273 Two consecutive defeats

86:75, the Pistons led by 11 points. With eight minutes left before the end of the game, the Pistons steadily controlled the situation on the field.

After the timeout, the Pistons replaced McGrady and Ben Gordon; the Celtics also replaced Kevin Garnett with Glen Davis, and Shaq O'Neal replaced Kendrick Perkins.

The game continues, the Celtics' ball rights.

Rajon Rondo passed the ball to Shaq O'Neal in the inside, who squeezed away Samuel Durhamport after receiving the ball, turned around and hit a hook, recovering 2 points for the Celtics.

After the offense and defense were transferred, Zhou Yi dribbled the ball through the half, and handed the ball to Ben Gordon. Ben Gordon broke through with the ball and rushed to the bottom line to make a quick jump shot, but missed the Sharks took the defensive rebound.

Rajon Rondo took the ball from the Sharks, and then a long pass was handed over to Paul Pierce who was almost down. Pierce cooperated with Ray Allen, who scored a jump shot from the outside of the three-point line in the corner.

86:80, the Celtics recovered 6 points in the blink of an eye. Pistons head coach John Custer stood up, clasped his hands into fists, and watched the game on the court nervously.

Zhou Yi passed the ball through the half, and then stopped at the Celtics arc. Looking at Rajon Rondo's focused look, Zhou Yi smiled slightly and said, "Rajon, why are you so nervous?"

"Nervous? I can't say I'm going to focus at most." Rajon Rondo replied, but his eyes kept staring at Zhou Yi and the ball in his hand.

Rajon Rondo now regards Zhou Yi as an opponent of the same level, so he naturally dare not be careless and took the initiative to post Zhou Yi, so that he did not have the chance to take action easily and defended the latter tightly.

Zhou Yi protected the ball, turned his back to Rajon Rondo, glanced at the corner of his eyes at the position of his teammates, and suddenly his body moved.

Zhou Yi pressed his center of gravity to the bottom, turned his back and dribbled the ball from Rajon Rondo's right arm and swung past him, rushing into the inside of the Celtics. After breaking through Rajon Rondo's defense, Zhou Yi used the shortest time to increase his speed to the highest point, approaching the Celtics' penalty area from the right bottom line. At this moment, only Celtics' center Shaq O'Neal can stop him!

In the past, when facing this situation, Zhou Yi would definitely attract Shaq O'Neal and pass the ball to Greg Monroe or other teammates.

However, no one of his teammates in the Celtics' penalty area is away. Therefore, Zhou Yi's mind has denied the passing behavior, which means that he has to complete this wave of attack by himself this time.

Zhou Yi soared into the sky, holding the basketball high in the air, and Shaq O'Neal followed closely and jumped up with his hands. At present, Shaq O'Neal has completely blocked Zhou Yi's offensive route. Whether it is a shooting or a dunk, the result Zhou Yi has to face is undoubtedly the end of being blocked.

At the moment of crisis, Zhou Yi yelled, his body suddenly shrank, and he re-received the ball to his ventral side. At the same time, he passed by Shaq O'Neal and reached the rear of Shaq O'Neal.

Just as he had already begun to fall, Zhou Yi stretched out his body again, raised the basketball, and hooked his right hand comfortably, throwing the ball gently towards the basket.

"Swish!" A light sound came across every corner of the stadium. Everyone could hear this familiar and beautiful sound clearly.

"Zhou's offense is so beautiful," said the commentator at the scene excitedly.

Suddenly, the few Pistons fans in the North Bank Garden Arena burst into cheers again, and the bench players in the Pistons rest area also stood up and waved their fists excitedly.

Although Zhou Yi has performed such a trolley layup many times before, in the current situation where both sides are in a stalemate, this wonderful trolley layup is the best tool to inspire people, hit the enemy and increase morale!

88:80, the two sides still had an 8-point gap, and there were less than 6 minutes left before the end of the game.

The Celtics launched a counterattack, but this time, they failed to convert the offense into scoring and allowed the Pistons to regain the ball.

