Pierce confronted Link outside the three-point line. He was sweating profusely and had no inch of his skin on his body.

Link stretched out a hand to block Pierce's eyes. Just like this, Link could feel the heat coming out of Pierce's mouth.

Garnett lifted the pick-and-roll and Pierce started dribbling, and he was about to break through!

Without hesitation, Link went around Garnett directly. He was not afraid of being broken by Pierce. Anyway, Pierce no longer had the strength to run very fast. As long as he could block that guy's shot, he would not think about scoring!

Link was full of confidence because his defense against Pierce was extremely successful in the second half.

At this time, the game had reached the tenth minute of the fourth quarter. There were only two minutes left before the end of the game. Pierce, who scored 17 points in the first half, made only 1 of 7 shots in the second half so far!

In the third quarter, Link only let Pierce score one goal. Until now, Pierce is in a state of being locked up.

"Truth"'s performance in the first and second half was completely different, but he still wanted to break the status quo, so he once again stood in front of Link with the ball and then used the cover to break through.

Link followed Pierce to the basket, and Pierce chose to make a layup directly!

It can be seen that Pierce is really tired. If he had been put in the first half, he would definitely do a series of fake moves under the basket. But now, Pierce just wants to seize every opportunity to score.

As soon as Pierce threw the ball out, she suddenly lost her light at the basket. Link jumped a head higher than Pierce. Although he jumped behind Pierce, he came from behind and straightened his arms in the air and waved it hard! He suddenly slapped Pierce's layup out!

The basketball flies directly to the audience, and goes out of bounds, and the ball rights still belong to the Celtics.

But now no Celtics fans feel lucky that after this goal, Pierce has made 1 of 8 shots! What's the use of losing the sharp knife on the offensive end?

"The block from Link is so cruel. Link destroyed Pierce in a nearly cruel way in the second half. I don't know what to say. I think Pierce should be feeling bad now." The commentator who said Pierce could score about 40 points during the intermission was now full of black lines.

Seeing that the game was about to be finished, Pierce's scoring was only 19 points and he had not moved for a long time.

Not to mention 40 points, Pierce may not even get 20 points today!

And the one who ended all this was the No. 0 striker who had just completed the blocking.

The big villain in Memphis seems to be more ruthless than the villain from Boston. People are eager to see the truth reappear, but Link's block just now seems to have killed all possibilities.

Pierce supported his knees with both hands, and he had no strength to even squirt trash with Link.

He didn't expect that the kid would suddenly increase his defensive intensity in the second half. Now, the Celtics are 15 points behind the Grizzlies. If the score cannot be narrowed down as soon as possible, the Celtics must accept the ending of four consecutive losses!

But what could Pierce do? He found that he felt it was difficult to lift his legs now.

Garnett stood on the sideline and was about to serve. Rondo went to pick up the ball, and Pierce rushed outside the three-point line, but was crossed by Link.

At this moment, Link was like a solid wall. He didn't move at all if Pierce pushed it.

At that moment, Pierce knew in his heart that he had completely failed.

The truth was strangled in the North Shore Garden.

When Garnett missed a turnover jump shot and the Celtics failed to narrow the gap in the last 1 minute and 48 seconds, Brad Stevens stopped the game.

He replaced all the main players, including Mike Conley. The young coach's move was equivalent to igniting his victory cigar.

"The Pacers replaced all the main players, Coach Stevens officially announced that the game has entered the flow of garbage time."

With 33 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, when Link got off the court, the live camera gave him a close-up. There is no doubt that Link was named the best player of the game.

In the first and second half, his performance was consistently outstanding. He showed his offensive skills to the fullest. Paul Pierce's attack on Link today was only shaking his head with annoyance.

But no one expected that while Link was doing his own job, he also made Pierce feel silent.

In the first half of the game, the beautiful fantasies of Celtic fans all disappeared with this substitution.

After returning from the timeout, Pierce was still present. But at this time he faced Tony Allen again, no one thought Pierce could still create miracles.

Sure enough, in the last minute, the Celtics neither organized any decent offense, and Pierce did not score any more goals.

The 19-minute data was kept to the last second until the electronic beeps tear through the air in the North Shore Garden.

100 to 83, Paul Pierce and his Boston Celtics had a good dream in the half.

"It's over...it's a painful defeat. After this game, the Celtics have lost four consecutive games. Moreover, they are more than 15 points behind in each game...14 wins and 17 losses, and we are still ninth in the East. But it's unknown when we can return to the top eight in the East."

"Paul Pierce did his best in this game, but he obviously could no longer resist such invasion. In the second half, Paul Pierce's situation seemed to be a microcosm of the Celtics this season. They all wanted to win, but were defeated by reality."

After the game, Link looked around the North Shore Garden. Now, it has become the same as when the game started.

There was no shouting, no lights, and no cheers. The heavy feeling that made people breathless was pressing over the North Shore Garden Arena.

Link stood up and glanced at Pierce. The guy with a strong self-esteem naturally couldn't beat him like this, and even ran over to hug Link.

Link curled his lips. It seemed that from now on, he would be even more hated in Boston.

Pierce walked into the player channel with a lonely face. He fought hard to the end with all his strength, iron-bloodedness and fierceness.

But throughout the second half, Pierce felt powerless.

Every attack and defense of that No. 0 suffocated Pierce. His skills, his level, marveled Pierce.

"Paul, is there any time?" A reporter who was allowed to enter the player's passage stopped Pierce. He knew that Pierce was not in high spirits now. But the entire Celtics, today we count Pierce's most worthy of interviews.

Pierce glanced at the reporter, stopped, "Ask."

"After this game, do you still think you are one of the best small forwards in the league? Better than Link?"

Pierce really wanted to punch this reporter in the face, "You don't have any pots to bring up any pots!"

"Of course, I won't change my point of view." Pierce finished speaking, ready to leave. But as soon as he took a step, he turned back, "But that kid is not bad either. Tonight, he is the truth."

On March 13, 2001, Paul Pierce was not an All-Star or a Championship. But that day, he won the nickname of following his life.

At that time, Pierce didn't understand why O'Neal, as the winner, suddenly remembered to use this word on himself.

Today, Pierce understood.

The reporter smiled and recorded Pierce's words truthfully. This stubborn old guy finally let go.

An hour after the game, a title appeared on sports websites across the United States.
Chapter completed!