The Rest, Only Noise

Latest website: Lu Wuxia entered the starting list together with Ginobili, Kirilenko, Gasol and Yao Yueban.

This is the most regular starting lineup for the Celtics, and it is also the five-man group with the highest degree of tacit understanding.

"As long as Wish can play, the rest is no longer important!" Tom Heinsohn said confidently, "The Celtics will definitely win this game!"

Lu Wuxia tried her best to make her walking posture look normal.

Others might not see it, but Louie knew his walk all too well.

He saw subtle differences in the flawless gait.

Therefore, Louis can also be sure that the flawless tonight is like Willis Reed 37 years ago. He is destined to be a shaman responsible for boosting morale and adding bloodthirsty buffs to his teammates, rather than the main general who charges into battle.

At the opening jump ball, Yao Yueban leaped vigorously and took the ball down.

Lu Wuxia received the ball and Iguodala pressed forward.

The Suns knew that Lu Wuxia was injured, so they asked Iguodala to press hard and try to squeeze out his flaws.

Lu Wuxia was not reckless. If Iguodala wanted to press the whole court, he passed the ball directly to Ginobili and asked someone to dribble the ball across the court.

This is a smart choice. Instead of enduring the pain and confronting Iguodala head-on, it is better to hand over the ball directly and suffer less.

After all, Lu Wuxia's task is not to finish the game with a painful right foot.

He knows what he has to do.

After Lu Wuxia ran to the frontcourt, Ginobili passed the ball directly.

Lu Wuxia caught the ball and faced Iguodala in front of him. His situation was much more difficult than that of Reid back then.

According to Jerry West's recollection, when his old man saw Reid running out of the aisle, he felt that he couldn't win.

It can be said that the Lakers back then were frightened by Reed with one foot.

The sun obviously didn't feel this way, and they carried out high-intensity man-to-man marking against Lu Wuxia with the idea of ​​giving it a go.

Iguodala never expected that Lu Wuxia would ignore his defense and use an unreasonable three-pointer to complete the Celtics' first shot tonight.

Before Lu Wuxia shot, Iguodala had no idea that his opponent would have such guts.

According to his understanding, if Lu Wuxia's foot injury is obvious, he should stay outside as a bait. Even knowing he won't attack, Iguodala will be held back by him.

But now, Lu Wuxia seemed to be playing for real, shooting as soon as he got the ball, and it was unambiguous. The target was Iguodala's lax defense against the person holding the ball.

Iguodala turns to look at the ball in the air, the arc is too straight

Impossible not to enter!

With a sound of "shua", Lu Wuxia shot a cold arrow, causing the fans in the Fleet Center to be in a state of out-of-control frenzy.

"Injury can't stop Wish!" Tom Heinsohn said heroically, "He is not fighting alone tonight. Larry, who still insisted on playing with a serious back injury, and Isiah, who broke out with the strongest ACL, Hondo, who still insisted on finishing the conference finals with a torn shoulder, and Russ, who chose to play in the finals with a severe ankle contusion... Wish continued the Celtics' fine tradition of not leaving the line of fire with minor injuries. At the moment he shot a three-pointer, he was not one person!"

As soon as Lu Wuxia scored a three-pointer, the sun's response came.

The defensive end makes the strongest point matchup flawless, and the same is true on the offensive end. After all, this is an injured player, and it is a waste if it is not targeted.

Lu Wuxia's defense method is very simple.

If the opponent can't think about it and wants to shoot in front of him, try to interfere as much as possible.

If they're going to take advantage of him and drive to the Celtics' basket through his complete inability to defend laterally now, he welcomes that too.

All he can do is interfere with the opponent's shooting and leave the rest to his teammates.

Kirilenko's defense is approaching like a shadow.

When the Russians assisted in the defense, Lu Wuxia ran to Richard Hamilton for a rotation.

Afterwards, Iguodala made a layup that was not rigorous enough and was rejected by Yao Yue with a half cap.

