swing striker

Chapter 178 First Victory
"Calm down, calm down! West, watch your defender, watch him tight!"

Woodson was walking anxiously on the sidelines. At this time, he had no good solution. The arrangements that should be made had already been made, and the rest could only be seen on the performance of the players.

This season, in the three clashes with the Celtics, the Eagles have not won any of them. This is a heavy psychological pressure for them. Moreover, they have never scored more than [-] points above.

The mentality of the Hawks' young players began to be unbalanced.

This is one of the shortcomings of team basketball. When they don't have a strong enough leader and are habitually relied on in times of crisis, but rely on the whole to tide over the difficulties, if the players are not mature enough, they will be "chaos"!
During the "Princeton" period, Webber was the team leader of the Kings, and Bibby was the controller. The headliner of the Pistons in the past few seasons is Ben Wallace, the soul is Billups, and the Spurs. As long as there is Duncan, they will be difficult. win!But the Eagles did not have such a person, Joe Johnson was too low-key, and Bibby, who used to control the Kings, was a newcomer, so the Eagles were "chaotic"!

During this offense, there was a disagreement between Marvin and Horford's offensive cooperation. Marvin, the second pick in 2005, wanted Horford to cover him, but Horford thought Marvin would cooperate with him in an inside pass.

Just like a computer program conflict, the Eagles' offense suddenly "crashed"!The seasoned Garnett caused Marvin's offensive foul and the ball was transferred.

Still covered by Shi Lei, Cassel pushed forward with the ball.

After crossing the halfway line, Cassel and Shi Lei made a pass cooperation, Shi Lei received the ball, and the Hawks' defensive focus shifted.Shi Lei then passed the ball back to Cassel, who in turn passed the ball to Pierce.

The quick transfer of the basketball opened up a large distance between the Eagles' outside defenders, and Pierce broke through and cut to the basket unimpeded all the way.

Shaking Horford away, Pierce made a layup, and the point difference widened again.

Bibby slowly controlled the advance of the basketball, trying to control the rhythm and stabilize the offense.But Bibby's rhythm is only Bibby's rhythm. He has not formed a good tacit understanding with the rest of the Hawks, so this is not the Hawks' rhythm.

It is best for a team to have only one "head". Joe Johnson's "head" was not big enough, so he allowed other "heads" to grow vigorously and get rid of Perkins' Horford to get the ball.

When a star starts to age, he has to face a lot of helplessness, such as being traded, such as being unable to play according to his own mind. Bibby passed the basketball to Horford.

With an excellent view of the overall situation, Shi Lei can often make the most suitable choice in the game. Bibby passed the ball, and Shi Lei immediately let go of Joe Johnson. One front and one back, he and Perkins completed a double-team defensive cooperation. .

Shi Lei's defense was so fast that Horford didn't react in a hurry. As soon as he received the basketball, he instantly became the "stuffing of the sandwich pie".

The current Horford is not the All-Star insider in the future, and his ability to break double teams still needs to be improved.

Dash left and right and couldn't get rid of the pinch defense, the basketball in Horford's hand still allowed Shi Lei to seize the opportunity to cut it.But by the time Shi Lei controlled the basketball, the Eagles players had already run back to their own half.

With no chance to play quickly, Shi Lei handed over the basketball to Cassel.

Kassel advanced to the three-point line, and after making a cross screen with Shi Lei, he didn't hand over the basketball, but jumped up and threw the basketball out.

The defense was not on him at all, Cassel hit a three-pointer.

This is the middle of the second quarter of the game between the two sides. With Cassel's three-pointer, the Celtics took a double-digit lead at 41:31.

Woodson called a timeout, but it didn't do much.It wasn't until the Celtics replaced the main force that the Hawks caught up by four points. At the end of the halftime, they were still nine points behind.In this quarter of the game, they only hit 20 goals in 8 shots.

Just like the regular season, the Hawks finally got lost in the Celtics' defense. In the third quarter, the Hawks only made 23 of 7 shots and didn't have a free throw opportunity. They only scored 15 points in this quarter.

Ray Allen, who re-entered the game, entered an attacking state, with full firepower, making 2 of 2 three-pointers and scoring 12 points alone.

这节比赛的最后2分34秒老鹰一分未得，凯尔特人连得6分后，以73：55结束前三节。

In the fourth quarter, the Celtics quickly expanded their lead to more than 20 points, then the main players were replaced, and Shi Lei and others came on the bench.

After resisting for 2 minutes, Shi Lei, Posey, and Brown's defensive "meat grinder" made it difficult for the Hawks to chase points. Woodson reluctantly replaced the main force and announced that he would give up the game.

In this "first game" of the playoffs, the "Big Three" of the Celtics showed their power. Kevin Garnett scored 16 points and 10 rebounds, Ray Allen scored 18 points, Paul... Pierce scored 16 points.

Shi Lei, who also represented the Celtics in the playoffs for the first time, scored 15 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds.

In this match, Shi Lei acted like the "fourth head" of the Celtics!
On the other side, although the Eagles lost the game, it was not completely useless. Their rookie Al Horford scored 20 points and 10 rebounds in this game. 8 points were scored when the opposing team came off the bench, but as a rookie in the playoffs, no one can ask him to do better.

In addition, "Eagle King" Joe Johnson had 19 points and 7 assists, and "Pit King" Mike Bibby made only 10 of 2 shots and scored 5 points.

Well, Bibby has to bear the blame, who made him a star!
The end of the game is the time to celebrate. The long-awaited Celtics fans did not leave here immediately, but sprinkled confetti all over the arena. Under the illumination of the ceiling lights, here instantly, It was covered with a layer of psychedelic colors. In this man-made illusion, people kept cheering, twisting their bodies, or hugging and kissing each other.

The Celtics players also clapped each other's hands to celebrate, and everyone's face also burst into excited smiles.

"Nice job, buddy!"

"Of course, you're awesome too!"

"Shi, you look so cool playing ball!"

In this atmosphere, Alice also seemed extremely excited, and Jenny finally let go of those worries in her heart at this time, and shared Shi Lei's joy of victory with a smile.

　The real climax is coming soon, and I hope to get the support of all my friends!Thanks!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)