In the last confrontation between the two teams, the Heat won the game without any blood.

At that time, the Rockets' generals asserted that even if the Celtics still failed in the next game, they would not be able to lose so fragilely again.

And tonight's game did verify the Rockets' players' predictions.

Before the game, Celtics head coach Rivers changed the lineup.

He removed the big baby Davis and replaced it with Jeff Green, who was more outside-style.

Therefore, the Celtics' starting point in this game became: Rondo, Deronti West, Pierce, Jeff Green, and Jermaine O'Neal.

The Heat continued their previous starting lineup: Chalmos, Wade, Ray Allen, James and Howard.

But judging from the paper strength, the Heat undoubtedly have an absolute advantage.

Among the five positions, only Rondo is the Celtics, which is the advantageous match.

But Rondo is not the kind of star who is good at scoring, and it is difficult for him to change the direction of the game alone.

Before the game, ESPN once invited 26 professional football reviewers in a program to predict the situation of this game.

As a result, all 26 ball ratings predicted that the Heat would win.

The Celtics, who reached the Finals last season and fought with the Lakers for seven games, didn't even get a vote.

In response to this, the team's core, Paul Pierce, said on his personal social media:

"The truth is often in the hands of a few people. No one believes it? Then wait for me to prove it!"

Pierce's tweet has received many likes from players, but at the same time, many fans have also made ridicule in the comment section.

"Paul, you have indeed played well in the past two years, but you have never been a star of Kobe or LeBron. You can't create miracles."

"Garnett is the soul of this Celtics! Without him, the defensive system you are proud of collapses directly. James cannot be prevented, Wade cannot be prevented, Howard cannot be prevented, and even Ray Allen cannot be restricted!"

"I racked my brains, but I still couldn't think of any way to help the Celtics win. Although Rondo grew up very quickly, the "Three-Headed Monster" was only Truth, and the Celtics were really unable to turn the world..."

............

With the media and fans watching the situation together, the Celtics generals stepped onto the field.

As the referee threw the ball high, the game officially began!

O'Neal Jr. jumped hard, but still lost in the game.

The Heat attack first!

Chalmos took the ball through the half and came to the top of the arc to organize.

Wade used the cover to come out.

The moment he received the ball, he crossed the ball and directly passed West's defense.

After coming to the penalty area, Wade turned around at high speed with his right foot as the axis, and cleaned up O'Neal, who was assisting in defense...

“bang!”

The Flash made a powerful and heavy bang for the Heat to score the first record!

After the ball entered, Xiao Ao immediately raised his hand and signaled that the ball was his problem.

"No big problem, don't take it to heart."

Pierce comforted.

The expressions of other Celtic players were also very calm, and they did not seem to be affected by this dunk.

Offensive and defensive conversion.

Rondo organized teammates to run outside the three-point line.

Chalmos did not defend himself, but stood about two meters away from Rondo, and his eyes were always on West who was running on the flank from time to time.

His defensive strategy is very clear, which is to make Rondo shoot and cut him off from contact with other Celtic players.

Rondo observed the top of the arc for a long time and found no chance to pass the ball.

He gritted his teeth, collected the ball on the spot, bent his knees and attacked...

"Swish~"

Basketball enters the Internet!

2:3.

The Celtics take the lead!

After scoring the goal, Rondo smiled and spread his hands at Chalmos, with a joking expression.

James walked to the latter and whispered: "Continue to implement the tactics, you can defend without any problem."

Chalmos nodded.

The Heat attack.

This time, James passed the ball to Howard in the low post.

The monster immediately prepared to launch the back attack.

But the moment he got the ball, Jeff Green, who was responsible for defending James, suddenly recovered the inside and attacked Howard with O'Neal Jr.

The Warcraft reacted quickly and immediately raised the ball and observed his teammate's position.

James suddenly started and cut into the middle.

Howard shook his wrist and passed the ball over.

After receiving the ball, James took three steps and headed straight to the Celtics' hinterland!

Just when the fans at the scene thought they could appreciate the dunk of "Reign of the World", Pierce broke out from the diagonal sting and pushed James away from the route of travel.

Both of them lost their center of gravity and flew out of the boundary with each other.

This is definitely a fierce foul!

However, Pierce's protective action after the foul seemed to remind the referee that I had no malicious intentions, this was a tactical foul.

"Beep!"

The whistle sounded and the referee carefully stopped the game.

Meanwhile, there was a booing sound in the American Airlines Arena.

Many fans stood up anxiously to see if James was injured.

Fortunately, James and Pierce quickly stood up with the help of their teammates.

After getting up, Pierce took the initiative to walk to James and patted the latter's butt.

"Is it okay?"

Pierce asked.

"It's okay...but the game has just begun, there's no need to be so fierce, right?"

James has a good mentality and can still joke with the other party after being violated like this.

Pierce smiled awkwardly.

Soon, after watching the video playback on the technical stand, the referee announced the penalty for Pierce—

"Celtics No. 34, technical foul, the Heat threw one free throw!"

Hearing such a punishment, the booing at the scene gradually subsided.

James walked onto the free throw line, and after driving twice, he took action confidently...

“duang!”

The ball hit the front of the basket and bounced out.

James shook his head, walked to the three-point line and stuck his body position, and opened his hand to ask for the ball.

However, Chalmos' sideline serve was seen through by Rondo.

I saw Coach Long jump, and at the same time, he gently relaxed his ape's arm, blocked the ball in the air, and launched a counterattack.

Wade reacted the fastest, started immediately, and began to catch up with Rondo.

While advancing, Director Long observed the situation behind him with his eyes wide open.

[If this ball is hard, it may be covered...]

Rondo thought to himself.

The next moment, a bold plan came to his mind.

Rondo took three steps and prepared to make a layup.

His first two steps were very normal, and it was no different from the usual three-step layup movement.

But when he made the last layup, Rondo suddenly changed his move, passing the ball from behind and handing the ball to West who followed behind him.

Wade never expected Rondo to choose to pass the ball when facing an empty basket.
To be continued...