Zhou Yi dribbled through the half and handed over the ball to his teammate Taylor Hansblu. After passing the ball, Zhou Yi quickly walked towards the baseline. Seeing this, Rajon Rondo quickly followed.

"Zhou, I won't let you score easily!" Rajon Rondo followed Zhou Yi and stretched out his slender arms to prepare for defense.

Zhou Yi received a pass from Taylor Hansblu at the baseline, and then flipped his hand and the ball appeared in Techelon Prince. Techelon Prince made a mid-range jump shot, but unfortunately, the basketball bounced out of the basket and the rebound was taken off by Glen Davis.

Rajon Rondo wanted to launch a fast break, but glanced at it and found that three players of the Pistons had retreated, and Ray Allen had passed half with him. Then Rajon Rondo dispelled his thoughts on fast break.

Rajon Rondo dribbled with Zhou Yi's back, then raised his hand and passed the ball to Ray Allen's hand. After Ray Allen received the ball, he did not stop at all, and opened his hand and scored a three-pointer.

With a "swish", the ball actually entered!

"Huh~~" The home fans cheered enthusiastically, but the away fans stopped doing it. Some people booed, but these booed sounds were insignificant than those cheers.

88:83, the Celtics were still 5 points behind. John Custer wanted to call a timeout, but after seeing Zhou Yi, he gave up this idea.

Zhou Yi held the ball and organized the offense. Rajon Rondo did not dare to be negligent. He followed Zhou Yi closely, not giving him any chance to break through or take action, and was ready to steal Zhou Yi at any time, just grab the moment when he appeared in an empty space.

Zhou Yi stopped directly opposite the basket outside the three-point line, moved his gaze to Ben Gordon on the left, and then stopped dribbling, holding the ball and standing quietly in place. Anyone who saw this obvious attitude would think that he was going to pass the ball to Ben Gordon!

So, Rajon Rondo came over and blocked all the routes Zhou Yi passed to Zhou Yi.

However, even so, Zhou Yi successfully passed the ball. However, he passed it to Ben Gordon, but to Techelon Prince.

Techelon Prince cut from the right side to the basket. Zhou Yi deceived Rajon Rondo, and grabbed the time difference with his right hand and threw the ball towards the rebound. Techelon Prince did not waste Zhou Yi's wonderful pass. He sprinted and jumped in the air to catch the basketball, and smashed the ball into the basket with his strong hands!

"Bang!" The painful moans of the basket resounded throughout the court!

The hearts of the Pistons fans were beating violently and thrilling wildly with the sound of this sound.

"Techelon...Prince..."

"Zhou...Yi..."

The names of the two people kept popping up from the fans and implemented the entire stadium. Although there were few fans of the Pistons on the spot, this did not affect people's hearing this voice.

"So handsome!" Zhou Yi ran to Techelen Prince and hit the latter's chest with an excited smile on his face.

Techelon Prince patted Zhou Yi on the back next time and chuckled: "Everyone, thank you for your assist!"

"Haha!" Zhou Yi smiled and quickly retreated to defend.

The "drip" whistle sounded again, and the Celtics called a long timeout.

With 7 points, the difference between the points has changed to 7 points again! Now, there are 5 minutes left before the end of the game. With 7 points, it is not difficult for the Celtics to catch up, but they need to stabilize the situation first and then boost their morale.

After the timeout, Greg Monroe replaced Tyler Hansblu, McGrady replaced Ben Gordon; on the Celtics, Kevin Garnett replaced Glen Davis.

The game continues, the Celtics' ball rights.

After returning to the court, Kevin Garnett, the main power forward of the Celtics, suddenly showed his power and scored 2+1 in a row, causing the Pistons main power forward Greg Monroe to commit five fouls and was directly replaced by Taylor Hansblu.

90:89, the Pistons only led by 1 point, and the Pistons immediately realized that danger had arrived.

Fortunately, under the leadership of Zhou Yi and McGrady, the Pistons made another 8:4 attack wave, instantly widening the gap between the two teams to 5 points!

Then, Rajon Rondo led the Celtics to chase points.

