The convulsion superstar of basketball

Chapter 282 281. Is this Ellington or Curry? (seeking a monthly ticket)

After the referee's whistle sounded, Howard and Perkins also stood on the center line and prepared to jump the ball.

As expected, the ownership of the ball after the opening was as expected by the Magic, and it was easily won by the Magic.

After holding the ball for halftime, Su Jiu found that the Celtics were still defending a zone defense tactic in this game.

It seems that Rivers is obviously very satisfied with the team's shrinking defensive tactics in the last game.

Because compared to the Magic's shooting ability on the outside, the lethality of Howard and Iverson on the inside will obviously be even greater.

So Rivers has a fairly thorough view of this point.

After holding the ball for halftime, Su Jiu found that Rondo, who was facing him on the defensive end, still did not defend himself closely. Instead, he stood on the three-point line and mainly defended his breakthrough.

Facing this situation, Su Jiu was not too surprised.

After all, when the defensive tactics in this round of the series are effective, then if Su Jiu is the head coach of the Celtics, he will still continue to maintain this defensive strategy.

So when holding the ball in the high position, Su Jiu just gestured and asked Howard for a pick-and-roll.

Due to the shrinking defense of the Celtics, once Howard receives the ball in the low post, he will face a double-team situation.

This also led to Van Gundy asking Howard to move more on the perimeter at the last moment of the last game, trying to create some off-ball pick-and-rolls, so as to use the impact to find opportunities to attack the basket.

So when Su Jiu made a pick-and-roll gesture, Howard would immediately come out to cater to him.

Faced with Howard's pick-and-roll, the Celtics' defensive strategy is to shrink back. They would rather let the Magic shoot from the outside than give the Magic a chance to break through inside.

In fact, it is not surprising that Rivers has such confidence on the defensive end. It is true that in this day and age, no one believes that there is a team that can win the NBA championship trophy purely by shooting.

Therefore, in the eyes of all head coaches, shooting outside the three-point line is definitely the least efficient offensive method in the NBA, except for a few players.

This has also led to the fact that most teams today are mainly defensive insiders. Even if they want to hit the championship, the team must have a minimum configuration of two towers.

For example, this season's Lakers, Celtics, Nuggets, Suns and other veteran teams are all like this in terms of lineup.

But when the Celtics began to shrink inside as usual to prevent Su Jiu from breaking through the inside after using the pick-and-roll, and when Howard made an air cut to the inside.

After Su Jiu used the pick-and-roll, he suddenly raised his hand outside the three-point line and threw it.

Following Su Jiu's throw, Rivers, the head coach of the Celtics bench, was not too surprised.

Because in the last game, Su Jiu made too many shots from beyond the three-point line in the entire first half, and his three-point shooting percentage was even more outstanding.

But in the end, with the loss of physical strength of the Magic's main players, the Magic's shooting percentage also began to plummet, and finally the Celtics won the G2 game abruptly.

So when Su Jiu used Howard's pick-and-roll and directly shot an outside three-pointer, Rivers was not only not nervous, but even showed a slight smile on his face.

Because this goal was completely a very successful defense in Rivers' view. In Rivers' view, Su Jiu's decisive shot from outside the three-point line was precisely because he could not easily break through into the team's interior.

So whether the goal is scored or not, Rivers is still fascinated and confident about the team's defensive strategy.

"Shu~"

As the sound of the basketball hitting the net sounded, Rondo, who was in charge of the matchup with Su Jiu, frowned inadvertently.

Although this kind of occasion has been staged many times in the G2 game, whenever Su Jiu scores a personal score on his head, it still makes Rondo feel very uncomfortable.

After all, the trash talk between the two in the game has already become a beautiful landscape.

And in the news reports off the field, Rondo and Su Jiu have long been branded as thorns in the field.

However, compared to the calmness of the Celtics, Xiao Li, who was on the bench of the Magic, jumped up in an instant, raising his hands high to cheer for Su Jiu.

Even head coach Stan Van Gundy gave Su Jiu his own applause from the sidelines.

Different from Doc Rivers' thoughts at the moment, Su Jiu's choice of daring to fight on the field, even under heavy pressure, but still able to make decisive shots made Van Gundy feel very gratified.

After all, in the last game when both Iverson and Howard played abnormally at the same time, the Magic team was able to maintain a tight score against the Celtics, which was entirely due to Su Jiu's extraordinary performance.

If it is said that Su Jiu's performance in the regular season made Stan Van Gundy feel a little surprised, he even had a kind of optimism of picking up a treasure.

Then Su Jiu's performance in the playoffs really conquered the stadium coach from the heart.

I have seen a lot of rookie Van Gundy with outstanding talent and even the peak of his debut in the NBA, but a player like Su Jiu who has great perseverance and is proficient in everything is very rare.

Mark Woodson: "It's a beautiful three-pointer. Su shot this shot very decisively. After using the pick-and-roll, he didn't hesitate at all. It seems that this shot was definitely planned in his mind."

"And what I have to say is that looking at it like this, Su's shooting touch today may still be very hot."

