The Celtics' offense, Pierce held the ball and faced Artest, ready to play one-on-one.

Because of his average form in the first two games, he focused more on defense and holding the team in check after the start of the game and hadn't taken a shot yet.

But now Garnett and Rondo are not in good form on offense, so he has to step up.

When Pierce was seen holding the ball, there was a burst of cheering at the scene.

Although the Celtics have a glorious history, Pierce's current status is similar to that of Wade in the Heat.

After all, he is a player trained by their own team, and psychologically he is more popular with them than Garnett or Ray Allen.

Even though his performance in the first two games was disappointing, they still believed that Pierce could adjust back.

Facing Artest's triple threat with the ball, Pierce took a tentative step, then quickly broke through and made a step-back jump shot.

This is his signature offensive technique. As a floor-flow player, he was able to become an All-Star, and was even above the All-Star level at one point. His skills are quite solid.

Artest's defense on this ball was very good, basically blocking Pierce's shooting vision.

Although his defensive ability has declined and he is at a disadvantage against the weight-losing James, he is still capable of defending Pierce.

“Swish!”

However, Pierce made the shot despite Artest's defense!

Back in the familiar TD Garden, his condition seemed to have recovered.

This ball made Rivers stand up from the bench.

Pierce's form comes at the perfect time!

When players on both sides keep missing shots, if someone can step up and play offensively, there will be a chance to take control of the situation.

And after returning to the defensive end, at the call of Rivers, the Celtics began to shrink their defense and maintained the intensity of their double-team defense on Xu Yong.

Although Thibodeau is no longer an assistant coach for the Celtics, he has only been away for two seasons. The Celtics can still do what they have been doing for the past few seasons.

In the end, the Bulls' offense ended with Gibson missing a mid-range shot.

In the next round, after Thibodeau chose to double-team Pierce, Pierce still used the step-back to hit the shot, and Ainge's strategy finally worked.

They may not be able to win in an all-out offense, but the Celtics still have a chance in terms of single-point scoring.

Although Pierce has never been an efficient and prolific scorer, and even his FMVP was questioned because of his mediocre statistics, he has one ability that is recognized, and that is his performance in critical moments.

He might have a few stretches, but if the game comes down to it, he’ll still be able to take those clutch shots.

As a player who is not included in the category of "super giant", Pierce has as many as 7 buzzer-beaters in his entire career.

The most representative thing is that he joined the Wizards at the age of 37, but he was still the Wizards' first choice at critical moments and hit the buzzer-beater in the playoffs.

4 to 9.

After Pierce scored these two goals, the Celtics also established a huge 5-point advantage.

Yes, in a game like this where both sides missed shots, 5 points is already a huge lead.

Moreover, the Bulls also encountered big problems on offense because they couldn't make shots from the outside and the Celtics had very little chance to score. At this time, they could only rely on their stars to solve the problem.

But if they force the defense, the Celtics have strong assist capabilities, and they can basically only get difficult shots under double-teaming.

Especially Xu Yong, the Celtics' double-teaming on him tonight can be said to be unscrupulous. Basically, he had to go through the pick-and-roll to receive the ball, and even if he received the ball outside the three-point line, he would be immediately double-teamed.

In such an unconventional competition, his treatment is definitely at the SVIP level.

Rose still missed his mid-range shot and the Bulls' offense failed to continue.

However, the Bulls remained focused on the court and retreated in time, still not giving the Celtics a chance to make a fast break.

It was at this time that Xu Yong took the initiative to switch defense with Artest.

Because both sides were not in good form, Thibodeau's choice of double-team strategy against Pierce just now was.

But that ultimately didn't work, and Pierce is more or less hitting rock bottom.

So how to defend him is the Bulls' current defensive focus.

Xu Yong's initiative on the court did not conflict with Thibodeau's strategy, and judging from Thibodeau's reaction on the sidelines, he did not object to this adjustment.

Xu Yong also showed great concentration when facing Pierce.

He will think about more things.

