The convulsion superstar of basketball

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"The entire first half of the Magic team was completely risking their lives. In fact, the Celtics' offensive efficiency today is quite good."

"And the Celtics' defensive strategy in the first half was also very successful, because throughout the first half, whether it was Allen or Dwight, the performance of these two people had very serious abnormalities."

"So after halftime, it really took a lot of hard work for the Magic to be able to play against the Celtics like this."

Kenny Smith: "Actually, throughout the first half, the Magic have been able to negotiate with the Celtics. The biggest credit for this still comes from Su."

"Sue's performance throughout the first half was really something for all of us to see, especially a threat to the Celtics from beyond the three-point line."

"It can be said that without Su's shots from beyond the three-point line throughout the first half, the Magic might be on the edge of a cliff."

Barkley: "That's right, the Magic were relatively stable on the offensive end throughout the first half, and there were only Su and Rashad who came off the bench."

"But Rashad's stable performance is because the Celtics can't find a player on the bench who can complete the matchup with him to defend."

"So after Rashad came off the bench, his offensive environment is actually very good. Even though Tony's defensive performance in this game made us shine, it is actually far from enough for the Celtics."

After returning from the second half, Rivers directly made adjustments to the lineup again.

The starter who was supposed to be played by Rondo turned into Eddie House at the point guard position.

After Rondo was targeted outside the three-point line in the second half of the second quarter, Rivers also made adjustments to the lineup immediately.

Although Rondo's rest will directly cause the Celtics' defensive quality to drop a notch.

However, since the Celtics' defense has been shrinking to the inside in this game, and they are still defending a two-three defense, Rondo's end will not cause too much weakening on the defensive end.

After all, in the Celtics' defensive system, the Magic have basically lost the chance for stars to break through in singles after the pick-and-roll.

For the Magic, the best scoring opportunity in this game comes from mid- to long-range shots.

As the best sixth man of the Celtics this season, Eddie House averaged 9.6 points, 1.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.

The most important of these is that Eddie House's three-point shooting percentage this season is as high as 39.8%.

It can be said that Eddie House's threat outside the three-point line is absolutely great, and Doc Rivers' purpose of switching him to the court is also very obvious.

That is to provide an offensive firepower point outside the three-point line, so that the Celtics can become more impeccable on the offensive end.

However, because the team needs to contact too many teams throughout the long season, Rondo's presence can ensure that the Celtics' defense becomes more threatening.

After all, this Celtics team has always been based in the league with iron-blooded defense, and the team's average loss per game this season is as high as the league's first.

But in this game, Rondo has been targeted on the offensive end, and the team can still defend the zone defense on the defensive end.

Eddie House's defensive deficiencies can be minimized by the overall effectiveness of the team when he is on the court.

With the lineup changes on the Celtics side, in the third quarter of the match between the two sides, the Magic were obviously at a disadvantage.

Since the team had no way to break through the Celtics' iron-blooded defense, and the shooting in the middle and long distances was accompanied by the physical exertion of the players on the court, the shooting rate had a relatively obvious decline.

Especially in this day and age, most people still like to attack the basket, and there are very few people who specialize in outside shooting.

Therefore, after the Celtics completed the change in the second half, the Celtics played relatively well on both ends of the offense and defense in the third quarter. They forced the Magic to do nothing, forcing Van Gundy to call a timeout.

But after the timeout, the Magic still failed to find a way to break the Celtics' defense.

In addition to Iverson's lack of peak speed due to his age, the main reason is that the Magic's offensive efficiency in this game is generally relatively low.

While both Iverson and Howard suffered some restrictions, with only Su Jiu alone, the Magic also dug a deep enough hole for themselves in the third quarter.

Finally, after the end of the three quarters, the Celtics in the away game are already:

63:55

Leading the Magic by eight points, it ended the contest between the two sides in the first three quarters.

"Aggrieved, fuck! It's been a long time since I've played golf so aggrieved. If I were to be five years younger, no, three years old! I'd definitely hit the other side with teeth all over the place!"

