Chapter 119: speed! speed!

The TD North Shore Garden Arena was fully occupied at about 6:30 in the evening. Before the game started, the North American music scene that debuted in 2002 was popular with fried chicken. Ashanti Douglas sang the "Stars and Stripes" with a unique blue tuning in front of 20,000 audiences. Never fall". Afterwards, with the cheers and fireworks of the audience, the Bostonians' new season began.
In the opening introduction, Leon was cheered by the fans as the team's head coach. Leon waved to the fans calmly, but his eyes were looking for something.
"Come to Gilbert!" Leon stood on the sidelines, beckoning to Arenas who was preparing to play before the game was about to start.
Arenas tucked his shirt into his pants, walked to Leon and took him down. Now the noise in the arena has reached an order of magnitude, and he can't hear him if he doesn't approach him.
"Tell me, what to do if you push through the center line from the left and the opponent puts on a pressing defense." Leon asked loudly.
"Call the pick-and-roll, or transfer the ball to the top of the arc, cover the ball, start the tactic from two 45 degrees." Arenas quickly replied.
"In a quick counterattack, we played two against three. There were people at the left bottom corner and right wing at 45 degrees. How to distribute the ball?" Leon asked again.
"Left hand dribble breakthrough, the right time to divide the corner of the ball, regardless of the right wing position, he will follow up." Arenas continued to answer.
"The backboard quickly counterattacked, advancing from the right, the inside responder did not keep up in time, and the bottom line screen could not be hit. What should I do?"
"Slow down and wait for the receiver. Pass back, catch the ball again, speed up again, attack by yourself or pass to the corner guy. Reorganize the attack."
"The last question, what should I do if the tactic fails?"
"Vote yourself!" Arenas gave Leon the last answer, and then Leon patted Arenas on the and said: "If I can't make it, I will kill you. Try to give it to Paul or Ann. Tovan."
Then Arenas and his teammates walked onto the field together, and the game was about to begin.
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"The game between the Boston Celtics and the Chicago Bulls is about to begin. Boston North Shore Garden is in full swing... I think the boys in Chicago should be fortunate that they are not playing in Boston Garden Plaza now. I swear by the away locker room in Garden Plaza than Ken. The cheese room at Granny Smith’s house is even worse." Sitting in the live commentary room of the TV station, Charles Barkley started talking nonsense before the game started.
Smith has long been accustomed to Barkley’s words. He just responded indifferently: "But it’s been much better recently. After all, you stuffed all the cheese from there into your stomach... Okay, let’s see this. Some highlights of the game. The Celtics, who reached the Eastern Conference finals last year, seem to have done nothing in the summer. Their biggest change is that they have another coach, a guy who suddenly appeared more than two years ago, Fox Leon , The mysterious guy, is said to be a descendant of Auerbach... Oh my god, if he is a descendant of Auerbach, then I am the heir of Martin Luther King."
"Why don't you say that you are the successor of John Smith? Then you will own the entire General Company." Barkley made a weird voice from the side. John Smith is the chairman of General Motors.
Smith has long been accustomed to Barkley’s gag, and he continued to analyze:
On the contrary, let’s look at the Chicagoans. They got Jay Williams in the draft, and then they have a tall Tyson Chandler and a strong insider. Eddie Curry, they look so talented. I think this will be the season that determines whether the Bulls can leave the shadow of Jordan and rise again. These young people will do a lot."
Of course Barkley would not agree with Smith, he would definitely stand up against it. Just now, he also eliminated the Celtics and immediately became a supporter of the Celtics. He said: "The Celtics also have a group of young talents. Pierce and Walker are in good shape, and Ali, who was underrated in the draft. Nass, Reid, and Johnson have all proved to be talented young men. They will get to the next level this season. I'm not trying to challenge Kenny with you, as long as the Celtics change coaches in the middle of the season, such as Put Cowens in the position...Oh my god, I can’t believe Cowens will sit behind this guy named Leon as an assistant coach. Leon, Leon, why does this name sound like the protagonist of a cartoon?"
Just when the two people were screaming and making noise, the game had begun. Leon sent Arenas, Reid, Pierce, Walker and Tony Batty, an extremely offensive lineup; and the Bulls Over there, their starting lineups are Jaylen Rose, Jay Williams, Trent Hassel, Tyson Chandler and Eddie Curry, a twin tower lineup.
When the referee threw the ball into the air, the 2002-2003 NBA regular season kicked off with Chandler and Batty’s jump ball. The 7-foot-tall Chandler relied on superb bounce and wingspan. The ball was in the air, Jay Williams got the ball, and the Bulls attacked.
Leon stood on the sidelines and couldn't help feeling a little nervous. After all, this is the real regular season, completely different from the preseason. The coach’s pain lies in the fact that no matter what happens on the court, it is the players that decide everything in the end. No matter what clever tricks you can think of in your eyes and mind, if the players are not useful, everything is useless.
