NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 273 274. Hitting the Cotton Hard (88) Asking for a Monthly Ticket, Asking for a Recommendation Ticket!
April 4

Bobcats with a total score of 1:0 advantage, the second visit to the TD North Shore Garden Arena.

Compared with the last time, the boos of the audience became louder this time when the Bobcats entered the arena.

Because the Bobcats' defeat in the first game of the first round not only made Celtic fans feel ashamed.

It makes the team look precarious. At present, there are more and more people supporting the Bobcats on the Internet. Those who don't know may think that the Bobcats are the one with the higher ranking.

After the opening, the two sides announced their starting lineups:

Bobcats:
Mo Williams, Martin, Wallace, Okafor, Jefferson.

Celtic:

Payton, Ricky Davis, Pierce, Lavlenz, Blazek.

Compared with the previous game, the Bobcats' starting lineup did not make any adjustments.

On the Celtics side, Rivers chose to transfer Brezek to the starting lineup.

Because in the last bloody lesson, it has been proved enough that although Blunt can keep up with the speed of the Bobcats on the defensive end.

But the threat of high pick-and-rolls on the offensive end really made the Celtics a little embarrassed.

So even though Brezek still has an ankle injury at this time, Rivers chose to put him in the starting lineup.

After all, the Celtics are already behind.

If this home court is lost again, then for the Celtics, they will really be cornered.

Seeing the starting lineup that Rivers put on the court, Liu Rui, who was sitting off the court, habitually touched the stubble on his chin.

He frowned and thought for a while, not knowing what he was thinking.

After the opening, the ball was taken by Brezek, who had the advantage of height.

Different from the last game, the Celtics changed their style of play again as soon as this game came up.

After the opening game, Pierce and Brezek played a high pick-and-roll.

Although Gerald Wallace's defensive ability is very good, Pierce and Brezek both have excellent shooting ability and excellent passing vision after finishing the pick-and-roll.

Facing the threat of Brezek's three-pointer, after the pick-and-roll, Jefferson had to move his body forward as much as possible.

And if Wallace still chooses to go around the back as in the last game, then Pierce will be able to come up with a shot.

In the playoffs, this kind of shooting opportunity is considered rare.

As the Celtics changed this style of play, it also caused some loopholes in the Bobcats' defensive end.

In just over two minutes into the game, taking advantage of the dead ball on the court, Liu Rui hastily made substitutions and adjustments on the court.

While replacing the starting center Jefferson on the field, Ariza was replaced on the bench.

In this way, Wallace was pushed to the fourth position instead.

Because when facing the pick-and-roll of Brezek and Pierce, Jefferson's shortcomings of insufficient movement speed were also exposed.

And because of Brezek's three-point range, Jefferson had to defend to a more outside position.

This made it harder for Wallace to run around the screen and gave Pierce a few good shots.

And Ariza's playing can push Okafor to the fifth position. Facing this kind of high defense, Okafor's ability can easily deal with it.

And even if he chooses to switch defenses, Pierce wants to single-play Okafor in the high position. Even if he has some speed advantages, it is difficult to guarantee the success rate.

And this lineup has been used by the Bobcats in the middle of the season, so there is no need to run in after playing. Everyone is very clear about their position on the court.

With Liu Rui's substitution this time, the effect on the field was also immediate.

When Pierce and Blazek play a pick-and-roll again in the high post, Okafor is able to step up and delay well.

Even if they chose to switch defenses after the pick-and-roll, the Celtics did not take much advantage.

Seeing the situation on the court, Rivers was also anxious to shout from the sidelines.

On the offensive end, he handed the ball to LaFrentz in the fourth position, wanting to use his height advantage to play Wallace, who is also in the fourth position.

But although Wallace's body is smaller than other four positions, his reaction speed is very fast.

At the moment when LaFrentz turned his back, he forced the Celtics to almost make mistakes several times.

Seeing that his tactics were disintegrated, Rivers also hurriedly called a timeout on the sidelines.

After returning from the timeout, the Celtics still couldn't find a good solution, so they could only try their best to attack Kevin Martin's defensive weakness.

After going through non-stop pick-and-rolls, whoever faces Martin in the end will act as the team's main attack point.

It turned the field into a singles situation again.

And this kind of individual singles that forces the Celtics to keep playing is exactly what Liu Rui hopes to see the most.

In this way, at the end of the first quarter, the Bobcats still played on the road with:
25:23
Leading the Celtics by two points, it ended the first quarter.

At the end of the first quarter, the fans at North Shore Garden felt panic for the first time when they saw that their home team was still behind.

Because after the Celtics lost in the last game, the fans at home thought that it was just that the Bobcats felt better.

In the next game, the Bobcats will reveal their true colors.

But after the end of the first quarter of this game, the Bobcats still lead the Celtics.

This made the home fans, for the first time, have an idea in their hearts.

Can we really beat the Bobcats? ?
This kind of thinking is not only in the minds of fans, even the head coach of the Celtics, Rivers, is a little depressed.

Facing the Bobcats, he has tried to change several offensive methods.

Although they were more effective when they first played, under Liu Rui's targeted adjustments, the Celtics' advantage disappeared.

This made Rivers feel helpless for the first time.

It's like hitting the cotton with a hard punch, not to mention that it doesn't have the slightest effect, and you don't even know how much he can withstand the blow.

Back in the second quarter, the two sides replaced the substitute lineup to continue the contest.

In the contest of the bench lineup, the Celtics were beaten by the Bobcats without any suspense.

Rivers also knows this very well, so he began to intersperse the bench lineup in the first quarter to let the main players rest.

Davis and Pierce must remain on the field.

But even that is only on par with the Bobcats' second unit.

Even at halftime, the Bobcats ended with:
52:45
Leading the Celtics again by 7 points, ended the first half contest.

And the end of this half of the game also made the Celtics coach Rivers, from the original anxiety, to doubt, to the current powerlessness.

Because so far, he has used all the methods he can think of.

In contrast to the Bobcats, Rivers still doesn't know how many cards he still has available...

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(End of this chapter)