Chapter 330: Half a Step Away

Rivers called a timeout, but none of the Big Three came up to comfort Rondo this time.

At this time, if you want to say that the Celtics players don't complain about Rondo in their hearts, fools don't believe it!

If the Celtics lose this game in the end, the dream of the Big Three championship will be shattered, and there will be a big question mark over whether Rondo can continue to stay with the Celtics next season.

Rondo also knew how wrong he had been, and his mistake could not be described in the word "fatal". With less than six minutes left in the game and a 12-point margin, everyone knows it's going to be tough to overtake with the Clippers' excellent defense.

The Celtics players looked at Rondo with reproach in their eyes, including the Boston fans at North Shore Gardens, all of whom were now silent to express their anger.

The Clippers bench is a different story at the moment.

Ji Guoyi didn't wait for old Dunleavy to open his mouth this time, and said with a smile: "Let's not be careless, the championship is only half a step away from us, and if we work hard to resist their final counterattack, we will create the history of the Zào team, don't be careless!" ”

The elder Dunleavy couldn't cry or laugh, but at this time, the Clippers were excited from top to bottom, and the championship rings that had run in front of everyone made them unable to calm down, and the elder Dunleavy could only divert the excitement of the players to the game as much as possible.

"Are your hearts beating fast, your blood boiling, and you feel like you have endless strength in your body?"

The Clippers player replied loudly, "That's right, my heart is going to jump out!" "I'm even more excited than when I proposed!" "I'm excited to pee!"

Of course, the last sentence was said by Ji Guoyi, and the old Dunleavy didn't hear it, and said loudly: "Then use your strength on defense, I want you to press with the whole court after a pause, and if you have the opportunity, you can wrap up Rondo, that kid can't do it." Let's send him on his way! ”

"Okay, send him on his way!"

"Send the Celtics home!"

"We are champions!"

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The Clippers players are all red and red right now, and the thought of winning the championship is a thrill. I don't feel tired at all. Even the twin brothers, who had just begun to gasp violently in the second half, now wanted to drink vigorously. I'm full of strength, and I can't wait for the game to start soon!

Coach Rivers struggled for a long time on the other side, not daring to replace Cassel and House, these two could not limit Billups' breakthrough on the defensive end, and the threat of Mr. Key was no worse than the twins at this time, except for the bulge, the Celtics really didn't have a suitable No. 1 position available.

The game resumed, and Celtic served the ball in front. The Clippers immediately used the half-court tight defense, and the Big Three were all entangled by the Clippers players, and finally Rondo relied on his agility to dodge Billups' defense and receive the basketball.

Ji Guoqiu immediately came up to wrap up, and Rondo was instantly surrounded by the two Clippers, and he didn't think much about it in his eagerness, and accelerated to break through to the right.

"I knew you were going this way!" Ji Guoqiu has long discovered that he likes to break through to the right side in these games, which is a common problem of many young players, and they always like to break through in one direction. This time he blocked on the right in advance, forcing Rondo to break to the left.

Rondo made a quick stop to turn to the left, but was blocked by Billups. As soon as the two faced each other, his weak body was Billups' opponent, and he immediately fell to the floor in the street, and the basketball was out of control.

Billups stepped forward to get the basketball and immediately launched a fast break, and the Clippers fought back again after the break.

The Celtics players scolded Rondo for being a waste, and everyone tried desperately to defend, but only Pierce rushed back, but he faced Billups and Ji Guoyi.

Ji Guosha fell directly to the low position on the right. Received the ball from Billups and threw the ball in with ease less than ten feet away.

The score is 111:97. The Clippers caused another Celtics turnover, widening the gap to 14 points.

Pierce held his head under the basket. Thunder. Allen was doing the same action with him, and Garnett, who had just returned to the three-point line, had his hands on his hips, his eyes motionless, not knowing what the wolf king was thinking.

Rondo got up from the frontcourt, slapped the floor hard, and then stepped forward to complain to the referee that the Clippers' previous break was a foul.

Dick. Bavita, of course, ignored him, and the Clippers players were more morale-boosting, and immediately after the goal, they began to press all over the court according to the arrangement of Dunleavy Sr.

The morale of the Celtics players is noticeably low, and the cheers of the Boston fans have also died down, leaving only scattered cheers that seem to indicate where the Celtics are now, which is the precursor to the hiccups, and there is only one breath left.