In this situation, if the Bulls want to break the deadlock, they still have to play to their strengths.

If you can't start a positional battle, then use your strengths in defensive counterattacks.

Although the Celtics' counterattack was also fast, the Bulls definitely had the advantage in defensive counterattacks with Rose on the court.

So as long as they can quickly create conversion opportunities, the Bulls will have the opportunity to take advantage of this.

Pierce held the ball with his back to the basket, then faced Xu Yong.

Like Anthony, Pierce is a representative of classic players. He will not give up attacking just because Xu Yong switches defense on him.

Of course, he would be more careful.

After trying to pass the ball and finding that Xu Yong was too close to him and he had no chance, he passed the ball back to Rondo, then reset his pivot foot and chose to play a back-to-the-basket single after receiving the ball.

Unlike the post-up plays of Jordan and Kobe, Pierce's post-up plays focus mainly on rhythm.

He faced continuous confrontation, then turned to the free throw line and took a step-back jump shot.

This trick of his has always worked.

Although he was slow at other times, he stepped back very quickly and successfully got rid of Xu Yong.

But at the moment he made his move, Xu Yong suddenly jumped up in front of him.

Pierce's expression at this time was almost exactly the same as Anthony's in the first round.

Wasn't that Xu Yong who I just walked past?!

“Bang!”

Just like the shot that blocked Anthony's washing machine spin in the first round, Xu Yong managed to block the ball with his amazing bounce and excellent wingspan after being shaken off!

The fans at the scene were stunned. This was pure suppression of talent!

After completing the block, Xu Yong quickly launched a fast break.

Rose also rushed out from the wing at the first moment, and after receiving the pass from Xu Yong, he rushed all the way to the frontcourt and scored a fast break dunk.

In terms of fast break ability, if Rose says he is second on this field tonight, no one dares to say he is first.

After Rose retreated, Xu Yong also high-fived him.

The strategy adjustment worked in the first round, which is a very positive sign for the Bulls.

Pierce's choice after being blocked was to run without the ball.

His scoring explosiveness is not as good as Anthony's, which leads to his performance being worse than Anthony when he leads the team alone, but he has no fewer offensive means than Anthony.

And the most important point is that the Celtics are clearly the better team than the Knicks.

With the help of a series of pick-and-rolls, especially after Garnett successfully delayed Xu Yong, Pierce received the ball and completed the shot.

Although Xu Yong rushed over and caused strong interference, the ball still hit the basket after the shot.

His condition is not just a rebound, but also a bit hot.

But looking back, Artest received a pass from Xu Yong from the outside and hit a three-pointer, giving a strong response.

This three-pointer came at the perfect time. Not only did it allow the Bulls to close the gap to 9 to 11, but more importantly, it opened up the scoring for outside shooting, which reduced the double-team pressure on both Yao Ming in the paint and Xu Yong himself in the high post.

Then, when Pierce was running without the ball to distract the defense, Garnett finally made his iron-blooded jump shot at the free throw line.

I started to get the feel for both sides of this section.

This is something that is understandable.

Angie's idea was good, but it was not winter when the temperature was several degrees below zero.

Although the temperature in the stadium is a bit cold at 12 or 13 degrees, the players' bodies gradually warm up after running on the court.

Rivers was the first to realize this, so he immediately signaled to adjust the defense on the court.

When Xu Yong received the ball at the three-point line, he found that he was finally no longer being double-teamed in this position.

And the person defending him changed from Ray Allen to Pierce.

Pierce is bigger than Ray Allen, so he will be better at defending Xu Yong. However, if it is just about defending three-pointers, Ray Allen's movement speed makes him more suitable for defending Artest than Pierce.

Just like the Bulls' previous adjustments, the Celtics' response this time was also no problem.

However, Xu Yong suddenly became happy after seeing this scene.

Pierce had a great touch in this period, especially since the Celtics were also very strong in pick-and-roll, so it was not easy to completely suppress him.

In this case, the only option is consumption.

