Chapter 137: Game (1)

In the third minute of the first quarter, Don Nelson called a timeout. Michael Reid made a counterattack with a 45-degree three-pointer on the right to change the score to 9:4. Don Nelson knew that he was fighting in the opening three minutes. Lost in. ●⌒novel,
Obviously, the starting lineup he sent was targeted by Leon, and Najera had no effect at all. And Adrian Griffin as the Celtics old will appear in the Mavericks' starting shooting guard position, Nelson originally hoped that he could find some way to deal with them based on his experience in the Celtics. But the Celtics he met were no longer the Celtics he was familiar with. He couldn’t put pressure on Reid on both offensive and defensive ends. Reid’s beautiful three-pointer was to line up Nelson. A failed response.
But as an experienced coach who has seen any big scenes, Nelson quickly adjusted with a short timeout of 20 seconds. First, he replaced Najera, replaced the current NBA's top man, Sean Bradley, and then replaced Griffin with veteran Walter Williams, so the average on the Mavericks field The height increases sharply and the speed naturally slows down, but the Mavericks are not a team that only plays fast breaks.
"Good job guys, but the game has just begun." On the Celtics side, Leon didn't have anything to lay out. He saw the trick. Now it's Nelson's turn to make the move. He just needs to wait for the game. The situation changes. The Celtics' player status was still quite good at the opening. Leon encouraged everyone and then patted Wang Zhizhi's arm, saying in Chinese: "Good job, but you may not have so many opportunities later. , Take a moment, and work defense."
Wang Zhizhi nodded when he heard it, and drank water. These three minutes should be his best three minutes after entering the NBA. The targeted training is effective. He obviously feels that his ability to get stuck and move is stronger. No longer afraid of confronting opponents, the body feels always full of energy. Moreover, Fox Leon made very detailed tactical arrangements in training before the game. These were all achieved in the game. Wang Zhizhi admired the coach in his heart, because there were too many things in his mind.
The timeout ended soon. The players returned to the court. Leon sat back on the bench and started to concentrate. He wanted to see what Nelson had done.
The game restarted, Nash held the ball, the Mavericks attacked from the position, and Nash passed the ball to Finley on the right. The other four Mavericks players all came to the left and emptied the right to Finley singles. Facing Paul Pierce, Finley used his footsteps to force a breakthrough. His speed was not fast, but he did a good job protecting the ball. When approaching the bottom line, he leaned on Pierce and made a fake move, shaking Pierce slightly. , And then rely on Pierce to make shots.
"Beep" The referee's whistle rang, Leon knew. Finley came to a fraud, Pierce himself is a master of fraud, but sometimes people's actions are not controlled by intelligence. Finley's realistic fake moves still shook Pierce instinctively. Although Pierce had tried to take it back, Finley's movements were also very fast, and his body had already rubbed up.
"I've received it. Did he just rub my clothes against my clothes and it's a foul?" Pierce complained weakly to the referee. The referee just glanced at him, as if saying that you used to rub other people's clothes and I didn't foul. . Finley still got to the free throw line.
With Finley hitting two free throws, the Mavericks changed the score to 6:9, which is obviously an experienced trick. At the end of the timeout, the safest free throw was used, and Nelson's experience is so old that it can be seen. But what really makes Leon frown is the Mavericks' changes on the defensive end.
Although it seems that the Mavericks replaced the players Bradley and Williams. The Celtics' dominance in the opening three minutes was also reflected in the position of center and shooting guard, but Leon knew it. He is really targeting the Mavericks' two vulnerable defensive parts, power forward and point guard, namely Nowitzki and Nash. The Mavericks were scored consecutively by Wang Zhizhi in the opening game. On the one hand, Nowitzki did not have enough defensive power to defend Wang Zhizhi. On the other hand, the fundamental reason was that Nash was always thrown away by Arenas.
Nowitzki's ability to assist in defense was not strong, but Wang Zhizhi was transferred to a position that needed to be assisted in defense. After that, Nash always needed to assist in defense, which gave Wang Zhizhi an opportunity. As the Mavericks’ two offensive cores, the defenses of Nash and Nowitzki do not match their offensive status, and Leon knows that once a player is crushed by opponents in defense, the mentality and state of offensive end will also Subject to stability. As long as this game can continue to attack Nash and Nowitzki, he is 60% sure to end the game before the fourth quarter.
But Nelson quickly realized this. It was the Celtics' turn to attack. Bradley immediately changed to defending Wang Zhizhi after he came on the court. The defender of Arenas became Michael Finley. Paul Pierce handed over to Walt Williams to deal with, and then Nash’s face turned into Michael Reid. Although it seems that Reid has an advantage over Nash, Reid is not the main point of the Celtics, Leon Nor did he design more one-on-one tactics for Reid. He was more at the bottom corner to attract attention and sudden cold arrows. Nelson assigned Nash to this defensive point, which undoubtedly saw Reid as a Celtic tactic. The link with the least changes.
The Celtics still lacked some changes in the offensive position. In the face of Michael Finley, Arenas couldn’t make it easy. After passing the center line, Finley used his arm to withstand Arenas. Arenas could not start at all. Walker had to go to a higher position to meet Arenas, so that his threat of attack when cooperating became smaller, Nowitzki even let go of him two steps, just waiting for Walker to shoot the bird remotely.
In the past, Walker took the ball and took a step back and threw it outside the three-point line, but now he will not. Wang Zhizhi in the low post saw this situation and did not continue to take the position, he knew he could not touch Bradley. Yes, he pulled out and made a cross-screen with Pierce, went outside to catch the ball, then Pierce sank to the low post, Wang Zhizhi received a pass from Walker, and then dropped the ball to Pierce.
Walter Williams entered the league in 1992 and has been a veteran for 11 years. Facing Pierce, his low defense is not leaking. He has no sway, and his position is very good. After Pierce turned on the line, he was met by Novas. Kee’s double-team, he barely passed the ball to Walker after the jump. Walker received the ball at the top of the arc, but the pass was not good ~ EbookFREE.me~ He adjusted the jumper directly and missed the ball. Nash grabbed a backcourt rebound. Finley had already rushed through the half-court. Nash made a long pass through the half-court. Finley made a quick break and dunked, 8:9. The Mavericks had already closed the score to one point after a timeout. .
The Mavericks chased for two points. The Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, who was wearing a Mavericks jersey, sat up from the bench, applauded loudly and yelled "gavericks" when the North Shore Garden was slightly silent, and Leon scratched. Mind, he was hesitant to call a timeout.
Before he could think about it, Arenas was suddenly hit by Finley and Nash during the half-time of the dribble. He was intercepted by Finley without being ready, and Nash received a pass from Finley. Long on the sky basket succeeded, 10:9, the situation on the field reversed instantly.
"Nice steals, Finley's defense is like a pliers, making Arenas mess up. It seems that the Celtics guys are not really ready to deal with the Mavericks counterattack. They seem to have played for three minutes. It’s a bit of forgetting about playing well.
Although Wharton’s comment was a bit harsh, it seemed to be the case.
"Tiout" Leon had to shout a timeout at the referee, and at the moment Arenas was intercepted, he had already figured out how to deal with Nelson's tricks. To be continued. cc2907201 Baidu search "" to see the latest and most complete novels!