king of defenders

Chapter 1296

Boston, TD North Shore Garden Arena.

The tie-break battle has attracted much attention.

"I don't need to emphasize anything more?" Coach Spoelstra was not very serious, with a smile on his face, "Play hard and win this game."

It's not that Coach Spoelstra is slacking off, it's just that he doesn't need to show his seriousness on his face at this time. If that's the case, it will put more pressure on the players.

Simply coach Spoelstra is not serious.

"Yes."

"Definitely!"

The Heat players all looked solemn and promised loudly.

Not far away, the head coach of the Celtics is pouring chicken soup into his players. He is also experienced. He didn't emphasize "can't lose, can't afford to lose", but repeatedly instilled belief in his players, that is, "We can win "Whether he can win or not is of course not up to him, but it has to be said, because at this time the players are unavoidably nervous, especially the young players, and they have to strengthen their confidence.

Of course, these fans don't know, and the fans don't pay attention to it. They just stare at the players on both sides, looking forward to the start of the game.

"beep"

The game officially begins.

The Heat got the ball, and the Celtics did not have a successful jump ball in the entire series. Their inside line is really not high enough.

Meng Yun advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, and the defender quickly greeted him. It was Jaylen Brown.

Meng Yun asked for a pick-and-roll, threw off Brown, and then I just broke through, passed the ball out, and passed it back to Xiang Long, Xiang Long passed it to Korver, Korver made a three-pointer, but failed to make it
The two parties came and went, and a few minutes passed quickly, but no one was able to take advantage of it.

Meng Yun didn't take many shots, but he passed a lot of good balls. It's just that the teammates didn't feel hot today, and some balls were wasted.

This situation is not good for the Heat, because there are relatively few people who can score. Others besides Meng Yun must also be able to score. Once other people are not in good condition, they cannot seize the opportunity to score the ball. The Heat's offensive efficiency will drop.

Sure enough, halfway through the first quarter, the Celtics gradually gained the advantage and began to widen the point difference.

"beep"

The Heat requested a timeout.

Coach Spoelstra said: "Whiteside, Korver, you two come down and rest. Monroe, Lu Wei, you go." Then, he spread out the tactical board, made tactical arrangements, and said at the same time: "When Meng Yun attracts the defense and passes the ball out, you must seize the opportunity to score the ball, understand?"

"Yes."

"clear."

The crowd responded.

Soon the timeout ends and the game continues.

With the replacement of Lu Wei and Monroe, the offensive end has improved somewhat, because Monroe and Lu Wei both have considerable personal offensive ability with the ball, so the Heat also have more options on the offensive end and play better. Be more flexible, the point difference between the two sides began to gradually narrow, and soon returned to the same starting line.

Throughout the first quarter, the two sides can be said to be evenly matched.

However, when entering the second quarter, several young Celtics players suddenly jumped out. Tatum and Rozier both performed well and became surprise players, helping the Celtics to widen the gap.

By the end of the first half, the Celtics led by 10 points.

"The Celtics played better today."

"Well, hopefully the Heat will get better in the second half"

During the intermission, the fans were discussing.

At this point in the Eastern Conference Finals, everyone knows that the Heat and the Celtics are actually very close in strength. Whoever wins a game depends largely on their respective performances. The odds are high.

Judging from today's situation, the Celtics obviously have to perform better.

Into the second half.

Because they fell behind in the first half, the Heat needed to chase points, so Meng Yun needed to stand up and score more.

I saw Meng Yun asked for a pick-and-roll, and just as he was about to break through, a defender pounced on him. Meng Yun paused for a moment, then suddenly accelerated, relying on his speed to break through, but someone was already waiting inside.

The Celtics were obviously prepared, knowing that Meng Yun would definitely stand up and score in the second half, there would be more singles, and there would be some targeted defensive arrangements.

Seeing the opponent standing firmly inside and waiting for him to pass, Meng Yun frowned slightly, but without hesitation, he jumped up against the defender, forming a confrontation in the air, and then threw the ball.

Swish!
The ball goes in.

When Meng Yun landed, he staggered and fell to the ground. Of course, he was not injured. It was just a protective action, and he immediately got up and returned to defense.

After two rounds, Meng Yun singled again.

"Teaming."

The Celtics double-teamed, Meng Yun did not retreat but advanced, faster, passed through the cracks, and then hit the ball with a pull bar against the defender.

Although this scored, Coach Spoelstra couldn't help frowning. Meng Yun could score, but this kind of scoring is not easy and consumes a lot.The opponent obviously had a targeted arrangement, but even knowing this, Meng Yun still had to play because the team needed him to score.

"Xiang Long is still young after all, and his state is not stable enough." Craig said, "Xiang Long performed well in the previous few games, but today he is not as good."

"This is understandable." Coach Spoelstra said: "And the problem is not only with him. The reason why we fell into a disadvantage is also because the Celtics played very well today. This is It is the advantage of having more All-Star players, Durant, Irving, Hayward, Horford, no matter how they played before, but in this life-and-death battle, they are stable enough."

Craig and Rosen Zizi nodded.

Durant has been playing very well in the previous games, Irving has some fluctuations, Horford and Hayward can only be regarded as average, quite satisfactory.

But in today's game, not only Durant played well, Irving, Horford, Hayward all played very well, plus Rozier and Tatum also had outstanding performances, it is not surprising that the Celtics are leading up.

In fact, if Meng Yun hadn't been relying on his personal ability to score points in the past few minutes, the difference between the two sides might have widened to more than ten points.

on the field.

The Heat attacked, Meng Yun came to the frontcourt, Brown rushed forward, opened his hands, and suddenly said: "You can't win."

Meng Yun raised his eyebrows and looked at Brown. With a sneer on his face, Brown said, "You can't catch up with the score. Now the score is 12 points away. It will get bigger and bigger later. No matter what you do, you will win in the end." It's just us, and you're going to watch us make it to the Finals."

Brown's tone was contemptuous and provocative.

Meng Yun didn't speak, but responded with actions, changing directions continuously, and then broke through suddenly, ending the attack with a dunk.
(End of this chapter)