0787 Historic tragedy
The short pause ended soon and the game continued.
The announcer whispered that the Kai team used Hayward to replace Josh Jackson, and seemed to be very determined.
The referee blew a whistle to time the ball, and Kai launched an attack from the bottom line of the backcourt. Hayward dribbled the ball to the top of the frontcourt arc, and passed the ball to Thomas Jr. who was surrounded by ladder cover. Morris turned around and cut inside, and Horford continued to cover Thomas Jr.
Cousins went on a delay as usual, but Thomas Jr. was quite determined and rushed to the free throw line. He stopped and retreated horizontally, carrying Cousins to block the threat, and made a super difficult backward mid-range shot. The basketball went hollow into the net, finally scored two points for the Kaisers.
The King turned to counterattack, and the five-for-one formation started. Brogden took over Curry's pass from the left and played a pick-and-roll with Antetokounmpo on the right. The breakthrough attracted Morris Jr. to delay and made a sudden stop to pass the ball in the pocket. Antetokounmpo received the ball and carried Brown to force it, causing a foul.
Jaylen is a strong defender, but he can compete with Antetokounmpo who is sprinting at full speed, which is comparable to the SUV model and the MPV model.
Two free throws, the whole audience shouted mvp.
Morris squirted trash talk and complained that Antetokounmpo's free throw preparation time was enough for Bolt to run 100 meters, but Antetokounmpo ignored it at all, calmly shot the basket and prepared, and made two free throws steadily, helping the Kings lead the Celtics 13-2.
The two teams switched offensively.
The Kai team started with the horn formation and turned to ram cover and cooperated. Thomas Jr. misplaced against Antetokounmpo, but did not dare to directly fight, and then changed to a 14flat formation. After Horford brought the screen for the second time, he misplaced against Cousins again, and stopped and scored three-pointers.
Basketball slams the iron.
Tatum got the rebound and pushed the fast break. Antetokounmpo received the ball and rushed to the basket. Taking advantage of the three players' siege, he stopped and returned Tatum. Unfortunately, Tatum made a three-pointer in the corner, which failed to continue the King's 100% shooting percentage, which made the audience on the sidelines call it a pity.
The Kai team then launched a counterattack. Thomas Jr. and Jaylen played tailings and screened, and made a three-pointer and rebounded and fell.
Antetokounmpo received the basketball. Seeing that the team gave up the frontcourt rebound early and returned to defense early, they turned around and handed the ball to Curry. Curry took it to the 45-degree three-point line on the left side of the frontcourt. He pretended to play with Cousins in advance to attack, but in fact he passed the ball straight to the basket. Brogden happened to run to the basket with the help of Tatum without the ball, caught the basketball and jumped with the trend, glided in the air for a while, and hit the board with the backhand.
The basketball bounced back into the net, 15 to 2.
"It's useless to retreat quickly..."
Su Yang felt happy. To completely give up the frontcourt rebound and return to defense early is a common method for many teams to deal with fast breaks, but that can only be used against Antetokounmpo. Once the retreat is too deep, the Kings still have Curry, so it is really careless and there is nothing to do.
The two teams on the court changed offensively. Horford dribbled the ball to the top of the arc and passed it hand to Hayward who ran over from the left corner with the help of a cover. But I don’t know if it felt like there was a chance or if Coach Stevens arranged it like that and actually shot three-pointers directly.
The basketball banged and the iron bounced back.
The Kings controlled the rebound and played a counterattack. The Kai team retreated and defended quickly. Antetokounmpo passed the ball to Curry too much. He took the pass back and was about to find a way, but found that Morris took the initiative to stay away from most of the steps, and obviously made a shot without making a sudden attack. He immediately took the step and took a three-pointer.
Basketballs hit the net and hit the circle.
Cheers burst out in the Golden One Center.
Antetokounmpo roared with fist, and he was completely excited.
Su Yang glanced at the scoreboard and found that the King was already leading 18 to 2, with an advantage even more than he thought.
In the live broadcast seat, Van Gundy sneered: "I thought the Celtics would focus on defending the perimeter after the timeout, but I didn't expect that they would continue to focus on defending the inside. Could it be that their fear of Curry is incomprehensible? Curry must be locked?"
Jackson sighed: "There is no way. An outside beast and an inside crazy demon, you must be ready to switch defenses in advance at any time. Moreover, the Celtics themselves are not a strong defensive team. They won the 76ers before because Simmons refused to make a shot from the outside, and the Raptors were because Gasol Jr. lost his dominance in the inside, but this time when he met the King, he had no position to have shortcomings, and they were exposed in reverse..."
While talking, Horford started to break through the elbow area, connected to the free throw line and turned to play hard, but he pushed Cousins with difficulty, but he was also shaking and was about to close the ball, but he couldn't catch it. Brogden next to him saw this and confiscated the basketball away.
Cheers burst out simultaneously.
