Forward to the basket

Manu Ginobili's ravages made the whole game hot in the second half of the first quarter. The speed of the offensive and defensive transition between the Celtics and the Spurs began to increase, and the turnovers began to increase, but the score difference was not large. .

Because of Ginobili's ferocious charge after he came on the field, the Celtics did appear to be a bit passive, mainly because of Pierce's energy, most of which were involved by Ginobili, if you don't want to see that Argentine continue To get the fans to cheer for him, one must keep a close eye on him, which is definitely not an easy job.

And Pierce is not a standard defensive expert. Although he can hold Ginobili's weight in the swingman position, but once the Argentine's small waist shakes, not everyone can bear it.

If the old guy Sprewell was a few years younger, he would probably be the best choice to mark Manu Ginobili, but now it is really difficult for Pierce to do this. It is the core of the team. .

At this time, weight is an advantage, but also a burden. Pierce met Ginobili who was going crazy on the defensive end, so he had to follow the opponent carefully and move his body to get stuck, otherwise the Argentine would rush wildly!

That is because of Ginobili's appearance, the Spurs' perimeter defense is not as tight as before. Although this guy is quick and can steal the ball, he will also allow Pierce to find shooting opportunities when the defense changes positions.

The main reason is that Pierce is big enough to be able to take Ginobili on the offensive end. This is something that even Ginovic can't help. After all, using the Argentine is a double-edged sword.

Compared with Barry Sr. who rarely makes mistakes, Ginobili's offense is sharper, but in defense, he also obviously suffers when facing Pierce. Now this can be regarded as the two phases of offense and defense.

Generally speaking, these two guys are blowing up each other, and they can't do anything about each other on the defensive end. Ginobili's breakthrough combined with shooting makes Pierce very embarrassed. Pierce's offense with the ball and mid-range jumper also make the Argentine unable to stop. Live, but when the two of them tortured each other, so did the two teams.

15:15, this is the score before the timeout, but at the end of the first quarter, there is still no obvious difference in the score, and the score on the field is only 28:25, but the Spurs are leading by three points.

This is also because after Ginobili shook off Pierce, before encountering Rondo's pincers, he passed a good pass to Parker, allowing the French car to shoot near the bottom corner and hit a beautiful three-pointer.

Rondo was almost able to intercept Ginobili's pass at that time. Even Thibodeau felt a little sorry for not being able to intercept the ball when he saw that scene. It was really only a few centimeters away. Rondo's fingertips He had even scratched across the surface of the basketball, but it was only a few centimeters missing, and he couldn't change the direction of the basketball.

The on-site commentary at the AT&T Center Arena not only applauded Parker's accurate three-pointer, but also feared Ginobili's risky pass. If Rondo moved a few centimeters, maybe all of this would have another result.

It is because of such an offense that the Spurs can still maintain the lead in the score at the end of the first quarter. With Ginobili's appearance, their advantage is not obvious, but compared to the Spurs As far as the team is concerned, the Celtics' offense played even more unevenly, except for Pierce's shooting.

Rivers has been watching the whole process of the game with his shoulders on the sidelines. He didn't call a timeout, but just kept thinking, because this terrible scene made him feel so awkward for the first time, and the rhythm of the whole game was not at all. Within the control of the Celtics, even if it is an offense, it can only rely on someone's performance.

Pierce's touch is already very hot today. He made six of eight shots and two free throws. He scored 14 points in the first quarter. Without him, the Celtics might be even worse. More, but the scene of relying on one person's fury to play the game is the same as last season. Although Pierce is not alone and helpless, if he continues to play like this, it will definitely be very bad.

Rivers doesn't want to repeat what happened last season. A team with only one point of explosion will never win.

However, **Vich’s arrangement before the game is really targeted. He will allow you to attack on the outside, but if you put it under the basket, he will try to contain you as much as possible, so the fight inside has never stopped. Whether it was grabbing rebounds or blocking positions, Chen Feng and Jefferson had been fighting with Duncan and Elson all the time, and they couldn't relax for a moment, but the tight defense inside made the Celtics have to focus their offense on the outside. .

Although shooting cannot solve all problems, both Pierce and Szczerbiak can have a chance to shoot.

And relying on shooting can make the score bite. Faced with this temptation, Rivers has to focus on scoring on the outside. The involvement of the inside line gives the outside line a chance to shoot. At the beginning, the main reason is that the Spurs' defensive level is too tight, so Rivers has been afraid to give it a go.

