Chapter 256: Take the lead

In fact, looking at the entire playoff career, George's average of 20.1 points, 7.3 rebounds and 4 assists is far less than Curry's 26.5 points, 5.4 rebounds and 6.3 assists. The average 43% shooting rate is not as good as Curry's 45%.
But be aware that George's several playoff games were basically experienced with James and he faced the strongest player in the league, and both sides of the offense and defense are under tremendous pressure.
In contrast, although Curry has better stats, most of the players he faces are not the top players in the league.
The most typical example is that in the 15-year Cavaliers vs. Warriors finals, Cavaliers bench player Delavidova defended Curry in place, making the regular season mvp in the finals.
In terms of pure strength, George is naturally inferior to Curry, but in the crucial moment of the tough battle, the more tenacious and tenacious George can bring different changes to the team.
In the third game between the two sides, at the Celtics' home, Boston's North Shore Garden Arena opened.
In this league's famous devil's home, George has no fright.
The Wizards' main offense changed from Curry to George, who frequently broke through the rim under Garnett's defense.
Although Garnett is still selected for the best defensive lineup this season, but with age, the defensive ability of the old wolf king has dropped significantly.
Garnett, who was young at his peak, claimed to be able to defend from the first position to the fifth position. Although such rumors are somewhat exaggerated, they also reflect Garnett's defensive ability.
When speed, bounce, and explosive power are at their peak, Garnett's speed is not inferior to the guard. The speed of assisting and defending the chase cap is amazing, but it is after all a young peak.
The 36-year-old Garnett has long lost the speed and explosiveness that he relied on for survival. Although relying on experience, height and wingspan, he is still the defensive gate of the Green Army's inside, but against the powerful George of the previous year, he has a single defense. It's really hard to get up.
George is accustomed to holding the ball from outside the three-point line to prepare for an attack, because he also has a certain three-point shooting ability, Garnett has to follow the defense in this case, otherwise what is waiting is a single three Minute.
Being able to follow the three-point line means that the defense area has expanded.
Even Garnett at the peak was inevitably broken by a small guard, not to mention now?
As long as George uses his teammate's cover a little, he will often turn into an off-line arrow and rush into the inside, and Garnett has no time to catch up.
George, who has participated in the slam dunk contest, is explosive. As long as he rushes into the inside, it is often a powerful dunk.
In the first quarter, George made 5 of 7 shots and scored 10 points in a single quarter. The score and efficiency were the highest for both teams.
Faced with this situation, the Celtics coach Rivers has no way,
The reason why George can impact the basket so easily is directly related to the Celtics' other outside defense players unable to assist defense. Rondo and Bradley, as the Celtics' current outside defense main force, must mark Curry and Thompson did not dare to be negligent. After all, on the lethality, Curry and Thompson are more terrifying than George.
auzw.com Rao is a tight marker throughout, and the two can’t completely restrict Curry and Thompson. Curry scored two three-pointers in the first quarter, while Thompson scored one.
Even if the Splash Brothers are defensively without any sight, they can still have an impact on the field.
Relying on George's attack, the Wizards achieved a lead in the first quarter, leading by 7 points at 28:21.
In the second quarter, George still maintained a hot feel. After the Celtics contracted the defense and began to strengthen the defense inside, he began to increase the number of mid-range shots and passes. Although he only shot 2 of 6 in this quarter, he sent Three assists, two of those three assists were Curry and Thompson's three-pointer from outside, and one assist was Leonard's dunk score.
At the end of the halftime game, George's stats became 14 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists. The Wizards continued to stabilize their lead and widened the points difference to double digits.
In the third quarter, when the substitutes played time, Ray Allen also failed to lead the Celtics bench to reverse the score. After all, Jamison and Caron Butler are not as famous and powerful as Ray Allen, but also Not vegetarian, they constantly use the offensive to help the team bite the difference and not give opponents a chance.
When the main force of both sides re-enters the game, there will be no suspense in the game.
Curry, who re-entered the scene, recovered his feelings. Under Rondo's desperate defense, he scored two consecutive three-pointers. Then he broke into the inside and caused 2+1. He scored 9 points and expanded the difference to more than 20 points in an instant.
At this point, the game had reached about 2 minutes in the fourth quarter. In the remaining 10 minutes or so, Ray Allen and Pierce failed to make three three-point attempts and also announced that the game entered garbage time.
With about 6 minutes left, Rivers replaced the Big Three, leaving only Rondo and Bradley on the court.
The Wizards' fast-paced, high-intensity confrontation is a great test of the Big Three's physical fitness. By the second half of the game, the Big Three had various levels of physical crisis, which is one of the main reasons why the Celtics failed to catch up in the last quarter.
Winning the third game on the road, the Wizards and the Celtics score came to 2: 1, it seems that the Celtics still have a chance.
However, the fans of the North Shore Garden Arena did not expect that the fourth game between the two sides would have no suspense at halftime.
Curry, who was not in the first three wars, finally ushered in this game. Various difficult three-point shots and various three-point shots took a step away from the line. 17 points in a quarter and 33 points in the half!
Curry, who has a strong combat power, directly "shot" the Celtics' outside line into a sieve.
This is Curry. When the feel is not good, Delavidovar can restrain him, but when the feel is good, even if it is a double bag, the three bag will not work!
Unless you tie the hands of the elementary school student, or put a big pot cover 100% directly on top of his head, as long as he shoots, no matter how difficult and how far away, even if it is in the middle circle, this guy is possible. Throw the ball!
Curry's quasi-shooting "shooting" completely defeated the Celtics' defensive plan, which also activated Thompson.
Curry scored 33 points in the half, and Thompson also had 14 points. With George's 11 points, only three people scored 58 points in the half, which is 10 points higher than the Celtics team.
The Wizards also relied on the super high score of three people, scoring 79 points in the half, leading the Celtics to 31 points with 48 points!
In the second half, Curry felt cold, and the excessively large point difference also made the Wizards players relax a lot, but also because the difference is too large, even if the Celtics use the remaining two quarters to catch up , And ultimately failed to catch up or overtake the score before the end of the game.