The strongest basket king

Chapter 163 Overtime

Chapter 163 Overtime

After talking on the phone with Xiang Jianzhong's family, Xiang Chu chatted with Olivia for some time.

When going to rest away from home, the latter is the basic operation.

Back-to-back away games, it's been a long time since I played, and it's still an away game in the East, and it's not so easy to keep my physical condition at its peak.

The Celtics core is a year older, and Ray Allen left for the Heat.

They signed Terry to supplement the rotation in the summer, and Jeff Green, who was reimbursed last season due to surgery, is back.

Compared with last season, they actually have more attack points, but their defense has declined somewhat.

The position in the Eastern Conference has also declined again, and the aging core lineup will definitely be affected.

For the Nuggets playing back-to-back, the Celtics must be a strong opponent.

Pierce hit 2 three-pointers at the beginning, proclaiming the difficulty of this game.

The Celtics are now letting Garnett play the fifth position. They are actually playing with a small lineup, not an orthodox center at all.

Garnett is already 37, and the offense can basically only be pulled out to shoot, but the defensive end is still good, but still the same sentence, good defense does not mean that it can limit Xiang Chu.

Limiting Xiang Chu Garnett's weight is not enough. In order to maintain mobility, Garnett's current weight can't hold Xiang Chu, plus he can't jump up now, Xiang Chu can fight as he wants.

But the Nuggets cooperate with his rhythm, and it is common for him to be pitted by the outside line.

Encountering the Celtics' defense, the Nuggets' already unstable outside scoring was even more difficult.

In fact, Rondo was injured and did not play, but the combination of Bradley and Courtney Lee is also strong defensively.

In the rotation, Terry and Jeff Green also played better.

While Xiang Chu bullied the old man fiercely, the Nuggets never took the lead in the first quarter.

The Celtics' three-pointers are not very good, but they hit a high shooting percentage against the Nuggets.

There is really no way, the shortcomings of the Nuggets' perimeter defense cannot be eliminated in a short time.

To be honest, the Nuggets' outside line is a bit convulsive, and they can often play two completely different performances.

In the second quarter, Miller Sr. and Brewer took the lead in counterattacking.

The rotation lineup has worked hard, and the main lineup headed by Xiang Chu will definitely not be discouraged.

Xiang Chu can bully the old Garnett, but it is also very simple to do Jeff Green.

The Celtics also know that they can't do it in the three-second zone, and the offensive end always pulls the outside line out.

This trick is quite ruthless. Now so many teams play small lineups because they can cover up flaws.

Speaking of the complexity of tactics, it is now much richer than traditional basketball. If the operation is good, it is entirely possible for the weak to defeat the strong.

But this is also a matter of probability, after all, it still depends on the performance of the players on the field.

Even if the Celtics are uncomfortable pulling the Nuggets inside, they will not fight with the opponent in a small lineup. As long as Xiang Chu gets the ball on the offensive end, his efficiency is higher than that of a small lineup.

The Celtics can't help it either. Their lineup doesn't have a center who can fight against Xiang Chu.

Their insides are all mobile. In fact, they can barely deal with many teams' insides. It is because Xiang Chu is too strong that they have to play the strategy of mutual injury.

In the first half, the Celtics led by 4 points, and 7 three-pointers are not a joke.

Three-pointers are one point more than two-pointers. In theory, as long as there are enough three-pointers, it will be useless for Xiang Chu to kill all the opponent's insiders, but three-pointers are also more difficult than two-pointers.

Fighting back and forth, the essence of basketball is to see who executes tactics more efficiently on both sides. Simply put, it means playing well.

Only Xiang Chu scored in double figures in the first half, and George Karl also had a headache. Xiang Chu's nasty agent had talked to the team management several times, accusing the Nuggets of not supporting Xiang Chu enough.

The management basically let him as a coach take the blame. If other players, George Karl would have worn the shoes. He hates the arrogance of super players.

But Xiang Chu himself is not arrogant at all, and George Karl can't say anything. If he plays well in the league, he can do whatever he wants, and it's useless for him to be the coach of Qiansheng.

In the third quarter, Ty Lawson opened the game. Seeing that they were about to catch up with the score, Pierce also exploded.

Gallinari's performance today is a bit disappointing, and he was completely suppressed by Pierce, a veteran buddy.

Moreover, Terry came up with two three-pointers. The Celtics did not have the annoying Ray Allen. This Terry is also quite annoying.

The main team was just a little bit better, and the substitute team returned the points.

George Karl is also thinking about it. It’s okay to lose this game. Anyway, it’s back-to-back. It doesn’t make much sense to continue the winning streak. Don’t hurt the players.

However, he still wanted to fight for it, first to see how the main force went up and played.

After Xiang Chu went up, he dunked Garnett. Now Garnett's defense is only to exert pressure, and he will not try to block shots at all. Xiang Chu is not polite to force.

Last season, Garnett was still high-spirited and wanted to teach the children a lesson, but this season he is much more honest. It seems that his temper has improved a lot when he is older.

The main force came on the field and it worked. In the last 5 minutes, Gallinari finally hit a three-pointer, and the score difference between the two sides was only 4 points in an instant.

There is play, but the Celtics will not sit back and watch the Nuggets approach the score.

They are also the strongest lineup now, Terry and Jeff Green are also on the court.

Terry is also old, and the critical moment is not as magical as the Mavericks, but Jeff Green stood up at this time and played Faried in consecutive singles, Faried couldn't handle it at all.

Faried plays hard and defends hard, but his height is really flawed in the interior, and he is often forced to shoot in front of his face by the taller four.

2分34秒，项楚打成2+1，双方比分差距只剩下了1分。

After more than a minute, Xiang Chu got another chance to hit, but Faried had a little conflict with the opponent, the referee gave a technical foul, and the two sides tied after the Celtics made a free throw.

Then it was difficult for Xiang Chu to receive the ball in the three-second zone. At the last moment, Jeff Green hit again, and all the pressure came to the Nuggets.

Xiang Chu received the ball from a relatively outside position, and then passed it to his teammates, turned around and squeezed inside.

Time passed by, and the Nuggets failed to pass the ball in.

In the last few seconds, Miller Sr. and Ty Lawson made a familiar coordination. Miller Sr. was going to go inside after the screen, and then pass the ball out. Ty Lawson made a mid-range shot.

With Terry missing the buzzer, the two sides entered overtime.

With back-to-back away games going to overtime, even Xiang Chu was out of breath.

But on the field, no matter what difficulties you encounter, you can't shrink back. This is the quality of an athlete.

Even if the NBA is a commercial league, it is not something that athletes need to consider. As players, what they have to do is to do their best on the court to win the game.

(End of this chapter)