The convulsion superstar of basketball

Chapter 267 266. The change from Su Jiu's move? ! (seeking a monthly ticket)

February 5.

After the game between the Celtics and the 76ers, the Celtics also successfully rewritten the total score of this round of the series to 4:1 and advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals.

According to the ranking of the regular season, the opponent of the Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals is the Magic that advanced first.

And with the advancement of the Celtics, the time for the first contest between the two teams has been completely set.

That is, the two teams will usher in the first contest between the two sides in the Eastern Conference semifinals on May 2009, 5.

It can be said that if you talk about the intensity of the semifinals, then the match between the Magic and the Celtics is definitely at the top of the league.

After all, these two teams are the favorites to win the championship this season, and the Celtics are the defending champions.

So this also led to the fact that the game has not yet started, but when the schedules of the two sides are set, the entire Orlando arena is simply hard to get a ticket.

It has even reached the point where the ticket cannot be bought even if the scalper pays three times the price.

And this situation also caused a lot of restlessness among the fans. Even when the broadcaster learned of the enthusiasm of the game, they hurriedly asked the maintenance team to upgrade the server overnight.

Avoid server crashes due to many fans watching the game online at the same time on the live broadcast day.

After all, the Internet in this era is not as developed as the later generations, so there will often be some freezes due to too many people in the webcast room.

In addition to the enthusiasm of the fans, after the game was confirmed, the media also became eager.

Before the game started, a large number of media had poured into Orlando.

Arriving at the arena two days in advance is to record the enthusiasm of the local fans in Orlando, and to obtain the game information about the match between the two sides as soon as possible.

However, no matter how turbulent the outside world is, the current Magic team is practicing in the training hall in full swing.

Since the Magic secured the semifinal spot earlier than the Celtics, this also allowed the Magic to get two more days of rest for no reason.

Therefore, during this period, the Magic team is also more involved in the usual training, and every player looks relatively good.

Among them, in addition to the daily group training, the Magic's training during this period is more about the cooperation between new tactics.

The new tactics are a series of defensive changes analyzed by the coaching staff based on the Celtics' video playback.

Although before the real game, all of this can only be regarded as talk on paper, but it is a good thing to do more planning before the game."

February 5.

Just two days of preparation time passed by in a flash. During these two days, no matter if it was the Magic or the Celtics.

Presumably both teams have experienced a lot of mental torture.

Because in these two days, the team not only has to bear the pressure from the upcoming semi-finals, but also from the fans and the media.

After all, this strong dialogue in this game can be said to be the strongest matchup among all the Eastern and Western semifinals this season.

So even as the defending champion, the pressure on the Celtics before the game is huge.

In any case, the Magic are the real No. 63 in the East, and their record of 19 wins and [-] losses is even less watery.

This also led to a higher support rate for the Celtics as the defending champion and being able to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals before the game, but as the head coach, Doc Rivers still dare not have the slightest carelessness.

You know, in the regular season match between the two teams, the Celtics did not take much advantage.

Although the playoffs and the regular season are completely two intensities, the reinforced Magic is definitely the top combat power in the league.

Before the start of the game, the players on both sides were warming up for shooting in their respective halfs, and the head coach had some exchanges with his assistants off the court.

Everyone seems to be performing their duties, and there is no slack before the game.

As for the entire Orlando arena, it is even more overcrowded at present, and all the fans are uniformly wearing blue cheering shirts.

Coupled with the crazy shouts and roars of the audience, this also made the Celtics feel a little psychological pressure in the away game.

Although speaking of this group of matchups in the Eastern Conference semifinals, the outside world can be said to be more optimistic about the Celtics.

But only the Green Shirts who are involved are more aware that when they really stand on the court, no one dares to underestimate the slightly younger Magic team in front of them, because it will definitely pay a very painful price.

Before the start of the game, the Magic team played under the introduction of the home court one by one, and when the commentator called Su Jiu's name, the entire Orlando Arena erupted into very violent cheers.

"Fans who came to the scene, let us greet the next player with warm shouts, Su~~~Su~~~Su~~~!!"

Under the heart-piercing shouts of the fans at the scene, Su Jiu raised his hands high and appeared on the stage with a smile on his face.

After playing, Su Jiu also celebrated with his teammates before the game. Although this was useless, the game that should be lost was still lost, but under the influence of NBA culture, Su Jiu could only choose to do as the Romans do.

Before the start of the game, the two sides announced the starting list of the game respectively:

Magic:

Su Jiu, Iverson, Pietrus, Amir Johnson, Howard.

Celtic:

Rondo, Ray Allen, Pierce, Garnett, and the fat Kendrick Perkins.

In this game, the Magic also made some adjustments to the starting lineup.

The most conspicuous of these is that Stan Van Gundy put Lewis, the team's second scorer, on the bench and chose to start with the little-known Amir Johnson.

Obviously, this operation also made the fans on the scene feel a little puzzled.

After all, throughout the season, after Amir Johnson was traded to the Magic with Allen Iverson, his sense of presence has not been very high.

Even in the four matchups in the first round of the playoffs, Amir Johnson averaged only 12.6 minutes per game, and he could personally contribute a humble data of 3.7 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.1 blocks.

It can be said that when someone mentions the Magic team, I am afraid that few people can think of Amir Johnson's name.

So when Stan Van Gundy arranged this starting lineup, more and more fans will feel puzzled.

"Hey, the Magic seems to have made some adjustments to the starting lineup in this game. Among them, Stan actually took Rashad out of the starting lineup and replaced him with Amir who didn't play much before."

