Basketball striker

Chapter 106: Nasty Long Hands

The Celtics were very ambitious, but the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals did not go well. As the first round, both teams were very well prepared and deployed strict defenses against the other party's offense, so this game was very dull.

It is not as impressive as the first game between the Celtics and the Cavaliers in the last round. First text}

Neither team scored more than 20 points. With the last-minute performance of Hamilton and Billups, the Pistons won this game.

At 77:75, the Celtics lost their first home game. This was beyond the expectations of many Celtics fans and also beyond the expectations of all Celtics players.

In the training session on the second day, the training intensity arranged by Rivers was not very intense. After all, they had entered the playoffs. After a season of competition and fierce competition in the playoffs, the players' physical condition was as high as Rivers'

It must be noted that arranging high-intensity training at this time is very likely to cause injuries to the players during the training, or make the players lack of physical fitness during the game.

But after the training, all the Celtic players stayed for extra practice. Some practiced shooting, some practiced free throws, and some practiced strength. Everyone hoped that they could be in better shape for the next game.

Rivers had to repeatedly remind players to pay attention to rest.

The defeat in the first game put some pressure on the Celtics players, which is why they stayed for extra training after the training, and Yang Shuai was certainly one of them.

Yang Shuai practiced shooting more. His performance in the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals was very average. He only scored 7 points and 4 rebounds, and his shooting percentage was less than 40%. This was completely different from his efficient performance in the previous round. Among them

Of course, a very important part of the reason is that the Pistons' defense is good, but Yang Shuai's own poor touch is also an important reason.

Not playing against James anymore, Yang Shuai felt that he seemed to be a little lax, which aroused Yang Shuai's vigilance. He is a guy who likes to compete with others. To put it nicely, he is paranoid, and to put it worse, he likes to get into trouble. This kind of character

It affected his performance on and off the court. Whenever he stepped on the court, Yang Shuai always asked himself to go all out. However, he still relaxed briefly after transitioning from the Cavaliers to the Pistons.

However, after the first game, handsome boy Yang felt that he had recovered both mentally and physically. For example, he was very satisfied with the results of today's extra training.

When the three-pointers and mid-range shots reached the advanced level, Yang Shuai's shooting level was better than most outside players in the league, but there was a gap between him and those shooters, so handsome young man Yang began to have confidence in his shooting ability. Of course.

, all this refers to shooting after receiving a pass from a teammate, and the shooting ability of the handsome guy Yang is still average.

One day later, the second game of the Eastern Conference Finals came as scheduled, and the venue was still the Garden Arena, the home of the Boston Celtics. Of course, what Celtics fans wanted to see was the opposite result from the previous game.

"Welcome to the 2007-08 NBA postseason Eastern Conference finals game between the Boston Celtics and the Detroit Pistons. I'm Mike Breen."

After Mike Breen, Mark Jackson, and Jeff Van Gundy introduced themselves, they began to introduce the starters of the two teams. The starters of both teams are very stable. The Celtics are still Kendrick-

A combination of Perkins, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Rajon Rondo.

For the Pistons, center Antonio McDyess, power forward Rasheed Wallace, small forward Tayshaun Prince, shooting guard Richard Hamilton, and point guard Chauncey Billups

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The starting lineups of the two teams remained unchanged from the previous game, and the result of the jump ball did not change either. Perkins put the ball in Rondo's hands.

"Attack! Attack!" The game has just started, but the Celtics fans seem to be impatient. The loss in the last game not only stimulated the Celtics players, but also the home fans.

"Kevin...Garnett!" 20 seconds later, the Garden Arena DJ loudly shouted Garnett's name. With the cheers of the home fans, Garnett scored a beautiful goal in the opening game.

Taking the ball from the baseline, Garnett blocked Rasheed Wallace and tried to pass the ball. Then he suddenly turned around and broke through along the baseline. He got rid of Rasheed Wallace for half a step and then dunked with both hands.

"There is no doubt that this is a dialogue between strong teams. Rasheed came, turned around, and shot his best straight-arm shot! Oh, did Kevin block the shot? Didn't touch the ball, the ball didn't go in, rebound, Paul

- Pierce won, and Rasheed's shot was interfered by Kevin."

As Mike Breen said, this is a dialogue between strong teams. Compared with the Celtics' first two opponents, the Pistons are undoubtedly more integrated. The Pistons are representatives of the combination of stars and team basketball. Their

The main players have good personal strength and have fully integrated this personal strength into the team, so they are more difficult to deal with than the Hawks and Cavaliers.

From the first second to 6 minutes into the game, the situation on the field has been stalemate. The defensive skills of the two teams have been very good. No team can play consecutive offenses because the score keeps rising alternately.

