Chapter 655: He Can't Go Down Yet
As long as you can survive the first half, you have a chance! During the discussion, the teaching assistant and Chen agreed on the same views. After the three players of Horford, Hayward and Irving have gone down, the Knicks' chance will come!
But there is also a question about whether the team can maintain a relatively good form in the early stage. Chen stood on the sidelines and watched his players play, thinking about how to find some good tactics in the later games to make the Green Shirts worry about the outcome of the game.
Hardaway Jr. hit a 2-pointer right away from Noah's side! 13:13!
31:26! In the second quarter, the Celtics replaced Hayward with Brown, and the Knicks' O'Quinn replaced Kanter.
"O'Quinn's main task is to try his best to grab rebounds and put down the opponent's basket offense! Here Noah has to do more. The other players are still shooting blue on the outside, don't rush to the basket, don't rush to the basket! Whoever does it a few times, I'll just let him off......"
The atmosphere of the fans at the scene was very good. This is the game they want. Some Knicks fans feel that it will be perfect for the Knicks to come to a stunner in the end~ and the fans of the Green Shirts feel that in the third quarter, the Green Shirts should put the other party into garbage time!
After coming on the court, Ramon held the ball to the front court, and Noah immediately took the basketball and turned around and threw the basketball into the net! 31:28!
Horford served to Irving and quickly passed the other half of the court. Irving didn't think about passing, and immediately hit a three-point jumper in the opposite position with Ntilikina! 34:28!
Hardaway Jr. didn't go to the basket after taking the basket! Morris received Irving's pass in the front court and immediately scored with both hands! 36:28!
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60:48! Finally got through the first half!
"A 12-point difference is also something that can't be helped. In the third verse, Hardaway II will come up. No, our chances are running out," Chan said after stopping Rogge. Because just now Rogge has already expressed his intention to let Baker go up.
However, Baker is a player who is still good on his own when playing against average teams. But against such an opponent, he was not so agile in some rounds.
"Boss, we still have the fourth quarter to play, will you overdraw Hardaway Jr.'s physical strength if you do this?"
"If the margin is around five, I'd like to let Baker and Dotson try it. But now the other side has pushed us to the edge of the cliff. As long as they work hard in this section, we will basically end it early."
When Chen said this, there was no disagreement around. Everyone also suspended Chen's statement. Actually, Rogge meant to put Baker and them on to try. But who can guarantee that the opponent's main force will definitely be killed?
"In the third quarter, the Celtics' interior line must be weaker, and even if Horford doesn't replace, you should not be too difficult to play against him under the basket. Porzingis, you, pulled up and shot me! And Beasley, I'll tell you when you can vote, and once the other party has a loophole after you go up, you can vote for me if you feel okay......"
Chen came to the locker room in advance and talked to the players.
"Are we still on the outside?" Jack asked, feeling that this section should have sent him up.
"Like you, Beasley quickly gets to the basket to score points when he transitions offense and defense! But start playing normally, unless you need to defend or the opponent's defense is loose, don't try it easily, Hardaway Jr...... You organize the next game, you can throw less. ”
Chen looked at Hardaway II for a moment and then said to him. Indeed, if he continues to attack in the third quarter, his physical strength will drop very quickly.
The lineup of the Celtics who came back in the third quarter was Baines, Morris, Hayward, Terry, Sean! Hayward really put it on the third quarter!
Such a lineup still has a certain power in defense under the basket! Hayward's play was mainly for him to keep the score difference! Irving and Horford came up in the fourth quarter.
Stevens also did a lot of work for the Knicks before the game. He knows that the current coach in the team is Chen Yinan! This guy led that Nets team last season, but he didn't beat them less!
If you want to send the main force up to beat the other party into garbage time now, this Stevens is not without consideration. But if the opponent's style of play in the first half is allowed to play by Owen, then the degree of uncontrollability in the subsequent games will increase a lot!
At present, my team is in such a state that I don't need to rush to play with them like this. Slowly drain their energy! In the end, it's basically no problem to fight them seriously.
The Boston Celtics have good advantages in players, coordination, and physical confrontation!
Sean held the ball past half court and immediately passed it to Hayward. The latter hit a three-point shot right away under Beasley's defense! 63:48!
"Beasley, if you defend like this again, I'll just replace you! Hardaway Jr., go over and help defend it. "The Greenshirts finished their offense and immediately ran over to defend. Chen took a few steps and yelled at Beasley!
Hayward's consistency is good. When it comes to Beasley, who is not so strong defensively, it feels even more relaxed. After Jack took the basketball, his three-point jumper in front of Terry was successfully interfered with by the opponent! Kante got the rebound straight and passed the ball to Beasley. Hardaway Jr. took the basketball and immediately returned a three-pointer! 63:51!
Seeing that Hardaway II's shot didn't use much force, he brought his body up and threw the ball hard. At this time, Hardaway Jr. knew that his physical fitness might be a problem, so he was trying to save his physical strength as much as possible.
After Morris got the basketball, he jumped up and took it after a feint in front of Porzingis, but he was still disturbed by Porzingis! When Kante was stuck by Baynes, Boshen went straight to get the rebound, dribbled twice and passed to Jack.
At this time, the Celtics players were all in the frontcourt, and Jack hit a long-range three-pointer immediately after halftime! 63:54!
The camera goes to Stevens. He watched the game with his hands in his pockets. There was no expression on his face. Chen had already returned to the bench to discuss with the teaching assistants.
Jack, Kante and Porzingis of their own team are believed not to let him down in this quarter. But I hope that in this time, I will see what way to make the gap between the two sides gradually narrow, and then the suspense will slowly become bigger.
Terry gets to the front and passes the ball to Morris. Hayward immediately took over the basketball and scored a 2-point shot with Beasley and Hardaway Jr. defending! Porzingis immediately rushed over to get the rebound and then made a long pass to Beasley's hands!
Beasley wanted to dunk! However, he stopped as soon as he was about to cross the three-point line. Dribble back, take a step back, and when you look back, you see Hayward and Sean rushing towards this head, and immediately jump up and hit the three-point board into the basket! 63:57!
The difference has narrowed to 6 points! Baines unexpectedly received Hayward's pass and immediately dunked and scored! 65:57!
After Hardaway Jr.'s three-pointer missed, Porzingis immediately got the basket and broke through, causing Morris to foul and shoot the ball in! After the penalty is hit, it is 2+1! 65:60!
After Terry's 2 points were gone, Jack got the rebound, dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and immediately made a layup for 2 points! 65:62! Stevens asked for a timeout at this point.
"Hayward can go and draw the opposition defense in. Then create opportunities for your teammates. Be more mindful defensively. When attacking, one or two players lean slightly closer to the midfield. In this way, when the opponent immediately switches from defense to offense, we can switch over immediately. At this point of Porzingis, Morris should not defend too hard. Horford, you'll go up and watch Kante, and then you'll go over and help defend when Porzingis is attacking......"