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Chapter 114 Fierce battle against the green army, show off the elevator door!
(Today there are only 40 words, and I have already written it. The original content is that the Celtics won the tiebreaker, but after I finished writing, I found that many people in the comments did not accept losing to the Celtics. I probably asked The answer given by my peers is that the Celtics are not very popular with the fans, so losing to the Celtics is a bit poisonous, so I thought about it and rewrote the plot, but I want to declare in advance that this year's champion will definitely Not the Magic, I'm a book writer, not a remote control, I can't do what my book friends say, this is less than 70 words and the protagonist can lead the team to win the championship independently, what do I have to write [-] to [-] words? Do you want to finish the book directly? I hope everyone will understand, friends who really can’t accept it can only say goodbye to everyone.)
On June 6, Boston TD North Shore Garden Arena.

The entire stadium is a sea of ​​green, and the din of the audience and fans on the stadium hits like waves.

"This battle is exaggerated enough."

Looking at this scene, Wang Chao couldn't help shaking his head.

The name of the Celtics Devil's home court is not in vain. They have experienced it three times before. The three games the Magic lost in the series were all at the Celtics' home court.

Now, they have returned to this stage with a score of 3:3, but the previous nervousness has disappeared, replaced by high fighting spirit.

As the so-called one-shot, and then decline, three and exhausted.

When the Celtics scored 2:0 at the beginning, as long as they work harder and work hard to win an away game, they can basically take the game away.

But Wang Chao scored 30+ points in two consecutive games, and the Magic team blossomed more in G6, which made the Celtics keep missing match points until they were forced to the seventh game of life and death.

To be fair, even Wang Chao didn't expect the Magic to be able to fight the Celtics to this extent at the beginning, and now that the tiebreaker has reached, he is also starting to make moves.

Let's fight, what if we really win?

The Magic's one-star four-shot magic ball tactic has many shortcomings. For example, it relies too much on the touch of outside shooters. Howard lacks absolute offensive ability inside.

But this tactic has an advantage, that is, when the outside shooters are accurate, no matter how strong your team is, they can go up and beat the master to death.

The overall strength of the Magic is definitely not as good as the Celtics, but now they are fighting the Celtics until the tiebreaker, relying on this.

Therefore, if in this game, the Magic can continue the outside touch like the previous game, make a dozen or twenty three-pointers, and it is not impossible to overturn the Celtics and reach the finals!

The Celtics obviously also felt tremendous pressure.

After the start of the game, the Green Army immediately strengthened their defense and followed the strategy of strictly guarding the outside line and strategically abandoning the inside line.

In the first quarter of the game, the Magic only took 6 outside shots and hit 2 goals. The team scored only 20 points in a single quarter. Fortunately, the Celtics' offensive rhythm was not very good. The team scored 24 points and only took the lead. The Magic scored 4 points.

"It seems that the Celtics are determined to completely block the Magic's outside shooting. If the Magic's outside shooting is delayed, Howard's offense on the inside alone may not last long..."

Wang Chao scored only 5 points on 2 of 4 shots in the first quarter.

The activeness of Wang Chao in the previous game also made him a key target for the Celtics to mark. While Garnett is marking the whole time, other Celtic players will also supplement or even double-team Wang Chao at any time. It's just one purpose. Even if the other outside shooters of the Magic team make good shots, they will never give Wang Chao a chance to warm up.

Faced with this situation, Wang Chao was not in a hurry.

The existence of the elevator door tactic was created to deal with this kind of defense. It’s just that the game has just begun. There is no need to rush to use the killer immediately. Since the Celtics do not hesitate to let go of other players in order to limit themselves, Wang Chao I am also happy to give the other outside players of the Magic a chance to find their touch status.

Wang Chao has already discovered that since he got the system, his performance has become very stable, unlike many players who suddenly appear in extremely poor condition one day, and can't make any shots, even if they are wide open. The shooting situation.

