The Godfather of Basketball

For the Cavaliers' offensive ball in the frontcourt, Paul found Varejao's pick-and-roll and used his thick body to directly pull one out, but Garnett's reaction was quick, and his outstretched long arms interfered with his shooting sight.

"boom!"

The ball ended up wide.

Defensive rebound by Steensma.

Rondo went to the frontcourt to continue his tactical command.

This time Garnett in turn gave Pierce a pick-and-roll. After the split, the team pulled apart, giving Pierce space for singles.

The continuous footsteps swayed, and Varejao was a little unsteady.

Pierce chose a step-back three-pointer.

"boom!"

The ball was lucky, and it bounced into the net bag after hitting the back edge of the basket.

16 to 11, the Celtics gained a 5-point lead.

Tang Tian frowned slightly.

He realized that he might have underestimated the last Celtics.

Garnett recovered from his injury in the second spring, and Pierce became more mature. Although Ray Allen's tactical status declined significantly, after Rondo took the lead, he sorted out the offense with a more layered sense.

If you think about it carefully, the Celtics in the previous life, and the formed Heat, played in the tiebreaker of the Eastern Conference finals, which is quite predictable.

The game seems to have become tangled.

With Butler and Battier on the front line, Garnett becomes extremely brave, but with Varejao, Rondo can take advantage of Varejao's slow speed.

Paul dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, signaled Yao Ming to drop high, and then handed him the ball. This was a direct abandonment of the pick-and-roll, allowing Yao Ming to respond to the offense immediately.

Rondo is the "coach on the field", and Paul's ability to read the game is not bad.

Yao Ming's support, Carter's catch and layup caused Steensma's thug foul.

Carter made two free throws.

The score was 16 to 13.

Regardless of whether the Cavaliers are willing or not, the game has begun to fall into a stalemate.

Paul and Yao Ming on the Cavaliers side, Garnett and Pierce on the Celtics side tried to take over the game, but both sides played very well in this game, and no one could defend the other side.

After the first quarter, the two sides tied at 32.

The expected defensive battle suddenly turned into an offensive battle.

"We will build an advantage during the substitute time." Casey said to Tang Tian during the break.

Tang Tian remained silent.

The main players of both sides basically played a full quarter, and under normal circumstances, the substitute must play for a while.

As for the substitute, the Cavaliers have an advantage in terms of experience and strength.

However, Rivers is an outlier, and it is not impossible for the main players to play the whole game.

Back in the second quarter, Carter stayed on the court for the Cavaliers and replaced Jeremy Lin, Hill, Artest and Whiteside.

On the Celtics side, Rondo, Pierce, and Garnett remained on the court, but Bradley and Bass were replaced.

Sure enough, the tactics can be transferred to Rondo, and Rivers has the final say on how to use personnel.

"Do you want Paul to come on?" Casey said immediately after seeing it.

"No, the game is 48 minutes." Tang Tian shook his head.

The Celtics used so many people and fought so hard, the Cavaliers obviously had an advantage in the fourth quarter.

"Defend with all your strength, the game is over and there is plenty of rest time!" He shouted at the players on the field.

He ran to the death of the Spurs at the beginning, if Rivers used people like this, he wouldn't mind exhausting you with hand-to-hand combat, and see if you can't beat until the fourth quarter.

Rondo's frontcourt organization, Pierce used the pick-and-roll to move, and there was a muffled sound of muscle collisions on the court.

These substitute players of the Cavaliers are used to being in the team and have a strong sense of competition. Tang Tian really has no reservations when he asks them to do their best.

Pierce caught the ball and made a layup that caused Whiteside's thug foul.

Whiteside held his head, looking a little frustrated.

"Good job!" Tang Tian applauded for him at this moment.

Hearing Tang Tian's encouragement, Whiteside's frustrated expression disappeared. Normally, if he made two more mistakes, he would end up in the game, but now that Tang Tian was uncharacteristically, it made him even more excited.

Pierce took a breath and went to the free throw line and made one of two free throws. Whiteside stuck Garnett and struggled to grab the defensive rebound.

In the Cavaliers' offense, Jeremy Lin's frontcourt pick-and-roll broke through and went straight to the basket. After confronting Bass, he missed a layup and Garnett received a defensive rebound.

Back on the defensive end, there was another defensive round full of physical confrontation, and the referee kept biting his whistle.

This time Pierce's breakthrough layup was blocked by Artest, and Whiteside played excitedly. Although he was stuck in the position by Bass, he used his wingspan and aggressiveness to directly pick melons from the top of his head and get a defensive rebound.

For a young player like him, the intensity from the head coach is really like a chicken blood.

The Cavaliers' frontcourt ball, Jeremy Lin suddenly scored Carter, Carter then rushed to the basket, Garnett blocked the ball with a horizontal hand, and Bass received a defensive rebound.

After the two sides experienced the first period of the offensive battle, the situation changed suddenly in the second quarter, and it directly turned into a defensive battle.

More than four minutes into the second quarter, the Celtics led 39-34.

Although the Celtics opened up some points due to the strength of the lineup on the field, the point difference is within an acceptable range.

The Cavaliers began to switch back to the main force one after another. The Celtics let Pierce go down to rest, Rondo and Garnett were still on the court, and Ray Allen went into battle again.

It seems that Rivers is going to rotate with 7 people tonight.

"Go all out!" Tang Tian shouted at his team members at this time.

In the high-intensity confrontation in the first four minutes, Rondo and Garnett exhausted a lot of energy. The second half of the second quarter is a good time to open the score.

Paul advanced to the frontcourt with the ball and directly reached out to let his teammates run tactics.

Continuous off-the-ball pick-and-rolls, cuts and reverse runs on both wings, the Cavaliers players were completely tireless, while the Celtics players seemed a little out of breath.

Butler made an air cut to catch the ball and throw off Bass' layup.

But at this moment, Garnett struggled to help from the weak side and reached out to interfere before Butler made a shot.

"boom!"

Butler's shot missed a bit, the ball bounced out of the frame, Garnett turned around and received the rebound, handed the ball to Rondo, gritted his teeth and ran forward.

With the cooperation of the Celtics in the frontcourt, Ray Allen missed a three-pointer from the outside. Garnett struggled to grab the offensive rebound at this time, and the jumping shot caused Yao Ming's thug foul.

Made two free throws.

With the cooperation of the Cavaliers in the frontcourt, Green bottom corner got a chance to hit a three-pointer.

Looking back, Ray Allen didn't make a three-pointer from the outside line, and the long rebound flew out of bounds. Garnett struggled to get out of bounds for help, but the ball failed, and he fell directly in front of Tang Tian and Casey.

After Tang Tian saw it, he reached out to help him.

When Garnett got up, he saw Tang Tian was stunned for a moment, but he immediately ran back to the backcourt.

The game continued on the court, but there were some deviations from what the Cavaliers had expected. The Celtics gritted their teeth and persisted, making the situation on the court stalemate.

"They are worthy opponents." After watching this paragraph, Casey unconsciously sighed.

Tang Tian didn't speak, but with a stern face, he yelled at the players on the field.

"You guys, do you want 100 suicides after the game is over?!"