The Clippers' full-court pressing made it difficult for the Celtics to advance along the line, and Pierce chose to advance with the ball on his own, which is a clear distrust of his little brother, and the Big Three have no trust in Rondo at least this game.

Seeing this, Rivers knew that Rondo could only be replaced now, otherwise they would be 4v5, and Cassel stood up and began to warm up on the sidelines.

Pierce still played close to the penalty area under Artest's large-scale defense, and Bryant-style singles threw an awkward board toss to finally end the Green Army's three-minute scoring drought.

At 5:05 in the fourth quarter, there was a dead ball on the court, and Rondo officially ended his playoff journey this season, and Rivers replaced Rajan with Cassell. Rondo.

Rondo left the court with a blank face, and at this moment the second-year rookie's psychological state is probably very complicated, with self-blame, embarrassment, anger, and hesitation...... It is estimated that all the emotions that human beings can have, a good seedling who may have been able to become a star, if he can't resist this blow, he is likely to be unknown in the future. There are many such examples in the NBA, and sometimes the difference between dragons and worms is only on the line, and it is also related to personal opportunities, and it is not for nothing that some players suddenly play with confidence and become stars since then.

The Clippers' full-court pressing was not canceled after Rondo went off, and Cassel had old arms and legs and seemed to be more prone to breaking the ball.

However, Cassel was experienced and did not take it for the situation, opting to link up with his team-mates, with Garnett covering in the middle, Pierce and Ray in the middle. Allen responded with a backrun in the middle, and the Clippers' pressing could no longer break Kassel's basketball with the Celtics as a team.

Once the Celtics dribble past half court, the Clippers will immediately cancel the pressing and switch to a man-to-man suffocation defense, in short, they can't give the Celtics an easy chance to score.

As for the body lì or something. The Clippers players can afford to take care of that, as long as they get through the last five minutes, they have a whole summer to rest. At this moment, for the sake of the ring, I have to fight until I have cramps!

The Celtics are in ruins. Launching the final counterattack, Garnett first scored a layup with a foul action on the inside, and then Pierce hit a back-to-back jumper. Allen also scored three points. The Celtics have scored three goals in a row, and they have done well enough, but the Clippers are not a fuel-efficient lamp, and Billups has also scored several times in a row to attack the aging Kassel.

Two minutes before the break, Celtic pulled out all the stops. They could only chase the score to 117-107, and they still trailed the Clippers by 10 points.

Artest was ejected from the game after six fouls at 1 minute and 40 seconds, and Dunleavy Sr. immediately replaced Mobley and moved Garcia to the small forward position.

Garnett has been trying to beat Ji Guosha for the past few minutes, Brother Panda has now committed four fouls, which is safe for the time being, but Brother Fox has also committed five fouls. As long as you do it again, you can knock him down, and then the Clippers will have no core inside, and their protection will definitely be greatly reduced.

"Kevin. I knew you wanted to get me down, but unfortunately it was too late, there were less than two minutes left in the game, and even if I was expelled from the game, you wouldn't have time to turn defeat into victory, and I won the championship. ”

At the moment, there are less than 10% of fans at the North Shore Garden Stadium, and these people have the same thoughts as Ji Guoyi, feeling that the game has reached this point, and the Celtics have no hope of turning defeat into victory.

"You'll have to try it to find out!" Garnett, of course, refused to give up. Receive a pass and attack with your back on the inside.

The Clippers players are now not going to help defend themselves so as not to be given a three-point chance by the Celtics from the outside. The opponent is chasing two points and two points, and they are not afraid at all now.

Pierce and Perkins for Ray. Allen performs multiple flank covers. The latter was again in the place where his own shooting percentage was the highest, and the left wing received the inside ball at the 45-degree three-point line, and quickly shot!

Ji Guoqiu's defense is in place, and he has already sealed the thunder. Allen's eyes, but the ball was still shot by the killer grenade.

"It doesn't matter, let's take our time, they have to make at least three threes to get ahead, there's no time." Ji Guosha shouted loudly when he returned to the defense, clearly saying it to the Celtics players.

The score was 117:110 in the fourth quarter.

Ji Guoqiu has 20 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks at this time, Ji Guoqiu has 24 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, Billups 22 points and 7 assists, Artest 16 points and 5 rebounds, Mobley 14 points, Garcia 7 points, Thomas 6 points, Blevin. Knight 4 points.

