“Our opponent is the number one Bucks in the East and we all know they are excellent.

But we are just like them, and we are eager for victory.

I don’t think they are invincible. The key to our victory lies in fighting.

Our previous opponent, Pistons, was also very strong, but what was the result? Or did we win!

I firmly believe that we can move into the next round."

On May 5, the Celtics and their group visited Milwaukee.

Before the second round of the playoffs started, Paul Pierce told the media reporter like this.

It can be seen that Pierce was full of confidence at this time.

Coincidentally, Antoine Walker, another Celtic Gemini, also spoke a few words at this time.

"The health of players is very important, and young players need to accumulate experience through actual combat!"

Before, when the Bucks beat the Celtics, He Li basically played against Walker, and Walker was bullied by He Li.

But now, the "injury" of He Li's knee is well known. If Walker doesn't take your life while you are sick, he will be really out of temper.

Of course, Walker did not pretend too much, and did not speak harshly before the game started, but pointed out that He Li was injured, which gave the Celtics an opportunity to take advantage of it and had great hope of winning the game.

However, Celtics head coach Jim O'Brien doesn't think so.

“From the ranking, we are not under such great pressure.

In today's game, as long as we perform at our normal level, we should not play too hard.

When fighting away, customer service will definitely require some difficulties.

Including ourselves, in the previous few games, some players consumed a lot in different positions.

We will strive for every game, and we will not give up easily.

But if we really encounter insurmountable difficulties, we will also use this game to let players in some positions make some adjustments."

Before the start of the game, Jim O'Brien was saying such disheartening words as the Celtics head coach.

The implication is that the Celtics played five games with the Pistons. The last game was finished two days ago. At this time, it was in a time of lack of people and horses, and it was understandable to lose to the Bucks.

This is indeed the case.

In the playoffs, don’t drag it if you can win.

Being dragged to the level of five or seven by the opponent, even if you win this round of game hard, it will be very difficult to play in the next round.

In this situation, the Bucks are at home to maintain their energy and wait for a long time to work hard, but the Celtics are rushing to travel away games and have no rest at all.

By comparing the two, the Bucks should not objectively gain too many advantages.

As long as the Bucks perform normally and don’t have too many problems on the defensive end, it will not be difficult to win this game.

On the other hand, even if the Celtics put in all their efforts to play, they will still be defeated.

Although Jim O'Brien's statement is difficult for Celtic players to accept, it is actually a more rational solution.

If the Celtics lost to the Bucks in the first half of the game today and obviously couldn't beat them, there was no need to stick them to them.

It’s better to take a break, adjust, and wait for the next game.

But then again, there is no way to consider problems rationally when playing in the playoffs.

For players with strength, fighting spirit and ideals, every game cannot be given up easily.

Especially on the court, players cannot choose to give up.

Therefore, the subtle relationship between the Celtics' attitude and the head coach's attitude is quite interesting in the eyes of the media reporters on the spot.

Everyone is more looking forward to how the Celtics will perform today.

Of course, everyone is more looking forward to what kind of performance he was injured today!

Should I regain my strength of 30 points per game, or would I barely get a dozen or twenty points?

After the pre-match media reception of the two teams, reporters flocked to the Bradley Center one after another.

Time flies quickly, and the starter is about to appear.

The heavyweight guest in the Bucks' audience today is slightly different from the first game of the last round of playoffs.

Jordan and other non-Bucks history celebrities did not appear, but today, in addition to Bucks history celebrities such as Jabbar came to watch the game on site, there were also many film and television stars.

There were also last time, but most of them were Milvon's basics, plus Chicago stars.

Today, there are many stars from afar. In addition, the Bucks specially invited the "Real Destiny Girl" group that has been popular in the past two years to perform live.

It can be seen that small football markets like the Bucks have gradually become famous.

"The big dog comes out first, it seems that it's a substitute."

"Yes, He Li should start, so next play should be the small forward position and will face Paul Pierce."

