Basketball striker

Chapter 555: Hold on! Can’t hold on!

"Yang Shuai caught the ball in the middle distance, dribbled back and shot... the ball went in! Yang Shuai made another shot. His shooting touch today was really good!"

Looking at the players from both sides walking off the court, Doc Rivers was wondering why Yang Shuai's touch didn't show any signs of deterioration after three quarters.

In the first quarter, the Warriors' unexpected style of play allowed Yang Shuai to take advantage of this quarter. He handed over 12 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds in a single quarter. After the start of the second quarter, the Celtics did a good job on the defensive end. Some changes were made. The first was to strengthen the defense against Evans. Ray Allen defended Evans so that Evans would touch the ball as little as possible.

Although Ray Allen is not good at defense, his defensive ability is not too weak. When Yang Shuai played against the Lakers in the Celtics' finals that year, Ray Allen often faced off against Kobe. In terms of preventing Kobe Bryant from catching the ball, he was even as good as Yang Shuai.

In addition to Ray Allen, Rivers also gave Tony Allen, who has stronger defense, more playing time, and the task is also to defend Evans.

Even if Evans receives the ball and chooses to break through, the Celtics will not double-team him, but Perkins will provide some appropriate interference during the final layup.

The effect of this move is pretty good. Since this season, most of the Warriors' ball rights have fallen into the hands of Yang Shuai. Although Evans' offensive power has improved greatly, he has not made much progress in organizing offense. He may do well by relying on his impact to break down the opponent's defense and then hand the ball to an open teammate, but his ability to create opportunities for his teammates by passing the ball is very average.

When the Celtics' defensive attention is more on Yang Shuai, Evans' passing power is greatly reduced. In terms of passing the ball to Yang Shuai in time, he is not even as good as doing this all the time. Hinrich is good at it. He wants to break through and pass the ball at the same time, but he occasionally gets lost between the two, resulting in missed opportunities.

Under Nelson's arrangement, Evans' possession time is gradually decreasing, while Yang Shuai and Hinrich's possession time is gradually increasing. But occasionally, the Warriors will still play the same tactics as in the first quarter. This has had a miraculous effect. Of Yang Shuai's current 26 points, 20 come from shooting, 2 points come from fast break dunks, and 4 points come from free throws. Although Yang Shuai's shots are not sure to hit every shot, Yang Shuai relies solely on shooting. Shuai made his shooting percentage exceed 50%.

Yang Shuai's scoring in the second and third quarters dropped compared to the first quarter. The reason is simple. His assists have reached 10 times after the three quarters. After taking away the touch of a group of Warriors outside players in the first quarter, Yang Shuai Second, in the third quarter, he adopted more conventional play, using his impact to create opportunities for his teammates. As can be seen from the number of assists, he did a good job.

Therefore, Rivers was very depressed to find that even though the Celtics played their best offense since the start of the finals today, they were still 7 points behind after three quarters.

88:81, the scores of the two teams after the third quarter showed that the offense of both sides today was actually very good.

"After the third quarter, we once praised the game as a beautiful game. Both teams played very well offensively, but now, the two teams are subverting our thinking..."

The fourth quarter began, and just when everyone thought that the two teams would continue the good momentum of attack in the previous three quarters, the two sides began to fight. After the third quarter, the score of the two teams was 88:81, and when the second quarter ended, the score of the two teams was 88:81.

When the first timeout of the fourth quarter came, the score between the two teams was still 88:81, and 3 minutes and 05 seconds had passed.

"Both teams started to make substitutions, replacing their starting players, and Yang Shuai also came on the field!"

The Warriors took the lead in attacking. Hinrich dribbled the ball across half court and did not rush to hand it over to others. Instead, he kept paying attention to Yang Shuai and Evans who were running.

Evans popped up in the mid-range, and Hinrich quickly pushed the ball into Evans' hands. After receiving the ball, Evans made a gesture to shoot. Just as Ray Allen's body was moving, he suddenly

sprinting forward towards the basket.

