Howard is still optimistic, but for no reason.

The game begins.

In the jump ball session, Kevin Garnett jumped first and quickly pulled the ball out, Howard was a little slower, Rajon Rondo got the basketball, and the Celtics attacked.

After half-time, Celtic ran tactics.

Pierce drew the defense on the other side, Kevin Garnett and Perkins on the inside, and Ray Allen was in position to pull up the cart space.

But this is useless, such an offensive method, almost no good offensive opportunities, Qin Yang retreated directly, preventing breakthroughs but not shooting.

Rajon Rondo stood near the three-point line and didn't dare to make a shot at all.

Passed the ball to Pierce, Pierce was closely defended by Petrus, Pierce did not single, and passed it again, Rajon Rondo still held the ball, Qin Yang did not have the slightest idea of going up to steal or interfere with the dribble.

You can dribble however you want, you can shoot as much as you want, but you can't break through.

Rajon Rondo was helpless, still dribbling.

Rajon Rondo didn't dare to make a move, and finally Rajon Rondo broke through.

Qin Yang defended carefully, but when Rondo broke through, Qin Yang was blocked, Kevin Garnett blocked and dismantled, Rondo rushed straight to the basket, and Gortat assisted in the defense.

Rajon Rondo scored on a strong basket.

Rajon Rondo has a strong finishing ability under the basket, and in this regard, Rondo's strength is not to be said.

Rondo scored, Qin Yang felt slightly uncomfortable, but he didn't care.

Howard was careless in the basket, Gortat didn't defend in place, this is something that can't be helped, it can't be defended well on every ball.

The Magic team attacked, and Qin Yang was still outside the three-point line.

Tony Allen almost stuck to Qin Yang, not giving Qin Yang a chance to break through, not only that, this kind of death-winding defense can greatly affect the rhythm of the ball carrier.

If Qin Yang chooses singles strongly, the hit rate will definitely not be very high.

After all, Qin Yang is not Westbrook or Kobe, his strength is not strong enough, and he is not willing to play iron all over the court, so when Tony Allen was in death-winding defense, Qin Yang passed to Petrus.

Petrus singled Pierce.

There is still no chance.

But Qin Yang went directly up to make a cover, Petrus made a layup, Tony Allen followed Qin Yang, didn't dare to step forward to help the defense, and Petrus made a mid-range pull-up jump shot.

After Qin Yang covered, he attracted the defense, even if he didn't shoot, it also worked.

The Celtics attacked, and Kevin Garnett made an iron-blooded jumper and successfully hit the iron.

It's a pity that I didn't see Kevin Garnett's exaggerated chest-beating celebration after hitting the jumper, and Qin Yang didn't understand how this iron-blooded jumper was so awesome, did it score one more point than an ordinary jumper?

Qin Yang has always believed that a 45-degree shot like Duncan is a real good shot.

The Magic attack.

Tony Allen is still dead entangled, Qin Yang is annoyed, Gortat covers, Qin Yang breaks through directly, with Kevin Garnett's assistance in front and Tony Allen's flanking in the back.

Qin Yang did not hesitate at all.

Confess!

A direct pass was made to Gortat, who went down and scored with an easy dunk.

Most of the goals in basketball are extremely simple, far less exciting and difficult than the fans remember. Drift in the air and stay in the air for ultra-long-distance three-point shots.

Folded basket and layup to avoid the block after 2+1.

Forcibly buckled between the two.

……

None of these games have to be one or two at a time.

Most of the scoring and games are the easiest way to score, taking advantage of the opponent's lack of defense to form an open shot or an opportunity to attack the basket directly under the basket.

Gortat's ascent is just that.

This kind of offense, unless it is predicted in advance, cannot be defended, and once it is defended, it is the background board, and it is beaten a 2+1.

Gortat is not the best at this, and Stoudemire is better at it, with a little space, he can attack the basket directly, and he is super efficient.

The two sides switched offense and defense, and the tactics were very clear.

But they didn't play smoothly enough.

The Magic's starters are better at defense, and except for Qin Yang, everyone else is unreliable on offense. Qin Yang was defended by a key point again, and the offensive efficiency was not high.

Howard is a strong intimidator on the inside, great defensively, but not good on offense under the basket.

The Celtics are similar, Rajon Rondo's flaws are magnified again, Rajon Rondo is 2 of 5 in the first quarter, and it seems that the shooting percentage is okay, but the two points are all under the basket, and the mid-range shots are three times, all of which are iron.

Paul Pierce also shot, but couldn't do anything about it.

Petrus is really hard defensively, and at this time in the playoffs, the scale and confrontation of the game are a little stronger than in the regular season, and it is difficult to score strongly.

Ray Allen was restricted very badly, the Celtics except for Ray Allen, no one could shoot three points, and after encountering cover, Ray Allen had to defend Qin Yang.

Arguably Ray Allen is the player who has suffered the most tactical from Celtic.

In the first quarter, the two teams attacked and defended, and the game was very intense.

At the end of the first quarter, the Magic led by four points, 27-23.

At the end of the first quarter, Qin Yang felt different, in this game, the Celtics fought harder, and Tony Allen gasped when he came off the court, and he didn't want to move at all.

Qin Yang was very tired, but Tony Allen, who was on defense, was even more tired.

"Next, speed up the tempo, Jason, use the pass to drive your teammates, if you get scored, don't worry, just score fast, the team has to increase the speed."

Coach Van Gundy decisively adopted the second option at this time.

Actually, the first verse is what to do.

But Coach Van Gundy was clearly a little out of his way and a little out of the box in terms of court changes.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Magic lineup changed, with Barnes replaced by Redick and Petrus replaced by Vince Carter.

On the first shot, Jason Williams passed to Vince Carter and shot a three-pointer directly. Although the iron was struck, the Magic team did not mess up at all and quickly returned to defense.

Rajon Rondo broke through, drew the defense and then passed, and Kevin Garnett hit a big jumper. 、

Then he beat his chest again and raised his head to the sky and roared.

Qin Yang was embarrassed by the thief who looked at him from the bench.

The Magic were still fast-paced, Redick hit a three-pointer, Howard got an offensive rebound, passed to Jason, and Jason Williams scored on a layup.

The Celtics attacked, and Rashid Wallace hit the iron from mid-range.

Gortat got the rebound, Jason Williams passed the ball straight after halftime, and Vince Carter hit a three-pointer.

Vince Carter's shooting is average, and he relies more on his feel, and in this game, Vince Carter's hand is obviously not bad.

As soon as the Magic team played a fast pace, the gap came out.

The interior combination of Kevin Garnett and Rasheed Wallace is already the fastest interior line of the Celtics, and it is even more impossible to play with Perkins, but such an interior combination is also very urgent. Rasheed Wallace and Kevin Garnett are both very old, and at this age they can't run fast and their physical strength is lacking.

It can only be played slowly and consumed slowly.

But after the Magic team ran up, the two were soon out of breath and couldn't keep up.

"Control the tempo, Paul, come down."

Coach Doug Reaves of the Celtics next to him shouted loudly, and even when the Celtics' tempo was brought up again, Coach Rivers couldn't help but call a timeout.