Chapter 465: The North Shore Garden is Weeping (Part 2)
Stevens' anger could not have caused Horford's defense to undergo a qualitative change. While he was still hesitating whether to change his defensive strategy, Lin Sen still wanted the ball at the horn position. When Horford tried hard to hold Lin Sen back, he didn't pay attention. When he was exercising his force, he suddenly turned around and ran back and directly let Lin Sen cut into the inside.
Gordon may not have good control skills, but he can still win this assist with it steadily, and the pass was sent to Lin Sen's hand and completed a beautiful all-connect dunk.
He scored 6 points in a row, 20:7. Few scores were so big at the beginning, not to mention that these two teams were competing for the first place in the Eastern Conference. There was no bottom team. There was too little picking up the situation when they were beaten to death at the beginning. Stevens, a white coach, had already turned black with the naked eye, and in the audience in the first row, Pierce, who was about to hold a jersey retirement ceremony in the midfield, also turned black.
During this period, the Celtics were not just a defensive problem. On the offensive end, the Celtics did not play their characteristics, just like the Pacers were chasing Irving. Their purpose was to start with Gallinari. After Horford came to the Celtics, his personal ability was actually declining. His personal offense played fewer and fewer roles in the game. It was actually not a good idea to make him attack Gallinari.
The Celtics' new lineup, Hayward, is the fourth position. This small forward who has played in Stevens since college, has not played the No. 4 position at Butler University. Although in the NBA, his height and confrontation are a bit insufficient, but his victory is strong offense, and there is no problem in single-handedly fighting Garlinari.
But on the defensive end, the difference between the Pacers and the Celtics tonight is that Linson protected Gallinari's defensive weakness very well, just like Love, who protected the Cavaliers in 2016.
Garlinari is an ostensibly a 208cm big white man, but in fact he is a small forward and is not slow. He can also use his speed to bully others from time to time when playing in the fourth position, so he may not necessarily lose his position at the first time when defending Hayward.
Despite this, he has won 5 points of the 7 points and 5 points that the Celtics have scored. Suddenly pulling out when they break through is his specialty, and mid-range is also his strength. He is known as the strongest white man in the confrontation. The biggest problem is that he may not fly like James and Antetokounmpo and other small forwards at the t1 level in the league.
Irving is in poor form, and Hayward has always been the kind of player who tear the defense. He may contribute 20% of you in a stable game, but he has not yet reached the superstar who can change the opponent's entire defense.
The game situation began to get closer and closer to the Pacers. Lin Sen's rhythm was getting better and better. He was playing in the inside and became more and more confused. At this time, the Celtics could think of only one way, which was to attack Lin Sen. Only in this way could this problem be solved.
The offensive play is bumpy, so there must be no more problems on the defensive end. This is the minimum limit. Otherwise, they will not even have the chance to turn the tables when they face the Pacers' substitute.
Lin Sen still received the ball in the horn position. Horford's defenses were very good at blocking and surrounding fronts. He was originally a player with great basketball intelligence and would not let Lin Sen enter the penalty area again.
When receiving the ball, the opponent's slammed also came. The Celtics replaced Tatum, who started, with Smart. Now they have to strengthen their defense. The best defense and slamming of the outside line is Smart, who is known as the director of the Boston Iron and Steel Factory. Although he has always been a reasonable choice for the coach Stevens, although his shooting percentage is the most eye-catching among the Celtics' outside team, there is no way. Now he is still the indispensable one for the Celtics in their entire rotation.
His pinched attack made Lin Sen uncomfortable, strong, excellent arm-span, high motivation and extremely passionate. It is difficult for him to be an excellent defensive player when all these things appear on the same person.
A backward jump shot? Smart was standing behind Linsen. Where else could he lean back? The pass was indeed a good pass, but the ball was just passed to Gordon, and Smart quickly defended back! Tired? Impossible, no such thing. As soon as Smart arrived on the court, he was a guy with unlimited energy. It was absolutely impossible to be tired.
At the beginning, his appearance really made the Pacers' offense stumble, but immediately, Gallinari played his role on the court. He was originally an offensive player, and what he needed to do on the court was offense.
Lin Sen attracted firepower in the inside, Gallinari had an absolute height on the outside, and his shooting skills were also very good at this time.
At 45 degrees, he received Lin Sen's pass. After playing a step back from the three-point line, he also played a step back and retreated to the three-point line one step away and directly beat Hayward. All the fans of the Celtics were speechless. In this round, the Celtics played a role in Lin Sen's double-team, but Garlinari's three-pointer hit by the defense was too exciting.
The score difference did not narrow in Stevens' timeout and roar, but the Pacers, a team that McMillan allowed them to play freely, is getting better and better!
44:23, Lin Sen returned to the court two minutes later and hit the first three-pointer of the game to more than 20 points. Lin Sen, who just got off the court, still felt very good, and began to fire guns from the outside to help his teammates have a broader space to score.
"Hey! What am I saying? If the Celtics cannot guard against the Pacers' three-pointers, this game may turn into a massacre! Now it seems that the massacre came a little too early." O'Neal did not expect that it would turn into such a situation, even when the game started, he was more optimistic about the Pacers.
Chapter completed!