warrior godfather

Chapter 361 Black 5 Minutes

"Hoo... um! Ho-um!"

Pierce tried his best to withstand Butler's impact, but he was still unable to do so, and was pushed all the way to the penalty area by Butler.

Butler stopped, his shoulders sank, he turned slightly sideways, and hit hard, followed by a fadeaway jumper.

Pierce tried his best to take off, trying to interfere with him, but the passage of time took away his athletic ability, and he could only watch Butler stretch his body in the air, flick his wrist gently, and the basketball flew a short distance , Falling firmly into the Nets.

brush!
After scoring the goal, Butler glanced at Pierce, and then quickly returned to the defense. Pierce took a few breaths, followed with heavy steps, wiped the sweat from his face vigorously, and his chest heaved.

He looked up at the big screen in mid-air, and the score came to 71:63.

At this time, 5 minutes and 13 seconds into the third quarter, the Celtics not only failed to catch up with the score, but their disadvantage became even bigger.

"call……"

Pierce lowered his head, ran slowly to the front court, and finally stopped, walked to a 45-degree angle on the weak side, put his hands on his knees, and gasped for breath.

He's just had a nightmarish 5 minutes.

After the start of the third quarter, Pierce, like his teammates, set foot on the field full of confidence, and was fully sure to recover the point difference in the third quarter and even open the score.

In the first half of the game, they regained the high-spirited feeling when the Big Three formed. At that time, no one in the league could stop the Big Three from taking turns in singles. The Cavaliers, Magic, Spurs, and Lakers all fell to Kyle. Under the iron hooves of the special people.

Today, the Warriors' single defense made Pierce dream of his youth. He admitted that Butler is great, but he is still a little immature. His defense gives him the upper hand on both ends of the floor.

The only fly in the ointment is that he can't prevent Curry's breakthrough, but this is not a problem. During the intermission, Rivers once again emphasized the contraction of the restricted area to help defend. Pierce believes that with Garnett, Curry Even if he breaks through his defense, he can no longer wreak havoc on the Celtics' penalty area as he did in the first half.

But Pierce soon discovered that things were completely different from what he had imagined.

After the start of the third quarter, Zhang Yu suddenly adjusted the Warriors' defense, putting Green on Rondo and Curry on Brandon Bass!

It was a change that Rivers hadn't thought of at all, but he reacted immediately, allowing Brandon Bass to single Curry and punish the Warriors for a misplaced defense.

But the Warriors did not sit back and watch Curry's small defense. After Green faced Rondo, he didn't look at him at all. Rondo.

Rondo had no three-point threat. After receiving the ball, he didn't dare to take a long shot. He could only kill the basket, but Green ran directly to the paint area and waited for him. He was not afraid of his breakthrough at all. Rondo challenged Green's defense twice. They all returned in vain.

Afterwards, Green turned into a ghost and wandered around the court. Wherever he needed, he went to help defend, but he didn't care about Rondo.

Naturally, Rondo can't wait outside the three-point line. He actively cuts inside to find opportunities, but neither Garnett nor Brandon Bass has a three-point threat. The inside line is already very crowded. The addition of Rondo makes the Warriors The penalty area is more blocked, Chandler can easily play his advantage in protecting the frame, and Rondo's sinking and cutting can only return in vain.

In the case of further congested space, the Celtics' offense is increasingly dependent on the performance of the Big Three, and Zhang Yu's second adjustment is used here.

The Warriors no longer switched defenses like they did in the first half, but strengthened their defense against Garnett and Ray Allen. As soon as they received the ball, Green rushed up from the side to harass them. Rondo, Green immediately turned back and ran around the court tirelessly.

This gave full play to Green's keen defensive sense and mobility comparable to a striker, making it difficult for the Celtics to attack.

However, focusing on Ray Allen and Garnett will inevitably relax the attention on Pierce. Rivers also discovered this, and immediately ordered the ball to be handed over to Pierce, so that he can single out Butler.

Pierce naturally accepted it readily. Although his physical strength was exhausted, he still had no problem eating Butler alone.

It's just that he singled Butler, and Butler also singled him. Not only Butler, but Curry also continued his crazy targeting of him in the first half, and even Green and Clay looked for opportunities to force him.

It doesn't matter whether you score or not, the main thing is to get closer to Pierce.