The consumption is not only on the defensive end, but also on the offensive end.

He originally wanted to fight with Pierce, and now Pierce came to him on his own initiative.

He stretched out his hand to signal for them to move away, then leaned against Pierce and started posting up from outside the three-point line.

Going past Pierce cannot achieve the purpose of exhausting the opponent's energy. This kind of back-to-the-basket confrontation is the correct way to start.

Pierce also lowered his center of gravity to fight against Xu Yong, but the result was that he was pushed back continuously.

It is obvious that he is not as good as Xu Yong in confrontation.

Seeing this, Rondo came over from the top of the arc to assist in defense, and Xu Yong turned around and broke through to the baseline.

After carrying Pierce to the three-second zone and seeing Yao Ming successfully blocking Garnett in the restricted area, Xu Yong chose to make a layup after confronting Pierce.

Seeing that he could not stop Xu Yong from attacking, Pierce directly exerted force from behind Xu Yong and pulled Xu Yong down.

The players who grew up in Boston don't need Xu Yong to preach to them like Yi Jianlian did, and they will never show mercy when committing fouls.

The referee blew the whistle, indicating that Pierce committed a defensive foul.

However, Xu Yong is certainly not someone who will suffer any loss. Having learned his lesson from being tripped by James in the past two years, he will not tolerate these dirty moves.

It seemed like he was moving out of inertia after being pulled, but he elbowed Pierce directly in the abdomen.

Pierce's pupils contracted instantly, and then he fell to the ground, holding his lower abdomen.

Rondo and Garnett quickly confronted Xu Yong, but they also politely kept a safe distance from him.

The referee rushed between the two sides and separated them as soon as he saw it.

Because Pierce was lying on the ground and didn't get up, the game entered a technical timeout.

The Celtics team doctor came over to ask about Pierce's condition.

If Pierce was not black, his face would be pale at this moment.

It took a long time for Pierce to catch his breath and he was helped up from the ground by his teammates.

When he stood up, Garnett patted his shoulder and nodded to him secretly.

That expression was clearly praising his good acting skills.

He was right under the basket at the time and saw exactly what happened there.

Xu Yong's elbow wasn't actually that fierce. It was more of a response to Pierce's action. It wasn't something that was really meant to cripple him. Given Pierce's physical fitness, he wouldn't have reacted that strongly.

That's not the case, it's just acting. Some superstars in the NBA will fake falls, this kind of acting is normal.

Pierce was a little amused at this moment.

He was really in pain just now.

It is true that Xu Yong's elbow was not too harsh, but the key point was that his stomach was already feeling uncomfortable tonight, and that elbow was like rubbing salt into the wound.

After it was determined that Pierce was not seriously injured, the game continued.

Xu Yong went to the free throw line to take the free throw.

The referees reviewed the video during the technical timeout. Xu Yong's action was the same as when he poked James in the eyebrow. They were both habitual actions after the opponent committed a foul. It was difficult to tell whether it was intentional or unintentional.

In fact, even if the referee determines that Xu Yong did it on purpose, the penalty for this round will not be changed. This is a topic about the authority of the referee, and at most they will just call a balance whistle in the next round.

Xu Yong went to the free throw line to prepare for the free throw.

Just then, he noticed that Pierce's expression looked somewhat painful, and there seemed to be cold sweat oozing from his forehead.

That expression seemed familiar, but I couldn't seem to remember it all of a sudden.

"First penalty."

Just then the referee's reminder came and Xu Yong drew his attention back.

Both of Xu Yong's free throws were made steadily, and almost touched the net and went in.

After my body warmed up, my hands and other senses have indeed fully recovered.

Just after he made the free throw, he noticed that Pierce's expression suddenly changed.

The painful expression seemed to disappear in an instant, replaced by a look of relief.

This strange scene made him very confused.

The game continued, Pierce was still running without the ball, and Xu Yong was chasing closely behind him.

But as he was running, he suddenly felt a pungent smell coming towards him, which almost choked him.

