez Daniels just received the ball outside the three-point line, and the referee's whistle had sounded, and Marquez Daniels obviously had no time to shoot.

The Celtics' twenty-four-second offensive time has arrived, which is definitely the result of a collective defense of the Hawks. Cork Hinrich's steal interrupted the opponent's offensive momentum, and Wu Feng's block rejected the Celtics' last glimmer of hope.

When Paul Pierce dribbled the ball and broke through, the ball was cut off by Marvin Williams again, and the Hawks' fast attack character was once again shown, but this offense ended with Wu Feng's three-pointer from the right wing.

In a blink of an eye, the gap between the two sides has narrowed to one point, and the Celtics temporarily maintained a 1-point lead with 11:10.

But the situation on the field at this time has turned to the Hawks.

Doug Rivers also looked solemn. The Hawks' offense made successive attempts and felt very distressed. But the team's successive mistakes were the things he was most worried about.

Seeing the Hawks approaching, Doug Rivers called a timeout helplessly. The disciples' performance did disappoint him, but he could not watch the team be slaughtered by the opponent.

The Celtics adjusted the roster. Avery Bradley replaced Paul Pierce, Ryan Hollins replaced Brandon Bass, Kenyon Duling replaced LaJan Rondo, and the performance of the two previous two was indeed average. Especially Paul Pierce made two consecutive mistakes, and Brandon Bass did not perform well in the game, and both attempts in the inside line were missed.

In the end, the Hawks ended the first quarter with 30:23. If Garnett had not had two plus one at the last moment, the gap between the two sides would have been widened to double digits.

Kevin Garnett scored 11 points in the first quarter, while the captain Paul Pierce, who performed well in the last game, did not play the performance Boston fans expected in the first quarter. The only highlight may be the three-pointer that started.

Compared with Garnett's solo appearance on the Celtics, the Hawks' scores are very average. Six of the eight players on the court scored, Al Horford scored the highest 8 points, Wu Feng, Coke Hinrich, and Marvin Williams scored 5 points, but the most distinctive comparison between the two sides is in the mistakes. The Hawks have only one mistake so far, while the Celtics have six mistakes. The Hawks successfully scored four fast attacks after taking advantage of the opponent's mistakes.

The Celtics' lineup was adjusted again in the second quarter, with Rajon Rondo, Kevin Garnett, Ryan Hollings, Kenyon Duling and Avery Bradley.

Bradley's right wing shot missed by Marvin Williams, and Rajon Rondo picked up an offensive rebound in the chaos.

Wu Feng was still sitting on the bench at the beginning of the second quarter. Larry Drew arranged for him to rest more to allow Wu Feng to perform better in the most important second half. However, in this way, Rajon Rondo got a chance, and Jeff Teague obviously could not resist him.

Rajon Rondo took the rebound to the bottom line, took a step back and avoided Al Horford's defense, and made a backward jump shot.

Al Horford realized that Rajon Rondo appeared in the inside just now, not only stole an offensive rebound, but also took a easy shot at him.

Anthony Morrow noticed that Al Horford was running in the front, raised his right hand high, and the ball flew quickly to the frontcourt. He recognized the opportunity very accurately. Unfortunately, the height and speed of the ball were both problematic. Rajon Rondo actually jumped directly in the midfield and took off the ball. Fortunately, Marvin Williams returned to defense in time, which killed the opponent's fast break in the cradle.

At this time, there were eight minutes and four seconds left in the second quarter, and the game entered the official timeout, with the score between the two sides being 32:25.

The coaches of both teams were obviously dissatisfied with the past few minutes.

After the timeout, the two head coaches made great adjustments to their respective lineups.

Both sides changed into the main lineup at the same time, which made Boston fans more relieved that Paul Pierce also appeared on the field at this time.

Wu Feng easily walked around the top of the arc with the ball. Unexpectedly, Doug Rivers did not arrange for Paul Pierce to defend himself, but was facing Marvin Williams.

Rajon Rondo defended Wu Feng, but Wu Feng took a beautiful step back and widened his distance.

At this time, Rajon Rondo was quite far from him, so he could only watch Wu Feng's three-pointer.

"Swish", Wu Feng was also very satisfied with such a clean and neat attack. His breakthrough must have made Rajon Rondo very upset.

"Swish" another straightforward mid-range shot. Wu Feng easily broke through the Celtics' first defense line and made a quick shot.

The Celtics' ball was quickly handed over to Rajon Rondo. Taking advantage of Marvin Williams' defense not being in place, he quickly took off the air and took action from the three-point line.

With a "clang", the basket rejected the Celtics' shot again.

Kevin Garnett did not jump up to compete for the rebound, but stuck Al Horford at the basket.

Body collisions are filled with all the time during the game, especially at the basket.

Al Horford was not even a chance to jump by Garnettka, and he could only watch Brandon Bass take an offensive rebound.

In this game, the Hawks did not do a good job in rebounding protection. Before the first half was over, the opponent had already snatched six offensive rebounds, which meant that the opponent had six more second offensive opportunities.

Just when Brandon Bass wanted to get stronger, Josh Smith quickly came up to defend, allowing Brandon Bass' second offense to come to an abrupt end.

Although he was not as strong as Josh Smith, he played a little skillfully. He turned and faked Josh Smith and then took action at the basket.

But he ignored the existence of Al Horford, a beautiful hotpot. He flew Brandon Bass' shooting far away.

Wu Feng picked up the ball like lightning and rushed towards the Celtics' half.

Rajon Rondo, who was defending him, quickly retreated, but because he retreated too quickly, Wu Feng seized the opportunity and made a jump shot directly in the arc.

Rajon Rondo had the chance to block Wu Feng, but he didn't expect Wu Feng to take action so quickly, thinking that he would rush into the basket.

Although he did not take the timely cover, Rajon Rondo did not give up and still jumped up and pounced on him.

But Wu Feng's bounce was too outstanding, his body was very high when shooting, and Wu Feng's quick shooting speed, so he naturally failed to stop Wu Feng's shooting.

After landing, Wu Feng still kept shooting in his right hand and stared at the basketball flying towards the basket.

The fans at the scene were also nervously watching the ball, because Wu Feng rarely appeared outside the three-point line in this game. So, they were all worried for Wu Feng.

With a "swish", Wu Feng's three-pointer hit a steadily.
To be continued...
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