Evans completely threw away Ray Allen and attracted Garnett's cover. At this time, Evans chose to pass the ball. On the left, Yang Shuai used Jamison's blocker to get rid of Pierce.

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"Bang!" After catching the ball, Yang Shuai, who had always been very good at shooting in front, let the Celtics fans at the scene breathe a sigh of relief. The basketball hit the inside of the basket and bounced back into Garnett's body.

in hand.

"Oh, God, what the hell is going on?" Yang Shuai missed the shot. When he came to the other end, Pierce faced Yang Shuai's defensive step-back jumper and made the same iron. This made many Celtics fans at the scene start.

Get anxious, now, they are the team that needs to score the most.

At halftime, Yang Shuai no longer passively moved, he took the initiative to get the ball towards Hinrich, and then suddenly started to rush to the basket. Pierce didn't seem to be too prepared for Yang Shuai's sudden breakthrough.

Or maybe he had consumed too much energy in the fourth quarter and his steps became a little sluggish. When Yang Shuai rushed forward, his steps could not keep up in time.

Garnett stepped forward to help defend, Yang Shuai passed the ball to Jamison and cut to the basket. The receiver Jamison made a layup, but was slapped by Garnett who turned back to the basket.

"Coax!" The originally dull Oracle Arena quickly became excited because of Garnett's block, and cheers resounded in the arena. This atmosphere helped the Celtics.

At the other end, the Celtics played wonderful coordination, and Rondo passed the ball to Garnett for a dunk.

Garnett's performance on both ends of the defense and offense excited the Celtics fans at the scene. Amidst such cheers, the Celtics played more actively, with Ray Allen and Rondo successively hitting in the mid-range.

The attack was successful, and a 6:0 scoring spurt brought the score between the two teams to 88:87, with a point difference of only 1 point.

"Beep!" The Warriors had to call a timeout. Nearly five minutes had passed in the fourth quarter, but the Warriors had not scored a single point.

"Yang, your attack point..." Old Nelson was talking, and Yang Shuai kept nodding. Even before the timeout, Yang Shuai wanted to do this, but without the support of his teammates, he failed twice.

return.

"The game has restarted. The first thing the Warriors have to solve is their offense. Yang Shuai did not hold the ball, but he still chose to run..."

On the court, the ball came to Evans again, and Yang Shuai once again started running in the half court. From the bottom line, Yang Shuai quickly rushed to the top three-point line. At this time, Evans

Vince is rushing to the left side of the free throw line.

"Squeak!" Amidst the fierce friction, Yang Shuai paused at the top of the arc, and then Pierce rushed over, but what puzzled him was that Evans' ball did not come.

"Huh?" At this moment, Pierce noticed that Yang Shuai, who was about to catch the ball, suddenly turned around and came to his side. Before Pierce could react, the physical contact had completely disappeared.

"Stop him!" Turning around, Pierce saw Yang Shuai rushing towards the basket and shouted quickly.

Yang Shuai took a step towards the three-point line, and Evans' pass had already arrived. He accelerated and Yang Shuai went straight to the basket. Because Evans broke through to the free throw line and Yang Shuai ran towards the three-point line, Kyle

The Special Team's defense also expanded. When Yang Shuai rushed to the basket with all his strength, the only one who could defend was Perkins.

Taking off from the three-second zone line, Yang Shuai grabbed the ball with his right hand and flew towards the basket, while to his left, Perkins was rushing towards the air.

"Shit!" Originally, Perkins was counting on Yang Shuai's speed and pounced on him, but when he jumped up in the air, he suddenly discovered that Yang Shuai's speed in the air was actually accelerating. He leaned forward and gently moved the fingers of his right hand.

When the ball moved, the ball in Yang Shuai's hand flew out and fell into the basket.

"Score! The Warriors scored. Yang Shuai cut inside and received a pass from Evans for a layup. This is Yang Shuai's first layup today!" the commentator of the imperial court shouted in his heart.

