Chapter 390 Key Ball(1/3)
The Phillips Arena was built in 1999. Although this Arena has been with the team for 13 years, it is still brilliant and shining.
Especially under the cheers of fans, this stadium is even more charming.
Wu Feng bent over, leaned his hands on his knees, staring at the opponent who was about to come.
Before this game, the Hawks had played against the Celtics twice this season. Although they both won, it was quite difficult to win.
The Celtics regarded the Hawks as the Magic last year, especially when they saw Wu Feng, they fought even harder.
Kevin Garnett took the initiative to ask for the ball. Seeing this, Kenyon Dulin quickly handed the ball over to Kevin Garnett.
Facing Al Horford's defense, Kevin Garnett made a jump shot directly on his head.
Koksinridge's mid-range shot missed, Brandon Bass easily took the rebound, and a long pass was handed to Sasha Pavlovic. After Sasha Pavlovic broke through Koksinridge, he rushed into the Hawks' interior to make a layup.
Koksinridge organized the offense with the ball, Marvin Williams came up to support him, Koksinridge passed the ball to Al Horford, who was inside. Al Horford singled Kevin Garnett, and a turn-around hook shot, but unfortunately missed, Brandon Bass grabbed the defensive rebound.
However, before Bass could warm up the ball, he was intercepted by his former teammate Wu Feng. Then, Wu Feng scored a goal on Brandon Bass' head.
The Celtics attacked, Kenyon Dulin lifted the ball into the inside line on the top of the arc. Then he received the back pass from the inside line and scored a mid-range jump shot.
Wu Feng used his speed to forcibly break through Kenyan Dulin's defense and rushed into the Celtics' interior to make a layup, but unfortunately missed. However, he caused Kevin Garnett's foul.
Wu Feng made a free throw, and both free throws were made.
Kenyon Dulin slipped through the bottom line, then received a wonderful pass from his teammates, made another jump shot in the paint area, and scored 4 points in a row within one minute.
Koksinrich made a jump shot from outside the three-point line. Although he missed, Al Horford took the offensive rebound and once again handed the ball to Koksinrich. Koksinrich made a wonderful pass to the bottom line. The latter made a three-pointer.
Sasha Pavlovic used his teammates' screen and made a layup with an empty cut.
Marvin Williams dribbled the ball through the half, and did not stick too much, and quickly handed the ball to Wu Feng. At this time, only Kenyon and Dulin were beside Wu Feng. Although there were other Celtic players not far away, the situation was much better than the previous double-team.
One step back, widened the distance between the two, Wu Feng hung high, and quickly passed the ball over Kenyan Dulin's head, and Marvin Williams made a jump shot from the outside of the three-point line.
On the Celtics side, Kevin Garnett stepped forward again and made a floating goal from outside the three-point line.
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Wu Feng did not force a breakthrough. Instead, he quickly handed the ball to Koksinrich. Faced with a strong team like the Celtics, his playing style and tactics must be changed from before. Flexible and changeable passes. The active running of the outside players and the requirements for inside players to get a position, the game against the Celtics is extremely important.
Koksinridge made a feint, breaking through the Celtics' defensive player and hit a mid-range jump shot.
Kenyon Dulin made a wonderful pass by Kevin Garnett, who made another jump shot from the backward jumper.
After Wu Feng broke through, the ball was delivered to the bottom line in time by Anthony Morro. The latter's three-pointer missed. Al Horford easily took the rebound and leaned against Kevin Garnett, and advanced step by step into the three-second zone.
Al Horford bent his left elbow slightly, resisted Kevin Garnett, widened the distance between the two, and easily jumped and hit a small hook.
After breathing a relaxed breath, Al Horford wiped the sweat from his forehead. Unexpectedly, Kevin Garnett has always been soft and his strength is not small. The short distance of two or three steps has really taken a lot of effort. The last little hook felt a little wrong. Fortunately, he was lucky. The ball bounced on the basket a few times, and finally fell into the basket.
Paul Pierce pulled the outside to block Kenyon-Durin. Under Wu Feng's defense, Kenyon-Durin was not as casual as before, especially when he broke through. He was about to succeed several times, but Wu Feng appeared in front of him strangely. After many breakthroughs failed, he could only rely more on the teammates' block.
The game became more and more intense, and the audience on the sidelines became more and more nervous.
Kenyon Dulin quickly broke through the middle and entered the three-second zone, but Al Horford was already on the inside. Seeing that there was no good opportunity to take action, with Kenyon Dulin's game style, he naturally would not take action so easily. With a light swing of his wrist, the ball quickly flew into Paul Pierce's hand. At this time, Al Horford had already gone to defend Kenyon Dulin, and the other Hawks players had no time to make up for the defense. He easily stretched out his ape's arms and easily buckled the ball into the basket.
