The convulsion superstar of basketball

Chapter 281 280. This experience card is a bit biased (seeking a monthly pass)

February 5.

As the semifinals between the East and the West became more and more intense, on this day, the Magic also ushered in the third matchup with the Celtics in this round of the series.

However, unlike before, the Magic in this game will be a guest at the North Shore Garden Arena.

As the so-called feng shui turns, after experiencing two consecutive home court advantages, the Magic team in this game also had to face the deafening boos in the away game.

Among them, when the Celtics players came on the court, the entire North Shore Garden Arena could be said to have directly sent out exciting cheers.

But when the Magic players entered the arena, they were greeted with waves of boos after waves.

This huge contrast between the front and back seems to cast a shadow over the players of the Magic.

After all, in this round of the series, the Magic itself is the weak side, and now the team is playing away, so for the generals of the Magic, this game is bound to be a battle between dragons and tigers.

Before the start of the game, the two sides also announced their starting lineups for the game.

Celtic:

Rondo, Ray Allen, Pierce, Garnett, Perkins.

Magic:

Su Jiu, Iverson, Turkoglu, Lewis and Howard.

In this game, Van Gundy obviously made some adjustments to the starting lineup.

The most obvious one is that the two defensive generals Michael Pietrus and Amir Johnson were all taken off the court by Van Gundy.

The starting lineup that Stan Van Gundy sent in this game obviously wanted to have an offensive battle with the Celtics in this game.

This kind of choice of actively giving up defense and putting hope into the offensive end, outsiders can't comment on whether it is right or wrong.

Because after the first two games of the two teams, Stan Van Gundy also clearly found that when the main lineups of both sides are all on the court, it can be said that it is even more difficult for the Magic to use a lineup with a balanced offense and defense to gain some advantages.

And during the period when Van Gundy chose to go all out to defend against the Celtics, although the Magic did do a good job on the defensive end, he was also sanctioned by the Celtics on the offensive end.

This also led to the Magic's offense being unable to open up the situation in the second series.

In the end, under the comparison of the strengths of the individual stars on both sides, the Celtics with the Big Four had a slight upper hand and successfully defeated the Magic away.

So before the team came to the North Shore Garden Arena, Stan Van Gundy had already decided to change his strategy in this game.

Focus on the defensive end, try to put it on the offensive end, and see if it can bring some turning points for the results of this round of the series.

After all, in the last quarter of the second round of the series, the Magic's offensive performance also made Stan Van Gundy shine.

Although the team eventually faced a loss in that game, the reason for the final loss was that the players frequently missed key shots in the final stage.

So when the two sides regain their strength and fight again, Stan Van Gundy will choose to make a change to see if this change can allow the Magic to win the game away.

After all, the facts have proved that if Van Gundy really fights the Celtics defensively in this round of the series, then the Magic is likely to lose completely.

Even though the team has the best defensive player Warcraft Howard, the offensive area of ​​the entire Celtics team is not at the basket at all.

Whether it is Pierce or Garnett, the shooting areas of these two people are basically in the middle distance.

And Ray Allen needless to say, most of his shooting areas are also terminated above and below the three-point line.

So in this case, Howard's defensive ability to dominate the basket can be said to be directly discounted.

Although Howard's current movement speed is fully capable of defending any position within the three-point line.

But compared to the troubles the Celtics caused the Magic on the defensive end, the Magic's defensive ability is indeed still inferior.

And this is the main reason why Van Gundy chose to make a sudden change in this crucial series of G3.

After all, even if some changes have been made to the team's starting lineup, this lineup is still a routine that the Magic often use in the regular season.

So this time the change is completely caused by the way of playing on the court, and there is no problem with the running-in between the players.

Before the start of the game, players from both sides warmed up at halftime.

However, compared to the worries on the Magic side, the Celtics, who returned to Boston's home court in this game, are obviously more relaxed in mentality.