"You know, the Magic team was able to fight the Celtics for four full quarters when Allen and Dwight played abnormally in the last game, because of Su's very hot offensive touch from the outside."

"So judging from Su's decisive shot just now, I'm afraid it will still be a troublesome thing for the Celtics today."

Partner Tom Horvath: "Haha, that's right, Su looked very calm in this game. Su is now in this round of the series, he is more like a killer lurking outside the three-point line."

"To be honest, this round of the series has really refreshed many fans' personal perceptions of Su."

"Actually, as early as the regular season, Su's three-point shooting percentage had already reached 37%, but it was far from reaching the murderous performance like in this round of the series."

"So no matter what the outcome of this round of the series will be, I believe that after next season, no team in the league will dare to underestimate Su's threat from beyond the three-point line!!"

After Su Jiu's goal was scored, it seemed to sound the horn of Su Jiu's attack in this game.

In the next period of time, although the Magic's lineup has a lot of flaws on the defensive end, fortunately, the advantage of this is that it has a very good personal involvement.

So in this case, the defensive pressure Su Jiu faced was much less.

After all, Lewis and Turkoglu are fundamentally different from Pietrus and Amir Johnson.

If the Celtics dare to short these two people, they will definitely have to pay a very painful price.

This also led to when Su Jiu discovered that the Celtics' defensive tactics were still shrinking to the inside, he frequently started to shoot from the outside.

From the original direct shot after using the pick-and-roll, to the emergency stop jumper one step away from the three-point line.

This three-pointer seemed to be shot in Rivers' heart, and his right eyelid kept jumping in shock.

Fortunately, for the Celtics, although the Magic's lineup has a very good offensive threat on the offensive end, it also has a big flaw on the defensive end.

So even though Su Jiu's shooting ability is very strong from the outside, the Celtics' offense has not fallen behind at all.

And it is precisely because of this that Rivers did not call a timeout in the first place.

Otherwise, relying on Su Jiu's frequent three-point shots outside the three-point line, Rivers would doubt whether he should continue to implement this tactic of shrinking to the inside.

And besides Su Jiu, there is another piece of good news for the Celtics.

That is, the performance of Iverson and Howard is still limited by the team in this game.

Especially when Iverson faced this kind of shrinking defensive tactics, his offensive efficiency was completely reduced.

So for Doc Rivers, except that Su Jiu feels extremely hot on the perimeter.

At least from the perspective of the overall situation, the situation on the court is still under his control for the time being.

However, after Su Jiu's touch outside the three-point line was extremely hot, Van Gundy found that the team's score had not been opened.

So after thinking for a while, Van Gundy also made some adjustments to the lineup in the first quarter.

The most obvious adjustment is that Allen Iverson and Turkoglu were taken down very early, but Pietrus and Amir Johnson were replaced with better defenses.

Because when Iverson's poor performance in the face of the Celtics' shrinking tactics, this was not only completely seen by Rivers, but also by Van Gundy.

Therefore, while knowing that Iverson was restricted, Van Gundy did not blindly let Iverson adjust himself, let alone insist on the offensive tactics set before the game.

On the contrary, he shrewdly chose to deploy a lineup with better defense, so as to create as many scoring opportunities for Su Jiu as possible.

Because throughout the first quarter, Su Jiu's very hot touch on the field was obviously seen by Van Gundy.

And because Su Jiu's touch was very hot in the first quarter, even when Iverson was on the court, most of the offensive finishes were also completed by Su Jiulai.

As for the rest of them, most of the time they can only play the role of accompanying runners.

For this scene, Stan Van Gundy certainly didn't feel anything wrong.

After all, Su Jiu's touch is very hot, and he can help the team score on the offensive end. So no matter what kind of ball distribution or offensive method is used, as long as he can score, it is a perfect offense.

But because of this, Stan Van Gundy felt some regret about the lineup he sent in the first quarter.

Because when most of the shots on the offensive end are completed by Su Jiu, other players have to concentrate more energy on the defensive side.

However, the defensive capabilities of Lewis, Turkoglu, and Iverson are very limited, so on the defensive end, the Magic have not been able to complete a good limit on the Celtics.

So while adjusting the lineup later, Stan Van Gundy thought that if he sent out with Su Jiu as the absolute core of offense and the others were mainly responsible for the defensive formation change, wouldn't the current situation on the field be very "Nice"? ! !

But fortunately, it was not too late for Stan Van Gundy to wake up. He could still recognize the situation on the court off the court, and he didn't blindly insist on it.

However, when Rivers saw Su Jiu's lethality getting bigger and bigger outside the three-point line, he felt a little terrified.

Even later, Rondo started to go all out to defend the pick-and-roll, so don't easily give Su Jiu a chance to shoot from outside the three-point line.

And this change obviously has a good defensive effect, although Su Jiu can easily break through to the three-point line after using the pick-and-roll.

However, since the Celtics had Garnett and Perkins in the penalty area, even if Su Jiu missed Rondo's first step of defense, at most he could only choose to complete the mid-range finish.

