After the confession failed, I went to the NBA to play and lose weight

Chapter 117 Halftime
The words of Director Zhang were confirmed in the second quarter. Because the two played a lot in the first quarter, Howard and Li Chengming sat on the bench to rest at the beginning of the second quarter. Turkoglu and Lewis took the lead. Team.

As a result, Rondo broke out suddenly, frequently entering the penalty area to score, or assisting Ray Allen and Posey to make three-pointers.

Rondo's explosion is naturally unexpected, but it makes sense when you think about it carefully. This is because the Magic's defense at this time, especially the inside defense, has dropped a lot accordingly.

Because the opposing Celtics lineup is Perkins + Posey, and Posey moves to the 4th position. Van Gundy also moved Lewis to the [-]th position and Turkoglu to the [-]th position. In this way, both of the insiders can be pulled out, and it also gives Arroyo more room for breakthroughs on the outside.

Carlos Arroyo officially returned to the last game, because the game has always been anxious, coupled with the fact that he just returned from injury, he did not get too many opportunities to play.

But this game was brought up at the beginning of the second quarter, and continued to partner with Du Lin, plus an Evans.

All three have three-point shots. This lineup is mainly based on Arroyo and Turkoglu's breakthroughs, attracting defenses and scoring shots at any time.

But they didn't expect that their goal was not achieved, because the outside rotation speed of the Green Army was too fast. Although House and Tony Allen were replaced, the offense was weakened, but on the defensive end, especially after adding Posey The wing rotation defense is definitely on a higher level.

This lineup can directly defend the Magic. The hasty three-pointers of Du Lin and Lewis missed under the interference. Lewis went down to catch the ball and was fouled by Rondo.

Only Turkoglu was still in his own rhythm. First, he broke through the three-second zone and scored 2+1. Then he made a fake shot and a real pass to assist Du Lin at the basket, causing Perkins to foul and made two free throws.

On the other hand, on the side of the Celtics, Rondo used the pick-and-roll to frequently kill the basket and score.

As a point guard who is not good at shooting, Rondo still has two brushes for breakthroughs. With his long arms and big hands, the combination of control and movement, especially the ability to protect the ball, is also excellent among point guards. Lewis And Turkoglu's inside defense can stop people.

In fact, this is also to blame for the coach's arrangement, asking them to do things they are not good at. Originally, they hoped to be able to make up for it on the offensive end, but they didn't expect to shoot themselves in the foot instead.

More than three minutes into the second quarter, a wave of 11:5, the Celtics opened the point difference to 8 points, and Van Gundy called a timeout.

His reaction was fairly fast, and he didn't intend to continue to observe until they recovered. He directly brought Li Chengming up first, and even moved directly to the fifth position, which happened to be against Perkins both offensively and defensively.

Although the Celtics replaced Garnett, who had been resting for a few minutes, at this time, it is certainly impossible for him to take the initiative to switch defenses to find Li Chengming, and choosing Li Chengming on the defensive end is similar to Lewis. , unless he was deliberately targeting Li Chengming, he wouldn't spend that effort.

It is definitely easier to defend Perkins, but on the offensive end, Perkins has a very stable foot and good strength. It may not be an easy task for Li Chengming to make a hard top.

But Lewis can definitely pull Garnett to the other side so that he has no time to help defend, and Li Chengming doesn't have to use only brute force to face Perkins. His footsteps on the offensive end react quickly. After all, the offensive side has the initiative Quan, taking advantage of the opponent's characteristics of turning around and moving slowly, he might even be able to show off his improved dribbling.

As a meat shield, Perkins has a certain effect on the defensive end, especially against Shaquille O'Neal or Howard, who like to hit the front and don't like to dodge and retreat, but Li Chengming, as a rookie, does not have the face of a superstar to maintain , how to play and how to come.

Sure enough, Li Chengming got an offensive opportunity when he came up. Facing Perkins, he directly held the ball to the frame. At this time, his teammates had all opened up space for him to play singles. Still cut in, if he is not careful, he may get a better chance, which is also a point that cannot be let go.

And Li Chengming first made Perkins' center of gravity shift with a simple pull of the ball, and then turned around and passed him. Facing the empty basket, he chose a safe layup.

Garnett let go of Lewis in an instant and came to defend, but it was still too late, and Perkins didn't even have time to turn around the moment the ball was released.

"OMG! A beautiful pull and turn layup. Lee used this trick to show us that he is not just powerful, he also has excellent inside skills, and even this time he showed his dribbling a little bit."