In the first 5 minutes of the third quarter, Pierce made a realistic fake move on the offensive end, and after shaking Butler away to score, he turned around and had to face the Warriors in turn, without stopping for a moment.

Moreover, the Warriors players don't just dribble the ball twice. In this case, Pierce has a chance to fish for fish. Curry and Butler kill the inside line with every ball. Green and Clay have to back even if they don't score Meditate for a couple of moments, putting a physical confrontation on Pierce.

Soon, Pierce was dragged down. In this nightmarish 5 minutes, he was exhausted on both ends of the offense and defense, and he was in confrontation with the Warriors players all the time. Even when he returned to defense, Butler would squeeze up. After bumping into him twice, his physical energy, which hadn't recovered from back-to-back fierce battles, was even more intensely consumed and quickly exhausted at this time.

His footsteps slowed down, his confrontation dropped, and he began to be unable to defend against Butler's offense, nor could he break through Butler's defense.

As for Curry, he couldn't guard against it from the beginning.

Pierce came to the frontcourt, and Rondo passed the ball again. He took the ball to the corner, turned his back, swayed left and right, turned over and shot a jumper, but the movement was soft, and the shot was interfered by Butler. Out of the frame below.

The rebound was protected by Chandler, who immediately passed it to Curry, and the Warriors quickly counterattacked.

The Celtics retreated quickly, but Pierce did not return for a long time. Curry seized this five-on-four opportunity, used a breakthrough to compress the Celtics' defense, and then distributed the ball to Green to cover and run out of space. Klay, Klay catches the ball and shoots, and the basketball bounces into the hoop.

At 74:63, the Warriors' lead came to 11 points, which was the first time a double-digit point difference appeared tonight!
And it wasn't until Clay made the shot that Pierce was dressed roughly and ran back from the frontcourt, but it was too late, and he could only watch Clay make an open three-pointer.

"Yeah!!!!"

"Good!! Kill them, KT, kill these beach boys from Boston!"

After Clay scored a goal, there were shouts everywhere. On the sidelines, Rivers spread his hands very dissatisfied, but there was nowhere to vent his anger. He could only come to the referee and call a timeout.

He can also see that Pierce has a physical problem, but he can't replace Pierce at this time, otherwise the Celtics' offense will collapse immediately, unless Rondo's three-pointer suddenly becomes accurate.

Rivers also understands now that Zhang Yu has made up his mind to consume Pierce from the very beginning, and has been targeting him both offensively and defensively.

In the first half, Pierce's physical fitness could still withstand, but in the third quarter, the Warriors once again increased their strength against Pierce. His physical fitness quickly bottomed out, and he couldn't keep up with the Warriors' rhythm on both offense and defense. The biggest loophole of human beings, Zhang Yu's goal has been achieved.

But this is a conspiracy. Pierce is the strongest single player in the Celtics. Facing unlimited defenses, he is the most stable scoring point. It is impossible for Rivers to use him. There are threats, punishing the Celtics for shrinking and flanking, Rivers can only let Pierce defend alone.

This is determined by the shortcomings of the Celtics lineup. After Garnett took the fifth position, he couldn't sweep around like before. The Celtics' defense tested the single defense ability of outside players, and Pierce is Celtic. The biggest single-defense weakness of the outside line, he is destined to be unable to escape the Warriors' targeting.

During the timeout, Rivers had no way to adjust the lineup. He could only pick up his old skills, pour chicken soup into the players crazily, inspire everyone's fighting spirit, and pin his hopes on Pierce's willpower.

This is his only way. The Celtics' salaries are all concentrated on the Big Three, and there is no one else to rely on. Regardless of whether Pierce is physically exhausted, if he wants to win the Warriors, he must perform.

On the Warriors bench, the atmosphere is very relaxed. In this tug-of-war, 11 points is a very big advantage, and the expressions of the players are very relaxed.

Zhang Yu moved the chair, sat in front of everyone, and said loudly:
"Keep going harder, keep hitting Pierce, he's going to give up, and as soon as he's down, we've won! Jeremy, you replace Clay - your job is the same as Stephen, Jimmy Same, attack Pierce, don't give him a second of rest, keep hitting him until he can't run!"

"Understood!" Jeremy Lin replied loudly, his face was full of excitement.

He is in good shape today, his hands are itchy, and he has been waiting for the opportunity to play.

Soon, the timeout ended and the two teams returned to the court.