Wu Feng's long pass from the midfielder was handed over to the inside, and Al Horford easily tricked Paul Pierce away with a realistic and fake move. The ball was passed into the basket.
Kenyon Dulin's breakthrough pass, Sasha Pavlovic's right wing three-pointer.
A pass error from the Hawks, Garnett, who had a long arm and a big hand, broke the ball.
Garnett then passed the ball to Kenyan Dulin, Dulin, Paul Pierce and Sasha Pavlovic quickly got off and made a pretty quick counterattack.
With this goal, the Celtics overtook the score and brought the situation back to the court.
There was only one minute left in the third quarter, and Larry Drew shouted a timeout.
After the timeout, Wu Feng of the Hawks was replaced by Jeff Teague to rest in case of a better performance in the most intense and important fourth quarter.
Anthony Morrow replaced Marvin Williams, and Allen Iverson replaced Cocksinridge.
For the Celtics, Etowan Moore replaced Kenyon Duling and Ryan Hollins replaced Kevin Garnett.
The game continues. The Hawks' ball rights.
Aaron Iverson suddenly jumped out from the three-point line and hit a three-pointer with a "swish" sound.
This three-pointer shot was very sudden. Sasha Pavlovic didn't expect that he would dare to take action at such a distance.
In the next minute, the Celtics played very well, making two shots, and defending the Hawks' two attacks.
At the end of the third quarter, the Hawks temporarily trailed the Celtics by 3 points at 84:87.
In the third quarter, when the Celtics were important for the Celtics, the best performance was Kenyon Dulin. It was under the leadership of Kenyon Dulin that the Celtics launched such a fierce counterattack and eventually overtaken the score.
Larry Drew was still very satisfied with the players' performance on the court.
Wu Feng and others performed quite well tonight, but the Celtics became stronger and stronger. Even without Rajon Rondo, they showed the strength of traditional giants.
The Celtics players found the feel at the beginning of the third quarter, with the inside and outside lines blooming everywhere, and the offensive battle set by Larry Drew during the halftime break was also prepared to make the opponent score crazy, but the opponent was allowed to overtake the score in the third quarter, which made him still difficult for him to accept.
After encouraging the players, Larry Drew reminded the disciples to pay attention to defense. As long as the defense is done well in the last quarter, then the offense is played out. Then there is still a great hope of winning.
In the last quarter, the Celtics made adjustments to the lineup. Etowan Moore, Marquis Daniels replaced Kenyon Dulin and Paul Pierce respectively. Such adjustments did not weaken the Celtics' attack power. They also had excellent attack capabilities. Especially Daniels.
On the Hawks, Jeff Teague replaced Koksinrich. His intention was obvious, allowing Jeff Teague to share the heavy responsibility of Wu Feng's organization and focus more energy on the offense. After all, after Koksinrich got out, only Wu Feng could trust the offense from the outside.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Celtics basically used a substitute lineup.
Etowan Moore quickly brought the ball through halftime and passed it out just after halftime.
After Marquez Daniels received the ball, he drew the ball and rushed to the inside with a change of direction. Jeff Teague appeared in front of him almost at the same time. He saw that there was no chance to take action. Marquez Daniels did not force him at all. One took a step back and the other passed the ball in a long pass. The ball passed by a quarter of the court, crossed the heads of two Eagles players and handed it to Etowan Moore at the bottom line of the right wing.
The moment he started to pass the ball, Al Horford had realized the purpose of his pass, and immediately pulled him out to make up for defense. Anyway, there was Josh Smith in the interior, so he only needed to make up for defense, giving Wu Feng and the others a time to relax, and he could withdraw back to the interior.
At the moment when Al Horford came out to defend and make up for defense, Etowan Moore made a light aim at the flying ball, gently supported the basketball with his right hand, and with a slight force, the ball quickly flew back in the direction of the coming. Al Horford watched the ball fly over his head helplessly. The Celtics' playing style is flexible and changeable passing. Several players on the court have good passing skills. If there is no shooting opportunity, they will never force it. Anyway, they have to let the ball fall into the hands of unmanned defenders as soon as possible.
Paul Pierce jumped up gently and quickly took the ball off. His body bent slightly, and his back was tightly leaning against Josh Smith. He used a little force to slightly widen the distance between the two. He held the ball with his right wrist raised high. Judging from his posture, it was a complete preparation for a hook shot.
Josh Smith didn't dare to slack off. After being knocked away, he immediately pressed his body on him again. A force passed through the body that the two were in contact, and actually put pressure on Paul Pierce. You must know that the moment the player takes action, the body's defense is the most vulnerable. When he loses his position, the chance of throwing the ball in is much lower than jumping up to defend.
Paul Pierce quickly retreated behind his back with his right wrist, and the ball hit the ground and bounced to Brandon Bass at the right time. At this time, no one was defending him. He shouted, jumped high, and then a very violent dunk came.
