Chapter 285: Before Mars hit the earth

After all, the Timberwolves did not withstand the Celtics' fierce counterattack. After the Celtics changed into one guard and four forwards, their sharp counterattack and long shot tore through the Timberwolves' already fragile defense. Paul Pierce took over the game in the last quarter. He scored 14 points in the fourth quarter, especially a wave of 8 points. He beat the Timberwolves with an 8:0, completely extinguishing the Timberwolves' counterattack.
Pierce has been in surprisingly good form this season. His performance last season was already very good, but he did not expect to be better this season. The arrival of Garnett did not conceal the light of truth. On the contrary, Pierce's strength on the offensive end has made up for Garnett's shortcomings, and the two have become more and more coordinated.
The problem with the Timberwolves is very obvious. Their offense is still efficient under the efforts of Kassel, but when the Celtics fight with all their strength, their defense can't stop the Greens at all. The Celtics were able to dedicate wonderful defense in critical rounds. At this moment, the fans at Target Center began to truly miss the once omnipotent Wolf King.
In the end, the Celtics completed a wonderful reversal with a 103:97, six-point advantage, and Garnett also left the target center with a victory.
After the game, Leon’s sudden appearance in the game became the focus of media attention. He appeared from the player channel early in the third quarter and crossed the Timberwolves bench. The footage that attracted the attention of the audience was repeatedly shown on TV. As you can imagine, this will be another classic picture of coaching in NBA history. More importantly, as soon as Leon came back, the Celtics sounded the horn of counterattack until the reversal, so people were also very interested in what Leon said to the players and what tactics were implemented after he came on the court. .
In the press conference after the game, Leon was mentioned related issues. He said: "Actually, there is nothing. I just told them to make adjustments according to the opponent's situation when defending. After all, I'm just a coach and I can't help it. Completely predict the opponent's strategy, and then the players standing on the court can rely on their own eyes to judge. And they did a good job, very good, I am proud of them."
Of course, Leon's vague answer could not dissipate the shrewd reporters, but Leon resorted to peeing this time and said directly that he needed to go to the toilet because he didn't go to the toilet in time. Then he disappeared forever on the way to the toilet and left the target center with the team.
On the bus back to the hotel, Leon quickly lay down on his seat and fell asleep. He was so tired, even more tired than the player who had just finished a hard game. He was so tired that he even forgot Khomeini. Silk still stayed in the center of the target, waiting to leave with him...
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In the end, Khomeinis had to take a taxi to the hotel where the Celtics stayed. The next day, he accompanied the Celtics and Leon on their next road trip. They are going to Dallas, Salt Lake City and Los Angeles.
In Dallas, the Celtics experienced another tough battle. The two sides fought to the last minute, and with 29 seconds left before the end of the game, the two sides tied for 99. The Celtics had the ball, Arenas forced a breakthrough to attract the defense, and then divided the ball to Pierce; Pierce faked Finley, and then a step back, outside the free throw line to the left of the position, a jumper hit.
Only 6 seconds are left for the Mavericks. In the last defense, Leon once again sent Bell and Posey to form a death defense lineup. When Nash and Nowitzki finished the pick-and-roll, the Nash defenders Bell and Garnett decisively switched positions. Bell clung to Nowitzki, while Pj-Brown stood between Nowitzki and Fortson. On the one hand, he helped defend Nowitzki, on the other hand, it blocked the connection between Fordson and Nash.
Kevin Garnett wrapped Nash with silk threads like a spider and kept pushing him to the sideline. In the end, Nash, who made only one error in the game, stepped out of bounds at the last moment. Although he shouted at the referee that he had called a timeout, Garnett's suffocating defense not only suffocated Nash, but also suffocated the referee's sight, which he did not see.
Relying on this successful defense, the Celtics won the Mavericks 101:99, and at the same time promoted their record to the league first.
Two days later in Salt Lake City, the Celtics no longer exposed their fans to the risk of heart disease. They cleanly swept the Jazz with 97:81, 16 points in the center of the triangle. Their performance on the defensive end tonight was perfect, and he was amazed by the veteran Sloan, who has been rigorously governing the army and claimed to be able to play NBA by pulling five people on the bus.
"The Celtics played very well in this game, especially on the defensive end. It made me feel that they are not only a strong team, but also have the potential to become a great team. Their defensive strategy is different. I can feel something unique from it. Perhaps this will become an element that will affect the entire NBA in the future, and I can feel the power. "Undoubtedly Jerry Sloan's vision is vicious.
Leon has been trying his new defensive tactics in the past few games, and the effect was not obvious or even very good against the Mavericks. Because the Mavericks players have strong personal abilities and have been in a tacit understanding after years of running in, Leon's still relatively jerky defensive thinking is obviously easy to mess up in the face of a team with strong singles ability and a tacit understanding. Fortunately, the last defense is perfect. [Summary] Code of good ministers
The Jazz are just the opposite. They have just lost two decades of core Stockton and Malone. Sloan has a group of players who lack talent but are disciplined and tactical. But because of this, when Leon started his death defense experiment, the Jazz almost lost their helmets and armor, and their tactics were completely inoperative.
The fans may not feel it, but Sloan was shocked. Even in the face of the Chicago Bulls' defense, his system can still do well, but they lost to Michael Jordan. Now, although it is only a few minutes, Sloan can feel that in a few minutes, the Celtics' defense can indeed be called impeccable, and any tactical intent will be blocked and blocked.
There are not many such minutes in the game. The same defensive lineup will have many loopholes over time, but Sloan understands that if those minutes can be extended and can be more perfect, then the Celtics are like this. Defense is likely to be devastating for team basketball masters like him.
With such a devastating possibility, the Celtics finally came to the Pacific side from the Atlantic coast.
On December 20th, the Celtics team took a plane and landed in Los Angeles~EbookFREE.me~ The eyes of the United States are focused here. On the night of the 21st, the most watched game so far this season will be in Sri Lanka. The Taps Center started. Originally, David Stern hoped that the battle between the Celtics and the Lakers would be held at Christmas. It would be an extremely exciting Christmas battle.
However, after many considerations, the league made changes, replacing the opponents of the Christmas vs. Lakers with the Houston Rockets with Yao Ming, and the Celtics will spend Christmas at home, and they will face the finals last year. The opponent, the San Antonio Spurs.
Before that, the Celtics will face up with the Lakers in advance. The two super strong teams that attracted more than half of the eyeballs in the summer, have been entangled in history for more than 30 years, and the Yellow-Greens have met 10 times in the finals. Start the first close encounter of the season.
Compared with the Celtics, the Lakers at this time are also in good shape. Although the top shooting guard Kobe is deeply involved in scandals and lawsuits, the strength of the Lakers who have won Malone and Payton has greatly increased, and their record is the same as the Celtics. , Tied for first place in the league. It can be said that this game will not only be a collision of history, but also the current league's top spot game.
After Leon arrived in Los Angeles with the team, he decided to give the team a holiday until the game officially started on the 21st. And Khomeinis got a piece of good news from Paris Mills that made her very excited. (To be continued.)