The Whip of the God of Basketball

After the start of the third quarter, the Celtics did not launch a major counterattack as people expected. On the contrary, they took their time, appeared calm and unhurried, and used conventional tactics very patiently.

Suffering from three fouls in the first half, Kevin Garnett appeared to be relatively restrained on both the offensive and defensive ends, paying great attention to controlling the number of fouls he committed. In the first five minutes of the third quarter, the two sides played calmly. The Celtics' shooting percentage was picking up, but the Lakers were still scoring. The confrontation between the two sides is slowly escalating. The Celtics are like a heavy train that has just started, accelerating very slowly.

When Kobe Bryant hit a three-pointer over Laga Bell, the Celtics called a timeout. The score difference between the two sides was 9 points. Kobe's three-pointer narrowed it to 6 points. The Lakers, who were behind by points, instantly returned to the safe zone. The originally fearful Lakers fans gradually relaxed. Thinking about it, the Celtics are not that scary. As long as the Lakers open up their offense and the OK combination works together, the Celtics have nothing to fear.

But Phil Jackson didn't think so. He found that the Celtics had made two changes since the third quarter. First, they increased the intensity of double-teaming and interference in defense. Second, they continued to gain possession of the ball during offense. Distribute, transfer, and finish the offense outside the three-point line. In addition, the referee's decision-making scale was beneficial to the Lakers. The Lakers, who lacked a strong system and physical strength on the defensive end, relied on some relatively large defensive actions to hinder the Celtics' offense, and Jarvis seemed to acquiesce to this.

Of course, Arenas and Pierce's two three-pointers made Jackson nervous, but the Lakers still did a good job on offense. Coupled with Kobe's magic touch, the Lakers survived the initial stage.

After the timeout, Leon made an important substitution. He replaced Kevin Garnett with Chris Anderson and replaced Laga Bell with Michael Reed. Jackson knew that the Celtics were going to Their bayonets were shown.

Leon arranged two sets of plans during the halftime break. The first set was to apply high pressure at the beginning of the third quarter and use Arenas and Pierce's three-pointers to quickly chase points. However, two or three at the beginning of the third quarter, Leon After one round, Leon gave up such an idea. Obviously, the Lakers are very vigilant, and the scale of Javier's whistle calls makes the game not tight at all. Some of the Lakers' relatively large defensive moves prevent the Celtics from driving up the offensive rhythm.

Therefore, Leon decisively asked the players to slow down the pace, calm down, play bit by bit according to normal tactics, wait for the opportunity, and wait for the rotation period to arrive.

The second plan is exactly what Leon is planning to implement, and it is also a trick that has been tried and tested against the Lakers - coming on the bench to muddy the waters.

Chris Anderson is simply a Stamps nightmare. The direct descendant of Dennis Rodman didn't learn Rodman's invincible rebounding, but he learned a lot about his ability to cause trouble everywhere. , and nine times out of ten, they were all used against the Los Angeles Lakers.

Back then, the Celtics defeated the Lakers at Staples with a full bench, mainly relying on Chris Anderson's divine performance. This year, he "reproduced the classic" with a clothesline at Staples to help the Celtics. Turn the momentum around and win the game.

In the words of the Los Angeles Times after the game, "Chris Anderson challenged the entire history of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Lakers." So when Anderson took off his sportswear, adjusted his shorts and came to the court, the audience booed harshly. Voice. But Anderson didn't seem to care. At a young age, he had learned to face all off-court factors calmly, because Dennis Rodman once told him, "If you are frightened by those boos, then these boos It will only get worse. Only by letting them **** can we shut them up."

"Isn't there going to be a problem with Chris? That guy Javi is not easy to deal with." Cowens expressed a little worry and worry about Anderson, because he knew that Anderson would not only have to deal with Lakers players, but also referee.

"No problem, I know what that guy Jarvi is thinking. If he raises the standard and tightens the whistle, then we will increase the rhythm. If he doesn't dare to do this, then let Anderson cause trouble for a while and see what happens next." Ang told Cowens not to worry.

But having said that, Leon is still a little worried, especially if Kevin Garnett is replaced at this stage, will there be holes in the team's overall defense, and what will happen if an important point is missing on the offensive end? The impact is unknown.

But Leon believes in the Celtics players, believes in Chris Anderson, and even more believes that the Lakers will not be able to maintain such a good state for long.

