"I can't believe that in this life-and-death battle, Su's performance can still be maintained to such a high level."

"You know, when the series is at this stage, even the Celtics, who have been through many battles in the playoffs, will definitely have to bear huge external pressure."

"So, as a rookie who just entered the league this year, Su ended up playing such a highlight in this round of series."

"To be honest, this has exceeded people's expectations and has even reached a historical level!!"

After the end of the first quarter, with Su Jiu's great power in the first quarter, Karen, the commentator on the scene, was completely impressed by Su Jiu.

After all, as Karen said, as a rookie who has just entered the league this year, Su Jiu not only performed well in the regular season this season, but eventually helped the Magic to second place in the Eastern Conference and third place in the league.

The most important thing is that after entering the playoffs, Su Jiu's performance did not decline as much as the outside world predicted.

On the contrary, when the team was in a sluggish state, he stood up immediately and became the Magic's number one scorer in this round of the series.

Even so far, it is no exaggeration to say that if Su Jiu hadn't been, the Celtics would have completed the promotion easily and would not have been forced to look like they are now.

Commentator Jinger: "Yes, Su's performance in this round is really too outstanding, although he has performed poorly in two games."

"But compared with Su's overall contribution in this round of the series, the ups and downs in the state can be said to be completely unremarkable."

"It's no exaggeration to say that with Su's performance in this playoffs this year, he is fully capable of pursuing a maximum salary contract after this contract expires!!"

"And I also believe that as long as Su does not suffer too serious injuries next season, at least more than half of the teams in the league are willing to extend their olive branches for Su."

"After all, Su Ke can be called a league celebrity at the moment. Not only can he play on the court, but he still has a very high ability to attract money off the court."

"So I believe that so far, Su's future can definitely be regarded as promising, and it also sets a very outstanding role model for those juniors who lost the draft."

"Because Su has used his actual actions to thoroughly prove to the outside world, the undraft can also be a turbulent move in the league!!"

After returning from the second quarter, most of the main players of both sides had already rested, and Lewis and Tkoglu both played as starters in these games.

So in the substitute lineup at this moment, Van Gundy also used Iverson, who had a short rest in the first quarter, to continue leading the team.

After all, in the Magic's entire starting lineup, except Howard in the inside, the worst shooting ability is Allen Iverson.

This also led to Van Gundy reducing the playing time when Iverson played with the main lineup in these games.

In most cases, Iverson is required to lead the second team to score points.

As for why Iverson was not directly placed on the bench for appearance, because the Magic have never been able to do ideological work for Iverson when it comes to playing as a substitute.

So in the end, Van Gundy also used this method to try to meet the needs of the court at any time.

With the competition between the substitutes of both sides on the court, after Lewis returned to the starting lineup, the offensive firepower of the second team has obviously begun to decline greatly.

Although the Magic still had the answer to having a brief rest in the first quarter on the court at this moment Iverson, the Celtics also had a defensive player Tony Allen on the bench.

So Iverson obviously didn't feel good in this situation. After all, the answer now is indeed entering his twilight years of his career.

When facing Tony Allen's close-fitting defense, he clearly felt a little difficult.

At least there is no such personal aura as the peak of people who block people and kill people, and the gods who block people.

In the next competition between the substitutes of both sides, the Magic did not take much advantage.

However, in the process of dealing with the Celtics, he still maintained the initiative on the court, and the score was not too close or too widened.

Finally, as time went by on the court, Van Gundy and Rivers gradually brought the main lineup back to the court.

After all, the two teams have already reached the tiebreak battle in this game. In such a game where the winner is decided directly in a game, both sides dare not be careless.

As long as the main lineup does not compete with calf cramps, it basically takes as long as you can, and will never rest too much off the court.

This is really not a fault for the head coach to fight the main force, because the strength of the substitute lineup is indeed a bit inferior and is far from being able to control the situation.

With the gradual return of the main players of both sides, Su Jiu still played very resolutely after returning from the second quarter.

There is no hesitation in the choice of offensive end. It can be said that it takes any opportunity to seize the Celtics' defensive flaws and starts to target them desperately.

Facing Su Jiu, who was still imposing after returning from the second quarter, Rivers was already anxious and restless even though he was on the court.

But at this moment, all he could do was arrange for the team to double-team Su Jiu, or pray that Su Jiu's feel on the offensive end could quickly decline.

However, Su Jiu obviously could not satisfy Rivers' personal expectations in this game. Facing the Celtic double-team, Su Jiu still distributed the ball to his teammates who were in an open position as soon as possible.

And under the influence of Su Jiu's offensive defense, other players in the Magic obviously got more opportunities in this game.

Especially when Iverson was replaced and Courtney Lee was taken to the court by Van Gundy, the Magic could be said to have a good three-point shooting percentage on the outside except Howard.

Even Tekoglu, who has the lowest three-point shooting percentage, still has a three-point shooting percentage of 34.1%.

Therefore, this situation also leads to the fact that when Su Jiu uses personal threats to quickly transfer the ball out, the teammates who receive the ball can often complete the attack as soon as possible, and it is basically difficult to stop the ball for a long time on the entire court.

It can be said that although Su Jiu was restricted by the Celtics in this game, under Su Jiu's selfless personal connection, the entire Magic team played a smooth attack in this game.

Finally, after the half, the Magic still used:

57:48

Leading the Celtics by nine points, ending the first half of the competition between the two sides.