Although Rivers still firmly believes in the basketball concept that the closer to the basket, the higher the shooting percentage, and the farther away from the basket, the lower the lethality.

But for some reason, when Rivers saw that Su Jiu couldn't easily make a shot outside the three-point line, he was unconsciously relieved.

Even though Su Jiu has been driven by the Celtics defense to a mid-range position further away from the basket.

"Fuck~, this young man..."

Finally, after the end of the first quarter, relying on Su Jiu's unusually hot touch from beyond the three-point line, the Magic also scored 26 points in the first quarter.

But even so, after the end of the first quarter of the away game, the Magic still only ended with:

26:23

It led the Celtics by three points and ended the first quarter of the contest between the two sides.

Although this situation surprised the Celtics fans at home, they were even very dissatisfied with the team's defensive performance in the first quarter.

Because from the perspective of the fans, it is a great shame for Su Jiu to score 16 points in a single quarter.

However, in Rivers' view, this is completely acceptable. Although this is also related to the Celtics' defensive tactics, Rivers believes that it is because Su Jiu's touch is too hot today! !

That's right, after the entire first quarter, Su Jiu scored as many as 16 in the first quarter.

在整个第一节，苏久也是打满了12分钟，个人9投5中，其中三分线外8中5，罚球2中1，单节就砍下了16分2篮板以及1助攻的数据。

Obviously, although the shrinking defense of the Celtics has brought a lot of offensive troubles to Howard and Iverson.

But in the face of this kind of defensive state where there is basically no outside pressure, Su Jiu was fierce in the entire first quarter.

I believe that if Rivers hadn't asked Rondo to post defenses later, then Su Jiu would have shot even crazier throughout the first quarter.

After all, even though the defensive action in this era is greater, from the perspective of Su Jiu, although the level of melee combat in this era is terrifying, the pressure outside the three-point line is far less than that of later generations.

Maybe this is also related to the lack of emphasis on three-pointers in this era, so most of the defenses outside the three-point line just reach out for meaning.

It is rare to have the kind of close defense as soon as the half is over, and it can even be said that there is basically no such thing.

Because even Ray Allen, who currently focuses on three-pointers in the league, has not had this kind of treatment.

Finally, with the addition of the Celtics' shrinking zone defense in the first quarter, this also made Su Jiu's entire body feel like a deadly rise.

The most frightening thing is that Su Jiu was stunned by the feeling that Curry used Ellington's experience card! !

This feeling is so fucking over the top! !

Even after the end of the first quarter, Su Jiu still thought to himself, what a happy thing it would be if he got a Stephen Curry experience card in this game! !

Although based on today's penalty standards, once the Celtics increase their defense, Curry's shots from beyond the three-point line will become extremely difficult.

But if the Celtics are going to defend the shrinking defensive formation, then this is heaven for Curry! !

run? ?

What bit to run? ?

Isn't this thing just thrown away after halftime?

What about the elevator door? After the pick-and-roll, I'll just fucking throw it! !

After the end of the first quarter, even though Su Jiu scored 16 points in a single quarter, he set a new high in a single quarter in the playoffs.

But Su Jiu, who was sitting off the court wiping his sweat, wasn't too excited.

Because as his threat from beyond the three-point line is getting bigger and bigger, the Celtics have also made some changes to his defense.

From letting him shoot as much as he wanted, to the point where he would rather let him shoot mid-range than outside the three-point line.

And this also means that the defensive pressure that Su Jiu will face in the next game will definitely increase.

The most obvious one is that if Su Jiuzai wants to get the three-pointer shot so easily in the first quarter, then it will definitely be a difficult thing.

So Su Jiu, who was sitting off the field at the moment, shook his head helplessly while wiping his sweat.

"Hey, it seems that Ellington's experience card is still far from enough."

Although now with the improvement of Su Jiu's personal strength and some badges worn on his body, Su Jiu has been able to fully display his personal strength far beyond the experience card itself

This is why Su Jiu Mingming drew Ellington's experience card, but played Curry's personal performance in the first quarter.

But no matter what Su Jiu's personal strength is, the moment he gets the Ellington experience card, it still can't change the fact that Su Jiu's three-point shooting percentage will start to plummet when facing personal defense.

Because Ellington is a role player in the league, most of his shots are in a half-open state.

All he needs to do is stand outside the three-point line, wait for a pass from a teammate, and then throw the ball into the goddamn basket.

However, the defensive pressure that Su Jiu faced in this game was enormous. If he really stood outside the three-point line and waited for his teammates to pass the ball, then the Magic would have been completely cold.

So when he was forced to play an offense with the ball, Su Jiu felt that the strength of the Ellington experience card was far from enough.

But things have come to this, what Su Jiu can do next is to try to use the pick-and-roll to get more shooting opportunities, so as to complete the continuous killing of the Celtics from outside the three-point line.

Su Jiu, who thought of this, also sat on the bench and closed his eyes, trying to recall how Curry and Thompson managed to get so many shooting opportunities when facing heavy defenses in their previous lives...

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