Chapter 213: Match each other

On May 8, the Celtics started a second battle with the Pistons at the Palace of Auburn Hills. This is a game not to be missed for both sides. If the Celtics lose, they will have a huge 0:2. Weakness Back to Boston, if the Pistons lose, the home court advantage will change hands. So compared to the tentative nature of the first game, both sides undoubtedly paid more attention to this game.
Before the game began, fans throughout the Palace of Auburn Hills were wearing white T-shirts with the slogan "Boston-sucks" printed on them. The long-standing grievances between the two teams made Detroit fans extremely excited, especially those old fans, who were able to see Boston's green figure in the playoffs, as if it brought them back to the glorious period of the 1980s.
Compared with the first game that was slightly confused, the Celtics players’ eyes were clearly firmer before the start of the game. The failure of the previous game and the clear tactical arrangements made by the coach before the game gave the players a sense of bottom. A team must learn how to win away games in the playoffs and learn how to face great pressure on the away game. Leon is also trying to learn how to stabilize his emotions in other arenas with harsh environments. In the regular season, he can be excited to punch the Pacers in Conseco, but he can't do that in the playoffs.
The game started at 7 o'clock in the evening, and the start of the two sides continued the previous game. The Celtics were Walker, Pierce, Reid, Arenas and Brown, and the Pistons were Billups, Michael Curry and Ben- Wallace, Hamilton and Cliff Robinson.
In the opening jump ball, Wallace was the first to hit the ball, and the Pistons got the offense. Billups began to organize the offense with the ball. As the brains of the Pistons, Billups, who has been stumbling for many years, has a calm overall view and steady style of play. This is completely different from the opposite Arenas.
On the first goal, Billups felt that compared with the previous game, the Celtics' defensive formation has changed. In the last game, the Celtics used the one-on-one defensive tactics of the regular season. They insisted on not changing defenses and not easily flanking, but the effect was not very good, because the defense is not easy to collapse. Once the offense is not good, you can't rely on the defense to quickly chase points.
At the beginning of the game, the Celtics made a 1-4 zone defense posture, but it was just a posture, which looked like a zone defense on the surface, and was essentially one-on-one. It's just that this kind of defensive line oppresses foreign players. Strong, there is no way to easily break through, reverse run, air cut is also easy to be tracked and pinched. The pressure on the inside line is less, and it can be easily reached in the two low positions, but the upper line is likely to be a pinch.
Billups made a pick-and-roll screen with Cliff Robinson at the top of the arc. The quality is not too high and did not get rid of Arenas' defense. Not only that, Walker also flanked Billups, Billup. Sis passed the ball to Robinson, and Walker went back to face Robinson again. At this time, Ben Wallace was in a one-on-one posture in the right low post and Robinson passed the ball to Wallace.
The scene Leon wanted to see appeared. Ben Wallace played PJ-Brown in the low position. This is equivalent to two heavy tanks equipped with machine guns. The machine gun of Ben Wallace was not as good as Brown's. Wallace tried hard to arch inward, and even drove Brown, and then found a little gap in his shot, trying to force the shot, but before the ball was raised, Brown slapped it off.
Brown got the ball and the Celtics had a chance to counterattack quickly. Arenas and rushed through the halfway, but Brown did not pass the ball, but gave Pierce the ball to slowly organize the attack.
Arenas seemed a little dissatisfied, but he didn't dare to say anything to Brown, and Leon also said before the game, cautiously launching a quick offense, focusing on Walker at the beginning of the game.
Sure enough, Pierce controlled for the half-time, and Walker got stuck in the low post. As soon as the two sides were in the probing stage at the beginning, they would normally not flick. Pierce passed the ball to Walker. Walker received the ball with a fake action of shaking his shoulders, and then walked in the middle. -On Wallace's blocked fingertips, a small right-handed toss made two points.
Both of the opening goals entered Leon’s calculations. He was a little worried, and he relaxed a little. It seems that after Carlisle won the last game, he continued to use the last game. Strategy too.
