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Chapter 276 Breaking the Celtics' Defense

"Boy, this time, I will never let you continue to be arrogant!"

After the timeout was over, Perkins stepped onto the court again, and stood directly behind Yan Hua, harassing Yan Hua with small movements in the dark, and at the same time said two harsh words to Yan Hua, in order to intimidate Yan Hua , and at the same time cheering myself up.

Before the start of the finals, Celtics head coach Doug Rivers placed high hopes on Perkins, hoping that Perkins' performance on the defensive end would be as strong as in the division finals, and he would defend like Howard Yan Hua, do your best to limit Yan Hua and reduce Yan Hua's offensive efficiency. As long as Perkins can prevent Yan Hua from becoming Howard with the cooperation of Garnett, the Celtics will defeat the Kings Undoubtedly, it will directly increase the chances by a large amount.

As for Perkins himself, although Perkins is just a thug next to Garnett and a role player, Perkins is a role player with dreams and ideas.

May I ask that young player, before entering the league, didn't he have an ideal, wanted to be the focus of the spotlight, wanted to be the most special one?
However, Perkins, who has been in the league for 7 seasons, has long let go of those unrealistic dreams. Perkins' dream now is to help the Celtics win the championship and perform well in the finals , and then after the contract with the Celtics ended, he successfully got a big contract and became a winner in life.

To realize the dream of a championship and a big contract, Perkins must first complete the arrangement made by head coach Doc Rivers. With the cooperation of Garnett and Davis, he must complete the seal of Yan Hua. Damn, although Perkins knows very well that Yan Hua's offense is much better than Howard's, Perkins is very confident about the task assigned by the head coach, whether he is the first center or the second center, It's over.

But when the game started, Perkins realized that although he had imagined Yan Hua to be strong enough, Yan Hua's performance on the field made Perkins realize that he still underestimated Yan Hua a little bit. Starting from the matchup in the regular season, Yan Hua seems to have made a very obvious improvement, and it is still an all-round improvement, which makes Perkins wonder if this guy deliberately hides his strength in the regular season .

In the opening 4 minutes, Yan Hua singled Perkins three times, all of which were successful, and when Yan Hua singled Perkins, it was obvious that there was still room left, so after a fight, Perkins also There is no such strong self-confidence before the start of the game.

However, after the head coach Doug Rivers called a timeout and made a new arrangement, Perkins had confidence again. Therefore, after the game restarted, it seemed to prove his courage and confidence. Jinsi also started to provoke Yan Hua with trash talk.

While the confident Perkins was provoking Yan Hua on the field, Doug Rivers, who had just finished setting up new tactics, was standing on the sideline with a serious face, watching the game that was about to start on the field.

In the opening 4 minutes, Doug Rivers tried two defensive strategies, one was Perkins top defense, Garnett double-teamed the defensive strategy at any time, and the other was to empty Tony Allen and let Parkin Adams and Garnett strangled Yan Hua, but these two defensive strategies did not have the desired effect.

The king's offensive position is similar to the position of the 212 offensive tactic, except that Yan Hua is on the offensive end, going deeper into the low post and closer to the basket. The advantage of this offensive position is the position between the five players The distance is very far, as long as Yan Hua holds the ball, the rest of the Kings players on the field don't have to move much, and Yan Hua can have enough space and time to complete singles inside.

And this kind of offensive position will also increase the difficulty of the defensive team's double-teaming, allowing Yan Hua to complete the attack before the defensive team's double-teaming is completed. When a teammate passes the ball, he jumps over to double-team, but after receiving the ball, Yan Hua, once he chooses to pass the ball to his teammate, the defensive player who rushes to double-team Yan Hua will most likely not be able to return.

The king's offensive position arrangement, to put it nicely and taller, is a combination of internal and external tactics. To put it more simply, it is a kind of strategy that is completely centered around Yan Hua's powerful singles ability in the low post. A superstar singles tactic, but the king's offensive positioning and arrangement for singles are very effective. The Celtics' simple double-team defense in the opening stage has no way to restrict the king. On the contrary, it will make it very easy for the king to play outside-in-out tactical coordination.

As for the tactic of shorting Tony Allen, Doug Rivers gave up completely after trying a few rounds, because as long as the Celtics shorted Tony Allen, Yan Hua would drop from the basket to the high position, And Yan Hua in the high position is no less threatening on the offensive end than at the basket, not to mention that after Yan Hua left with Perkins and Garnett, Tony Allen, who was unguarded, could It was easy to kill the Celtics' basket.

Therefore, after only 4 minutes of the game, Doc Rivers called a timeout, because the defense that the Celtics depend on for survival and are proud of, did not play the expected effect in front of the King.

As for the adjustment made by Doc Rivers during this timeout, there is actually nothing new. It is to allow the players on the court to increase the speed of the defensive rotation, and the double-teaming of Yan Hua is not limited to Garnett. Now, no matter who it is, even Rajon Rondo, as long as Yan Hua is closest to Yan Hua when he holds the ball, he can double-team Yan Hua.

This arrangement of Doug Rivers is very good in theory, but the result can only be concluded after being tested on the court.

So when the timeout ended and the game resumed, Doug Rivers stood on the sidelines with his arms folded, staring intently at Yan Hua who was already stuck in the low post with Perkins.

"Excellent defensive positioning and defensive rotation. After this timeout, the Celtics' defense has changed a lot."

"The Kings players on the court are still passing the ball. They are running out of time."

