I'm not really a role player

Chapter 201 The Deceived Coaching Staff

"In this game, we have a great chance!"

Although in many ways, Sam Vincent has shown some mediocrity.

He is a bit like an NBA coach who is so lucky that he has no specific tactical system and extraordinary leadership ability, but he easily brought a patchwork four-core lineup to the fourth place in the Eastern Conference and the second round of the playoffs...

But sometimes, luck is also part of strength.

Sam Vincent's strength is not in kneading the lineup, nor in dealing with superstars, but in his judgment of the situation.

After the first half of the game, Sam Vincent saw the biggest problems of the Celtics' first and fourth juniors at a glance.

"KG needs to guard the basket, and can no longer do the work of checking for gaps in positional defense."

"So, in the second half, they only had two options, either, focus the defense on the perimeter, like they did in the first half."

"Or, you can only shrink your defense..."

This is clear enough. Under the Celtics under the first option, Lao Ai's offense will still be restrained, but Lao Shark can get a lot of one-on-one opportunities at the basket.

The second option, shrinking the defense, is the stage for shooters like Lao Ai, Li Ke, and Dai Quinn Cook on the outside.

Of course, there is a third option, which is to return to two big and three small, chain defense...

However, the second half of the game kicked off.

Seeing Garnett continue to match up with the old sharks, everyone in the Bobcats understood that the Celtics in this game are determined to stick to the first and fourth juniors to the end.

Speaking of it, the Celtics have the strength to play a big and a small forward. Whether it is James Posey or Pierce, they can be regarded as the heavier ones among the small forwards. They can reach the fourth position and match up with most of the power forwards in the NBA.

With the addition of two Allen, and Rondo who can switch to the first and second positions, if the NBA enters the small ball era, this Celtics team is capable of seamless access.

Even, in this game, if the opponent is changed, the Celtics' first and fourth juniors can also take advantage.

The problem is, what they are facing in this game is the Lynx who has a shark that can still eat despite his old age...

At the beginning of the second half, the Celtics' offense.

Although they were one big and four small, they were still grinding their positions. Rondo and Junzilei broke through one after another to no avail. In the end, Pierce took over and shot a fadeaway jumper against Li Ke's defense. With a bang, he missed.

Hua Lao Er grabbed the rebound and the Bobcats made the bout.

Although the counterattack is no longer sharp, but a heart to try is still necessary.

Hua Lao Er rushed a few steps with the ball, and then passed the ball to find Li Ke.

Li Ke was stared to death by Rondo and had no chance, so he rushed to the frontcourt and stopped the ball.

Another pass was passed to Lao Ai.

The Bobcats attacked in the frontcourt. Li Ke and Jared Dudley opened up from left to right. Lao Ai's singles threat in the middle was huge. With Hua's second flank staring at him, the Celtics' defense was completely out.

So, Lao Ai made a false pass, and after breaking through, he made a pass and found the old shark under the basket.

"Shaq's post-up shot at the basket, KG couldn't stand it..."

Under the basket, Lao Sha pushed KG away at once, turned around and dunked.

Clang!
"Successful dunks, Shaq expanded the advantage for the Bobcats!"

Although the Celtics' offense has passed many times, they are still playing very sluggishly, and the people watching are extremely anxious.

Jun Zilei scored a three-pointer, and with a bang, he still missed.

Bobcat's offense, the basketball was handed over to the old shark under the basket again, he hit back, turned around and made a quick hook, and with a bang, he made a successful hit!

"Shaq succeeded in consecutive singles. The Celtics' strategy obviously went wrong. KG couldn't stop Shaq's singles at all."

"In the last battle, they underestimated the fast-break counterattack led by Sheldon. In this game, they overestimated the fast-break counterattack led by Sheldon..."

"The big and four juniors can lock the counterattack of the Bobcats, but facing the more solid Shaq & AI combination of the Bobcats, the defense of the first and four juniors will be exposed."

The Celtics put a lot of defensive force on the outside, and the old Shark on the inside immediately seemed to be back to the top. In a one-on-one situation, KG couldn't stop him at all.

But from the perspective of the overall situation, the old shark inside has already made a gap.

Halfway through the third quarter, the old shark scored 10 points in a row relying on the inside singles, and the Bobcats' lead expanded to 17 points.

