: The 343rd Battle of Los Angeles (3)

After the start of the third quarter, the Celtics did not launch a big counterattack as people expected. On the contrary, they did not rush, appeared calm and unhurried, playing conventional tactics very patiently.
Trapped by three fouls in the first half, Kevin Garnett appeared to be relatively constrained on both offensive and defensive ends, and he paid attention to controlling his foul count. In the first five minutes of the third quarter, the two sides played calmly. The Celtics' shooting percentage was picking up, but the Lakers were scoring as well. The confrontation between the two sides is slowly escalating. The Celtics are like a heavy train that has just started, accelerating rather slowly.
When Kobe Bryant hit a three-pointer on Lagabere, the Celtics called a timeout. The difference between the two sides was 9 points. Kobe's three-pointer just narrowed it to 6 points. The poor Lakers instantly returned to the safe zone. The originally worried Lakers fans also slowly relaxed. It is not that scary to come to the Celtics. As long as the Lakers open the offense, the OK team will work together, and the Celtics have nothing to fear.
But Phil Jackson did not think so. He found that the Celtics had two changes from the third quarter. Firstly, they increased the double-teaming and interference in defense, and secondly, they continued to control the ball in the offense. Assign, transfer, and end the offense outside the three-point line. In addition, the referee's judgment is in favor of the Lakers. The Lakers, who lack a strong system and physical strength on the defensive end, rely on some relatively large defensive moves to hinder the Celtics' offense, and Javie seems to be tacitly agreeing.
Of course, Arenas and Pierce's two three-pointers made Jackson's heart tight, but the Lakers still did a good job in the offense. Coupled with Kobe's magical touch, the Lakers survived the beginning stage abruptly.
After the timeout ended, Leon made an important substitution. He replaced Kevin Garnett with Chris Anderson and Lagabeel with Michael Reid. Jackson knew that the Celtics wanted Their bayonets were revealed.
Leon arranged two sets of plans during the intermission. The first set was to apply high pressure at the beginning of the third quarter, using Arenas and Pierce's three-pointers to quickly chase points, but two or three at the beginning of the third quarter. Leon gave up this idea after a round. Obviously, the Lakers are very vigilant, and the guy Javey whistles that the scale of the penalty makes the game not tight. Some of the Lakers' relatively large defensive moves make the Celtics unable to bring the offensive rhythm.
Therefore, Leon decisively asked the players to slow down on the sidelines, calm their minds, play bit by bit according to the normal tactics, wait for the opportunity, and wait for the arrival of the rotation period.
The second set of plans is exactly what Leon is preparing to implement, and it is also a trick that has been tried and tested in the face of the Lakers-getting on the bench and stirring the muddy water.
Chris Anderson is simply a nightmare like Staples. The descendant of Dennis Rodman did not learn Rodman's invincible rebounding, but he learned how to make trouble everywhere in the Taibao. , And all of them are used to deal with the Los Angeles Lakers.
Back then, the Celtics defeated the Lakers in Staples, mainly relying on Chris Anderson’s god-level performance. This year, he used a clothesline to "reproduce the classic" at Staples to help the Celtics. Reverse the momentum and win the game.
In the words of the Los Angeles Times after the game, "Chris Anderson challenged the entire history of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Lakers." So, when Anderson took off his sportswear and sorted out his shorts and came to the court, there was a shrill boo. sound. But Anderson doesn’t seem to care. At a young age, he has learned to face all off-court factors calmly, because Dennis Rodman once told him,
If you are scared by those boos, then these boos It will only get worse. Only by letting them shut up."
"Will there be a problem with Chris? Javie is not easy to deal with." Cowens expressed a trace of worry and worry to Anderson, because he knew that Anderson had to deal with not only the Lakers players but also the players. referee.
"No problem, I know what the guy Javie thinks. If he raises the scale and speeds up his whistleblowing, then we will raise the rhythm. If he doesn't dare to do this, let Anderson mess up for a while and see what happens next." Ang told Cowens not to worry.
But by saying that, Leon is still a little worried, especially at this stage when Kevin Garnett is replaced, will the team's overall defense have loopholes, and what will happen if an important point is missing on the offensive end. The impact is unknown.
But Leon believes in Celtics players, believes in Chris Anderson, and even more believes that the Lakers are in such a good state that it will not last long.