It seems that with the digitalization of ability values, Wang Chao's own performance is like a computer game program, strictly implementing the data definition of ability values, and his performance will not change significantly.

This is a good thing, but it is also a bad thing, because it means that Wang Chao's shooting percentage will always maintain a relatively stable horizontal value, and it is difficult to have the overwhelming feeling of Kobe Bryant scoring 81 points in a single game. Unstoppable invincible performance.

But for now, this phenomenon is obviously a good thing. As a shooter, it is definitely much better to score stably and efficiently than to play like a crazy knife.

Wang Chao, who didn't perform very well in the first quarter, only took a few symbolic shots in the second quarter, and his personal score still did not reach double figures at halftime.

At the expense of Wang Chao, the team's core inside and outside scoring points, the Magic's offensive rhythm was still slightly affected. At the end of the half, the score between the two teams was 46:55, and the Celtics were about to establish a double-digit lead.

"The Magic are in a bad situation."

In the CCTV sports live broadcast room, Director Zhang was a little worried, "The Celtics did a great job of defending against Wang Chao today, and Wang Chao himself doesn't seem to have any particularly strong desire to attack. In the first half, only 8 points credited."

"Judging from the three games the Magic have won in the past, it would be difficult to win if Wang Chao couldn't score high points. Peripheral players such as Turkoglu and Nelson have limited scoring ability, and Howard doesn't have a strong inside. If the Magic want to win, Wang Chao must get a high score! Now we can only watch the second half of the game, Wang Chao can recover his form!"

……

During the intermission, the atmosphere in the Magic locker room was not as oppressive as expected.

Although in a backward stage, both the head coach Stan Van Gundy and the players are very relaxed.

This is a matter of course, because even if the Magic lose this game, returning to Orlando is enough.

After all, the Celtics are a team with 66 wins in the regular season and a top-tier Big Three configuration. Neither the game experience nor the depth of the lineup is comparable to the Magic.

Moreover, considering that the Magic only made it to the first round of the playoffs last season and were swept out by the Pistons in the first round, it is already satisfactory enough to be able to pass all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals this season.

Howard patted Wang Chao on the shoulder, smiled and said, "Brother, don't worry, those guys' defense is really difficult, and no one will blame you if you don't play well."

Wang Chao glanced at Howard, then at the other players who were in a more relaxed atmosphere, and then spoke.

"Dwight, what are you talking about? The second half of the game has just begun!"

Wang Chao's voice was not low, and it immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the locker room, including the eyes of the head coach.

"I don't know what you think, maybe you really think that the team can achieve the current results this season is enough, but I'm not." Wang Chao looked at Howard, whose expression was a little dazed. "Before I came here, I was a member of the Suns. In the two seasons when I played the main force in the Suns, I never missed the finals and helped the team win a championship."

"I play in the finals every year with the Suns. Why are you willing to stop in the Eastern Conference finals here? Or, are you willing to lose to the opponent?"

"In the second half of the game, the main elevator door tactics, give the ball to me, I will help the team win the game!"

Silence, the entire locker room fell into silence for a short time because of Wang Chao's words.

"That's right, the game is not over yet. Being behind by 8 points is not 30 points behind. We still have hope of a comeback!"

The first to react was head coach Stan Van Gundy.

When he said these words in a high tone, he felt a little ashamed in his heart, because just now, even he felt that the Magic team was good enough to go all the way to the present, and even if they were no match for the Celtics, they could still do it. Cross and return to Orlando to enjoy the flowers and applause.

But as a player, Wang Chao didn't give up. As the head coach of the Magic, how could he hold back the players?

"In the third quarter, we have to shrink the defensive line. The Celtics don't feel very good in this game. Just pay attention to the two points of Ray Allen and Pierce. Players in other positions can stand back appropriately. Strengthen the defensive strength inside and try to force the opponent to make mid-range and long-range shots.”

