basketball boulder

Chapter 117 G2
"In the first game, we only lost 17 points!"

only lose?

In this era, it is not easy to score more than [-] points.

In the playoffs, 17 or [-] points are the norm, but [-] points is not small. How can it be called only losing?

Li Lei's first sentence attracted everyone's attention.

Li Lei said with certainty: "It's only 17 points!"

"In the first game, we had 22 turnovers. If you can reduce half of them, it will be 11 times. 11 times 2 equals 22."

"In other words, we gave our opponent 22 points. Even so, we only lost 17 points."

"In other words, if we reduce 11 turnovers, we can win by 5 points."

Hearing Li Lei's words, everyone nodded, which seemed to make sense.

The trio of Riley, Dafan, and Spoel laughed in their hearts: Can it still be counted like this?

Obviously unreasonable!
But as long as it can have a positive effect on the team, they recognize it.

Haslem is still a little worried: "The Celtics are in great shape. Pierce, Davis, and McCarty all played very well."

Li Lei shook his head disdainfully: "The Celtics team played well, and we gave them 22 points, and they won us by 17 points in the end. What if they don't play well? Then we can easily beat them."

"After all, who can guarantee that they have been playing well and we have been playing badly?"

"Don't forget, how we bloodbathed the Celtics in the regular season. In terms of strength, they are not as good as us. As long as we play normally, we can win."

The same thing, viewed from another angle, is completely different.

The Riley trio opened their mouths wide. The Celtics' good form is obviously not good for the Heat, but Li Lei can boast that it is the advantage of the Heat.

Awesome.

This mouth is convinced.

It seems that the position of the boss of the locker room can be handed over to Li Lei.

In this regard, the mentality of all Heat players has changed significantly. Everyone has come out of failure and has the confidence to win the next game.

In the next two days of training, the Heat team showed a good competitive state.

Pat Riley's horror-famous "Devil's Training" doesn't seem all that scary anymore either.

Of course, the Heat players will still make that joke.

"How many times did you do it last night?"

"I don't know! No count."

"Then I'll ask Riley, he must know."

"..."

……

On April 4, the second game between the Heat and the Celtics will start.

Pierce re-accepted the interview before the game, and he was more confident this time.

"The Heat's home court is very difficult to overcome, but I still have the confidence to take the second victory."

When talking about his opinion on Li Lei, Pierce said: "Stone is a good defensive player. But he is still far from an All-Star. It has to be said that the league's All-Star voting rules need to be adjusted."

Pierce brings up the old story again.

In fact, before the All-Star Game, Pierce stood firmly on the opposite side of David Stern and strongly urged Stern to modify the rules.

Pierce is also very dissatisfied with Li Lei being selected as an All-Star and even being selected as a starter.

Every time Kidd and Martin besiege Li Lei, there is always Pierce's shadow.

8pm that night.

American Airlines Center.

The two sides continued the first game.

Celtic:

Blunt, McCarty, Pierce, Davis, Atkins.

Hot fire team:
Cato, Odom, Li Lei, Jones, Wade.

Drip!

Game start.

Cato won the jump ball.

Wade grabs Chucky Atkins with the ball.

The Celtics continued the defensive strategy of the previous game. Ricky Davis gave up Jones and directly flanked Wade.

Wade passed to Jones Sr. without the slightest hesitation.

He gave old Jones enough trust.

Old Jones adjusted and shot directly.

The basketball crossed a parabola, piercing the heart with an arrow.

Swish!
Got it!

3: 0.

Old Jones clenched his fists and growled.

He lived up to Wade's trust, and finally found himself.

"Old Jones is in good shape today!"

In the CCTV camera, Zhang Weiping said in surprise.

Su Qun nodded: "In this way, the Celtics will not dare to let Jones go."

Celtics offense.

Davis was the main attacker, but the old Jones showed a wealth of defensive experience and blocked Davis' route.

Davis called McCarty out for a pick-and-roll.

