Chapter 180 Bird God Solo Dance
(Today I am going to visit my mother-in-law's house to pay New Year's greetings. The new community where my mother-in-law lives does not have the Internet! So I post it first for the first update of the guarantee, and then try to find a place to surf the Internet to go for the second update at night.)
"The Celtics have to turn the situation around this quarter, and we know that in this season, when the Trail Blazers took the lead in the first half, their winning rate was 100%. They were good at grasping the advantage, expanding the results in the third quarter, and eventually knocking down their opponents. So, this will be a huge test for the Celtics and Bird, but I believe in their abilities."
Johnny Most expressed his concerns about the game in the commentary seat, because the Trail Blazers maintained a complete victory in the first half of the season, which means that any team that was suppressed by the Trail Blazers did not turn over afterwards.
Thanks to the overall tactical thinking of the Trail Blazers, Ramsey pursues a goal of defeating his opponent in the second and third quarters, establishing an advantage in the second quarter, maintaining the advantage in the third quarter, and finally dragging the opponent to death. This is an easy and labor-saving way to win.
The second reason is that the Trail Blazers are a team that focuses on offense. Any team that is reversed often has no firepower when they are strong. However, the Trail Blazers have many offensive points and have stronger teams, which are fast and slow. It is really difficult to lock the Trail Blazers.
Therefore, if you want to defeat the Trail Blazers, it is best to suppress the Trail Blazers' offense in the first half, maintain the advantage, and then continue to maintain high pressure in the second half.
Although the Trail Blazers have not been turned over, they have not turned over other people's sets, because the Trail Blazers lack strong oppressive defense, which is very fatal when chasing points. They chase points by themselves, but others can also score points. At the same time, time is passing, which is very harmful to morale.
So this season's Trail Blazers is such a team that is good at playing "good wind", and the key is that the Trail Blazers have the ability to turn the game into "good wind".
But at the beginning of the second half of the Boston Gardens game, Ramsey felt that the momentum seemed to be wrong and the wind was changing rapidly.
The Celtics took the lead in the second half, Dennis Johnson dribbled quickly through the half, and Bird mentioned the 45-degree reception from the right bottom line.
Dennis Johnson immediately passed the ball to Bird, and Valentin, who defended Johnson, immediately went to make up for Bird with Van dervich.
During the halftime break, Ramsey repeatedly told him to defend Bird well and not let Bird play.
But Ramsey's concerns still became a reality. Bird faced the two people who were pounced on the three-point line, made a little adjustment, and took action directly!
"Bird, he jumped directly from 23 feet away and hit! He made this three-pointer! 62:72! The gap narrowed to 10 points!"
Three-pointers, after Gan Guoyang entered the NBA league, he saw no more than 5 shots per game, and in some games there was no three-pointer at all.
The three-point line, which was introduced in 1980, is just a way of scoring for entertainment, or a shooting choice if it is forced to do so.
In the eyes of many professional basketball players, it is as flashy as a slam dunk, but it is just a form of commercial performance. It is simply a dream to use it to win.
But Gan Guoyang knew that three-pointers would one day become a scoring weapon for NBA teams and would completely change the basketball's spatial tactical concept.
Therefore, as a center forward, Gan Guoyang never underestimated the three-pointer, but seized a lot of spare time to practice three-pointers, which often made Ramsey feel that he was not doing his job properly, but Gan Guoyang was very persistent in this.
At this time, the Celtics faced by the Trail Blazers had the current first three-pointer in the league - Larry Bird. Although his average shots per game are only 1.6, 0.7 shots per game, and a shooting percentage of 42.7%, it is already the best in the league.
"Run, Run, Run! (Run! Run!) Don't slow down!" Ramsey shouted on the sidelines, as if they were behind now.
Unlike coaches who slow down their pace and play success rate when leading, Ramsey likes to take advantage of the hot iron and likes to chase potential bandits. When he has an advantage in the lead, he must try every means to expand his advantage.
Under Ramsey's urging, Valentine dribbled the ball and ran towards the frontcourt like her butt was on fire.
In the second half, the Celtics' defensive strategy was to strictly implement man-to-peer marks. Danny Angie, an old fried dough sticks to Valentine like a hyena following the wildebeest, while the others were staring at the opponents.
In this case, it is difficult for Valentine to pass the ball, and his best choice is to rush straight to the basket by one person!
There is no mistake in this choice. Valentine has the advantage in physically facing Anji, and Gan Guoyang attracted Parrish again at the basket, so Valentine dribbled the ball and broke through and made a layup.
However, when hyenas hunt wildebeests, the most common method used by them is not to bite the throat, but to bite the wildebeest's anus until they drag out the intestines.
Angie's hyena attacked Valentine's back. He gently pushed Valentine's back when he made a layup. Valentine rushed forward for a while, and his body lost balance and naturally became unstable in layup. The ball hit the rebound and bounced out on the basket.
The rebound was easily obtained by Parish who followed.
"Foof! This is a foul! Didn't you see the referee?" Gan Guoyang was extremely angry. He saw An Ji's movements clearly, very close to the three-second zone.
However, such a small move is on the verge of being able to blow or not, and this is the Celtics' home court, and the offense and defense are too fast to change, so the referee did not blow even if hesitated.
"Go back to defense quickly, go back to defense quickly!" Ramsey had no time to argue with the referee. He yelled first to let Gan Guoyang go back to defend quickly.
At this time, the Celtics had launched a full-line fast break. Larry Bird went straight to the frontcourt from the left, and Danny Angie dribbled the ball quickly from the middle.
