Chapter 329 Expensive tuition
The last quarter started, and the Celtics fought against each other, and the Celtics attacked fiercely as soon as they came up!
Garnett attacked in the inside in a row, but three attacks only replacing two free throw opportunities. The twin brothers who were prepared for a long time did not give the Wolf King too many opportunities. Garnett is not the kind of player who can turn things around in the penalty area alone. He is strong in his all-round skills and his low-post strong offensive ability is not top-notch.
If the inside cannot attack, the Celtics can only passively shoot from the outside, which is the only option.
In the tenth minute, Lei Allen ran out of the gap through the cover of the whole team and raised his hand to hit a three-pointer.
But soon, Mobley was under the twins' multiple covers and also reunited with color outside the three-point line.
Facing the targeted defense of the Celtics, the only choice was to take action from the outside. After Ray Allen hit a three-pointer, Garnett also hit two consecutive goals from 18 feet away, and Old Dunleavy called a timeout.
Charles Barkley said after the timeout: "Basketball is like football. When the opponent sets out an iron barrel formation, it will be very difficult for you to rush in and score, especially when the two teams are evenly matched, so the Celtics can only choose to shoot from the outside. However, outside shooting may not be able to kill the opponent, and there are also many games on the football field where long-range shots can be won. And for a team in the finals, the ability to shoot from a long distance cannot be poor. Since the opponent gives you a chance, you can only blame yourself for not being able to do it."
Garnett made two consecutive shots, and Dunleavy began to hesitate, considering whether to push the defense out after the timeout?
"Leave at least one inside, and the others will follow you." Old Dunleavy finally didn't dare to let Garnett continue to jump shot at a high position, choosing to let Ji Guomo go out to defend. Leave Ji Guochou in the inside to guard it alone.
After the timeout, Old Dunleavy replaced all the main players. The lineup on the court became: Billups, Mobri, Artest, Ji Guohuo, Ji Guoqie,
The Clippers' strategy is very simple at the moment. Since the Celtics' outside shooting in the fourth quarter is accurate, if they can't defend their opponents, it's like the first three quarters. If you score a point, I'll get a point. As long as the Celtics don't make an attack wave, they can control the double-digit score difference for a few minutes and they can kill their opponents.
The Celtics replaced Pierce again after the timeout. At this time, Rivers did not dare to use the substitute lineup too much. The Big Three couldn't rest in the last quarter. They had to rest this summer and had time to rest, and now they were going to have a life!
After Pierce came on the court, he immediately used Garnett's cover to hit a three-pointer from the outside.
Ji Guoqiu used his back-to-back steps in the interior to make a foul Perkins in a low post. This was Dapang's fifth foul in this game.
Rivers became ruthless and ignored Perkins' fouls and continued to put him on the court. When will the big fat be beaten down and then substitute?
When the Celtics saw that they did not replace them, they continued to use Ji Guoqiu to attack Perkins. But the effect was not good.
After the fat man Perkins understood what his coach meant, he put down his burden and his defense became even more fierce. He greeted Ji Guochou with various small moves. The giant panda had telepathy and could not avoid all the tricks. He turned around and attacked and was pushed by Perkins on his chest with an elbow. The two brothers tasted the iron elbow together.
Ji Guoqiu failed to attack twice in a row, and he was elbowed for the second time, but the referee did not punish the foul.
Dick Bavita did not intend to favor the Celtics, but was sent off to the court when Perkins made another foul. At this time, the referees are usually very careful when calling, especially at critical moments like the finals, even if they are slightly favored by the home team.
The Celtics took advantage of Ji Guoqiu's two offensive misses and immediately caught the score to only 7 points.
In the fourth quarter, 7 minutes and 05 seconds, the score was 102:95. The Celtics used their lives to narrow the score gap. North Shore Garden has been echoing the deafening cheers of Boston fans during this period.
The good news for the Clippers is that they have much more timeouts than the Celtics. When old Dunleavy saw that something was wrong, he immediately used a way to stabilize his position.
"Don't worry, Changxi goes up and executes a double-cover tactic on the flanking, and we'll get two points first."
Billups once again showed his stability at the critical moment. The double cover of Ji Guoqiu and Ji Guohun helped Billups get rid of defense. The key man dribbled the ball and made a quick layup in the inside. The Clippers indeed scored two points and stabilized their position.
"Kevin, in the next half of the game, the championship will be mine. There is not much time left for you now. If you want to turn the tables, you must shoot all the next balls!" Paul Davis was sent off in the second half. Ji Guomeng still faced Garnett most of the time today. The Clippers' situation in the first three quarters, and his trash talk has never been useful, but at this critical moment, Ji Guomeng certainly needs to use this useful skill to influence the enemy at critical moments.
When Garnet heard Ji Guomo's words, he knew that this was a trash talk used by the dead fox to affect his mentality, but as long as he had a desire for the championship in his heart, he would definitely be affected. And the more he cared about the championship, the greater the impact he was.
Ji Guomeng just finished trash talk. Pierce beat Artest one-on-one on the offensive end, made a false breakthrough and caused a foul, and got two free throws.
Garnett let out a fierce sigh, stepped forward and roared loudly at Pierce, which scared the latter.
Ji Guomomiya snorted. Pierce attacked Garnett this time. His trash words just now might have been wasted, but this time it did not affect the Green Wolf, and there will be another time.
