roccoschili Chapter 254
Chapter 254
With so much behind at halftime, even Li Kaiming himself did not expect that the Celtics were indeed restraining the Wizards to some extent. It is not that they have not encountered strong teams before, such as the Orlando Magic, Atlanta Hawks and Chicago Bulls. These teams are not easy to play, but compared to the Celtics, the difficulty is obviously less.
From the point of view of the lineup, the Celtics have indeed matched every strong point of the Wizards. Garnett is currently one of the most suitable players in the league to defend Li Kaiming. In the previous games, he averaged nearly two points per game. The double's starting point guard was directly guarded by Rajon Rondo, and he could only get a few points by hitting the opposing bench when the latter was off the court.
Another Blatche, who averaged 14 points and 8 rebounds per game, met Sharks and Garnett's inside combination today, and he was immediately dumbfounded. He could get a double-double against other teams before, but Let alone a double-double today, it would be nice not to be beaten by the sharks.
Blatche had committed 3 fouls in the first half, so in the second half, Sanders directly let JaVale McGee start instead of Blatche. There were sharks on the opposite side. The outside touch of the Wizards is also average.
At the beginning of the third quarter, the Wizards put Hinrich, Nick Young, Trevor Booker, Li Kaiming and McGee on the field. Elthorton also got into foul trouble in the first half. Pierce made two fouls, Trevor Booker stepped up temporarily, and Pierce also made three fouls at halftime. It can be said that Pierce directly turned into a tutor tonight, no matter the old or the young, everyone Can't escape his clutches.
The Celtics' lineup is quite surprising. Rivers did not take the Sharks, but let Garnett partner with Davis. It seems that the Sharks' playing time is strictly controlled.
In the third quarter, the Wizards attacked the Wizards for the first time. After Li Kaiming arrived in the frontcourt, he picked and rolled the ball with Hinrich. The Celtics still had Garnett defending him. Li Kaiming handed over McGee to cover. Davis and Garnett and Li Kaiming double-teamed without hesitation, but the latter had quick eyesight and quick hands, and directly hit the ball from between Garnett and Davis to the hand of McGee who was going down.
When McGee received the ball, he was already at the free throw line. He picked up the basketball with one hand and dunked in three steps.
58 is better than 65!
The commentator Braden and Victor on the sidelines looked at each other, and the former said, "It's the first time I've seen such a pass from a person with a height of 2 meters 1. Normally, this kind of pass can be passed. The ball is played by shorter defenders, because they are closer to the ground, relatively speaking, the risk of being intercepted is much lower. Lee's passing angle is just right, and I think this kind of ball is definitely not an accidental play. "
"He has the most triple-doubles in the league this season. Although the average assists per game is not the first in the league, he averages close to 8 assists per game. I also found that Li Kaiming's pass-to-turnover ratio is very high. He now averages only 4 With less than [-], there are even fewer passing turnovers, that is to say, he controls the most possessions in the Wizards, but the turnovers are not the most in the team! This guy is amazing!" Victor also sighed One sentence.
The Celtics attacked, and their starting lineup began to run without the ball. Pierce and Ray Allen used several inside screens and cross screens between the outside lines. After the two circled from the bottom line , Pierce went to the bottom corner on the opposite side, and Ray Allen came out to the outside at 45 degrees to receive a pass from Rondo. Rondo's ball intelligence can make the Celtics' ball always appear in the person with the best opportunity hands.
After Ray Allen received the ball, he made a standard jump shot, but he didn't feel good tonight. The ball was not scored. McGee grabbed the rebound and gave it to Hinrich.
Rondo stepped forward to press, and by the way prevented the Wizards from launching a transition fast break, Hinrich's speed dropped all of a sudden. Rondo got stuck behind him, and then immediately bounced outwards to open the space for Hinrich to break through. McGee on the inside line also pulled out, one after another with Li Kaiming. McGee blocked Garnett, and Hinrich successfully broke through to the Insider.
Davis has decent speed on the offensive end, but he can't move at all on the defensive end. Hinrich scored 2 points with a low-handed layup.
60 is better than 65!
The Celtics attacked, and Rondo broke through a few steps into the three-point line with the help of a cover, and then gave the ball to Davis, who was stuck inside the back, before the Wizards closed the door.
It was Li Kaiming who was defending Davis. When he was pushed by the former, Li Kaiming only felt as if he had hit a big meaty ball made of muscles. While it was full of elasticity, he was also pushed open a little space with his strength. Davis borrowed Take this opportunity to turn around and score the cricket!
60:67.
After McGee served from the baseline, he helped Hinrich to block Rondo's defense a few times on the way back to the frontcourt, allowing Hinrich to come to the frontcourt smoothly. In the last round, Hinrich successfully faced David This time, McGee simply let McGee come up to cover, but the Celtics simply chose to delay. The long-arm interference of Rondo and Davis almost stole Hinrich directly. Fortunately, Li Kaiming went over in time to finish the basketball. Only then did Hinrich get out of the siege.
