basketball task

Chapter 308
As night fell, the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, the Philadelphia 76ers played against the Boston Celtics at home, the first game of the series officially began.

The players began to play in sequence, and when Channing and Yao Ming made their final appearance together, they received warm applause from the Philadelphia home fans.

Since Iverson left, Philadelphia has been at the level of the first round of the playoffs for many years. This year, under the leadership of Channing and Yao Ming, Philadelphia finally achieved a breakthrough.

Of course, their goals this season don't stop there.

During the warm-up, Channing looked very relaxed. He and Yao Ming were chatting while shooting to find their status. Although it was his first time to reach the second round of the playoffs, Channing seemed calm.

The starting players of both sides have been determined, the Celtics starting five: Rondo, Ray Allen, Pierce, Glenn Davis, Perkins.

Philadelphia 76ers starting five tigers: Lowry, Pietrus, Channing, Ibaka, Yao Ming.

The match was broadcast by CCTV [-]. Zhang Weiping directed:

"The starting players on both sides are not the same as usual. The Celtics had to send their big baby Glen Davis to play the starting four because of the season's reimbursement of the starting power forward Wolf King Garnett. In this way, The interior of the Celtics has become a weakness. In the first round against the Heat, the Celtics did not suffer much because there was no strong center around Wade, but facing Yao Ming, the Celtics' interior weakness was completely exposed."

Yoga also said: "Yes, let's look at Philadelphia again, Battier was put on the bench, Pietrus became the starting shooting guard, Channing changed to the starting small forward, I guess Coach Cheeks made this The adjustment is to protect against Ray Allen's off-ball."

The two sides jumped the ball, Ibaka won Davis, and the game officially started.

The Philadelphia team attacked first, and Chen Ning followed his usual habits and let Yao Ming play the first wave of offense. Yao forced Perkins to attack, but he missed a layup, and the Celtics protected the rebound.

The Philadelphia team immediately changed the mixed defensive formation according to Coach Cheeks' previous arrangement.

Channing guards Pierce on the weak side, Yao Ming and Ibaka defend the inside, Pietrus sticks to Ray Allen very tightly, and Kyle Lowry doesn't care about Rondo who controls the ball in the middle, just helps the defense and runs out Ray Allen.

A miraculous scene appeared on the field in the first round.

Rondo was emptied for three full steps at the top of the arc, and Ray Allen was always surrounded by the candy-like Pietrus, and there was Kyle Lowry on the line who was always ready to cut off the passing route to Ray Allen.

The corner of Rondo's mouth twitched, and after thinking for a long time, he made a jump shot.

I don’t know why, anyway, there are some players who can’t shoot in their entire careers. The typical example is Rondo. Push the fast break, but Rondo just can't shoot, and his open shooting percentage is appallingly low, which has been the case since his rookie season.

Although Rondo has so many advantages, this point is a fatal flaw.

Precisely because Rondo can be emptied unscrupulously, Philadelphia can also guarantee Ray Allen's defensive strength to prevent this guy from messing around. It is clear at a glance who is stronger and who is weaker between Rondo and Ray Allen.

Anyway, in Channing's view, Danny Ainge chose Rondo and drove away Ray Allen. This decision was a big mistake.Ray Allen immediately found a new job in the Heat. The Celtics, who shot three-pointers one by one, were unable to get ahead in the Eastern Conference until they disintegrated. Rondo's entire career was at best a guard on the edge of an All-Star, and he was short-sighted. too obvious.

Dayao grabbed the rebound, and Lowry advanced halftime and handed it to Channing, who once again passed it to the inside Yao Ming.

Although Perkins did not succeed in the first singles, Philadelphia's goal of attacking the inside line is very clear. Without Garnett, Dayao's advantages must be brought into play.

Facing Perkins again, Dayao gave a top, then turned around and hit a jumper.

Although Perkins has a very strong defensive position and toughness in confrontation, he is really at a disadvantage due to his height. Once Yao Ming plays high, Perkins can only look up.

"Beautiful! Dayao played the ball very smartly, 2-0, Philadelphia took the lead in scoring."

The Celtics attacked, Ray Allen repeatedly ran and never found a chance, Philadelphia's defense was very targeted, Pierce could only catch the ball and do it alone.

Sitting with his back to eat Channing alone, Pierce found that his strength was at a disadvantage after pushing twice, and there was no room for him to cheat with various fake turns and footsteps. In the end, Pierce had no choice but to choose a range with Channing's long arm Super big fadeaway jumper.

Although Pierce has the title of offensive kaleidoscope and claims to be capable of all [-] offensive skills, this guy's scoring ability is obviously lower than Kobe, James, and Anthony. The main reason is that his physical hardware is not top-notch and his hips are stretched.

In the one-on-one with Channing, Pierce suffered from not being physically abnormal enough. He played all kinds of fake footwork, but in the end, he was blocked by Channing.

Glenn Davis used his fat body to push Ibaka to grab an offensive rebound and immediately transferred it to Ray Allen.

Ray Allen finally got the chance, and immediately pulled up a jumper and shot a three-pointer, but it still missed.

This time, the rebound went to Ibaka.

"Missed all three shots. The Philadelphia team was very aggressive in defense from the beginning. The Celtics were very uncomfortable being defended."

Philadelphia attacked, Channing moved to the weak side, Lowry fed the ball to Yao Ming on the strong side, Glenn Davis double-teamed, Pierce shrank the inside line to watch Ibaka, Channing seized the opportunity to move to the middle, received the big Yao passed the ball and made a decisive jumper.

The Philadelphia team's inside advantage is too great. With Yao Ming alone in the inside, Perkins, Glenn Davis, and Pierce all focus on the penalty area, and Channing also got a super wide open opportunity.

When the Celtics were fighting in position, Pierce waved his hand, expressing that he was unwilling to single out Channing again, and asked Rondo to take the control patiently and pass the pass when he had a chance.

Lacking Garnett, the Celtics not only lost the inside defensive pillar, but also lost the only big man who could open up opportunities inside. Although Perkins is tough, he is purely blue-collar. Although Glenn Davis has a certain amount of offense Ability, but facing Ibaka and Yao Ming's Philadelphia insider, he is not enough.

Ray Allen continued to run tirelessly. The Philadelphia team defended well and never gave him a chance.

After dawdling for 20 seconds, Rondo decided to come by himself and called Perkins for a pick-and-roll. Rondo dribbled the ball straight to the inside.

The Philadelphia team's defensive tactics tonight are very clear, focusing on the outside line, especially the three-point line.

(End of this chapter)