The Kings launched a third-line fast attack, but unfortunately Brogden was too anxious and the long pass was too far ahead. Antetokounmpo failed to catch it. The basketball rolled out of the sideline. The referee blew the whistle and punished the violation, indicating that the Kai team launched an attack from the left sideline on the backcourt. Stevens hurriedly arranged tactics.
Su Yang saw Stevens' movements and felt a little sad inexplicably. The Kai team did not dare to call timeouts continuously, but the situation was close to collapse. The first game of the key series was so miserable in a few minutes, and the players were prone to ptsd.
Re-activate the ball on the court.
The Kaiser team started with a bullhorn formation, and Xiaotu passed the ball to Hayward who was lifted up on the left elbow area, and then started to rush towards Horford in the right elbow area. He pretended to use the cover to move to the inside, but in fact he suddenly stopped and turned around to provide a cross-blocking cover for Hayward.
Horford simultaneously raised the cover, but Xiaotuo's cover quality was deviated, and Tatum quickly squeezed over and chased Shanghai Ward.
The double cover turned into Horford's single cover, which was enough. Hayward took the opportunity to break through to the left and misplaced against Cousins.
Cousins' horizontal movement was slow, and Hayward made a breakthrough easily after swaying in a tentative step, but he didn't expect Cousins to return to his position in time.
Bang! Hayward knocked Cousins to the ground.
Beep! The referee blew a whistle and blew an offensive foul.
Cheers were everywhere in the stadium, and Su Yang clapped with him. This foul was a possible possibility of preventing the Kai team from taking shape.
The offense and defense changed, and the Kings, one inside and four outside formations started. Antetokounmpo brought it to Curry as a back cover. The Kai team doubled the team as usual, and the letter received a pass and rushed violently. The paint area attracted the siege and then divided Tatum in the bottom corner on the right.
The small open mid-range shot immediately took off and fell into the Nets. The Kings led 20-2, and the cheers exploded.
The pause whistle followed, and Stevens couldn't help it. The scene of the Kai team was too tragic.
On the live broadcast seat, Van Gundy complained: "I imagined that the Celtics would lose, but I never imagined that it would be like this. They attacked too easily and defended too roughly, and the King could easily control the rhythm. Why did that happen?"
Jackson looked puzzled: "I didn't understand the two previous three-pointers, but I started with a continuous screen. I could understand why not only did not make a match, but also ended with an offensive foul, because the game was too simple and the Celtics players did not have the ability of Leonard, Durant or LeBron. The Kings could predict in advance almost every time..."
The pause ends between conversations.
The game continues.
The Kai team started with a 14flat formation. Jaylen mentioned the top of the arc as a cover. Thomas Jr. took the opportunity to start and break through. Curry and Brogden decisively attacked the ball from the front and back. Thomas Jr. hurriedly distributed the ball to Jaylen who bounced to the 45-degree three-point line on the left.
The open space appeared simultaneously, Jaylen didn't dare to shoot with the ball, but instead started to break through with cross-cutting skills. However, his single-handed skills were unable to forcibly pass Brogden. He also encountered Antetokounmpo's contraction to assist in defense. He stopped the ball at the free throw line and instinctively held up the ball.
The idea is good, but the action is too obvious.
Antetokounmpo subconsciously raised his hand, cut off the basketball, then turned around and grabbed the ball in his hand, and the king launched a fast attack counterattack.
All the members of the Kai team were confused. Antetokounmpo rushed to the frontcourt basket in one dragon, and pushed Morris Jr., Horford and Jaylen together to force the basket. After a bang, they immediately jumped and made a tip-in, playing one and three in a row. The cheers in the center of Golden No. 1 were shocking.
The Kings led 22-2, and the Kai team collapsed completely on both ends of the offense and defense. Vicbello in the stands on the north side looked ashen.
Stevens couldn't call for three timeouts in a row, and the game continued. The referee couldn't stand it if he had a single shot, so he called a blocking foul.
Taking advantage of the foul, Stevens hurriedly arranged for Smart to take the field to replace Jaylen Brown, trying to strengthen the defense.
The game resumes.
Thomas Jr. made a mid-range shot, and the King turned around Antetokounmpo rushed again, and was hit by Horford. However, he once again grabbed the offensive rebound with the two teams of Kai, causing Hayward to foul, and got two free throws. Stevens took the opportunity to replace Xiaotu.
After some adjustments, the Kai team's defense was not so fragile, but it still could not resist the King, and the offensive end was even more useless.
After the first quarter, the Kings led 45-17, and Antetokounmpo scored 19 points, 2 assists and 6 rebounds alone.
After returning from the second quarter, the Kai team finally reached a normal level, but it was still inferior to the Kings, 25 to 34 in a single quarter.
After the third quarter, the Kings scored another 39-25 point difference and entered the fourth quarter with 51 points. Matt Damon's four-man team left the field early and finally defeated the Celtics 143-98 and won the first game.
The 45-point gap successfully refreshed the 42-point gap created by the Bulls against the Jazz in 1998, becoming the first in history.
Chapter completed!