Chapter 294: Remaining Power
After the medical staff came up and checked, they quickly made a professional judgment and carried the painful Tony Allen away on a stretcher. From their serious expressions, it was not difficult to see that Tony Allen's condition was not optimistic.
Tony Allen is really fearless. He actually dared to collide with Yang Mo who was sprinting. Isn't this asking for trouble? Even if Yang Mo was carrying the ball, others would not dare to collide with him like this. But he was so good. Yang Mo rushed over at full speed, but he didn't dodge and rushed forward. Isn't this courting death?
After Tony Allen was carried away, the scene was eerily quiet, which was undoubtedly a huge psychological shock to the Celtics players. In the last match, Yang Mo had already knocked out Miles, and Big Baby Davis was also emotionally disconnected from the beating. Now Tony Allen passed away in such pain, they subconsciously associated Yang Mo with the God of Death.
drop!
Rivers had to call another timeout. The accident just now disrupted all his strategic deployments. Tony Allen, a bulldog-like defensive player, was his best chess piece to deal with Yang Mo, but now when he looked towards the bench, there was no bulldog anymore.
There was no other choice but to pick the tallest of the short guys and call up the tough rookie player Bill Walker: "Bill, you will go up and guard Yang and control him from running around. At the same time, you must also pay attention to protecting yourself and don't make the same mistake Tony just made."
Bill Walton nodded immediately. He didn't fully listen to the first half of Rivers' words, but he remembered the second half. He didn't want to be the next Tony Allen. In fact, no one wanted to be Tony Allen. The scene of him slapping the floor and howling in pain was too horrible and creepy. No one wanted to bear this unspeakable pain.
When Rivers had no choice but to make the strategy of replacing the spare tire, TNT TV station, which broadcast the game live, also had an in-depth discussion on the accident on the court.
"Did Tony Allen have a brain cramp? How dare he wrestle with Super Yang who was running at full speed ? Doesn't he remember the poor guy who was knocked out of the court by Super Yang in the rookie game?" Collins said in confusion. Even though Tony Allen had been carried out of the court on a stretcher, he couldn't help but question his IQ.
"Never underestimate the heart of a defender. Although Tony Allen has fallen, his spirit has always remained on the court, and the Celtics' morale will burn strongly because of his departure." Kenny Smith analyzed, and his views are always unconditionally inclined towards Super Yang's opponents.
Unfortunately, his opinion was immediately ridiculed by Charles Barkley, a die-hard Yang fan: "Are you sure that morale is high and not low? I want to see who dares to defend Super Yang next in the Celtics."
Kenny Smith couldn't find a point to refute the topic raised by Barkley, so he could only change the concept and start a new topic: "I really don't understand why some people still think that this barbaric style of play is an honorable act. This is a basketball court, not a football game."
"I would also like to ask some of my friends who are opposing just for the sake of opposing to open their eyes and take a good look who is responsible, the defender or the attacker. According to traffic regulations, the collision just now was obviously caused by Tony Allen driving in the wrong direction. You should know that Super Yang was already on the established track of high-speed running. No one asked him to go up and collide. He was confused and insisted on going up. Who can he blame for getting hurt? We can give him humanitarian care, but he is still the one who bears the main responsibility." Charles Barkley said extremely forcefully, with an air of heroism that said, "The truth is on my side and I am not afraid of conquering the world."
"Shouldn't a car slow down when it sees someone hitting it?" Kenny Smith argued, "Why didn't Yang slow down just now? His failure to slow down means he is responsible."
"Sorry, Yang is not a car. Yang is a high-speed train." Charles Barkley sneered and said in a 'noble and cold' tone: "Once the train starts running, who can still see the pedestrians lying on the track?"
"You are shirking responsibility and making up excuses."
"I am respecting the facts, you are making trouble."
"You're yelling nonsense."
"You're full of shit."
The two of them were arguing and they actually started bickering like in a Qiong Yao drama.
Fortunately, the game had resumed at this time and everyone's attention was turned to the screen, otherwise listening to their chattering would have driven them crazy.
After the game resumed, the Celtics' offense was not affected at all, but their defense was somewhat compromised. Because Bill Walker had no way to stop Yang Mo from running around, and Yang Mo's interlaced running naturally caused problems for the Celtics' coherent defense system. Because when Yang Mo ran to them, they couldn't just leave him alone, and if they left him alone, Yang Mo would definitely throw the basketball in.
Moreover, with Yang Mo's running speed, once he runs freely, even a double team defense may not be effective.
With Yang Mo's active running, the game that should have been a foregone conclusion turned out to be a close one. At halftime, the Celtics only led by one point, 58:57. This was based on Ray Allen's continued explosive performance in the last two minutes, throwing in four three-pointers in a row.
Although Yang Mo didn't mind the statistics, everyone was still shocked when the data came out. Yang Mo actually scored 7 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks in the first half, filling in numbers for every statistic.
In other words, if it can continue throughout the game, Yang Mo is likely to get a triple-double or even a near quadruple-double. Such data is even more difficult than scoring 40 points, after all, it tests comprehensive ability rather than a single outstanding skill.
Fans were looking forward to this data, but Yang Mo was indifferent. Since he decided to stay invisible and be a supporting role, he would not consider the data at all, whether it was points, assists or triple-doubles.
After returning to the locker room, Yang Mo immediately took out the Celtics' defensive tactics from the defensive coach and observed them carefully. Although Haslem's appearance in the first half provided firepower support near the free throw line and brought great pressure to the Celtics' defense, it still failed to completely defeat the defense.
If the Heat want to win tonight, they must find a way to completely break through the Celtics' spider-web-like defense.
