pinnacle swinger

Chapter 321 The Gap
The toughness and tenacity on the court is not to fight hand-to-hand with the opponent, but to be able to stand up and fight back with a stronger posture after being defeated.

The Charles River flows slowly in the city of Boston, and many qualities of tenacity, tenacity and toughness go deep into the blood of the Celtics.

On April 4, the Celtics, who returned to the North Shore Garden, caused huge problems for the 27ers.

At this time, the 76ers were carrying a two-game winning streak, and the momentum was like a rainbow, but they did not expect the Celtics to be so tough. Every player seemed to be madly pestering the 76ers. Amid the tsunami of boos, it was difficult to score points.

With small moves, trash talk, and tough fronts, the Celtics once led by 10 points in the first half.

Tang Wenlong shook his head, asked the staff for a new braces, and put them in his mouth.The atmosphere at the Celtics' home court was warm. Tang Wenlong wiped his sweat with a white towel, thinking that the Celtics would not maintain such a high intensity in the second half.

After a 15-minute break, the second half began.

Tang Wenlong and others walked out of the narrow player tunnel, the green was shaking, and the screen was full of signs mocking the 76ers, and there were even a lot of headshots holding his head. The strong atmosphere of the playoffs can be seen .

Tang Wenlong put his hands on his knees and stood outside the 45-degree three-point line in the backcourt. The Celtics served in the frontcourt and Terry pushed over.

At the top of the arc, Tang Wenlong's defensive defender, Jeff Green, began to run in a circle. From the top of the arc, with the help of Bass and Garnett's off-ball cover, he ran to the left corner on the other side.After the two insiders blocked Tang Wenlong, they brought up the line and cooperated with Terry in the pick-and-roll. At the same time, Pierce came out again, ready to catch the ball.

Terry had no shot space for a single block screen and gave it to Pierce.

With the help of the screen, Pierce had a half-step space misalignment with Iguodala. He caught the ball smoothly, controlled the ball with his left hand, and at the same time leaned on Iguodala, as if stuck.

Move one step, step back and jump shot!
Miss, the rebound bounced, the Celtics' two insiders just went out to cover, the inside was empty, and David West, who occupied the position, easily grabbed the rebound.

Lao You Tiao stretched his elbows with great experience, and there was nothing close to him.

The Celtics retreated, and West rolled the ball to the ground with a flick of his hand, bounced it and handed it to Lowry.

Lowry waved his hand and directed everyone to attack forward.

The Celtics still maintained their aggressiveness in the first half. Tang Wenlong frowned, and Jeff Green, who was leaning behind him, pulled his hem, with his big rough hands on his waist, and his body was like brown sugar , to be seamlessly bonded with Tang Wenlong.

Tang Wenlong pouted his buttocks, stretched out his long arms, and jumped forward lightly to catch the ball passed by Lowry.

Elbow one-on-one!

Tang Wenlong didn't want to carry the basket on his back, so he turned to face the frame to attack, grabbing the ball with both hands, almost hanging to the ground.

Jeff Green was still leaning tightly, with one arm raised high, ready to interfere with Tang Wenlong's pull-up shot at any time.

Tang Wenlong took the ball with both hands and swayed it to the right, then he stepped out with his right foot to the left, and the most basic cross step was performed on the left heel.

The most basic movements became extremely sharp under his hands!
Jeff Green subconsciously stretched out his right hand to block, Tang Wenlong stretched out his right hand at the same time, the moment the two touched, Tang Wenlong pressed his right elbow against Jeff Green's waist.It was so fast that other people didn't notice this small movement at all, not to mention the referee, even the camera didn't catch it.

Jeff Green was in pain, and his body froze. Tang Wenlong sent the ball again with his left hand, followed by one step, and passed Jeff Green's defense.

With one of the few clean breakthroughs in this game, the Celtics immediately chose to double-team Tang Wenlong, shrinking the formation, and there were open opportunities in the bottom corner and outside the 45-degree three-point line.

However, the two players who double-teamed are experienced veterans——Pierce and Terry. Their eyes are wide open vigilantly, ready to cut off the pass of Tang Wenlong's outside line at any time.

Tang Wenlong rolled his eyes, and suddenly stopped. In front of Garnett who was defending inside, he stopped and shot a jump shot!

Garnett's long arm covered it, which just blocked Tang Wenlong's shooting angle. Tang Wenlong's arm was tilted back, raising his shooting arc.

"clang!"

The crisp sound of striking iron turned into a sigh of 76ers fans.

However, a big white hand suddenly stretched out from under the basket, surpassing all obstacles, softly and lightly tapped the finger in the air, and tapped the ball into the basket.

Marc Gasol!
"Strike!" Tang Wenlong said with a smile, and gave Gasol a high-five.

Offensive and defensive rotation, the Celtics attack.

At this time, the Celtics led the 47ers by 43 points 76 to 4. The scores of both sides were not high. The basic skills of vision and organization, he still surpasses many young guards in the league.

The Celtics used Terry to play point guard and only asked him to take part of the offensive organization responsibility.

Most of the time, the ball is in the hands of Pierce or Jeff Green, and whether it is Pierce or Jeff Green, both of them make a lot of mistakes.

For example, in this offense, Pierce made a fake move to shake Iguodala, stepped in and broke through, and faced Gasol and chose to pass the ball to Bass.

But the pass was met by Iguodala who was coming back. The basketball changed its trajectory and got into West's arms. The 76ers directly had a fast break opportunity.

David West made a high pass to Tang Wenlong, and Tang Wenlong made a fast break for halftime.

Jeff Green chased after him madly, Tang Wenlong sent the ball forward, striding to keep up, stepping on one step inside the three-point line and starting three fast-break steps!
Jeff Green: "Fuck, how do you cover this?"

Tang Wenlong held the basketball high with one hand, and after gliding for a certain distance in the air, he straightened his waist and abdomen, and succeeded in splitting and dunking with one hand.

45 to 47, there were boos on the scene, and some applause appeared sporadically, not all the 76ers fans who came from Philadelphia, but some unsteady Celtics fans. Attacking and dunking, it is inevitable that I will not cheer for it.It has nothing to do with the position, but it's all about the excitement of the goal.

The closer the score got to the ground, the more nervous Rivers became, and finally he couldn't help but stand up from the bench, stood on the sidelines, and shouted at the Celtics on the court.

"Tough defense, tough confrontation! Paste it, don't be afraid!"

Using physical confrontation to create better scoring opportunities and using physical confrontation to make opponents uncomfortable is the most common law in basketball games. Rivers has made up his mind to let the Celtics pursue this huge goal. A chance of victory under the gap.

(End of this chapter)