Chapter 120: Exhausted cattle plow the land that is not bad

? Leon is like a high-speed computing computer, constantly assessing the situation on the court.
The game has reached the middle of the second quarter, and the scores of the two sides remain stalemate. At 4749, the Chicago Bulls are still two points ahead. The Bulls with the twin towers played cautiously and walked fairly steady step by step. The young Tyson Chandler and Eddie Curry looked young and mature and played very well in the interior. Chandler grabbed 6 offensive rebounds in 5 minutes of playing time, which made the Celtics 'S fans have to start to miss the days of owning Dennis Rodman.
And Eddie Curry used his scoring under the Celtics basket, Tony Barty was completely unable to contain Curry, the small shark Celtics restricted area can swim unscrupulously. But Leon doesn't seem to be in a hurry. He has only called two timeouts so far. A long timeout gives the players a chance to breathe and a short timeout for personnel adjustment.
"I bet that if I return to the age of 0 and play the Celtics inside tonight, I can get 20 points and 0 rebounds in halftime." Charles Barkley looked at the Celtics' weak inside. Defensive performance, can not help but praise Haikou. But the 0-year-old Barkley was 9 years when he went to the sun. He said that almost no one would doubt. If there is, it will only be Kenny Smith.
"The premise is that the Celtics no longer have Dennis Rodman. Without the best defensive player, the Celtics have lost not only rebounds, but also defensive passion and toughness. I don’t know. What their head coach thinks.
There is no doubt that Rodman’s retirement was a blow to the Celtics. Last season, the Celtics were able to reach the Eastern Conference finals, and Big Worm made outstanding contributions.
"Three hundred and sixty-five days a year, I can handle Dennis Rodman in minutes!" Of course Barkley was not convinced, and countered Smith with Rodman's comment on Malone.
And just when the two were bickering. Jaylen Rose missed a jumper at the top of the arc, and Eddie Curry grabbed an offensive rebound and tried to force a dunk. But Chris Anderson was slapped down. The ball did not fly away, but was pushed onto the floor by two big hands. Curry's 00 pounds of fat is too late to bend over. Anderson quickly caught the ball with eyesight.
"Give me the ball!" Anderson heard Arenas's shout, and he passed the ball in the direction of Arenas without any hesitation.
Arenas started running again after receiving the ball. This time it was Antoine Walker who rushed in front. Arenas adhered to the principles taught by Leon, not easily making large passes, but holding the ball all the way. At the basket, Walker has moved to the bottom corner at this time, Arenas only then divided the ball.
Walker was still a step inside the three-point line when he received the ball. After catching the ball, dribble back one step and shoot at zero degrees outside the corner three-point line!
Leon's heart can't help but tighten. In his calculations, the bottom corner is not a shot point Walker is good at, but looking at the arc and strength of the ball, he knows that the ball is about to enter the basket.
"Huh!" Walker hit a three-pointer! This was Walker's first three-pointer in this game, and it was also his first three-pointer attempt.
After the goal, Walker drooped his eyebrows and pursed his mouth and began to dance, just like the cannibals of African tribes, looking unusually funny. Fans of North Shore Gardens are also excitedly jumping and cheering on the sidelines. This is a reserved program of North Shore Gardens in recent years.
"I believe there will be a lot of fans every night. The purpose of buying tickets to the North Shore Garden is to watch Walker dance." Barkley was also grinned by Walker's iconic ugly dance. Walker's "comedy" nickname is not a wave. Named.
"We should note that this is Walker's first three-point shot attempt in this game. In the first two seasons, his average three-point shots per game has reached the frenzied times... Charles, you are in the Rockets and Suns. At that time, you are already the king of three-pointers, but your average shots per game is less than half of Walker's. But today we are going to see that Walker seems to have restrained his three-pointers and he has been very efficient so far. "Kenny Smith can still make a calm analysis when necessary, as long as Barkley on the side does not make trouble.
Walker has so far scored the highest points for the Celtics, is the only player to score in double figures, and his shooting percentage is 5 of 6 shots, including this three-pointer. The efficiency is surprisingly high.
"Strengthen guys, spend more energy on your defense!" Leon did not forget to remind the players to strengthen their defense. By the way, let Walker return to normal. Although Walker is efficient on the offensive end, his performance is terrible on the defensive end. Unable to stand up to Chandler, let Chandler grab six offensive rebounds.
Fortunately, after replacing Chris Anderson, the Celtics' inside defense is better. Anderson looks thin, but he has extraordinary talent in blocking shots. He has already shot twice in six minutes. It's just that compared with his master Rodman, his talent for protecting backcourt rebounds is still far behind.