ESPN's commentator is full of praise for Li Chengming. If you don't have a stand to watch the game, your performance when you see a good ball is nothing more than that.

The Celtics head coach Rivers touched his bald head, spread his hands, and called Garnett over to whisper a few words when he passed by him.

Although it was an offensive round, it was obviously about the defensive end.

After the Green Army successfully scored the next goal through Garnett and Rondo's pick-and-roll, at 40:32, it was still 8 points.

The Magic fell to the ground again, and Li Chengming stuck Perkins in the familiar low post on the right to ask for the ball.

Garnett, as the core of the inside defense, is also the commander of the players on the field. While marking, he will also direct the rotation of his teammates. He can even make some advance predictions by reading the opponent's offensive tactics. judged matter.

For example, he judged that the ball had succeeded Arroyo's lob, and planned to rush over to destroy the pass.

But I didn't expect that the ball went in and out by mistake, and the ball actually returned to Du Lin's hands. Du Lin quickly passed back to Arroyo, and Arroyo jumped to pass to Lewis who was free under the basket.

Perkins saw that just two steps after turning around, Lewis had already dunked.

When Li Chengming turned around and passed Garnett who was about to go back to serve, he smiled, just smiled, didn't say anything, didn't do anything, but that slightly flat smile was enough to explain everything.

To be honest, Li Chengming's experience from childhood to adulthood has made his own personality more Buddhist, and he is not so easily irritated, but on the other hand, it also makes him very familiar with and even a little good at those ways that can irritate people, because before That's what those schoolmates did to him.

The silence speaks!
Garnett obviously belongs to the type of high offense and low defense, which means that he can easily irritate others, and others can easily provoke his emotions.

But this time he held back, his reason overwhelmed his emotions. After all, they were still ahead now, so there was no need for unnecessary incidents.

Facing the Green Army's attack, the Magic was defending a two-three defense at this time. Li Chengming squatted at the bottom, and the remaining four faced the upper sides and the bottom corner.

Although the Green Army has Ray Allen, who may be the number one three-point shooter in history, they only have such a serious shooter, whether it is one of the core Pierce, or the role players Posey, House, three Points are not actually their reliable means of scoring.

This may also be why they like to compress rounds and drop the rhythm of play, because the score is not fast enough.

This is especially true for Rondo, but he seems to feel better today. He scored a three-pointer in front of him. This time he was given an open shot, but he didn't shoot. He chose to break through.

This time, he was caught by the shrinking defense and made a mistake. Bogans grabbed the ball and passed it to Arroyo in seconds.

Looking back, Rondo called the pick-and-roll and Garnett's conduction cooperation, and there were also low-handed layups after receiving passes.

The weakening of Garnett's offensive role is mainly due to his less personal singles offense, and he doesn't take so many shots per game and doesn't need so many shots. His forte.

Since it is a guard technique, how can it be impossible to pass the ball?
In the Timberwolves, he averaged 6 assists per game in the highest season, and this season has exceeded 3 times. This is still in the case of a significantly reduced ball possession, and it is mostly used as a support point to handle the ball.

Then Li Chengming attracted the double-teamer and passed to the outside line to Bogans to hit a three-pointer. This was also his first three-pointer of the game.

Director Zhang said: "During this period, the offensive efficiency of the two teams is not very bad, but the rhythm of offense and defense is obviously faster than the previous quarter, and both sides have made some mistakes in coordination, and both sides need to calm down. ..."

Then the two teams switched back to the main lineup during the dead ball stage, and the Magic became an inside combination of Howard and Lee Chengming, plus Turkoglu, Nelson + Bogans, with excellent offense and defense.

The Celtics had a full starting lineup, but their offensive efficiency began to decline in the next few minutes.

Because of the return of others, Rondo returned to playing a supporting role, and was replaced later. Pierce, Ray Allen, and Garnett contributed a wave of triple irons, making the Magic a success. Two fast-break counterattacks brought the score closer to 3 points in one fell swoop.

After that, Li Chengming went off and replaced Lewis, and the Green Army also took Rondo back, and the stalemate continued until the end.

Before the end of halftime, Turkoglu made a layup against Perkins under the basket and caused Perkins to foul. This was his third foul of the field.

Then Turkoglu went to the free throw line and made an additional free throw, chasing the score to 2 points. After the Celtics served, Ray Allen received the ball in the backcourt for 1 second and missed the shot. The midfielder blew the whistle and halftime ended.

The score, 48:50.

(End of this chapter)