Al Horford and Wu Feng looked at each other helplessly, and before they knew it, the Celtics had mastered the rhythm of the field.
The Hawks serve at the bottom line. Wu Feng quickly led the ball across the half. Etowan Moore, who defended Wu Feng, had a serious expression and no carelessness.
Wu Feng did not rush to break through, stood outside the three-point line, and controlled the ball in his hand rhythmically.
After he gave his teammate Al Horford a look, the latter came up and made a pick-and-roll for him.
Wu Feng easily broke through Etowen Moore with a change of direction.
Wu Feng was not panicked at all when Paul Pierce's defense was repaired. He had already made preparations, supported the ground with his right foot, and quickly turned around on the spot. His body was leaning in Paul Pierce's arms, pushing flat with both hands, and the ball flew straight out of the inside line. He handed it to Jeff Teague, who was unguarded on the right wing. The latter took the ball and jumped, took the knife and fell, and the ball entered the net.
Paul Pierce missed the jump shot from the left wing. Brandon Basca had a good position and took the lead and pushed the ball into the basket.
Wu Feng made a three-pointer with a top-up shot, and entered the net with hollowness.
Al Horford made a contribution to Wu Feng's three-pointer. It was he who attracted the Celtics defensive players and handed the ball to Wu Feng, who was unguarded.
Brandon Bass missed a strong attack at the basket, Al Horford's right elbow gently pressed against Ryan Hollins' waist, and the ball gently landed in his hand, a long pass. Wu Feng, who had already ambushed in the midfield, made a layup all the way.
Etowan Moore used his teammates' cover to get rid of Wu Feng's defense and directly attacked the Hawks' basket and made a layup.
Al Horford received a wonderful pass from Wu Feng, scored a dunk, and caused Ryan Hollins to foul, successfully hitting 2+1.
There was warm applause from Phillips Arena. The Hawks have been passive during this period, so the hearts of home fans are also hanging. Now they are naturally very happy to see the home team gradually pull the situation back.
Kenyon Dulin rested for less than four minutes off the court, and the Hawks successfully launched a counterattack and had already surpassed the score.
This made Doug Rivers a little unable to sit still and ran to the sidelines several times to command. Etowen Moore's current performance in Wu Feng has caused a big setback in the team's offense.
Etowan Moore's pass mistake, Al Horford easily intercepted the ball, and a long pass across half the court assisted Jeff Teague to make a layup.
Doug Rivers quickly sent Kenyon Dulin to the court again, and Kevin Garnett replaced Ryan Hollins.
As soon as Kevin Garnett came up, he hit a goal to help the Celtics stabilize their morale.
But Wu Feng immediately fought back.
When Wu Feng broke through Kenyan and Dulin, his keen reaction made him react immediately, but his hands and feet were always one step later.
Wu Feng made a quick stop jump shot, and Paul Pierce, who made up for defense, was always one step slower, but this cannot be blamed. He never expected Kenyon Dulin to be broken through so easily, but as he got older, defense was no longer Kenyon Dulin's strength. Larry Drew finally sat back on his seat, and his butt had never touched the seat just now. When the ball fell into the basket, he saw the fighting spirit rekindled on the Hawks players.
Larry Drew is still quite satisfied with the current situation on the court. Although other players have not scored yet, they have gradually recovered as usual in defense. The Celtics' offense has been smooth so far, but it is far less relaxed and comfortable than in the first half of the fourth quarter.
Paul Pierce pulled the gap to the outside line, and Kenyon Dulin slipped to the bottom line, adjusted the rhythm and took action.
"Bang", Kenyon Dulin made a jump shot.
Al Horford easily picked the rebound and threw the ball to Wu Feng, and immediately ran to the frontcourt. At this point, Al Horford felt very aggrieved. He looked at the small players of the Celtics, laying under his nose, but he was blocked by Kevin Garnett, and the Hawks' penalty area was raging at will.
Wu Feng was very fast, and the Celtics players couldn't keep up with him. Even Kenyon and Dulin were left a few steps away by him. The only thing that threatened him was Paul Pierce, who was originally in the midfield, had quickly returned to defense when Kenyon and Dulin took action.
Although Paul Pierce is already in his thirties, he still maintains a good competitive state. His performance has remained stable in the past two or three seasons.
However, it is indeed a bit difficult for him to help Wu Feng to assist in defense.
Wu Feng broke through at a very fast speed. He quickly got rid of Paul Pierce's defense and scored 2 points with a very exciting dunk. The Celtics seemed to feel cold in the next two or three minutes, and several consecutive attacks ended in iron. Even Kenyon and Dulin's overhead basket bounced out of the basket.
However, the Hawks players never found a good feel during this period. However, they still played a 9:4 orgasm.
To be continued...