"Li Rong is going to play Pierce alone," Yu Jia said.

"We need to take a good look at this." Zhang Weiping said, "Let's see how Li Rong fights."

Pierce's defensive ability is also very outstanding among forward players. Although he has never been selected into the best defensive lineup, he is very good at using his strong body to create physical confrontation.

Especially after Garnett arrived last year, Pierce spent more energy on the defensive end than before.

However, Li Rong still has a huge advantage when facing Pierce, that is, his height.

Pierce is 2 meters 01, Li Rong is 2 meters 06, and the two are 5 cm apart.

Therefore, Li Rong's singles are much simpler than Pierce.

He took the ball at a high position and took the ball from behind and flipped over and shot from a mid-range shot.

The ball was bumped on the basket and then fell into the basket.

"Li Rong's height still has an advantage," said Yu Jia. "The footstep changes are not as complicated as Pierce, but simple but effective."

"That's right," said Zhang Weiping, "He can play at the third and fourth positions. Pierce's height defense is equivalent to a small defense against the big one. He can play directly without being too complicated."

The two of them each beat one of the other, and the scene was considered a draw.

Then the two of them did not act voluntarily, and at the same time they focused on the team's offense.

The Timberwolves had some advantages in the first quarter, and led the opponent by 6 points after the first quarter.

Due to the intensity of the defensiveness, the pace of both sides is not particularly fast.

The Celtics' offense is a bit unsatisfactory, and except for the Big Three, other players' contributions are very limited.

As soon as he came back in the second quarter, Billups led the substitute lineup to beat the opponent's substitute.

Ray Allen has a bad touch during this period and has failed to hit several outside shots.

But Billups was a little begging for Eddie House.

House is a nerve-knife pitcher who is not good at organizing offenses.

And he is also short in height, and most of the Celtic substitutes are Ray Allen who organizes the offense.

The Celtics had no choice but to use Tony Allen to defend Billups, which curbed Billups' rampage.

The scores of both sides were very low in the second quarter, and the Timberwolves led their opponents by 4 points 18 to 14.

At the end of the half, the Timberwolves entered the second half with a 10-point lead.

"The pace of this game is slow," said Yu Jia. "The Timberwolves basically didn't play any decent conversion attacks."

"But one thing I'm more worried about is the third quarter," said Zhang Weiping. "The Celtics are very good at using high-intensity defense to hit a counterattack climax in the third quarter. The Timberwolves need to pay attention to this."

Strong teams are generally good at making efforts in the third quarter, and Li Rong was influenced by Stevens and believed in the law of average.

To put it bluntly, it means believing in the conservation of character.

The Celtics felt a little problem in the first half, and the Big Three did not open it.

Li Rong believed that they would not be silent for the whole time like this.

Moreover, since the three of them are veterans over 30 years old, there will definitely be some slow warm-ups in the away game.

The opponent is likely to launch a counterattack in the second half.

Everything was just like Li Rong thought. As soon as the Celtics came back in the third quarter, they immediately improved their defensive strength.

Jefferson's basket offense was blocked by Garnett. Garnett controlled the basketball when he fell in the air and then passed it to Rondo.

Rondo passed the ball to Ray Allen on the outside in a high-speed counterattack. Ray Allen hit a three-pointer with his hand and sounded the Celtics' counterattack.

Billups' singles also encountered the ruthless double-team of his opponent.

The Celtic double-team strategy is implemented very well, and the timing is just right.

Although Billups made no mistakes in this goal, he still almost exhausted the attack time.

The hasty move was shorter, and Garnett grabbed the rebound and dribbled the ball and pushed it back.

Seeing this, Li Rong was grateful to go up and stop him. Garnett did not bother him too much and passed the ball to Pierce who was fast down the right.

Pierce flew to Jefferson, who was making up for defense, and entered the inside to score two points for the team.

In less than a minute, the Celtics chased for 5 points.

This is just the beginning of the Celtic counterattack in the third quarter.

Li Rong got the ball from the outside and tried to attack by himself to stabilize the situation for the team.

But Garnett is like an ubiquitous ghost. As soon as he started, Garnett's assisted defense came.

In desperation, Li Rong had to share the ball to Mike Dais at the middle distance.

McDyce's mid-range jump shot was also promptly interfered by Garnett, who returned to defense. Pierce grabbed the rebound and passed Rondo directly.

Rondo faced Billups and Brewer's double-handed attack in the frontcourt fast break, and scored the ball with a difficult ball at the basket, leaving only 3 points left.

"It's time-out!" Zhang Weiping said anxiously, "The Timberwolves have been fighting a little messed up during this period."

But McHale on the sidelines was still a little indifferent, as if he didn't realize that the opponent was setting off a wave of counterattack climax.

The Timberwolves' offense this round still did not score, but fortunately, the retreat was quite timely, and finally the opponent did not score easily.

But at this time, the Celtics' condition had been completely recovered. Garnett used his signature low post to shake his shoulders and back to singles to Mike Des, with only one point left.

"Isn't it called a pause?" Yu Jia said.

The Timberwolves still did not stop, but fortunately Li Rong caused a Garnett counterattack foul this time, and made two free throws at the free throw line, which helped the team stabilize the situation a little.

However, in the next round, Ray Allen used the cover to shoot a three-pointer at 45 degrees on the left, smoothing the gap in one fell swoop.

At this time, McHale finally requested a pause.

"Is this a bit late to pause?" Yu Jia said, "It was beaten by the opponent for 5 consecutive rounds, and McHale then requested the pause."

"It's a bit late," said Zhang Weiping. "In fact, when the opponent plays three in a row, it should be called a pause. The pause is not only to adjust his condition, but also to cool the feel of the opponent. This pause is a bit incomprehensible."

McHale exposed some problems with the time-out time in the last game, and now this game is confirmed.

To be honest, although he realized that the opponent's offensive was very strong just now, he was still lucky and believed that as long as the team could play in two rounds, the players could stabilize the situation by themselves.

But things went against my wishes. Faced with such a veteran opponent as the Celtics, the Timberwolves are still a little younger after all.

Billups was again faced with the opponent's strict defense, and the Celtics have replaced Ray Allen to defend him.

Rondo is a unstable shooting point in the Celtics lineup, but Brewer is also in the Timberwolves' starting lineup.
Chapter completed!