Charles. After half-time, Barkley asked his partner: "After watching the first half of the game, I have to say that this year's Green Shirts are indeed a team capable of winning the championship. Allen's table is a little erratic, but just Pierce and Garnett play enough for most teams to drink a pot! Now I'm curious to know, where are the real Green Shirts during that ten-game winning streak? ”

Kenny. Smith was stunned for a moment, and really crossed his fingers and replied, "Your question is too broad, Bill. Russell is 75 years old. Cousy is 80 years old, and Havlicek's championship rings have been given away. Nelson changed coaching jobs a total of five times since leaving the Celtics position. Auerbach's cigar will never be lit again (died the year before), Kevin . McHale was the general manager of the Timberwolves -- though he still made some loss-making trades from time to time to take care of his old club......

Barkley laughed, "Man, you have such a good memory. I think in a few years, we might be living fossils like them, maybe I'm old now, and lately I've been lamenting how time flies, and this morning I opened my eyes and thought I was going to play Game 7 with the Jazz in the evening. ”

Kenny. Smith slandered in his heart: "You were killed before you reached the seventh game, seven farts!" ”

TNT's two ** are sighing, ESPN's three guys wearing a bunch of rings are laughing at the current Celtics, O'Neal, who is a guest today, took the lead in saying: "Do you know why the Lakers were eliminated by the Clippers this year? Because they don't have a super center. I think whether you're a Purple and Gold fan in the 1960s or a Lakers fan after the 1980s, it feels a little weird. Isn't it? ”

Steve. Cole laughs, "I rarely come to ESPN. The Celtics have moved out of the Boston Garden arena. And come to TD North Shore Gardens. The NBA is like this, people are changing, the stadium is changing, the team logo and the floor puzzle are basically left, only the main color of the jersey will not change, I think NBA fans understand the meaning of the phrase 'things are people'. ”

Larry. Bird, as a special guest, agreed: "That's right, when the first game of the finals was played in Boston. The fans in green may still be the loyal diehards, but the players have been transformed. Garnett had a 13-year career and made his first Finals, Pierce had a 10-year career and made his first Finals, and Allen played 12 years, and the same goes for Allen. Of all the Green Shirts, only Kassel has ever tasted the Finals, and the Celtics have a combined 100-season career experience but only two championship rings. That's why you can't equate them with the history of the team. ”

Jeff. Van Gundy asked Cole, "How many championships do you have?" No, I should ask. Of the three of you, who has the most championship rings? ”

Cole laughed, "I brought one ring with me today, and I have four more at home." ”

Larry. Bird's face was not very good-looking, and he raised three fingers and did not speak.

O'Neill smiled and showed off his four championship rings. Everyone knows that this fat man was afraid that others would not know that he supported the Clippers when he was playing with the Lakers, and the coolest thing about the fat man now is that he won a championship in Miami immediately after being kicked away by Kobe, this slap made the Lakers not slow down for several seasons, and it is also the proudest thing in the life of the fat shark. Similarly, he is also the last person in the world who wants Kobe Bryant to win the championship before he retires.

In the second half, Dunleavy Sr. canceled the mixed defense and put on a two-three defensive formation to deal with the Celtics. The twin brothers stayed on either side of the box, using the perverted movement of the two to cover the defensive area within 15 feet, and put the area 15 feet away for Garnett, and if the Wolves could shoot them here, the Clippers would admit it.

The Clippers' change of formation worked well, and Garnett made a lot of mid-to-long-range shots in the third quarter, but this scoring speed could not allow the Celtics to play an offensive wave, and the two sides remained deadlocked, forming a fierce tug-of-war.

The Celtics have a big three, and the Clippers also have Billups and Artest to help the twins share the offensive pressure, Artest's role is reflected today, and the twins' ability to play hard games is still a little worse, and the two can't score consecutive points in the Finals and Western Conference Finals.

It's always their first season, their attacking means are limited, and it's not easy to hit a high injury with a few moves back and forth, basically relying on small hooks and back-to-back shots to attack, and the rest is nothing more than using their super athleticism to rush hard. But against a team that defends well, this method can easily hit the wall. Therefore, how many points Billups and Artest can contribute on the offensive end is an important factor that directly affects whether the Clippers can win.

The Clippers blossomed more in the third quarter, Artest and Billups shared the task of the Clippers offensive end well, and the whole team played the highest scoring quarter of the game, and the four small giants basically contributed, and the Clippers scored 26 points in a single quarter and played the highest scoring quarter of the game.

