Delonte West controlled the ball in the frontcourt, Pierce went around to the top of the arc to receive the ball and started a singles play.
All eyes were focused on the center, where Pierce faced Josh Howard's single defense and Nowitzki's help on the right.
Jason Terry stared closely at Lin Yu in the corner. He knew not to let Lin Yu's open three-pointer go.
There was no chance in the bottom corner. Lin Yu started to move. He took two steps towards the right side of the top of the arc and took a step towards the three-point line.
In the middle, Pierce had already opened up the space to shoot, jumped up, raised his hand and shot.
The basket in North Shore Garden seemed to be crooked. For more than two minutes, neither the Mavericks nor the Celtics scored.
However, as soon as the ball was released, Pierce felt that he could score. He felt that he had regained his touch.
"Paul Pierce's mid-range shot, he should have scored..."
Marv Albert in the commentary box also thought the ball was scored. But, with a bang, the basketball still hit the frame and came out.
"Hell, is there something wrong with this basket?"
Pierce was very dissatisfied. As soon as the basketball hit the frame and popped out, he circled back to the three-point line. He was so painful that he also noticed that the basketball landed in front of LaFrentz.
LaFrentz grabbed the basketball, slapped the floor, adjusted it, and then prepared to take action.
Nowitzki arrived in time, pressed forward, and waved his hands to grab the ball.
LaFrentz couldn't hold the ball and struggled twice. He could only turn around and look for opportunities to pass the ball.
As soon as he turned his head, he first saw Lin Yu standing at an angle of 45° outside the three-point line on the right.
With a hurried pass, the basketball fell into Lin Yu's hands.
Terry caught up with Lin Yu. He braked to a stop, opened his arms, and stared at Lin Yu who was holding the ball from a step away.
He didn't think Lin Yu would take action because this was not a wide-open opportunity.
"Give me the ball."
Pierce, who had already come out, asked for the ball.
Lin Yu completely ignored him. After taking a look at the basket, he jumped up and shot the three-pointer despite the interference of Jason Terry.
"China Lin received the pass, Pierce came around, and the Celtics could reorganize their offense...but China Lin took action directly!"
"I shot against Jason Terry's defense and lost the ball!"
Marv Albert has already determined the outcome of this shot. He has commented on many of Lin Yu's games. In his impression, Lin Yu has never made a shot against the defense.
However, he still stared at the basketball flying above the arena, ready to shout the word "rebound" with a passionate voice at any time.
Whoosh!
The moment the basketball touched the basket, it passed directly through.
The ball went in!
The TD North Shore Garden Arena suddenly burst into deafening cheers!
Amid the cheers, Groom Albert was stuck. Everything that happened on the court was beyond his expectation. Lin Yu actually hit this three-pointer.
Next to him, Mike Breen shouted passionately: "I hit this three-pointer against the defense. China Lin scored the first goal of the game!"
"This guy is so unexpected. He has never hit any shot against the defense, never! But in this game, when everyone was going crazy, he stood up and hit a shot against the defense.
Three points!"
Then came the somewhat weak voice of Groom Albert: "Chinese Lin has been improving. His progress is so fast that it is unbelievable. He just debuted in the game at the end of November and has already made progress in early December."
He developed a stable open three-pointer, and then today, he made another three-pointer against the defense."
"Obviously, this guy has improved again..."
Amidst the cheers of the audience, Lin Yu raised his already somewhat iconic right hand and raised a finger.
As he stepped back, he didn't forget to look towards the sidelines and fired his eyes excitedly.
Amber Heard was sitting in the front row of the court. After Lin Yu scored, the beautiful girl jumped up and cheered with the audience. She seemed very excited because there were countless fans behind her.
Calling her boyfriend's name.
"This guy is a little too excited. Who is he looking at?"
In the team's training games, Lin Yu has hit countless three-pointers against the defense. Doc Rivers was not surprised by this ball, but he noticed Lin Yu's little moves.
Jim Bravo shrugged and shook his head, he didn't know.
But Lex Karamian knew something: "He was looking at his girlfriend, the blond girl sitting next to the technical table."
Rivers saw Amber: "She's very beautiful, but when did he have a girlfriend?"