Lu Wuxia, who saw the opportunity for a fast break, ran forward at the fastest speed.

One thing that Lu Wuxia had to face was that his swollen and sore right ankle could not even run in a straight line.

This shows that the ankle is in the attack period of the injury.

Generally, this kind of trauma is the most difficult in the first few days.

I survived the first few days, and it will be fine later.

Lu Wuxia just chose to play with the injury on the day when the injury was most volatile, and he didn't take painkillers, so the pain was inevitable.

But his quick-down speed didn't seem to be affected in the slightest.

Ginobili picked up Yao Yueban Gaifei's ball and sent a long pass to Lu Wuxia who was about to come down.

Lu Wuxia counterattacked and scored a layup, scoring 5 points in a row, allowing the Celtics to establish an opening lead.

When D'Antoni saw this scene, he just asked Iguodala to strengthen his defense and did not intend to call a timeout.

Because calling timeout now is to create time for Lu Wuxia to recuperate, unless the situation gets out of control, D'Antoni doesn't want to give Wuxia any sweetness.

Subsequently, Penny held the ball, called Iguodala to pick and roll, and called Lu Wuxia.

Unexpectedly, Ginobili attacked fiercely, and together with Lu Wuxia forced Penny away from the three-point line.

Iguodala, who was completely emptied, received the pass and made a hit.

Then, Gasol responded with a high position and sent a beautiful ground pass, and Kirilenko scored a layup.

7 to 2

Lu Wuxia was playing the most uncomfortable match for his opponent.

We all know that he has injuries, and we also know that he can't handle the ball very well, and he lacks aggressiveness on the defensive end, but the Suns can't let him go. In the case of shooting touch, it is very likely that he will score for nothing. If the name is called directly, the previous situation will appear. Ginobili and others should not let their defenders attack the ball holder.

The belief in winning that Lu Wuxia brought to the Celtics is quietly working.

It's something that comes naturally when he plays.

However, this is not the most unacceptable to the Suns.

After Iguodala hits an open midrange shot, Ginobili dribbles from the backcourt to the frontcourt and then passes to Lu Wuxia again.

Lu Wuxia seemed to have accepted the fact that he would not have much right to fire tonight, and waved Gasol to the high position to support him.

As a result, as soon as Gasol reached the high position, Lu Wuxia threw the ball into his hands, lowered his center of gravity and ran directly to the basket.

Gasol lobbed the ball, and Lu Wuxia took the ball and hit Garnett head-on in the paint, causing a foul by the opponent, and put the ball into the basket.

The moment the referee confirmed that the goal was valid, the audience roared wildly: "MVP! MVP! MVP!!"

Lu Wuxia turned over with difficulty, and laughed at herself, "It would be great if I could lie down all the time!"

Yao Yueban helped him up, "That's enough, if you can't hold on, you can end at any time."

"I can hold on a little longer."

Lu Wuxia then walked to the free throw line and gestured to his father: I can hold on for another minute!

Louis believed he could persist, but there was no need.

After Lu Wuxia made an extra free throw, Louis replaced him with Szczerbiak, "Don't think about playing the whole game at once, you may have to come up and play for a few minutes in the second half."

Hearing this, Lu Wuxia, who thought he would leave the game, asked pleasantly, "Do I still have a chance to play in the second half?"

"Yes, but..." Louis said with a light smile, "It mainly depends on whether your teammates can live up to expectations."

Lu Wuxia was in a complicated mood. He wanted to play, but if he could win the game smoothly, he could sit on the bench for the rest of the time.

Does he still have a chance?

Lu Wuxia was sitting on the sidelines. Suddenly, he saw that except for Yao Yueban, the other four were stretched beyond the three-point line.

In the low post, Yao Yueban singles Milicic.

No matter how optimistic Suns fans are, they will not dream of Milicic defending Yao Yueban with a single defense.

