The convulsion superstar of basketball

Chapter 271 270. Going after Garnett (3.6K words for a monthly ticket)

"After going back in the second half, we must make more breakthroughs and increase our desire to attack the basket."

"At the end of the half, we have a tie, but the situation is very favorable for us."

"Don't forget, our average age in this duel is younger, so we definitely have an advantage in terms of physical strength."

"So as long as everyone can withstand the pressure in the third quarter, then we will be getting closer and closer to winning the game."

"The most important thing is that the opponent is already facing foul trouble, especially Kevin (Garnett) is currently carrying four fouls."

"So after going back in the second half, we must strengthen our impact on the basket, and strive to allow him to receive his fifth foul early and have to rest."

"And once Kevin can't be on the court, the Celtics will have a big impact on both ends of the floor."

"So Allen and Sue, you two can try to find a way to form a dislocation with Kevin through the pick-and-roll method, and try to find fouls on him."

"Come on, half of the game is over now. I am very satisfied with your performance. In the second half, let us continue to work hard and strive to win this victory at home."

"1.2.3. Comeon!!"

At halftime, Stan Van Gundy also analyzed the situation of the entire game to the players. As Van Gundy said, the current Celtics are also in foul trouble.

At the end of the halftime game, Garnett has already committed four fouls on his body, and inside centers Perkins and Rondo also have three fouls.

However, compared to Rondo and Perkins, Garnett, who has been fouled four times, is what the Magic care about most.

Because once the Magic can find a way to make Garnett off the field, the entire Celtics will be greatly affected on both offense and defense.

From this point, we can see the difference between the Magic and the Celtics.

Although Amir Johnson and Pietrus also committed four fouls on the Magic side, even if they were sent off the court at the same time, it would not cause serious damage to the entire Magic's offensive and defensive system.

At most, it will get some slight weakening in some links, but it will definitely not reach the point of destroying the team's offensive and defensive system.

But in comparison, this Celtic team looks a little different.

The entire Celtics team relies more on starting in most cases, although there are also a few strong players on the bench.

But once the starters of the Celtics face foul trouble in the game, the rhythm of the entire team on both ends of the offense and defense will be greatly damaged.

Because compared to the magic team, everyone on the Celtics side has their own role, and their playing style on the court is difficult to replace.

Therefore, if anyone is sent off the court during the game, it will have a great impact on the original rhythm.

And before this round of the series, the Magic coaching staff, who knew this well, also made a plan for the second half early on when they learned that Garnett had committed four fouls.

After all, although the players are the key to determining the outcome of a game, the performance of the head coach behind them cannot be underestimated.

It can be said that when a team has a group of excellent coaching staff, the whole team will become stronger when playing on the court.

After returning from the second half, the offensive intentions of the Magic team are already very obvious.

That is, on the offensive end, whether it is Su Jiu or Iverson who is holding the ball, they will find a way to play pick-and-roll with Amir Johnson.

Use the pick-and-roll method to try to find opportunities for Garnett to play misplaced.

You must know that under normal circumstances, Garnett is not afraid of this kind of big defense and small dislocation offense, and can even use his height advantage to complete a very good defense against the offense of small players.

However, with four fouls on his back, Garnett had to restrain his defensive actions.

And once he starts to become timid on the defensive end, Garnett's defensive efficiency will start to plummet.

So this also caused the Magic to find the key to the offensive end in an instant after returning from the second half, and began to score frequently on the offensive end.

It can be said that this round of targeting definitely had an unexpected effect.

Seeing that the team on the court has been targeted on the defensive end, Celtics head coach Rivers is also a little impatient off the court.

After Su Jiu took advantage of a dislocation to become Garnett in singles, Rivers was also furious and called a timeout off the court.

During the timeout, Lao Li also became a little impatient, and the whole person kept yelling at the players:

"Assist defense, can't you see that Kevin is being targeted by the opponent all the time, will the defense help?! Will the rotation be possible?! Ah?!"

"And Lei, the opponent's offensive intentions are already so obvious, why can't you stand back a little bit during the pick-and-roll and block Allen's offensive line in advance?!"

"We will defend a zone after we go back. Kevin, you only need to ensure that you stand on the right side of the basket in the third quarter. Remember, try not to let the opponent transfer you to the outside line under any circumstances."

"The opponent's offensive intention is very obvious, it is aimed at your current state of carrying four fouls, so we must survive the third quarter, and we must not let the opponent succeed."

With Doc Rivers making a series of adjustments during the timeout, the Magic are also in a hurry to explain tactics.

Because compared to the even split in the entire first half, the third quarter is very important for both teams.

It can be said that the performance of the third quarter can completely affect the overall trend of the fourth quarter.