After taking it apart, Davis went in, and McCarty had range and pulled out.

Odom blocks Davis.

Old Jones couldn't keep up with McCarty.

Davis immediately passed back to the big shooter McCarty.

As soon as McCarty received the ball, Li Lei was already in place to defend and gave a timely delay.

McCarty wanted to make a move again, but was guarded by Li Lei closely, and there was no room for him to make a move.

Jones took advantage of the situation to switch on Pierce.

The Celtics' pick-and-roll tactics were cracked by the Heat.

In this way, nearly 24 seconds.

Pierce forced a shot against Jones at the last moment and missed the shot.

Bang!

The score is still 3:0.

American Airlines Center has sounded cheers, today's Heat showed a completely different competitive state.

Although it's just one attack and one defense, the momentum is obviously far better than the first battle.

The Celtics retreated quickly, and the Heat's fast break was fruitless. They fell down and took their time.

Or Wade playing Atkins.

Davis did not dare to let Jones go this time.

Wade made a sudden effort, squeezed past Atkins, and went straight to the inside.

McCarty shrunk the defense and made up for Wade.

Wade passes the ball to the open Odom.

Odom pulls up and shoots.

Swish!
There are also.

5: 0.

Celtics attack.

Davis still chooses to pick and roll with big shooter McCarty.

But he avoided Li Lei's side.

This time, Davis managed to get into the paint.

Then...he saw Cato who was waiting.

Snapped!
Cato slapped Davis' shot away.

Li Lei and Pierce fought fiercely and fell directly to the floor.

In the end, Li Lei got the ball and passed it to Wade lying on the floor.

Wade went all the way to the frontcourt to dunk and score.

boom!
7: 0.

"Roar!"

The American Airlines Center was blown up.

Today's Heat team momentum is like a rainbow.

Director Zhang Weiping shouted excitedly: "This is the real Heat team!"

Su Qun was also very happy: "As long as the Heat play normally, the Celtics have no chance. Where are the strengths of the two teams?"

Zhang Weiping said with a relaxed face: "Although Shi Shi hasn't scored yet, he fought really hard! Just now he was lying on the floor, and the first goal was also due to his delay. His role is far beyond what the statistics can reflect."

Su Qun: "Yeah."

The Celtics called a timeout.

Back from the timeout, Pierce hit a mid-range shot to stop the bleeding for the team.

7: 2.

But soon, Li Lei ambushed the bottom corner, received Wade to break through and score the ball, and hit a cold arrow steadily.

Swish!
10: 2.

Today's Heat team is all online.

The Celtics attack again.

Relying on McCarty's cover, Atkins went inside and was immediately blocked by Li Lei.

Wade catches up from behind.

Li and De attacked back and forth, frantically pressing.

Little Atkins has become a sandwich biscuit, because he is only 180cm tall, and he can't even see where his teammates are.

Taking advantage of Atkins' confusion, Li Lei cut the ball away.

Wade grabbed the ball, went straight to the fast break, and scored another one-stop dunk.

12: 2.

The Heat already lead by double digits.

The American Airlines Center arena is completely boiling.

The voices of the fans could not be stopped.

"Wei Weiwei... Wade!"

The DJ on the scene yelled Wade's name frantically, and the sound from the microphone was broken.

Celtics attack.

Davis and Atkins were unfavorable in consecutive attacks, and Pierce mainly wanted the ball.

As the boss of the team, he should stand up when the team is in difficulty.

Pierce obviously has this mental preparation.

But as soon as he caught the ball and leaned against Li Lei, Old Jones was already approaching here.

The Heat changed their defensive strategy against Pierce.

Li Lei's defense is worthy of recognition, but it is still unrealistic for him to defend a super scorer.

In this game, the Heat's strategy for Pierce is double-teaming.

Pierce can only quickly split the ball out.

Davis catches the ball, and Wade has made up defense.

Davis continued to pass to Atkins, and Jones made up again.