Just after Leon’s words fell, the Bulls found an open shot from the outside 45 degrees through careful transmission. Downey Marshall made a three-pointer, but the ball did not score. Paul Pierce struggled to grab a rebound. But this time Pierce didn’t pass the ball to Arenas. Instead, he drove the ball all the way to the Bulls’ penalty area. Using a not-so-fast speed, he crookedly sent the ball into the basket and fell to the ground, causing the Bulls. Defensive foul!
The decibel of North Shore Garden reached the first peak of the game. Pierce sat on the ground and waited for his teammates to pull him up while enjoying the cheers of the fans.
Leon calmly took out a note in his pocket with a table drawn on it, divided into two rows, each with 20 grids. Leon ticked one of the grids, then crossed the next grid in the same column.
There are several tables in Leon’s pocket. This is a simple table for judging the offensive and defensive situation on the field. The upper and lower rows represent the offensive rounds of the two teams. A tick represents a successful offense, and a cross represents The offense failed. Through such a table, Leon can roughly predict the state and trend of the game.
In the table in the first quarter, the Bulls’ hooks and crosses are fairly evenly distributed, and rarely miss more than two consecutive offenses. In the second half of the second quarter, crosses began to appear continuously, despite Chandler’s offensive rebounds. Remedied the Bulls' attack, but Leon could have a foreboding that the Bulls were a little bit tired.
Yes, when a team that puts the twin towers on the field and constantly runs with their opponents, tiredness is inevitable. Although it is not conspicuous, it can't escape Leon's eyes. The reason why Pierce was able to make a single foul just now is that the Bulls’ defense has already begun to throw the mouse, because the Celtics’ second fast break is too fast, and the second reason is that they can’t keep up with the fast pace of the Celtics. .
In the first half and the first half of the second quarter, the Celtics' rhythm is in control of Arenas. He is the key to the team's speed. Now, it is the turn of a star like Pierce to take over the game.
As Pierce made a free throw, 549, the Celtics went over by 4 points. Leon sat back on the bench again, put away his form card, and continued to observe the situation on the court. The first half ended against Kyle. It will be very important for special people.
Before the game, Leon carefully studied the Bulls team. Among their new head coach is the main center Bill Cartwright of the first three consecutive championships in the Jordan era, a very good inside player. The Bulls invited him to come in the hope that Cartwright can train two potential young insiders for the team. Cartwright also complied with the management's request and ranked the twin towers.
Based on observations in the preseason, Leon concluded that the Bulls will definitely play a slower pace, and the Celtics will definitely suffer in the paint. However, the Bulls will encounter two major problems. One is the retreat problem when facing the Celtics assault style. Curry's 00-pound weight is a weapon in offense, and it is a burden when returning to defense.
There is also the physical problem of the Bulls players. There are no teams with poor physical fitness in NBA, but it does not mean that all teams can run as fast. Offensive positional warfare is expensive but fast attack is less costly, defensive positional warfare is less costly and defensive fast attack is expensive. In this way, both the offensive and defensive Celtics are the side that consumes less, but the Bulls often follow behind.
It was not obvious at the beginning of the game. The Bulls played well and well, giving people the illusion that they would be able to play steadily. However, they couldn't stand the Celtics' fast offense regardless of the shooting rate, and their legs and feet began to slow down. This even began to affect their offense.
Less than two minutes before the end of the second quarter~EbookFREE.me~ The Bulls called a timeout. Cartwright wanted to give the team a chance to breathe. He replaced Curry and replaced Marcus Fazer. Er, I hope this strong power forward can keep up with the fast pace of the Celtics.
On the other hand, Leon also made an adjustment. He took Arenas and replaced Steve Kerr. Obviously, while pursuing fast, he hopes that the team's offense will be even greater in the last two minutes. safe. Cole was undoubtedly more proficient in coordination with Pierce. Sure enough, the timeout came back and the Bulls missed the shot again. The Celtics' defensive strength was insufficient but more than tenacious, which caused the Bulls to drop sharply in their shooting percentage when their physical fitness declined.
"Antoine got the rebound and passed it to Cole. Cole pushed forward again quickly. The Celtics' offensive speed was amazing... Pierce slipped the bottom line, received a pass from Cole, and took a mid-range shot... bn! Hit!" Smith also had to sigh with the astonishing speed of the Celtics' second fast break. They didn't pursue the "sy-b" of throwing off all the defenders, but when the opponent had not organized a defensive formation. Complete their offensive coordination.
"Their passing tacit understanding is amazing. It looks like they have been together for ten years." Barkley, who gagged half a game, finally said a sharp sentence. The Celtics' passing coordination is really great. And the Bulls didn't seem to find a way to deal with this kind of cooperation. As the saying goes, there are only exhausted cattle and no bad land. The next game of the Bulls will not be better. To be continued.