Especially the inside line, which has always been regarded as the focus of the Celtics' offense, has temporarily died down because of the strong defense of the Spurs, but Rivers is also considering whether it should be changed. It must be myself. If the inside line cannot be opened, the final loser must be the Celtics.

"Man, maybe we should try to play inside. After all, the basket is our most sure offensive firepower. Playing with the Spurs, we can't keep playing outside like this. You know, if Paul's shooting percentage To have a problem when the fitness is down, it will be a disaster, we will have a loss here, or it will be a disaster, Doug, now we have to be proactive."

Thibodeau rarely said so many words, but before the end of the first quarter, he still exchanged opinions with Rivers in a low voice, not to prove anything, but if the fight continues like this, it can only be a failure **Vich's mind, Pierce's touch can't be so hot all the time, this style of play is slow suicide, if everything doesn't return to the normal track, then the only thing waiting for the Celtics is failure.

The calm Thibodeau is not trying to persuade Rivers to change his tactical thinking, he just wants to prevent his partner from falling into the trap of **Vich, that old guy is very cunning, he has been trying to lure the Celtics Entered a dead end, and he did it very successfully, causing Rivers to abandon his usual tactics.

However, this kind of confusion can not last for a long time, but when Rivers realizes that he has made a mistake, he will correct it. In fact, only the first quarter is the best chance for Vicky, but the Celtics The gang of vicious bandits in China really have a strong temperament, and they have the ability to fight you hard.

Throughout the first quarter, although Vitch was able to lead Rivers' tactical thinking, Thibodeau reminded him that Rivers is not an idiot, he has already smelled it from the first quarter. A very dangerous feeling, the team is not playing smoothly, and the expressions on the faces of those wild boys are also very dignified. This kind of atmosphere is stimulating this fat man. Even if his mind is as dull as Thomas, he will realize that there is a problem. .

Now that Thibodeau has raised a problem, Rivers is responsible for solving it. After all, he is the head coach of the Celtics, and the dry offense in the first quarter was caused by his brain cramps.

"Okay, buddy, I understand what I should do. In the past twelve minutes, I must have been seduced by the damn demon, so until this second, I have not completely returned to the world."

"But it's best not to tell those boys, otherwise they will definitely treat me with an unhappy face. Being despised by opponents is still tolerable, but being laughed at by those bastards is the worst thing."

Before the end of the first quarter, Rivers had already decided that at the beginning of the second quarter, he would make a change and show that old guy, **Vichick, that he was not a veteran coach, but he still dared to make changes. Make a tough move.

However, while Rivers was preparing to make adjustments, Vicvic was also making tactical changes on the sidelines. Ginobili came on the field, disrupting the opponent's defense and implicating Pierce's energy, but the entire game process made it difficult for him. **Vich is not satisfied. After all, the score has not been opened. The strength of the Celtics surprised the old guy. After all, the defensive efficiency of the Spurs is the first in the league, but even if it is In this way, the Celtics' offensive momentum still cannot be suppressed. This is what makes ** Weiqi Jing the most.

The Celtics can be regarded as a team that has just crawled out of the ruins. They have only risen strongly this season, but it is such a newly recovered opponent that the Spurs are playing so hard. How fierce it is to help Boston, if they are allowed to accumulate for a year or two, the explosive power must be quite terrifying.

**Vitch doesn't want to be a stepping stone for Boston's rise. When he can beat his opponent, this old guy doesn't want to show mercy. So, after thinking for a long time on the sidelines, he decided to start working hard.

"Tim, you haven't taken many shots so far, only three times, and you scored one. But at the beginning of the second quarter, I need you to take over the game as much as possible, play hard inside, and put pressure on Jefferson!"

"The Celtics' offensive efficiency today is not bad. It will not be good for us to procrastinate. Next, we will have to face rotations, adjustments, and changes in tactics. Before the opponent makes a move, we must take the lead at home."

**Vich’s tactical arrangement has never been that complicated, mainly because it is usually done on the training ground. When commanding on the spot, he only needs to give orders, and does not need to worry too much about how to fight. After all, many Tactical things have already been integrated into the daily training of the Spurs, and now they are just taken out and placed in front of the Celtics to put more pressure on them.

"Yeah." Duncan nodded while wiping his sweat, but he still didn't talk much. It is estimated that if it was changed to another team, the absolute core or leader players would have already started to stir up emotions.

