The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

In fact, looking at his entire playoff career, George's average of 20.1 points, 7.3 rebounds and 4 assists per game is far less gorgeous than Curry's 26.5 points, 5.4 rebounds and 6.3 assists, and his average 43% shooting rate is not as good as Curry's 45%.

But you must know that George's several playoff games have basically been experienced with James deadlocked. He is facing the strongest player in the league, and he is under tremendous pressure on both ends of the offense and defense.

In contrast, although Curry has better statistics, most of the time the opponents he faces are not the top players in the league.

The most typical example is that in the Cavaliers VS Warriors Finals in 2015, the Cavaliers' bench player Dellavedova defended Curry in place, which made the regular season MVP lose his standard in the finals.

In terms of pure strength, George is naturally inferior to Curry, but in the critical moment of the battle, the more tenacious George can bring different changes to the team.

The third battle between the two sides started at the Celtics' home court, Boston's North Shore Garden Arena.

In this league's famous Devil's home court, George didn't have the slightest bit of stage fright.

The Wizards' main attack point changed from Curry to George, who frequently broke through and hit the basket under Garnett's defense.

Although Garnett was still selected to the second team of the best defensive team this season, with the increase of age, the old wolf king's defensive ability has dropped significantly.

Garnett in his young peak period claimed to be able to defend from the first position to the fifth position. Although such rumors are a bit exaggerated, they also reflect Garnett's defensive ability.

When speed, jumping, and explosive power are at their peak, Garnett's speed is not inferior to that of guards, and his speed of assisting in defense and chasing caps is amazing, but that is the peak period of youth after all.

The 36-year-old Garnett has long lost the speed and explosive power he relied on for survival. Although relying on experience, height and wingspan, he is still the defensive gate of the Green Army's inside line. It is indeed a bit strenuous.

George is used to holding the ball and preparing to attack from outside the three-point line, because he also has a certain three-point shooting ability. In this case, Garnett has to follow the defense, otherwise what is waiting is a dry three-pointer.

Can follow out of the three-point line, which means the expansion of the defensive area.

Even Garnett at his peak would inevitably be passed by a small guard, let alone now?

As long as George takes advantage of the cover of his teammates a little bit, he will often immediately turn into an arrow and rush into the inside line, and Garnett has no time to catch up.

George, who once participated in the slam dunk contest, has amazing explosive power. As long as he rushes inside, it is often a powerful slam dunk.

In the first quarter of the game, George made 5 of 7 shots and scored 10 points in a single quarter. The scoring and efficiency were the highest of the two teams.

Faced with this situation, Celtics head coach Rivers has nothing to do for the time being.

The reason why George can hit the basket so easily is directly related to the inability of other Celtics perimeter defenders to help. Thompson, dare not neglect in the slightest, after all, in terms of lethality, Curry and Thompson are much more terrifying than George.

Even with the intense marking throughout the whole process, the two could not completely restrain Curry and Thompson. Curry scored 2 three-pointers in the first quarter, and Thompson scored 1,

Even if the Splash Brothers are defended with little aim, they can still have an impact on the field.

Relying on George's strong attack, the Wizards took the lead in the first quarter, leading by 7 points at 28:21.

In the second quarter, George still maintained a fiery touch. After the Celtics shrank their defense and began to strengthen the inside defense, they began to increase the number of mid-range shots and passes. Although he only made 2 of 6 shots in this quarter, he sent out 3 assists, 2 of these 3 assists were assists for outside Curry and Thompson to hit a three-pointer, and the other was an assist for an air-cut Leonard dunk.

At the end of the half game, George's data became 14 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. The Wizards continued to stabilize their lead and expanded the point difference to double digits.

When it came time for the substitute players to play in the third quarter, Ray Allen also failed to lead the Celtics bench to reverse the score. After all, although Jamison and Caron Butler are not as famous and powerful as Ray Allen, they are also Not vegetarian, they constantly use offense to help the team bite the point difference and don't give the opponent a chance.

When the main players of both sides re-appeared, there was no suspense in the game.

Curry, who reappeared, recovered his touch. Under Rondo's desperate defense, he scored 2 three-pointers in a row, and then broke through and rushed inside to cause 2+1. He scored 9 points in a row and expanded the point difference to more than 20 points in a blink of an eye.

At this time, the game has progressed to about 2 minutes into the fourth quarter. In the remaining 10 minutes or so, Ray Allen and Pierce failed to hit a few three-pointers, which also declared that the game has entered garbage time.

With about 6 minutes left, Rivers replaced the Big Three, leaving only Rondo and Bradley on the court.

The fast-paced and high-intensity confrontation of the Wizards is a great test for the physical fitness of the Big Three. In the second half of the game, the Big Three all experienced varying degrees of physical crisis, which is one of the main reasons why the Celtics failed to catch up in the final quarter.

After winning the third game on the road, the score between the Wizards and the Celtics came to 2:1. It seems that the Celtics still have a chance.

However, the fans of the North Shore Garden Arena never expected that the fourth game between the two sides would have no suspense at halftime.

Curry, who was not in a good state in the first three games, finally ushered in an explosion in this game, with various difficult three-point shots and various shots from beyond the three-point line. He scored 17 points in a single quarter and 33 points in the half!

Curry, who has explosive combat power, directly shot the Celtics' outside line into a sieve.

This is Curry. When the hand feels bad, Dellavedova can restrain him, but when the hand feels good, even double-teams or three-teams don't work!

Unless you tie the hands of the elementary school student, or put a big pot directly on his head to block 100% of the shots, as long as he makes a shot, no matter how difficult it is, how far it is, even if it is in the middle circle, this guy is likely to Throw the ball in!

Curry's accurate shooting completely disrupted the Celtics' defensive plan and also activated Thompson.

Curry scored 33 points in the half, Thompson also scored 14 points, and with George's 11 points, the three scored 58 points in the half, 10 points higher than the entire Celtics team.

The Wizards also relied on the super high scoring of the three, scoring 79 points in the half, leading the Celtics who scored 48 points in the half by 31 points!

In the second half, Curry felt cold, and the huge point difference made the Wizards players relax a lot, but also because the point difference was too large, the Celtics even used the remaining two quarters to catch up. , and ultimately failed to catch up or overtake the score before the end of the game.