This can be clearly seen from the expressions on the faces of the two sides when they warmed up before the game.

It's not that the Celtics are already in control of this game. It's that after two consecutive away games in the playoffs, they returned to the home court to fight, which also added a lot of confidence to the Celtics.

Before the official start of the game, compared to the unusual solemnity of teaching other Magic players, Su Jiu seemed relatively relaxed at the moment.

At least compared with the rookie Courtney Lee who entered the league in the same year as him, Su Jiu at this moment can definitely be called relaxed and happy.

It wasn't that Su Jiu didn't want to win the game, it was that no matter how anxious Su Jiu was, it still couldn't change the fact that both sides needed to do their best in the game.

After all, no matter how you say it, Su Jiu can be called a man of two lives, because he knows very well that the biggest effect of the anxiety before the game is to interfere with his shooting confidence on the field.

So instead of caring too much about winning or losing the game, it's better to think about what you should do in this game.

At least for Su Jiu at this moment, he had already made a plan before the start of this round of competition.

That is, in the G3 matchup between the two sides in the Eastern Conference semifinals, the random selection function of the system was activated, and they planned to try their luck.

Regarding this decision, Su Jiu obviously struggled for a long time before the match.

Because as Su Jiu's own strength became stronger and stronger, Su Jiu also became more and more resistant to the random selection function of the system.

If we say that when he first entered the league, it was because Su Jiu's own strength was not good. If he didn't rely on the system's random selection function, then he would have absolutely no strength to gain a foothold on the NBA stage.

However, as Su Jiu's personal strength is getting stronger and stronger, Su Jiu is also very afraid of getting those experience cards whose strength is not as good as his own.

As a result, not only did his own strength not improve, but it also experienced a qualitative decline.

So this is one of the main reasons why Su Jiu rarely activates the system.

However, as the two sides have already played against each other twice in this round of the series, Su Jiu has roughly figured out the overall strength of the Celtics.

If you really talk about the overall strength of the team, then the Magic are not inferior to the Celtics at all.

Because the strength of the Celtics is that his starting lineup is not only very reasonable, but also the strength of the five players on both ends of the offense and defense is also very strong.

Therefore, in the devil's schedule of the playoffs, where the average playing time of stars exceeds 38 minutes per game, the lineup of the Celtics is even more dominant.

At least in comparison, the advantage of the Magic's deep lineup has been greatly compressed.

Because the score between the two sides is very tight, once the Celtics make some adjustments to the lineup.

Then Van Gundy also didn't dare to put the bench lineup on the court for too long.

Regardless of whether this kind of psychology is a subconscious choice to believe in the starting lineup, or because the substitute players with better physical strength are really not as comprehensive as the main players with exhausted physical strength.

Anyway, the effect of the final feedback is that the Magic is slightly at a disadvantage when the average playing time of the main players of both sides is not low.

Especially when the Celtics' lineup naturally restrained the Magic, this also made Su Jiu less and less confident.

Because Su Jiu's high-performance performance in G2 failed to lead the team to the final victory at home, this strengthened Su Jiu's determination to activate the system in this game.

To put it more bluntly, before the start of the game, Su Jiu didn't have much confidence to win this away game.

So instead of pinning our hopes on Howard can show his power under the double team of Perkins and Garnett.

Or if Iverson can dream back to the peak and become a lone hero, then it's better for Su Jiu to make a wave of random draws to try for that mysterious and mysterious luck.

After all, even if the game is really lost, Su Jiu thinks that Howard should be the first target of the media's attack...

So when he is not a star player and someone will definitely take the blame for him, Su Jiu also intends to win the 50% chance.

Give it a try before the race, turn your bike into a motorcycle!

But I go to blog every game, this is the living Buddha of the country...

As the game is about to start, players from both sides are also standing on the court, waiting for the center forward to jump the ball.

And after Su Jiu chose to use the random drawing function before the match, the familiar voice finally sounded again in Su Jiu's mind after many days.

