The Golden Age of Basketball

At the end of the first quarter, the Celtics still caught up with the score.

At 29:27, the Celtics were still 2 points behind the Blazers.

Vandeweghe supported the team's offense alone in the second half of the first quarter. Drexler and Norris, who came off the bench for the Blazers, performed mediocrely. This was also a small mistake by Ramsey when he rotated the lineup.

He considered that Sampson could restrict McHale, but he wanted to preserve the strength of the main lineup too much.

The Celtics' Dennis Johnson completely overwhelmed Drexler, while Norris was so-so against Parish, who controlled the paint well.

The performance of these two allowed the Celtics to catch up with the score in the second half of the first quarter. It has to be said that Ramsey was a bad move.

However, Ramsey still decided to use a substitute for plastic surgery at the beginning of the second quarter. Now that the rotation plan and tactical plan have been formulated, they must be strictly implemented.

The Blazers brought in Jerome Cosey, Coulter and Kenny Carr, and replaced Vandeweghe, Valentine and Norris.

This is a second team with one belt and four, which is very rare in Ramsey's rotation. Generally, Ramsey will keep two or three main players on the court and play with substitute players. [

This lineup is obviously lacking in offense. Only Sampson is a stable offensive point. Colter and Cauchy are both rookies. From the perspective of the first quarter, Drexler was relatively restricted and barely scored.

Ramsey's rotation also made Most very strange: "The Trail Blazers' lineup, four substitute players, is really surprising. Ramsey actually sent all his bench players to the field. Could it be that he is playing for the first Four quarters of garbage time for rehearsals?"

On the Celtics side, K Jones was much more conservative. He only let Scott Weidman replace Larry Bird, and at the same time replaced Quentin Buckner at the end of the first quarter. Nee-Ainge was back on the field.

I don't know if Angie, who felt cold in the first quarter, warmed up after a while on the bench.

"The game started in the second quarter, the Celtics served, and Ainge came back to the court. I hope he sits on the bench for a while to get his touch back to normal. At least you have to make a 15-foot jumper. Our little angel." Most watched Angie dribble across the half court, and said a little "nasty". "Angel" is Angie's nickname.

However, Angie's playing style has nothing to do with the Angels. This small guard who looks gentle has the blood of the Celtics "do whatever it takes to win" in his bones.

Angie was closely defended by Colter in the halftime. At the beginning of the second quarter, the Blazers used a full-court press.

In terms of speed and strength, Angie is no match for the rookie Colter, but this cunning white man turned around, stuck Colter with his butt and slowly rubbed towards the center line.

At the same time, Angie's hands are not clean, he dribbles with his right hand, and raises his elbow with his left hand to hit Colter's ribs.

Angie turned around suddenly, elbowed Colter, accelerated across the center line, and left Colter behind.

The most feared thing about a pressing defense is being thrown off by the opponent. Once thrown off, it means that other players will come to make up the defense. Colter was thrown off by Angie's little trick, and Drexler had to go to the top of the arc Come to defend Angie.

There was a leak, Drexler came up to defend, and Dennis Johnson was naturally missed. Ainge passed the ball to Dennis Johnson who was cutting in, and Johnson caught the ball and broke in.

In the interior, McHale and Robert Parish practiced a wall in the three-second zone, opening up a channel for Johnson to go straight to the basket. Johnson scored an easy layup. At 29:29, the Celtics The score was evened at the beginning of the second quarter!

"The Blazers' three-second zone is as wide as the Great Lakes! J's layup allowed the Celtics to tie the game!" Mostert's voice became high again, and Boston Garden Plaza was boiling as always.

The 12-point gap was smoothed out silently, and the Celtics felt that they hadn't exerted their strength yet. [

It is true that the Celtics have not yet started to exert their strength, and everything is proceeding in an orderly manner, but the Blazers are actually gathering their energy. Ramsey put so many substitutes on the field, just to get more rest time for the main players. Then build an advantage in the second half of the second quarter.

But the premise is that these substitutes must grit their teeth and hold on in the first half of the second quarter, and they cannot be opened too much by the Celtics.

Fortunately, Sampson is still there. At this time, he has become the most reliable point for the Blazers on the court.

"Sampson got the ball in the low post and faced McHale. This matchup must have been staged many times at the University of Minnesota. I hope Kevin will not be afraid of his seniors. This is nb... Sampson turns around! Put the basket easily, the ball Into... beautiful footwork, Parish and McHale were both caught by his feints."

In the first quarter, Sampson did not participate in the team's offense, so he was still very energetic. Just now he faced McHale's defense in the low post on the right side, turned inside with confidence, and faced the basket directly. Then, under the pincer attack of Parish and McHale, he used a fake action to point them up, and then easily released a basketball to score two points.

"Strengthen defense! Press "press"! Press "press"!" Ramsey yelled from the sidelines. He has never emphasized defense so much as today.

The Blazers have always been an offensive team. Ramsey adheres to the "offense is the best defense," standing up wherever he falls, and recovering as many points as he loses.

