NBA: Fusion of two talents to dominate the entire league

Coach Frank asked Roy and Collins to switch defenses.

Roy was the main defender of Al Jefferson, which was his last trump card and also his ace.

Letting Carter to defend Walker looked successful in the first quarter.

Walker's shooting was still as bad as ever.

After the second quarter started, the Celtics continued the tactics that were successful in the first quarter.

Payton found Al Jefferson in the paint as soon as he came on. The Celtics also hoped to use the impact of young players to cause more damage to the Nets' paint.

Chandler was one of the results of their implementation of this tactic.

After playing, they saw the Nets' adjustments.

Celtics head coach Doc Rivers stood up from the rest area.

Because the one defending Al Jefferson was not the expected Nets backup center Collins,

but Roy!

You should know that Roy rarely takes the initiative to defend the center position.

His mobility and flexibility are more suitable for assisting and supplementing defense.

At least in Rivers' view, Roy's level of individual defense, who is not strong, is a big question mark.

After a year of continuous training, Roy's body shape did not become a big muscle stick,

but both flexibility and strength, which is his requirement for himself,

and also the requirement given to the team's professional strength trainer.

This approach of having both can only lead to one conclusion: more money is needed.

Fortunately, money makes the world go round. The Nets helped Roy find such a trainer from other platforms with a high salary.

Roy has been training with him for more than 3 months, and the results are also very significant.

While the strength has increased, Roy's most important mobility has not been sacrificed.

Al Jefferson was also very excited. After he beat Chandler,

his confidence was unprecedentedly inflated, and he even felt that the opportunity to become famous was today.

Al Jefferson received a pass from Payton on the court.

Although he was full of inner drama, his movements were very calm and sophisticated.

His attention was always behind him, and Roy's hand could hardly interfere with his dribbling.

Even the young Al Jefferson still had a natural sensitivity in his back-to-back talent.

Roy's strength could hold up against him, which surprised him greatly.

You know that he didn't have such a hard time playing against Chandler alone.

Roy's territory was too stable. In order to adapt to back-to-back defense, Roy specially conducted back-to-back defense training for this purpose.

And the one who trained him was Coach Basil Carles, who trained Duncan to the full level.

Therefore, Roy made great progress in back-to-back defense after the start of the second half of the season.

Al Jefferson was already a gifted man. Although he tried his best, Roy was pushed back by him.

There was still some distance from the restricted area.

Time was running out. Fortunately, this place was within his attack range.

Al Jefferson leaned against Roy and turned to make a small hook shot.

First shot!

Roy saw through his fake move. His pivot foot didn't even leave the ground.

Roy looked at him calmly with his arms open.

Seeing that Roy was not fooled, Al Jefferson moved another step to the right and continued to fake a jump shot.

It didn't work at all. Roy blocked him like a high wall.

Time passed quickly.

Walker cursed in his heart as he watched Al Jefferson swaying under the basket. You are performing acrobatics across the basket, right?

You want so many people to watch you play?

Al Jefferson could see the faint smile on Roy's lips.

There was no way out. He gritted his teeth and shot a fadeaway jumper.

He was too heavy to fade away much. No matter how fine his hands were,

it couldn't make up for the fundamental gap in athletic ability between him and Roy.

Waiting for the moment after he shot, Roy took a step and jumped.

Al Jefferson's basketball couldn't fly over Roy's head.

"Pop"

The big cap like a volleyball smash directly smacked the ball out of the court, and also quieted the originally noisy North Shore Garden Arena.

On the Nets bench, Tyson Chandler excitedly came out of the substitute He jumped up from the bench.

He was really frustrated in this game.

"Roy is really a good buddy. He just vented my anger for me!"

Coach Frank rolled his eyes at him. If you weren't such a loser, why would you use Roy to defend?

All of Al Jefferson's fantasies were shattered with this slap.

Coach Rivers, who also wanted to send Roy to the bench,

sat back on the bench immediately.

Unlike the stupid and rough Chandler, Roy is too smart, and his physical talent is even better than Chandler.

"Why is there such a monster?" Rivers muttered to himself while slumped in his chair.

Al Jefferson was a little frustrated. Pierce, who was serving the ball from the sideline, planned to pass it to Walker and then shoot it himself.

Antoine Walker finishedIgnoring Pierce, after getting the ball, he threw a three-pointer at Carter on the three-point line,

"Bang"

The basketball hit the hoop heavily,

Roy got in position and took the rebound.

Pierce sighed at Walker, who looked innocent, and turned back to defend.

The Celtics' defense was very fast in this game, and the advantage of doing so was that they could well limit the Nets' fast break,

and the disadvantage was that the team lost the qualification to compete for frontcourt rebounds.

Carter assisted Kidd to carry the ball across half court, and LaFrentz was led to the three-point line by Roy.

Carter's ground pass was lightly passed to Roy.

Roy faced the basket, and LaFrentz was clumsy. Doug Rivers was a little tired.

Roy's ball-handling ability was so outstanding that LaFrentz was passed by Roy in two steps despite his best defense.

Movement speed itself is not what white centers are good at.

Moreover, most centers at this time were meat shields. It was obvious that they were not strong enough to deal with flexible power forwards.

Al Jefferson, who came to make up for the defense, faced Roy.

Defense was not his area of ​​expertise either. He could only rely on his youth and momentum to barely keep up with Roy's first step.

Then Roy made a fake shot. Al Jefferson thought to himself, "You are trying this trick on me.

I won't jump either!"

Realizing that the opponent did not jump, Roy was not polite. He suddenly pulled up and the fake move turned into a real shot.

Young Al Jefferson was taught a lesson.

He took a step outside the collision zone and shot.

The basketball went into the basket.

Is this the gap between the best rookie and the ordinary rookie?

Roy proved with facts that this gap may be greater than imagined.

Defensively, he defended Al Jefferson 4 times in a row.

On offense, he could eat the combination of LaFrentz and Al Jefferson.

He scored three more goals in a row, including mid-range shots, hook shots, and three-pointers.

At least for now, a gap has formed between the best rookie and Al Jefferson, who was ranked 15th, a gap that may be difficult to cross in a lifetime.

Before the end of the second quarter, Roy broke through him and dunked with both hands,

which directly broke Al Jefferson's mentality.

Even in the second quarter, Roy still failed to widen the gap with 16 points.

Today, the Celtics' basket seemed to be open only to Roy. For other Nets players, the Celtics' basket was like a lid.

The shooting percentages of other teammates were extremely poor today. The Nets were not a blacksmith shop today, but a forge.

Even in open opportunities, Kidd missed 3 empty baskets.

Roy had to support the offense of the entire team from the second half of the second quarter.