It's just that in the Spurs, Vivic doesn't need that kind of performance, and likewise, Duncan doesn't need that kind of thing.

It is the style of the Spurs to issue tasks calmly and then execute them quietly. There is no roaring or shouting. The Spurs are more like a silent army, and Duncan is only responsible for pulling the trigger.

Compared with the calmness on the Spurs side, the atmosphere on the Celtics side is completely different, especially when Rivers said that he should focus on inside offense in the second quarter, Chen Feng didn't have to be so aggrieved .

"Boss, you made Al and I hold back for a whole quarter. I almost suspected that I was going to become a standard blue-collar insider. The two of us together only made three shots. This is unscientific! "

Chen Feng was really about to be suffocated and howled. He had never been so aggrieved since the first day he played in the NBA.

What Jefferson was thinking, Feng Chen definitely didn't know, anyway, he was going to be driven crazy by this kind of play that could only grab rebounds, set up pick-and-rolls for outside offensive players, and then pass the ball to open spots .

The first score in this game was Chen Feng's strong attack, but after that, Chen Feng only contributed three offensive rebounds and six backcourt rebounds, plus a block to block Elson. There were two assists sent out, and for the rest of the time, Chen Feng was just competing with Elson for his ability to position himself under the basket.

The confrontation between big men is the most difficult, and Chen Feng has nothing against this kind of strong confrontation.

Moreover, when encountering such a shadowy plaster like Elson, face-to-face fights are also Chen Feng's favorite kind of confrontation. They just get stuck in the position, but there is no suitable scoring opportunity, so they can only compete for rebounds.

This made Chen Feng couldn't bear it anymore, just like what Hammond and Tarkanian said, the energy contained in this kid's bones is the most wild and unruly offensive ability, let him do blue-collar work, It's no wonder this kid is so upset, even Auerbach, who was watching the broadcast in front of the TV, almost scolded the street.

"Stupid way! That bastard Doug actually made Vicky lead him around in circles by the nose, abolishing his best attack method, there is no more idiotic choice than this! That guy who has no idea until now! If he loses the game like this, I will definitely blow his ass with this crutch!"

Auerbach is already at the level of the old goblin, so he doesn't need to look to understand what kind of wishful thinking Vitch is playing. It's just that Rivers thinks too much, so this old man is so furious .

Everyone wants to win steadily, but when your strength has not yet reached that level, it is a completely idiotic decision to try to be stable. Rivers knows where the problem is, but he doesn't know that Auerbach is already fast. I wanted to beat him to death with that crutch, but fortunately, the game only lasted one quarter, and he still had a chance to improve.

But Rivers just explained that he should focus on the inside offense, and asked Jefferson and Chen Feng to use the outside pass to find opportunities around the basket and strive to open a big enough gap in the key area of ​​the Spurs' defense.

"At the basket, if you have a chance, attack. You two need to score to share the pressure of Paulo. This is the territory of the Spurs, but we have to attack more aggressively to let them understand that we are not easy to mess with."

Rivers intends to use a tactical change to fight back against Vicky. If it can shake up the Spurs' defensive system, it would be even more desirable. Just bumping into Duncan, how much offense can the combination of Chen Feng and Jefferson play? Efficiency, now Rivers can only be in a wait-and-see state, and does not dare to draw conclusions easily.

"Let's see, there are still three quarters left in the game, so we can make adjustments even if there are problems. Now I can only say that those two boys are under a lot of pressure. It's really hard to be willing to put a piece of meat on that stone. It's easy to say, but I can only be sure of one thing. If you let go of the rein, that kid Chen Feng will definitely go crazy. Although I don't know how much destructive power it will have, **Weiqi will definitely have a headache from his madness .”

Thibodeau stood next to Rivers and said something in a low voice after the players all appeared on the stage, and this guy, who has always been unsmiling, still had a faint smile on his face, which was obviously the expression after the conspiracy was successful.

"On this point, I also believe that a wild boy who can make Phil Jackson and Van Gundy frown will definitely not disappoint the old guy of **Vitch, and Chen Feng will definitely make everyone feel headache That includes you and me.", Rivers didn't have a smirk on his face, because he thought of Chen Feng's crimes in the team, and his sad mood would definitely be more depressed than those opponents, who were just defeated by those opponents. The boy tortured him once or twice, but he and Thibodeau must face that boy Chen Feng every day!