But now the lineup of the Blazers on the court is impossible to attack the Celtics, so the best strategy is for the two sides to abolish each other's martial arts. I can't score, and you can't score!

Anyway, get through this time first.

Colter learned to be smart this time. Instead of pressing close to him, he kept a step away from Angie and stared at him closely. After halftime, Angie dribbled the ball to Johnson, and ran to the bottom corner to defend himself. The ambush shooter went.

Compared with Norris, Kenny Carr's defense is better, so he didn't go around Parish, but stuck to the Chief's chrysanthemum.

From the beginning to the present, the chief's expression was like that of an old Indian chief, as if he had been blown to petrification by the gale on the North American plain. Whether Gan Guoyang dunked on his head or Norris walked around him, he always looked calm.

Gan Guoyang sat on the sidelines and looked at Parrish. He felt that this player had a distinctive temperament, like a black stone, ordinary but tough.

"Defend him, Carl!" Gan Guoyang yelled from the sidelines. He felt that Parish should become the main attack point of the Celtics' attack.

Sure enough, the ball passed to Weidman on the left, and Parish suddenly made a quick inward cut, rubbed away Carl with his shoulder and rolled into the three-second zone.

Weidman threw a high-profile pass to the hoop, and the 7-foot-2 Parish jumped, tapped his hands in the air, grabbed the basketball, and dunked it into the hoop!

A light and quick alley-oop, Parish didn't hit the rim hard like some big centers to reduce the life of the rim, just touched it lightly, then turned around and left.

The score was equalized again, and Ramsey could only shake his head beside him.

Although Parish is not a super center like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, he has a lot of experience in dealing with some ordinary insiders, because he is smart enough and he is very good at using his physical advantage.

On the Blazers side, apart from Sampson, the most reliable point is Drexler.

But Drexler's condition today is not good. First, he received Dennis Johnson's strict defense, and J's defense made the magician very uncomfortable; second, the Blazers did not play fast break at all. Le's strengths have not been brought into play, and ground warfare is not his strong point.

Sure enough, after Dresk received the ball at the top of the arc, he was struggling again under Johnson's defense. He had no way to break through, and he didn't know where to pass the ball. Colt on the right.

Ramsey watched Drexler's poor performance on the court, and still seemed very patient. He knew that this was an exercise that Drexler had to go through. If he succeeds, then he can only be a fast breaker forever, not the core shooting guard of the team.

Colter is very confident in his shooting. After receiving the pass, he shoots directly from a distance of 16 feet without any hesitation.

"Boom!" The ball hit the basket and missed.

The Blazers once again went against the norm and did not give up the offensive rebounds. Cauchy, Drexler and Sampson all crowded to the basket to grab the offensive rebounds.

With his superior reaction speed, Jerome Cosey grabbed the ball among five or six people, and then directly pulled out and threw the basket with one hand!

"Bah~" Under the interference of Parrish, who was like a big tree, the ball was thrown lightly.

But Sampson mingled with McHale with his right hand, and took the ball in the air with one hand with his left hand.

He threw the ball over the hoop, and the referee called a foul, McHale.

The ball rolled twice on the rim and fell into the rim!

"Yes! Well done!" Gan Guoyang rushed up from the bench and shouted at Sampson.

Sampson just nodded towards the bench, but obviously this ball made him very proud. In comparison, McHale was a little depressed.

No matter which team he is in, McHale is a proper starter in terms of strength, and he acts as a substitute for the Celtics to meet the team's tactical needs and lead the team to increase points in the second team.

But when he met Mitchell Sampson in this game, he didn't even have a few shots, and he didn't score a point. He couldn't handle Sampson in defense.

"McHale is still very naive against Sampson, giving Sampson a chance to hit a three-pointer. I really hope that McHale didn't graduate from the University of Minnesota, so he might not be so afraid of Sampson." In the game commentary, it is rare to see McHale struggling like this.

"Shua!" Sampson made a free throw, and the Blazers took a three-point lead again. This is very beneficial to the Blazers. As long as they delay for a while, they can wait for the main players to debut.

On defense, the Blazers once again successfully stopped the Celtics' offense. Ainge passed the ball too casually and was cut off by Jerome Cosey.

"Run, run, run!" This time Ramsey didn't slow down the players, but yelled and let the players launch a counterattack.

At this time, it was time for Drexler to show his skills. Cauchy passed the ball to Drexler, and Drexler lowered his head and dribbled the ball straight in from the middle!

Dennis Johnson followed Drexler and tried to hand the ball. Drexler spun the ball from the right back to the left, and then jumped directly at the free throw line!

"Beep beep!" The referee whistled, Dennis - Johnson fouled, he can not just watch Drexler easy layup.

As Drakes walked to the free throw line and made two free throws, the Blazers increased the point difference to 4 points. Obviously, this group of substitutes has overfulfilled the task.

K Jones called a timeout. If the Celtics can't even beat the Blazers' substitute, this game will not be played.

For the Blazers, it's time for their main players to go all out and build an advantage.

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