Legendary star

Chapter 769

"Unexpectedly, this round of the series between the Pacers and Celtics will be like this."

On May 2008, 5, Boston TD North Shore Garden Arena, the Pacers and Celtics in the fifth and most likely last game of the Eastern Conference finals. Before the game started, several commentators on the scene, and Instead of analyzing the strength comparison of the two sides and the player's game state, nor did he make some predictions about the trend of today's game, but sang an elegy for the Celtics and kept feeling sorry for the team.

As the No. [-] player in the regular season this season, the Celtics, who have Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and Paul Pierce, three first-tier stars in the league who are still in their prime, start the playoffs. Before this season, it was the favorite to win the championship. On a gambling website, the odds of the Celtics were even lower than that of the Pacers. When they were all expecting the Celtics to fight the Pacers and then kill the Pacers, the Celtics disappointed those who were expecting them to overthrow the Pacers.

In the first game of the series, they only lost two games in the regular season, and the TD North Shore Garden Arena, which had not lost a game in the playoffs, fell. Losing a home court first means that the Celtics have lost their home court advantage. Against a team like the Pacers, it is undoubtedly very difficult to have no home court advantage. gradually weakened.

With a score of 1 to 1 as a guest in Indiana, the Celtics lost two games in a row without any suspense. The big score of 1 to 3 also means that the Celtics have completely stood on the edge of a cliff, even today In this game, the Celtics were able to win by chance. That is the difference between playing one more game and one less game. No one thinks that the Celtics can reverse the Pacers when they are 1 to 3 behind.

"The shortcomings of the Celtics are too obvious. This is what we often call the bucket effect. It is not the longest board that determines how much water a bucket can hold, but the shortest board. The same is true for this team, the head star is strong, no matter how well they perform, without the efforts of the role players, they will not be able to go further in the playoffs."

"What Kenny said is very reasonable. Although the Celtics have three All-Stars who are still at their peak, their rest of the main players and rotation lineup are too far behind the Pacers. Although many people are saying, The key to the Pacers' victory over the Celtics is the dominant player Meng Xu, but I just want to talk about a set of data comparisons. In the four-game series, the rebounding ratio between the Pacers and the Celtics is 48. 39, it's hard for the Celtics to win with 9 fewer rebounds per game."

"Is Charles trying to say that the main factor in this series is the number of rebounds on both sides?"

"Yes, that's exactly what I want to say. If we talk about one-on-one, none of the Pacers' insiders can match Kevin, but the Pacers win because of the number of high-level insiders. The Walters also only have one Kevin. It is impossible for him to play a full 48 minutes in every game, nor can he concentrate every minute to ensure a high-level game state, but the Pacers have Jermaine O'Neal, Darko Milicic, Kwame Brown, NN Hilario, Jeff Foster, a bunch of powerful insiders."

"The same is true for the ongoing Western Conference Finals. None of the Lakers' insiders is Tim's opponent. In the previous four games, Tim averaged 24 points, grabbed 18 rebounds, and sent three blocks. It is no exaggeration to say that Tim blasted the Lakers inside, but the Spurs are also 1 to 3 behind to the Lakers, because in terms of total rebounds, the Spurs are 38 to 44 behind to the Lakers, so the rebound decision Winning or losing is the truth of a basketball game, and similarly, if the Celtics want to win today's game, the first thing they need to do is to ensure their own rebounds."

Seeing Barkley's eloquent tirade, Reggie Miller, who was sitting next to Barkley, was a little convinced of him. Although Barkley didn't like the Celtics very much, but when the Celtics were facing the Pacers In the elimination situation, Barkley began to defend the Celtics again, and this guy's position was too unsteady.

When Barkley and others were still talking about it, the starting lineups of the Pacers and Celtics had already entered the court. In today's game, the starting lineups of the Pacers and Celtics have undergone some changes. Considering that the overall situation has been decided, the Pacers replaced three starters today. Kwame Brown and NN Hilario both started today. In addition to Jermaine O’Neal and Darko Milicic, James - Posey also sat on the bench today, replaced by Tyshawn Prince.

As for the Celtics, Rajon Rondo finally sat on the bench today. Veteran Eddie House replaced him in the starting lineup. Except for Rajon Rondo, Ray Allen did not start today. Playing, [-]% is going to play the sixth man, but the game is now, Doc Rivers is thinking about changing, and this reaction is a bit too slow.

In fact, I can’t blame Doug Rivers. Without paying the luxury tax, the Celtics’ current lineup is already at its limit. Whoever makes Garnett and the three of them have a salary of 6000 million US dollars, On the Pacers side, Jermaine O'Neal and Meng Xu, who have the highest wages, are not as high as Pierce, who is the lowest-paid among the Big Three. In addition, the owner of the Pacers is willing to pay the luxury tax, so in terms of lineup adjustment and rotation , the Pacers have more leeway.

"Kevin actually lost the jump ball?" With the whistle of the referee on duty, Kevin Garnett and Kwame Brown, who were jumping the ball in the middle circle, staged a surprising scene. Kevin Garnett, who won all jump balls in four games, lost to Kwame Brown today.

Kwame Brown, who won the jump ball, was not too excited, but rushed to the frontcourt as everything should have been. In this season of the Pacers, Kwame Brown obviously I feel the change in myself. Compared with the Grizzlies last season, Kwame Brown is already another person. Now Kwame Brown is on the court, and he will not be afraid, nor afraid, and even There is still a glimmer of anticipation for the game.

(End of this chapter)