Finally, Doc Rivers and Thibodeau reacted.

"Shaq can't stop it."

"We can't let Shaq go on raging like this anymore, let's go to Kendrick..."

Even at this time, Rivers and Thibodeau don't believe that their first and fourth juniors were wrong.

The theory is still the same, that is: two bottles of poison, they can only choose to drink one bottle.

At this time, switching back to Perkins is just to block the old shark and save the situation that is about to collapse.

But when Perkins reappeared and the Bobcats' offense became difficult again, Rivers and Thibodeau had doubts.

Seeing Li Ke who barely played in this battle, seeing Li Ke scoring only 11 points in this game so far, watching Perkins return to the game, the Bobcats failed to fight back...

"Tom, are we overemphasizing the Bobcats' counterattack?"

Thibodou rolled his eyes, he wanted to say, it seems more appropriate to change this sentence to—are we deceived by Sheldon's performance in the last battle.

What Li Ke, who is no longer sharp, can contribute is only to open up space on the offensive end and lock Pierce on the defensive end.

Betting a huge amount of chips on such a role, the Celtics coaching staff undoubtedly made a big mistake.

Although the strategy was changed at this time, it was back on track.

But the 17-point lag is already real. After the old shark at the basket is in a hot state, even if Perkins comes on the stage, it will be difficult to stop him.

At the end of the three quarters, the lead was 19 points.

Halfway through the fourth quarter, the point difference widened to 22 points.

Even so, the Celtics did not give up.

Rivers is very clear that they cannot give up this game.

"If this game continues like this, we all have to get out!"

Whether it is Rivers or Thibodu, it is very clear that the root cause of this defeat is the strategic error of the coaching staff.

"Get ready to apologize after the game, Tom."

As a master of chicken soup, Rivers is very clear that at this time, what he said is false, it is better to say: The loss of this game has nothing to do with the players, it is a problem with the coaching staff.

Thibodou nodded: "It's okay, Doug, in the next game, we will return to regular play and win these two games back!"

Can you really win it back?Xi Bodu said so, but his heart was also full of doubts.

0 to 2 behind, is this a coincidence?
Maybe this game is, what about the first game?

Om-!
With the beep of the timer, the dull last quarter of the game came to an end.

整场比赛25投14中，轰下37分14个篮板4个助攻1个抢断3个盖帽的老鲨高举双臂。

Then came the teammates who rushed to him, high fived, hugged, and enthusiastically celebrated the victory.

After that, the team's press officer——

"Shaq, Craig Sager is over there waiting for your interview."

As soon as Lao Sha turned his head, he saw the man in colorful clothes waiting beside him, and walked over cheerfully.

"Hey, Craig, long time no see, I've been looking forward to your interview, but you always choose Allen and Sheldon!"

With a sentence of Mother fk, the man in costume was frightened and pointed at the camera: "Be civilized, Shaq."

"Okay okay, Craig..."

Lao Sha was interviewed, and on the other side, Li Ke had just finished greeting his opponent.

He and Pierce looked at each other coldly, but instead hugged Garnett and chatted with the two Allen.

Then, he stood beside the old shark, listening to the old shark Cue reach him——

"Sheldon's 44 points led us to win the first game. In this game, the Celtics gave me the opportunity. Of course I want to seize this opportunity. Therefore, you can see that in many moments, my singles are very determined!"

"A 2-0 lead? It's a great start and of course it will have a great end."

"Comeback? We won't give the Celtics a chance to comeback."

Li Ke listened to the words "beginning", "end", and "turnaround" which are related to the trend of the series, and he was also thinking about whether they could seize the opportunity to overthrow the Celtics, which can be called a galaxy battleship in the first round of the regular season and the first round of the playoffs.

Well, there is definitely an opportunity, but it is really not as big as imagined.

In the first battle, he relied on the "angry" trait to increase his speed at the SS level, and he exploded the Celtics' offensive and defensive transition.

In the second battle, Rivers and Thibodeau had a brain twitch, which gave the old shark a chance to return to the top.

Although it seems a bit dreamy, looking at the history of the NBA, there are many examples of the coaching staff making mistakes and the team paying the bill.

