basketball boulder

Chapter 123 Devil Coach Pat Riley
The night the game ended, the Heat returned to Miami.

Not only to rest and prepare for the next game, but also to check Cato's injury in detail.

Now, the whole world knows how important Cato is to the Heat's system.

The next day, the Heat waited for bad news.

Cato's injury is not serious, but at least 10 days or so will be rested.

In 10 days, the first round of the series is over.

In other words, the Heat will take on the Celtics without Cato.

The Heat's coaching staff and management still want to conceal this news.

But I can't hide it at all.

Many media are guarding in the hospital, and even got the news before the Heat.

Soon, the whole world got the news.

In an interview, Pierce first expressed his regret and hoped that Cato would recover from his injury as soon as possible.

But then, Pierce said confidently: "It seems that this round of playoffs will not be dragged to the seventh game."

The reporter inquired deeply.

Pierce jokingly said: "God of basketball, no tie-break!"

This is about Jordan, who has never played in the finals of the six finals in his career, and has never experienced a tiebreaker in the finals.

Of course Pierce dared not compare himself to Jordan, but his words fully exposed his self-confidence.

What he means is: He will lead the Celtics to win 2 games in a row in the next game and eliminate the Heat 4:2.

Subsequently, fans and the media also expressed their views.

Fans who support the Heat and the Celtics are probably divided in half.

Fans feel that after losing Cato, the strength of the two teams is almost the same.

The crucial battle of Tianwang Mountain came in such an atmosphere.

(Battle of Tianwang Mountain: The first four games are tied, and the fifth game is called the Battle of Tianwang Mountain, an important match for the match point.)
History shows that the team that wins Game 2 wins the series 2% of the time when the first four games are tied 80-[-].

So in the NBA, every team pays special attention to the Tianwangshan battle.

Fans also especially like to watch the battle of Tianwangshan, second only to the tiebreaker.

American Airlines Center.

eight pm.

G5 starts to fight.

The Celtics are still the old lineup: Blunt, McCarty, Pierce, Vershko, Davis.

Heat: Grant, Odom, Li Lei, Jones, Wade.

Drip!

Game start.

Blunt beat Grant and turned the ball back to his home half.

Pierce went to the front court to ask for the ball, and he went directly to Odom as in the previous game.

Grant immediately assisted in the defense.

Pierce seems to have expected, unhurried, a wonderful pass, the ball from between the two into the basket.

Blount catches the ball and dunks directly.

boom!
2: 0.

In the first round, it was like a withdrawal from the previous game.

"Did Coach Da Fan make any adjustments?"

The on-site commentator immediately questioned.

The guest commentator smiled: "The Van Gundy family are all old and stubborn, no matter Jeff or Stan, it is not easy for them to be flexible."

Coach Da Fan still made adjustments.

He arranged for other players to protect Odom and minimize the direct confrontation between Odom and Pierce.

But the effect is not good.

Among the Heat's starting five tigers, only Li Lei and Jones Sr. can limit Pierce to a certain extent, and the rest of them are misplaced against Pierce.

Playing Wade, Pierce has the advantages of height and strength.

Playing Odom, Pierce is flexible and has a strong sense of rhythm.

Playing Grant, Pierce can get by with just one acceleration.

Half-time, 14:8.

The Celtics have led by 8 points.

Pierce scored 8 points alone, catching up with the Heat's scoring.

Later, Coach Dafan changed his strategy again: flanking Pierce.

This trick doesn't work well either.

The two shooters Vershko and McCarty felt good today, hitting most of the open shots.

End of first quarter, 27:16.

In the first quarter, the Celtics led by 11 points.

The momentum of the Green Army is like a rainbow.

What's more deadly: The Heat's own touch is far worse than the previous few games.

Odom was beaten a little bit, and the old Jones was inaccurate again in this game.

Wade, the Heat's top scorer in the playoffs, was also in a slump today. He made 4 of 1 shots in the first quarter and made 2 turnovers.

"It seems that Cato's absence has created a huge psychological burden on the Heat players themselves."

"That's right, the Celtics haven't beaten them yet, they've already lost to themselves."

"There is still a lack of experience. There are too many newcomers. The two main players, Jones and Odom, are not able to withstand the pressure."

"Once something goes wrong with the team, the whole team falls apart."

"This match is over!"

In the commentary booth, the chat between the commentator and the guests has begun to be overwhelmingly unfavorable to the Heat.

At halftime, 53:37.

The Celtics led by 16 points.

And the Heat looked broken.

With less than 40 points in the half, the Heat haven't played such a bad game for a long time except at the beginning of the season.

Everyone is saying: The Heat lost to themselves.

End of three quarters, 78:58.

The Celtics led by 20 points.

The game almost lost its suspense.

At this moment, the narrator suddenly mentioned something.

In the 88-89 season, when Pat Riley was still coaching the Lakers, he led the Lakers to the Finals.

Before the finals, Pat Riley was still performing devil training. As a result, the Lakers' No. [-] scorer Byron Scott was injured during training and missed the entire finals.

In the G2 game, Magic Johnson was also injured and retired. He and Byron Scott had the same injury, an injury caused by excessive training.

In the end, the Lakers were directly swept by the opponent Pistons.

This is also the truth that Magic Johnson united all players to drive away Pat Riley.

Pat Riley's devil training made a big mistake, but he didn't repent at all, and there are countless things after that.

At the age of 30, James Posey began to decline.

Mourning suffered from kidney failure, mostly due to training too hard and taking painkillers all the time.

When Riley was coaching the Knicks, Ewing and a group of players could no longer play in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Riley's old enemy "Zen Master" Phil Jackson always mocked Riley: "His success depends on overdrawing the player's future."

……

Whether these things are true or not, it is difficult to tell.

But speaking of it now, it was really murderous.

The guest commentator couldn't help but said, "You mean, Cato?"

The commentator nodded: "It is said that although the Heat have been winning, Pat Riley's devil training has never stopped, and Cato is exhausted."

Everyone pushes the wall down, but that's all.

The matter is there, why do you say it now?
Because the Heat lost!
In the end, 101:82.The Celtics beat the Heat and once again won the Heat's home court.

In total, the Celtics lead the Heat 3-2.

(End of this chapter)