With 2 minutes and 11 seconds left in the game, the Celtics chased the score to 101:99, only 2 points behind the Pistons. And with Ray Allen hitting two consecutive three-pointers, the morale of the Celtics has been boosted.

At this time, the Pistons called a timeout.

After the timeout, Greg Monroe, who had already committed five fouls, made another appearance.

However, Greg Monroe went down again as soon as he appeared and was sent off for six fouls.

Rajon Rondo sneered at the corner of his mouth, then made a free throw, and made both free throws, 101:101, tied!

The game has been tied until now. The Pistons' previous lead was as many as 14 points, and the Celtics were eroded without safety.

The Pistons fans were disappointed, but they were not desperate because they believed that the team they supported would definitely win the final victory of the game.

Zhou Yi organized the offense with the ball, and the wonderful pass replaced Charlie Villanuois who came on the court with Greg Monroe. The latter took the ball and made a layup, but strangely, the basket seemed to have blocked, and he didn't even make an empty layup. Kevin Garnett grabbed the defensive rebound.

Rajon Rondo held the ball, and Zhou Yi quickly defended with close hands. Rajon Rondo dribbled and paused for a moment. Zhou Yi quickly seized the opportunity and reached out to intercept the ball, but Rajon Rondo sneered, pulled the ball sideways, controlling the ball to his left hand. Zhou Yi's hand hit Rajon Rondo's arm, and this scene naturally could not escape the referee's eyes, not to mention that this was the home court of the Celtics.

Therefore, the referee simply blew Zhou Yi's foul. The Pistons' five fouls were already full in this quarter, so although it was not a shooting foul, Rajon Rondo still got the chance to make a free throw.

"Don't go in, don't go in..." The Pistons fans kept muttering in their hearts, but God today seemed to be fair, and would not favor either side, let alone make the Pistons so lucky.

Rajon Rondo made a little bit of a push in the first free throw, but made a very straightforward second free throw.

101:103, the Celtics overtook the score. The Celtics took the lead for the first time in this game. The home fans were excited to dance. They shouted and cheered the home team.

McDilla reached the top of the arc to meet the ball, and then McDie broke through with the ball, attracting the double-team defense. After that, Techelle Prince made a wonderful pass to the open spot. As a result, Techelle Prince did not make an open shot, which made the Pistons even more depressed that Taylor Hansblu grabbed the offensive rebound and was actually called a rebound foul by the referee, which made the Pistons very dissatisfied.

Taylor Hansblu rushed to the referee to explain, but the referee just shook his head and did not change the penalty. Taylor Hansblu was still relatively rational and did not have any disputes with the referee.

However, the Pistons, including the fans of the Pistons, all think that the referee’s judgment is unfair and favors the home team. But there is no way, who makes this his home court?

Kevin Garnett got a free throw opportunity and made both free throws.

John Custer angrily called a timeout, preparing to set up the final tactics.

However, John Custer's timeout did not bring much change to the Pistons. The Celtics relied on the explosion of inside Kevin Garnett's last quarter game to gradually widen the score.

The Celtics had the advantage at home. With the cheers of fans, they played very smoothly in the last two minutes, and maintained a relatively high hit in the end, while the Pistons played more passively.

The concerns that John Custer and Pistons executives were worried about appeared in the last quarter. When Zhou Yi and McGrady lost their touch, no one in the Pistons dared to stand up and score. Greg Monroe was still too immature.

In the end, when the whistle sounded at the end of the game, the score between the two teams was frozen at 105:109. The Pistons lost to the Celtics by 4 points, and were turned around by their opponents and suffered two consecutive losses.

Cheers, applause, and shouts echoed throughout the court. The hearts of the home team fans were filled with the joy of victory. They forgot the time, the place, themselves, everything, and all they remember was the joy of winning this game!

After the final whistle sounded, the players of the two teams shook hands and spoke out. Rajon Rondo took the initiative to find Zhou Yi, hugged Zhou Yi silently, and then turned around to celebrate the victory of the game with his teammates.
Chapter completed!