Chapter 223: War (3)

The Celtics came to New York two days in advance for training is not a waste of waste, in view of the many characteristics of the Nets, Leon arranged one by one. Kidd, Martin, Kittles, Jefferson, Collins, Randy Rogers, Louis Harris... For every player in the Nets, from main to substitute, Leon has carried out a detailed analysis. Discuss with the players how to limit opponents in the game. In the New York training hall, the players are less disturbed by the media, and they check in to the hotel early to adapt to the away life in New Jersey.
In comparison, although Scott’s preparation is adequate, it is still too insignificant compared to Leon. He just watched the video with the players and practiced some tactics in training. It has not reached Leon's meticulous preparation for every link, and only Leon's brain can withstand such a high-load operation to divide and refine the game.
For Leon, the only thing that makes him feel more regretful is that the NBA’s playoffs are seven games of four wins. No matter how well he is prepared, he can only prepare for one or two games. After that, opponents will definitely have countermeasures. When the time comes, we can only see the tricks and move on the fly. If the NBA is a winning series, Leon is absolutely sure to go to the end.
Right now, the situation on the court is still favorable to the Celtics. Leon knows that the Nets will definitely let Kidd give up on defense in the future. If Reed has the ball, let Kidd defend Reed, if Ali The Nas organization continued to let Kidd face Arenas. Kidd's height and strength are determined by his defensive range.
This is also a very difficult aspect. If possible, Kidd will even defend Paul Pierce to contain the Celtics' number one perimeter scoring point, plus.
After the timeout was over, as Leon expected, the Nets changed from man-to-man to partial rotation defense, mainly for Arenas and Reid to ensure that Kidd can be in a better offensive and defensive position. Go, not to be led by Arenas. The two sides began to fall into a tug-of-war. The Nets' offense was as viper as ever, most of the time slowly, and once there was a chance for a fast break, it was as fast as lightning.
The Celtics, on the other hand, have been trying to maintain a fast offense. The slow-paced tactics of the first two rounds of desperate defense are gone. They practiced two fast offenses for two seasons and constantly impacted the Nets' defense.
Obviously, Leon hopes to drive the rhythm of the game. Facing the 76ers and the Pistons, Leon is confident that he can suppress each other very steadily with defense, but the Nets' defense is better than the Celtics, and the Celtics must play. Only if you have an advantage on the offensive end can you take the lead.
But Kidd is indeed a master of rhythm. No matter how the Celtics try to speed up, Kidd always maintains a reasonable distribution of the ball on the offensive end. He is like a regulator, smoothing the Nets offensive current and making the Nets. Able to bite the Celtics tightly on the score. The only thing that makes Leon feel more fortunate is that Kidd’s offense didn’t feel good tonight. Three attempts from outside the three-point line failed. He made 2 of 9 shots in the entire first half. Kidd’s unstable shooting may be due to him. The only weakness.
The halftime battle between the two sides was 44:41, and the Celtics led by 3 points into the intermission. Leon didn't make too many tactical adjustments in the second quarter, but only asked the players to speed up as much as possible in accordance with the conventional play. Michael Reid was in surprisingly good form tonight. In addition to the opening three three-pointers, he made 4 of 6 two-pointers and scored a staggering 17 points in the half, which also created his own playoff career. Halftime score record.
But the Celtics did not perform well in the interior. Antoine Walker continued to be bullied by Kenyon Martin. Martin was able to hit a continuous range on the offensive end, which made Leon furious at Walker at halftime.
"You just let him score points on your head in the way you are good at? His shooting posture is ugly like a shit-shell man rubs a ball and pushes it out, and you just watch him push the ball into our basket. How can you allow him to and pee on your head again and again!" Leon yelled at Walker unceremoniously, half because he was angry at Walker's sluggish performance against the Nets and Martin, half Because he knows that Antoine Walker's play will be the key to whether the Celtics can get past the Nets.
