Chapter 122: For-the-win

?? Not many people know what Pierce experienced in the summer, because he is so low-key. After reading Zero Point and returning to Los Angeles at the end of the season, he adjusted his body in two weeks, took a good rest, and started his summer training.
In terms of technology, his biggest change is to increase his ability to hold the ball in the low post on the left. In the days before 2002, he could always cause big trouble to the opponent on the right side of the basket because he is a right hand. Player, he is used to displaying his precocious offensive skills on the right side.
But the left side is his weakness, so in the summer he began to practice his skills on the left side back, everything is reversed from the right side, the feeling when the dribble is back, the direction of the turn and the shot, and the reading of the defense Way, this is a challenge for him, and now he is brave enough to accept all challenges. He has decided to add an offensive skill for himself every summer in the days to come, until one day he becomes the most abundant offensive skill in the league.
At the same time, he began to pay attention to controlling his diet. When he was young and vigorous when he first entered the league, whenever a perfect game night passed and he won a beautiful victory, he would go to Burger King to come to a big castle, and then Add a big coke. Starting this year, he will quit these foods that are not conducive to competition, and drink only water and at most a little red wine.
After returning to Boston after a fulfilling summer, he learned a lot from the one-month training camp. Siegfried, an experienced old man, provided Pierce with a lot of experience in shooting. Pierce is only 25 years old now, it is the time when his physical fitness is at his best. He often uses his physical fitness when shooting. He has a very high shot and is keen on jumping. But Siegfried gave him some shooting experience that can still be used until the age of 40, how to appropriately reduce his shooting point without being blocked, these will benefit him in the days when Pierce grows up. A lot.
Therefore, when Pierce relied on his personal ability to score 11 points in the third quarter of the first game. He waved his arms excitedly, and responded with a hoarse roar to the tide of cheers in the North Bank Garden.
Obviously, Bill Cartwright's timeout was not effective, and Jaylen Rose could not stop Pierce. Double-teaming will also not be effective. The Celtics' small-range short-pass coordination has reached an astonishing level. Once double-teaming occurs, the Celtics will definitely be able to resolve within three passes.
Cartwright knows that this is the positional thinking of the triangle offense at play. Reasonable distance distribution greatly weakens the role of double-teaming, but Pierce is already unstoppable without double-teaming. The balance of victory appeared a huge tilt in the third quarter. Paul Pierce, who suddenly exerted his force, let the Bulls feel what is the truth of Boston basketball.
"But I think the main problem for the Bulls is on offense. If one of them can stand up and score, then the Celtics offense is not so terrible. Although Pierce is unstoppable now, his state will not last forever. Go on, their offense will return to normal. The question is when will the Bulls' offense return to normal?" Charles Barkley finally said a few words in the interval between the third and fourth quarters. With the sensibility of professional players, he realized that when a team is ugly on the scene, there is always a problem with the offense, he can't throw in, and he will always be hit back.
The Bulls' offense began to stagnate in the third quarter. When Pierce kept scoring goals, the Bulls had to start playing positional battles step by step. The hallmark of a strong team is that when the opponent keeps hitting high shooting percentages and the team does not get a quick counterattack and other opportunities, only relying on strong positional battles can still bite the score, and relying on the continuous success of positional battles to reverse the situation. Unfavorable situation.
The easiest way to succeed in this positional war is to rely on the superstars in the team. The leading scorer relies on a simple one-on-one attack to stabilize the situation. Or they have sufficiently clever positional offensive tactics to ensure that every player can get a high success rate. The problem with the Bulls is that they both have a little bit, but they are not good enough.
Bill Cartwright began to try to continue playing from the inside. Using Eddie Curry's point to continue to attack the Celtics' weaker inside line, Tyson Chandler continued to attack the offensive rebounds and create chaos. But Cartwright miscalculated. Now that the Celtics have changed their tactics on the offensive end, how can they be the same on the defensive end?
Leon activated Pierce on the offensive end and let Pierce take the lead. Then the rest are not idle, their task is to defend. When the Celtics no longer pursue the full-line advancing speed of the second fast break, it means that Arenas, Reid and Walker no longer have to rush, and can focus more on the defensive rebounds. Since the team doesn't have an efficient backboard protector, then all members will rebound together.
Several Celtics outside players, like Arenas, Pierce, Reid and Johnson, are strong outside players with broad shoulders and back. They are not much worse than inside players in physical confrontation, especially Faced with a tall, thin and thin young guy like Chandler, a slight block on the outside made it impossible for Chandler to hit the offensive rebound.
At the same time, Leon replaced Mark Blunt in the third minute and replaced Tony Barty. Although Blunt is not high, he is tall and has long arms. It is still necessary to deal with young insiders like Curry who still lack sufficient experience and skills. Enough, especially in the second half of the third quarter when Walker was off and Chris Anderson came on, Curry was completely stunned. After all, after eating two caps from Anderson in the first half, there was a shadow in my heart.