"beep!"

Just then the referee blew the whistle and Gibson was called for a defensive foul while trying to get into position under the basket.

The game entered the dead ball time, and it was at this time that Xu Yong felt that the stench was still there.

Having played basketball in the United States for so many years, Xu Yong has seen biological and chemical weapons on the court, especially the armpit odor of some black people. It is common for the armpit odor to come first and then break through.

Except for a few with particularly strong odors, Xu Yong has basically become immune to them.

But this tastes different.

The feeling may not be strong when he is running at first, but after stopping, he immediately realizes that it is not body odor, but a bad smell.

"Who farted so smelly?" He couldn't help but ask Bass in front of him.

Bass quickly held up his hand to indicate that it was not him.

The matter of "farting in public to prove it's not you" is a very challenging thing.

Garnett, who was standing next to him, tensed up instantly. This sentence hit him instantly just like the words "nice.try".

Because in the G1 game, after he trash-talked Yi Jianlian, Xu Yong responded with this sentence.

Now Xu Yong actually said the same words to his face. Thinking about Xu Yong's elbowing of Pierce before, he was really angry.

However, the anger came and went quickly, because he had searched about Xu Yong's NCAA flying knee incident before, and it did happen.

And the next second, he also smelled a foul odor.

This time Xu Yong was not really talking trash, but someone really just farted, a very smelly fart.

After seeing Garnett's reaction, Xu Yong immediately looked at Pierce.

He smelled the stench when he was defending Pierce, and he instantly remembered Pierce's expression at the free throw line, which was clearly the expression one would have when he had a stomachache.

So Pierce has a bad tummy tonight?

Pierce's face flushed red at this moment, as if his secret had been discovered by someone.

The game continued, and Pierce continued to run without the ball and shot again despite Gibson's interference.

After hitting the shot, Pierce trash-talked Xu Yong: "Put away your crappy defense, this is Boston, you can't defend me!"

Garnett is the king of trash talk, and Pierce is no less so. Trash talk is an art that originated from black people and is also a tradition of Boston.

Xu Yong blocked him and elbowed him, and the look in his eyes just now made him very unhappy. When he found the opportunity, he sprayed out without hesitation.

Xu Yong had a playful expression. Pierce's trash talk level was still a little worse than Garnett's.

But thinking of his previous guess, he smiled and said in a playful tone: "Really? Be careful or I'll beat the shit out of you."

A seemingly ordinary piece of trash talk made Pierce subconsciously tense up, and he snorted coldly and turned away.

Seeing this, Xu Yong already knew what was going on.

When he reached the frontcourt, he continued to ask for the ball and continued to back down Pierce.

But this time, he kept hammering hard, very tough.

If it weren't for the five-second rule limiting his back-to-the-basket shooting, he would have pushed Pierce to the ground.

Pierce's face turned red.

Not only did he have to try hard to block Xu Yong's back attack, he also had to work hard to contract his sphincter.

After being elbowed by Xu Yong in front, he was doing the same thing, but in the end he still failed to control the ball when running without the ball in the frontcourt.

Thankfully, it was just a fart.

But at this time, you absolutely cannot believe the next fart, because it may suddenly not be one.

He has rich experience in this area.

And he has already decided to hold on until the dead ball time. No matter how tense the game situation is, he must ask to leave the court to solve his personal problems.

Finally, after being double-teamed, Xu Yong passed the ball to Rose. After Rose broke through and attracted the double-team, he passed the ball to Xu Yong who cut back in.

Xu Yong was now in an accelerated state, and he jumped directly into the air after catching the ball.

Pierce was still trying hard to defend, but he didn't expect Xu Yong to suddenly stand up, and was dunked and thrown out of the baseline.

He was in a terrible situation. After falling down, he collided with the photographer under the basketball hoop.

And unfortunately, his belly had negative contact with the camera.

His whole body tensed up instantly, and then he curled up into a ball under the basket.

It hurts, it hurts so much!

