Chapter 272: No move, no move

"The Celtics didn't play their characteristics at all in the first 15 minutes. Although I don't know what their characteristics are for the time being, my instinct tells me that this Celtics shouldn't be like this. "Bill Walton saw the Celtics trail by eight points. Leon called a timeout and shook his head at their performance.
Obviously, in the first quarter, the Celtics didn’t have the feeling that they started the game like a rainbow. It seems that consecutive victories have made the players mentally less excited. They played a mediocre offense and staged mediocrity. Odd defense. Garnett tried to cheer up the team on the offensive end, but tonight Brad Miller, an old churros, made Garnett very sad. He tried several low-post singles without success. Obviously Kevin's touch is not counted. Great.
This is not a good sign. Players' enthusiasm and concentration are very important in the game. The importance may even be technical and tactical. If a team player is not fully invested in the game, victory will abandon him.
"Sorry I made a mistake. How can we roam around the North Shore Garden Arena mechanically like a zombie, and I have been like a zombie so far!" Leon made a short self-criticism during the timeout. There is no doubt that some things before the start of the game distracted him. At the same time, facing the old stubbornness of Adelman, he himself gave up the change and chose to accept it. This is undoubtedly wrong.
Leon quickly made adjustments. He first replaced Brown with Anderson to increase the vitality of the team's interior. He asked Anderson not to give up any opportunity to grab offensive rebounds. Then he replaced Posey, replaced Pierce, and replaced Reed with Malik Siri, while keeping Arenas on the court.
"Your substitution is really confusing." When the timeout ended, Carlisle couldn't help saying to Leon.
"The regularity of Fox's substitutions is irregular." Dave Cowens took a sip of Gatorade and said with his legs crossed. Cowens's words amused Siegfried. He was still talking to him. Reid discussed the performance on the court just now, and Cowens' words made the old man couldn't help laughing.
"There is an old Chinese saying that there is no move to win!" Leon replied with an old saying that he didn't know that came out of there. He turned his attention to the court instead of sitting on the bench. He squatted on the sidelines and devoted himself to the confrontation between the two sides.
The matchup of the substitute lineup is the most test of the depth of the team, the use of coaching tactics and the morale of the team. After the main lineup meets, both sides will want to continue or change the situation on the field through the substitute lineup. Therefore, the rotation and tactics of the bench lineup will be full of pertinence, and the impact on the situation is often immediate.
Leon’s lineup is completely different from the bench against the Pistons. Facing the Pistons, Leon hopes that Carlisle will be on Alstom, and Reed and Pierce will be in charge of the offense on the outside line. Facing the King, the situation is completely opposite. Leon believes that Alstom cannot be allowed to let the team and the opponent grind the offense, and must be used violently to break the dull situation!
Therefore, Arenas has become a key candidate for the bench, but in the first quarter, facing his veteran Mike Bibby, Arenas always feels a little bit powerful. In college, he has been playing for Bibby. By nBa, he is always said to be walking Bibby's road. With strong upper limbs and outstanding shooting ability, Arenas can't get rid of Bibby's second evaluation.
"Whether a point guard can control the game of the team is not determined by the coach, but by his performance and strength. Do your job, Gilbert." Arenas thought of Leon and said to him. If so, he tried to make himself forget about Bibby and devote more to the game.
However, the first attack after the timeout ended, Arenas made a mistake. He hesitated after completing the pick-and-roll with Garnett. As a result, the ball was seen through by Christie and the ball was cut off. Masenberg held the ball and made a fast break, but just when he thought he could easily score a layup, Chris Anderson dropped from the sky. He took a step from the free throw line and slapped Masenberg’s layup from behind. Drop!
Ciri caught the ball and immediately passed it to Arenas. This time Arenas did not hesitate. He quickly counterattacked and advanced to the top of the arc, then reduced it, then suddenly blocked a strong jump, and went straight to the inside line easily. Basket score.
One defense and one attack, the Celtics returned blood instantly, and the Kings, looking back, Miller passed a good ball from the high post, Bobby Jackson received the ball from the basket and made a layup, and Anderson didn’t know at this time. Where did it come out, two meters away from Jackson jumped off the cap, the finger slightly rubbed the ball, but it was enough to make Jackson's layup miss.
Garnett took the ball into his arms, he turned around to observe, Arenas ran on the fast break again, and Garnett took the ball to Arenas with a long pass!
"Centre, flanks, small range transfer..." Arenas' mind echoed the precautions Leon had taught him, so he ignored Posey's hand at the bottom left and asked for the ball, but observed a little. Malik Siri followed the moves of nearby players.
Arenas made a secure pass from close range. Ciri caught the ball with his no longer alive legs and jumped, avoiding Christie's kick, and succeeded in making a right hand!
"I think Mike Bibby may not be able to pass such a ball in a quick counterattack. Maybe he will choose the bottom corner, maybe he will shoot directly, but he will not have such a delicate hand pass by Arenas. , This is my style back then." Bill Walton continued to comment cheeky, in fact, his words are not bragging, after all, Walton's passing is top among centers.
Arenas scored and passed the ball once, and Anderson blocked twice, completely rekindling the momentum of the Celtics. Garnett, who was a little slumped before, when his teammates can rise, he is like dry wood in the fire, burning faster than anyone else!
Looking back, when Bibby tried to find an opportunity through the pick-and-roll with Miller, Garnett stepped forward like a panther out of the basket for a bite defense. Bibby was caught off guard and fell into a dead ball state.
Bobby Jackson stepped forward to take it. Bibby wanted to hand the ball to Jackson, but he didn't know that Garnett took the ball off the ground regardless of his balance, and then lay on the ground and handed it to Arenas.
This time Arenas didn’t charge without a brain. He rushed through the half-court evenly and observed the situation. Posey returned to the right corner and continued to attract and pull the defense. Garnett fell to the ground, so Anderson followed closely and Ciri From the side to the middle, this is the most basic Celtics second fast break routine, practiced countless times in the daily simulation training of Leon without the ball.
For a moment, Arenas had the feeling that after a bad student did dozens of sets of simulated training questions according to the stupid way the teacher gave, they came to the examination room and suddenly found all the questions on the test paper. , It's really comfortable and refreshing.
Sure enough, Siri’s route this time was blocked~EbookFREE.me~ but Anderson who followed immediately walked around and made a pick-and-roll screen for Arenas, and then he fell to the top of the arc—that was what Garnett should have been. Standing, he just got up and ran back.
Arenas suddenly rushed inward with the help of cover, at which time Ciri had vacated his position. Arenas tore apart the Kings who hadn't built a good defense. He attracted three people, but instead of making a direct layup, he circled around in the three-second zone, and then a through plug passed the ball out. , Handed over to Garnett who has already kept up!
Anderson rushed forward like a wall to block Massenberg who tried to interfere with Garnett. Garnett made a steady mid-range shot from 2o feet and scored another 2 points. The Celtics shot a 6:o , Narrowed the difference to 2 points!
At this point, in Leon's heart, the Celtics are already ahead. After the struggle at the beginning of the season, Arenas finally began to shine in this game.
"Beep!" At this time the referee's whistle sounded, and Adelman called a timeout, and it seemed that he was going to be replaced.
However, Leon can guess with his toes, what kind of lineup Adelman will put on. (To be continued.) 8