At this moment, just like the hearts of the Warriors fans in front of the screen, they relaxed slightly from the tension.

Attacking close to the basket, this was Nelson's arrangement during the timeout, and it was in line with Yang Shuai's ideas. After realizing that his shooting touch began to decline in the fourth quarter, Yang Shuai had the idea of ​​attacking the basket.

He also knows the Celtics' ability in defensive breakthroughs, so he needs more cooperation from his teammates.

Arriving at the other half, Rondo and Garnett started a pick-and-roll and dribbled toward the basket. He took a step forward and handed the ball to Garnett.

Rondo's pass made Hinrich feel a little relieved, and he couldn't help but glance at Garnett. But at this moment, Garnett's ball flew back, and the target was Rondo.

"Oops!" Seeing the ball flying in front of him, Hinrich realized that something was wrong. He had been thrown away by Rondo just as his feet eased slightly. At this time, he could not stop the opponent at all.

"Whoosh!" At this moment, Xinrich suddenly felt a figure rushing past him, and then his eyes lit up, Yang Shuai!

"Rajan, watch your back!" Rondo seemed to vaguely hear the shouts of his teammates, and at this time, his ball had already flown out of his hand.

"Huh!" Suddenly he felt a heat on top of his head, and then Rondo heard a voice: "Pa!"

Before Rondo could react to what was going on, he felt a not too big force attack on himself, and his body fell to the floor involuntarily.

"Good shot! Yang Shuai! Yang Shuai fanned the ball from behind Rondo. It was so beautiful! Yang Shuai covered the ball first and then hit Rondo. The referee did not call a foul. Good shot!"

Rondo tried to ask the referee for a foul, but the referee ignored it, so he quickly gave up because the Warriors were already launching an attack.

When Hinrich dribbled the ball to half court, Yang Shuai started from the other side of the basket and hit the three-point line, then opened his hand and directly grabbed the ball.

The body's center of gravity rose, and Yang Shuai's basketball was raised above his head at the same time. Seeing this, Pierce couldn't help but take a step forward.

"I was deceived by this guy again!" Seeing Yang Shuai's body quickly dive to the side, Pierce immediately realized that he had been deceived. Yang Shuai's shooting action just now was just a realistic fake action.

He understood, but Pierce could no longer stop Yang Shuai from rushing forward. Quickly turning sideways, Pierce followed Yang Shuai towards the basket. Yang Shuai's speed was so fast that even if Pierce tried to get close to him, he wouldn't be able to interfere.

Chance.

"Double team, don't let the good guy rush into the basket!" Many Celtics fans stood up and shouted towards the court.

"Whoosh!" Rushing to the free throw line, Yang Shuai pushed back with his calf, accelerated again, and rushed out from Pierce's side.

Garnett's figure appeared in his sight, but Yang Shuai still jumped up, holding the ball high in his right hand and flying towards the basket.

"So fast?" Just as he stood in front of Yang Shuai, Garnett was thinking about taking off, but he suddenly found that Yang Shuai had already flown in front of him. He stood still with his legs in a hurry and raised the ball high.

"Porphyry!" In the next moment, Yang Shuai had already bumped into Garnett, and his forward momentum was stopped. Yang Shuai slashed hard with his right hand, and a low roar came from his throat: "Ho!

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"Hold on! Hold on!" Gritting his teeth, Garnett concentrated all his strength on his legs, trying to keep himself from retreating. However, he soon discovered that his feet had moved backwards involuntarily.

"I can't hold it anymore!" His face was a bit ugly. Garnett followed the force in front and retreated. Although he had no choice but to do so, if his feet didn't move, he could only fall to the ground in a daze.

"Beep!" "Bang!" While retreating, various sounds also entered Garnett's ears, accompanied by Yang Shuai's high-pitched roar:

"roar!"

"Dunk from behind! Yang Shuai! Yang Shuai dunked the ball into the basket through Garnett..." The voice of the court in the commentary box was trembling, which was a portrayal of excitement from deep in the heart!