Chapter 297: Strategy

At the end of the first half, the score between the two sides became 55:55, a tie, and the two sides split equally in 24 minutes.
Garnett’s recovery allowed the Celtics to overtake Garnett in the second quarter, but when Leon replaced Garnett in the last two minutes, the Celtics fell into a scoring drought. In two minutes, they only After getting three points, the Spurs hit an 8:2 small at the last minute, the score difference was wiped out, and the two sides returned to the same starting line.
Due to Chris Anderson's injury, Leon could only use Dalem Porter on the inside bench. This guy has made great defensive progress, but the offense is really lackluster. As for Wang Zhizhi, Wang Zhizhi will not be used against Spurs Leon. Last year's finals proved that under the Spurs' efficient rotation system, Wang Zhizhi won't be very effective. On the contrary, the defensive loopholes will be enlarged.
During the intermission, Leon had no time to miss Anderson, and now this guy is still at home reflecting on it.
"Do you think that tonight is really Christmas, so we should hang our socks by the bed, then stay on the court to sleep, and then when we wake up, we will put it in our socks? Look at your battle. , who are the opponents? Last season, we took away the opponents who won the two finals in North Shore Garden. If we could win those two games at that time, there would be one more flag in the sky, and then write 2003! Now, you don’t even have I'm ashamed of you for showing that you killed the opponent. "Leon was angrily pounding the tactical board in the locker room, scolding the players for not showing a firm determination to defeat their opponents in the game.
Indeed, the atmosphere of Christmas Eve and the continuous success of recent games have made Celtic players a little taken lightly, especially in Staples, after they rely on tacit understanding and strength to defeat the potential biggest enemy without much command by Leon, Kay The Erts, a group of young people who have not tasted true success, have not yet learned how to calmly control their strength.
The Spurs on the opposite side are a good positive example. This may be attributed to their leader Tim Duncan, the super striker who reached the top of the league as soon as he entered the league, and the stable stone Buddha with Tai Shan collapse in front of him. His career so far has not been without failure. The Spurs he led are not the strongest in history, but they never underestimate the enemy, never proud, never collapse. The Spurs that can be killed are either absolute strength or miracle. This is the real strong team style.
The Celtics have extraordinary talents, but they lack the experience they lack such temperament. Leon also knows that this cannot be established overnight. It needs constant battles to honed a strong spirit in iron and blood.
After reprimanding the players, Leon thought a little and decided to make some adjustments in the starting lineup in the second half. He let Michael Reid sit on the bench and let Lagabe take the starting position. Leon felt that letting Reid take the bench might alleviate the Celtics' lack of firepower on the bench.
This was just a small personnel change, and Reid accepted it without complaint. Anyway, he felt that this was a special situation, and he would return to the starting lineup in the future.
The second half of the game began. When the Celtics’ five starters stood on the field, Vicci was surprised. It looked like Leon was going to play tricks again. He topped Bell to the starter and Reid sat Bench. Against the gods
Anyway, Vicci is a trick, which is better than the number of cards in his hand and the number of tricks. Vicci is not as good as Leon, but it is worse than the robustness of playing cards.
The Celtics launched an offense in the second half. After Reid sat on the bench, Arenas was slightly uncomfortable. He was not used to seeing Reid in the bottom corner. Every time when there is almost no head-on, Reid will consciously cut from outside the baseline to 45 degrees to receive the ball to meet Arenas. Now it is replaced by Bell, Arenas dare not give him the ball casually.
Arenas chose to pick-and-roll with Garnett at the top of the arc, the most common starting style, and then hit the ground to pass to Garnett, Garnett cut to the three-second zone, after receiving the ball, turned to Duncan, and then The ball passed to Pierce on the right, Pierce took the ball forward and stopped the jumper.
Bruce Bowen sticks to Pierce like a gumdrop, and directly pokes Pierce's eyes with his finger at the moment Pierce shoots the ball. Although he didn't really poke, it also affected Pierce's feeling of shooting.
"Boom!" Duncan got the rebounds in his pocket.
