Turtle, turtle!

What a world-famous painting!

Air Canada Centre, watching the slow-motion replay on the big screen...

Nearly 20,000 Raptors fans in attendance found that, at this moment, they were just like those novelists who had run out of ideas, unable to find any adjectives to describe the shot Su Feng had just made.

NBA's best backdrop...

Tim Duncan, you deserve it!

But, on the other hand...

Although Duncan had just become Su Feng's backdrop, it was true, as many people said, that if Duncan wasn't the kind of player who liked to shoulder the team's responsibilities, then where would the NBA get so many iconic moments?

On the court, Duncan had already stood up by himself as Ron Artest prepared to help him up.

No anger.

You still couldn't see any change in Duncan's expression.

At 24 years old, Duncan possessed a maturity that didn't belong to his age.

"Next time, I won't let him get past me so easily."

After patting Artest on the shoulder, Duncan strode back towards the Raptors' half with firm steps.

And the Celtics players, who should have been demoralized by Su Feng's shot, regained their determination to fight the Raptors because of Duncan's composure at this moment.

"That's Tim Duncan."

On the Raptors' half of the court, watching the rock-solid Duncan, Su Feng couldn't help but sigh.

In Su Feng's original timeline, who knew how many heroes had fallen before Duncan on their way to the top.

Even when Duncan was about to retire, the Spurs were still one of the league's title favorites.

The champions change, but Duncan remains.

Obviously, the Raptors' hope of relying on a strong start to defeat the Celtics tonight had vanished.

Because the Celtics had successfully withstood the Raptors' opening barrage.

Bang, swish.

On the court, after Duncan scored another point for the Celtics with a solid bank hook shot, in front of the TV, watching the score of 9 to 9, many Bostonians who had thought before the game that the Celtics would still be unable to stop the Raptors began to believe that maybe they could really create a miracle this year.

In the remaining time of the first quarter, the Celtics successfully turned this game into a seesaw battle.

As everyone knows, if you want to stop the Raptors' fluid offense, you must first be able to keep up with their speed.

Before the game, the reason why major North American experts unanimously favored the Raptors was because, in the opinion of these experts, they did not think that there was any team in the current league that could match the Raptors in speed.

However, in fact, the only way to stop the Raptors from playing transition offense is not to compete with them in speed.

In the first quarter, Duncan, who was forced to become Su Feng's backdrop, became an unsolvable problem for the Raptors.

Because in addition to his miraculous bank shot at critical moments, whenever the Raptors wanted to speed up and play transition, Duncan would use his long arms to grab valuable offensive rebounds for the Celtics.

In his previous life, in the famous Thunder-Warriors battle in the future, the reason why the Thunder once pushed the Warriors to the brink was because they suppressed the Warriors on rebounds at that time.

And on the Warriors' road to comeback, if you put aside objective factors, you will find...

The key to the Warriors' comeback, besides the Splash Brothers' god-like touch, was that the Warriors successfully tied the Thunder in rebounds in the last three games.

In *Slam Dunk*, Takenori Akagi once said to Hanamichi Sakuragi that rebounds are one of the key factors in determining the outcome of a game.

And this sentence, whether in reality or in manga, can be called a classic.

However, compared with the Warriors in the future, the Raptors' inside line is definitely not weak.

However, Su Feng would even find it a little funny to say it...

Because in his memory, most of the time opponents used talent to compete with Duncan's experience.

But tonight...

Duncan used his talent to suppress the Toronto Space Fortress composed of Jermaine O'Neal and Ben Wallace...

29 to 29.

The first quarter ended, before the second quarter began...

Davis, who had foreseen that it would be difficult for the Raptors to easily pass this series, rarely replaced Mengke Bateer.

In addition, Vince Carter was also benched by Davis to recover.

Maybe many fans would have some doubts about Davis's lineup at this moment, but for Su Feng, who had watched Davis grow up with his own eyes, at this moment, he felt...

Davis has grown again.

Because what is obvious is...

It is very unrealistic for the Raptors to eliminate the Celtics in 4 games.

Judging from the state and strength shown by the Celtics tonight, coupled with the bad away environment in Boston...

If the Raptors do not prepare in advance to play at least six games with the Celtics, it is very likely that they will be the first to run out of steam in the following games.

