If I were Yi Di in the NBA

Chapter 199 Strong Foul
In fact, Yi Jian had no worries about this before.

He didn't expect the Thunder's record this season to be so good.

It doesn't matter if you really have this strength, but the Thunder has luck this season.

There's pure luck, and there are reasons other teams don't guard against them better.

If you don't know clearly and are blindly arrogant, you may lose the big because of small things.

What is the greatest benefit of an NBA team? For players, it is the championship, and everything else is trivial.

At the end of March, the Thunder will go to the Eastern Conference to play back-to-back away games.

Yi Jian thinks that players can start after taking a rest, but the coaching staff does not have the courage.

In the end, a compromise was made, which would reduce the playing time of the main players.

In the game against the 3ers on March 30, Yi Jian and Durant only played for about 76 minutes, and the team also successfully won the game.

The 76ers have completely given up this season. They have defensive outsiders like Iguodala and Holiday, and they are also defensive inside, but they don't play defense, which is also nonsense.

Next time the team meets the Celtics, it must be taken seriously.

In fact, Yi Jian thinks that such a troublesome opponent doesn't need to let the players go all out. It's okay to learn from the Spurs in the regular season and don't gnaw hard bones. After all, they are the first in the Western Conference.

But the young team doesn't seem to have that kind of confidence, so it's okay to talk about the Celtics' bottom now.

The Celtics have maintained the basic set of the Big Three in recent years, and then made minor repairs.

Because the Big Three are relatively old and will have some injuries, their record in the regular season is not very stable, but their actual combat power is still the first in the Eastern Conference.

Without him, the Celtics' Big Three play too well.

Ray Allen can always put pressure on the opponent's defense from the outside. Garnett, like Duncan, can support a defensive system. The key is that neither of them needs the ball, so Pierce can also play the strongest strength.

It is really difficult for other all-star teams to be so suitable.

After all, it is extremely difficult to form a team of three all-stars, especially the former boss, and it is almost impossible to match the position and play style.

The Celtics take a defensive approach, point guard Rondo and center Perkins are also very suitable.

Apart from injuries, their problem is that there is only one small problem, that is, there is no superstar on the offensive end.

Of the Celtics' Big Three, only Garnett was considered a defensive superstar at his peak, and the other two were at the All-Star level, at best they had their own characteristics.

Now, Garnett is no longer at his peak.

But this can only be regarded as a small trouble, after all, they are very good overall, if the head coach is not counted.

Their head coach Rivers doesn't say he has no strength, but his strength is really not the top in the coaching circle, that is, the Big Three forced him to win a championship.

Holding the Big Three in his hands and struggling in the Eastern Conference, this is a chicken soup-type head coach like Rivers.

To be honest, it's better now because we have cooperated with the Big Three for long enough, and the first year is really lame.

The Celtics' current starting lineup is also at the top level in the league. The substitutes are a little bit worse. It can only be said that there are all types. Defensive players will be better integrated with the starting lineup.

Offensive, only the veteran Rasheed Wallace who came to shoot this season is relatively stable.

In other words, the Celtics can only rely on the starting lineup when they really fight. There are many people on the bench but there are almost no real ruthless players, and there are too many veterans, so it is estimated that they will not be able to fight for too long.

The Thunder's match against the Celtics mainly depends on the offensive state.

After all, on the defensive end, it won't be difficult for them to handle each other.

On the offensive end, if Durant plays normally, the Thunder still have an advantage.

The Celtics still have a chance in the regular season. In the playoffs, if Yi Jian plays on the court, the Celtics will be more uncomfortable on both offense and defense.

So Yi Jian thinks that although the Cavaliers, Magic and Celtics in the Eastern Conference all beat them, but in the playoffs, the Thunder are really not afraid of the strong teams in the Eastern Conference.

He thinks that they can be called opponents only by the Lakers, who are good at both ends of the offense and defense, as well as superstars who can attack, and the second strongest lineup is not bad.

Other teams, either do not have superstars, or the lineup is not very good superstars are restrained by them, as long as the Thunder play normally, they can win.

At the beginning of this game, the Thunder performed well.

Durant scored very sharply against Pierce. In fact, Pierce is considered the Celtics' weak link on the defensive end. Durant can play him normally.

This is the advantage of the Thunder. If the Celtics want to defend Durant better, unless they let players like Tony Allen on the bench defend.

And it is impossible for Pierce to leave the field. With so many defensive outsiders, the Celtics must play a small lineup and let Garnett go to the fifth position. So who will defend Yi Jian?

In fact, Garnett can't handle Yi Jian alone, but he is definitely better than the rest of the Celtics.

Yi Jian's point is too strong. Even if the Celtics don't pinch, they still have to keep the inside line on the defense at all times, so no matter what, their defense will be prone to loopholes.

Therefore, the Thunder's lineup this season is already very buggy.

Mainly Yi Jian, a superstar on both offensive and defensive ends who can stand it.

The Lakers and Cavaliers have it too, but they don't have a superstar teammate.

At the end of the regular season, Durant is already a superstar on the offensive end, and other teams can't defend at all.

What they can do now is either restrict Durant to death, or pinch Yi Jian and bet on the performance of Thunder's role players. No matter what they do, they will be at a disadvantage, and winning can only depend on luck.

The Thunder is so strong, but it's not their strongest form yet. At this time, the opponents don't have time to think so much.

And before the Thunder won the championship, they would subconsciously think that the Thunder were just lucky.

Maybe the Thunder ran out of luck in the regular season, and the playoffs will fail.

But at least in this game, the Celtics have to face the Super Thunder.

They can't switch defenses now, because Tony Allen is injured and truce, and other people's defenses against Durant will not be very effective.

On Yi Jian's side, it made the Celtics very uncomfortable to only exert strength on the defensive end. He sent three big caps in a single quarter.

Yi Jian will not be used to ignorant people like Rondo who sneak in for a layup.

Of course, Yi Jian was not as active as Durant on the offensive end, but he was more efficient, so the Thunder easily took the lead.

The Celtics still feel a little confused, and the Thunder feel much stronger than at the beginning of the season.

The Thunder are indeed stronger. After almost a season of training, the stability and confidence of the players have reached different levels.

Celtics head coach Rivers was in a cold sweat on the court. The Thunder played back-to-back away games. It is reasonable for them to have the advantage, but the current situation is too wrong, and he still can't think of a way to deal with it.

(End of this chapter)