Pierce made both free throws, and Ji Guomeng was running towards the frontcourt. Garnett suddenly followed him and whispered: "Boy, if you can't score this ball, we will narrow the gap to within five points. Just five points, you know this is nothing to us at all. Remember the fifth game, we can catch up with 20 points, and you will repeat the same mistake today."
Ji Guomo was immediately disgusted when he heard this. Garnett, a bastard, was really not a good-looking lamp. In a blink of an eye, he returned his trash words intact.
Even more tragic is still coming. Ji Guomeng really got a mobile phone call this time. Brother Panda passed a pre-counter in the inside. Before Ji Guomeng arrived, the basketball was already passed.
Just when everyone thought Ji Guochou made a mistake in passing this time, the Fox brother ran to the basketball landing point just right. Garnett, who was following the defense, received the ball and shot. A picturesque wing three-pointer...
"Bang!" Ji Guomori felt that he must have been influenced by Garnett's trash words, and his three-point shooting percentage was not high.
"My!" Now at least four teams in the league feel sad when they hear this. Whenever they shout this from Ji Guochou, it means that their backcourt rebounds are no longer guaranteed.
Ji Guomeng jumped far away from this three-pointer, and the landing point was Ji Guojue's position. Of course, this time it was not intentional. If the little fox had such a good chance, he would not have made a blacksmith with his previous three-pointer.
Perkins saw that he could not rob Panda Brother. The fat man had bad intentions again and treated himself as a human bomb. He flew towards Ji Guochou. This trick was a way that he could not rob and would not let the enemy get both sides.
When Ji Guochou saw Perkins' 300-pound body flying towards him, he knew that no matter how courageous he had, he could not force himself. This fat man obviously wanted to keep himself together. Even if the referee sent Perkins off afterwards, he would suffer a great loss if he was carried down with him!
He is one of the core cores of the Clippers' offense and defense, and he died with a blue-collar worker. He would only make such a choice if he was in a slut.
Neither Perkins nor Ji Guoqiu got the rebound. Brother Panda was timid. He avoided Perkins' collision first, and barely relied on his arms and used his fingers to thrust the basketball.
Rondo and Billups competed for the second place, but of course there was no suspense. In the current point guard, no one could beat Rondo, a pervert, and the basketball was obtained by the Celtics.
Ji Guomeng quickly returned to defense, and Rondo grabbed the basketball and turned around and made a fast attack.
The Celtics lineup has not good fast attack ability, Pierce and Ray Allen immediately followed, but the two obviously fell behind Rondo too much. The Celtics' third-line fast attack is not very powerful, as long as they catch up with Rondo.
Ji Guomeng followed Rondo closely. Although the distance was widening, Rondo was not thrown away two steps until he reached the three-point line.
"Stay!" Rivers saw Ji Guomeng, the fourth position, actually chasing the No. 1 position, and what was even more damn, was only thrown away two steps. He was shocked and frightened, and hurriedly reminded Rondo not to take the risk of layups.
Rondo did not hear Rivers' reminder. The sound at the scene was too noisy, so Rondo did not pay attention to the movement behind him. He had long thought that no one could catch up with his speed and that the ball could be directly laid.
"Bang!" Ji Guomomiy jumped up from behind. He had enough time to block the block with just two steps. He stretched out his long arm from behind and slapped the basketball on the rebound. He used this nail-board hat to tell Rondo that his feeling was wrong. At the critical moment of the seventh game of the finals, the Fox brother staged a silent chasing nail-board hat that made the North Shore Garden Stadium.
Billups grabbed the basketball, and although he was thrown away by Rondo, he was at least closer to Pierce and Ray Allen.
Ji Guoqiu was very careful from the beginning. He was the one who knew Ji Guohuo’s speed best, so he did not return to defense at full speed. He was only delayed at midfield and turned around and ran backwards before the Celtics player.
Billups glanced at the front court and immediately threw the basketball over.
Ji Guoqiu received the basketball in the penalty area and was unguarded. Perkins chased after him, but he was still two big steps away. The fat man did not have Ji Guomo's jump and arm span. Brother Panda jumped and easily poured the basketball in.
The Clippers' goal this time hit Celtic people a lot, and Rondo's mind was even more rumored. When young players were hit like this, his reaction is normal now, how can he be calm?
The will of the Big Three was not affected by the Clippers' goal this time. They still had sufficient confidence to turn defeat into victory, but in the most critical point guard position, Rondo, the highly praised mature rookie, lost the chain at the most important moment. Billups then saw the flaw on the defensive end, reached out to take a fatal steal.
Billups picked up the basketball from Rondo, who was so scared that he turned around and snatched back, but he fell to the ground with too much force. The key man made a one-stop layup.
In the fourth quarter, 5 minutes and 45 seconds, the score was 109:97. Billups' layup after stealing widened the gap to 12 points again, leaving little time for the Celtics. They only narrowed the gap in the third quarter by 1 point in the first half, and their confidence was severely defeated.
Ji Guomo's previous blockade and Ji Guochou's slam dunk did not defeat the Celtics, nor did the Big Three lose confidence, but Rondo's fatal mistake this time made the entire Celtic team's morale low.
The gods’ opponents are not scary, but the pig teammates are dead!
Chapter completed!