The Godfather of Basketball

The commentators for this game are Barkley and O'Neal.

"Hey, Shaq, did you ever think this series would end up like this?"

"No, this Celtics team was almost eliminated in the first round, and the Big Three are all old. To be honest, I began to think that they would be swept directly like the New Yorkers."

"Then you got slapped in the face?" Buckley gloated.

"Yes, I underestimated the tenacity of this team. From a certain point of view, they may be the strongest Celtics team in recent years."

"Whoa! So you think they're going to win at home tonight?" Barkley asked with a smile.

"I thought so."

"Originally?" Barkley looked at O'Neal suspiciously.

"Yes, originally, but the coach of this Cavaliers team is Tang Tian. He will always make many unexpected changes, the kind that can reverse the situation between the two sides. Do you remember the playoffs five years ago, when he They exhausted the Spurs with infinite air cuts, oh, and two years ago, they used defensive counterattacks to kill all opponents, and today the Cavaliers closed the gym for a day."

"So you think it's time for them to go big again?" Barkley pressed.

O'Neill nodded.

"Okay, buddy, let's see if the Cavaliers will really change. After all, Shaq also played under Tang Tian for a year."

"Yes, after all, my head coach." O'Neill said with a laugh.

When the two people in the commentary seat were chatting, both starters had already appeared on the stage.

Yao Ming and Steinsma's jump ball at midfield.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, Stiensma had already jumped very high, but Yao Ming couldn't support him to go higher.

The ball was dialed back to the Cavaliers' half, Artest grabbed the ball and gave it to Paul, and the visiting team got the first chance to attack.

Paul held the ball and advanced to the frontcourt. Instead of picking Yao Ming for a pick-and-roll like in the previous rounds of the series, he waited for Yao Ming to reach a high position, and made a pick-and-roll with Artest on the right side.

After dismantling, Artest took Rondo to the other side of the half court, and Paul took the ball and directly stunned Garnett.

Yao Ming pulled Stearns Mara to a high position, Green and Carter fell to the bottom corners on both sides, Rondo was pulled to another section of the court, and the Cavaliers completely pulled out the entire sense of space on the court.

After all, Garnett is old, and his footsteps and reactions are not as good as Paul's. One-on-one can't stop Paul at all.

After Paul squeezed through, a low-handed layup successfully scored the ball.

The Cavaliers took the lead.

The Celtics' offense, Rondo commanded the tactical movement, and threw his hands to Garnett who finished the pick-and-roll. Garnett turned around and made a high jumper.

Garnett is in excellent form after his second spring.

Paul took the ball to the front court, still using the same tactic, still hitting Garnett, this time with a small lever after turning around, and still scoring the ball.

Reeves put his hand on his forehead from the sidelines.

Paul's ability to fight big is so good that the old Garnett really can't guard one-on-one.

The Celtics' offense didn't score, and Paul still played Garnett in retrospect.

Pierce on the weak side wanted to come over to help defend, Paul turned his head and glanced at Carter, and he had to retreat again.

Just like what Tang Tian said at the press conference before, players with both offensive and passing skills are the most threatening on the offensive end.

It is still one-on-one, and Garnett is very aggressive this time.

Although he is old, he is the old wolf king after all, and he still wants to save face if there are only three things to do.

Paul was also very determined, turning around and laying up consecutively.

Garnett fought hard to block and hit Paul's hand.

The ball missed and Paul got two free throw opportunities.

Tang Tian nodded at this time, the Cavaliers' strategy began to work.

Pierce's jumper continued to score for the Celtics. Looking back, Paul also hit Garnett!

The fans at the scene were a little excited, this is going to cause trouble!

At this time, Pierce let Carter go and turned around to help defend.

If Paul continues to play like this, the home team's morale will be too damaged if he scores a goal, and if Garnett fouls again, Garnett will commit 2 fouls.

Paul saw the double-team and directly chose to split the ball with Carter.

Carter opened his hand to make a fake three-pointer.

Pierce flew back to help defend, Carter directly received the ball, flew Pierce and then killed the basket.

At the same time, Garnett had been pulled to the other side by Paul, and Stiensma recovered the basket.

Carter didn't choose to pass the ball, but jumped up one meter away from the basket, looking at the posture to dunk directly.

Stearnsma saves the blocked shot.

Carter was pulled down.

"beep!"

The referee blew his whistle to indicate Steensma's blocking foul.

Carter's two free throw opportunities.

Carter made two free throws against the boos of the audience, and the Cavaliers led 6-4.

In the next few rounds, the Cavaliers' strategy remained unchanged.

Whether it's Paul, Carter, or even Artest, they all rushed to the basket with the ball.

Just non-stop chug chug!

Garnett and Steensma both had 1 foul on their backs, and they obviously didn't dare to make moves when defending.

The game lasted more than 4 minutes, and the Cavaliers led the Celtics by 4 points 12 to 8.

Pierce missed a three-pointer from the outside, Paul took the ball to the frontcourt and hit Garnett.

This time Stearnsma directly recovered the basket.

Paul made a circle around the basket, and after taking Steensma away, he directly distributed the ball to Yao Ming in the high post.

Yao Ming didn't shoot most of the open shots, and even got the ball to the basket!

Garnett tried his best to interfere, but Yao Ming did not turn around, and shot against the confrontation.

"beep!"

The ball was interfered and missed, but the referee on the sidelines blew his whistle again.

Garnett's second personal foul!

Garnett jumped up and argued with the referee, who kept shaking his head.

After seeing it, Reeves had no choice but to replace Garnett with Bass.

At this time, he also saw the tactical intention of the Cavaliers' series of operations. Even if Yao Ming was so sudden, it was clear that he wanted to cause damage.

It's a pity that he was slow to react, and Garnett has already committed 2 fouls.

Pierce's breakthrough layup scored 2+1, bringing the atmosphere of the scene up.

But the Cavaliers didn't care about it. On the offensive end, Paul asked Yao Ming to pick and roll.

This is not enough for one Garnett to go on, and he is willing to go on all the inside of the Celtics!

Without waiting for Reeves to speak, Rondo directly played the role of his coach on the field, shouting to make the Celtics shrink their defense.

Paul broke through and encountered heavy siege.

However, after killing back and forth in the interior, he did not choose to force, but directly threw the ball to Green in the bottom corner.

Shrinking will inevitably miss people, and even an excellent defense will take time, and Paul's passing is amazingly fast.

Green received the ball and made a wide-open three-pointer.

"Shua!"

With a crisp sound, the basketball was hollowed into the net.

despair!