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The Celtics' offense was handed over to Pierce. Pierce's shot after a breakthrough was interfered by Prince, and the ball bounced out of the basket. However, Pierce squeezed Prince away and got the rebound himself. He forced a jump from the basket and caused the opponent's penalty.

foul.

After Pierce made the first free throw, the score reached 10:11 and the Celtics led by 1 point. At this time, the scoreboard showed a substitution. The Celtics replaced Perkins with Yang Shuai.

Pierce also hit the second free throw. At 10:12, the Celtics led by 2 points. Yang Shuai found Prince at this time, while Pierce switched to defend McDyess.

Billups controlled the ball outside the three-point line. Hamilton and Ray Allen, two running experts, were running non-stop. Perhaps because they were used to running, Ray Allen could not keep up with Hamilton's movement.

It was very tight. Hamilton came to the left side of the free throw line to receive a pass from Billups and wanted to shoot immediately, but the timely appearance of Ray Allen made him give up this plan.

With a false shot, Hamilton slapped the ball on the ground and leaned on Ray Allen to rush to the inside. Ray Allen was close to him. Hamilton immediately took a step back and took off to shoot.

Ray Allen also jumped up next to Hamilton. Hamilton saw that the timing of the shot was not good and began to look for his teammates in the air.

Prince took a step sideways to meet Hamilton. Hamilton, who spotted his teammate in the air, hurriedly threw the ball over.

Knowing the time, Yang Shuai quickly rushed forward and reached out to hit the flying ball. Prince reacted very quickly, squeezing sideways beside Yang Shuai, and stretched his long arms towards the flying ball.

"Fuck!" Seeing that he was able to bat the ball, but it was eventually taken by Prince, the handsome boy Yang cursed. This was not the first time he had been bullied physically in the league. This time, he

Lost to Prince's wingspan.

Although Prince's long hands make him a little strange, his long wingspan is still very useful on the court. After getting the ball, Prince will dribble towards the inside. This time, Yang

The handsome guy disagreed.

"Porphyry!" Using his body force unceremoniously, Yang Shuai squeezed Prince away half a step, and then got stuck in front of him again.

Prince, who was hit by the impact, wanted to take the ball back, but the ball was only half received but was blocked by one hand. Yang Shuai took advantage of Prince's long arm to take the ball back longer. He made a decisive move and cut it hard.

On the ball.

"Bang!" The ball fell uncontrollably. This time, handsome guy Yang, who was well prepared, caught the ball first.

"Well done!"

"Rajan, catch the ball!" After handsome guy Yang got the ball, he still didn't take the ball to attack. Instead, he threw the ball into Rondo's hands. After getting the ball, Rondo wanted to advance quickly, but Billups was not ordinary.

The point guard made two physical contact with Rondo without any trace. Billups slowed down Rondo, and the other Pistons players had already returned to defense.

"Man, if you put your hands on your feet, maybe you can catch up with me." After leaving these words, Yang Shuai started running quickly, crossing the bottom line and running in a zigzag line. Yang Shuai found helplessly that he

He didn't throw away the shadow around him.

When Rondo saw that Yang Shuai could not get rid of Prince, he also passed the ball to Garnett. Yang Shuai stayed outside the three-point line in the corner.

Garnett was holding the ball in singles, but his eyes also observed the position of his teammates. When he noticed a flash of a figure in the corner of his eye, Garnett passed the ball behind him without hesitation. This is something the Celtics are all too familiar with.

Tactics: Garnett plays singles with the ball in the mid-range, and the outside player slides the baseline and cuts into the basket.

It was Yang Shuai who cut inside. After standing in the bottom corner, he did not give up his plan to attack. Thinking that Prince's attention might be distracted by Garnett, Yang immediately started running.

Yang Shuai indeed left Prince behind. After getting the ball, Yang Shuai didn't hesitate at all, holding the ball with both hands and dunking towards the basket.

"Yang is about to dunk, be careful, Taixiaan pounces on you..."

Yang Shuai felt there was a person behind him, but he didn't take it to heart. If he chose to change the ball holding with one hand from two hands to one hand at this time, he would be able to get out of Prince's way by turning a slight angle, but the confident Yang Da

The handsome guy didn't do that. He still held the ball with both hands and dunked it towards the basket.

Just as the ball was about to be dunked into the basket, handsome young man Yang suddenly felt a force acting on the basketball, forcing it to fall down.

Shocked in his heart, Yang Shuai began to exert force with his hands, hoping to hold the ball tighter, but it was obviously too late.

"Bang!" The ball was hit by a sudden unexpected force and hit the front edge of the basket. It was no longer under Yang Shuai's control and bounced to the other side.

"Covered?" After reacting, handsome boy Yang raised his brows, turned around quickly after landing, then looked at Prince's long arms and bulged his eyes and murmured: "What a disgusting pair.

You have long hands."

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