After the end of the game, Iverson, who was sitting on the bench, threw the towel heavily on the ground, took off his hair tie, and looked up at the exciting replay above his head with a grumpy expression.

In this game, Iverson was tossed a bit dismal by the Celtics' infinitely shrinking defensive approach.

Although Iverson can also provide offensive firepower outside the three-point line, but compared to breakthroughs to the inside and mid-range projections.

Iverson's shooting from beyond the three-point line is the least reliable of all his offensive methods.

During the period of the Nuggets in the first two seasons, although Iverson's passing speed has already declined significantly.

But relying on the pick-and-rolls given to him by his teammates, Iverson is still able to turn upside down and do whatever he wants within the opponent's three-point line.

However, the Celtics' defensive approach in this game is obviously to cut off Iverson's offensive line directly.

Forcing Iverson to finish away from the basket.

Because once Iverson starts to break through to the inside, the entire Celtics' defensive formation will shrink directly to the inside.

This feeling is like a bun, Iverson is like the meat stuffing that protrudes straight from the front, and the defensive players are like the folds of the bun, shrinking from all sides.

So in this case, it is also difficult for Iverson to forcefully break through to the basket through speed.

If you want to break the Celtics' defensive method, you must either shoot from a distance away from the basket, or at the moment of breaking through, split the ball to the outside to let your teammates complete the offense.

However, in order to limit the Celtics' offensive performance, Van Gundy has been using Amir Johnson in the fourth position in these two games.

So this also led to the fact that even after Iverson broke through, his scoring goals became very limited, leaving only Su Jiu and Pietrus.

Among them, Pietrus's shooting outside the three-point line is not very stable. After all, Pietrus is famous for his defense in the league, and scoring on the offensive end has never been his personal strength.

What's more, Pietrus can make one three-pointer, two three-pointers or even three three-pointers on the offensive end, but it is definitely wishful thinking to use Pietrus' three-pointers to kill the game.

After all, in addition to scoring, his biggest task on the court is to limit Paul Pierce's performance, and the physical exertion on the defensive end is enough to make Pietrus feel tired.

So whenever the Celtics' defensive formation began to shrink, the only player the Magic could rely on on the perimeter was Su Jiu.

However, after the end of the third quarter, Su Jiu's personal physical strength on the field has been greatly consumed.

So in the third quarter, when Su Jiu missed the outside line, the team was also opened up by the Celtics in one fell swoop, thus completely falling into a disadvantageous stage.

"Leave Rashad on the court in the fourth quarter. After all, even if we restrict the Celtics on the defensive end, if the offensive end cannot open the situation, then we will still lose the game in the end."

"I think we should not rely on defense, but rely on the personal ability of the players on the offensive end, because the opponent is obviously prepared."

"What's more, our current score on the field is already lagging behind, so we need more offensive performance than defense."

"And when necessary, I think we can replace Allen and use Sue to replace Allen's role of breaking through and scoring inside. After all, this is his strong point."

"And when Allen is off the court, we can take Hedo again, so that Michael can stay on the court to defend Paul (Pierce), then in this case, our shooting points on the outside will become richer."

"Although it will weaken our ability on the defensive end, if we have been in this backward stage, then we have no choice but to give it a go."

"Because if we rely on defense alone, I think it will be difficult for us to win this game, especially at the moment we are the one behind."

During the rest period after the third quarter, the team's offensive assistant Yusk held a notebook and said to Van Gundy, who was frowning in front of him.

As one of the three assistant coaches around Stan Van Gundy, Yusk doesn't usually have a very high sense of presence.

Because in most cases, Van Gundy will discuss with assistant coach Mundy and finally complete the decision by himself.

As for the other two coaches, they made more supplements and suggestions to Van Gundy, but they did not become Stan Van Gundy's confidantes. This does not mean that Yusk's personal ability is not outstanding enough.

On the contrary, it is precisely because Yusk's personal philosophy on the offensive end is still relatively outstanding, but he is the right-hand man of former Magic coach Brian Hill.

