swing striker

Chapter 199 Knight (5)

"What's up, buddy? Did something happen? You look bad."

Shi Lei had calculated thousands of times, but he never expected such a result after the match. After being substituted, one can imagine the depression in his heart.But as soon as he sat down, before he had time to straighten out the emotions in his heart, Garnett who was next to him turned his head and asked.

Wearing a white towel, drips of sweat were still faintly visible on his cheeks. At this time, Garnett's expression was very "cold", as if he had returned to the time when he was in the Timberwolves. Garnett was on the court today and felt "Lonely".

He desperately needs a helper now!
"No, no."

Shi Lei shook his head in distress, and buried his head deeply in the towel.Shi Lei knew very well how "tired" Garnett was, how much he longed for victory, Shi Lei also knew, just like what he did before, Shi Lei also wanted to bring help to the team, and was extremely eager to win, but now this In this case, he really couldn't find a solution.

"Is there any way? Can I quickly adapt to Odom's way of playing?"

Shi Lei asked himself in his heart, but he was destined to find no solution.

Hand feel is a difficult problem that any athlete wants to overcome, but cannot overcome.After Shi Lei left the court, all the burden of scoring fell entirely on Pierce's shoulders.This should also be his responsibility, but his hand feels as cold and stiff as Boston in December.

After re-entering the court, Pierce missed all three shots. This allowed the Cavaliers to catch up to the gap of only three points with only free throws under the Celtics' tight defense.

At the critical moment, Cassell received a pass from Pierce and made a mid-range shot, barely maintaining the situation on the court, helping the Celtics end the first half with a five-point advantage.

The referee blew the whistle, and the fans finally breathed a sigh of relief. The precarious situation of the team kept them in a state of fear. They were always worried that the team would be overtaken by the opponent in the next second.

Old Johnson, who was sitting in the commentary booth, also had a dignified expression: "Paul and Ray must find their own form in the second half. Although the team is still leading and the defense is very good, but our offense is too reluctant. If we continue to Relying on Kevin, we will be very dangerous!"

As if to supplement the words of the old Johnson, Barkley also said in a rare and serious way: "Yes, you are right, the Celtics are in trouble. Paul has made [-] of [-] shots and only scored [-] points. And Ray still didn't score a point, which made it very difficult for them to get every point after Kevin left the field. If Mr. Rivers couldn't activate Ray or Paul in the second half, then they would probably lose the game. "

The worry of "losing this game" has actually arisen in the hearts of most Celtics players at this moment, which makes the atmosphere in the locker room of the home team very dull.

When Rivers walked into the locker room full of second-half tactical arrangements in his heart, he was shocked by the dullness.Looking at the dispirited players, Rivers immediately put away the serious expression on his face, and became enthusiastic.

"Hey, gentlemen, what are you thinking about? Are you tired? Oh, well, it is tired. No one can hold on to such a high defensive intensity in the half court without feeling tired, but it is worth it. Didn't we? We allowed Mr. James to make only one shot in the first half, which made me very satisfied, gentlemen, and I have to applaud you."

Rivers is not a master of speech, but his encouragement still made the atmosphere here a little more lively, and the faces of the players also had some expressions other than "sorrow".

Rivers has been paying attention to the expressions of the players when he was talking. Seeing this situation, he continued to say: "But half of the time has passed, and there are still 24 full minutes of game time. Oh, my God, I really feel pain for you."

Speaking of this, Rivers' expression became exaggerated and funny, which finally cracked a crack in the "dull" "solid ice" here.

In the locker room, Shi Lei was always depressed, but unlike his teammates, Shi Lei wasn't worried about failure and depressed, he was just angry that he couldn't help the team.Rivers' words awakened Shi Lei first.

"Give him to me, sir, and I will make him suffer more!"

Without offense, Shi Lei still has defense, he just wants to help the team, any way is fine.

The dullness in the locker room was broken. Although Shi Lei didn't notice this, he just wanted to express his thoughts, but this was precisely the most appropriate moment.

"And me, sir, I actually did a good first half, even though I only made one shot."

This is Pierce, finally coming to his senses and taking on a responsibility outside of the leadership game.

"Well, Paul, I forgive you for being so honest."

Finally, Rivers' naughty remark made the Celtics locker room laugh.

The vitality was restored, and the fighting spirit was rekindled. However, most of the intermission time had passed, and Rivers, who still had a lot of important things to say, quickly shifted the topic to tactics.

Rivers pointed his finger at the tactics board, and the laughter of the players disappeared immediately. Everyone sat up straight, watching the head coach arrange tactics with piercing eyes.

"We have only one strategy in the second half of the court, which is to create our rhythm. On defense, Shi, you need to keep a close eye on your opponent, and Paul, be ready to defend at any time."

Shi Lei and Pierce nodded at the same time, but Rivers didn't see this, he had already turned his head in Rondo's direction.

"Rajon, pay attention to controlling the rhythm of the offense, pass the ball more to Kevin, or Shi, if there is no chance of fast break, even if the chance of fast break is not great, you must control the speed of advancement".
Rivers' tactical arrangement is almost done, and the time for the game is up. Putting away the tactical board, Rivers finally said: "This is our home court, this is TD North Shore Garden, gentlemen, go on the field now, and tell the Clevelands , who is the master here!"

The third quarter started. Players from both sides stood on the court one after another. The Celtics lineup now became Rondo, Pierce, Shi Lei, Garnett, Brown, and on the Cavaliers, James also reappeared. on the field.

(End of this chapter)