So before the start of the game, Leon has to ask Arenas those questions. In Leon's plan, Arenas' rhythm in the first half of the game will be the key to the game. Leon’s offensive system designed for the Celtics is a system that values ​​the ability of point guards. This is completely different from Phil Jackson’s triangle offense. The triangle offense is just part of Leon's use to stabilize the solid structure and allow players to focus on passing and standing. He does not think that the entire routine of the triangle offense is suitable for the current Celtics.
"At the beginning of the game, the Bulls launched an offensive. Jay Williams, Tyson... Michael Reid stole the ball! But it was a pity that the ball hit his foot and went out of bounds." Kenny Smith has entered the state and began to explain the game. But Barkley was dull and didn't know what he was thinking.
The first goal of the opening. Michael Reid almost intercepted Williams' pass to Chandler. The Bulls' offensive routine was also quite simple. The big man made an overshoot to the point guard near the top of the arc, and then the point guard caught the ball assault. Try to tear the opponent's defense. But obviously the Bulls’ formation is not good. Williams, Chandler and Hassel are too close to each other, giving Reid a chance to steal the ball. It’s just that Reid dribbled the ball to his feet after grabbing the ball. There is no steal.
"Michael's condition looks good." Leon had already taken his seat and said to Siegfried next to him. Siegfried took care of Reid the most in the training camp. Because Reid was wearing the No. 20 jersey that Siegfried used to wear, he gave Reid a lot of experience and encouragement on the defensive end. It seems that he entered the game very early.
Then the Bulls sent a sideline attack, Chandler asked for the ball in the low post, but Williams ignored him at all, although he overwhelmed Walker behind him. He transferred the ball to Rose on the left. Rose held the ball and broke through from the center, but halfway through the breakthrough, he passed the ball back to Williams. Because Reid came up to help defend, Williams immediately transferred the ball to Hassel after receiving the ball, and Hassel was open. With a jumper, the Bulls scored first.
"Very good transfer of the ball, two points from the bottom corner. It seems that the Celtics still have a lot of work to do on the defensive end." Kenny Smith felt that Reid's defense was somewhat arbitrary, Pierce was not completely Misplacement, and Hassel's shooting is not completely negligible.
But Leon on the sidelines knows that his defensive strategy tonight is to let Hassel and Chandler, Reid's choice is completely correct, and this two-point loss is acceptable.
Next, it depends on the Celtics offense.
Walker served quickly in the backcourt, and Arenas did not dribble the ball slowly after receiving the ball. Instead, he rushed into the frontcourt quickly. The Bulls players were obviously caught off guard and hurried back to defend. At this time Arenas suddenly slowed down at the three-point line and passed the ball back to Batty. Batty did not hesitate after receiving the ball. , And then passed the ball back to Arenas as if it hit the wall. After receiving the ball, Arenas suddenly accelerated into the inside. Chandler and Curry both rushed back to cover the defense, but Arenas passed back to keep up. Walker, Walker catches the ball with a left-handed dunk!
In 9 seconds, the Celtics completed the attack in 9 seconds. Leon subconsciously punched after the goal, but he immediately retracted his fist, which was just the first goal.
"It's fast..." Kenny Smith had only time to say the word, the Celtics' attack was too fast.
"What's the matter? Are you stunned by the Celtics' fast offense? As early as in the preseason, I said that the Celtics will surprise many people on offense. They faced off in the first game. Scored 147 points in the New York game! This is the highest score of a single stroke for snooker!" Barkley saw the Celtics attack like this, and he was resurrected.
At this time, the Bulls are still playing the attacking position slowly, no one can let them have the Twin Towers lineup. This time it was Curry's turn to ask for the ball in the low post. Williams passed the ball this time. Curry played Batty in the low post. The 2001 rookie has the nickname of the small shark, and he ran the Chicago area with a weight of close to 300 pounds in high school. He was selected by the Bulls and is considered popular. For this reason, the Bulls did not hesitate to pay their No. 1 pick Elton Brand.
In the face of Barty, who was not outstanding in defense, Curry pushed his all the way into the arch and arched deep enough before assisting the defense. A small hook shot inside turned and the Bulls took the lead again, 4:2.
"Charles, I bet his is as big as yours~EbookFREE.me~ Smith couldn't help but say when he saw Curry's offense.
"You are insulting my ass, Tony Barty's defense, I can push him all the way from the center line to the basket, and then give him a dunk." When it comes to ass, Barkley will not give in to anyone. .
When the two were talking nonsense, the Celtics went to the front court again.
Walker once again served the ball quickly, Arenas rushed to catch the ball, this time Reed was ahead of him, he passed the ball to Reed, and Reed took the ball from the center to the basket, but he did not choose to hit hard, instead The defender followed and passed the ball 45 degrees to the left. Paul Pierce had already followed. Pierce pretended to be a three-pointer, flew Rose, who was following him, adjusted it, aimed, and made a slow three-pointer!
"Huh!" Goal in! Three pointers!
A summer's hard training was not in vain, and Pierce knew the ball was going to be scored the moment he shot it!
Leon is no longer excited off the court, because he knows that there will be many goals like this.
"8 seconds." Leon calculated in his heart. (To be continued.)