On April 21, Beijing time, the Celtics defeated the Nets 114-107 to rewrite the score to 2-0. The Nets led by as many as 17 points in the first half of the game, but in the third quarter, Green Kai relied on defense to equalize and finally entered the final quarter with a 5-point disadvantage, but Jaylen Brown scored 10 consecutive points to complete the rebound, Durant was also hatped in a row, and finally the Celtics completed a 17-point reversal.
The core of the Celtics' attack is jason Tatum and Jaylen Brown's double probe flower combination, Nash has obviously made adjustments to the attack of these two people, the attack of the two G1 is flowing, and G2 has made many fearless mistakes in the continuous playing iron, which is why Green Kai once fell behind by 17 points, and the key to Green Kai's points chasing and reversal is Al Horford, who can still shine in such a defensive team.
Green Kai fans should know that a few years ago Horford was the inner pillar + leader of this Celtics, Philadelphia gave him a contract of 100 million yuan in order to steal him, but Horford went to Philadelphia and did nothing to be sent to the Thunder, after the Thunder played for a season, Green Kai traded him back, he returned to Green Kai and once again showed his hard power at both ends of the attack and defense, he was born for the big scene, this G2 he is too hard.
Horford defensive end to assist in the defense of the inside line, there are also single defense Durant, Zhuang Shen, Claxton moments, he once again became the green Kai's inner line defensive gate, the first quarter he completed the big play of blocking Irving, 2 of 3 in the single quarter, 4 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 block. In the second quarter, the Nets once pulled away to 17 points, and Horford's key three-pointers in the single quarter were 6 points, 3 rebounds and 1 steal to help Green Kai shrink to 10 points, and he had 10 points, 4 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block in the half.
Horford in the third quarter is even more admirable, the 36-year-old veteran worked hard to get a card position, contributing two three-pointers on the offensive end to help the team get started, but the referee gave him 3 fouls in the single quarter, he swallowed 4 fouls and could only be replaced, but his performance of 6 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 steal in the single quarter helped the team equalize for a while. In the third quarter, 16 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block filled the data column, and the key was 0 turnovers.
Although Horford did not score in the final quarter, he did his best on the defensive end, swallowing two fouls and leaving the field six times, six times before the final 2 minutes and 42 seconds, 32 minutes in the game, 6 of 10, 6 of 3 three-pointers, 16 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, shooting 60% from the field and 50% from three-point range. G1 He had 20 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 turnovers on 8-of-13 + 2-of-2 three-pointers, which was a great performance.
The Celtics reporter wrote: Al Horford is the second best player on the team, and he knows it all. Al Horford is playing a great game. (In fact, Jaylen has 22 points and 6 assists, Tatum has 19 points, 10 assists and 6 rebounds, and Horford is the third in points, which should be encouraged)
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream