The score gap of 123:98 and 25 points also means that the Wizards and the Celtics have reached 3:1. The Wizards took the lead in winning the match point, and the Celtics once again stepped into the cliff in the playoff game against the Wizards after last season.

At the post-match press conference, as the former three-pointer king and the most famous three-point shooter in the league, Ray Allen sighed sincerely in an interview.

"Curry is a historical shooter. His three-point shooting ability is unique. I have never seen a player who can use three-pointers as a conventional weapon like him. What's more terrifying is that he is only 24 years old now, and it's hard to imagine what the league's three-point shooting tactics will look like under his leadership in the future."

As the historical three-pointer, Curry's record of three-point shooting in a single season was able to make Ray Allen sigh that Curry's three-pointer has indeed reached a certain level of strength.

Garnett, on the other hand, praised Paul George's performance.

"When the team's main offensive points are targeted, this second-year rookie can stand up and shoulder the banner of the team's offense. This tenacious spirit is worth learning from every professional player. Paul George is an excellent player. As long as he continues to stick to this spirit, he will definitely become a superstar in the future."

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Although the series has not yet ended, and the Celtics are still in a hostile relationship with the Wizards and are facing an elimination, the Celtics players have positive comments when evaluating the Wizards.

There is no way. If you have to say something provocative or dissatisfied at this time, you will lose your grace.

The three giants are all veterans in their 40s, and they all look like humans. It is impossible to make such low-level mistakes.

However, even so, when asked whether he was confident of overtaking the score and turning around, the three giants still gave a positive answer.

"Of course, we will definitely try our best to win every game."

Praising the younger generation is the demeanor that predecessors should have. As a leader, it is absolutely impossible to be afraid before the game. If even they admit that they have no confidence, then what other Celtic players will use to fight for life and death?

The fifth match between the two sides returned to Washington, the Wizards' home court, and the difficulty of this game was far beyond everyone's imagination.

Already in a desperate situation, the entire Celtics team played very hard, and even reached the point where they must compete for every goal.

The Wizards were caught off guard and were directly beaten in the first quarter. They were beaten 29:18 in a single quarter, 11 points behind at home.

Fortunately, Curry and others were no longer fledgling rookies. After the initial discomfort, they quickly regained their rhythm and began to catch up. Curry, Thompson and George and the other two bloomed more and gradually caught up with the score.

Pierce played very hard in this game, but Leonard, who faced him, had already adapted to Pierce's offensive method.

Leonard's progress is amazing. Unlike the many years of experience in the Spurs in another time and space, he has been in Wang Xiao's team for a season. Almost every time he trains, he enjoys the highest-standard training bonus. In addition, Wang Xiao has long known Leonard's future technical characteristics, so he can cultivate it towards the future template, which makes his growth very fast.

In the first round of the playoffs, Leonard's ability evolved.

As one of the small forwards with the richest offensive methods in the league, Anthony is better than Pierce in scoring ability.

Now facing Pierce, Leonard can handle it with ease. The candy-style defense and the terrifying wingspan make Pierce feel very uncomfortable.

In this game, Pierce's several shots were effectively limited by Leonard, and his shooting percentage was only over 40%, and his efficiency was extremely low.

At the Wizards' home court, whenever Leonard successfully defends Pierce's attack, it will be accompanied by a cheer from the fans.

To be honest, as a first-round lottery rookie selected by Wang Xiao this season, Leonard's performance has always made fans unsatisfied. Unlike Thompson, who is diligent in running accurately and has excellent defense and can help Curry pull space, Leonard's performance in the Wizards is not particularly outstanding.

After all, from the perspective of offensive ability, Leonard is really bad, especially his three-pointer, which is even worse than Chandler Parsons on the bench's goal.

Throughout the regular season, Leonard's average scores did not even exceed double digits, and he was only selected for the second team of the All-Rookie Team.

This can almost be regarded as the worst performer of the player Wang Xiao selected in the first round lottery draw.

But now, in the playoffs, fans are finally beginning to realize how powerful Leonard is.

In the first round, Anthony was restricted and Pierce was locked in the second round, and Leonard did even better than George last season.

At least last season's playoffs, George could not effectively limit the offensive efficiency of the two people when facing Anthony and Pierce. He could only achieve the degree to which the offensive end exploded and the defense end did not allow the opponent to go wild.

From this point of view, Leonard's defensive ability has even surpassed George. No wonder Wang Xiao made Leonard a small forward and pushed George, who performed well in the small forward position last season, to the power forward position.

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But even so, Leonard's excellent defense only helps the team narrow the score gap, but has no way to overtake the score.

After all, the Celtics are a Big Three combination, not Pierce's team alone.

In the series that won the finals in 2007, Pierce's shooting percentage was not high, with an average of only 43%, but the Celtics defeated the Lakers and won the championship trophy. It was thanks to the joint efforts of the Big Three and the suffocating defense of the Celtics. They successfully limited Kobe's shooting percentage to 40%. In addition, no player in the Lakers team has an average of more than 15 points per game, except Kobe.

The defensive strength of this Celtics may be much worse than before, but it is still strong. At least in the regular season, the Celtics are still the second-last team per game in the league, averaging only 89.3 points per game.

The next game turned into a defensive battle. The Celtics were on guard and the Wizards were not showing any weakness.

Since choosing Thompson and Leonard this season, although Jordan Jr. has left, the Wizards' defense has been higher than the next level, and they are not afraid of defending the Celtics.

This also made the game reach the fourth quarter, with both sides only scoring early 70 points.

The fans of the Wizards who watched the suffocating defense and fierce confrontation were stunned. In the games in the past few years, they had never seen the Wizards have such a tough game.

Whether during the Arenas period or the Curry + Harden double-gun period, the team is a team that focuses on offense, and its main focus is on offense rather than defense.
Chapter completed!