The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 158
After the timeout, the Celtics still attacked.

Rondo took the ball to the frontcourt and observed the situation on the field while controlling the ball.

To be honest, the Celtics are not in a good situation at this moment. At the beginning of the game, they were completely confused by the Thunder's defense.

Even the experienced veterans of the Celtics were in a hurry for a while. The Thunder seized the opportunity and scored consecutively, eventually opening up the point difference.

Afterwards, when the Celtics adapted, they gradually maintained the score, and the game also fell into a stalemate.

Now back on the court, the Celtics also entered the rotation, but they didn't dare to make substitutions like the Thunder did. They just replaced O'Neal, let Garnett play center, and the rest of the starters were on the court.

No way, the Celtics are too short of people inside.

O'Neal retired, Perkins was injured, how can anyone play a center?
Of course, the key issue at the moment is not this, but the team's offense.

Garnett was 3 for 0, Rondo was 3 for 0, Ray Allen was 1 for 0, and among the five starters, three of them didn't score in sports games. It's no wonder that the offense is so good!

In fact, although there are factors that the Celtics players feel bad, it is also inseparable from the Thunder's inside defense.

Fortunately, the Thunder had already replaced Li Pu, and the replaced Muhammad was far inferior to Li Pu in terms of defensive area and defense speed.

So Rondo made a decisive decision and signaled Garnett. Garnett understood and immediately came up to pick and roll.

Due to Rondo's limited shooting level, when defending Rondo's pick-and-roll, he would choose not to switch defenses, and the same is true for Lin Shuhao.

After he bypassed Garnett, he continued to chase Rondo.

At this moment, Rondo immediately pulled the ball behind him, seemingly planning to pass the ball behind Garnett.

For a while, both Lin Shuhao and Mohammed stopped, but Rondo took the opportunity to use his big hand to pull the ball back in front of him again, and directly took three steps for a one-handed layup.

This is Rondo's signature layup move, which fooled the opponent's two defenders with just one move.

After scoring the goal, Rondo was very proud. The Thunder replaced Li Pu at this time, which was really careless!

As long as your team's offense is turned on, will the point difference of this digit be tied within minutes?
Just when Rondo was thinking about tying the score in the first quarter, a yellow lightning flashed past Rondo, and it was Lin Shuhao.

Lin Shuhao's speed greatly exceeded Rondo's imagination. When he was about to chase, Lin Shuhao had passed three people in a row and came to the frontcourt.

Facing Garnett, the last line of defense for the Celtics, Lin Shuhao was completely unafraid. After changing direction, his speed increased by another point, forcing him to lead Garnett by a body. Immediately afterwards, he leaned on the Garnett before layup.

From Garnett's long arm, fast break scored, Lin Shuhao's fast break ability is really surprising.

When Lin Shuhao returned to defense, he passed by Rondo, and the smile on Rondo's face had long since disappeared.

This guy's ability is far greater than his reputation. It seems that it is impossible to tie the score in the first quarter without restricting this guy!

As Rondo thought, at the end of the first quarter, at 25:17, the Celtics trailed by 8 points.

Lin Shuhao scored 6 points in this quarter, and the Celtics really failed to limit Lin Shuhao.

Entering the second quarter, the point difference between the two teams has not changed much, always hovering around 10 points.

This is true during the title stage, and it is also true after the first comeback!
The Celtics are worthy of being a veteran team. Even if their offensive feel is not good, they can still rely on defense to maintain the point difference, and then wait for an opportunity to complete the comeback.

Such an opportunity may appear in the next second, or it may not appear in the entire game. No one can predict it.

Therefore, it is conceivable how much pressure the people in it are under. After all, people are not robots, and it is impossible not to be affected by negative emotions.

But the Celtics were really able to persevere. They lasted for three full quarters, showing no signs of defeat at all, and kept clinging to the score.

It wasn't until the fourth quarter that that opportunity really seemed to arise!
Harden missed a three-pointer!

Harden's performance tonight was very disastrous. He made 4 of 0 three-pointers and scored 5 points in the game.

After the Celtics received the rebound, they quickly counterattacked.

In this game, the Celtics seldom counterattacked. After all, if they really speeded up, it would be completely in the rhythm of the Thunder.

But this time is different, the Celtics are bound to win.

Rondo made a long pass to find Ray Allen, who had already made a fast break. Ray Allen feinted and attracted Durant's defense, and then distributed the ball to Pierce who followed up inside.

Pierce made an easy layup.

With this goal scored, the Celtics successfully narrowed the point difference to 5 points.

The Thunder called a timeout.

This time is not called a timeout, the Celtics are really on the rise.

After the timeout, Li Pu was taken back on the court, Harden was replaced by Westbrook, but surprisingly, Lin Shuhao was still on the court.

Although Lin Shuhao played very well today, scoring 8 points on 6 of 13 shots, with amazing efficiency, but letting him and Westbrook stand on the court at the same time, whether it is offensive space or defense, it seems that it is not a good choice.

However, the facts hit them hard in the face!
After Westbrook's pick-and-roll, the ball was given to Lin Shuhao on the outside. Lin Shuhao was unlucky, so he took a step outside the three-point line and directly chose a three-point shot.

Pull the moon bow with one finger, break the sky with ten fingers!

Lin Shuhao hit a three-pointer!
The point difference suddenly came to 8 points.

Then Rondo's pass to Pierce was intercepted by Lin Shuhao, and a long pass was passed to the fast-down Westbrook. After Westbrook attracted the defense, he threw the ball high into the air. Li Pu dunked and scored another 2 points.

The point difference was back to 10 points in an instant.

I have to say that in this performance alone, Lin Shuhao even surpassed Harden!
Who said that Lin Shuhao can only earn points during garbage time?Who said that Lin Shuhao can only be a garbage god of war?Who said he couldn't fight tough battles?

Today Lin Shuhao proved that not only can he fight, but he also fights very well!
Lin Shuhao left the field in the middle of the fourth quarter, and the point difference on the field was always around 10 points.

Afterwards, although the Celtics were still persevering in chasing points, Durant was on the outside and Li Pu was on the inside. The two each scored a three-pointer, which completely sealed the conclusion of the entire game.

The final score was 97:88. The Thunder retreated from Boston's North Shore Garden Arena and won another victory in the six-game away schedule.

In the Thunder team, only Durant scored 20 points. In addition, Lin Shuhao scored the highest score with 18 points, while Westbrook and Li Pu only scored 16 points.

Now, Lin Shuhao became even more angry.

No one questioned Lin Shuhao's strength anymore!
(End of this chapter)