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Chapter 221 The Seventh Scene (7)

After Shi Lei hit the same shot as Grandma Barkley, the point difference between the two sides was stretched to ten points again.

This point difference was maintained until the last minute of the first half. After James missed a shot, the Celtics launched a counterattack. One-stop fast, hit a dunk, widening the point difference between the two sides to 1 points.

In the next attack and defense, neither side scored a point. At halftime, the Celtics took a double-digit lead with a score of 56:42.

However, after halftime, James completed his "slap in the face" against Shi Lei. In the second quarter, he faced Shi Lei's solo defense and scored 15 points. points, and successfully broke through the 8-point mark.

For a moment, Shi Lei really became a "joke" in Barkley's mouth.

"At the end of the first half, the number 11 of the Celtics paid the price for his arrogance. LeBron, who was irritated, scored 15 points in the second quarter, making the opponent's defense completely useless!"

Not only the commentators, but also the reporters at the scene were restless. As soon as the halftime ended, Shi Lei, who was "uttering wild words", became the target of their interception.

"LeBron has scored 23 points, what do you have to say about that?"

"You said before the game that you would not allow the opponent to score more than 20 points, but he did it in halftime. Your defense seems to have completely lost its effect. Will you change your defensive strategy in the second half? You will seek teammates Help, double-team Mister James?"

"What do you think is the reason why LeBron broke out today?"

"Is there anything you want to express about LeBron's offense today?"

Under the media's constant questioning, Shi Lei didn't say a word, and under the cover of his teammates, he buried himself in the locker room.Shi Lei is no stranger to these schadenfreude questions, every time his performance is not satisfactory, every time he is hit by "superstars" with outstanding statistics, he will always be questioned like this, and he has nothing to say about it What they explain, cannot be explained to them.

Finally, when the locker room door was closed, everything was quiet.

"Hey man, don't pay attention to them, you did something that none of us did, few people in the league could do."

It was Pierce, when the locker room door closed, he was the first to comfort Shi Lei.How difficult it is for James to defend, during Shi Lei's suspension period, he has been taking on this part of the task better than anyone else, you must know that Shi Lei is now a complete single defense!

Immediately after, Garnett also came over: "Yes, what you have done is good enough. Although he scored more than [-] points, no one can do better than you!"

"So, bro, you should be proud of yourself!" This was Ray Allen.

Shi Lei shrugged his shoulders, everyone felt that he should feel ugly, but he didn't at all, he didn't have this burden in his heart at all, when he created that illusion, he was already ready to bear it all.Of course, the care from his teammates still made him feel a little relieved.

"I don't have any problems because we're ahead, so you guys don't have to worry about me."

"You really think so?"

"of course."

Facing Pierce's suspicious inquiry, Shi Lei gave a firm answer.He can't explain anything to his teammates, the tactical arrangement factor, only Rivers can tell his teammates, not him, he can't give his teammates the impression of interfering with the tactical arrangement.

There was another noise outside the door. It was Rivers who came back. He also received questions from the media about Shi Lei's defense. As the head coach of a team, he couldn't be as casual as the players, so he could only reluctantly answer. After a few questions, he walked into the locker room.

In a team, this is a restricted area, except for coaches and players, everyone else is forbidden to enter here.

"We played well in the first half."

Walking in, Rivers loosened the tie around his neck. The unfriendly questions from the media did not make him feel bad. The halftime of this game was already the halftime with the most Celtics leading points in this series. up.

"Our tactics in the second half will remain the same, but Shi, you will be the team's power forward, Paul, you will replace Kevin, and PJ, you will be the team's center, and the rest of the players take the time to recover their physical strength and do a good job at any time." Preparations for playing. Paul, the next 23rd will be handed over to you, focusing on preventing his passing, allowing him to shoot, but I don’t think he can get into the basket!”

Rivers quickly arranged the tactics and personnel adjustments for the second half. It was only at this time that Shi Lei's behavior in the first half was truly understood by his teammates, and everyone suddenly realized: "Oh, it turned out to be a special arrangement by the coach. It's a pity that Shi Lei said something Too early, into bad luck and tactical clashes".

Compared with the outside line, the Celtics' inside line has a lot of flaws. The only one who can rest assured in the entire bench is PJ Brown. However, because he wanted to put defensive pressure on the Cavaliers, in the first half, Rivers did not arrange Garnett or Perkins rested. In order for the two of them to have enough energy at the end of the game, he had no choice but to move Shi Lei to the fourth position.

After arranging everything, Rivers left the locker room. During the rare intermission, he hoped to get as much time as possible to recover his physical strength, especially Shi Lei and Garnett who had the most physical exertion.

After a barrel of "talking guns", Barkley finally regained his senses, and the commentary became professional: "Although James played well, the Cavaliers are very dangerous now. Mike Brown had better find a way for other players to stand up in the second half." method, otherwise they may lose the chance to enter the Eastern Conference finals."

While commenting, Barkley suddenly thought of a possibility: "Wouldn't this be caused by that Easterner on purpose? Or is this a tactical arrangement by Rivers?"

As Barkley said, Mike Brown is making tactical arrangements in the locker room of the visiting team. He knows the current situation of the team better than anyone else, but some things are not as simple as what they say.

The Cavaliers team, whether it is offense or defense, only has one core James. They never thought of losing James, and they have never practiced tactics without James. But what Mike Brown is going to arrange now is to downplay James in tactics. How effective is the arrangement of the functions in such a hurry?Even Mike Brown himself didn't have much confidence.

But Mike Brown's dilemma is that he can't make adjustments!
"This is really a terrible guy, in order to win, he will not hesitate to damage his reputation!"

What is fame?Only the losers need this consolation, the winners don't, because they will get the more important crown!
(End of this chapter)