But as long as it is a normal basketball game, you will let the opponent try the feel. Sometimes, if your feel is not good or the state is not good, even if you ask Jose Barea to defend you, you will not be able to hit him.

At this moment, Yao Yueban was full of momentum. He took the ball and hit it hard twice, then turned around and threw off Milicic's defensive center of gravity, forced a slam dunk at the basket, and took advantage of the home court to play another 2+1.

At this moment, D'Antoni couldn't sit still, he didn't give the Celtics a chance to continue their momentum, and called a timeout to interrupt the game.

During the timeout, Louis did not make complicated arrangements, but only said to Yao Yueban: "Try to find someone other than Garnett to play singles. If you are confident, you can also play singles against Garnett. If the opponent double-teams you, you should know our team. Where is the shooter?"

After the timeout ended, Yao Yue made a semi-steady hit and added a penalty.

13 to 4

The difference of 9 points does not seem to be a big deal for a team like the Suns, which is especially good at offense.

However, as the Celtics continued to develop Yao Yueban's personal offense, Milicic's defense became increasingly unacceptable.

So D'Antoni made the decision to let Milicic go to the high post to defend Gasol, and Garnett go to the basket to top Yao Yueban.

The Celtics didn't beat Yao Yueban to death.

Because Gasol has a great advantage over Milicic.

Gasol is so devastated Milicic.

Hit directly from the back, then turn around and hook the basket;

Still hitting with the back, but with a step-back jumper;

Continue to play back, this time the Suns can't take it anymore, the flank defense is a little bit more, Gasol seems to have predicted the opponent's reaction in advance, sent a wonderful back pass, and Szczerbiak hit a three-pointer.

At that moment, Larry Bird on the sidelines praised: "A great pass."

Gasol's performance made the fans extremely excited, and made his teammates extremely excited.

Anyone who has followed the Celtics game knows how lost Gasol was before, and now, he has found his way in the game.

His performance was excellent for the Celtics to use him as the core of the first-quarter buzzer attack.

Without seeing anyone, Gasol passed back to David Lee who was cutting to the basket to help him score. As a result, the game's point difference came to 16 points.

37 to 21

In just one quarter of the game, the Celtics have a tendency to beat it.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Celtics replaced Gasol. For the Suns, this seemed to be a key opportunity.

If they want to win, they have to rely on the advantages gained in exchange for the deadly main force to blow up the Celtics' transitional lineup, but...

The competitiveness shown by Ginobili leading Korver, Dunleavy, Kirilenko, and Lee is no worse than that of the starting lineup.

The sun is not without flexibility.

D'Antoni ordered the players to flank the Celtics' key players.

But Ginobili could use pincers to limit the last game, but it failed in this game.

Even when Szczerbiak scored his third three-pointer, the Suns began to pinch this non-lethal shooter.

Flanking is a science.

A good pincer attack can limit the opponent and force mistakes without revealing any flaws. If the rotation is timely, it will be difficult for the opponent to find an open space.

The Suns' flanking can't reach this level. Every time they flank the Celtics players, they will have a chance.

And tonight's Celtics can't miss that opportunity.

Due to the lack of communication, even if the sun's pincers never stop, it is still full of mistakes and omissions.

In the most critical link, their main lineup failed to beat the Celtics' second lineup. Although the point difference did not expand, it did not narrow the gap by even 1 point.

Two minutes before the end of the first half, Lu Wuxia got up and returned to the locker room.

Before the end of the first half, the Celtics used the pass to overthrow the Suns, and then Szczerbiak made the sixth three-pointer of the night, hitting the iron.

However, the unpredictable Manu Ginobili emerged from the chaos, took advantage of the Suns' defensive line scrambled by the Celtics pass, grabbed the offensive rebound and completed the dunk in the air.

67 to 44

After halftime, the difference between the two sides has reached 23 points.

