Chapter 139: Game (3)

Pierce is a trusted scorer, especially since the beginning of this season, he has experienced a fulfilling summer, and he has reached a peak in both physical and mental state. Leon knows that this excellent small forward will enter the peak of his career starting this year, and this period will probably last five to six years. And it is from this year that his six-year $79 million contract will take effect. Not surprisingly, he will dedicate the best years of his career to the Celtics.
After the attack on the bar in 2000, Pierce and Leon established an inexplicable sense of trust, which is difficult to generate between ordinary coaches and players. Leon was able to successfully take the position, except for Auerbach’s operation. , And the support of Pierce is indispensable. Since the beginning of this year, Pierce has begun to overtake Walker in various statistics, especially after Walker’s shots were suppressed by Leon. In terms of scoring, rebounds, blocks, steals, and even turnovers, Pierce began to look more like a ball. Team boss. You know, the boss of the team on the court generally rarely shows off in the first quarter, except for games like the playoffs where they grit their teeth to eliminate opponents.
Pierce played for nine minutes in the first quarter and then sat off the court to rest. In the first quarter, he only took two shots, hit a middle distance, and failed a three-point attempt. In addition, the main task was to attract the Mavericks' defense. Created opportunities for teammates.
"Strengthen your offense, Pierce, use your scoring to drive teammates. The Mavericks' small forward position is a loophole, put some pressure on them, use our flash cut cooperation, remember, flash cut!" About to start. Leon was making the final arrangements.
At this time, the Celtics lineup is Pierce, Anderson, Batty, Cole and Reid, Arenas was replaced by Leon, this time the field is a lineup completely designed and prepared for Pierce. As a center, Batty has the ability to invest in the center, but also can give way to Pierce. As a left-hander, Reid and Pierce complement each other, and the two are separated on the left and right sides without interference. Anderson's movement speed and defensive vitality can appropriately make up for Pierce's slower lateral movement in defense, and Cole's long-range shooting ability. The characteristics of not taking up shots and being good at transferring the ball are quite matched with Pierce.
The Mavericks do not have a candidate who can restrain Pierce. Najera is a power forward and is obviously more suitable to deal with Walker. Finley appears more at the shooting guard position. He is much smaller than Pierce, and he will struggle with truth. Therefore, the old Nelson can only continue to send Walter Williams, the 32-year-old veteran. At least he will not suffer from Pierce in terms of height, weight, and experience.
But Walter Williams is not good at defensively. He has always been a shooter in the league. His three-point shooting rate was close to 40%. This is why the Mavericks recruited him because they are small forwards. The shooting ability in the position has been terrible, and Williams has made up for it. Obviously, the Mavericks cannot target Pierce on the lineup. Leon's judgment was quite accurate, and it was time for Pierce to show his skills in the second quarter.
Just at the beginning of the second quarter, the Mavericks made a mistake. Avery Johnson tried to use the cover of Bradley and Williams from the right to walk into the Celtics penalty area like Nash, and then look for opportunities. This trick worked many times in the first quarter. But the problem was that Nowitzki was on the court in the first quarter. His huge shooting threat from the free throw line made the Celtics afraid to shrink, and Nowitzki was sitting off the court to rest. Pierce and Anderson did not hesitate to close the door, and Cole joined Avery Johnson who entered the penalty area.
Johnson was forced to the bottom line. He did not have time to swim out of the encirclement in time, and the referee's whistle did not sound. However, he had an idea with his experience and hit the ball into Anderson's leg at the moment his body was about to be pushed out of the sideline. past.
"Catch-the-ball! (Catch the ball!) "Leon yelled to Anderson at the moment Johnson hit the ball, and Anderson, who had raised his hands to push Johnson out, reacted and hit the ball on his leg. When the line changed, his arm caught the ball back. Fortunately, Johnson’s shot was not at an angle. It hit the corner between Anderson’s calf and foot. The ball bounced upwards. With Leon’s reminder, Anderson reacted quickly before he caught the money. He bounced down on his knees, but Leon couldn't catch it by himself.
After getting the ball, Anderson quickly handed it over to Steve Kerr, and the Celtics' second quick attack began again. Cole began to dribble the ball quickly. In the Celtics offense, you rarely see long passes that span the entire court or half of the court. The point guard always observes his teammates' running position while quickly passing the half court. After his teammates quickly fall into position , Taking advantage of the fact that the opponent's defense is not formed, the offense is completed in 5 to 6 seconds. Compared with the first fast break, the success rate of the second fast break is definitely lower, but it is higher than the positional attack. At the same time, the turnover rate is small, and the launch probability is much higher than the first fast break.
While Cole was advancing, Avery Johnson was running after Cole, while still raising question marks in his head. How did the Celtics coach know that he was going to hit Anderson with the ball and let him Did Anderson catch the ball? This confusion has not been solved until Avery Johnson became a coach.
At the same time, the Celtics' flash cutting tactics have begun to create offensive opportunities for Pierce within three seconds.
Cole pushed to the right outside the three-point line, Reid continued to ambush outside his familiar right three-point line, Tony Barty came near the top of the arc in the three-second zone, but this time his position was deeper than usual. As usual, Anderson will stand on the left bottom line to near the ribs, Pierce will be near the left three-point line, and the two will form a small triangle with Batty. But this time, Pierce shifted the position to the bottom corner of the left three-point line, and Anderson went outside the left three-point line, the two positions swapped and pulled into a big triangle.
