On May 10, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and the Celtics beat the Bucks 116-108 to tie the total score to 2-2. In this game, Horford, the 35-year-old veteran of the Celtics, shot 11 of 14, cut a new playoff career-high 30 points, and also completed a dunk on the head of the alphabet brother, which can be called the number one contributor to the Celtics' victory.
So in this game, why can Horford explode? In an interview after the game, the veteran gave the answer, and the reason was related to the alphabet brother.
"He stared at me after the dunk, and some of the ways he did things, I didn't like it. It would have turned on my switch at that moment, so I took the opportunity to go inside and snap the ball in. It was a crucial round and, obviously, the ball ignited the mood of our whole team. Horford said.
In the third quarter of the game, The Alphabet Brother once held the ball into the basket, across the Horford dunk, after the dunk was completed, he also stared at Horford, shouting "OK", as a result, because of this provocative move, the Alphabet Brother was also blown by the referee for technical fouls.
But even so, this move of the alphabet brother still makes the Celtic players very dissatisfied, not to mention, in this game, in addition to glaring at Horford, the alphabet brother also frantically spit out his tongue after singles Theis, and after the fall of Smart, the opponent wanted to pull him up, but he deliberately did not get up, and also suspected of kicking people.
But Horford was able to explode, and it wasn't just because he was fighting with Alphabet Brother. Celtics head coach Uduka said that he was targeting the weakness of Lopez's inability to save, so he deliberately let Horford pull out to shoot. Bucks head coach Budenholzer also praised Horford's performance, but in the next game, the Bucks should also make targeted arrangements for Horford, and can no longer let him cut points so efficiently.