"You smelly..." Pierce couldn't help but cursed at Bowen, who was made uncomfortable by this nasty guy tonight. So Pierce is in very bad condition and has only scored eight points so far. The Celtics' main points in the first half were Arenas and Reid.
When Reid was not in the starting lineup, the Celtics lost a fierce firepower point on the perimeter and lost the third ball holding point. Some tactical changes were difficult to play.
But back to the defense, but when Parker held the ball for half the time, the person defending him changed from Arenas to Bale, which was also arranged by Leon in midfield. Bell is taller and heavier than Parker, but his speed does not slow down. Arenas focuses more on the offense, and Parker has a lot of surprise in the first half.
Pairing with Bell, Parker immediately felt the pressure.
Bell does not play for offense, but for defense.
Except for the triangle offense and Princeton, in almost all other offensive systems, the point guard is one of the most important links, and the Spurs are no exception. After snatching Parker from the Celtics that year, the little man from France became a point guard with personal characteristics under the careful guidance of Vicci.
His shooting and distribution requirements have always failed to meet the requirements of top point guards, but his speed, breakthrough, rhythm control, and tacit understanding with Duncan ensure his unique tactical position in the Spurs, and it is also a role that is easily overlooked.
Many people underestimate this point guard, Leon will not underestimate him, he knows the unique talent of this French kid who was photographed by him. Wolf Concubine and Dumb Wife: The Evil King's Love
The Spurs' offense also started with Parker and Duncan's pick-and-rolls. Unlike Arenas' bypassing defense in the first half, the more dexterous Bell chose to squeeze through. It's not easy to squeeze through Duncan's high-quality pick and roll, but Bell did it. Squeezing through defense will consume more energy and give opponents more breakthrough opportunities. But it also increased the opponent's holding pressure and compressed the opponent's operating space.
Most teams will choose to bypass Parker's pick-and-roll defense. After all, Parker's shooting ability is insufficient, and his ability to shoot three pointers is even worse. But many people have ignored Parker's ability to divide the ball and his running skills without the ball.
So Leon decided to try a new defensive strategy against Parker in the second half, which is the ice strategy.
After Parker and Duncan pick and roll, Pierce on the other side immediately came up to block the breakthrough line in the middle, even if Bruce Bowen was free. Parker scored the ball to Bowen, Bowen missed a 45-degree open three-point jumper, and the Celtics got a rebound to counterattack, Kevin Garnett once again played the role of two quick offenses in the central axis. The top of the arc took the ball back to Arenas, and Arenas made a layup.
When Parker prepared for the pick-and-roll with Duncan again in the Spurs offense, he no longer chose to go in the middle, but to take the sideways. Firstly, the Celtics blocked the middle lane very badly. Secondly, Bell deliberately moved to the side. Obviously Put aside in the block.
When he finished the pick-and-roll with Duncan, there was a route straight into the Celtics penalty area from the wing. This route can reach the Celtics hinterland, but it is not so easy to split the ball.
Parker used the speed to throw the difficult Bell~EbookFREE.me~ and then cut from the bottom line at a big angle, wanting to play a bottom line and reverse basket.
This trick was tried and tested against the Celtics in the finals last year, but he forgot that this year's Celtics, Kevin Garnett.
The biggest thing Leon dares to squeeze the defense against Parker is Kevin Garnett!
Parker slipped across the bottom line, only to find that Garnett was already close to him, spreading his hands like a spider monster. He hit the basket and wanted to force a layup, but the angle was blocked, and he wanted to fake Garnett away-dreaming.
Seeing that it was about three seconds, he had to force a small throw, but the ball did not score under interference. Garnett grabbed the rebound and a long pass to the frontcourt. Arenas made a quick counterattack and layup. . The Celtics started playing the Spurs 4-0 in the second half.
The Spurs served in the backcourt and Parker dribbled the ball with his head down for halftime. This time he could no longer see Duncan waiting for him to cover him at the top of the arc. Stone Buddha was already standing near the three-second zone with his arms open. Garnett pressed hard behind him.
He is about to start supporting the Spurs with a low attack. (To be continued.)