On the other hand, the Celtics' table in this quarter is not far behind, the Celtics' outside line is still relying on the hot hand to play a good injury under the joint defense of the Clippers, and the whole team shot 5 three-pointers in this quarter, which is the most three-point shots in the finals.

With a score of 69:64, the Clippers finished the third quarter and were chased by the Celtics to only 5 points, and they lost to the Celtics by 3 points in the third quarter.

Ji Guoqiu had 14 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks, Ji Guoyi 10 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist, Billups 13 points and 5 assists, Artest 12 points and 5 rebounds, Mobley 7 points, and Posey 4 points.

Garnett had 18 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists, Pierce had 15 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. Aaron 10 points, Rajan. Rondo had 6 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Perkins had 4 points and 4 rebounds, and Al Brown. Thorton 6 points, Kassel 5 points.

In the fourth quarter, the elder Dunleavy replaced the twins, who had been resting for two minutes, which was another trick against the Spurs, relying on the young players to drag the opposite Big Three to death.

Jeff. Van Gundy did the math and said, "If the twins had played the fourth quarter, they would have played 43 minutes today. They have played 31 minutes in the first three quarters. ”

Larry. Bird said: "It's a little too long for a 19-year-old. The last few minutes are bound to be affected by the body. ”

The other three snickered in their hearts. Big Bird This is a curse in the open, and many games in the first three rounds have been played for more than 40 minutes, and I haven't seen those two little guys lose their bodies.

Ji Guoyan didn't feel tired for the time being, especially when he saw the round Glenn. Davis stood in front of him, and his spirit came up at once.

"Hi big ball, I've been waiting for you for a long time, and my score has been growing very slowly in this short period of time. You should know why. ”

Ji Guo's shameful words made the big baby very heartbroken, but he didn't want to see this nasty fox at all. But it has to be said that some players will play beyond the norm when they play against certain opponents. Ji Guoyan now feels that this big baby must be his bitter master, because his three-point shot of 2 of 6 shots in this game immediately became 3 of 7 shots after seeing the big baby, and this shooting rate immediately became good-looking.

"Whether you can get 20+ today depends on how long you can stay on the field, don't let me down." Ji Guo is ashamed of ** after two fat. Continue to unleash the Relentless Taunt skill.

Glenn. Davis's face turned green, and Ji Guo was ashamed to bully him for not being tall. This ball is not technically charged at all, it is forced to pull out**, and the defender is the most frustrating way to score.

The Celtics attacked, Pierce attacked with his back, Garcia was a lot worse than Artest in strength, and Dunleavy Sr. didn't expect Rivers to continue to send Pierce, who played the third quarter, but the latter did so, so Garcia obviously couldn't prevent Pierce's offense, and was beaten twice in a row by the truth.

The score was 74:68, Pierce scored two goals in a row, and Ji Guoyi also scored 5 points in a row on the big baby's head, but instead widened the difference by one point, Pierce is now as depressed as the big baby.

Old Dunleavy had a dead ball on the field, and hurriedly replaced Artest, who had just rested for less than two minutes, Pierce really needed Artest to be able to prevent it, at least Posey to be able to limit it, and Garcia couldn't prevent an offensive machine like Pierce.

Artest felt very happy at the moment, the Finals finally showed his power, without him to defend Pierce, the Clippers had to be beaten by the Celtics.

In this year's Finals, the battle between the two teams at the No. 3 position was a typical American muscle wrestling, somewhat like the Bulls dynasty vs. the Jazz duo at the No. 4 position, which was a hard-fought battle, with each offensive and defensive round filled with two-man wrestling-style grappling. The referee's decision on these two people was completely different from the other four, replacing it with Ji Guoyi and Garnett's 100% foul action, but it became a normal defense for these two. This is the highlight of the game, and the league naturally wants the two of them to maintain this intensity of confrontation.

Artest used an iron elbow to push Pierce away on the offensive end, ran out of the air to receive Ji Guoqiu's pass in the high post, and immediately made a layup...... As a result, he was put to the ground directly from behind by Pierce, a move that could be regarded as a technical foul or even a malicious foul, but the referee only gave Pierce an ordinary foul.

Of course, the Clippers fans were not happy, booing the referee's unfair decision, and then there was a full court of "bostonsucks" curses!