"Hey, Doug, you've also played basketball. Is it weird for a player in the NBA to suddenly have a girlfriend? To be honest, if I saw another girl becoming Lin's new girlfriend tomorrow, I wouldn't be surprised.
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Rivers nodded. He admitted that Kalamian was right. Apart from anything else, he knew that Pierce, the team's star player, had three girlfriends at the same time. Of course, these three girlfriends were mutually exclusive.
Didn't know about it.
On the defensive end, Lin Yu continued to face off against Terry.
Terry was very surprised. Before the game, he said that Lin Yu's offense was something that didn't exist.
Before this game, he also made up his mind that he would not give Lin Yu any open opportunities. Unless it was a foul penalty, Lin Yu would not have any chance to score.
But at the beginning, when no one scored, Lin Yu stood up and made a three-pointer against his defense.
"The Celtics lead 3:0. Now it's the Mavericks' offensive round. Terry is in possession of the ball, and he faces China Lin who just scored."
Nash left two seasons ago, and second-year point guard Devin Harris, who was selected in the draft, is still on the bench. The Mavericks' starting point guard can only be Terry.
Facing Lin Yu's defense, Terry tried to break through and broke into the three-point line, but was still tightly pressed by Lin Yu.
Terry, who has already played against each other once, knows very well that if he continues to push in, it will be difficult for him to get a good chance, so he might as well pass the ball.
A side ball found Josh Howard, who also had to face Pierce's defense and had no chance to score directly.
Then, Josh Howard used a bow to shake Pierce's center of gravity, and rushed into the three-point line in two or three steps.
There was a defender on one side, so Josh Howard passed the ball to the other side and found Dampier, the second center in the Western Conference.
In the penalty area, Dampier soared into the air, and with a bang, he dunked and scored!
The Mavericks finally scored, and by this time, the game had already started three minutes.
It took three minutes for the two teams to score against each other. Some might say this was a head-to-head defensive battle.
The actual situation is that this is a game that started with a cold touch and then had no defense at all.
Of course, being undefended does not mean being undefended against Lin Yu, nor is it Lin Yu being undefended against Terry. On the contrary, after hitting the chasing three-pointer in the opening game, Terry never relaxed his defense against Lin Yu.
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Lin Yu also kept an eye on Terry and did not give Terry any comfortable offensive environment. The two locked each other and hurt each other.
But after Lin Yu and Eric Dampier opened the scoring, Pierce and Nowitzki broke out.
Pierce needs to face the defense of Josh Howard and the help of Jerry Stackhouse on one side. His offensive pressure is not small.
Fortunately, Lin Yu on the wing made a three-pointer against the defense at the beginning, which directly helped him relieve part of the pressure.
On the other side, Nowitzki faced much less defensive pressure. LaFrentz couldn't guard him at all. The Celtics could only use Perkins to guard him in misplaced positions.
But Perkins couldn't keep up, and the Celtics' defense was completely fooled by Nowitzki. On the offensive end, Nowitzki gave him everything he wanted, and soon helped the Mavericks take the lead.
After half a quarter, the Celtics were 5 points behind at 15:20 at home.
"Let Lin come down to rest first. His physical fitness can hardly keep up."
Lin Yu's physical fitness problems have always existed, and the speed of improvement is very slow. So far, Lin Yu's physical fitness is only enough to support him to play for about seven minutes in a row. Any more and he will be exhausted.
Therefore, every half-quarter of the game, Rivers would replace Lin Yu and let Lin Yu take a rest.
The Celtics were now 5 points behind. Rivers ignored the 5-point deficit and chose to replace Lin Yu. Then, the consequences appeared.
Ricky Davis' defense was also empty, and Jason Terry was liberated. Not long after Lin Yu left the field, he directly exploded into his own fighting power.
With a mid-range shot, a three-pointer, and of course a missed floater, Terry scored 5 points in a row, further widening the point difference.
"I can't stand it anymore. Do you want to let Lin go up?"
Jim Bravo's suggestion, Rivers shook his head: "No, let Tony prepare to play."
Jim Bravo nodded, turned around and called Tony Allen.
Tony Allen quickly stood up, took off his training jacket, jogged a few steps, and walked to the technical table to prepare for substitutions.
When he passed by Lin Yu, he lowered his head and glanced at Lin Yu, then stretched out his fist.
"Hey Lin, I will change it according to your method."