NBA's strongest prince

Chapter 394 The Celtics Panic
Before the start of the finals, the Celtics also had enough time to adjust. On the surface, everyone will not have a physical crisis, but some older players still cannot recover after a few days of fierce playoffs.

So in the face of the strong Suns, the Celtics can only use a few strong points to appear more on the court.

And even if Russell plays more, he won't play for forty minutes like the Celtics.

So after a closer look, the Suns still have some advantages in this regard.

Russell has made more efforts in the finals, and hopes to make this advantage even more.

Without him on the court, the Suns can't give their opponents that aggressive air that will give them a chance to breathe.

Now that Russell is back on the court, the Celtics players will even feel a little nervous.

This means that the final decisive battle has begun.

Russell went up and entered the scoring mode, playing very aggressively.

The Celtics wanted to guard him very much, and Rondo felt he could do it, but they had to give in to Russell's ability to find scoring opportunities in pick-and-roll tactics.

Just a little gap can be shot, and it is simply not a chance to replace this gap with someone else.

Russell is too decisive, and his shooting is too good. He deserves to be No.1 in the league.

In fact, because of the interference of Rondo and Garnett, Russell's shooting percentage is not as high as before.

But enough, because the Suns defense also reached the strongest pick-and-roll.

It may not be as strong as the Celtics, but unfortunately the Celtics' offense is not strong enough, so it seems that both sides are defensive battles and star wars.

For the Celtics, Pierce's touch is a bit outdated. Under the fierce confrontation, everyone's physical strength has declined. The Celtics' tactics are becoming simpler and simpler, and more stars choose simple shots in singles.

In this case, both Joe Johnson and Pierce were strictly guarded. Instead, Garnett and Rondo retreated after the pick-and-roll, and they could get some opportunities for two points.

Of course, this is also the guidance of the Suns defense. Garnett felt a lot in the first half, but in the second half, with the exhaustion of physical strength, the shooting percentage of long two points became worse and worse.

Although he started to miss the shot, the sun will give him a chance.

Relatively speaking, Pierce and Joe Johnson are more dangerous at this time, and the Suns will increase their defensive strength.

How should Garnett say, the offensive method is still relatively monotonous.

It's not that he knows how to make big jump shots, but that he is not proficient in other offensive methods, and he can't use them under the defensive intensity of the finals.

If it was Duncan at this time, it would be much more difficult for the Suns to defend.

The same is true for Nowitzki, but if Nowitzki, the Celtics' defense will be worse.

Therefore, the Celtics' Big Three still can't find much advantage against the Suns.

For an insider like Garnett, the sun can just meet, and he doesn't need too much force to fight against.

When Garnett missed a long two-pointer, his teammates couldn't say anything, because it was indeed him who had more opportunities, and their head coach Rivers also let Garnett make a decisive shot.

It's a pity that the psychological pressure is increasing when the shot fails.

Russell's opening is different. Even if he misses a few shots, he will calmly open and shoot.

So, that created a situation where Russell scored slightly more.

The score between the two sides was originally tight, and Russell scored a little more, and the Suns could gain an advantage.

"Why can't you prevent this?" Rivers couldn't believe it.

Both Rondo and Garnett can't handle the pick-and-roll. He didn't think about this situation.

It is impossible for other teams to have such a configuration. Before Russell's performance was so amazing, Rivers and the players had the same idea, that is, the Suns did not meet them.

Now they understand that Russell's offense is indeed unscientific.

"Fangcheng can make shots like this, is it just a street ball style?" Rivers fell into deep doubts.

And when the two teams confronted fiercely and the air in the court began to freeze, Millsap suddenly received the ball and went in for a dunk.

The Celtics players were a little confused. It was obvious that every round was extremely difficult before. The two sides faced various difficult shots against the defense. The style of this ball is different.

The Suns also put Millsap on the court this time because he is young and strong, and he can keep up with his agility, which happens to be a flexible hand-to-hand fight with the Celtics.

His ball was actually Russell's sudden pass after continuous high difficulty. Everyone ignored the little guy like Millsap, so he scored so simply.

The key point is still Russell's elusive pass. The ball was passed in an arc in the air. Under normal circumstances, it would not reach Millsap's hands at all. The Celtics' defense blocked the passing line. Unfortunately, they met It was the unreasonable Russell.

In this case, the Suns led by 5 points in the last 4 minutes of the game.

Not much, but in the defensive battle with the Celtics, two goals can be said to be an oppressive lead. If they can lead by one more goal, the Celtics will panic.

Don't look at their aggression in the regular season, but they didn't have many players with experience in the finals before, and the head coach Rivers is not experienced, so they must panic if the situation is not right.

Because they had to keep up with the pace of the Suns, the Celtics also left Posey on the court at the last moment, which was considered a small lineup.

But in fact, it is similar to the Suns. The Suns also play Stoudemire at the fifth position.

In previous basketball, the center was the main position, and there must be an orthodox center, but now it is not necessarily the case.

Today's basketball tactics are more and more flexible, and the strength of role players has also improved a lot, and they can play well without traditional centers.

After the Celtics' offense continued to have problems, they focused their energy on defense. This is their most confident area.

The opponent has to work hard to defend, but the Suns are actually more relaxed. If the opponent attacks like the third quarter, they will be in trouble.

The more cautious you are, the easier it is to go wrong. The Celtics are actually nervous.

They still let Rondo and Garnett pick and roll on the offensive end, and they don't know what their head coach Rivers is thinking, so that Russell's defense can interfere with Garnett first and then defend Rondo, without being afraid of him shooting.

Rondo still has ideas in his heart, but unfortunately he is not strong enough, and he has hit the iron again with outside shots.

In fact, it would be better for the Celtics to let Joe Johnson or Pierce play singles at this time. Unfortunately, they still let Rondo organize. Rondo's strength is not worthy of his tactical status.

It was okay to play normally before, but now we need stars to stand up, and it really can't be like this.

New teams sometimes need to pay tuition fees to enter the finals, as is the case with the Celtics.

After Garnett hit the iron again, Russell's hit was a hit.

(End of this chapter)