The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 57 Defensive Battle
I think O'Neill, who flew into the sky and escaped from the ground, has now become a floor runner.

The huge weight and the age at the end of his career made it impossible for him to leap high like he did back then.

The last thing people want to see is that the hero is old and the beauty is old!

This point, when Li Pu jumped up and easily passed the ball to Westbrook, I felt deeply.

Westbrook got the ball and rushed forward immediately, but the Celtics retreated in time, and Rondo had already come to Westbrook to lead the defense. Everything seemed so orderly.

Rondo has excellent physical fitness, fast speed, huge palms, and a super high basketball IQ, all of which are not only reflected in his organization, but also in his defense.

Rondo bent over, his body was close to Westbrook's right hand, and at the same time he kept using his long arm to sneak attack Westbrook's ball.

Obviously, Rondo blocked Westbrook's right and shooting, and deliberately let Westbrook go left.

On the basketball court, single defense is very important, but single defense is by no means the end of defense, because basketball is a sport that is beneficial to the offensive side.

Therefore, if you want to completely defend against your opponent, you must not be able to do it alone, but you must form a tight defensive system with your teammates.

And the Celtics did just that!
Sure enough, Westbrook went left and made a breakthrough, but did not cause a substantial breakthrough.

Rondo has always followed Westbrook's side, not giving him a jump shot, and driving him to the inside.

Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the basket, Westbrook chose to force himself directly.

There is no way, the Thunder without Durant is like a person missing a leg, and can only rely on Westbrook to solve the problem.

Harden at this time is still too young, far from the "Rocket" who scored like a bag.

Therefore, it is actually right for Westbrook to choose to attack by himself, but the problem is that he is facing the Celtics!

At the most opportune time, Garnett let go of Ibaka and stood in front of Westbrook.

Although Westbrook successfully avoided the blocks of Garnett and Rondo in the air by virtue of his male dog waist, the layup shot couldn't get into the basket at all, and the shot was far-fetched.

Li Pu wanted to grab the offensive rebound in the first place, but O'Neal has so much experience!
His hundreds of kilograms of pestle to that, blocked all the routes of Li Pu.

The basketball fell into O'Neal's hands without any suspense.

Next, it was the Celtics' turn to attack.

Unlike the energetic Thunder, the Celtics played quite disciplined.

Without a particularly good opportunity, they never played a fast break, and slowly came to the frontcourt, and then settled down.

Just like the last matchup between the two teams, this time, the Celtics still chose to hand the ball to O'Neal first, and let O'Neal single-play Li Pu.

There is no way, the difference in size between the two is too obvious, and people can't help but want to ask O'Neill to fight against Li Pu.

Last time, O'Neill's low back hit left a deep impression on Li Pu.

After a game, Li Pu and O'Neal only played for 20 minutes, but he felt like a broken bone all over his body, and it took several days to recover.

This time, it was the same again. As soon as he came up, O'Neill pouted his butt and turned to Li Pu.

With a huge force on his chest, Li Pu took a big step back, followed by another sound, Li Pu backed up again.

Even if Li Pu tried his best, he couldn't stand O'Neill's position.

In this kind of fighting and retreating, Li Pu was pushed into the paint by O'Neal.

At this point, O'Neal chose to turn around and hook.

The reason why he didn't continue to ask for a deeper position was not because he couldn't support Li Pu, but because the Thunder's defense was about to be in place.

Although the Thunder had loopholes in the perimeter defense due to Durant's absence, the two top defenders in the interior, Li Pu and Ibaka, still prevented O'Neal from attacking freely.

Before Ibaka's help defense was in place, O'Neal pushed Li Pu away, turned around and hooked.

This kind of small hook in the restricted area is O'Neill's housekeeping skill. Who would have thought that his wrist, who has the body of a beast, is so gentle.

However, the ball was blocked by a big hand on its way to the basket.

This person is Li Pu.

It turned out that after Li Pu was pushed away, he still raised his arms high and rushed forward with all his strength.

With excellent bullet speed and wingspan, he finally blocked the ball outside the basket.

Not only that, this ball, Li Pu directly used his big hand to "take" the ball with one hand.

This kind of hat grabbing skills amazes everyone!
The Thunder also successfully defended against the Celtics' offense, and the offense and defense switched again!
Westbrook didn't choose to come by himself this time, but gave the ball to Harden.

It was Harden who singled Ray Allen.

Ray Allen's defensive ability is a relatively weak link in the Celtics' defensive system, but it is only relatively weak.

His active running and close body like ointment will bring a lot of pressure to the opponent.

However, this does not exist for Harden.

Relying on his strong body and weird rhythm, Harden successfully broke through Ray Allen's defense, and immediately stepped back and made a three-pointer before the arrival of the help defense.

However, this set of his combo has not yet been perfected. After being interfered by Ray Allen, the ball hit the back edge of the basket and missed!

The basket was in chaos again.

Although Li Pu correctly judged the landing point of the ball, when he was about to reach the spot, he was hit by O'Neill's ass and flew away.

O'Neal also couldn't keep up with basketball because of his speed, but his teammates could!

Rondo got out of nowhere and accepted the rebound!

It is indeed the "true center" of the Celtics!
This time, Rondo did not attack slowly, but chose a fast break.

Rondo's speed is very fast. At the age of 24, he is at the peak of his body. Even Westbrook can barely catch up with him.

When he came to the frontcourt, Rondo saw that he was the only one on his side, and Westbrook of the Thunder had caught up with him. He immediately gave up the offense and began to dribble to reorganize the offense.

It has to be said that Rondo's understanding of the rhythm of the game is much better than Westbrook's. He knows how to slow down better than Westbrook!
When the teammates finished positioning, this time, Rondo handed the ball to Pierce.

When the team's offense encountered difficulties, Pierce became the team's attacker.

Pierce pouted his ass and punched Green on the back.

To be honest, Green defends Pierce better than Durant.

Although Durant is taller, he lacks too much strength to cope well with Pierce's post-up singles.

In comparison, Green's strength is undoubtedly better, and at 206cm tall, he is also taller than Pierce.

But Pierce's comprehensive offensive skills, how can he be afraid of Green?
Back hit, turn around, fadeaway jumper, the whole process is done in one go.

However, the ball still missed!
Green rushed to Pierce's shot one second before, and used his 216cm wingspan to successfully interfere with Pierce's shot.

Sure enough, tonight's two sides showed extremely strong defensive resilience, and neither team could score easily.

(End of this chapter)