Chapter 255: Against the Green Army!

The Celtics are very cautious, and Wang Xiao doesn't dare to neglect.
Not to mention that 12 years is a shrinking season, it is not very friendly to the Celtics with an average age, but this season the Celtics are very stiff in the playoffs.
In another time and space, the Celtics also solved the Hawks in 4:2 in six games, and then the 76ers, who eliminated the black eight in the second round, advanced to the East.
In the contest between the Eastern Conference and the Heat, the Celtics fought to the last bullet, and even won the match point at 3:2, pushing the Heat into desperation.
Unfortunately, the loss of aging body and physical strength made the Celtics defeat in the last two key games and were eliminated by the Heat.
How could Wang Xiao underestimate the Celtics who almost brought the 12-year Heat to the end of the road?
Although the Wizards have a strong lineup, they also have a lot of hidden dangers, that is, many players are first-year rookies, and they are not experienced. Like Leonard and Thompson, the young and old players are still slightly better. , But performances of people like Jimmy Butler, Chandler Parsons, Isaiah Thomas and others are much worse than regular season.
In the first round and the Knicks series, if it was not for the game, they often entered the garbage time early, and Wang Xiao was not too dare to let the rookies play.
Wang Xiao had foreseen early that this would be an extremely difficult game, and indeed it was.
The first game of the two sides began on May 12, and as soon as the first game began, the Celtics gave Wang Xiao a dismount.
Rondo and Bradley took turns to guard Curry, and under the highly targeted "characteristic" brown sugar defensive tactics, Curry defended nothing. 14 shots in the game only hit 5 goals and three points. 1 of 7 and scored 11 points.
Fortunately, although Curry was in a state of nowhere, Thompson, who partnered with him, showed great power.
When the Celtics focused their main defensive energy on Curry and slightly ignored Thompson, the cold-blooded killer immediately told the Celtics that ignoring his consequences would be severe.
Under Ray Allen's full mark, Thompson actively moved to seek a gap. He made 11 of 20 shots and scored 28 points in the game. The young Ray Allen is a defensive fighter and can even effectively limit Kobe. 'S offensive efficiency, but already 37 years old, he has been completely unable to keep up with Thompson's ballless run.
With this trade-off, the Wizards still have an advantage in the back line, and the front line is completely the world of the Wizards.
In terms of fame, the combination of Pierce + Garnett at this stage is still more famous and shocking than George + Leonard.
But in terms of actual strength, the two are no longer rivals of George and Leonard.
Especially Pierce, under Leonard's defense, the shooting efficiency is not much better than Curry, 5 of 15 shots, the shooting rate is a bit lower than Curry.
As for Garnett, although he is much taller than George, Garnett has never been a physically strong insider, but is biased towards agility and skill. This type is also very fond of George, at least not on defense It will be too hard.
In the end, it was the bench who really decided the outcome.
With the exception of Bradley, the Celtics’ bench has no players who can make it, Michael Pietrus, Greg Steensma, Marquis Daniels, Kenyan Du Lin... Basically, they are all "color" bench corner "color" players, and no one has ever played or written a color performance.
auzw.com And the Wizards’ bench lineup... doesn’t have to go into details?
Two former All-Star players, a bench gangster who will make a huge contract worth tens of millions of dollars in the future, even if many of them do not have playoff experience and are not stable, but they are enough to start evenly. , The bench has the upper hand when grabbing time.
In the first game, relying on Jamison's 14 points and Caron Butler's 8 points, the Wizards successfully won the first series victory with 103:94, the total score came to 1:0.
But Wang Xiao and the Wizards hadn't had much time to be happy, and followed the Celtics with a powerful blow.
In the second game, the Celtics changed their starting lineup. Bradley replaced Ray Allen. Although Bradley was only 1 meter 88 in height, he had a slight disadvantage when facing Thompson, but he was only 22 years old in physical fitness. In terms of speed and speed, Thompson is not inferior.
In the future, this guy was selected as the best defensive team in the 12-13 season. In the 15-16 season, he was selected as the best defensive team. The defensive ability is extremely outstanding. Thompson, who is not very experienced, is obviously a bit defensive on the court. Circled, and ironed happily with Curry.
After Pierce was defended by Leonard as a blacksmith in the first game, the second round was quickly adjusted. Frequent use of pick-and-roll staggered one-on-one situations with Leonard, scoring efficiency increased linearly.
The most important thing is that when Ray Allen came to the Celtics bench, the offensive firepower on the Celtics bench improved instantly.
Both former All-Star players, Caron Butler and Jamison are not Ray Allen’s opponents. After all, the latter is Curry’s greatest three-point shooter and Hall of Fame player. Eleven-time All-Star selection.
Caron Butler and Jamison have only been selected twice, and neither has more than half of Allen.
Even if Ray Allen fought with two fists, he could still do it with the Celtics bench.
The bench lineup couldn't widen the score gap, the main lineup was targeted again, and the Wizards lost the second game in no way.
Facing such a situation, Wang Xiao could only helplessly sigh.
As "shooters", Curry and Thompson are arguably the top players in the league. As long as they stand on the court, all players defending them will be frightened.
However, as a "shooter", there is a problem that can never be avoided.
Long-range "shooting", always feel bad or be affected by the opponent's "color" defense.
In the future, Curry won three championships but did not even have a finals mvp, which also has extremely important reasons.
In the playoffs, especially in the finals, in the face of the opponent's high-intensity defense, long-range shooting efficiency is naturally not as high as the impact of the basket.
Even as strong as Curry, it is difficult to maintain the efficient offensive efficiency as regular season.
In this case, the main firepower of the offense must be transferred from the outside to the inside.
Last season, when facing the Celtics, Curry and Harden also lost their shooting accuracy due to the high-intensity defense against "sex", but the Wizards finally laughed to the end. Wang Xiao relied on, It is a player who can fight hard at a critical moment.
Paul George!