Pierce pushed forward, facing Su Yan at the top of the right arc, found Garnett for a screen, and drove into the right wing.
He encountered David Lee's help defense and drove in.
After completely drawing the defense, he swung the ball out again, finding Ray Allen at the top of the left arc. A Three-point Shot?!
"Dream on!"
Su Yan chased him out.
After Ray Allen drew defensive attention, he passed the ball again, distributing it to... Garnett, who was setting a screen at the free-throw line.
The 211 cm Garnett took the ball and immediately rose for a mid-range jumper.
"Iron-Blooded Great Jumper."
Even though McGrady had chased him, Garnett's high leap made him lose the desire to block.
"Swish!"
It went in steadily.
The Boston Celtics were not only strong defensively, but their offense was also very powerful.
Coupled with Pierce's earlier 2+1 drive, the Boston Celtics opened with a 5:0 run.
They showed their advantage in both offense and defense.
Curry pushed forward, dribbling continuously between his legs, faking with an in-and-out dribble with his right hand, and driving into the right wing.
He drove straight to the basket.
But then he made a behind-the-back pass back to the arc, finding Su Yan.
Pierce was right in front of him. Su Yan, with the ball, assumed an offensive stance, seemingly ready to drive.
The next second.
"Bang!"
He suddenly pounded the ball in place, took a small step back, gathered the ball, and immediately launched a Three-point Shot.
It was all in one smooth motion.
The startled Pierce subconsciously took a step back, losing the opportunity to defend Su Yan.
"No way it goes in!"
Pierce growled.
The next instant.
"Swish!"
The Three-point Shot swished through the net.
Green Shirts Head Coach Doc Rivers roared from the sidelines: "Guard him tightly! Guard him tightly! Have you forgotten what we said before the game?"
Before the game.
Rivers had told his players to focus entirely on Su Yan and to allow some slack on other players, which was perfectly fine.
He knew very well that Su Yan was the soul of the New York Knicks, just like LeBron for the Cavaliers, and Kobe for the Los Angeles Lakers.
Only by stifling the main core would winning become easier.
"Understood!"
"Got it!"
Pierce, Garnett, and others nodded silently.
No one said it explicitly.
Everyone understood.
Before that, the Boston Celtics had to attack first. Rondo took the ball and directed traffic, with Ray Allen in the corner, Garnett in the low post, and Pierce ready to receive the ball at any time.
There were too many passing options.
He drove into the right wing, grabbed the ball and jumped, looked at Ray Allen in the right corner, and made a no-look pass behind his head.
He found Garnett in the left low post.
Elusive.
"Swish!"
Garnett received the ball and made a layup with almost no pressure, scoring easily.
"What?!"
After the ball went in, David Lee belatedly cried out.
It wasn't that he reacted slowly; it was Rondo, who had grown into an All-Star Point Guard, whose passes were exquisite.
Transition offense.
Su Yan brought the ball up himself this time. Just past half-court, Pierce hunched over, adopting a defensive stance, staring menacingly at Su Yan.
Behind him, Garnett also positioned himself forward, ready to help defend at any moment.
Only a few minutes into the game, and the Boston Celtics, a championship team, began to double-team Su Yan.
This was definitely superstar treatment.
Su Yan narrowed his eyes. "Facing such a powerful team, trying to play tactics methodically and relying on skills...
Winning would be extremely difficult.
Almost impossible.
Only by breaking the mold and using an aggressive offense that the Boston Celtics can't comprehend do we have a chance to win the game!"
The more Su Yan thought, the clearer his Ideas became.
So.
Before Pierce could close in, from about five feet beyond the Three-point Shot line, he drew his bow and arrow.
He took a forced, super-long Three-point Shot.
"Again? Even further?!"
Pierce was dumbfounded.
Normally in this situation, he wouldn't defend.
But now, he didn't dare to be negligent, chasing hard to try and block Su Yan, or at least provide some interference.
Was it useful?
Completely useless.
Su Yan's release was very fast; if the defender hesitated even slightly, or was a little bit slow, it would be impossible to interfere.
"Clang!"
But after all, the distance was quite far.
Su Yan's shot missed.
Rebound?
Trust your teammates.
"Ahhh~"
Tyson let out a beast-like roar, leaping with all his might, grabbing the rebound before Perkins.
"Bang!"
He took the ball and gave Perkins a fierce shove, knocking him back a bit, then gathered the ball, ready to explode for a dunk.
"Thump!"
Garnett's help defense ability was extremely strong; he followed up in an instant, extending his long arms to cover Tyson.
David Lee was open behind him.
Clearly... Tyson didn't have the ball-handling ability to pass the ball out immediately.
He passed it out slowly.
Su Yan got it, with Pierce and Ray Allen on him. Unable to attack, he continued to pass the ball to Curry on the other side.
Only 3.4 seconds remained on the shot clock.
The moment Curry received the ball, after a fake drive and a triple threat, he launched a forced Three-point Shot over Rondo's defense.
His release speed was also very fast.
Rondo couldn't block it.
But this shot was truly very difficult.
"Swish!"
But it still went in.
"How did that go in?!"
Rondo was stunned.
"Nice!"
Curry pounded his chest, pointed his index finger to the sky, extremely excited, and immediately ran to Su Yan.
The two high-fived.
If not for Su Yan's reminder just now, he wouldn't have attacked so decisively this time; he would have surely passed the ball again to be safe.
Possibly, resulting in a 24-second shot clock violation.
And not getting this Three-point Shot.
Indeed... to defeat the Boston Celtics, one must break the mold and attack boldly, even bolder than usual.
"That's how we play!"
Su Yan said with a smile, giving a thumbs up.
"Oh!"
Curry also raised his arms and let out a shout.
Besides offense, defense also had to be fought hard; only by excelling in both offense and defense would there be a chance.
"Thump!"
Su Yan actively guarded Pierce, first stifling the Boston Celtics' strongest isolation scorer.
Could Pierce back down?
No, he couldn't.
But he also didn't match up against Su Yan, using a screen to avoid Su Yan, facing McGrady was undoubtedly easier.
"Bang bang bang!"
Continuous post-ups + spins.
The old-school yet incredibly steady Pierce's style of play didn't look flashy, but he inexplicably created opportunities.
Turnaround jumper.
"Swish!"
It went in steadily.
Su Yan also ran continuously, shaking off his defender, first curling out, seemingly ready to catch and shoot a Three-point Shot.
"It's a Three-point Shot, indeed!"
Garnett came to help again.
They seemed to have figured out Su Yan, so... break the mold.
"Screech!"
The soles of his shoes made a piercing sound against the floor.
Su Yan made another change of direction, driving straight in. Tyson and Perkins were tangled up, and David Lee stepped forward to block the chasing Pierce.
"Whoosh~"
Curry made a very decisive lob pass.
Su Yan soared into the sky, his astonishing 113 cm vertical leap under Spring Man Lv2 allowing his head to reach the rim in an instant.
"Boom!"
An tomahawk alley-oop.
Slamming the basket.
In the next possession, Curry, who usually looked for Three-point Shot opportunities on the perimeter, also decisively took a screen and drove to the basket.
A smooth reverse layup in mid-air.
"Clang!"
It missed, but... he drew a foul.
"Swish!"
"Swish!"
He made both free throws.
Curry also scored for the team with an unconventional offense, making the New York Knicks and the Boston Celtics... explode offensively against each other!!!
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