"Ange, pass, Bird, catch the ball from outside the three-point line, take action! The ball went in again! Another three-pointer! Another three-pointer!" Moster's voice was almost hoarse.
After Larry Bird stopped outside the three-point line on the left, he received an Ai pass and made another three-pointer without any hesitation.
Bird's shooting speed was not fast, but his shooting point was very low, and his shooting posture was like an ancient trencher. Although Van dervich tried his best to make up for the defense, he still couldn't interfere with Bird's shooting.
The ball was hollow into the net, and Boston Garden Plaza entered the carnival in less than a minute. Two three-pointers turned the score to 65:72. Bird's two three-pointers had already completed the average three-point shooting in advance, and his shooting percentage was 100%.
"65 to 72, a seven-point gap! Bird, two three-pointers, the Celtics made an exciting start in the second half!"
On the other hand, Ramsey did not call a timeout. He felt that the Trail Blazers could still hold on, and as long as this offense could make it, the situation could be stabilized.
At the beginning of the first half, the Trail Blazers played Gan Guoyang and Valentine and achieved miraculous results, but in the second half, the Celtics realized this and began to strengthen their defense against Valentine, while also exercising harsh double-teams against Gan Guoyang.
"Gan received the ball at the low post, Bird stepped forward to double-team! Gan, the ball can't be passed!"
After Gan Guoyang got the ball at the low post on the right, Bird immediately stepped forward to double-team Gan Guoyang. Unlike the double-team that gently harassed in the first half, Gan Guoyang clearly felt that the opponent's double-team was like two bulldozers, clamping him in the middle and crushing him hard.
Gan Guoyang was desperately protecting the ball, but he had no choice but to take action.
But at this time, a light of inspiration appeared in his mind. He observed Valentine who cut into the middle of the arc with his own light. He tried hard to avoid the harassment of Parish and Bird, and passed the ball behind his head with one hand and stuffed the ball into the middle!
Valentine happened to cut into the middle and squeezed out Anji's defense. She received a pass from Gan Guoyang, a masterpiece, and made a layup directly.
At this time, the basket was crowded with people, almost forming a circle. In this case, the bad boy Anji used a black hand behind Valentine!
He followed Valentine, and after Valentine took off, he landed under Valentine. Valentine was hit in the air, lost her balance again, and made a layup again.
"Bee!" This time the referee did not hesitate and decisively blew Danny Angie's foul.
Valentine fell in the air and fell heavily to the ground, but Angie looked at the referee innocently, meaning that he did nothing and just stood there for a while.
Gan Guoyang finally got angry. He saw Danny Angie, a bad boy, twice, making bad things when Valentine made a layup, and could no longer control his emotions.
"You bitch-raising villain!" Gan Guoyang roared, then pushed Anji with one hand.
Gan Guoyang is amazingly powerful, while Anji is much thinner. At the same time, due to his professional acting skills, Anji is in response.
"Gan pushed Anji down! Anji lay on the ground! The players from both sides surrounded him. What's wrong? It seems that a fight is inevitable! Both sides vented all the anger in the game. Where is the referee and where is the referee!"
The other players of the Trail Blazers were relatively calm. Sampson immediately stepped forward to hold Gan Guoyang up and prevented Gan Guoyang from continuing to act more impulsively. Gan Guoyang has had a good temper on the court recently, and somehow he broke out against the Celtics tonight.
The Celtics players seemed to be in a state of unreasonableness and surrounded them to ask the referee for an explanation.
"Basketball-is-basketball.(Basketball belongs to basketball)" At this time, Bird spoke from the side. This brave and fierce white man seemed extremely calm at this time.
At the same time, with the referee's intervention, both sides calmed down. Gan Guoyang received a technical foul and the Celtics executed a free throw.
Bird stood on the free throw line and hit the free throw steadily. His free throw percentage of the season was 88%.
At the same time, Valentine also stood on the free throw line and executed two free throws. As a result, Valentine confiscated the first free throw. Maybe she fell heavily and was still confused. After the second free throw was adjusted, she still made the shot.
66:73, the difference between the two sides is still 7 points, and the Trail Blazers' offense is in vain.
The Celtics continued to attack, and the second half was only played in less than two minutes. Bird had scored 7 points, and his goal-raising speed was terrifying.
But Bird's performance was just beginning. After the second half, he didn't speak much, didn't shout to his teammates, or swear to his opponents.
In fact, trash talk is a way for Bird to adjust his condition. When he feels that the team is not in good spirits or his condition is average, he will use trash talk to encourage himself and his teammates, and at the same time suppress his opponents.
And now, he doesn't need them very much because his hands are hot and hot.
"Dennis held the ball, he was looking for Bird. Bird felt good, but the Trail Blazers were very strict in his defense. Bird was at the baseline, and Parish came up to pick-and-roll, Bird went around outside the 45-degree three-point line on the right! DJ passed the ball, this is Bird's favorite three-pointer! He-got-it! (He made it!)" Most's passion in the first half was not as much as in these two minutes, because Bird made three consecutive three-pointers, and in two minutes, he was very ten.
Boston Garden Plaza reached the climax of the game because of Bird's wonderful performance. Many viewers took out the prints they brought, with an eagle spreading wings symbolizing the hero Larry Bird in their hearts.
"Bee!" Ramsey had to call a timeout. If this continues, within a few minutes, the advantages established by the Trail Blazers in the first half will be eroded.
Gan Guoyang's main content in these two minutes was to run back and run. He relied on a technical foul to show his presence. In other aspects, he did nothing because it was difficult for them to get the ball. The Celtics were trying their best to cut off his contact with his teammates.
Chapter completed!