signingbooks Chapter 422 Beat the Knicks? Half a quarter is enough!
Chapter 422 Beat the Knicks? Half a quarter is enough!
The Celtics, who have not been on the main force, are naturally difficult to completely shake off the Knicks.
But fortunately their bench lineup is not weak either. Barkley, Lewis and Bowen are all seasoned veterans. Coupled with Manu Ginobili's creativity, they are still approaching the score very quickly.
But just when the audience wanted to continue to appreciate Ginobili's unpredictable breakthrough, Ginobili let them down!
After the Knicks reacted, Charlie Ward immediately relied on his strong body to add a lot of confrontation to Ginobili, and his defensive intensity also improved.
The rookie Manu Ginobili was still unable to adapt to this true NBA-level confrontation, and immediately made mistakes and false attacks. His incomparably weird, signature snake-shaped breakthrough, after being oppressed by Ward with a powerful body, immediately becomes less useful.
In addition, Manu Ginobili was a little frizzy when passing the ball, and often passed some risky passes for the sake of appearance, either being seen by the opponent, or even his teammates did not respond at all, which eventually led to mistakes.
Throughout the first half, Ginobili contributed several moments that could be selected for the top ten goals, but he also made several unbelievable mistakes. According to the data, he played 18 minutes in 2 quarters and made 2 of 6 free throws and 2 of 2 free throws. , scored 6 points, 2 assists, 2 rebounds, 1 steal and 3 turnovers.
Although it cannot be called excellent and outstanding, the name Manu has been remembered by fans throughout Boston.
However, although Barkley was able to score consecutively from the inside, Lewis was able to hit a 3-pointer, and Bowen also restrained Alan Houston, they still lacked real effective firepower, and the score was slowly pulled away.
By halftime, the score between the two sides had become 45:55, and the Celtics were 10 points behind in the first game of the preseason!
At halftime, the Celtics locker room was dignified, not at all like the halftime of a preseason game, and Bird stood in the middle of the locker room and said, "I know what you're thinking. , we're the defending champions, we've won the championship, we've won 74 games in the regular season, so it's okay to relax a little in the preseason.
"Normally, it really doesn't matter, but guys, we are still going to win the championship this season! After two consecutive years of success, we have become the imaginary enemy of the entire league. When everyone is dealing with us, they will do their best to fight with us. , This season, it will only be more difficult, and there will only be more powerful enemies!
"You guys think Jordan is retired, Malone is a year older, Reggie doesn't get a new helper, and we can have it easy this season? I tell you, you're dreaming! I've seen a lot of balls with dynasty talent. The team, because of arrogance and arrogance, led to the eventual failure and disintegration, and I don't want us to become like that."
"In the second half, if you are not serious, I will double the training volume! Use high-intensity training and drills with no rest to keep you in game mode! I give you five minutes, and five minutes for me Get the 10 point difference back and give me the lead! If you don't, I promise you guys will have an unimaginable hell season!"
Bird's words frightened many Celtics players into a chill.
Although this dangling guy is always joking with the players, everyone knows that Larry Bird is a man of his own! What he says is definitely not a matter of talking.
So, after the Celtics' five starters returned to the court in the second half of the game, the Knicks suddenly found that these guys were completely different!
Charlie Ward's first offense was closely guarded by Billups. When he finally passed the midfield and wanted to pass the ball, Billups took advantage of his distraction and slapped him. He slapped the basketball off, and immediately two white shadows flashed on both sides of him.
Lin Long and Sprewell are already rushing towards the basket!
The Knicks couldn't make any reaction at all, and could only watch Billups pass a long pass. After Lin Long and Sprewell made some humility, Sprewell scored 2 points with dunks.
Then Camby wanted to play hard in the interior, bullying Big Ben, who was a big chunk shorter than him. Unexpectedly, Big Ben's strength was so strong that it was like a bull, and his legs were rooted on the ground, motionless. Camby resisted several times in a row, but he couldn't move forward!
Camby's back play made no progress, and it took too long. Just when he changed his mind and wanted to pass the ball out, Lin Long next to him had already rushed to the horse, and a pair of big hands seemed to be robbery in the street. Than take the ball in his hand as his own, then immediately turn around and shoot the ball, launching another fast break!
This time, Lin Long rushed all the way to the basket, and after making a fake pass to Billups to deceive the defense, Lin Long suddenly burst into the basket, smashed into the basket with one hand, and only smashed the basket of the North Shore Garden. creaking.
The intensity of the Celtics' sudden mention made the Knicks completely cut off the power!
Today's Knicks, with Jordan retiring and Ewing recovering from injury, have no leader. Neither Houston nor Larry Johnson is the kind of person who can raise his arms in adversity and save the team!
The lack of a leader makes the Knicks more and more chaotic!
Everyone thinks about their own offense while holding the basketball, and there is no communication on the defensive end, and it becomes a mess.
In the first 3 minutes of the third quarter, the Knicks did not score 583 points. Instead, the Celtics counterattacked and scored successfully!
On the Knicks side, it wasn't until 3 minutes and 11 seconds into the third quarter that Houston finally hit a mid-range shot, breaking the team's scoring drought in the second half.
But the score at this time has changed from a 10-point lead for the Knicks to a 4-point lead for the Celtics!
In the short 3 minutes at the beginning of the third quarter, the Celtics army used their lives, and the intensity suddenly increased!
Played a wave of 16:2 and reversed the score in one fell swoop!
Moreover, the Knicks seemed to have lost all the will to fight since then, and the resistance became weaker and weaker.
When the game went into the third quarter with only 4 minutes left, the Celtics' lead had reached 17 points!
In these 8 minutes, the Celtics showed their state of playoffs and blasted out a terrifying 35:8 scoring frenzy in one fell swoop!
The Celtics going all out, so horrible!
You know, even without Jordan and Ewing, the Knicks definitely have the strength of the top eight in the East!
But the Celtics still have the strength to completely ruin the game in half a quarter!
The goal of 3 consecutive championships is definitely not just talking and playing!