Chapter 227: Reason for victory

Half an hour before Andy Miller received the text message, at the Continental Airlines Arena, the atmosphere in the arena was suffocating. Even Fox Leon himself felt like it was rain in the pond before it rained. I'm so bored I want to show my face and let me breathe.
The playoffs are a game of constant gambling and countermeasures. Although the seven-game series reduces the impact of various unexpected factors and reduces the chance of upset, the battle between teams of similar strength will be more exciting. The adjustment, the game, the fighting spirit and willpower displayed in the hard fight are all highlights of the series. And compared to the regular season testing the team’s training level and tactical proficiency, the playoffs pay more attention to the adjustment ability of the players and the coach’s coaching ideas. Each game, especially the first few games, will be brand new. Duel.
Once the fourth game enters the fifth game, the changes between the two sides are basically used up, like in the second half of a long-distance race, the competition will be the player's willpower and the coach's determination, as well as the inventory in the stomach. This is how the Nets and Celtics compete. The cards on both sides are basically finished, and at least the cards on the cards are almost the same. Especially for the Celtics, in the fourth game, Leon almost used his various tricks, but in the end he fell short and died of Kidd's free throws and the Nets' defense.
Although Leon believed that the final sentence was unfair after the game, and was subsequently fined $20,000 by the league, the result could not be changed after all, and they had to come to the Continental Airlines Arena for Tianwang Mountain.
The Celtics played very well in the first half, Arenas and Walker felt very smooth, he led by three points into the third quarter. After the beginning of the third quarter, Paul Pierce used his strength and scored consecutively, extending the difference between the two sides to six points. The Celtics were almost about to reproduce their winning pattern in the first game, leading slightly in the first half, Pierce used force in the second half, and the team held the advantage in the last quarter until the end of the game.
But everything changed after Pierce’s injury in the third quarter. At that time, the Celtics implemented a flash cut tactic. Pierce was deep on the left to reach the attack point. Arenas passed the ball in time. After receiving the ball, Pierce turned around and completely threw off Jefferson who was defending him, and then faced Kenyon Martin under the basket, and the two collided in the air.
When Pierce fell, his right leg hit the ground first, and as a result, an anti-joint fell to the ground in pain. At that time Leon felt that his heart was being picked up. He didn't care if the game would win or not. Instead, he thought that Pierce would never suffer a fatal injury. The future Celtics need him, Leon’s He is needed in the blueprint, and Leon does not want this man who has been injured a lot to be injured again.
He was back on the court for the first time and saved Pierce's head to ask about his situation. Pierce just shook his head in pain, his face twisted like an arrow in his knee. The team doctor then checked the situation on the spot and limped back to the locker room with his arm. Seeing Pierce's fading back, for a moment, Leon felt that he was going to give up.
Sure enough, without Pierce, the Celtics' offensive momentum came to an abrupt end. On the contrary, the Nets set off a counterattack climax. Kittles' two three-pointers and Jefferson's strong hit the basket, allowing the Nets Overtake the score within two minutes, from six points behind to two points ahead.
Leon immediately called a timeout. Pierce's injury dealt a lot of blows. Everyone was obviously beautiful and relieved. If this breath is vented, this game, or even this series, will be over for the Celtics. Up.
Leon’s mind turned like a Mustang fighter with full power. He kept passing various tactical models and player characteristics in his mind over and over again. He looked for the Nets’ weaknesses and the ball at this time. The energy that the team still has. Wang Zhizhi? No, it is difficult for him to adapt to the intensity of the playoffs now, and the Nets are also defensively against him; Eric Williams? The safest choice, he is also Pierce’s first substitute, but he is weak offensively, and getting on him means desperately defensively with the Nets, but his performance on the court just now makes people anxious. What the Celtics lack is offense. . Chris Anderson? Let Walker play a small forward, no, this lineup has too little practice in training. Or Steve Kerr? Cole really had nothing to do with Kidd or Kittles, he was a little old.
