Yang Zhenxing's offense and defense completely ignited the fighting spirit of all the Celtics. Although this was the home court of the Lakers, there were many Chinese fans at the scene. These people gave Yang Zhenxing the loudest applause and screams. Where have they ever seen it in China?
Such a powerful performance
Yang Zhenxing also made a free throw.
The Celtics immediately took the initiative to their side. The Lakers were capped because of Howard and Jamison was dunked. Their morale would definitely be severely damaged. The Celtics seized this opportunity.
Howard didn't dare to act rashly because he was accidentally killed just now, so he gave the ball back to Nash again.
Nash missed the three-pointer and the ball bounced very far. Garnett grabbed the rebound and passed it directly to Paul Pierce. This time, Pierce had no one to defend him.
Pierce also had a dunk on a whim.
The Lakers fell into a passive position and Kobe missed a jump shot
Yang Zhenxing turned around and scored a three-pointer
The Lakers attacked, Gasol attacked the basket, and Buss defended him very well. Garnett was beaten again and collected this backcourt rebound.
The cooperation between Long Dong and Yang Zhenxing, Yang Zhenxing cut inside, Rondo passed it immediately, Howard came up to cover, Yang Zhenxing knew that this ball could not be easily laid up, Howard's cover was just what he wanted. Yang Zhenxing held the ball in his left hand, pulled the lever, and pretended to go up.
As expected, Howard took off the basket. Yang Zhenxing passed his left hand from Howard's abdomen to Garnett, who had been lurking for a long time. Howard thought, "Oh no!" and immediately looked back.
It was too late, Garnett dunked and got a wonderful assist from Yang Zhenxing
Ci Shiping missed a three-pointer, Yang Zhenxing hit a mid-range shot
The Celtics had a small climax
Mike Brown couldn't sit still. Just a few minutes ago, they were holding the score under the bombardment of Kobe, Howard, and Nashdale. The most important thing was that the rhythm was in their hands.
But a few minutes later, they were beaten so passively by Yang Zhenxing, a rookie guy.
Mike Brown was also so anxious that he was sweating, but he didn't have time to wipe his sweat before he gathered the players together to discuss tactics.
The Celtics side became more relaxed from the tension in the last timeout.
Everyone praised Yang Zhenxing for his outstanding performance. Yang Zhenxing was very humble and just said that he would do his best.
After the timeout, in the second half of the third quarter and the first half of the fourth quarter, Yang Zhenxing rested off the court.
However, the Celtics did not continue the momentum just now and almost allowed the score to go ahead. Fortunately, the Celtics had many offensive points and excellent defensive adjustment capabilities, and the score remained tight.
With 6 minutes and 36 seconds left, Pierce caused a foul on Gasol. Yang Zhenxing once again entered the battle. At this time, the score on the court was 89:87, only leading by two points.
Yang Zhenxing's previous performance has fully gained Rivers' trust. You must know that in the past, Yang Zhenxing played the first half of the fourth quarter, and finally Terry had to play. But this time it was just the opposite. Terry played in the fourth quarter.
He debuted at the beginning and performed well. Yang Zhenxing was able to play in the final period.
Terry still generously high-fived Yang Zhenxing and handed over. Terry returned to the bench, and Yang Zhenxing returned to the court. The final decisive battle was against a bug-level team like the Lakers. This was the first time for Yang Zhenxing, and Rivers also
He clearly knows that he still trusts the veterans more, but seeing that the Celtics are in the transition period of the team's transition from old to new, Garnett and Pierce should be the main players until they retire, and key players cannot be allowed to have half of them.
All veterans
In addition, Yang Zhenxing has completely raised Rivers' hopes, so Rivers hopes to use Yang Zhenxing to train the newcomer. This is also in line with the needs of the team's transition period.
Terry is very open-minded about this. He knows that the current situation of the Celtics is to train young people and smoothly hand over his work. When he comes to the Celtics, he still has to serve the team. As long as he is recognized, he will not
What else can he say? After all, he is already a member of the championship. He is considered successful and his personal interests have already been taken into consideration.
As soon as Yang Zhenxing appeared on the stage, boos broke out. This was also the first time he faced such loud boos. Wherever there were boos, there were cheers. Yang Zhenxing made it clear that only if he is great will Lakers fans boo him so strongly.
Faced with all this, Yang Zhenxing seemed to enjoy it because it was the Lakers fans' recognition of him.
After Pierce made the second free throw, the Celtics led by 3 points. With 6 and a half minutes left, the game still had to be played.