The so-called flash cut means that the player in the third position can cut into a deeper position with the fastest speed to launch an offense, because the player in the third position has both height, strength and flexibility, just like a Bushido of suitable length, no need Complex coordination and continuous ball guidance, but can cut into the opponent's hinterland in a two-second simple coordination. And can catch the ball and launch an offense.
The Mavericks are obviously not prepared for such a tactical coordination. They just landed, and Cole had passed the ball to Anderson, and he cut to the left basket along the outside tangent of the tee circle. Batty stepped forward and made a loose screen, then moved to the right basket. After Cole reached the left basket, he made a cross-shift screen with Pierce, and then ran outside the right three-point line.
Just two seconds later, Anderson passed the ball back to Cole. Cole has two options. After going around and going through two screens, if the quality of the screens is good enough, he can shoot directly from beyond the three-point line, or pass the ball directly to Pierce, because Pierce has cut into the three seconds of the Mavericks left basket. Near the area, Cole's cover gave him a chance to move and gain a foothold. He nailed it to the left rib.
Cole's pass was very timely. Pierce didn't even need to adjust the dribble after he got the ball. He turned inward, pushed Williams with his elbow, and made a jump shot with a forward-leaning master who he was more confident about. Two points. Williams was so pressured by Pierce that he couldn't jump. After the ball was scored, he held the ball and talked to the referee. He thought that Pierce had fouled the ball.
But the referee doesn't care. This is a good shot. Pierce's moves are very good, concealed and practical, and he has the style of an old ball.
"Strengthen close-fitting, close-fitting defense! Also, when you run, you must run!" The old Nelson on the sidelines is no longer as calm as the first quarter. He also started to growl at the players. Obviously the Mavericks player’s offensive state is not satisfactory to Nelson. The unfavorable opening of the first quarter and the targeting of Nash caused the Mavericks who rely on high-tempo to be hit. Now the two offensive cores are resting off the court and the substitute must play. To be more dynamic.
But to be more vigorous, Anderson did not inferior anyone, Johnson pushed forward quickly, and then suddenly a through pass, the ball passed to Bradley from the center. Although the speed of the big bamboo pole is slow, but the steps are big, it hits the basket in three or two steps. After receiving the ball, it takes two steps and one step, and it wants to slam the ball with one hand!
But Anderson followed closely, leaped high, and slapped Bradley's ball from the back to the bottom line! After landing, Anderson made the shape of a bird with his hands, and the North Shore Garden seemed to be a big bird.
With the help of a dead ball, Nelson replaced Bradley and replaced Nowitzki. It seems that Nelson also needs the Germans to hold the line to prevent the team from being opened by the Celtics in the second quarter.
And Leon also made a substitution, unexpectedly replaced by Wang Zhizhi! Replaced Anderson, who had just given out the big hat! Anderson himself was a little puzzled. He looked up at the big screen, watched the slow motion of his own shot just now, and reluctantly returned to the bench.
"Good job, Chris, but you still have some problems..." After Anderson was off the court, Leon seized the opportunity of a ten-second pause in the game and began to kill him. Anderson sat on the bench like a schoolboy listening to Leon's lesson. .
Wang Zhizhi's appearance made Nowitzki a little uncomfortable, thinking that the Celtics coach wanted to use Wang Zhizhi against himself? As a former teammate, he still knows Wang Zhizhi, he can't defend himself at all, but he does have a good shot.
Still the Mavericks have the ball, Avery Johnson received the ball on the left, Nowitzki came to the familiar top of the arc to take the ball and made a transition, Johnson received Nowitzki’s support pass directly from the right Road breakthrough, Cole was abruptly cleaned, and Wang Zhizhi faced Johnson's breakthrough and could not effectively stop him, he could only foul and send Johnson to the free throw line.
"A terrible substitution. If it were Anderson, he would give another wonderful shot." Talbot commented on Leon's substitution.
Johnson made two free throws, 31:30, the two teams still bite very tightly.
Cole continued to advance quickly, to the right, the same as the previous tactics, but this time the Mavericks had enough time to fall into the defensive position to prepare, Pierce's cut was obviously not as sharp as before, and the position was not so deep. After receiving Cole's pass, he couldn't directly get up and make a jumper.
However, any tactic has a back hand ~EbookFREE.me~The flash cut tactic is no exception. One of the key backhands is that after Cole passes the ball, the player at the fifth position comes to the top of the arc. At this time, Pierce can pass the ball to Cole, and Cole has a chance to shoot a three-pointer or hit. distance.
Sure enough, after rehearsing countless tactics, Wang Zhizhi came over to cover Cole. Cole moved near the top of the arc. Pierce quickly passed the ball back to Cole. At this time, Bradley let go of Wang Zhizhi and moved forward. Heavy footsteps rushed towards Cole, Cole's long shot is very deadly.
However, Bradley may have forgotten that Wang Zhizhi also has long-range shooting ability. This is why Leon replaced Wang Zhizhi, he is a center who can shoot three points!
In the standard flash cut tactics, there is no coordination of the one-position return to the center to shoot a three-pointer. Instead, the center rushes to the basket after covering the screen, but the tactics are rigid and the players and the game are flexible.
Kerr decisively passed the ball to Wang Zhizhi. Wang Zhizhi received a three-pointer at 45 degrees from the left, and a wide open three-pointer!
"Bang! Wang Zhizhi's three-pointer! I saw no Tom! That's why he replaced him! Do you know what I see through your ears, Tom? I see the light!" Wharton saw this three-pointer Shouted excitedly after the goal. (To be continued.)