God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 355
Pierce is a bit overwhelmed. Every time he gets the ball, he will fall into the double-teaming of Snow and Bell. Even in the low post, it is difficult for him to play post-up singles, because he has to prevent Snow from cutting his ball by the side at any time. Lose.If he doesn't want to be intercepted, then all his actions must be a notch faster, throwing the ball before the opponent has time to encircle.

In fact, this is risky. Pierce averages 20+ points per game and is already among the top scorers in the league, but his skills are not yet mature. It is unrealistic to speed up his shooting speed. his rhythm.However, after a few attempts, Pierce gradually got the hang of it. For him, adjustments are not impossible. Now that the situation is urgent, he can be said to have been forced out by the environment, which made Bell and Snow greatly moved. Headache.

Brown was also very helpless. After Pierce recovered, even the Celtics' offense became active again.In fact, this is also inevitable, because for the Celtics, their most common tactic is that Pierce and Walker take turns to play singles with the ball. Of course, Walker cannot take on such a heavy responsibility alone, but Pierce, who can handle double teams, gives the ball. The team is on insurance.

Thanks to the efforts of the Celtic twin stars, the two sides drew at 55 at the end of the first half. Entering halftime with a score disadvantage, this is something Brown simply cannot tolerate, even if the opponent's regular season ranking is second only to them.

When Brown walked into the locker room, everyone was talking about the first half of the game, and of course Pierce was the focus of their discussion.The Celtics star left a deep impression on every player who played against him. Some people even made fun of Snow. After all, he was the first on the team to face Pierce's big ass. that person.

Seeing the head coach push the door in, the noise in the locker room instantly dropped a few decibels, and a few seconds later it was silent.Everyone firmly believed that Brown would criticize them severely according to the usual practice, but Brown's first sentence surprised them: "Guys, you played well in the first half. Although you didn't take the lead, I know you tried your best. It's..."

Fuck, this style of painting is wrong!Shouldn't it be a boast first and then a harsh criticism later?

Brown's words didn't make the players feel relaxed, they were even more nervous, but Brown really didn't intend to criticize them, every player on the court did a good job, the reason why he didn't take the lead or even almost fell behind was because Pierce's performance was too good .The star of the Celtics scored 21 points and 8 rebounds in the first half, and also sent 4 assists and 2 steals. This is almost the data of most players in the entire game. It is conceivable that he has How awesome.

Seeing everyone's uneasy look, Brown made a gesture of pressing down his hands to signal everyone to relax, and then he continued: "Pierce is very difficult to defend. I saw his performance in the first half, and we are now His strength may not be able to restrain him for the time being. But!" Brown raised his voice sharply, "This does not mean that we will lose this game. There are 24 minutes left in the second half, and we can definitely make a more powerful counterattack. So I need you to play better!"

"We're going to play against them in the second half. We have more scorers. It's definitely not difficult to get the ball in the basket. Can he blow up our entire team by himself? We're going to fight back! Tell them Who is the defending champion!" Brown stood in the middle of the locker room and waved his fists vigorously, like a madman, Chang Wei was afraid that the old man would have a heart attack because of being too excited, but it seemed that Brown's face was flushed, as if It's like rejuvenating, so it shouldn't be a big problem...

After cheering the players on, Brown began to arrange the tactics for the second half. Everyone was surprised to see that he planned to put Reed in the starting lineup again. This is really not easy for an old coach who has always insisted on winning defensively up.In fact, there is nothing to arrange in the tactics. They are basically some routines in the team's tactical manual. Brown just put forward his own ideas and requirements for everyone. How to implement them depends on the performance of the players on the field.

After the start of the second half, Pierce still maintained a fiery touch, but the 76ers had found their own rhythm. As soon as Reed came up, he fired wildly from beyond the three-point line to help the team cling to the score.Compared to their offense, the Celtics' defense is too weak, which is completely different from the iron-blooded style they have been adhering to, but for Reid, this is a good thing, because he can often play on the outside Finding an open spot, plus Dalembert inside, he has nothing to fear.

The score between the two sides was always tight. Until the last moment of the game, the 76ers only led by 2 points, and only 3.1 seconds were left for the Celtics. This is undoubtedly a test of a team's tacit understanding and tactical cooperation. when.O'Brien used up the team's last timeout of the game, so he had to plan his tactics for the final attack, maybe he could win the game!
Unsurprisingly, the opportunity to shoot fell on Pierce. Even if anyone knew about it, O'Brien had to let the ball pass to Pierce and let this guy solve the last attack.So far, Pierce's data has come to 37 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists, absolute star data, it is normal to give him the ball.

After the timeout ended, Batty finally delivered the ball when the specified time was about to come. Pierce, who was deep in the double-team, struggled to receive the ball, but now he was surrounded by Lewis and Bell, and his shooting vision was close to infinite. .Seeing that the time was coming, Pierce had no time to make adjustments, he pushed his buttocks, and after pushing out a little space, he immediately jumped up and shot.

Bell reacted quickly, and he was on Pierce's side, so he basically didn't have to be afraid of being fouled by Pierce. He stretched out his hand hard, and luckily his fingertips touched the bottom of the basketball, instantly changing the flight trajectory of the basketball.This is very similar to Olajuwon's winning block in the finals in 1994. The result is not far behind. Already sounded, Pierce lore failed!

Looking at the basketball that fell on the floor, Pierce squatted down slowly, covered his face, and tears flowed from his fingers, but the result of the game was already doomed, and the 76ers won the first place in the Eastern Conference finals. one game.

(End of this chapter)