After the half-time game, the Celtic fans on the Internet are now unable to sit still.

After all, at the end of the first quarter, the Celtics were only six points behind the Magic, but after the half, the Celtics not only failed to narrow the score in the second quarter, but were still widened the gap to nine points by the Magic.

In addition to the Magic's very smooth outside attack in this game, this made the Celtics fans a little impatient for a while.

They completely lost the confidence they had before the start of the tiebreak battle, because at this moment they had discovered a very cruel fact.

That is, the team's excellent playoff experience does not seem to have brought too many advantages to the Celtics in this game.

Because the Celtics seemed to be unable to limit Su Jiu's personal performance in this game, even Su Jiu suddenly became more difficult to defend than the first six games.

Especially when the Celtics defended Su Jiu alone, Su Jiu's attack in this game seemed to have suddenly become aware of it, making the Celtics unable to stop it.

Once the Celtics double-teamed against Su Jiu on the court, Su Jiu will transfer the ball to a large scale as soon as possible, thus creating better shooting opportunities for teammates.

So the main reason why the Celtics lagged behind in the entire first half was that they could not easily and effectively restrict Su Jiu.

It can be said that when most experts outside the world believe that the Celtics are likely to end up winning this tiebreak with their outstanding playoff experience.

Su Jiu suddenly appeared like a robot returning to the field, and caught the Celtics off guard in this highly anticipated tiebreak battle.

Finally, after the half, Su Jiu not only successfully sent out a very outstanding personal data, but the most important thing was that Su Jiu led the team to a suppression state against the Celtics throughout the first half.

Although from the final score, the Magic were only nine points ahead of the Celtics.

But it should be noted that in the 24 minutes of the first half, the Celtics did not lead at any time.

This means that the Magic have been suppressing the Celtics throughout the first half, and this situation has never happened in the first six games of this series.

So after the half-time, while the Internet is in full swing, Su Jiu's performance has attracted the attention of the entire league.

As for why it is the entire league, in the semi-final match between the East and West games, except for the Celtics and the Magic, the results of the other three groups of duels have already been released one after another.

So if nothing unexpected happens at this moment, whether it is James or Kobe, both of them may be quietly observing the final trend of the game at some point...

"Fuck, after we go back in the second half, we will defend a three-and-two joint defense. Remember, don't give the Magic any more shooting opportunities."

"And if Su continues to break through to the inside in the second half, we should not mess up our formation, firmly defend our position, and don't give him any chance to pass the ball at any open position."

"Because we've given the Magic too many opportunities throughout the first half, this is obviously not good news."

"So after going back in the second half, we would rather relax our protection of the penalty area than resolutely cut off the connection between Su and other teammates, because this is too bad."

"Remember, guys, we are currently nine points behind the Magic, so everyone must cheer up in the second half, this is our last chance to reverse in this game."

"Especially Lat Twinkle (Rondo), I hope your defense in the second half will become more fierce, giving Su more oppression, rather than being easily broken into the inside by him like in the first half!!"

"Remember, no matter what method you use, you must try to suppress Su's threat on the offensive end, and this is also the most important thing for us at this moment!!"

During the halftime break, Celtics head coach Doug Rivers also made a loud arrangement to the players.

Obviously, the connection between Su Jiu and his teammates throughout the first half made Rivers feel something was wrong.

So during the halftime break, Rivers did not hesitate to relax the team's ability to guard the inside, and also resolutely cut off the second connection between Su Jiu and his teammates.

After all, the Magic played too smoothly on the offensive end of the entire first half. If the Magic were allowed to continue playing at this rhythm, Rivers felt that this might be a relatively bad thing.

After returning from the second half, the Celtics' offensive feel gradually began to open up.

Among them, Pierce, who had gradually realized that the team was in trouble, began to try to take over the game, hitting the middle distance just after the third quarter, trying to help the Celtics narrow the score as soon as possible.

However, while Pierce's personal touch gradually began to open up, Su Jiu's focus on the offensive end also did not decline.

After returning from the second half, when Su Jiu discovered that the Celtics suddenly changed their defensive formation to a three-and-two joint defense, he only had a moment of thinking, and then began to attack the basket.

As we all know, although the three-and-second joint defense can effectively suppress the enemy's outside line, the biggest disadvantage of the three-and-second joint defense is that the defense of the inside line and the pressure at the bottom corners on both sides is greatly reduced.

So Su Jiu, who knows this well, also began to frequently attack the inside. Even in this process, Rondo's defensive actions were getting bigger and bigger.

There were even two times when Su Jiu was directly pulled down from the air, but Su Jiu finally got up from the floor and used a free throw to help the team continue to expand its advantage.

I believe that if Van Gundy had not been infuriated by the Celtics during the half-time break, the Magic would have swung their fists at the Celtics long ago after they came back in the second half.

After all, after the beginning of the third quarter, the Celtics' defensive actions against Su Jiu were getting bigger and bigger.

Whether it is Rondo on the outside or Garnett on the inside, as long as Su Jiu successfully passes the defense of the two, what he wants to face next will definitely be a series of bad actions such as throat locking, arm pulling and slamming.

When Iverson on the field saw the obviously very bad movements of the Celtics, he couldn't help but step forward and confront Garnett.

Although the height difference between the two was 30 cm, Iverson was not afraid at all when facing Garnett.
To be continued...