Zhou Mubai opened up the situation with no ball, and the Celtics could only change with the trend, giving up the pinch and occasionally having a pinch. Zhou Mubai also used the ball to break it, and then continued to run without ball to crack it, and the situation was alive.

But the Celtics are still very difficult. On the one hand, the Knicks cannot limit the Celtics in offense, and the Celtics have many offensive resources.

Pierce, Garnett, Ray Allen and Perkins have good offensive abilities. In addition, with Rondo's adaptation, the Celtics' offense is very smooth. Of course, this is also because the Knicks' defense is relatively bad.

On the other hand, although the Celtics did not deliberately target Zhou Mubai, they put a lot of pressure on the Knicks as a whole. Garnett and Perkins had a strong inside combination, and the outside defense was also very disciplined. The Celtics' overall defense was very systematic, and the pressure on the Knicks was quite large.

However, the Knicks are not afraid, but on the offensive end, the Knicks have their own advantages.

The Celtics' defense is generally more inward-looking, and their configuration is actually aimed at the Lakers.

As we all know, everyone is afraid of the Lakers' Three Towers. If the Celtics did not have Garnett, Perkins and the big baby Davis, they would have no way to be enemies with the Lakers.

Their configuration restrains the Knicks in offense, but the Knicks restrain the Celtics as well as the Knicks in offense.

The reason is that the Knicks are a pure outside team, which is the so-called three-point team.

The difficulty of a team with one-star shooting is that the four shooters pull along the three-point line and pull the opponent's defense line extremely wide. The defensive rotation between each other must cross an extremely long distance. For young and fast-paced teams, they can also rotate, but the Celtics are a team with severe aging.

Pierce, Garnett, and Ray Allen are all elderly players, while Perkins is too heavy to rotate at all at a fast speed.

Moreover, speed is one aspect and physical strength is also the other aspect. Long-distance rotation consumes extremely physical strength, which is a test for the elderly Celtics.

Of course, it is an advantage when dealing with the Lakers, because they don’t have to run too long distances, but just encircle Kobe, Bynum, Gasol and others in the three-point line. As for those on the three-point line, it doesn’t matter if they occasionally let it go. After all, the Lakers are not good at three-pointers.

But such a team that uses the Lakers as their imaginary enemy, or uses the theory of the old era as the team building idea, is a bit stretched when encountering a team like the Knicks that is not in line with the conventional rules.

Zhou Mubai's breakthrough must be attacked from time to time. Once Zhou Mubai is allowed to fight one by one, he can really kill the Celtics by himself.

Coach Rivers has studied Zhou Mubai, and has started research since the Lakers defeated the Celtics. Even if Zhou Mubai went to the Knicks, he did not dare to relax because Zhou Mubai came to the East!

In the game against the Magic, Zhou Mubai scored a 60-sized triple-double score with one man, and played the game for 48 minutes in a breakthrough way. Rivers knew that Zhou Mubai had the ability to kill a team by one.

His physical strength is amazing!

Zhou Mubai must attack with his slim shot, so the shooter at the three-point line must emptie at least one person (in fact, it is more than that, because the attack needs to be indented in advance according to real-time needs, otherwise it will not be able to make up for it when the protrudes are raised). Therefore, the shooters at the three-point line have a lot of opportunities to take action.

During this period, the Knicks players have become accustomed to shooting at the three-point line. Their three-point ability is no longer the same as before. Of course, other abilities have deteriorated, but at least the ability of three-pointers is improving.

Sometimes Zhou Mubai has to admit that Harrington and Garlinari may not have enough other abilities, but the ability of three-pointers is really above the level.

If the Knicks are a small team, they can only pursue the playoffs and are only willing to play good games to attract fans to make some money. In fact, this configuration is more than enough.

However, the configuration of a champion team must be diversified and hierarchical, which can cope with various changes and be stronger in overall strength, rather than focusing on academic disciplines.

Therefore, the Knicks not only did not be suppressed when facing the Celtics, but instead fought an offensive battle with the Celtics.

This is a very strange scene.

The Celtics have always been famous for their iron-blooded defense. Sometimes it is boring to watch their games, because they are basically positional battles slowly, and occasionally something interesting is hard defense and blocking.

But today's Celtics' offense was smooth. At halftime, Garnett scored in doubles, Pierce scored in doubles, and Perkins scored in doubles.

The Knicks' offense was also smooth. Although it seemed that the shooting percentage was far inferior to the Celtics, the score was tightly clenched because the Knicks' score was 70% three-pointer.

Today's Zhou Mubai's data can only be considered fairly good. At halftime, he scored 14 points, 9 assists, 5 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block.

However, this has something to do with the Celtics' strategy. Rivers' arrangement is to limit Zhou Mubai with all his strength, from the high-level attack at the beginning to the breakthrough attack at the back, forcing Zhou Mubai to pass the ball, which made Zhou Mubai's score not high.

The Celtics' round-rotation defense made Zhou Mubai's first-hand ball pass basically have no chance to take. He had to pass one or two more balls to get a complete open space, which had nothing to do with the team, but for Zhou Mubai, he would lose the opportunity to get an assist.

Barkley and Kenny Smith, who know how to play, praised Zhou Mubai one after another.

Under the high pressure targeted defense of the Celtics, Zhou Mubai has reached 9 direct assists except for indirect assists, which is enough to prove Zhou Mubai's terribleness. This is just the data in the first half. If the same data can be obtained in the second half, it will be another triple-double night tonight.

It's scary.

You know, this is the Celtic.

You know, this is the Knicks.

This sounds awkward, but everyone watching the game knows what it means.

The Celtics are the most powerful team in defense in recent seasons. One of them is to express modesty, and offense is also among the top ones.

This Knicks seems to have played some good games recently, but everyone knows that if Zhou Mubai doesn't play, this Knicks may not even be able to beat the Nets.

With the strongest defensive team in the league team strangled, Zhou Mubai may still score a triple-double. Such a player is called terrible, and no one will object.
Chapter completed!