In the fourth quarter, the Bulls launched a final counterattack. This time Cartwright used the weapon to be their team's top scorer, Jaylen Rose, once one of the five Michigan Tigers.
In the season, after switching from the Pacers to the Bulls, Rose has gradually grown to become the Bulls' number one scorer. This tall and thin small forward who shoots the ball well and organizes the pass well, he only scored 7 points, 3 assists and 2 rebounds until the fourth quarter of the game. He completely lost the style of the team's top attacker. There is only one reason. Celtics shooting guard Michael Reid struggled to score no points, and he had to follow Rose closely to make him lose a point.
As the Celtics’ third attacker last season, Michael Reid has grown into an excellent all-around attacker after two seasons. He and Joe Johnson have become fierce at the shooting guard position. In the competition, Reid is better with three points. Johnson's middle distance is better and more microwave, and who the coach uses depends entirely on the needs of the team.
But at the beginning of this season, Reid began to change his position, and he decided to devote more energy to defense. Siegfried's arrival promoted this even more. Siegfried was a tough defender in the player era, extremely tough and stubborn. He brought this temperament to the Celtics and to Michael Reid. The first fight with the Bulls ends in the third quarter. Reid also only scored 5 points, but he locked Rose, locked the sharpest horns of the Bulls.
"Keep your defensive strength Michael, but pay attention to control fouls, you must control fouls, and don't give Rose a chance to go to the free throw line. Also, you need to pay attention to the cooperation of your teammates when you squeeze through the pick and roll, and don't just stare at the person in front of you. ...Dick, set up their defensive tactics, in a little more detail.
"In a timeout in the fourth quarter. Leon reminded Reid, who has fouled four times, to pay attention to controlling himself. Rose has already scored 6 points in the fourth quarter. It seems that it is quite difficult to stop him completely.
Then Leon handed the tactical board to Dick Hart. Leon is not a person who likes to talk to the team for a long time. He is relieved to leave the defense to Hart. He never minds. Assistant coaches lay out tactics or conduct commands in training or competitions, and let more professional people complete tasks when necessary. This is the mind a head coach should have.
"Pay attention to the distance to your teammates, pay attention to the side. Blocking the pass line allows Rose to shoot, but can't let him pass the ball to drive his teammates to score. This is the bottom line! Be aware of this!" Hart said. While drawing a picture on the tactical board to demonstrate how to effectively prevent two people from cooperating when defending the pick and roll. In the fourth quarter, the Bulls finally began to abandon the triangle conduction that was not suitable for them, and began to create shooting opportunities for Rose with simple pick-and-roll coordination.
Hart's defensive skills are profound, even if the Celtics team's defensive foundation is not good, under the influence of his training and Siegfried, Cowens and others. It was also enough to withstand the Bulls' counterattack in the fourth quarter. Although under the leadership of Rose, the Bulls had an offensive advantage of 30:22 in the final quarter, but their victory in the third quarter was defeated, and the pit was too big.
When the buzzer sounded at the end of the game, the score was fixed at 98:91. The Celtics defeated the Chicago Bulls by 7 points at home and made a good start for the new season.
"Congratulations to the Celtics for a very exciting game. Paul Pierce was selected as the best of the game. He deserves to have 30 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Antoine Walker had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Fortunately for him He grabbed 9 rebounds. And Arenas, 15 points and 8 assists, a beautiful first half. I want to say that this game has changed my perspective on the Celtics. They are very characteristic and played well. Very, very strategic, I bet it all can be attributed to their new coach. The audience only called 4 time-out guys, I don’t know if the reaction is slow or full, but there is a word I want to say, the season is only At the beginning, the Celtics still have a long way to go." Kenny Smith gave a Celtics a summary after the game. UU reading www.uukanshu. com
"Yes, no matter what tricks you have, a long season will be your worst enemy. Also, our new season also begins, a full-point commentary game! Dedicated by me Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith , Goodbye friends!"
The commentary ended in Barkley’s concluding remarks, but the Celtics’ game was not completely over. After returning to the locker room, Leon faced the players who were excited about winning and clapped his hands to signal everyone. calm down. But the problem was that he couldn't calm down at all. Pierce took the lead and raised his arms in cheers, and then a group of people started dancing around Leon, as if they had won the championship.
Leon was also a little bit dumbfounded. He could only shook his head and waited for everyone to calm down and stabilize their emotions. Then he said, "Thank you, a wonderful victory. I believe that from now on, I will never want to taste failure again. This night, my coach’s maiden night, thank you all, I will always remember it. For victory!"
Leon raised his fisted right hand, and all the Celtics coaching staff made the same gesture, shouting "!"
After winning, Leon has experienced the greatest fun and charm of competitive sports. (To be continued.)