"Everyone, not only Antoine, use your brains more, but also put out some hard work. I want to tell you that our true strength has not yet been shown. In the first half, we were just running at a constant speed with them. Attack, attack, attack again. I don’t know if you have found the feeling of offense. Shooting, we need rhythm and reaction speed in high-intensity confrontation! Friends will deceive you, enemies will deceive you, politicians will deceive you, and yourself Will deceive you, but basketball will not deceive you. Then, we have to make some adjustments on the defensive end, coupled with our offensive feeling, we have to give the opponent a heavy blow in the third quarter!" Leon said and knocked. Tactical whiteboard, began to prepare for the second half.
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The third section, the key section, is also Leon's favorite section. A game is like a drama, the first two quarters are foreshadowing, and the second two quarters gradually reach a climax. For Leon's climax, the first and second quarters were too early, the fourth quarter was too late, and only the third quarter was just right. In many cases, the Celtics will play inextricably with each other in the first two quarters, and then in the third quarter, the Celtics will suddenly exert force and an attacking wave will take the opponent away.
This is the characteristic of Fox Leon. After adapting and deadlocking in the two quarters, he gave the opponent a fatal attack in the third quarter and left deep wounds, and then spent the entire fourth quarter watching the opponent bleed to death. . Like the wild wolves, after a long time of running and following, they launched a sudden attack, causing the wounded hunters to flee. As long as the wolves steadily follow behind, waiting for the prey to fall.
But the New Jersey Nets are undoubtedly strong prey, and a careless wolf pack will be defeated instead.
At the beginning of the third quarter, Leon sat back on the bench. In the first half, he stood and commanded the whole time like Scott, and whenever he had a plan in his stomach, he would sit down and watch the plan quietly. Of unfolding.
At the beginning of the second half, the Nets launched an offense. Kidd just dribbled the ball and discovered the changes on the defensive end of the Celtics. They started to defend the zone.
The NBA allowed zone defenses to appear at the beginning of the season, but they were not used on a large scale in the game. In many cases, they were only used by the team as a means of adjusting and changing. The one-on-one-based defense model is still the mainstream of the entire NBA. And Leon’s Celtics are one of the few teams that have a deep research on zone defense. Naturally, thanks to Dick Hart, the defensive master is proficient in various defensive tactics. Don’t worry about him in the Celtics. technical problem.
In the two days in New York, the Celtics practiced most in the rented arena not three-pointers, not ball-free simulation training, not quick counterattack cooperation, but zone defense.
"3-2 zone defense..." Byron Scott also saw Fox Leon's intentions off the court, but he couldn't help being a little disdainful, thinking: "Do you want to use this defensive tactic to contain us? ?"
Scott's disdain is justified. This is not the first time they have faced a 3-2 zone defense, because theoretically speaking, the Nets would indeed be more afraid of such a defense. First of all, the focus of the 3-2 defense is to pinch the outside line, pinch 45 degrees, and put the bottom corner and bottom edge. It has a good effect on the inside line with no shooting ability and the outside line with not strong assault. This layup indeed meets the requirements.
But this is only in theory ~EbookFREE.me~ In fact, from the regular season to the playoffs, any team that intends to limit the Nets with a 3-2 zone has learned a lesson. First of all, Kidd's transfer of the ball is too fast, even if his teammates did not run out of tactics, he can see the ball in his hand, and the quick transfer of the ball is enough to make the team's formation of unskilled zone defenses into chaos.
Secondly, the Nets’ three-pointers are not good enough, but their tall perimeter players give the team a good offensive rebounding ability. The 3-2 zone defense is not suitable for protecting the backcourt rebounds. Many times a A good defense will end up being wiped out by the loss of a rebound.
Scott is not optimistic about the Celtics' 3-2 zone defense strategy, but when Kidd passed the ball to Kittles and started to reverse and cut, Walker, who was supposed to be one of the inside-2, suddenly To mention, there is a shift with Paul Pierce. Walker is between Kidd and Kittles. Kidd has reached the right bottom corner. This is their usual tactical starting style, but Walker’s Putting on makes Kittles lose the passing distance!
This moment of hesitation destroyed the Nets offensive position. In the end, Kittles had to pass to Jefferson. Jefferson forcibly missed the shot. Brown struggled to get the rebound. At this time, the three outsiders started at the same time. A three-line quick break. Antoine Walker took the lead, receiving a pass from Arenas and licking the basket with a beautiful step on Kittles' head, opening the third quarter. (To be continued.)