"In terms of offense, just follow what Wang Chao said. We use the elevator door tactics to create offensive opportunities for Wang Chao, Wang! Whether you can seize the opportunity is up to you!"

……

At the end of the intermission, the fans at the North Shore Garden Stadium were already in a sea of ​​joy.

Leading by 8 points at home, and the most difficult guy in the Magic team was completely suppressed in the first half. Everything is going in a good direction. The Special Team cheered and applauded.

This will be the first time the Celtics have returned to the Finals since 1988. It will be a full 20 years. If the Celtics can win the O’Brien Cup in the Finals, it will be the championship after 22 years. !
This is of great significance to the Celtics, a traditional giant and a down-and-out aristocrat.

However, as soon as the third quarter started, the situation changed suddenly.

Wang Chao, who was not very active in the first half, suddenly took over the game.

His first attack is a standard elevator door tactic.

Wang Chao, standing on the three-point line in the bottom corner, began to run without the ball, bypassing the baseline and then running quickly outside the three-point line along the free throw line.

Garnett, who was closely following Wang Chao, was shut out of the elevator door by Howard and Turkoglu who suddenly stepped in. The timing was just right.

Standing at a 45-degree angle, Nelson immediately passed the ball to Wang Chao. The latter caught the ball and shot it. He easily hit a three-pointer with no surprises in the open.

"Three points are valid!"

Seeing the gesture made by the referee, the Celtics coach Doug Rivers on the sidelines was a little unhappy.

He walked to the referee, complaining that the Magic had violated the move pick-and-roll just now.

But his complaints were ignored by the referee.

Move the pick and roll?Did not see.

Although the elevator door tactic has the disadvantage of being easy to move pick-and-rolls, it is not unreasonable for the Warriors to rely on this tactic for many years in the league. Two players perform pick-and-rolls at the same time. The test of the referee’s eyesight is very high. The possibility of noticing is very high, and even if the referee notices, it is only a suspected mobile pick-and-roll action, which is not very obvious. Many times the referee has to think about it before judging whether it is a violation. At that time, the game has continued. There is no need to blow up.

More importantly, the Magic is a team specifically ordered by league president David Stern to take care of them, and the referees are somewhat biased in whistleblowing.

Therefore, the referee ignored Rivers and just warned him with his eyes.

It hasn't been long since the league introduced a zero-tolerance policy. Any player or coach who dares to obstruct or question the referee's calls, the referees have the right to call them technical fouls or even expel them from the field.

Seeing that the pressure on the referee was fruitless, Rivers had no choice but to hope that Wang Chao's hand feeling was not good. This kind of double pick-and-roll elevator door tactic is completely impossible to defend. Garnett, separated by pick-and-roll, is still the Celtics player in charge of defending Howard and Turkoglu, and he has no way to chase Wang Chao, especially the defenders of Howard and Turkoglu. Defense, the Magic can directly attack the empty basket and score.

In the next few rounds, Wang Chao frequently used the elevator door tactics to get open shots and score points, and the point difference continued to narrow.

At the end of the third quarter, the scores of the two teams were basically even.

"Wonderful third quarter! Wang Chao swept away the first half of the game in this quarter. He scored 5 three-pointers and scored 15 points in a single game, helping the Magic to tie the difference in the first half. Now two The teams have returned to the same starting line, and the final winner will be determined in the final fourth quarter!"

In the CCTV sports studio, Director Yu spoke passionately.

"It's reasonable! It's so reasonable! The double pick-and-rolls that Wang Chao and the Magic team used to cover the three-point shots from the outside, each time they were completely open, and Wang Chao didn't miss a single opportunity. If the Magic If the team can continue to play like this, it is really possible to win this game and reach the finals!" Director Zhang on the side also analyzed.

At this moment, the Celtics home fans in the North Shore Garden Plaza Arena have begun to panic.

What's happening here?Could it be that the Celtics who make up the Big Three are really going to capsize in the gutter?
(End of this chapter)