Because in the first half of the fourth quarter, both sides will inevitably send some substitute players to play.

So in this case, if the foundation of the third quarter is relatively solid, then the starting players can get more rest time, so as to reserve more physical strength for the final decisive moment of the fourth quarter.

Therefore, for the overall performance of the third quarter, both sides consider it more important.

After returning from the timeout, the Celtics also defended a zone defense in order to accommodate Garnett.

I want to use this method to ensure that Garnett stays within the penalty area as much as possible, and avoid being forced to switch singles by the Magic through pick-and-rolls.

After all, facing this kind of big defense and small defense change, Garnett, who is now carrying four fouls, dare not make too many moves.

Otherwise, once the referee whistles a foul again, the situation of the entire Celtics team will become quite unfavorable in an instant.

On the contrary, even if Garnett is currently carrying four fouls, as long as he does not face the risk of being sent off, the Celtics can still retain their own offensive rhythm on the offensive end.

So Garnett is absolutely crucial to the current Celtics.

After seeing the Celtics change their previous man-to-man defensive strategy, they instead defended a two-three defense.

Su Jiu, who obviously expected this, didn't feel too surprised. Instead, he gestured to other players on the offensive end, signaling his teammates to play a new set of tactics.

After seeing Su Jiu's gesture on the field, the offensive formation of the entire Magic team also changed directly.

From the point of mainly playing pick-and-rolls before, it has changed to looking for more opportunities outside the three-point line. After all, although the second and third defenses can save the basket, and greatly save the personal energy of the inside players.

But as an inside defense, its biggest flaw is its shooting outside the three-point line.

Because in the case of only two people standing in the entire high position, as long as the Magic's speed on the court is fast enough, they will definitely be able to make good shots from outside the three-point line.

After all, although the defensive zone defense can often play miraculous effects on the court, as a set of positional defense that cooperates with each other very tacitly, without long-term training, there is absolutely no possibility that there will be no mistakes.

So throughout the third quarter, the Celtics tried their best to preserve Garnett's state on the defensive end, so as to ensure that their advantage on the offensive end would not be changed.

Instead, the Magic are trying to find the Celtics' defensive flaws, trying to use their own advantages to deal with the Celtics.

It can be said that if the two sides were still in a well-matched state in the first half, then after returning from the third quarter, facing the flaws that the Celtics had exposed, the Magic would turn into the ultimate hunter in an instant.

From the original evenly matched to the sudden full attack, grasping the weakness of the Celtics has been making a fuss.

And this is the biggest charm of the NBA playoffs stage.

In a situation where they are evenly matched, once one of them shows a little weakness first, the other will seize the opportunity and pursue it fiercely at all costs.

The playoffs are also a battle of courage and wisdom.

In the end, with both sides having their own positions, after the end of the third quarter, the Magic also relied on a slight advantage to:

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Leading the Celtics by 4 points, the contest between the two sides ended in the first three quarters.

The 4-point lead also created the record for the largest lead between the two sides in this game.

And from this point, it can be seen how fierce the two sides fought in this game.

Barkley: "After the end of the third quarter, the Magic has now expanded its lead to 4 points. It can be said that throughout the third quarter, the Magic have always occupied a dominant position."

"We can clearly see that when the Celtics are facing foul trouble, the Magic have been chasing this point and have no intention of letting go."

"Because the Magic know very well that once you want to break through the current situation, or you will use zone defense to preserve Kevin's status on the court."

"Either you change Kevin off the court and replace him with other players, regardless of what adjustments the Celtics make in the end, it's actually more beneficial to the Magic."

"To put it simply, the offense is more important than the defense, because if Kevin is really taken off the court, then the Celtics can actually find an insider to replace him for defense."

"However, Kevin's role as a transition player on the offensive end cannot be replaced by other players."

"So the Magic also grasped this point of psychology, and they took the lead over the Celtics in the third quarter."

Kenny Smith: "That's right, it can be said that the entire first half of the game was actually very exciting. We can see that both sides tried their best without the slightest reservation, and even showed some anger."

"However, after coming back in the third quarter, the Magic team cleverly seized a small flaw on the Celtics side."

"So we took advantage of this seemingly inconspicuous place, and used a snowball-like method to make the advantage bigger and bigger, and finally completed a real lead in the third quarter."

"As for the Celtics coach Doug, there is actually no problem with his choice, because only by keeping Kevin on the court, the team will not be greatly affected on the offensive end."

"So in this game, whether it is from the players or the coaches, it can be said that both sides have tried their best and have been fighting wits and courage."

"However, there can only be one team that can win the game in the end, so what the result of this game will be, let us look forward to the final contest between the two sides in the fourth quarter."

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