"This kind of situation is really relatively rare. Although Rashad is put on the bench to improve the offensive firepower of the second team, this kind of thing Stan has used many times in the regular season."

"But this game is probably very important for both sides. That is, in this case, Stan still chose to change. I have to say that this really requires some courage."

Before the game, as the most popular game in the semi-finals of this season, the commentators of this game were of course Charles Barkley and his partner Kenny Smith.

However, after seeing Stan Van Gundy's lineup changes before the game, Barkley still felt a little surprised.

Kenny Smith: "Yes, you must know that in the last round of the series against the Bulls, the Magic have always continued their regular lineup this season, and there has been no change in any of the four games."

"And that lineup is also the best set for the Magic to run this season. As a result, I never expected that in the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals, Stan took the initiative to change the lineup."

"Looking at this, I am afraid that Stan and the coaching staff have developed a new set of play before the game, which is used to specifically target the Celtics."

"So the intensity of this game may be far beyond our imagination."

Under the puzzled voices of fans and commentators, Stan Van Gundy was still standing on the sidelines frowning, holding a tactical board and communicating with the assistant team around him.

In fact, Stan Van Gundy never thought about taking Amir as the starter before this game.

Because this opinion is a hypothesis first put forward by his assistant coach Mundy.

However, when Mundy just put forward this opinion, it was directly vetoed by Stan Van Gundy.

Are you kidding, this is the stage of the Eastern Conference semifinals, you actually let me start with Amir? !

The most important thing is that this guy Monty even said that this idea was a bit of inspiration provided to him by Su Jiu.

So after hearing the news, Stan Van Gundy directly vetoed it without even thinking about it, and even called Su Jiu over to scold him, expressing that he should not disturb the team at this juncture...

However, after a long period of communication and analysis, Stan Van Gundy also let go of some prejudice against Amir and conducted some analysis from an objective perspective.

In the end, it was found that this set of changes is indeed likely to bring some different changes to the Magic.

After all, Van Gundy has also done the matter of putting Lewis on the bench many times, so the most important thing is that Amir's being put on the starting lineup, what kind of changes can it bring to the Magic.

Since the Celtics' starting power forward in this game will definitely be Kevin Garnett.

So once the Magic continue to start with Lewis, not only will they be sanctioned by Garnett on the offensive end, but they will also be taken advantage of by Garnett on the defensive end.

In addition to this game, Howard will definitely encounter some troubles when facing the big fat Perkins.

So in this case, a person with excellent positioning ability must be needed to help Howard share some of the pressure from rebounding.

It can be said that Lewis does not possess the above points, after all, Lewis is a complete scorer.

In addition to letting him score, you let him do other things, it is simply too difficult for him.

So for various reasons, in the end Van Gundy also followed the advice of assistant coach Mundy, and mentioned Amir Johnson as the starting lineup, and let Lewis and Turkoglu lead the bench lineup together.

Hmm... so delicious! !

After all, when Lewis is sent to the bench, in addition to solving the problem of the Magic on the inside line, it can also greatly improve the offensive firepower of the Magic's second team.

It can be said that when facing the Celtics with Kevin Garnett at the fourth position, this change can definitely play a vital role.

Although this will also weaken the offensive ability of the Magic's first team to a certain extent.

But even when Lewis is on the court, he only plays the role of an off-ball shooter, because all the ball possessions in the starting lineup are basically in the hands of the Magic Iron Triangle.

What's more, relative to the overall situation, Lewis is placed on the bench, and he will definitely be able to play a miraculous effect in this round of the series against the Celtics.

Of course, the most important thing is that if Lewis and Kevin Garnett match up, then it is too easy to be targeted.

After all, although Garnett is a player at the fourth position, his defensive ability is completely capable of changing guards.

So once Garnett is targeted one-on-one, then Lewis is basically in a state of being exchanged on the offensive end.

And if that's the case, then Lewis certainly isn't as valuable in the starting lineup as Amir Johnson.

After all, while Amir Johnson can better limit Garnett on the defensive end, his biggest advantage is that he can help Howard share some of the pressure from the inside.

Among them, what the Celtics are best at is the high pick-and-roll between Pierce and Garnett, and Amir Johnson can be said to be the best pick-and-roll pick-and-roll candidate in the league.

You know, as a long-armed ape, there is basically no such thing as a wonderful insider product with a neck.

Although Amir Johnson, who is [-] meters tall, can basically only come from dunks in terms of scoring ability in the interior.

But if it comes to wildness and passion, then Amir Johnson is definitely like a monkey on steroids.

He can run up and down the entire game with passion, and even if he doesn't even touch the ball during the time he's on the court, it still can't hide the enthusiasm that comes from his approach to the game.

It can be said that the loss of low-post defensive ability is the biggest obstacle that restricts Amir Johnson from becoming the league's top wild insider.

But the good news is that the person Amir Johnson needs to match up in this game is the "tough guy" Garnett, the originator of "Iron Blood Big Shot" and "Chest Beating Roar Scary Flow"! !

　Asking for a monthly ticket, brothers, I really begged on my knees. The results are really full of snot and tears. Now it is all supported by great perseverance.

　　The most important thing is that these two days have been really stressful, the house is noisy and unhappy every day, it really makes people on the verge of collapse.

　　There is a saying that may be true. Maybe once a man faces the problem of starting a family, he no longer lives for himself.

　　Once a person gets older, there are really more and more troubles, and the cost is really getting bigger and bigger.

　　It's really overwhelming.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)