As Leon thought, he just thought about tactics for the players. Everyone was confused, and a kind of anxiety began to spread in the Celtics.
This is, Leon's mind flashed a name, a name he weighed on the 12-man roster for a long time before the start of the playoffs-JR Bremer.
"JR! Get ready to play, replace Williams." Leon yelled and everyone was shocked. JR Bremer, who had been sitting on the bench with a dull look, was also shocked. He didn't expect Leon at all. Will let him play. But he also remembered that before the start of the playoffs, Leon had specifically approached him and said that he would be kept in the 12-man lineup of the playoffs, and told him that he was kept not for the number of players, but for one day to be able to play. effect.
Thinking of this, JR Bremer immediately stood up from the bench, took off his jersey, and was ready to play.
Bremer was born in Cleveland, Ohio, graduated from St. Bonaventure University, and participated in the 2002 draft. As a result, no team selected him. Finally, he had to go to various teams for trial training and played in the NBDL for a while. Later, because the Celtics lacked a point guard, he was summoned into the lineup. In a competition with another point guard Alexander, Bremer had a better three-pointer and had the last laugh and entered the Celtics. The big list of playoffs.
In more than 40 games in the regular season, Bremer's three-point shooting percentage reached 39%. Although the number of shots is poor, in daily training, Leon can feel that this is a shot. Talented guy. However, his height is bad, only 6-foot-2. When he replaces Williams, it means that the Celtics have no small forwards and the team's perimeter defense will drop by a notch.
Byron Scott saw Leon's adventurous approach, and his heart sneered again. In the third game, Leon tried to use substitute players to improve the situation. The result was a miserable death and the offensive disadvantage was pulled apart. In Scott's view, in the playoffs, this kind of coach who hopes to break out of a small role player is a childish ghost who has not fully grown.
But then the situation changed unexpectedly by Scott. Bremer came under tremendous pressure, but he lived up to expectations and made a contribution as soon as he played. Arenas made a breakthrough to attract the defense and scored the ball to Bremer, who was 45th. Bremer did not think or hesitate in the third. Directly meet the defense and shoot outside the line.
For such a player, being able to throw the ball in is the greatest contribution to the team, and everything else is empty talk. Bremer scored this three-pointer and helped the Celtics reverse the score and lead by one point.
This was also the entire series. Bremer made the only goal in the playoffs. After that, he never got a chance to get out on the court, but this time he grasped it and threw the ball in. A three-pointer in the third quarter is not a lore, not the last ten seconds, but this three-pointer is too critical for the Celtics. This ball is like a tranquilizer shot, which stabilizes the team's anxiety. In the following whole third quarter, the Celtics actually held the advantage of this point, leaving all suspense until the fourth quarter.
And the person who really changed the situation ~EbookFREE.me~ is Paul Pierce. He came back in the fourth quarter and returned to the court, as if nothing happened, as if his right leg was only bitten by a mosquito.
Leon looked at him and did not speak, did not ask him if his leg hurts or if there was any problem, he only asked Pierce, "Are you ready to fight?"
Pierce nodded and said, "Yes, always on standby."
In the fourth quarter, Pierce came back on the court. The already exhausted Celtics were given a shot booster. Pierce only scored 4 points in the fourth quarter after returning to the court, hitting a mid-range shot and two free throws, but others People stood up. Arenas became a blaster once again. There is no organization in his mind, no passing, just holding the ball to the Nets to score!
15 seconds before the end, the two sides tied 87:87. Pierce got an open shot from outside the left three-point line. Three players from the Nets jumped in. Pierce found the opportunity to pass the ball inside. Arenas cut like a knife. In the heart of the Nets, he stabbed the knife into the heart of the Nets with a layup! When Kidd missed an ultra-long three-pointer, the Boston Celtics, in an incredible way, won the game and won the match point of the series. (To be continued.)