Although one goal only allowed the Bulls to add three points to the scoreboard, it played a vital role in the overall trend of the game.
Skiles has already taken action. Next, it depends on how Rivers responds.
In other words, on the court, Chen Jie has already made his move. It depends on how Paul Pierce responds.
In the first half of the game, Paul Pierce and Chen Jie, the two killer weapons, seemed to have been put into the warehouse. But now, Chen Jie's killer weapon is taken out, does it also mean that Paul Pierce, the killer weapon,
Is it about to be unsheathed too?
Soon, everyone knew the answer.
After Chen Jie successfully hit a three-pointer, during the Celtics' offense, Paul Pierce directly received the pass from Gary Payton in the backcourt and dribbled the ball past half court.
Griffin has been closely following Paul Pierce, not daring to show any signs of neglect. After halftime, he started to defend closely.
Paul Pierce turned his back to Griffin and moved toward the Bulls' basket.
The two people were in constant physical contact. Obviously, Paul Pierce had the advantage.
Griffin almost lost his balance.
Almost hanging on Paul Pierce's body, even if Griffin staggered, he did not leave within half a step of Pierce.
Facing such a strong defense from Griffin, Paul Pierce didn't seem to be under much pressure.
After reaching about two steps beyond the three-point line, Paul Pierce suddenly turned around. The moment Griffin's center of gravity moved, Pierce stepped out with his left foot. He started to accelerate from Griffin's right.
Griffin stuck closely to him. Paul Pierce leaned against Griffin without changing his path.
In the NBA, in recent years, there is a popular saying that among all players, Tracy McGrady has the fastest first step when breaking through. Many times, Tracy McGrady's first step is accelerated and he can easily hang up.
His first step to break away from his defender was not only fast, but also had a long stride. Coupled with the weird direction, he was hard to guard against, so he had such a reputation.
As for the entire breakthrough, Iverson was the fastest. He was not tall and used his speed to throw away the defender during the breakthrough. Such scenes can be said to be common. For Iverson, he did not bother to play the time difference.
.Pure speed is his weapon.
The fastest three-step layup is Paul Pierce.
Logically speaking, his strong body cannot be related to his speed, but in fact, this is indeed the case.
In the process of holding the ball and taking three steps after breaking through, Paul Pierce can break through all defenders.
His absolute speed is not very fast, but his pace, agility, and coordination and proficiency in three-step layups are all among the best in the league.
Because of this, his three-step layup feels very fast.
Even if he didn't throw away the defender during the breakthrough, Paul Pierce still dared to take three steps, and after three steps, generally speaking, the defender walking side by side with him would basically be thrown away.
And this ball fully illustrates this point.
Probably when he was one step inside the three-point line, Paul Pierce hugged the ball and took the first step of a three-step layup. His stride was long, but his body was not unbalanced at all.
Chen Jie wanted to come over to help defend but failed to keep up, and Griffin was even left half a step away.
In the second part, the stride was much smaller than before, but the speed did not slow down at all. Chandler let go of LaFrentz on the outside and rushed to the inside to prepare for defense. Eddie Curry also stood there.
In front of Paul Pierce.
In the third step, Paul Pierce took off for a layup. In front of him, only Eddie Curry was left.
Chen Jie and Chandler, who came back to defend, could only look at the ocean and sigh. Griffin had already been thrown away by a position.
There was no dodge in the air. Facing Eddie Curry, Paul Pierce had no fear at all. Eddie Curry didn't even take off, he just raised his hands high.
An easy layup, two points up.
It only took Paul Pierce less than two seconds to break through from the outside to go up to the basketball.
In the eyes of the audience, his whole body was like a bolt of lightning, passing through the Bulls' hinterland and going straight to the basket.
There was only an afterimage left in the air.
This was not the first time for the fans to watch Paul Pierce play, but many people still opened their mouths in surprise.
Yes, every time Paul Pierce scores a layup with the fastest three steps in the league, it gives people a sense of visual pleasure and shock.
This time, of course, it is no exception.
After the basketball fell from the net, many players on the court didn't even react.
This was not the first time that Chen Jie competed with Paul Pierce, but he still felt deeply powerless at this moment.
When he saw Paul Pierce starting to break through, Chen Jie immediately came to help defend, but all that was left for him was the back of Paul Pierce.
This time, he didn't use his back-up skills, his body, or his skillful scoring methods. He only used his three-step layup speed, which made the Bulls' defensive players feel deeply.
The powerlessness.
Paul Pierce is definitely one of the best players in the league. Compared with scoring maniacs like Kobe McGrady, he is not inferior in any way.
He is a top star.
Chen Jie knows very well that his current situation is still worse than that of Paul Pierce.
In fact, in Chen Jie's opinion, the current Paul Pierce is far better than LeBron James, who will be known as the strongest player in the league in the future.
At the small forward position, what scares Chen Jie the most right now is not James, not the hacker Sean Marion, not Rashad Lewis, or Carmelo Anthony, but Paul Pierce.
It's his opponent in this game, Paul Pierce!
Although the Celtics' record is not very good, and can even be said to be very bad, it cannot conceal the strength and talent of Paul Pierce. Yes, many people still do not realize Paul's value and do not know his
His talent is unparalleled, but his moody personality causes his performance to always be good and bad.
But Chen Jie knows very well that as long as Paul Pierce is serious, he will be the best small forward position in this league, bar none.
Facing such an opponent, even if you have the upper hand, you must not take it lightly.
Chen Jie said to himself.
His expression was very serious.
People who are familiar with Chen Jie basically know that when Chen Jie shows such an expression, it means that he has reached his peak state, or in other words, it means that he is ready to fight with all his strength! (To be continued...)