[Ding~It is detected that the host is in a competition, and random selection is being made for the host, please wait~]

[Ding~ The star experience card for this game has been drawn. Congratulations to the host for getting a Wayne Ellington experience card for the 17-18 season. 】

[The experience card will be completely invalid after the end of the game, I wish the host a happy basketball~]

With a very apprehensive mood, Su Jiu finally heard about the experience card player he will get in this game.

When Su Jiu learned that he would get Ellington's player experience card in this game, he frowned unconsciously.

Because at this moment Su Jiu didn't know whether he should be happy or sad.

If you talk about overall strength, then Ellington is definitely not as good as yourself, but if you talk about shooting ability, then Ellington is indeed superior to yourself.

That's why Su Jiu felt a little dull about his experience card lottery draw.

At the very least, Ellington's experience card is far from satisfying Su Jiu's desire before the lottery draw.

As a first-round player who will enter the NBA in 2009, that is, next season, Ellington's technical characteristics can be described as relatively mediocre.

It can be said that although Ellington can be regarded as a high-quality shooter, he is too average in athletic ability and lacks the agility and speed needed to face top guards.

These are all obstacles in his career.

And the fact is indeed the case. In the NCAA tournament that just ended not long ago, Ellington, who was at the University of North Carolina, also relied on his 17-point halftime performance to help the team finally win the championship trophy of the 08-09 season.

And in the end, he was successfully elected as the MOP (Most Outstanding Player) of the season championship.

But even in the case of a collection of NCAA Grand Slams, Ellington, who is mediocre in physical fitness, was still barely selected by the Timberwolves with the 28th overall pick in the first round.

And this kind of draft pick that almost fell to the second round also greatly proved some of Ellington's shortcomings in overall basketball ability.

And when it comes to overall ability, it has to be said that Ellington can definitely be called a very weird player.

Before entering the league, his scouting report stated that the finishing ability of the COSCO is relatively good, with a fairly good and stable efficiency, but the finishing ability at the basket is not high, and the defensive fluctuation is very abnormal...

This report can be said to fully interpret Ellington's strangeness. Due to the congenital deficiency of physical fitness, it is normal for Ellington to struggle on the defensive end.

But as a potential rookie who has won the MOP in the NCAA, Ellington's shooting ability in the middle and long distances is more threatening than his finishing rate at the basket.

It can be said that under the concept of the closer to the basket, the higher the shooting rate in the late [-]s, the emergence of a player like Ellington is simply like an alternative.

Among them, in the 12-13 season, Ellington's overall shooting percentage was only 40.7%, but his three-point shooting percentage was as high as 42.3%! !

Therefore, Su Jiu didn't know whether he should feel lucky when he got such a seriously biased player experience card in this game.

Although the current defensive tactics of the Celtics is mainly to defend the inside, actively forcing the Magic to finish away from the basket.

At first glance, this seems to form a perfect fit with Ellington's technical characteristics.

But as Su Jiu, who has witnessed Ellington playing in later generations, it is somewhat difficult to beat the Celtics with Ellington's overall ability...

"Grass, this batch of partial subjects is a bit serious."

而苏久在这场比赛中抽到的则是17-18赛季的艾灵顿体验卡，在17-18赛季中，艾灵顿场均可以贡献出11.2分2.1篮板以及1.0次的助攻。

Among them, although the shooting percentage is only 40.5%, the three-point shooting percentage is as high as 39.4%.

Although this three-point shooting rate is completely capable of killing the outside line of the current Celtics team, it even poses a huge threat to it.

But Su Jiu, who had a Wayne Ellington experience card, still showed a sad face before the game.

Looking around, I basically feel that the future is boundless...

Pooh!

There is no "brightness" in the future! !

　Ask for a monthly ticket, ask for a recommendation ticket, brothers! !

　　Begging for a monthly pass!

　　

　

(End of this chapter)