Even Popovich, who is known as Zhuge Weiqi, was dragged into overtime by Jun Zilei's three-pointer in G13 of the 6 Finals. It is also closely related to his obsession with a small lineup to defend three-pointers at critical moments, replacing Duncan, which led to the loss of key rebounds at the basket.

Only this time, Rivers and Thibodeau were really deceived by Li Ke.

Li Ke, who scored 43 points in the regular season, and Li Ke, who scored 44 points in the playoffs, it is understandable that the Celtics are so aggressive.

It is the reaction of Rivers and Thibodeau, which is really slow.

But if you think about it carefully, Rivers' team has been overturned many times, which just shows his poor on-the-spot adaptability.

Perhaps, Rivers and Sam Vincent are opposites.

Sam Vincent is not good at coordinating the team, what Rivers is good at is precisely coordinating the team, Sam Vincent is good at judging the situation, the worst thing about Rivers is precisely judging the situation...

One explosion, one deceit, the Bobcats won two games, leading 2-0.

But it will not be so easy to play later in the series.

"The Celtics will not be fooled again. The next series will be a real head-to-head."

Head-to-head, the ending is hard to say.

In terms of hard power, the Celtics must have the upper hand, but the Bobcats are just as good, leading 2-0. The advantage brought to the Bobcats is that they only need to win two of the next five playoff games to overthrow the Celtics.

……

After the game, Li Ke, who returned to the locker room, also accepted an interview.

The topic was still inseparable from racial discrimination. After three or five questions related to racial discrimination, the reporters got to the point and mentioned the game and the follow-up direction of the entire series.

Speaking of which, because of the racial discrimination incident, both CCTV and Radio and Television have issued announcements, temporarily banning the NBA from being broadcast.

This game was not broadcast by Central Five, and the number of domestic reporters who came to interview was also much less.

It seems that in a while, neither Central Five nor Radio and Television will revoke the decision to ban the broadcast.

This actually affected Li Ke. Originally, this round of the series was the time for him to show off his ambitions and attract fans crazily, but now, the fans are still sucking as usual, but the intensity is much smaller.

"The 2-0 lead gave us a good start. There must be no comeback. If we can get a 2-0 lead, we will definitely be able to win two more games and end this round of the series."

"break out?"

"That's right, it's true. My explosion brought the Bobcats a victory. Shaq's explosion brought the Bobcats a second victory, but this is not the end. You have to know that the Bobcats have quad-core, we still have Allen, and Gerrard..."

Like the old shark, Li Ke firmly stated that the Bobcats will win this round of the series.

He even mentioned Lao Ai and Hua Lao Er.

Speaking of which, Li Ke had a blast, Lao Sha had a blast, and the Bobcats won two games.

It is indeed the turn of Lao Ai and Hua's second child to play next.

If AWSL plays one game, who can't win this series?

Not far away, Lao Ai secretly squeezed his fist when he heard Li Ke's words.

He always remembered that before the start of the playoffs, he said that he would lead the Bobcats all the way forward, even if the old shark didn't play well.

But the current situation is that in the first round of the playoffs, the old shark played, and in the second round of the playoffs, the old shark still played.

Looking at himself again, he shook his head, it doesn't matter if he doesn't look at it.

"You have to work hard, otherwise the position of the boss will be lost..."

On the other hand, Rivers and Thibodeau staged an apology in front of a crowd of reporters.

"In this defeat, there is no problem with the performance of the players. The problem lies with us and the coaching staff."

"The strategy of the coaching staff made a mistake, a very serious mistake, which directly led to this defeat."

"We will learn a lesson. A 0-2 deficit is not the end of the world. We have the ability to complete the comeback."

It seems that Rivers and Thibodeau are very responsible.

But they were also forced to be helpless.

0 to 2 behind, if you don't find someone to take the blame, how can you find the confidence in the next few games of the series?

And it's not called being blamed, the first match can be said to be the fault of the non-fight, this match is definitely the fault of the coaching staff.

After apologizing, I sincerely accepted the pot.

In view of the fact that the Celtics are indeed superior in hard power, North America is still very optimistic about the Celtics.

"Although trailing 0-2, the Celtics are still the favorites to win this series."

"The biggest shortcoming of the Celtics: the coaching staff!"

"The coaching staff has realized the mistake, the countdown to the comeback..."

The reporters at the press conference had already thought about how to write the news for the next day of the game.

(End of this chapter)