Bucks and Celtics Eastern Conference Semifinals G4, the third quarter just started more than a minute, alphabet brother once again took off.
The Celtics made a mistake, The Alphabet brother received a pass from his teammate, and the meteor rushed to the opponent's penalty area. Horford spared no effort to try to block this counterattack of Brother Alphabet. However, Alphabet Brother rose up, jumped up, flew into the air like a roc spread its wings, extended its ape arm, and slammed the ball into the air across Horford to help the Bucks lead by 6 points. The alphabet brother was domineering after landing, and he stared dead at Horford in front of him, and received a technical foul as a result.
At that time, the partitioned Horford's face was light and cloudy, and he just nodded his head in the face of the "provocation" of the death gaze of the alphabet brother.
This scene is somewhat lamentable.
On the curry position, the alphabet brother is the core of the Bucks, last season's Finals MVP, twice won the regular season MVP, this season is also one of the three regular season MVP candidates, called the league's popular star; Horford has been selected for the All-Star Game 5 times, but all are substitutes, the last time he was selected as an All-Star was 4 years ago, and now, he is an important member of the team, but not the core.
In terms of age, Alphabet Brother is 27 years old, and now he is at the peak of his career; Horford entered the NBA in 2007, 6 years earlier than Alphabet Brother, and will usher in his 36th birthday next month, basically at the end of his career.
The status, age, and physical talent of the two in the league are now quite different, and as a veteran who is locked and also suffers from the death gaze, this is indeed a psychological stimulus.
But Horford did not get lost, but "hit back" in his own way.
The next turn of the alphabet brother, Horford shot with a jump shot that he was good at, which obviously meant "you block me, I can't provoke, I have to attack you", but this shot failed to hit. Alphabet brother missed three points, Horford followed up to grab the rebound, and then performed the passing kung fu to assist Williams dunk. After that, he also hit a three-pointer in the third quarter.
However, the third quarter belongs to the alphabet brother, not just the blocker Horford, the quarter of 8 5, single quarter cut 13 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist. Under his leadership, the Bucks scored six points in a single quarter to help the team lead 80-73 into the final quarter. Horford was 1-of-4 in the third quarter and had 3 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.
In the final quarter, Horford hit the first goal of the quarter. The Bucks missed all four shots in the first four shots of the final quarter, including two shots by Alphabet Brother. With more than 9 minutes left in the quarter, Horford's defense of The Alphabet Brother outside the three-point line saw him pretend to shoot, then break through the Alphabet Brother, rush straight to the basket, complete a violent dunk, and knock down the Alphabet Brother with a hard slap on his right arm, and was also blown into a technical foul.
Brother Alphabet fell to the ground and touched his face with his hand, in stark contrast to the Horford on the other side clenching his fists, roaring incessantly, colliding with his teammates, unleashing his passion, as if he were fighting back at Brother Alphabet and staring at himself with death.
Horford's "fight back" is not over. Jump shots, three-point shots, assist teammates, rebounds, hooks 2+1, Horford seems to dream back to the top, showing his eighteen martial arts. In the end, Horford made 6 of 6 in the final quarter, 2 of 2 on three-pointers, and scored 16 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist in the single quarter. His excellent performance, coupled with Tatum's coming forward, scored 12 points in the final quarter, and the two teamed up to lead the Celtics to a 43-point surge in the final quarter, a 15-point net victory in a single quarter, completed a reversal against the Bucks, and rewrote the series score to a 2-2 draw.
The alphabet brother, who scored 28 points, 17 rebounds and 3 assists in the first three quarters, was absent in the face of the counterattack led by Horford and Tatum. He had 3-of-7 in the final quarter, had 6 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, and had 2 turnovers and 3 fouls, and was also blocked by White once.
On the basketball court, the performance on the court is always the best response to the opponent, and Horford, who scored 16 points in the final quarter and scored 30 points, undoubtedly gave the alphabet brother who was blocking and staring at himself perfectly. If you go back to the third quarter, you can choose again, I don't know if the alphabet brother who staged the partition will still die staring at 36-year-old Horford.
But this time, the young and vigorous alphabet brother was taught a lesson by the veteran, and for Horford, it was too relieved.