This phrase was specially used by the Lakers to serve the Celtics during the yellow-green war, and now it is directly used by the Clippers. There are even guys who don't know if it's a Clippers fan or a Lakers fan, holding up a PS poster of Pierce wearing a Lakers jersey, which is used to mock Pierce as a Lakers fan, but he ran to the sworn enemy Celtics as the captain.

When Pierce was younger, he often sneaked into the court to watch Lakers games with the help of Lakers team staff, and he didn't shout the phrase "bostonsucks" when he was a child, but now he has become the captain of the Celtics, which can be regarded as impermanent.

Artest hit both free throws, Ji Guoyi almost hit two plus one on the big baby's head on the offensive end, and then Coach Rivers couldn't sit still, and also replaced Garnett in advance, and the final battle of the third game of the finals between the two teams was launched in advance.

Rivers faced the Clippers' joint defense in the third quarter and intended to use Ray. Allen's three-point crack, the result did not achieve satisfactory results for the Celtic side.

Under normal circumstances, the joint defense will either expose the outside three-point opportunity, or the interior protection will be greatly reduced, but the Clippers' joint defense relies on the super defensive range of the twin brothers, and only two people can do the work of three people, so their outside line will not show gaps, and the inside line is difficult to penetrate.

Thunder. Allen's three-pointer, Garnett's high-post shot, and Pierce's back-to-back play just formed a stalemate with the Clippers, and the Celtics couldn't penetrate the Clippers' defense with only the Big Three, so Rivers let Lajane in the fourth quarter. Rondo plays to his speed advantage, hoping to use his breakthrough as a last-minute straw to break the camel's back.

7 minutes and 50 seconds in the fourth quarter, the score was 78:73. With the help of the cover of two interior teammates, Rondo scored four points on two consecutive breakaways to narrow the gap back to five points.

The elder Dunleavy saw that the situation was not good, and decisively called a timeout, Rondo, the little guy, has a lightning-fast breakthrough speed, and that pair of big hands can firmly control the basketball in his hands, once it is alive, it will cause a lot of damage to the Clippers, and this must be blocked. Dunleavy Sr. also knows that Rivers must have no choice today to think of using a sophomore rookie to break the game, as long as Rivers is cracked with the last move, at least in this game, the Celtics should have no drama.

Rondo is still relatively easy to defend now, Billups is 32 years old, if you talk about speed and explosiveness, it is definitely not as good as a young man in his 20s, but he will not be abused by Rondo like an old fish, these two people have a speed of a + an A-, and the gap has not exceeded more than a level. Billups only needs to defend one step and a half away from Rondo, and with his experience and his A-speed speed, he can completely limit the opponent's breakthrough.

After the game restarted, Rondo found that Billups had almost shrunk to the free-throw line, and Rivers' last-ditch move was not only useless, but allowed Billups to inadvertently strengthen the interior defense.

The elder Dunleavy had a sore face, Rondo's projection ability can be described as garbage, and the scoring is all about breaking, and they can completely let Billups shrink the defense from the beginning and strengthen the defensive intensity on the inside. It just so happens that Garnett likes to move around the free throw line the most, and Billups can go to the fence Garnett to help Ji Guoyi defend the Celtics' interior pillar.

"Why didn't you think of it before?" Old Dunleavy felt that he had made too many mistakes.

In the final half of the Celtics, only Rondo could have open shooting opportunities on the court, and the Clippers chose to let go of this guy who couldn't shoot from the outside and strengthen the defense of other players. In the first three quarters, the Clippers appropriately put Garnett to shoot from 15 feet out, and the efficiency of the Wolves could only form a stalemate with the Clippers' scoring, and now it is replaced by Rajan. Rondo, the Green Army couldn't even make a stalemate, and soon the Clippers widened the gap to double digits.

With 2:50 left and 89:79 in the fourth quarter, the Clippers regained a 10-point lead over the Celtics.

Although the twin brothers had already committed four fouls by this time, the referee's favoritism towards the Clippers in the second half allowed the two of them to get out of the foul crisis and not be beaten down at the critical moment as Rivers expected in the first half. Therefore, the Clippers had a ten-point advantage in the last three minutes, which was enough for the Celtics to be unable to turn the game around.

The Clippers did not capsize in the gutter, and in the last three minutes, they played their excellent defensive ability, withstood several counterattacks launched by the Celtics, successfully defended their first home court, and also kept their championship hopes. (To be continued......) R527