After such an operation, there were 10 seconds left in the offensive time again, and Li Kaiming was still in front of Garnett in pitch black. The 10 seconds of time to play a complicated tactic may be too short, so Li Kaiming was going to directly Singles Garnett.
So, for the first time since the beginning of the game, Li Kaiming did not call his teammates to cover, and directly faced Garnett with the ball. Braden and Victor in the commentary seat held their breath instantly after seeing this scene. "Li Kaiming didn't call a pick-and-roll this time. He faced Garnett and started dribbling. He wants to single Garnett head-on!"
On the other hand, the tough guy on the other side saw Li Kaiming who had "evaded" the whole game, and decided to play singles under his defense. Garnett's eyes also flashed a little fiery!
In the first quarter of the game, the scene where he was almost embarrassed by Li Kaiming in singles is still vivid. Now he has a chance to regain face on the defensive end. If he can directly steal Li Kaiming or give him a block, then his momentum will be completely overwhelmed. over the latter!
Thinking of this, Garnett seemed to have seen Hua Guliang's neon ghost, he smiled and took two steps forward, "Rookie, let me see your skills! Let me test your ability as a scoring champion." There is no moisture!"
Li Kaiming didn't answer, he doesn't like to talk, he only likes to speak with actions.
Facing Garnett's low center of gravity and earnest defense, Li Kaiming also concentrated his attention completely, patted the ball with his right hand, and the basketball collided with the ground of the court and made a bang bang sound.
Whether it's the audience at the mci center or the fans in front of the TV, they all set their sights on the two people on the field.
Li Kaiming took a step forward with the dribble, but Garnett didn't step back, but seeing that the distance was almost there, he directly stretched out his long arms to interfere in front of Li Kaiming, and Garnett's steal Trying, it won't make him lose his defensive focus at all, even if he doesn't steal it, it won't hurt.
Li Kaiming immediately stopped dribbling with his hands crossed, changed to a right-handed dribble, and suddenly broke through to the front right. Garnett had already been hit by Li Kaiming before, so he was well prepared, and directly blocked Li Kaiming's attack with a sliding step. In the direction of the breakthrough, Li Kaiming was not surprised when he saw this scene. If he had given it to him so easily, then Garnett would have taken so many defensive lineups for nothing!
So Li Kaiming took advantage of the opportunity to push the ball to the left with his right hand, changed direction with a huge one-handed push, and shot the ball from his right to the left abruptly. Because Garnett had previously slipped to defend against Li Kaiming's first step, It was just in front of Li Kaiming's left, so when Li Kaiming completed the sharp push and change direction, the ball had already come behind Garnett.
Garnett was taken aback!Telling him that he could still achieve such a large change of direction during the breakthrough process reminded him of an old friend!
But time was running out. Garnett took advantage of his greatest advantage over other traditional insiders. His footwork was nimble. After taking a step back inside the three-point line, he turned around and reached Li Kaiming's side again.
However, Li Kaiming's drastic change of direction was not done in vain. Although he did not completely get rid of Garnett's defense after the change of direction, he was already half a body ahead of the latter, and Garnett also knew that this situation was not good for him. , so he stretched out his arms to interfere with Li Kaiming from the side, and at the same time pushed Li Kaiming outward with his trunk to keep the latter away from the basket.
Davis at the basket is also focusing on Li Kaiming at the moment, because Li Kaiming has already broken into the penalty area against Garnett, and he can combine the ball for a layup at any time!
Li Kaiming's core exerted strength, completely blocked Garnett's horizontal push, then switched the ball to his left hand, stretched his arm to hold the ball with one hand, and rushed towards the basket with fire!
Davis at the basket immediately stepped forward, and Garnett and Garnett surrounded Li Kaiming like horns. At the same time, Garnett also stretched both arms and covered the basketball in Li Kaiming's hand.
Davis stood directly under the basket in a military posture, with his arms drooping naturally, and his hands clinging to the seams of his trousers. Anyone who has watched the game knows that he is preparing to make an offensive foul by Li Kaiming!
Garnett and Davis lined up on one side, one space and one space, and it seemed that they directly blocked Li Kaiming's path to attack the basket.
The audience at the scene were all sweating for Li Kaiming, and many people directly covered their eyes, for fear that Li Kaiming would be slapped by Garnett or directly fouled by Davis.
Just when everyone thought that Li Kaiming had no way to enter the sky, Li Kaiming, who was flying in the air, suddenly took back his left hand!
Braden exclaimed in the commentary seat, "Li, what is he going to do? At this point in time, it's impossible if he doesn't come on!"
Victor also shook his head and said, "Li's attack was too careless this time, at least it was a walking error!"
Before the voices of the two commentators fell, Li Kaiming retracted his left arm in the air, swung a big loop, and then flicked his wrist, passed the ball from his back to the basket!
And standing under the basket is JaVale McGee, who is completely unguarded!
In the blink of an eye, the cameras at the scene didn't even capture what was going on. Li Kaiming and Garnett landed almost at the same time, but at this moment, a man under the basket held the ball with both hands and plucked the green onion dryly, and then came a dunk with both hands!