"If the Green Army wants to win the round series, the double probe must play." It's a phrase that has been badly said since the beginning of the series, and it's something that everyone knows.
It's not just the Bucks in the league, every team in the league that plays against the Celtics knows to pinch the double probe because their talent on the offensive end is really limited. But the Celtics now seem to no longer have to fear Tatum and Jaylen Brown in trouble, and they should have remembered that there were actually three probes on the team.
In 2007, when he was talented, Horford was selected with the third overall pick, ahead of him by the most regrettable champion in history, Auden, and Kevin Durant, who had just been eliminated by him. McConley and Jeff Green behind him have left early, Noah and Nick Young have faded out of the NBA, and Yi Jianlian has lost the CBA semifinals.
If you just look at this year's playoff performance, Horford must be the best of the 07 rookies. He made a big deal out of it in the first round, propping up the entire Celtic defense in the absence of Rowe in many games, and he could keep an eye on Durant on the outside and supplement the opposing center on the inside. In this round, Horford completely released his attack and showed his offensive talent to fans around the world.
G3 Tatum completely lost himself, behind him is the same as his own veteran Horford, in this game where Tatum only 4 of 19 and attack and defense are pits, Horford dragged his 36-year-old body for 39 minutes, with 22 points and 16 rebounds, otherwise why can the Celtics lose only two points in the case of the whole team 4 to 5?
G4 Tatum still struggled in the first three quarters, frequently playing iron, but he at least began to be determined, dared to single Matthews, dared to shoot in the middle distance, rather than facing Lopez to transport and lose the opportunity.
What he lacks seems to be only the crosshairs who hit the shot.
So who will attack before he finds this crosshair? It was still Horford who solved everything.
Brother Alphabet is still too young and vigorous, and after the old guy is locked, he forgets to taunt, but the lack of respect for the veteran is punishable, and Horford then responds to Brother Alphabet with a more explosive breakthrough of the partition.
In a post-match interview, Horford also said: "After the alphabet brother sprayed garbage at me, I was completely inspired. ”
Inspired Horford gave Tatum enough time to find a feel, and slashed 16 points on 6-of-6 in the fourth quarter, directly blowing up the Bucks' defense with his own strength. Tatum is also angry enough, in the last 4 minutes in a row of ten, he can have this opportunity, say anything also have to give the old guy a bump.
When Tatum was repeatedly lost and Brown was in foul trouble, Horford again told everyone that the Celtics didn't just have two pokers. Smart updated Twitter after the game: "I want to be a player like Horford at 36. ”