Leon's idea is actually very simple. On the offensive end, Walker is the main point. Walker, as the team's second scorer, must keep scoring against the weakest power forward position. It is best to force Ben Wallace against Walker. Perform one-on-one defense. On the defensive end, 1-4 zone defense, let Arenas go against Billups. In terms of size, speed and strength, Arenas is the best candidate to deal with Billups, even if her defensive ability is not Not so strong.
At the same time, the focus of regional defense is to have more local defenses and less defenses, while deliberately weakening the defense of Ben Wallace, giving him some singles and the opportunity to attack the basket directly after receiving the ball. Leon believes that Carlisle is more misguided on the offensive end because he is obviously playing the ultimate defensive card, but wants to adjust the team's offensive and defensive balance.
From the fact that Ben Wallace often has singles opportunities in the game, it can be seen that either Carlisle feels that Wallace’s offense still has a chance to save, or Wallace is the actual locker room leader in the team. Carlisle cannot fully Let him give up the opportunity to attack independently. Like in the Celtics who have obtained absolute control of the team, Leon will not let Anderson go singles, Brown's singles are also limited and improvised.
On the contrary, in the first quarter of the game, Ben Wallace made 4 shots and only scored a goal in the air relay, the other three goals, two singles missed, one missed a dunk at the basket, 4 of 4, it seems that Not many times, but each miss gave the Celtics a chance to counterattack quickly, because he participated in the offense, and the speed of back defense must not be able to keep up.
The Celtics seized one of the few opportunities for a quick counterattack. Michael Reid scored two fatal three-pointers on the perimeter and turned the difference between the two sides into 7 points in the first quarter, 22:15. The scores on both sides are low enough. The Pistons are obviously playing worse, the offense is quite chaotic, Wallace and Robinson have become the main points of attack, Hamilton and Billups on the outside have some play, but they have not formed a continuous firepower.
"Where is our defense? Mistakes, mistakes again, do you think we are now 3:0? I don't want to see pass mistakes, and counterattacks by opponents, control every back push and their attacks. Be fast, pay attention and concentrate!" Carlisle loudly reminded the players during the break of the second quarter that the Pistons made a lot of mistakes in the first quarter and gave the Celtics a lot of opportunities to counterattack. Carlisle was quite dissatisfied with this. .
At the same time, Carlisle also knew that this was a problem on the offensive end of the team. Their conduction of the ball was not smooth. The Pistons did not have any offensive superpowers. The only one-on-one advantage is Billups. He is attacking. One-on-one in the post is still quite certain. But tonight, Arenas started a crazy bite defense against Billups, and Billups seemed quite uncomfortable in the first quarter. Arenas is not inferior to Billups in terms of physical quality. When he is fully defending, everyone can easily score points on him.
Dissatisfaction and dissatisfaction ~EbookFREE.me~Carlisle also made adjustments in the second quarter. First, he replaced Robinson and no longer allowed the old man to face Walker's ferocious vitality. He replaced the Turk Okur. , Okur is also a three-pointer inside, but he is taller and younger than Robinson, he can be a center. Then let Ben Wallace go against Walker.
In the guard position, Carlisle unexpectedly offered double point guards, using Atkins, Billups, and Hamilton to form a guard line to enhance the backcourt's ability to conduct the ball and reduce passing errors to the team. pressure.
Carlisle's adjustments quickly took effect in the second quarter. Although the Pistons did not catch up in the score, the situation was stabilized, their turnovers were reduced, and the Celtics' counterattack immediately declined. After Ben Wallace faced Walker, Walker's offense was obviously blocked, and two consecutive offenses were interrupted.
Walker, who scored 9 points in the first quarter, only scored 3 points in the second quarter. The Pistons also eroded the Celtics' advantage established in the first quarter bit by bit. By the end of the halftime, the score had become At 45:47, the Celtics led by 2 points and ended the first half.
At this time, Leon hadn't finished playing the cards in his hand, but he hesitated a bit, hesitating which card to play next. (To be continued.)