Falling behind so much at halftime, even Li Kaiming himself did not expect that the Celtics did restrain the Wizards to some extent. It is not that they have not encountered strong teams before, such as the Orlando Magic, Atlanta Hawks and Chicago Bulls. Although None of these teams are easy to beat, but they are obviously less difficult than the Celtics.
From the perspective of the lineup, the Celtics have indeed matched every strong point of the Wizards. Garnett is currently one of the best people in the league to defend Li Kaiming, and in previous games he averaged close to two points per game. The starting point guard of the two teams was directly guarded by Rajon Rondo, and he could only score a few points by playing on the opposite bench when the latter was off the court.
Blatche, who averaged 14 points and 8 rebounds per game, immediately lost his temper when he encountered the inside combination of Shark and Garnett today. He could easily get a double-double against other teams before, but Looking at it today, let alone a double-double, it would be nice not to be beaten by a shark.
Blatche had already committed three fouls at halftime, so in the second half, Sanders directly asked JaVale McGee to start instead of Blatche. There were Sharks on the opposite side, and the five-out lineup could not guard against the opponent's basket attack. The Wizards' outside touch is just average.
At the beginning of the third quarter, the Wizards put Hinrich, Nick Young, Trevor Booker, Li Kaiming and McGee on the court. Al Thornton also got into foul trouble in the first half. Two fouls were committed by Pierce, and Trevor Booker temporarily stepped in. After halftime, Pierce also committed three fouls. It can be said that Pierce directly transformed into a tutor tonight, whether old or young, everyone There is no escaping his clutches.
The Celtics' lineup is quite surprising. Rivers did not take Shark, but asked Garnett to partner Davis. It seems that Shark's playing time is strictly controlled.
In the first attack of the third quarter, the Wizards served. After Li Kaiming reached the frontcourt, he picked up the basketball with Hinrich in a pick-and-roll. The Celtics still had Garnett guarding him. Li Kaiming handed over McGee to cover, and Davis and Garnett and Li Kaiming double-teamed Li Kaiming without hesitation, but the latter had quick eyes and quick hands and hit the ball directly from the middle of Garnett and Davis to the hands of McGee.
When McGee caught the ball, he was already at the free throw line. He directly picked up the basketball with one hand and dunked in three steps.
58 to 65!
The commentators Braden and Victor on the sidelines looked at each other. The former said, "This is the first time I have seen such a pass from a person who is 2.1 meters tall. Under normal circumstances, such a pass can be made." The ball is played by shorter defenders, because they are closer to the ground and the risk of being intercepted is relatively much lower. Li's passing angle is just right. I think this kind of ball is definitely not an accidental play. "
"He now has the most triple-doubles in the league this season. Although his average assists per game is not the first in the league, he averages close to 8 assists per game. Moreover, I found that Li Kaiming's pass-to-turnover ratio is very high. He now averages only one turnover per game. Less than 4, and even fewer passing errors. In other words, he controls the most ball rights in the Wizards, but he does not make the most mistakes in the team! This guy is amazing!" Victor also sighed. One sentence.
The Celtics attacked, and their starting lineup began to run off-the-ball tactics. Pierce and Ray Allen used several inside screens and cross-screens between outside lines. After the two of them took a circle from the bottom line, , Pierce reached the opposite corner, and Ray Allen came out to the outside at a 45-degree angle to receive Rondo's pass. Rondo's golf intelligence allows the Celtics to always have the ball at the person with the best opportunity. in hand.
Ray Allen made a standard jump shot directly after receiving the ball, but his touch was not good tonight. The ball did not go in. McGee grabbed the rebound and gave it to Hinrich.
Rondo stepped forward to press and prevent the Wizards from launching a transition fast break. Hinrich's speed suddenly dropped. After moving to the frontcourt, the time was consumed to 18 seconds again. Li Kaiming stepped forward to pick and roll, helping Hinrich Rondo got stuck behind him, and then immediately bounced out, opening up space for Hinrich to break through. McGee on the inside also pulled out. He and Li Kaiming were in tandem. McGee blocked Garnett, and Hinrich broke through smoothly. Insider.
Davis was quite fast on the offensive end, but he couldn't move at all on the defensive end. Hinrich scored 2 points with an underhand layup.
60 to 65!
The Celtics attacked, Rondo took a few steps into the three-point line with the help of a screen, and then gave the ball to Davis who was stuck inside with his back before the Wizards closed the door.
It was Li Kaiming who was guarding Davis. When he was hit by the former, Li Kaiming felt like he had hit a big meat ball made of muscles. He was very elastic and at the same time, with his strength, he was actually pushed out of the way. Davis took advantage of it. Taking this opportunity, he turned around and scored the ball!
60 to 67.
After McGee served from the baseline, he helped Hinrich block Rondo's defense a few times on his way back to the frontcourt, allowing Hinrich to smoothly come to the frontcourt. In the previous round, Hinrich successfully faced David Si, this time simply let McGee come up to cover, but the Celtics simply chose to delay. The long-arm interference of Rondo and Davis almost directly stole Hinrich. Fortunately, Li Kaiming went over in time and ended the basketball. Only then did he help Xinrich get out of trouble.