There was an uproar at the scene, and Xu Yong's response was extremely tough.

Just then, the referee blew the whistle.

Someone fouled and something went wrong under the basket, and Pierce seemed to be injured.

What's even more strange is that the photographer who was hit by Pierce under the basketball hoop disappeared.

The team doctor also quickly came to Pierce's side.

But as soon as he approached Pierce, he couldn't help but frown.

Because he smelled a very obvious stench.

And he quickly zeroed in on the source of the stink, Pierce's buttocks.

In the very middle, a stream of yellow liquid was oozing out, and it was gradually expanding.

He reacted quickly, immediately called on the Celtics players to surround Pierce, and then asked someone to get a wheelchair.

The fans at the scene couldn't help but look worried. Pierce was in hot form tonight, and this injury came at a very untimely time.

Of course, they also hated Xu Yong at this moment. They had not realized before that Xu Yong was a player who played so dirty.

Pierce was eventually carried into a wheelchair with a painful expression on his face, and then was carried into the player tunnel by his teammates on the bench.

However, it was this scene that made some old fans at the scene look forward to it, because Pierce had a similar experience in the 2008 Finals.

At that time, Pierce staged a comeback and eventually led the team to victory.

At this time, at the basketball hoop, the cameraman who had returned for some reason did not continue working immediately, but signaled the mopping staff to come and clean up.

The staff member looked puzzled, but when he saw the small pool of smelly yellow liquid under the basketball hoop, his expression changed instantly.

Fortunately, they were professionally trained. They held their breath and quickly cleaned it with a mop. Then they called their companions to mop it clean with a new wet linen cloth, and then quickly took the mop into the player tunnel.

The photographer finally returned to his job carrying the camera, but he obviously avoided the place where the staff were mopping the floor.

Well, all this happened right under Xu Yong's nose.

Unlike the photographer and staff's reactions, he was trying hard to hold back his laughter the whole time.

Because he found that he seemed to have really beaten the shit out of Pierce, in the physical sense.

And at this moment, he also understood why Pierce was in such good shape before.

He still remembered that when he was playing League of Legends before his rebirth, he felt uncomfortable in his stomach halfway through the game, but he didn’t want to be scolded by his teammates, so his performance was simply the peak of his gaming career, and he led the team to victory quickly.

After this little episode, the game continued.

And a very interesting thing is that because Pierce left the field due to injury, as soon as Xu Yong got the ball in an offensive round, there would be a barrage of boos from the audience.

This time, Xu Yong has completely offended the Boston fans.

Even Pietrus, who came on as a substitute to defend him, was particularly aggressive in his defense.

Xu Yong’s inner thoughts at this moment were: It was your air conditioner that broke and caused Pierce to have a stomachache, and now you blame me?

Then he signaled to pull away and chose to play singles directly.

Pietrus is a 1.98-meter-tall French forward who has made his presence felt in both the Suns and Magic. He has just turned 30 and can still play as a role player.

On the first ball, Xu Yong saw that the Celtics did not double-team him and directly chose to break through the basket and make a quick stop and turnaround jump shot.

Although Pietrus tried hard to keep up with the rhythm, he basically had no way to deal with Xu Yong's turnaround jump shot.

Xu Yong not only has advantages in speed and size, but also has perfect application of technology.

“Swish!”

He made a steady jump shot, showing that his touch was returning.

This goal also stopped the boos from the audience.

They really hated Xu Yong, but Xu Yong was also really strong.

This feeling is very similar to the feeling the Bulls gave them after Jordan's rise.

Looking back, the Celtics were unable to continue scoring.

They didn't have many positional warfare tactics to begin with, Ray Allen was sidelined, and Pierce was "injured." Even if both sides had recovered their touch now, they only had Garnett's iron-blooded jump shot and Rondo's Six Meridians Divine Sword.

After Yao Ming protected the defensive rebound, the Bulls launched another defensive counterattack. This time it was Xu Yong, who received the pass from Rose. Amid the boos from the fans, he glided in the air and dodged Rondo's long-arm interference to send the ball into the basket.