Therefore, in the second quarter, in addition to continuing to keep Su Feng on the court, the four players that Davis chose to partner with him were: Bateer, Thomas, Old Curry, Nash.

On the Celtics' side, Auerbach, who was eliminated by the Raptors last year because Duncan's physical strength could not withstand Su Feng, only kept Ray Allen and Artest to lead the team in the second quarter.

Look, smart people always think alike.

On the court, at the beginning of the second quarter, Su Feng, who had just received a pass from Nash on the wing, was double-teamed by Artest and Bowen.

And this was also a gift that Auerbach had carefully prepared for Su Feng when formulating tactics before the game.

For many fans who have not watched basketball for long enough, many people may not know what it is like to be double-teamed by Bowen and Artest...

And in the words of Su Feng, who has experienced it firsthand...

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Su Feng nodded, thinking that Old Curry made a lot of sense.

However, after a pause, Old Curry added: "It's not too late for us to settle the score with these two kids during halftime."

Su Feng: "......"

Air Canada Centre, after this little episode, the game continued.

In the first half of the second quarter, although Auerbach successfully disgusted Su Feng with Bowen and Artest, on the other hand, under Nash's adjustment, the other Raptors players also gained more opportunities.

And in this regard, Auerbach, who had been mentally prepared, did not blindly adjust the Celtics' game plan tonight.

After all, there are gains and losses. For the well-informed Auerbach, how could he not know the principle that you can't have both fish and bear paws?

So, relying on the excellent performance of the role players, with 6 minutes and 25 seconds left in the second quarter, the Raptors successfully expanded their lead to 7 points.

The score between the two teams was 38 to 45.

In the second half of the second quarter, the two teams successively replaced their starting players, but the Raptors still left Nash on the court.

Because Jermaine O'Neal and Ben Wallace's defensive effect on Duncan was not good, Su Feng, who went wherever he was needed, was once again thrown by Davis at the power forward position tonight.

And Davis's move also successfully allowed the Raptors to take the initiative in the second quarter.

Because although Duncan's defensive area is very large, after the Raptors took the initiative to change their formation, the Celtics' center, Peter Tappan, could not keep up with the Raptors' speed.

Therefore, in order to avoid being caught by the Raptors and continue to target the mismatch, Auerbach had to adjust Artest to the power forward position.

In this way, since the Celtics only had Duncan as their inside barrier, the Celtics did not dare to leave Duncan in the frontcourt to fight for offensive rebounds like they did in the first quarter.

CCTV, Director Zhang said: "Davis is really amazing. This year, many people are saying that he is just taking advantage of Su Feng and Vince Carter, but without his behind-the-scenes scheduling, this Raptors team would definitely not be able to reach its current height."

And on the side, Director Sun also echoed: "The topic of taking advantage of Su Feng and Vince Carter has actually been concluded long ago, because didn't Larry Brown have Su Feng and Iverson in his hands back then?"

On the Celtics' bench, from the decision to return to the present, this is probably the first time in Auerbach's life that he feels a little out of touch with the times.

Because compared with the opponents he had encountered before...

Davis doesn't play cards according to the rules at all.

However, although the Raptors successfully took the initiative in this tug-of-war, relying on their fast retreat, the Celtics still did not allow the Raptors to play a large number of transition offenses in the second quarter.

In Su Feng's view, the unity shown by the well-trained Celtics tonight is comparable to even the best armies.

At the end of the first half, the score between the two teams was 52 to 57.

Artest, who was beaten black and blue by Su Feng, used an incredible buzzer-beater three-pointer at the end of the second quarter to keep the difference between the two teams at 5 points for the Celtics.

And after making this three-pointer, Artest, who felt that he had finally vented his anger, wanted to swagger to Su Feng to provoke him...

It's a pity that after Su Feng pointed to the technical statistics on the scoreboard, Artest quickly lost his voice.

No, young man, what are you bragging about with 1 of 8 shots?

Look at me, 7 of 13 shots, plus free throws and three-pointers, I scored 19 points in the first half, did I brag about it everywhere?

To be honest, compared with his humility and low-key attitude when he first entered the league, Su Feng feels that the current young people have not inherited his glorious traditions at all.

Paul Pierce and Artest are simply more arrogant than the other.

"Alas, the world is going downhill!" Su Feng said with grief and indignation as he walked back to the locker room.

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