After such operations, there were once again 10 seconds left in the attack time. In front of Li Kaiming was still Garnett, who was dressed in pitch black. These 10 seconds might be too limited to make a complex tactical move, so Li Kaiming was ready to directly Singles Garnett.
So, for the first time since the start of the game, Li Kaiming didn't ask his teammates to cover, but directly faced Garnett and kicked the ball. When Braden and Victor in the commentary box saw this, they held their breath for a moment. "Li Kaiming didn't call a pick-and-roll this time. He faced Garnett and started dribbling. He wanted to hit Garnett head-on!"
The opponent's tough guy saw that Li Kaiming, who had been "escaped" for the whole game, actually decided to play singles under his defense. Garnett's eyes also flashed with fire!
In the first quarter of the game, the sight of him almost embarrassing himself in a singles match against Li Kaiming is still vivid in his mind. Now he has a chance to regain face on the defensive end. If he can directly steal Li Kaiming or block him, then his momentum will be completely suppressed. More than the latter!
Thinking of this, Garnett seemed to have seen Hua Guliang's neon devil. He smiled and took two steps forward. "Rookie, come and let me see what you are capable of! Let me test whether you, the scoring champion, have any There’s no moisture!”
Li Kaiming didn't answer. He didn't like to talk on the court. He only liked to speak with actions.
Facing Garnett's serious defense with a lowered center of gravity, Li Kaiming also concentrated completely, slapping the ball with his right hand, and the basketball made a banging sound when it collided with the ground of the court.
Both the audience at the MCI Center and the fans in front of the TV set their sights on the two people on the court.
Li Kaiming took a step forward dribbling the ball. Garnett did not step back, but saw that the distance was almost there. He directly stretched out his long arm to interfere with Li Kaiming, and Garnett's steal was Trying won't make him lose his defensive focus at all, and it won't hurt even if he doesn't steal.
Li Kaiming immediately stopped dribbling with his hands crossed, switched to dribbling with his right hand, and suddenly broke through from the front to the right. Garnett had been hit by Li Kaiming like this before, so he was well prepared, and he directly blocked Li Kaiming with a sliding step. In the direction of breakthrough, Li Kaiming was not surprised when he saw this scene. If he could be passed by him so easily, then all of Garnett's defensive lineups would have been in vain!
So Li Kaiming took advantage of the situation and pushed the ball to the left with his right hand. He made a huge one-handed push and changed the direction of the ball. He shot the ball from his right to the left. Because Garnett had previously made the first step to guard against Li Kaiming, after sliding, It was just in front of Li Kaiming's left, so when Li Kaiming completed this drastic change of direction, the ball had already come behind Garnett.
Garnett was shocked! He was told that such a drastic change of direction could be achieved during the breakthrough process, which reminded him of an old friend!
But time waits for no one, and Garnett took advantage of his biggest advantage over other traditional insiders, with flexible steps. After taking a step back inside the three-point line, he turned around and hit Li Kaiming's side again.
However, Li Kaiming's drastic change of direction was not in vain. Although he did not completely get rid of Garnett's defense after the change of direction, he was already half a body ahead of the latter, and Garnett also knew that this situation was not good for him. , so he stretched out his arms to interfere with Li Kaiming from the side, and at the same time used his torso to push Li Kaiming outward, keeping the latter away from the basket.
Davis under the basket also focused on Li Kaiming at this moment, because Li Kaiming had already broken into the penalty area with Garnett on his back and could combine the ball for a layup at any time!
Li Kaiming used his core strength to completely block Garnett's horizontal push. Then he switched the ball to his left hand, straightened his arm, took the ball with one hand, and rushed toward the basket with a burning motion!
Davis, who was under the basket, immediately pushed up, and Garnett and Garnett formed horns to surround Li Kaiming. At the same time, Garnett straightened his arms and blocked the basketball in Li Kaiming's hand.
Davis stood directly under the basket in a military posture, with his arms hanging naturally and his hands close to the seams of his pants. Anyone who has watched the game knows that he is preparing to commit an offensive foul on Li Kaiming!
Garnett and Davis were facing each other, one in the air and one on the ground. It seemed that they directly blocked Li Kaiming's path to attack the basket.
The audience at the scene was sweating for Li Kaiming, and many people even covered their eyes, fearing that Li Kaiming would be blocked by Garnett or directly fouled by Davis.
Just when everyone thought that Li Kaiming had no way to go to heaven and no door to the earth, Li Kaiming, who was flying in the air, suddenly took back his left hand!
Braden exclaimed in the commentary box, "Lee, what is he going to do? At this time, it's impossible not to go!"
Victor also shook his head and said, "Li's attack this time was too careless. At the very least, it was a walking error!"
Before the two commentators could finish their words, Li Kaiming retracted his left arm in the air and made a huge loop. Then with a flick of his wrist, he passed the ball from his back to the basket!
And standing under the basket is the completely unguarded JaVale McGee!
In such a flash, the cameras on the scene didn't even capture what was going on. Li Kaiming and Garnett landed almost at the same time, but at this moment, someone under the basket picked up the ball with both hands, and then came a two-handed dunk!