After the timeout ended, Yan Hua still ran to the low position on the offensive end, and after reaching out to his teammates for the ball in one-on-one, Rajon Rondo, who was closest to Yan Hua, quickly rushed to Yan Hua's In front of him, with Perkins double-teaming Yan Hua, although Rondo's aggressiveness and oppression on the defensive end, the gap between Garnett and Garnett is very obvious, but in terms of interfering with Yan Hua's dribbling, Rondo has done a good job. Better than Garnett.

In order to avoid unnecessary mistakes, Yan Hua, who was double-teamed by Perkins and Rondo, passed the basketball to the unguarded Tony Allen, and after Tony Allen took the ball, he quickly moved towards the free throw line Moving nearby, while attracting the Celtics' defensive attention, also gave Tony Allen room to break through in case of emergency.

However, when Tony Allen broke through to the basket with the ball, Rondo, who cooperated with Perkins to double-team Yan Hua, quickly rushed towards Tony Allen. After his side left, Ray Allen on the other side of the court gave up his defense against Kevin Martin, rushed to Yan Hua's side ahead of time, and began to double-team Yan Hua.

With the breakthrough route blocked, Yan Hua double-teamed, and the only open Kevin Martin out of sight, Tony Allen, who broke through with the ball, had no choice but to hand over the basketball to the In the hands of John Salmons.

The basketball turned around and returned to John Salmons' hands, which made John Salmons, who handed the basketball to Yan Hua and then waited for an open shot, a little stressed.

Fortunately, as a key player connecting the Kings inside and outside, John Salmons still has a few brushes. After taking a few steps with the basketball, John Salmons saw the unguarded Kevin Martin , but as soon as John Salmons passed the basketball to Kevin Martin, Ray Allen, who was double-teaming Yan Hua, quickly returned to Kevin Martin.

In this round, the rotation of the Celtics on the defensive end was terrifying. Therefore, after the Kings players on the field passed the ball back and forth a dozen times without finding a suitable offensive opportunity, Bill on the sidelines commentary -Wharton also began to worry about whether the king could break the deadlock.

Kevin Martin, who has average offensive ability with the ball, can only pass the basketball out again after Ray Allen's defense is in place.

"Beautiful!" Seeing that the King spent nearly 20 seconds in this attack and couldn't break the Celtics' defense, Doug Rivers, who was still a little nervous, changed his expression from Tensioned, relaxed, even agitated.

Doug Rivers believes that as long as he can successfully defend against the King's attack, the following games will be easy to play.

Focusing on defense and then talking about offense is the current core philosophy of the Celtics. As long as they can establish an advantage on the defensive end, everything behind will be a matter of course.

But Doug Rivers was not happy too early, just when Doug Rivers clenched his fists excitedly and almost shouted uncontrollably, when 24 seconds were about to run out, Yan Hua, who received a pass from Kevin Martin, was double-teamed by Perkins and Rajon Rondo, turned and jumped forcibly, and hit a mid-range hook on Perkins' head.

"Good defense, big guy." Yan Hua, who almost hit the buzzer, smiled at Perkins who was defending him at the moment the basketball hit, and then said a word of "comment" to Perkins. The Walters' defense was really good this time, and they almost gave the Kings 24 seconds, but they were still a little short.

"Bastard!" Even if Yan Hua is "sincerely" admiring Perkins' defense, in Perkins' view, Yan Hua's words are mocking himself after scoring a goal, but he will not do anything even if he is dunked by the opponent How could Perkins, who overreacted, be irritated by a few words?So after cursing in a low voice, the expressionless Perkins ran to serve the baseline.

And after Yan Hua hit the hook, the smile on his face froze in an instant - Doc Rivers reacted quickly, and shouted at the frustrated Celtics players on the field, They clapped their hands, indicating that their defense was done very well without any problems.

Running frantically for more than 20 seconds, when he was about to complete a successful defense, he was hit by the opponent's buzzer. This kind of goal hurts morale and the team's defensive enthusiasm. The negative emotions brought by Hua were minimized, and Doug Rivers, who was standing on the sidelines, kept shouting and applauding towards the side of the court.

If the attack just now, Doc Rivers still believes that there were some luck factors, then when Yan Hua not only resisted the attacks of Perkins and Rajon Rondo in the next attack, After double-teaming, turning over and hitting a jumper, and causing Perkins' defensive foul, Doug Rivers didn't think it was luck anymore.

After Yan Hua turned over and hit a jumper, Doug Rivers stood on the sidelines, as if he had walked from hell to heaven, and then fell from heaven to hell again. Yan Hua retreated.

Doug Rivers' expression is easy to understand now. Although there are only two rounds, the things revealed in these two rounds are far beyond Doug Rivers' expectations, because Doug Rivers Greg Rivers knows very well what Yan Hua's powerful ability to break double teams means to the Celtics.

At this time, you only need to look at the expressions of the Celtics players on the court after Yanhua faced the defense of Perkins and Rajon Rondo and forced the offense to know, Doug Rondo The arrangement Firth made just now on the defensive end failed again.

After this adjustment also ended in failure, Doug Rivers was at the end of his rope and didn't know how to arrange the defense against Yan Hua. There was no way to control Yan Hua, which meant that no matter Doc Rivers No matter how you adjust it, the Celtics can't stop the King's offense. It's self-evident that a team based on defense can't limit the opponent's offense.

"Do you have tactics? Can you adjust? I have Yanhua!" Just as Doug Rivers fell into thinking again, racking his brains on how to deal with Yanhua and the king, Reggie not far away -Toyce, but looked at Doug Rivers with a smug face.

My tactical ability is not as good as yours, my on-the-spot command is not as good as yours, and my game experience is not as good as yours, but I have a player who can solve all problems!

(End of this chapter)