Garnett had 24 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists, Pierce had 22 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. Allen 25 points, Rajan. Rondo 6 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. Thorton had 10 points, Kassel had 10 points and Perkins had six points and five rebounds.

The Clippers' offense took 20 seconds to complete in the end, and Ji Guozhi once again used a despicable and shameless trick, throwing a powerful three-point shot on the outside, and the basketball smashed on the back edge of the basket and bounced high!

Ji Guoqiu was competing with Perkins for rebounds under the basket, and there was Pierce interference around him, he couldn't get the ball, and only touched the basketball with his fingers.

Garcia rushed to the second spot, but Garnett, who was desperately jumping, took the basketball first.

"Damn, it looks like I've messed up!" Ji Guozhi saw that the waste panda didn't grab the rebound, and felt as if he had done something stupid.

"Are you an idiot? How can I grab a rebound in the front court every time, you can shoot well when you have the chance, and we won when that goal went in. Ji Guoqiu scolded in his heart, if he changed someone else, he would definitely think that this was an undercover agent sent by the Celtics.

The Clippers players returned to the defense very quickly, Garcia did not grab the rebound, stretched out his long arm to break the ball on the spot, and by the way delayed Garnett's shot, this detail played a very good effect, although Uncle Garnett did not break the ball, but the Celtics' fast break could not be played.

The Celtics couldn't play a fast break, and still chose to rush the attack, because time did not allow them to waste too much offensive time, and the attack took only 12 seconds in the end. Allen was one step away from the three-point line and took a shot, but he actually shot again.

"it!" Ji Guoyi was suddenly frightened at this time, Lei. What is this kid going to do, Aaron?

The Clippers players' faces turned pale, and the old Dunleavy was also frightened, and hurriedly called a timeout, at this time, they must not capsize in the gutter, they have come with strong winds and waves, and finally if they fall in the small ditch, the whole team can go directly to the dock to line up in the Atlantic Ocean to jump into the sea to commit suicide.

"What are you guys up to? Have you forgotten how the fifth scene died? Or do you want to give the ring to your opponent? Old Dunleavy asked a series of questions, which made the Clippers players stand up straight and dare not pant loudly, especially Ji Guoshi, who shrank his head and hid behind him, for fear that old Dunleavy would mention the three-point shot just now.

Of course, the elder Dunleavy didn't mention this kind of thing, and scolded the players with his head and face, quite in the style of Popovich.

The game restarted, Ji Guoqiu sent a fatal pass in the high position, Billups cut in and caused Perkins to foul, and the Celtics' big fat lasted for a long time, and finally was beaten down, which was his sixth foul.

The North Shore Garden Course was silent at this time. Aaron's morale, which had been raised by two three-pointers, sank again at this moment. They had fallen behind so much that unless the Clippers didn't score a point in the final two minutes, they had little hope of a comeback

Billups made two free throws, and although he made one of two free throws, there really wasn't enough time left.

In the final 48 seconds, the score was 118:113, and the Celtics trailed by five points.

Rivers called a timeout and encouraged the players: "It's not over yet, as long as two threes we can come back and win!" We all have a chance before the timer goes to zero. Maybe we tried but didn't succeed, but if we don't do it, we will definitely fail! We finally made it to the seventh game, are you willing to lose to two hairy boys who haven't grown their hair like this? It's been a long time since a miracle happened, and today is the time for us to go down in history, return to the field and create a new miracle to kill them! ”

On the other side, the old Dunleavy was beating faster than his own group of pit players at the moment, and Billups made two free throws to give them a chance of being killed. Aaron is more terrible than anyone else at this time!

"You still have 48 seconds to do the zào miracle, but there are two answers, one is to help the Los Angeles Clippers win the first championship in franchise history and become the biggest dark horse in NBA history; The other is that the lead in the last minute was overturned by 10 points and the championship was lost! The elder Dunleavy stared at the Clippers players and asked in a deep voice: "Which of these two results can make you famous for eternity, which one do you want to choose?" I'll let you choose with your ass now. ”

The Clippers player smiled awkwardly, as if he had been insulted by his own coach, but at this time, even Ji Guosha didn't dare to talk nonsense, and he now regretted his previous choice. (To be continued) R580