The Celtics sent a sideline ball, and Rondo wanted to play a pick-and-roll with Garnett, but Green ignored him at all, and went directly to pinch Garnett with Chandler, and Garnett had to pass the ball back.

Rondo got a wide open, he hesitated, didn't shoot a three-pointer, and Green immediately returned to him.

After several passes, the Celtics never got a good chance. With 8 seconds left in the attack time, Rondo passed the ball to Pierce.

"Truth" has always been Kyle's most reliable attacker, even though his jersey has been completely soaked in sweat and his feet are heavier than everyone else.

Pierce took the basketball, gritted his teeth and launched an attack, but his exhausted physical strength made his movements weak. Even if the shooting space was shaken, Butler could quickly fill the gap before he made a shot.

In the end, Pierce barely made a long two-point shot before the 24-second time limit, and bounced out of the frame under Butler's strong interference.

Bang!

The basketball hit the front edge of the rim, bounced high, and was captured by Chandler. The Celtics retreated as soon as Pierce made a shot.

Mark Jackson said:
"Pierce hit the iron continuously, and the Celtics' situation is not good."

Looking back, the Warriors attacked, Curry and Butler picked and rolled, and found Pierce. After a small change of direction, he accelerated one after another, passed Pierce, and rushed into the three-point line.

Garnett has been paying attention to Pierce's defense. Seeing this, he immediately came to cover the defense. Curry didn't pass the ball. He rushed towards Garnett. When the two were about to collide, Curry turned around and received the ball. Going around from the right side of Garnett, and then flying up, a small lever, a gentle flick of the right hand, deliberately adjusted the arc, and hit the cricket high.

Slap-swipe-tick!

Before the clear sound of brushing the net, there was a crisp sound, but Garnett, who had lost his defensive position, turned around and took a hard shot, trying to block Curry, but Curry's lever dodged the shot On Curry's arm.

"Yes! And one! Curry's turn was very smooth, and he completely swayed Garnett. His lever was also a stroke of genius. It not only avoided Garnett's block, but also cost him a foul. This is Garnett's third foul!"

Curry was patted by Garnett, his body lost his balance in the air, staggered, and rushed out of the baseline, but he kept staring at the basketball, watching it fall into the net, and then he was relieved and headed towards the baseline. The audience shook their shoulders triumphantly before returning to the arena.

"Haha, well done, Stephen!"

"Garnett, do you rely on fouls to defend? Go back to Boston!"

"Fuck, where's your iron blood? Why don't you continue to howl like a ghost? Fake squid!"

Garnett was near the bottom line. He looked at Curry with a smug face. He was never in a good mood, but when he heard the insults from the bottom line fans, his face became even uglier.

Garnett glared at a middle-aged black man who scolded him at the bottom line:
"You should be fucking thankful you're a fan, or I'd have punched your X out of you, Son of the Beach!"

The middle-aged black man had tattoos on both arms and a thick gold chain hanging around his neck. He was nearly two meters tall, with a fleshy face and shiny bald hair. He looked like a typical Oakland local gangster.

Hearing this, he bent his arms, puffed up his gnarled muscles, and laughed loudly:

"Is it up to you? You idiot, you can't beat me!"

Garnett still wanted to refute. The bottom line referee came over and said seriously to the middle-aged black man:
"Sir, please watch your words!"

The middle-aged black man immediately raised his hands and said innocently:

"I didn't do anything, you should send off Kevin Garnett, he insulted the fans and attacked me personally!"

Garnett was furious:
"Fack! You dog..."

"Kevin! It's time for a free throw, don't be as knowledgeable as him." The bottom line referee hugged Garnett and tried his best to persuade him.

Garnett gave the middle-aged man a hard look, and came to the left side of the paint, ready to grab a rebound.

But he was still furious. Seeing Curry at the free throw line, anger rose from Garnett's heart again.

If it wasn't for Curry's layup, how could that stupid X have the opportunity to taunt him?
Curry's shaking of his head after scoring a goal appeared in his mind, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became. After Curry made a hit and added a penalty, he came to Curry's side and whispered:
"Boy, you'd better show me some respect and don't do those annoying moves!"

Curry glanced at him, didn't say anything, just grinned, shook his shoulders at him, and sped back to half court.

Garnett froze for a moment in astonishment, and then followed, his face becoming more and more gloomy.

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