The boos instantly turned into noise.

Starting from enjoying the boos from Boston, Xu Yong immediately responded with consecutive scores.

Just like the time when he dunked over Pierce before being booed, there was no part of Xu Yong's body that was not hard.

What’s even more terrible is that Xu Yong’s consecutive scoring has a great impact on the situation on the field.

If the Bulls were to pull away from the lead in one go, even if Pierce could come back, it would be of no use.

At the critical moment, it was Rondo who stood up for the Celtics.

The guy who scored 44 points in the last game hit a 20-foot two-point jump shot in the high post against Rose's defense.

There is no preference without reason. Whether it is the management or the coaching staff's preference for him this season, he has won it with his performance on the court.

During Ray Allen's absence during the regular season, he showed his potential as a team leader.

He continues to demonstrate this as well.

After retreating to the defensive end, he also used his court judgment to direct his teammates to their defensive positions.

It has to be said that his command was very successful.

After the Bulls got into position and fought a positional battle, Xu Yong was forced to pass the ball to Artest under double-teaming.

Artest took another three-pointer, but unfortunately his luck was a bit bad this time, and the ball bounced out after going in.

This was a long backboard. After judging where the basketball would land, Garnett shook off Yao Ming and jumped up to grab it with his long arms.

But just as he was about to touch the basketball, he suddenly felt a gust of wind behind his head.

Before he could react, he felt a strong force pushing him from the air towards the basket.

At this time, the Celtics fans at the scene in Boston were stunned, because they saw Xu Yong jump up from the ground and press directly towards the pop-up basketball through Garnett.

And the key point is that his strong core strength directly knocked Garnett, who was turning sideways, away.

“Bang!”

A huge muffled sound came through the loudspeaker, and coupled with the visual impact, everyone at the scene was stunned.

Perhaps at this moment many people recalled that Xu Yong was the dunk king who defeated DeRozan, Nate Robinson and James in the dunk contest.

After being knocked away, Garnett fell under the basket like Pierce, and looked up at Xu Yong, whose muscles were bulging as he passed over his head. For some reason, he should be angry according to his personality, but he just couldn't get angry.

"If Paul can't come back soon, the Celtics will be in big trouble." Reggie Miller sighed from the commentary booth.

Although the Celtics are only 2 points behind the Bulls in terms of score, the situation of the game has clearly turned to the Bulls.

This was immediately demonstrated in the next round.

The Celtics, who have strong discipline and execution, actually made a very low-level passing error, directly giving the Bulls the ball for free.

The final price paid for this wave of ball possession was that Xu Yong turned around and challenged Pietrus in the high post, then turned around and made a jump shot at the baseline facing Garnett who was assisting in defense and hit it again.

This ball is very difficult. If he had only recovered his touch before, then in this period he is already moving towards the state of "hot touch".

At this point, even if there were still boos at the scene, they were only sparse.

Because the fans also realized that their booing would not only have no impact on Xu Yong, but might even make him perform better.

It was like their resistance would make Xu Yong even more excited.

Xu Yong is indeed a little excited now.

Rondo made a classic fake pass and dribbled past Yao Ming for a layup, but this beautiful attack was unexpectedly judged by Xu Yong, who rushed out from the side and blocked the shot directly.

After grabbing the rebound, he pushed for another fast break and made a quick stop and three-pointer at the top of the arc facing Ray Allen's defense.

“Swish!”

The basketball went straight through the net like a cannonball.

24 to 17.

The score difference instantly reached 7 points.

In the process from 13 to 15, to 24 to 17, Xu Yong scored 11 points in a row!

And after making this chase-up three-pointer, Xu Yong turned around, put his hand behind his ear as if listening, and performed Iverson's signature celebration move.jpg.

The meaning of this action is that there are two types of cheers in home games, home games have louder cheers, while away games have more domineering cheers. It is usually directed at boos, and can be simply and roughly understood as "louder, I can't hear you."

