NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 268 269. Is Jiang Lang's talent exhausted? (38)

Because even if Rivers wanted to break his head, he would never have thought that Liu Rui knew these Celtic players better than him.

From a tactical point of view, there is nothing wrong with Rivers' arrangements before the game.

But obviously, he would never have thought that Liu Rui was a man with God's perspective.

For the Celtics, Liu Rui had already done a lot of analysis on the players on the field before this game, except for the unknown players who basically had no playing time.

And told the players what the defensive method should be for everyone.

Including the Celtics players' offensive habits and shot ratios, everything that Liu Rui still remembers has been explained before the game.

Unlike the Pistons, facing the Pistons, whether in terms of the team's playing style or the players' personal abilities, the Bobcats can be said to be completely suppressed.

But compared with the Celtics, the two sides can be said to be evenly matched, and the tactics do not affect each other.

This is definitely the best news for Liu Rui who has God's perspective.

So Liu Rui also wanted to see at this time how many things Rivers hadn't brought out.

Even though the Celtics changed their offensive strategy in the first quarter, but with the continuation of the game between the two sides, with more than five minutes left in the first quarter, the Celtics were still 6 points behind the Bobcats.

This made Rivers on the sidelines become a little impatient, and called a timeout on the sidelines, planning to rearrange it.

After returning from the timeout, Liu Rui began to rotate the lineup, but instead of doing the same as in the regular season, he chose to intersperse the rotation and let the players rest.

After all, it is already the playoffs, and the Bobcats don't know where they can go in the playoffs, so there is no need to be too reserved.

Today's Bobcats, in the playoffs is completely let go, the efforts of the entire regular season, is for this moment of madness.

Moreover, Rivers also began to intersperse substitute players.

Brezek, who returned from injury, returned to the field, which may be good news for the Celtics.

Because compared to Blount, although Brezek's ability to protect the frame in the interior penalty area is a little worse.

But he has a good outside shot, which can make the Bobcats more scruples when defending pick-and-rolls.

Liu Rui also replaced the old star Divac on the bench in the second half of the first quarter.

After all, Brezek's current style of play can be said to be very similar to the epitome of Divac.

And with so many games this season, Liu Rui also began to habitually use the old star Divac.

Because of his smart golf quotient and seasoned experience, he can always help the young Bobcats quickly stabilize the rhythm on the court.

On the offensive end, he can always deliver the ball accurately to the hands of young players, keeping the court organized.

The only shortcoming is probably the foot speed on the defensive end and the physical strength of the whole game.

Therefore, Liu Rui only gave Divac about ten minutes of playing time in each game.

And also let Ariza on the bench take care of Divac on the defensive end.

In the next match between the two teams, at the end of the first quarter, the Bobcats had already:

26:20
Leading the Celtics by 6 points, the first quarter of the contest ended.

After the end of the first quarter, the Bobcats actually led the Celtics in the away game, which also made many Bobcats fans who watched the live broadcast of the game at home feel excited.

After all, the current situation on the court is beneficial to the Bobcats.

Before that, although the fans of the Bobcats supported the Bobcats as before, in the playoffs, it was obviously difficult to win a game away from home.

Especially when the Bobcats are one of the lower ranked teams.

Back in the second quarter, the two sides will fight again.

Facing the rest of most of the main players on both sides, the advantages of the Bobcats are also reflected.

If the Bobcats' young players were nervous in their first playoff run, Damon Stoudemire on the bench looked solid.

The player who competed with Garnett for the best rookie that year can be said to have witnessed too many storms in this league.

Leading the Bobcats' bench, the score on the court was quickly widened again.

This made Rivers, the head coach of the Celtics on the sidelines, already a little bit battered.

Because whether in the first team or the second team, the Celtics have never taken any advantage.

Even though Rivers called a timeout once, he has no good way to deal with the current situation on the court.

During the regular season, the league knew the Bobcats were an offensive team with perimeter firepower.

But in this game, Rivers did feel that the defensive efficiency of the Bobcats team has risen sharply, and it has risen by more than a notch than during the regular season.

This rise is not the personal ability of the players, but as if overnight, the Bobcats' defensive system has evolved, which makes Rivers feel very puzzled.

Because of the entire Bobcats team, most of the players are still rookies, and only a small part of one-third are veterans who have played in this league for a long time.

It stands to reason that when it comes to the playoffs, the Bobcats may become unable to play because of nervousness, but why are they getting stronger and stronger? What is the situation? !

Rivers' doubts are destined to be answered by no one.

Compared with Rivers' anxiety on the sidelines, Liu Rui is very happy sitting on the coaching bench.

Because just now, after he turned around inadvertently, he found a person.

Ivanka!
Ivanka actually came to this game to watch.

Obviously to cheer for Liu Rui.

The tickets for this game at the North Shore Garden Arena were not cheap, and sitting in such a front seat was not something ordinary people could afford.

Originally, the process of the game was very smooth, which made Liu Rui very happy. At this time, I saw Ivanka coming to the away game to cheer for him.

This made Liu Rui feel very happy. After the timeout, he directly replaced all the main lineup.

During the timeout, the most confessed sentence was: "Just follow the instructions before the game, everyone must go all out for this game, don't save any face, and try to maintain concentration on the court."

Of course, Liu Rui's current arrangement is not just to pretend to be a wave of batches in front of Ivanka.

If Liu Rui still had some worries before the game, then the situation on the court so far is very favorable for the Bobcats.

As the first playoff game since the establishment of the Bobcats, if it can end with a victory, it will definitely be very eye-catching.

Then Liu Rui's popularity is definitely another step up.

So far, as long as the Bobcats don't stumble in Payton's hands, the Bobcats' chances of winning this game are still very high.

Taking advantage of the timeout, Liu Rui looked back at Rivers on the Celtics coaching bench.

I don't know if I have tried my best in this game...

(End of this chapter)