The Celtics are at the most critical point in their pursuit of the playoffs, and the TD North Shore Garden Arena is completely full.
When Lin Yu came on the court, the audience burst into deafening cheers. Finally, as the entire season was about to pass, Lin Yu conquered the Boston fans.
"He always stands up to save the team at critical moments. How can Celtic fans not love Lin like this?"
Even if Boston is a city with the most serious racial discrimination in the United States, facing a player who has saved the team many times, fans can only put aside their racial stereotypes and cheer for Lin Yu.
After Lin Yu, the last player to appear was Pierce.
Although Lin Yu has conquered Boston fans, Boston fans still love Pierce the most. There is no way. The number of fans and the prestige of the city where the team is located all take time to accumulate.
Pierce, who has been in Boston for eight years, has a huge time advantage compared to Lin Yu.
After the home team came out, the visiting team followed suit.
Seeing Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker and Tim Duncan filing out, Lin Yu suddenly had a question: "It's the end of the season, don't the Spurs rotate?"
"Rotation? Why do they want to rotate?" Pierce couldn't understand Lin Yu's thinking. "They are now second in the league and have won one less game than the Pistons, so now their goal must be to win all the remaining games.
Then grab the top spot in the league."
Pierce suddenly felt a little envious of those guys from the Spurs who were almost his contemporaries.
"When it comes to the playoffs, this is the home court advantage. Why should the Spurs rotate?"
Lin Yu slapped his head, and he wanted to do it.
The current point in time is 2006, GDP is still at its peak, and Popovich has no reason to rotate the GDP at its peak.
The referee walked to the center of the court and blew his whistle.
The two teams will start the game. Lin Yu's opponent will be Michael Finley in the opening game. According to the rotation pattern of most Spurs games, Manu Ginobili will stay on the bench until the second half of the first quarter.
will appear.
Lin Yu did not focus on the old Finley in front of him, but looked at Ginobili sitting on the sidelines.
Since entering the league, Lin Yu's biggest loss has come from Ginobili.
Lin Yu summarized why he was beaten by Ginobili in the first place. He felt that perhaps, sitting on the bench and starting the game would be a great advantage for Ginobili.
Ginobili can first observe the opponents on the court, find out their obvious weaknesses, and then come on the scene later to defeat the opponents in a targeted manner.
And that was probably how Lin Yu was beaten in that game.
In this game, Lin Yu learned to be smart. The aging Michael Finley is not worthy of his full strength. He will hide part of his strength and wait for Ginobili to appear.
At the beginning, Spurs center Rasu Nesterovich won the jump ball, and French sports car Tony Parker got the ball and quickly advanced to the frontcourt.
On the defensive end, Lin Yu stuck close to Michael Finley and stayed close to him. For the time being, he has not revealed his defensive intentions.
Duncan caught the ball in the middle distance, turned around and went to the basket, and easily succeeded in a layup.
Reeve LaFrentz was no match for Duncan. Rivers looked a little anxious off the court, but he scanned the bench and couldn't find a defensive player who could deal with Duncan.
Opening 2:0, Celtic served from the backcourt.
On the offensive end, Lin Yu continued to hide himself, Pierce played singles on the side, and the unbelieving Spurs also followed the same pattern of one-mark-and-four defense.
After Pierce attracted a double attack, he immediately distributed the ball to the weak side, and Lin Yu received the ball.
Under one mark and four defenses, Lin Yu faced Michael Finley's defense.
Although he had always wanted to hide his strength, at the beginning, when a one-on-one opportunity appeared in front of him, Lin Yu still exerted his strength slightly.
Lin Yu, who was in control of the ball, turned his back, leaned against Finley, and played a high post singles.
Just like Jim Bravo said, Lin Yu's singles posture and movements are very standard, and his high post singles come from the "peak Kobe Bryant single game experience card".
How could Kobe's back posture be non-standard?
He leaned against Finlay, took two steps toward the penalty area, then turned around clockwise, and threw his whole body into the air.
The 33-year-old Michael Finley's various physical functions have declined significantly, but he still reacted to this ball and jumped in front of Lin Yu.
Lin Yu twisted around in the air, avoided Finley's interference, and threw the ball backwards.
With a bang, the basketball smashed out of the frame.
Lin Yu shook his hand, and Charles Barkley in the commentator's seat laughed: "The iron was struck at the beginning. China Lin seems to have lost his singles skill package again."
There are so many speculations like Barkley's that even Rivers began to speculate whether Lin Yu has ended his crazy state again?
But the real protagonist on the court just waved his hands, and then secretly complained: The fadeaway jumper really depends on the feel, either it will be good no matter how you throw it, or it will be a three-iron shot...
After missing a shot, Lin Yu retreated to the backcourt and continued to lock down Finley one-on-one.
The Spurs' offense was very smooth. Parker and Duncan cooperated in the pick-and-roll. Duncan caught the ball and succeeded in the throw, scoring two more points.
The Celtics' offense was one-mark and four-defense, and Lin Yu once again received the ball for a single.
Pierce trusts Lin Yu very much. He can see Lin Yu's confidence. He feels that Lin Yu, who is so confident, is obviously not in bad shape.
After receiving the ball in the mid-range, Lin Yu turned his back again, and it was still a high post singles.
Without any fancy moves, Lin Yu tried to turn around and break through, but Finlay blocked it with a sideways movement. Then, Lin Yu jumped up, twisted in the air, and shot another fadeaway jumper.
The arc of this shot is very beautiful, and the landing point of the basketball is also very precise.
With a swish sound, the basketball hit the net!
After a picturesque shot, the TD North Shore Garden Arena was instantly ignited with cheers.
Charles Barkley opened his mouth wide: "This guy doesn't seem to have lost his singles skill set. He just missed a fadeaway jumper and then hit it back in the same way..."
This fadeaway jumper was the beginning. Lin Yu quickly started to exert force on the offensive end, but he only played post-up singles and only shot fadeaway jumpers. The overall efficiency was not high.
On the contrary, the Spurs played extremely high offensive efficiency, and the Celtics could not resist Duncan's mid-range singles.
Before Manu Ginobili came on the court, the Celtics were already 5 points behind the Spurs at 12:17 in the first half of the game.
Then came the official timeout. In the Spurs bench area, Gregg Popovich called out to Manu Ginobili: "Manu, it's your turn. Your opponent is China Lin. You should know how to deal with it."
his."
On the Celtics bench, Rivers was emphasizing defense. Lin Yu turned his head and looked at the Spurs bench on the other side. He saw Manu Ginobili getting up.
He knows that the battle is coming, and he will go all out in the next game!
