The convulsion superstar of basketball

Chapter 287 286.G4;

February 5.

Adhering to the huge pressure from the fans and the total score, the Magic will also continue to sit at the North Shore Garden Arena today and challenge the Celtics away.

Before the G4 battle of the Eastern Conference semifinals, the entire North Shore Garden Arena has already attracted many sports reporters.

For the Magic, this game can definitely be called crucial.

Because once the Magic lose again in this game, the Celtics will rewrite the total score of this round of the series to 3:1 at home.

You know, looking at the entire NBA's historical career, there have been only eight comebacks in the playoffs after falling behind 1:3.

The most distant one has to be traced back to 1968 when the Celtics fell behind the 1ers 3:76 in the playoffs.

In the end, under the leadership of Lord of the Rings Russell, they won three games in a row, abruptly counterattacking the Philadelphia 76ers led by the basketball emperor Chamberlain.

The most recent matchup was also in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs in 2006. At that time, the Suns, the second in the Western Conference, were already behind with a total score of 1:3.

Just when everyone thought that Kobe would lead the Lakers to complete the black seven miracles in the playoffs, the Suns ended up winning three games in a row, forcibly rewriting the total score to lead the team to advance to 4:1.

It can be said that it is absolutely very difficult to complete the comeback in the playoffs at 1:3.

In particular, the Magic is the underdog in this round of the series, so once the Magic loses again in this game, the team's situation will become very dangerous.

It is no exaggeration to say that although this game is very important for both sides, the current Magic team is already fighting to the death. Looking at the back, there is not much retreat.

After the start of the game, the Celtics still maintained their starting lineup that has remained unchanged for thousands of years.

For the Magic, Van Gundy changed the starting lineup to:

Su Jiu, Iverson, Pietrus, Lewis, and Howard.

Throughout the first half, the players on both sides tried their best, and the score on the court was always in a stalemate.

Both teams were unable to widen the maximum point difference to more than five points throughout the first half.

Especially for the Magic, knowing that the team has no way out, whether it is Howard or Iverson, even though they are facing many difficulties, they have shown their full strength.

Looking for physical confrontation again and again, trying to score as much as possible for the team by winning free throws.

And due to the huge consumption of the two teams in the first three games, the Magic's advantages in physical fitness are currently being revealed.

After all, the average age of the Celtics is indeed a flaw, so under heavy pressure, the Magic also fought the Celtics evenly in the first half.

After halftime, the Magic even more:

42:41

Leading the Celtics by one point, the contest between the two sides ended in the first half.

After returning from the second half, Van Gundy also widened the rotation time of the lineup, and wanted to use this method to give the main lineup as much rest as possible.

After all, the loss of the first two games was not only due to the Magic's own poor feel, but also a huge loss of physical strength of the players at the last moment.

So in the last few minutes of the fourth quarter, when the Magic faced the Celtics' seasoned zone defense, the Magic, whose shooting percentage dropped significantly, could only sigh in despair, and finally accepted the defeat with hatred.

Although the Celtics consume more physical strength than the Magic due to their age.

But the reason why the Celtics can be better in the playoffs is that they rely on the experience among the players and the tacit understanding on the court.

So in the last few minutes, even though both sides lost a lot of physical strength, the more experienced Celtics obviously made fewer mistakes in the last few minutes.

And this is the main reason why the Celtics finally won in the two games of G2 and G3.

And this is also where Stan Van Gundy feels the most helpless. After all, court experience and psychological quality under the big scene, these things are beyond the coach's intervention.

Because these things often rely on the player's own experience accumulation, and this is the main reason why championship teams like to recruit some aging stars.

Obviously at this point, the Magic are completely at a disadvantage, because the entire team except for Iverson has very little experience in the playoffs.

Except for Iverson, the others have not fought any tough battles, so even if individual players feel very good in the first three quarters, at the last moment, they are often a little bit less interesting.

Of course, this also includes Su Jiu. Although Su Jiu's shot at the last moment was not ambiguous at all, it doesn't mean that Su Jiu really has no pressure.

On the contrary, due to the current situation of the team, it is even more difficult for Su Jiu to think of a shot.

If possible, then Su Jiu would rather be a salted fish hugging his teammates' thighs, rather than a killer who carries the hopes of the whole team.

Throughout the third quarter, the Magic still entangled with the Celtics with a strong heart.

The point difference on the field has also been hovering within five points, and there is no trend of being gradually widened.

Su Jiu was very dissatisfied with the experience card he got in the last game, and although Ellington's possession improved his finishing ability beyond the three-point line, it also restricted Su Jiu.

Therefore, Su Jiu in this game did not activate the system's random selection function, but relied on his own ability to keep entangled with the Celtics.

After all, luck is so mysterious and mysterious. Even Su Jiu, who can eat small bugs even in fruit salad recently, suspects that he must have blackened Yintang and everything is wrong...

However, due to the lethality of Su Jiu's three-point shooting from the outside in the previous games, it was too great.

Therefore, at the beginning of the game, Rivers carefully guarded against Su Jiu's defense outside the three-point line.

As soon as Su Jiu holds the ball and crosses the half court, Rondo will stick to him completely and won't give Su Jiu any chance to make a move.

He would rather be passed by Su Jiu's sudden acceleration than give Su Jiu the chance to shoot outside the three-point line.

Although this kind of mentality of being bitten by a snake once and being afraid of well ropes for ten years seems a little funny.

However, Rivers' approach, which is not afraid of being ridiculed by the media, obviously interfered with Su Jiu a lot.

In this game, Su Jiu had very few shooting opportunities outside the three-point line, but fortunately, Su Jiu is not a player who must rely on shooting to survive.

So facing the Celtics' targeted defense, Su Jiu also played very smartly.

Even in this game, Su Jiu's personal offensive efficiency has plummeted.

But Su Jiu has been using the breakout points throughout the game to help the team sort out the offense, and this is the main reason why the Magic have been struggling with the Celtics.

And it is worth mentioning that Howard was finally beaten in this game. Even if he received a pass from his teammates in the low post, he would be double-teamed by Garnett and Perkins in an instant.

But in the face of a double-team situation, Howard's desire to attack the basket in this game is very determined.

Even though Howard's many dunks were severely pulled down by Perkins, and even because of the Celtics' excessive defensive actions on the defensive end, both sides almost had a large-scale fight.

But Howard, who was angry, still chose to fight hard, not to escape.

In the end, after the end of the three quarters, the Magic are still:

61:61

Draw with the Celtics at the North Shore Garden.

　Tomorrow I will go back to my hometown to go to the grave. Hey, due to the typhoon, it has been raining heavily recently, so tomorrow it will be another difficult day to go to the mountain and grave...

　　That road is probably not only slippery, it must be extremely muddy, full of water bubbles...

　　But the good news is that the cold has gotten better recently, and my head is not so uncomfortable. This may be one of the few good news I have recently.

　　So wish me luck! !Ollie!

　　

　

(End of this chapter)