Chapter 189: George v Pierce

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Not long after the second game between the Wizards and the Celtics, the Celtics head coach Rivers couldn't help but got up from the bench seat, frowning and standing on the long side with hands on hips , Staring at the Wizards players.
In the first two minutes of the game, George, who has started the game, has made three shots, all of which are mid-range jumpers. He hit two goals on three shots and scored 4 points.
It seems that there is no big problem, and 4 points is not even a game at all.
But Rivers was keenly aware that the Wizards' tactics on this side were significantly different from the previous game and the entire regular season.
In the past, the most common routine for the Wizards was Curry holding the ball to find the opportunity. Whether it was to find a pick-and-roll breakthrough, pull a three-pointer or pass the ball to his teammates and then quickly cut in, without exception, Curry was a wizard. The most critical part of the team's playing field.
It is for this reason that Rivers arranged a series of tactics to lock Curry according to Curry's technical characteristics.
In the last game, under the targeted defense of the Celtics, Curry only scored 16 points in the game and shot less than 30% of his three-pointers.
After the game, Rivers had thought that the Wizards would quickly adjust their tactics, but in his expectations, the Wizards will definitely focus on how to cover Curry's more efficient scoring as the main breakthrough point.
But now, within 2 minutes of the opening, Curry has only attacked with the ball once, and other times, the ball is delivered to the frontcourt and then handed over to others, and then left to the bottom of the three-point line. At the same time, it also attracted the attention of many Celtics to that direction.
And at this time, the basketball will be passed to Paul George, who is on the other side of the horn.
It was the soul of the Celtics team who marked George, the "truth" Paul Pierce.
When two men named Paul were in opposition, Pierce did not take George into his eyes.
What a joke? He Pierce is a Finals MVP, an All-Star player, a player destined for the Hall of Fame, and what about George? Just a first-year rookie, and in the regular season, he was basically playing for Butler. What qualifications does he have to play against him?
When George received the ball, Pierce posted it and mocked it.
"Rookie, if I were you, I would quickly pass the ball out, and now this battle is not something you can handle."
George glanced at Pierce and did not respond.
After playing against players like James and Anthony, Pierce is no longer so tall in his eyes.
Although "Truth" is considered one of the top small forwards in the league, it is clearly worse than James.
After all, no matter what, the data will not lie. Pierce has only been selected for the four best teams in his entire career, including three for three times and two for one time.
Compared with the honor harvester LeBron James, there is indeed a gap.
George has also admired Pierce before and dreamed of becoming a good player like Pierce.
But after a battle with James, when facing Pierce, in his eyes, the opponent is just a strong professional player.
Even Pierce will be the opponent he must cross before surpassing James!
Holding the ball back to Pierce, George's eyes shone with excitement.
Suddenly exerting force at his feet, George turned around and took half of Pierce.
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George's sudden action made Pierce slightly surprised, but he quickly reacted and immediately followed.
Pierce's defense may not be tough, but his solid basic skills and excellent awareness allow him to effectively limit the offensive efficiency of most opponents.
However, this time he was out of position.
George is 2.06 meters tall, but his speed is not slow at all, even faster than most defenders.
Turning around and pretending to break through, waiting for the moment when Pierce reacted to the change of footsteps, George immediately closed the ball and pulled back a distance away from Pierce, and jumped out of the three-point line about a step and a half.
Pierce, whose center of gravity has not been adjusted, can't even jump up, and can only raise his head and watch George shoot.
"brush!"
Basketball hollow into the net.
I don’t know how. George feels that his hand feels exceptionally good today, as if God is helping him. In this way, his shooting rate is not high before the difficult shot, but today he has a kind of how to shoot. a feeling of.
Of course, this is a tactical skill-credit for mid-range shooting.
Seeing George firmly hit the shot, Wang Xiao couldn't help but slightly raised the corner of his mouth.
His judgment is indeed correct, and it is correct to risk using the skill of mid-range shooting.
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It was eaten by George one after another, which made Pierce's face a bit unsustainable, but the current Celtics defensive tactical system is still based on the defensive Wizards' outside shooting three-pointer. In this case, Pierce has a lot in the middle distance. No position can get assistance from teammates.
With the continuous scoring of George's opening, the Wizards were in the lead at the beginning of the game.
To be honest, George's mid-range offense is not high in terms of efficiency. Compared to the Wizards' small ball tactics, it has a much slower rhythm.
Fortunately, the Celtics are also a team with a slow offensive rhythm. In the 82 games of the regular season, the Celtics ranked first in the league in scoring with 91.1 points per game, but also scored 96.5 per game. It is the last few in the league.
The Celtics' excellent defense can't hide the low scoring efficiency.
The three giants Garnett, Pierce, and Ray Allen are indeed already old. There is no way to support the team's offensive with the strong personal abilities as the Heat and Knicks.
The Wizards' defense this season is very different from last season. It's not particularly difficult to defend the Celtics with a team that doesn't have much offensive rhythm and tactics.
Very rare, in the first quarter, the Wizards only scored 21 points, of which George won 14 of them.
On the other side, the Celtics only scored 18 points in the first quarter.
Pierce and Ray Allen didn’t feel particularly good in this game, which further affected the Celtics’ offensive rhythm. If Rondo’s organizational skills were already strong, Garnett also played against Jamison on the inside. Taking advantage, I'm afraid the Celtics scored even lower in the first quarter.
For the Celtics coach Rivers, it doesn't matter if his team's offensive rhythm is fast or not, as long as it can limit the opponent's scoring, even if it only scores 10 points in a game?
But what he can't tolerate now is that someone on the Wizards side could actually tear apart his solid defense!
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