"I'm looking forward to it now! Who can laugh to the end of Zhenli or Heli?"

Because of He Li, Sun Zhengping and Zhang Weiping had a separate commentary at the competition site.

Because they are closer to the Bucks bench, they can clearly see the starting and substitute candidates.

After the Celtics started, the Bucks first divided the substitutes into two rows and took advantage of the time when the lights were turned off.

Then came Ray Allen and Kassel, two starting defenders, made their debut.

"Hey, the bus is the starter today! It's interesting now."

"That's right, if nothing unexpected happens, He Li will be the last to play! The status of He Li as the boss of the team is really stable!"

The Bucks have a knee injury on the surface, so they will reduce the number of fast attacks.

Because He Li played as a small forward, he lacked stable offensive points in the interior, so he had to increase the number of shots from the outside.

So Bater started and allowed him to use his tonnage advantage to grab rebounds.

To be honest, Bartel's offensive ability in the interior is also a relatively good player in the Bucks.

In addition, Battel and He Li have practiced a lot and played more than a dozen games together. They know how to help He Li cover and support him.

When Bartel and He Li go together, this is to use everything and use people to their talents.

However, this configuration is rarely used by the Bucks.

The Celtics had previously studied the Bucks, but they missed this situation.

During the jumping ball, the bus failed to jump the ball, but it was not a big problem.

After the Celtics got the ball, they immediately played fast attacks, but they wanted to play the Bucks but had not yet gained a foothold.

But the Bucks are very good at playing fast attacks themselves, so don't be too experienced in how to defend fast attacks.

Ray Allen and Kassel returned to defense first and blocked outside the three-point line. He Li then ran to the near the free throw line to prepare for assisting defense.

Bartel and Anthony Mason each made up a corner.

Before a Celtic player could break into the inside, the Bucks had already put out the 212 joint defense.

There are not many three-pointers these days, and the Bucks can also shrink to the three-point line. In addition, lightning swaps, He Li's defense point can be used to make a short cut even if he can't stop the opponent's center from making a short cut, he can still switch defenses in time.

However, there is no need to think so much about the Celtics.

In this game, the Celtics considered that the Bucks might take care of He Li and gave up the idea of ​​playing fast attacks, so they did the opposite and set up a "five-small lineup" with a small spirit fast.

The Celtics only have Kenny Anderson, a small point guard, and the rest are strikers over 2 meters.

At this time, the Celtics have only two choices, either the forwards play as a guard, use their height to play misplaced, and shoot from the outside.

Either the forward cut the basket at a blank and used his speed to challenge the two inside players who were not fast-moving in the penalty area.

The Celtics have the two stars Pierce and Walker, so outside projection is a good choice.

However, this time the Celtics chose the latter.

Walker received a pass from Pierce and then broke into the inside. Anthony Mason was turned around by Walker, and he was about to make a layup in three steps.

He Li made up for defense and killed him at this time. Walker immediately jumped and threw the ball into the sky, preparing to cooperate with his teammates to make an empty call.

Eric Williams knew and jumped immediately afterwards, but halfway through the flight, the ball disappeared.

"Incredible, He Li jumped with one foot and was not affected by injuries at all, and his shoulders could almost touch the bottom edge of the rebound!

He Li reached out to block the ball. Antoine Walker passed the ball too casually, and it was directly blocked by He Li!

Anthony Mason picked up this ball, and the Bucks' counterattack began!"

Although Walker's shots are low and his shooting percentage is not a ball-right black hole. It can create better offensive opportunities for his teammates, and Walker will not give up.

Unfortunately, Walker is willing to pass the ball, but his passing ability is average.

Walker thought that he couldn't jump with a knee injury, but he was afraid that Eric Williams wouldn't jump high enough to catch it, so he threw a little shorter.

Whoever thought, He Li would give Walker a little color when he came up.

After Anthony Mason picked up the ball that He Li shot, he immediately passed the ball to Ray Allen.
To be continued...