Neither Rivers nor Thibodeau underestimated Chen Feng's ability to commit crimes, but it wasn't the bald wild boy who made the first move. At the beginning of the second quarter, the Spurs' offensive momentum was obviously different from the rhythm of the first quarter.

Previously, it was Parker who controlled the ball and looked for opportunities on the outside, using Duncan or Elson's cover to get inside as much as possible, or pass the ball to the old Barry who was waiting outside the three-point line and Ginobili who came on the court later. , or throw the ball closer to the basket, the basic offensive power is dominated by the outside line.

But at the beginning of the second quarter, the Spurs took the lead to serve from the baseline. Parker's pass was not passed, but after crossing the half court, it was very quickly delivered to Duncan who was waiting near the three-second zone, that expressionless guy , He kept playing screens in the first quarter, but this time, he caught Jefferson, who was marking him, by surprise. Duncan didn't pass the ball, but at a 45-degree angle, and shot immediately after receiving the ball!

Originally, Duncan was taller than Jefferson, and this guy seemed to be looking for an angle to pass the ball before shooting. As a result, it was such an action of looking elsewhere that bluffed Jefferson, waiting for him to react Come over, the expressionless stone man has already raised his hand and threw the ball out. He hit the board at a precise 45-degree angle into the basket without any muddled feeling, and Jefferson didn't even have time to stretch his hand. Don't say anything disturbing, he was almost standing in front of Duncan, watching all this happen in an instant.

He shot without any warning, hit precisely, then patted his butt, turned around and left, without any other unnecessary movements, as if nothing happened just now, leaving only Jefferson in a daze.

If it is not surprising to be shot by Duncan, then in the counterattack of the Celtics, Jefferson had already got a very good offensive opportunity at the basket, but as soon as he made a shot, he slapped him head-on Coming over, the thrown basketball was slapped off the track abruptly and fell into the hands of Parker who was penetrating the baseline. As a result, the Frenchman's long pass accurately found Ginobili who was already running wildly.

The opponent scored four points in a row, and the gap widened from three points to seven points in an instant. Facing an opponent like the Spurs, this kind of point difference is very terrible, and this is not all. Duncan succeeded in one attack and one defense twice Afterwards, he did not continue to quietly hide in the crowd. This guy just woke up, and suddenly burst into a powerful momentum on the field. In the next 3 minutes, he attacked Jefferson's head four times in a row. !

A jumper off the board, two small hooks at the rim, and a strong attack with the ball near the paint.

Duncan was really not polite to Jefferson. He led all four offenses without anyone's help. He just played strong with the ball, nimble footwork, precise shots, and fiery shooting touch.

If this guy was a big man with no expression and nothing special, then in the three or four minutes after the opening of the second quarter, Duncan was the biggest lethal weapon for the Spurs.

Almighty skills can be regarded as showing its destructive power at this time. No matter what, Jefferson is also a capable player who has worked hard in the NBA for almost three years, but he also feels at a loss in the face of Duncan's sudden attack.

The main reason is that you really don't know how to defend against a big guy like Duncan, close?Duncan's footsteps at the basket are not very impressive, but it is really not that easy for ordinary people to get stuck in him.

Moreover, Duncan's physical fitness can be regarded as a tonnage among interior players. With his height, it is almost impossible for ordinary people to block his offense.

Don't forget that Duncan is best at hitting the board at 45-degree angles on both sides of the basket.

If Nowitzki's mid-range and long-range shots are powerful and lethal, then Duncan's hitting is like an unsolvable math problem. You can know what he is going to do, but you can't block it.

The main reason is that a guy who is more than [-] meters tall is already difficult to block shots in front of you, and then this animal shamelessly chooses to hit the board and leans back slightly when shooting. How can this shit block shots!

But now Rivers' concern on the sidelines isn't how to block Duncan's damn shot.

What he has to worry about is the offensive transformation of Vicki from the outside and the inside, and Duncan's determination to beat Jefferson in a face-to-face situation.

What worries Rivers the most is that Jefferson is currently at a disadvantage. It's not that the guy didn't try hard to stop Duncan, but in the confrontation between the two, Jefferson is now at a disadvantage.

One is a powerful faction who has been in the NBA for three years, and the other is a stone man who has won three championships. When the two of them face to face on the bar, Jefferson has encountered the biggest trouble.

And this trouble is not only his, but also the Celtics'...