NBA: Being criticized for half a year at the beginning

The fans of the Celtics still tried their best to cheer for the team. They were expecting a miracle to happen.

After the game between the two teams started, the Celtics were still the team that took the initiative. Ray Allen made a three-pointer at the beginning of the game, and the gentleman sword looked very good tonight.

Harden then broke through to Curry, who failed to make a three-pointer, and the two teams began to stalemate.

At 7 minutes and 45 seconds in the first quarter, the Rockets replaced Battier and started to play a big and four small lineup. This lineup immediately opened up the space for the Rockets, and Harden's breakthrough environment was improved.

In the first round of Battier's appearance, he used his space pulling ability to let Harden break through Ray Allen and layup and cause KG to foul, getting a 2+1 opportunity.

The Rockets' family cheerleaders cheered and made the free throw.

10-9, the Rockets' first lead after the opening.

The Celtics obviously fell into a misunderstanding in this round of the series, that is, they thought they could defeat this Rockets with their iron-blooded defense.

But the reality did not match expectations. The Rockets were able to use the backcourt combination of Curry and Dennis to get a lot of open shots, which made the Celtics' iron-blooded defense useless.

After this lead, the Rockets never let the lead slip away. Yao Ming blocked the ball in the three-second zone and received a pass from Perkins, who was suddenly passed by Coach Luke.

After losing weight, Yao Ming has improved his mobility and jumping ability. His inside defense and blocking ability have been significantly strengthened.

This block shot was protected by Battier and immediately launched an offense-defense transition. Curry was closely guarded by Coach Luke and could not make a transition three-pointer. Yao Ming followed up and Curry passed the ball.

This pass was very comfortable. Yao Ming did not need to adjust at all. He took a big step and lifted the basketball with one hand. The little giant was holding fire to the sky. Perkins still wanted to create an offensive foul, but his foot stepped on the line of the reasonable collision zone.

‘Bang’ Yao Ming dunked the ball and flew it away. Yao Ming, who was hanging the frame with one hand, looked down at Perkins lying on the ground. A sense of dominance shocked the Hangjian Center!

‘Beep’ the whistle sounded, and the referee knocked his hands on his waist to block the foul!

And One!

Yao Ming showed his dominance in this round of the series with one attack and one defense. His wife Xiao Li was also very excited behind the Rockets bench and applauded her lover.

Two consecutive 2+1s directly stopped the Celtics. Rivers couldn’t care so much now. The situation always had to go. He still understood the principle of not surrendering even if he could be beaten to death.

After the timeout, Yao Ming continued to make free throws. The Rockets adjusted their lineup and replaced him with ‘mad dog’ Beverly to target Coach Long.

Beverly’s effect on the defensive end was immediate after he came on the court. Coach Long was very uncomfortable playing. He was defended by the bulldog and made a pass error.

Coach Long tried to find Pierce by using the most taboo horizontal wide-range pass on the basketball court. Carter saw the opportunity and accelerated like lightning, blocking the pass with his big hand.

Stealing the ball and fast break in one go, Pierce gave up chasing directly.

Human-shaped UFO Carter performed a dunk performance for the audience again with a single fast break. After a high-speed sprint, he jumped with both feet, turned 360 degrees and swung his arms to make a perfect windmill dunk!

After landing, Carter compared his hands to a crown to celebrate the upcoming championship.

This action was taught to Carter by Tang Yu. When the two were chatting, Carter asked Tang Yu if he had any good celebration actions. Tang Yu thought that this crown action was more suitable for the current Rockets, so he taught it to Carter.

After beating the Celtics 8-0, the audience was silent, and they didn't even want to cheer for the home team.

Pierce wanted to challenge Carter on the offensive end, but Carter was in high spirits at this time, as if he was a hungry gladiator and was eager for victory.

Pierce's forced back-turning shot missed the frame again!

"Mine!" Yao Ming roared and grabbed the defensive rebound.

Carter asked for the ball immediately, but Yao Ming made an accurate quarterback pass to Harden who had already passed half court.

Harden received the ball and threw a super long three-pointer just past the center line logo. Harden also had absolute confidence in his three-pointer like Curry.

Tang Yu couldn't help but raise his hands to make a three-pointer gesture.

The basketball drew a perfect arc and fell into the basket.

18-9!

After Harden scored, he excitedly made a three-pointer with his hands and bowed to celebrate, and the Rockets bench was jubilant.

'Beep', the official timeout in the first quarter gave the Celtics a short respite.

After the timeout, the Rockets continued to use the current lineup.

The Celtics obviously had no better way to attack. Without the referee's whistle, it was very difficult for them to score every point.

At the end of the first quarter, the Rockets led the Celtics 31-14, which had reached 17 points.

In the second quarter, Curry led the team to continue to expandAdvantage, all kinds of unreasonable three-pointers made the Celtics helpless, and the elevator door tactics made it easy for Rockets players to score.

At 3 minutes and 12 seconds in the second quarter, Harden and Yao Ming screened and accelerated past Perkins and rushed into the paint area. The Celtics doubled Harden.

The bearded man turned the ball over and over in the Celtics' three-second zone, then threw the ball into the air behind him with his left hand. Yao Ming followed up with an alley-oop dunk and easily ate the cake.

59-29, the Rockets extended their lead to 30 points!

This game seemed to have been messed up. In sharp contrast to the excitement of the Rockets players was the helplessness and loneliness of the Celtics players.

The Celtics players had lost their light in their eyes. They were full of confusion and helplessness at the moment.

At the end of the second quarter, the Rockets led by 33 points 66-33.

Harden had already scored a double-double, and his 12 points and 11 assists made him shine throughout the game. His cake-feeding skills were second to none in the entire playoffs.

Yao Ming was the player with the most points in the game, with 19 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks. His performance was absolutely dominant, and he deserves the title of the No. 1 center in the league today!

Curry and Carter scored 12 points and 9 points respectively. The Rockets' Big Four suppressed the Celtics' Big Four.

This is the so-called Yangtze River's back waves push the front waves, and the front waves hit the beach. The Rockets are setting off a wave of tactical reforms!

Back in the locker room, the Rockets players can no longer suppress their excitement about the upcoming championship.

Tang Yu said: "The game is not over yet! It's too early to be happy now. We still need to give the opponent the final fatal blow! In the third quarter, I hope you can completely end the game!"

"Don't worry, boss, we will play well in the third quarter!" Curry said excitedly.

Uncle Mu joked: "You have to cheer up, I'm still waiting to play!"

Tang Yu deliberately put Uncle Mu on the player list tonight. If there is a chance, he still wants the team's veterans to enjoy this championship moment.

Their championship moment!

Tang Yu smiled and said, "See, the old man is getting anxious, so you guys have to work harder, everyone is waiting to play in the fourth quarter!"

"Haha!" All the players laughed. In this most important moment in the careers of these veterans, they all wanted to get a chance to play for even a second!