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As soon as Anderson came on the court, Kobe Bryant walked up and patted Anderson on the butt, indicating that he was eyeing him. Anderson glanced sideways at Kobe, looking indifferent. The two started to have a feud over the clothesline foul, but Kobe is a broad-minded guy. Although he will retaliate on the basketball court, he is quite open-minded off the court. After the game, he invited Anderson to stay near Staples. Had a drink at the small bar.

The Celtics started to attack, Arenas held the ball, and the Celtics ran a three-position tactic of attacking in the fold, creating a one-on-one opportunity for Pierce in the low post, but Pierce was shaking away the defensive player. Finally, he dodged to the inside, and then after the Lakers double-teamed him, he decisively passed the ball to the outside. Arenas received the ball and shot a three-pointer. The ball hit the edge of the basket with too little force.

"Damn..." Arenas cursed, but Chris Anderson had already grabbed the long rebound and then distributed the ball to Arenas.

This time Arenas did not waste the opportunity. After he got the ball, he dribbled sideways and faced Kobe's defense and made another three-point shot and hit it. After scoring the goal, Arenas made a pistol gesture towards Kobe, and then swaggered back to defend.

The pressure on the Lakers is coming.

This time, they continued to pin their hopes on Kobe. Kobe started to catch the ball after crossing the center line, and then suddenly accelerated to get rid of Arenas. The Celtics' center was wide open, and Anderson immediately covered up and followed Kobe. Kobe changed gears and cut inward with his left hand. Seeing that he was about to go inside for a layup, he was knocked down by P.J. Brown who was catching up on defense. Javier hesitated and did not blow the whistle. Because this kind of ball has just appeared at least twice for the Lakers O'Neal, so far he still needs to control the scale.

At this time, Leon stood up from the sidelines. He had a premonition that this would be a turning point in offense and defense. Javi's hesitation would change the situation for both parties.

Kobe Bryant, who was knocked down, had not had time to get up completely. Arenas had already dribbled the ball and ran wildly across the half court, followed by Anderson. This was the Celtics' second fast offensive movement method. Arenas rushed into the formation. The power forward was at the back, and when Arenas broke into the paint, he passed the ball back to Anderson.

If it were Garnett who could shoot or pass the ball, he would definitely handle it well, but this is Anderson.

"Quick pass! What are you thinking!" Leon roared from the sidelines, frightening Anderson's hand to shake and passed the ball to Pierce, who was following from the wing at a 45-degree angle. The ball almost missed the ball and went out of bounds. However, Pierce made a slight adjustment and took a decisive shot from beyond the three-point line before the opponent's defense caught up.

Another three-pointer!

In the third quarter, Pierce and Arenas each hit two three-pointers, a total of four three-pointers, and the point difference has been narrowed to 3 points. After scoring the goal, Leon rarely knelt down on one knee and clenched his right fist, looking very excited. Because he knew that the Celtics had been frustrated for most of the game, and from this moment on they were about to turn around.

However, they were still in a trailing position and defense became quite important next time.

This time, Fisher, who was in possession of the ball, chose the safest way to hand the ball to O'Neal, but Chris Anderson had already seen through everything. The moment O'Neal received the ball, his man had already pounced on him and grabbed it with both hands. Taking the ball out of O'Neal's hand, the two fell to the ground and scrambled together.

Scramble.

Anderson used his hard work to win a chance to compete for the ball. After the two stood up, O'Neal angrily spat trash talk at Anderson, but Anderson did not even look at O'Neal, but raised his arms and gave a thumbs up to show off to the audience. Fan.

"You'd better pay attention, or I'll smash your head." O'Neal muttered while standing in the free throw circle. He had had problems with Anderson for a long time and knew that he liked to cause trouble in Staples and wanted to teach him a lesson.

But Anderson is a very cunning guy. He did not argue with O'Neal, but was already ready to fight for the ball. As soon as the referee threw the ball, he immediately touched the ball first with superhuman bounce speed and passed the ball to Ali. Nas.

Arenas fought through half the game in an ordinary way. When neither his teammates nor opponents were in position, he pulled up from outside the three-point line and shot!

Like a knife, this long-distance emergency three-pointer penetrated the center of the Lakers' basket, their heartland - a three-pointer hit, a tie!

Staples was silent, and the Celtics evened the gap with consecutive three-pointers.

After scoring, Leon shouted to Arenas on the sidelines: "I thought I wouldn't score, so you're lucky!"

Arenas yelled while returning to defense: "So-you-are-overpaid! (So you are overrated!)"