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As soon as Anderson came on the court, Kobe Bryant stepped forward and patted Anderson on the ass, indicating that he was eyeing him. Anderson squinted at Kobe, looking indifferent. The two began to grudge from the foul on the clothesline, but Kobe is a broad-minded guy. Although he will be able to report on the basketball court, he is very open-minded off the court. After the game, he asked Anderson to come near Staples. Had a drink in the small bar.
The Celtics started offense, Arenas held the ball, the Celtics ran a three-position tactic of offensive zone offense, giving Pierce a chance to play one-on-one in the low post, but Pierce was shaking off the defenders. Later, a dash to the inside, and then the Lakers double-teamed and then broke the ball to the outside, Arenas received the ball and shot a three-pointer, the ball hit the front of the basket, the force was light.
"Damn..." Arenas scolded, but Chris Anderson had already grabbed this long rebound, and then took the opportunity to distribute the ball to Arenas.
This time Arenas didn't waste an opportunity. After he took the ball, he dribbled the ball sideways, and shot another three-pointer against Kobe's defense. After the goal, Arenas made a pistol pose towards Kobe, then swaggered back to defend.
The pressure on the Lakers is coming.
This time, they continued to pin their hopes on Kobe. Kobe started to receive the ball after passing the center line, and then suddenly accelerated to get rid of Arenas. The Celtics' center hole opened wide, and Anderson immediately followed up with Kobe. Kobe made a shift and cut in with his left hand. Seeing that he was going inside to make a layup, but was knocked down by PJ-Brown, who was on defense to keep up, Javie hesitated and did not sound the whistle. Because such a ball has just appeared on Lakers O'Neal at least twice, so far he still needs to control the scale.
At this time, Leon stood up from the sidelines. He had a foreboding that this would be an offensive and defensive turning point, and Javie's hesitation would change the situation of both sides.
Kobe, who was knocked down, had not had time to get up completely. Arenas had already dribbled the ball and ran through the half-court. Anderson followed closely. This was the Celtics' second quick offensive run. Arenas rushed into the battle. At the back of the power forward, when Arenas got inside, a pass back to Anderson's hand.
If you change to Garnett, you can shoot or pass the ball, and you will definitely handle it well, but it's Anderson.
"Quick pass! What do you want!" Leon roared from the sidelines, frightened Anderson's hand, and passed the ball to Pierce who was following 45 degrees from the wing, and the ball almost missed out of bounds. However, Pierce made a slight adjustment and made a decisive shot outside the three-point line before the opponent's defense caught up.
Another three-pointer!
In the third quarter, Pierce and Arenas each hit two three-pointers, a total of four three-pointers, the point difference has been reduced to three points. After the goal, Leon rarely knelt on one knee and clenched his right fist, looking quite excited. Because he knew that the Celtics were suffocated for most of the time, and from this moment they are about to turn over.
However, they are still in a backward position, and the next defense becomes very important.
This time, Fisher, who had the ball, chose the safest way to hand the ball to O'Neal, but Chris Anderson had already seen through everything. The moment O'Neal received the ball, his people had already jumped on it and grabbed it with both hands. With the ball in O'Neal's hands, the two fell to the ground and made a ball.
Scrimmage.
Anderson used his hard work to win a chance for a face-off. After the two got up, O'Neal sprayed trash talk at Anderson, and Anderson didn't look at O'Neal at all, but raised his arms and thumbs up to show off to the audience. Fan~EbookFREE.me~ You'd better pay attention, be careful I smash your head. "Standing on the free throw circle, O'Neal mumbled. He has had opinions on Anderson for a long time, knowing that he likes to make trouble in Staples and wants to teach him a lesson.
But Anderson is a very cunning guy. He didn't make a good talk with O'Neal. Instead, he was ready for a scrimmage. As soon as the referee throws the ball, he immediately touched the ball with Superman's speed and gave it to Ali. Nas.
Arenas usually kills the half-time, and when his teammates and opponents are not in position, he just shoots outside the three-point line!
Like a knife, this long-range emergency three-pointer penetrated into the center of the Lakers' basket, their heartland-a three-pointer, a tie!
Staples was silent, and the Celtics used consecutive three-pointers to smooth the gap.
After the goal, Leon shouted at Arenas from the sidelines: "I thought I wouldn't make it, so lucky you are!"
Arenas returned to the defense and shouted: "So-you-are-overpaid! (So you are overrated! (To be continued.)