The reason why Xu Yong did not use his signature hand-spreading celebration gesture was because his direction was very clear at this moment.

Where are the boos from the front? Where are your boos? Why can't I hear them?

The scene was in great turmoil.

This is really too arrogant, but you really can't do anything about it.

Seeing this, Rivers quickly called a timeout. If he hadn't called a timeout, the Celtics would have collapsed.

At this time, in the Celtics locker room, Pierce was angry.

Fortunately, the game was going on at that time, otherwise the Celtics players would definitely think that their locker room was attacked by biological weapons.

Pierce also couldn't stand the smell and blocked his nostrils with a tissue.

Finally, after emptying his stomach, although his legs were a little weak, he felt better overall.

It's really hard to prevent a stomach upset. If it happens before or after a game, he wouldn't worry about it at all.

But during the competition, when the game is intense, you really have to endure it.

What you hear about players peeing on towels is not exaggeration, it really happens, and it happens to key players.

Because the time they spend going back and forth to the locker room is enough to affect the outcome of the game.

And this time it was entirely the teammates' fault.

In order to prevent the news from being leaked in advance, Angie waited until they arrived at the stadium before telling them about the air conditioning.

Fortunately, fortunately he has experience in this area.

He also had a stomachache during the 2008 finals, but luckily he was smart enough to pretend to be injured.

Fortunately, the team doctor has not changed in the past two years. When the team doctor found that he encountered the same situation, he responded calmly and avoided his embarrassment.

But just when he finally solved his personal problem, stood up, put on his pants and prepared to flush the toilet and leave, he suddenly discovered something horrible.

I was so busy releasing myself that the toilet got clogged!

He quickly turned around and covered the toilet, washed his hands while suppressing his nausea, turned on the ventilation system in the locker room, called staff to deal with it, and then hurried back to the court.

At this time, it had been about a quarter since he left the court, and he had to hurry back.

And because of his last experience, he believed that he could stage the "return of the king" drama again.

Even as he walked toward the entrance to the player tunnel, he had already thought about the camera pointing at him and the cheers from the Boston fans.

But the further he walked, the more he felt something was wrong, because the gym was extremely quiet, so quiet that he thought he had walked into the wrong place.

And when he walked out of the player tunnel with a puzzled look on his face, the scene he had imagined did not appear at all.

It’s not that no one noticed him. The fans in the player tunnel saw him, but they didn’t show any excitement.

He looked up in confusion, and then saw the score on the field.

40 to 25, there were still about five minutes left in the second quarter, but the Bulls had already widened the gap to 15 points!

That's right, Rivers' timeout did not stop the Bulls' momentum.

Led by Xu Yong, the Bulls widened the gap to more than 15 points in the first half for the first time in the series.

And because of his previous action, the fans at the scene didn't even dare to boo at this time.

Pierce didn't realize this until he walked to the bench, sat down again, and talked to his teammates.

On the court, Yao Ming received a pass from Xu Yong and completed a two-handed slam dunk under the basket.

Xu Yong's organizational ability has been significantly improved this season. When he is in hot form, he can lead the entire team.

Rivers shook his head helplessly, and it was at this time that he noticed Pierce's return, and it didn't seem like there was anything wrong with him.

There was no time to think about why Pierce came back so quickly. He directly called Pierce up and asked him to replace Pietrus.

If the Bulls continue to widen the gap, the second half will become garbage time.

A short whistle sounded on the sidelines and Pierce came on as a substitute.

At this time, cheers broke out at the scene.

Although they were stunned by Xu Yong's beating during this period of time, they saw some hope again when they saw Pierce's return.

Pierce was still powerful. After being released, he ran without the ball to receive the ball, faked a shot and made a quick layup to score two points.

After being released, he felt extremely relaxed.

A 15-point difference does not mean there is no chance at all. He is ready to stage another comeback.