So after Van Gundy took over the Magic, he never cultivated him as his confidant.

It's just that the team's offensive tactics have been handed over to Yusk for layout. After all, it is well known that Stan Van Gundy's offensive philosophy is too simplistic...

"Let's look at the situation first. If we still failed to close the score in the first half, then that's the only way to go."

"By the way, uc, isn't there any solution to the opponent's continuous shrinking zone defense, or is there no other weakness besides the precise projection of the outside line?"

After hearing a series of analyzes from offensive assistant Yusk, Stan Van Gundy nodded helplessly.

After all, his favorite tactic of shooting from one star to another is completely unworkable at this time.

Because once Howard starts to ask for the ball inside, the Celtics will inevitably have two people flanking Howard.

Under the opponent's compact zone defense tactics, Howard's ball speed seems a bit too slow.

Adding Amir Johnson at the fourth position to start the game greatly limited the Magic's shooting range, so Van Gundy felt a little headache about the team's offense in the third quarter.

After hearing what Stan Van Gundy said, Yusk also took out the tactical board in his hand, and then said to Van Gundy seriously.

"I just thought about it a little bit. The Celtics' tactic of constantly shrinking inside forces us to shoot from the outside. Although it seems that we can only solve it if we shoot more accurately from outside the three-point line."

"But it's not that there is no chance of cracking it, but before that, we need to replace Rashad to improve our space ability as much as possible."

"Although the opponent's focus is to mark our breakthrough route to the inside, once our players are close enough to the basket, they will start to shrink."

"But in fact, it is difficult for them to really keep pace during this process. After all, the tactic of zone defense itself has great requirements on the tacit understanding of the players on the court."

"So we can definitely use the pull to the inside line, and add the off-ball pick-and-roll method to try our best to find opportunities to get out of the middle distance and make an air cut to the inside line."

"And at this stage, it is best for Dwight not to stand under the basket all the time, because this will make the opponent's inside defense more comfortable, because they can always stay in their comfort zone."

"On the contrary, if Dwight can come out to do off-ball pick-and-rolls for other players, it will be difficult for the opponent to concentrate."

"Although Dwight has no shooting ability in the high post, his air cut after the off-ball pick-and-roll can still tear the Celtics' formation."

"Theoretically, as long as we make enough off-ball pick-and-rolls when we break through, we can take advantage of their inconsistent positions when they shrink inside to find opportunities."

"After all, the opponent will have a period of adjustment after each contraction, and if Rashad returns to the court, it is impossible for the opponent to shrink so unscrupulously."

Stan Van Gundy nodded thoughtfully as he watched the lines drawn by the offensive assistant Yusk on the tactical board.

As a head coach, Van Gundy certainly understands what Yusk said just now, but as a coach who also values ​​defense, what Van Gundy is thinking at the moment is trying to achieve a balance between offense and defense on the court.

Because once the tactics given by offensive assistant Yusk are implemented, the Magic may indeed get some improvement on the offensive end, but they will fall into a worse situation on the defensive end.

However, when Van Gundy saw that the team was currently falling behind, Stan Van Gundy finally gritted his teeth, directly gave up his personal philosophy of focusing on defense, and decided to follow Yusk's suggestion and give it a go.

Although as an antique-level head coach, it is indeed difficult for him to overthrow his previous coaching philosophy.

After all, for Stan Van Gundy, who is used to defense first, offense supplementary and relying on stars, once the team has no guarantee on the defensive end, then he will feel restless off the court.

But at this moment in the playoffs, Van Gundy didn't dare to go his own way and choose the top iron.

Even though he is the head coach of the team, it can be said that the team can get to where it is today. It can be said that this is entirely the joint efforts of all the coaching staff.

What's more, today's Van Gundy has no better way to crack the Celtics' defense.

So Van Gundy, who figured this out, finally gritted his teeth fiercely, and directly slammed heavily in the direction of the Celtics:

"Fuck, fight!!"

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(End of this chapter)