Bishop: since 1998

Chapter 169 The truth explodes!

On February 11th, the North Shore Garden Arena.

The Magic challenged the Celtics away.

5 wins and 7 losses!
The Celtics are now Pierce and Walker, the era of twin star forwards.

To be reasonable, the record of the Green Army has begun to improve. After all, they have been doing badly for more than ten years and have accumulated a lot of potential rookies.

During the simple appearance and warm-up, on the big screen in the arena, the starting lineups of both sides for tonight's match were displayed.

The Magic started with 5 players, McGrady, Jackson, Hill, Duncan, and O'Neal.

The Celtics started with the Five Tigers, point guard Chris Herron, shooting guard Bryant Stitch, small forward Pierce, power forward Antoine Walker, and center Tony Batty.

beep~
The whistle blows and the game begins with a scrum.

There is no suspense, Duncan made the first attack for the Magic.

McGrady dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, made a feint, accelerated, and broke through.

An extremely fast first step, easily passing the white point guard Herron with average physical fitness.

Kill through the line of defense.

There was a bang.

A gliding split dunk, scored in front of Tony Batty's block.

2 to 0! !
Li Mu nodded.

The Celtics' interior basket guards were all bad before Garnett came.

With Tracy McGrady's physical talent, it's easy and comfortable to pass through.

Looking back, facing Hill's defense, Pierce turned his back, feinted, turned around, leaned back, and shot a jumper...

The whole operation was a bit slow, and the rhythm was very good. Hill's blocking was perfect, but it didn't prevent the basketball from entering the basket.

Swish-!
2 to 2! !
Pierce retreated slowly, with a smile on his face, and he felt that his shooting touch was very good.

I can't say why I feel this way.

A natural scoring killer, born with it!

The Magic attack.

McGrady took a sudden step and immediately passed the ball to Duncan.

The main line of defense is Tony Batty.

Catch the ball, lift it up and shake it, the opponent is like a log, and Duncan passed by.

At the basket, bang, swish, hit the board with two points.

4 to 2! !
After only two rounds, Li Mu felt that he had stabilized.

The Celtics' defense is useless.

On the field.

Pierce hits a [-]-pointer...

Hill wanted to block Pierce's breakthrough and was caught off guard.

Swish-! !

4 to 5! !
Pierce is comfortable shooting.

The three-pointer was hit steadily.

The Magic's offense was McGrady's breakthrough.

Emergency stop and pull, two-point jump shot shot...

With such a trick, Helen could only stare blankly.

Bang-dang-!
McGrady's shot went wide.

Fortunately, the basketball board was received by Jermaine O'Neal, and Walker looked defensively, only to see Jermaine O'Neal slamming, and his whole body was hanging on the basket.

6 is better than 5!

Li Mu shook his head.

That's it.

Defense is too much fun, right?

Antoine Walker turned out to be the star?

Soon, Li Mu realized why, Walker with such defensive eyes is the master.

After receiving a pass in the frontcourt, raising his hand is a three-point jump shot...

Little O'Neill was a little confused.

Floating outside shooting, how is this defensive?
Swish-!
Wiggle ass.

Walker is celebrating a goal. He was nicknamed Fat Toutuo, and he loves shooting three-pointers.

It's quite a headache, too.

In particular, he doesn't like to play inside. He is 2 meters tall, but stays in the power forward position. This characteristic is difficult to defend.

6 to 8! !
The Magic are trailing.

The twin stars of the Celtics are indeed extraordinary.

Looking back, McGrady gave the ball to O'Neal to play.

Back up, hit, and layup with ease.

Swish-!
8 to 8! !
O'Neal's offense was also successful.

No way, Walker is defenseless.

Pierce played point forward.

Outside the three-point line, he lifted the offensive three-threat, lifted the ball for a while, and when Hill made a save, he immediately collected the ball and turned around, arching his butt hard.

Hill's defensive center of gravity was broken.

Pierce continued to arch, step by step, to a comfortable shooting position.

Shaking shoulders, pulling the ball, stepping back, taking two-point fadeaways...

Swish-!
Pierce's shot continued.

8 to 10! !
This season, Pierce's state has reached its peak, averaging 26 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists per game.

Ranked among the top ten in the league in points per game.

Offensively, it is very difficult to defend.

Fortunately, the Magic have an advantage inside, and Duncan forced Tomabatti to continue to attack and score.

10 to 10! !
On the court, the Magic played a lot of things, and they had all kinds of offense.

However, on the playing field, the Magic were overwhelmed.

Pierce broke through and exploded, lifted the ball and made a fake shot. After Hill moved, he immediately broke through with the ball.

Hill fought and retreated.

When the flanking with his teammates was not in place, Pierce suddenly accelerated the offensive rhythm and forcibly pulled the ball, causing Hill's thug foul.

Swish twice.

Pierce made two free throws.

Next, Pierce told everyone what truth is.

Break through, shoot, draw fouls, pass...

Pierce made offensive shots from inside and outside, blasted Hill in the matchup, made 10 of 7 shots, 3 of 3 free throws, and scored 17 points and 2 rebounds.

After the first quarter, the score was 29 to 28, and the Magic only led by 1 point.

The star of the Magic team can't stop the offense.

However, Pierce chased back after attacking alone.

In the second quarter, Li Mu made a big rotation, sending Armstrong, Miller, Maggette, Magloire, and Amici.

For the Celtics, Eric Williams and Vitali Potapanko and Walter McCarty came off the bench.

Pierce, who was in a state of violence, and point guard Herron, continued to stay on the court.

Pierce continued to explode, blasted Maggette, and succeeded in frequent attacks.

Orlando's sharp breakthrough also returned the favor.

The inside of the Magic still crushes the Celtics.

However, the forward line formed by Eric Williams and Pierce also made the Magic unable to lift their heads.

Halfway through the second quarter, the Celtics stabilized the Magic.

3 points behind.

Li Mu was not in a hurry.

The two teams are not at the same level.

Take it easy.

The second quarter is over.

With a score of 59 to 54, the Magic entered the locker room to rest with a solid bench strength and a 5-point advantage.

Came back in the second half of the game.

Pierce can play on the court, and McGrady can switch defenses.

As a result, the first attack hit a three-pointer.

The difference between the two sides is only 2 points.

Subsequently, the Magic team defended against an attack.

Pierce and Walker connect.

Pierce broke through, attracted the defense, assisted Walker to hit a three-pointer, and overtook the score back.

Next, it was the Magic's turn to perform.

Duncan hit Tony Batty consecutively, proving that this name is really only suitable for playing football.

Subsequently, O'Neal crushed Walker, forced a layup, and made a mid-range shot, all of which were able to score offensively.

After dominating inside offense and defense.

Hill hit a three-pointer.

No pressure at all, missed shots, and rebounds.

McGrady's breakthroughs, layups, or mid-range shots are also unstoppable.

The Magic played a wave of 18 to 11, directly stopping the score.

The Celtics called a timeout, just to prove that they were working hard.

However, the talent and strength of the two lineups, the gap visible to the naked eye, is also reflected.

There is no way to adjust, the strength gap is too big.

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(End of this chapter)