"The Celtics had a total of 20 assists in the first half, while the Suns only had 7." Benjamin Wilson of TNT Studios said in a conclusive tone, "This is the best team basketball in the past five years. .”

Afterwards, Ginobili was interviewed by the midfielder.

When the Argentine was asked how the Celtics played such a perfect first half, he simply said: "ForWish."

In the second half, Louis symbolically gave way to the flawless starting debut.

Then, the pick-and-roll tactics between Lu Wuxia and Yao Yueban ended with Yao Yueban hitting outside and Milicic fouled with a three-pointer.

After this ball, Lu Wuxia was replaced and was never called again.

Lu Wuxia put on his playing uniform, the team doctor was checking his ankle, and the game was marching toward the Celtics' complete victory.

In the beginning, Milicic was the weakness of the Suns, then Penny became a weakness, then Iguodala's inability to make open shots became the weakness of the Suns, and finally, Garnett's foul numbers became the Suns' weakness. weakness.

Playing and playing, the Suns are full of weaknesses on the court, and the Celtics will continue to play according to those weaknesses until they die.

Everyone is even, and there are more blooms. Halfway through the third quarter, the point difference has reached 30 points.

Louis made another substitution, leaving only Gasol on the field. Then, Jose Barea, Vasilis Spanoulis, Mike Dunleavy, and David Lee replaced the other four.

Even with such a lineup, the Suns are still helpless.

Garnett blasted the Celtics inside with a single point and scored 9 points.

ABC's Mike Breen praised Garnett's performance in the desperate situation: "You can't criticize this man more because he is facing a whole team."

At the end of the third quarter, it took the Celtics 16 seconds to pass the ball, and when Barea finally hit a long three-pointer from the outside, Lu Wuxia limped to his father and asked, "Dad, Can we keep this team?"

"I don't know," said Louie. "You know, Flawless, this team has been around a lot since 1977, but whoever had it lost it. 30 years later, I lost it Time and time again, I'm the most unqualified person in the world to answer that question."

Speaking of this, Louis showed a smile full of time and loneliness on his face: "If one day, you find the answer, remember to tell me."

The young Son of God didn't know the weight of this sentence, he nodded and said, "There will be such a day."

After that, Wuxia and the team doctor went to the infirmary.

Because the team doctor suspected that Wuxia's injury had worsened.

They walked quietly. Unlike the shock they brought to the scene at the beginning of the game, their departure at this moment has no impact on the game.

Because the Celtics have already grasped the victory.

From the first second of the fourth quarter to the last second, the Phoenix people never saw the light of day.

For the last ten minutes of the game, Louie chose to sit out.

Minute after minute passed, and the game drew to a close.

Three minutes before the end of the game, the Suns replaced the main players and indirectly declared failure.

Fleet Center has been rowdy ever since.

In the last minute, the two sides basically stopped attacking.

Pass the ball, pass the ball, and shoot the three.

The entire audience stood up and counted down the last tens of seconds.

By the last 30 seconds, the voice is so shrill that you want to cover your ears.

"25!"

The Celtics players have gathered around the sidelines.

"20!"

audience ready to party

"10!"

The game is effectively over.

"8!"

No one is playing anymore, and the players on the court have stopped moving.

"5!"

The audience roared, cheered, screamed and roared with the craziest voices.

The arena was overshadowed by another mood.

This troubled Celtics finally came to the end.

The moment the referee blew the final whistle~www.readwn.com~ Barea vigorously raised the ball and threw it into the air, and the Celtics players almost rushed to the court frantically.

Everyone in the coaching staff was equally excited and hugged each other.

Feeling a lot, Pat Riley looked at Louis.

Louis just sat there quietly, pulled out a humidor from his body, took out the cigars, cut them open, and lit them.

In that moment, he was one with the arena, as if he was victory itself, and he was already numb to victory, and the cigar was just a reminder that when you win everything, you lose everything.

The rest is just noise.

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