Lin Rui's performance in the last moment of the first quarter is very important, which is a key factor in the Knicks being able to recover the score.

Of course, this performance is different from the first round.

The main reason is that the strength of the Celtics is indeed not comparable to that of the Bucks.

Fighting the Bucks Lin Rui feels like training, while fighting the Celtics is really a physical fight.

Barkley said: "The Celtics' tactical arrangement today is great. They have put a good limit on Lin Rui, which is also the key to their leading position in this game."

Smith said: "Rivers competed with D'Antoni so many times and finally learned to be smarter."

During the holidays, Lin Rui was breathing and resting.

Lin Rui could feel the progress of the Celtics. This progress was not an improvement in strength, but an improvement in understanding the Knicks.

The Celtics are getting more and more aware of the Knicks' rhythm and tactics, which also makes the Knicks a little passive.

In the second quarter, the rotational lineup competition between the two sides was still a competition, and Korver was replaced by Danny Green.

The Knicks have sufficient personnel rotation. If Korver continues to do this, it will make the Knicks' defense more perfect.

Ray Allen went down to rest and replaced Finley.

Finley was the 21st pick in the first round in 1995, and now he is a veteran.

Finley has outstanding physical fitness, soft shooting feeling, and a positive defensive attitude. He is also a role model for very young players when training.

He is the kind of player who has the first goal of winning the team and never causes trouble on and off the court. The coaches are most at ease with them.

Finley is not a first-class star, the main reason is that his ball control and breakthrough ability is not very good.

With his outstanding bounce and strength, Finley often completed the inside offense with dunks and pull rods in his youth, but he almost never saw a single player holding the ball when pulling out singles. The layup was mainly completed after receiving the ball in the run without the ball. Once the first step was fully activated, there was a high success rate. Then he relied on a stable backward shooting and small throws, and he also achieved a small success in low-level singles.

Finley's ground defense is not first-class, and he rarely tries to take risky steals. He is useless and does not have strong aggressiveness when defending. However, with his outstanding physical fitness, he usually swings against the opponent's strongest attacking striker!

He came up to defend Lin Rui.

Lin Rui dribbled through half the game, Finley came to defend Lin Rui, and then Rondo was still interfering.

Lin Rui protected the ball with his back and passed half.

Lin Rui transferred the ball to Danny Green.

Danny Green was waiting for Lin Rui to come, and Lin Rui ran towards Danny Green, and then Danny Green made a hand-passing pass for Lin Rui.

After Danny Green handed over, he took the opportunity to make a wall for Lin Rui. Lin Rui successfully entered the inside with the help of Danny Green's cover.

Glen Davis stood in the inside, waiting for Lin Rui's impact.

Lin Rui did not go deeper between the free throw line and the three-second zone, but instead used a throw-in to finish.

The basketball draws a wonderful arc!

"Swish!"

Puzzle through the net.

30 to 28

After scoring the goal, Lin Rui quickly pressed against Rondo.

Rondo couldn't catch the ball, and Finley passed halfway through the ball.

Lin Rui gave Rondo huge defensive pressure, which made Rondo unable to even catch the ball.

Finley then gave the ball to Pierce.

Pierce bent over to hit Danny Green on the right.

It was obvious that Danny Green's defense was enough to make Pierce feel uncomfortable.

Pierce tried to shake Danny Green in a row, but failed.

Pierce barely gave the ball to Rashid Wallace, who continued to play Tucker with low post.

After the continuous impact, Tucker's center of gravity was not lost.

Rashid Wallace passes the ball to Davis.

Davis forced Gasol to play against him, and Gasol ruthlessly blocked his ball.

After the ball was covered, it still popped up on Davis and fell out.

After the referee made an exaggerated move, he signaled that the ball was from the Knicks.

"The Knicks' defense is getting stronger, and the Celtics' offense is not feeling good."

"The Knicks' defense is really nothing to say. The single defense ability of every point is good!"

"The Celtics have fewer offensive points."

"Just defend like this!!"

Knicks attack.

Lin Rui initiated a pick-and-roll with Gasol Jr.

After the pick-and-roll, Gasol Jr. shot one at the free throw line.

"box!"

The basketball bounced out, and Lin Rui jumped up to grab the offensive rebound.

After dribbling out, Lin Rui faced Rashid Wallace's defense.

Lin Rui signaled that the audience would open.

Rashid Wallace shouted at Lin Rui: "Lin, don't think about a good life tonight, I will deal with you!!"

Rashid Wallace is nicknamed Roaring Heavenly Lord. Judging from Lin Rui's feeling, his voice is indeed very loud.

Lin Rui did not reply to him, but dribble began to change direction.

Rashid Wallace's defense is very strong, but no matter how strong his defense is, he is not as strong as Lin Rui's offense.

After continuous shaking, Lin Rui found the gap on Rashid Wallace's right side, and quickly took a quick step. Rashid Wallace turned around and chased back.

As soon as he turned around, Rashid Wallace knew it was broken. Sure enough, Lin Rui kicked the ground and retreated.

The space between the two was quickly pulled open.

After Lin Rui took a step back, he quickly completed the jump shot.

The basketball draws a wonderful arc!!

"Swish!"

One arrow pierces the heart!!!

30 to 31.

Overtake the score!!!

The cheers from Madison Garden Arena rose in an instant.

"Lin, I love you!!"

“Beautiful job!”

"nice shot!!!"

"That's how it's fought."

The fans shouted.

Zhang Weiping said: "Lin Rui scored 5 points after coming up, and the Celtics wanted to maintain consistency and the defensive strategy of the pincer attack against Lin Rui was not successful."

Xu Jicheng said: "The strength of the Celtics' second lineup cannot be the same as the first lineup, and the Knicks' defensive strength is basically the same as that of the first lineup, which makes the Knicks' fight relatively easy."

Celtic attack.

Rondo dribbles through half the game, and Lin Rui intends to short Rondo this time, so that Rondo can take the mid-range shot.

However, Rondo did not take action, but instead used the space that Lin Rui let out to give Finley a good ball.

Finley made a quick stop jump shot on the right side of the free throw line.

Tony Allen's defense was in place, but Finley was higher than him, and Finley still took the action smoothly.

The basketball draws a wonderful arc!

"Swish"

32 to 31, the Celtics quickly overturned the score.

Knicks attack.

Lin Rui dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and immediately passed the ball to Gasol Jr. when he encountered a pinch attack.

Gasol Jr. transferred to Tucker. Tucker didn't take action, Gasol Jr. came over to provide Lin Rui with no ball cover.

Lin Rui used Gasol's unball cover to get rid of the clamping attack.

Tucker gave the ball, Lin Rui formed a one-on-one situation with Finley this time.
To be continued...