redvbooks Chapter 746 The Pacers whose lives are on the line 【Subscription】
Chapter 746 The Pacers whose lives are on the line 【Subscription】
The first 30-point victory reassured Boston fans who were worried about whether the Celtics would encounter any resistance. Sweeping Battle!
The Celtics did not let their reassurance turn into empty words. In the next second home game, the Celtics once again defeated the Pacers by 20 points and went to Indiana with a 2-0 advantage.
The third game in Indiana, which is the real life and death battle for the Pacers, if they lose this game, they will completely lose all hope of a comeback. After all, when the opponent is the Celtics, Don't say 3:0 behind, even if it is 0:3 ahead, it will be overturned by the Celtics at any time!
They haven't lost a single series in 5 years!
In this battle of life and death, the Pacers finally showed their super toughness and combat effectiveness. In the first quarter of the game, Reggie Miller broke out again, hitting 4 3 points in a single quarter, and O'Neal Jr. Yuzhu blew up Rasheed on the inside and scored 10 points in a single quarter. Under the leadership of these two, the Pacers had a 10-point advantage in the first quarter.
It's a pity that this small advantage disappeared immediately when the bench came on the court. Ginobili took Arenas, Joe Johnson, Randolph and other rookies to smash the Pacers' bench to seven. Zero and eight.
In desperation, Carlisle could only switch back to his starting lineup in advance and let them play against the Celtics' backup corps.
Miller and O'Neal did indeed maintain their hot state in the first quarter, and quickly reversed the situation again. But Carlisle's face did not relax at all, instead it became more gloomy and ugly.
Because he knows that the Celtics in front of them may not have started to exert their strength! They almost relied on the bench to play back and forth with their starting lineup, and in the third or fourth quarters , once the stamina in their hands declines and the hit rate decreases, then the Jiujiang waiting for them will be a gust of wind sweeping the leaves ~ general attack and counterattack!
If you want to win, the only way is to open the score as much as possible in the first half and increase the fault tolerance rate for the second half as much as possible!
There was actually no problem with Carlisle's idea, and it was the only way they could think of at the moment, but what Carlisle didn't expect was that the Celtics' counterattack came so quickly!
With just five minutes left in the second quarter, with Tony Parker replaced by Gary Payton, the Celtics once again had their starting lineup, and the first possession of the starting lineup began , the Celtics started their intense full-court pressing defense!
Super strong physical confrontation, no brief physical contact, coupled with tireless play mode that does not consider physical distribution in the second half, the Celtics suddenly increased in intensity, and the Pacers were stunned. !
When they reacted and wanted to show the strength to match it, they found that the situation on the field had undergone earth-shaking changes.
The Celtics have turned the score to 55:47, 8 points ahead of the Pacers!
・・・・For flowers・・・
Although the Pacers quickly stabilized the situation in the next time, and even hit several magic balls again, the score gap at the end of the first half was further narrowed, and their trailing margin was reduced to only 4 left. points, but Carlisle had a sense of powerlessness.
He was full of bad premonitions!
Sure enough, as soon as the third quarter came up, the Celtics starters seemed to be tireless and turned on a crazy defensive mode again. They were not afraid of physical exhaustion, more fouls, or trash talk from the Pacers players. And all kinds of verbal attacks, they just use all their strength to give the Pacers strength!
In this case, although the Pacers could resist with their toughness and the stamina recovered at halftime in the first few minutes, when the third quarter was more than halfway through, the Celtics suddenly started The Pacers still couldn't stand it when it came to a massive rotation!
The players on the bench seem to be wolves who have escaped their cages. They are running back and forth on the court as if they have not eaten for three days. Although they are not as strong as the starting lineup, their defensive strength is not strong enough, and their experience is not enough, but they are young!
No one is over the age of 23. Everyone is the age at which they can run and jump the most, and use unlimited energy. But Carlisle can't change his starting lineup at all, and he doesn't even dare to make small adjustments!
He is afraid of repeating the mistakes of the first half! Big.