When Xu Yong got to the front court, he found that the person defending him was still Pierce. This time, he was not only happy in his heart, but also smiled on his face. He asked politely, "Are you done?"

Pierce was full of fighting spirit, but when he heard Xu Yong speak, he couldn't hold it back anymore.

This is more lethal than any trash talk!

Although he had a very strong mental quality, at this moment, he felt his face was as hot and red as a monkey's butt.

This kind of thing is more embarrassing than being covered in tulle on the court.

At this moment, Xu Yong had already asked for the ball and then passed him.

Xu Yongcai didn't care whether Pierce finished pooping or not. Even if he did and clogged the toilet, it had nothing to do with him. He just said some ordinary trash talk and took the opportunity to pass the opponent.

By the time Pierce reacted, Xu Yong had already turned around and rushed into the inside, then slammed the ball into the basket with one hand.

Because he was afraid of Xu Yong passing the ball to Yao Ming, Garnett didn't dare to assist in defense easily at this time.

And looking back, Xu Yong once again took the initiative to switch defense to Pierce, and this time he followed the whole court regardless of his physical strength, and finally successfully blocked Pierce's step-back shot.

He knew very well that the Celtics had been beaten to death tonight, and by holding down Pierce, all the suspense would be over.

In fact, this is true. After Pierce was blocked, the fans at the scene also felt that the last crack in the door of the Hall of Victory was completely closed.

In the end, the Bulls defeated the Celtics 103-79 on the road.

The process and results of this game can be said to have been beyond many people's expectations.

In a sense, he is even very similar to G3 of last year's finals.

The Mavericks didn't lose too much in the end because of Nowitzki, but the Celtics, who had Garnett, suffered a crushing defeat in the end.

This confirms the previous evaluation of fans on social media on the two super power forwards' ability to lead the team.

According to post-match statistics, Rondo scored 21 points and 10 assists. His performance tonight was unexpected and was the only bright spot for the Celtics.

Although Pierce had a highlight in the first quarter, he failed to stage a comeback. Instead, his performance on the court was blocked by Xu Yong, and his final statistics were fixed at 14 points and 4 rebounds.

What’s even worse than the performance is that the experience of this game was, as Garnett said after Game 2, “unforgettable.”

On the Bulls side, Xu Yong played the strongest game of the series, with 34 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocks. He blew Pierce clean not only intellectually but also physically tonight.

What's even more hilarious is that, unlike the 2008 finals, this time the amount was much larger and many fans took pictures of the pool of stuff on the field.

In particular, the high-definition photos taken by the photographer under the basketball hoop went viral on social media.

[Xu Yong beat the shit out of Pierce] This incident, like other famous memes, has been widely circulated in the history of NBA.

Trailing 1-2, the Celtics were pushed to the edge of the cliff. In Game 4, they used the legendary floor tactics.

The target was naturally Xu Yong.

The floor in the right hot zone, where he is best at, obviously lacks elasticity.

Moreover, the Celtics consciously drove him to the left area, which was an area he wanted to have a lower grasp of.

That’s right, because of the shooting hand, the efficiency value of a player on the left side who wants to shoot at the right hand will be lower.

Xu Yong's performance on the offensive end declined, but until the end of the game, Xu Yong's contribution to the game was still not low.

Or it can be said that in this game, he showed James how a player can still contribute to the team when his offense is not going well.

He made full use of his jumping advantage, grabbed 4 offensive rebounds, and completely locked down Pierce on the defensive end.

These are all contents that can bring great help to the team.

After losing Game 4, the 1-3 deficit basically sealed the Celtics' fate.

Although they showed sufficient resilience in Chicago, Xu Yong completed his revenge in Chicago with a strong rebound of 43 points.

"Xu fulfilled his promise two years ago, and even exceeded his goal. Two years ago, the Celtics eliminated his Bulls team 4-2. Now he has not only won back all the losses, but also won one more game. He is the new king of forcing."

Along with the comments of the user "KBforever" on social media, Xu Yong's name "Chicago King of Force" became widely known.