Chapter 214: Persist or adjust

The overall trend of the first half was basically in Leon's control. Carlisle took the initiative, and naturally Leon was led by his nose. The two have been in contact since they met drunkly in Boston two years ago, and the relationship is also both enemy and friend. Carlisle is older than Leon and sometimes gives tactical advice to Leon, but recently Carlisle has become less and less daring to point Leon, and the two teams will not communicate when they meet in the playoffs.
Leon knows that Carlisle is a coach who is better at layout, on the contrary, his reaction on the spot is less. It's not because of his slow response. In fact, no coach in the NBA has a slow response. Any problems with the team can be immediately seen by the experienced head coach. But some coaches seem to react quickly and can adjust immediately, which has an immediate effect, while others feel sluggish. The fans are anxiously gesticulating, but the coach is indifferent.
This is actually a different way of dealing with problems. The quick response belongs to the flow of change. Soldiers will block the water and cover up the soil, and the headaches will heal the head and the feet. The general soldiers will be broad, and the players have rich experience and strong tactical adaptability. , The team's tactical training is also solid. Otherwise, such a coach will become a blind commander who changes every day and turns into a mess.
Those who seem to be slow to react, take the path of me as the mainstay, unchanging, and it is the players that determine the trend on the basketball court in the final analysis. No matter how good the coach thinks, the players can’t play or don’t adapt. . Generally speaking, team coaches with relatively young, strong impact and energetic team will adopt such a strategy, believing that their pre-match strategy is correct and carry it forward with one effort. This also requires courage.
Generally speaking, the regular season is more suitable for the second type of coach, high-frequency competition, different opponents, it is very important to have a consistent and final tactical play; but in the playoffs, see the trick Recruitment requires a lot of on-the-spot changes. Of course, these changes cannot leave the pre-match preparations. You can change whatever you want.
Therefore, Leon speculated that Carlisle might have such a tactical choice, Okur center, Wallace power forward, and then three guards, which appeared in the regular season of the Pistons. After the midfielder returned to the locker room, Leon took out his tactical pamphlet, which densely wrote some of his tactical ideas. For Carlisle’s arrangement, he has two options: first, shift the focus of the offense, since Wallace When the soldiers start defending Walker, his defense energy will be dispersed, and the Celtics can use the firepower of Pierce, Arenas, and Reid to attack the Pistons' basket. Second, continue to insist on playing Walker and let Walker continue to attack until he penetrates the Pistons' defense.
Leon’s hesitation is that although the first option seems to be the best choice, Arenas defends Billups in this game. Once the point guard puts a lot of energy on the defensive end, it will be very difficult on the offensive end. It's hard to find the feeling. Arenas only scored a three-pointer in the first half, but nothing else. Whether Pierce and Reid can really stand up in the second half depends on the situation.
The problem with the second option is that Walker is not Tim Duncan or O'Neal. If it is this kind of player, Leon will not hesitate to ask Walker to fight to the death, but Walker did it in the second quarter against Wallace. It’s not good. When facing such a fast and strong defender, he will struggle if he can’t give full play to his footsteps. This is true for Kenyon Martin, Chris Webber, and Wallace. .
Is it adjustment or persistence?
"Compared to the last game, what adjustments have you made? The team's condition looks much better." Before returning to the locker room, NBC TV reporter Craig Sager told Leon. Conducted an interview.
Sager is also a famous NBA reporter. He is known for wearing fancy suits and bright ties. Most suits are gray or dark blue. Only this guy likes to wear brightly colored suits, such as bright yellow, pink, or multiple colors. The matching colorful suits are really easy to attract attention on the sidelines. Because of this, he became a well-known NBA reporter, a well-known topic figure, and I have to say that he is a master of self-marketing.
But Sager is definitely not a person who only depends on appearance, otherwise he would not have been in the sports circle for more than 30 years. His questions are concise but very targeted. They seem to be repetitive, but have a different way of asking questions. And very patient.
Faced with the question, Leon was still thinking about the second half of the game, so he said perfunctorily: "Because we have adapted to the atmosphere of Detroit."
Faced with such an answer, Sager nodded seriously and continued to ask: "The last question, will you stick to the first half in the second half?"
This question happened to the heart of Leon. He was not interviewed by Sager for the first time. Knowing that this guy still understands the ball, this time he thought about it carefully and said: "We will try to stick to the first half. Of course there will be some adjustments to the game, because the Pistons did a good job in the second quarter. But we didn’t have a big problem either. I believe my players, I believe my players, we will win this game."
Having said that, Sager's interview purpose has been achieved. Leon has bluntly stated that he will win the game, and there is still half a ball before the end of the game. Is there anything more news than this?
At the end of the interview, Leon walked back to the locker room. When he just answered, he already had the answer in his heart.
After returning to the locker room, Leon asked the team to stick to the first half of the game. At the same time, he pointed to Walker and said in front of the team: "Antoine, when Robinson defended you, you played like a All-stars, when Wallace defended you, you played like an NBDL loser! Yesterday I told you that you want to beat Robinson, so you can only beat Robinson? I tell you, now, you It’s the team’s blaster, the explosive bag is on your shoulder, and the enemy’s fortress is in front of you. No matter how fierce their firepower is, you have to sacrifice yourself to blow it up! There are ten thousand in my book. Tactics can cope with the situation on the court, but I don’t use it. I want you, Antoine Walker, to attack the opponent!"
Leon’s words silenced the dressing room. Everyone’s eyes were fixed on Walker. Walker can’t remember how long he has not undertaken such responsibilities and pressures. He feels like he has returned to Pierce years ago. At the time, he took the whole team to fight.
Looking into the eyes of Leon and his teammates, Walker raised his head and licked his mouth, only two words popped up in his throat: "I-will (I will
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In the second half of the game, Carlisle continued to start with Robinson, while Leon continued to play Walker. Walker shot a fall-back jumper on Robinson at the beginning of the second half. Later, when Wallace came to help defend, he cleverly passed. The ball was given to PJ-Brown, who made a one-handed dunk.
There is no need for Carlisle to suspend adjustments this time. In the next round, Ben Wallace began to take the initiative to face Walker, and Walker did not pass the ball to Pierce or Brown to solve the problem. Taxi.
Facing the steel orangutan Wallace, Walker changed the first half of the first half to use his footsteps to throw away Wallace's jump shot or throwing strategy~EbookFREE.me~ Instead, he changed his back and used his own strong Pushing Wallace's hips against the inside.
Although Wallace is strong, his bottom plate is not sturdy, and it is not enough to rely on developed arms and chest muscles in the interior confrontation. After all, the arms can't twist the thighs. So why are the thick inner half of the lower plate relatively not so strong, but still able to wreak havoc on the inner side, while the ordinary or even slender inner side of the lower plate can only practice the muscles of the two arms, three heads and shoulders to compensate for the innate muscles of the lower plate. insufficient.
Once Walker started using his ass, Wallace was a bit hard to defend. His bounce and block prediction advantages were offset, and he couldn't fully protect the backcourt. There was another frontcourt like PJ-Brown on the opposite side. The rebounder.
In the third quarter, Walker and Brown turned upside down in the Pistons. Walker scored 12 points. PJ-Brown grabbed four offensive rebounds and helped the Celtics open the score in the third quarter.
"Yes-you-can, I-always-believe-you-man! (You can, I always believe you! During the break, Leon gave Walker a punch and shouted at him. And Walker doesn't make funny expressions anymore, because now he, the real person in battle, is not funny. (To be continued.)