The Heat's outside trio successfully defended the round by switching defenses non-stop.

The Celtics' offense still couldn't open.

Another 24 seconds.

Davis forced a shot at the last moment.

Bang!

Cato blocked Blount and firmly protected the backboard.

Another fast break for the Heat.

Li Lei received the pass from Wade and dunked the ball.

14: 2.

The future twin stars of the Heat team shined infinitely in the second game of the playoffs.

Two rookies.

A 19-year-old who has experienced countless failures in his youth and has a tough heart.

A 21-and-a-half-year-old, who has been to college for three years, has a very mature style of play and a very mature person.

Drip!

Celtics head coach John Carroll called a second timeout.

In less than half a quarter, the Celtics were stopped twice.

Zhang Weiping and Su Qun couldn't help but tease in the commentary booth: "Pierce said before the game that he was confident of taking the second victory from Miami. Looking back now, it's a joke."

"It is conservatively estimated that if the Celtics players' mentality is not broken, it is a victory."

"Don't guess whether to win or lose, let's guess how many points the Heat can score in the end."

The two commentators, one old and one young, had red faces.

Domestic fans are also very happy to hear it.

After the first game, domestic fans were very worried about the Heat and Li Lei.

But now...worry...worry about the Heat winning too much and clocking out after three quarters.

In that way, we won't be able to see more of Li Lei's performance.

But Da Zhi can play, it seems not bad.

Hmm, in this case, let's clock in and get off work in three quarters.

The domestic fans are crooked.

Coach John Carroll arranged some adjustments, but it was meaningless in the face of absolute strength.

At the end of the first quarter, 32:17, the Heat won by 15 points.

At halftime, the point difference reached 22 points.

After returning from halftime, Pierce showed his super scorer ability and led the team to play a wave of 9:2 attacks, narrowing the point difference to 15 points.

But soon, Li Lei shot a cold arrow, and the three-pointer at the top of the arc pierced through the heart.

Wade also entered the Celtics penalty area, dunked successfully, and also caused a foul by center Blount, 2+1.

The point difference returned to 21 points.

At the end of the three quarters, 89:63, the Heat led by 26 points.

The Celtics are basically hopeless.

But Coach Carroll wasn't about to surrender.

The fourth quarter begins.

The big shooter McCarty and the small shooter Atkins hit consecutive three-pointers.

The Celtics seem to rekindle their fighting spirit and chase points again.

But soon.

Atkins broke through and was encircled, and Old Jones directly intercepted.

Davis broke through to the inside with difficulty, and shot after flashing in the Heat's penalty area.

Li Lei descended from the sky, stretched out his hand, and directly confiscated Davis' shot!

Grab the hat!

This cap-catching also completely ignited the fighting spirit of the Heat.

After that, the Celtics were defended to 24 seconds for two consecutive rounds.

The point difference also expanded to 30 points.

The Celtics have no more fighting spirit.

Coach Carroll replaced a group of main players and announced that he would give up the game.

Coach Da Fan followed suit, replacing the substitute to waste the last time.

In the end 113:86, the Heat slaughtered the Celtics with a huge difference of 27 points.

In the end, Pierce was beaten so badly that he wrapped his head in a towel, sat on the bench with his head down, and stared blankly at the scoreboard.

本场比赛，皮尔斯19分7篮板5助攻1盖帽，戴维斯16分4篮板3助攻，阿特金斯15分2篮板4助攻3抢断。

They are also the only three of the Celtics to score in double figures.

Heat here:
Wade had 24 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 blocks.

Odom had 18 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal.

李磊16分3篮板2助攻2抢断3盖帽。

Jones had 12 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal.

Butler had 15 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

The rest of Cato, Alston, Haslem, and Grant also all performed.

Wang Zhizhi played 8 minutes in the fourth quarter and also scored 5 points and 1 rebound, which was a good performance.

The two teams tied at 1:1.

(End of this chapter)