Kobe has the ball, Yang Zhenxing is guarding him
"Damn, you're so clingy. I'll see how I deal with you." Kobe was very upset by Yang Zhenxing's entanglement. He had to win the ball this time, otherwise he would die of frustration.
Kobe changes direction and dribbles, Yang Zhenxing moves with Kobe's body
Kobe suddenly moved to the left, Yang Zhenxing hurriedly defended on the left, but Kobe suddenly recovered and moved to the right. Yang Zhenxing moved very quickly, and Kobe couldn't get past him.
But Kobe still had his way. Kobe already had a little space for this ball. Kobe continued to drift to the right, leaned back slightly, and shot a shot that stepped on the three-point line.
Brush! The ball went in
Kobe fell from the air, his hand still maintaining the shape of shooting. He often breathed a sigh of relief and cursed in his heart: "Damn, it's so damn hard."
Yang Zhenxing spread his hands and turned his head, indicating that he had tried his best. No one could do anything about Kobe Bryant's goal.
Just as Kobe breathed a sigh of relief, Yang Zhenxing rushed past him and scored two points with a mid-range shot.
"Here, why does this kid have such good physical strength? He seems to have endless energy," Kobe sighed. "It's good to be young, but I didn't seem to be so fast when I was young."
There was no time to think too much. Kobe had to concentrate on the Lakers' offense.
Nash is very sensible. Although Yang Zhenxing is not as tall and strong as Kobe, he moves quickly and can entangle people. It is not easy for Kobe to succeed in singles.
Nash did not say "Kobe, run, run and then pass" to Kobe who was outside the three-point line.
Kobe just ran around the three-point line quickly and used screens for two consecutive times, but couldn't get rid of Yang Zhenxing.
Kobe ran another lap. Howard was in a high position. Kobe still bypassed Howard. After coming out, he looked in front of him: "Damn, isn't this guy tired? Why is he still in front of me?" Kobe thought to himself.
But Kobe is not someone who can admit defeat. Even when he is old, he will not admit that his physical strength is really bad.
Yang Zhenxing was also thinking at this time. He sneered. Kobe didn't look at him. "Look, you can't get rid of me." Of course, he was just thinking in his heart.
He doesn't want to anger Kobe. Everyone knows that angering Kobe is not that fun. Kobe will have all kinds of methods at that time. Even if he is fast, there will be nothing he can do if Kobe breaks into the basket.
Kobe was thinking about it in his mind, and then gestured to Nash: "No, I'm tired, you fight first." Although Kobe just made a gesture, but who is Nash? Of course he can know that Kobe is now being strongly entangled by Yang Zhenxing.
Troubled
Because Rondo was also following him very closely, Nash passed the ball to Howard in the high post, and Howard passed it to Gasol.
Gasol failed in singles and Yang Zhenxing got the rebound.
Handed it to Rondo, Rondo handed it to Garnett for support. Yang Zhenxing was so fast that he once again got rid of Kobe and rushed into the basket. Garnett had excellent passing awareness and immediately gave the ball to Yang Zhenxing. At this time, Yang Zhenxing knew that
Sol and Howard's energy was focused on Garnett. Yang Zhenxing made a decisive layup after receiving the ball.
Kobe chases and blocks the shot
Yang Zhenxing made a quick shot, hitting the board and making a throw.
The Celtics once again took advantage of the score
Kobe Bryant hits mid-range shot
Bath's sneak attack was successful but Celtic still took the lead
The Lakers' Ci Shiping beat the Celtics with a three-pointer. Another fast break. Yang Zhenxing handed the ball to Pierce. Pierce chased a three-pointer, completely extinguishing the Lakers' counterattack momentum.
The Celtics have opened the score to 6 points
In the next two minutes, the two teams were evenly matched.
With 3 minutes left in the game, the Celtics led 97:91 by 6 points
When Yang Zhenxing singled out Kobe Bryant, he swayed and pulled his crotch back to cushion a step. Pierce was still thinking about him asking for the ball, but Yang Zhenxing ignored him. Nothing happened, and Kobe Bryant shot the three-pointer directly.
brush
Gorgeous hollow entry net
The Lakers were 9 points behind, and in 2 and a half minutes, it was hard to recover.
Then Kobe failed to make a three-pointer, and Garnett succeeded from mid-range. The Celtics led by 11 points and the game entered the final minute.
Nash and Kobe hit one three-pointer each and could no longer recover from the deficit.
In the end, the Celtics won the game with a close call of 103:97 in the fourth quarter, relying on the outstanding performance of Yang Zhenxing, a surprise player, amidst the strong boos of away Lakers fans.
