Chapter 105: Celtics who insist on self-destruction (Happy New Year)
Public opinion in the entire North American is wrapped in "racial discrimination", and no one pays attention to the game itself.
Li Ke scored 44 points in the face of boos and insults throughout the audience and gave a tough response.
This should have been hyped up, but the headlines were full of "racial discrimination". Li Ke's 44 points were secondary.
Although media reporters overlooked the game itself, the coaching staff of the two teams playing will not.
Boston, Celtic training hall.
"The home game is empty until the end of the playoffs, and the fine is 5 million US dollars. These penalties cannot directly affect us. G2, we need to make some changes based on G1."
Neither an empty game nor a huge ticket can affect the game itself.
But for the Celtics, the defeat in the first game was beyond their expectations, and the tactical arrangements before the series began need to be pushed back and started over.
"Sheldon Lee, his counterattack is too fierce."
Tom Siberdu was very direct and pointed out Li Ke, the unexpected explosive point they had.
"We even sent Tony to follow the defense all the way, but we still couldn't stop him. 44 points in a single game in the playoffs. What does this mean? He beat our defense with one man."
Xibedu attaches great importance to defense, and Rivers also knows that the biggest reliance of this Celtic team is not the so-called Big Three, but Xibedu has created a chain defense.
But now, in front of Li Ke, chain defense is useless, which requires the Celtics to make a decision.
"Give up chain defense, we will play as one, one, four, and four?"
...
Also in Boston, the training hall rented by Bobcats.
Unlike the first round of playoffs, this time, Sam Vincent learned his lesson and did not continue to remain unchanged.
"Sheldon's outbreak was a surprise, but we couldn't put Baek on him. Looking at G1, we had a problem with Sheldon."
G1, Li Ke could stand in the center of the Bobcat's locker room and say to all his teammates a classic line from Jiba: Without me, you can't beat the Celtics at all!
"Allen's breakthrough was very limited. Shaq's singles at the basket were also under Kendrick Perkins' top defense. The power was no longer there. Both internal and external explosive points were unable to play a role. We have to think of a solution."
Sam Vincent is a defensive coach and he is not good at offense.
His eyes were on Xiao Gou8, the problem was that Xiao Gou8 was also a defensive coach.
"Space is important, and counterattack is important. Otherwise, let's just take Chris down and let Jared or Dai Quinn come on?"
Xiao Gou8 scratched his head and gave his explanation.
Humphries is present, and his role is to protect the rebounds.
But the Bobcats' rebound protection is not bad. After all, they have Sharks, and Hua Lao Er is also a rebounder on the front line. With a Humphries, their rebounds will overflow.
Going to Dudley or Dai Quinn Cook, one more shooter will open up the space and increase mobility...
Sam Vincent thought for a moment and nodded: "Just do it, take Chris down and let Dai Quinn come on!"
It's even more radical to go to Dai Quinn Cook.
It seems that in the G2 battle, the Bobcats are going to implement the fast attack counterattack to the end.
...
Two days later, the empty North Shore Garden Arena.
The Bolkats vs Celtics Series G2 battle begins-
Surprisingly, the Bobcats who won the G1 and the Celtics who lost the game made adjustments.
"The Bobcats took Chris Humphries and replaced them with Dai Quinn Cook, a completely big and four-small guy. It seems that the counterattack storm of G1 has made them taste the sweetness. This game will continue to be implemented."
"Looking at the Celtics, they seem to have realized that Sheldon, who scored 44 points in the last game, also played as a big and four small, KG took the center position, and James Posey became the power forward..."
Seeing KG against Lao Sha, Li Ke was a little confused. The Celtics were tricked into it? They actually changed to one, one, four, and one, and they were just changing to one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one
Giving up the Twin Towers and turning to the big and four small people they are not good at. This wave of Celtics is definitely self-destructing.
But Li Ke could understand Rivers and Siberdu. He scored 44 points in the last game, and the outbreak of 43 points in the regular season had already made the Celtics change the first threat of the Bobcats from Lao Ai and Lao Shark to Li Ke.
There is no problem with the first threat to the opponent.
The problem is that Li Ke from G2 in the series can no longer fight the fierce counterattack of G1...
With the referee's whistle, the basketball was thrown into the air, and KG defeated the Old Shark and won the opening ball for the Celtics.
Without the cheers of fans, and not even a slight noise, La Garondo was very uncomfortable with the ball and took over the half.
Pierce still looked bitter and revengeful, and showed great hostility towards Li Ke at the beginning.
He took the ball from Lagarondo and pointed it at Li Ke who was defending him.
Then, he pushed forward with a firm back. Li Ke's defense was slightly wrong and he was immediately seized.
"Paul Pierce, turn around and break through, Sheldon slowed down, stopped quickly... take action!"
With a beep, a crisp whistle echoed in the North Shore Garden.
Li Ke was called a foul, an unquestionable foul.
But when the whistle was blowing, the referee was a little hesitant because they had just received the notice that Sheldon Lee, who had just smashed Pierce's arm, was now a member of the Discipline Committee's preferential treatment list.
After the whistle sounded, Li Ke spread his hands and simply accepted the foul.
But turning his head, he saw a little overly excited Pierce:
He beat his chest, glared at Li Ke, and then stood on the free throw line.
This made Li Ke feel even more ridiculous. Is this so-called Green Army soul so revenge?
He thought of the saying again: People can never empathize with each other...
He felt a little angry in his heart, but Li Ke hated him a little at this moment. Why is his temper so good?
Pierce has provoked himself so much that he shouldn't be angry and have another battle dominated by the "angry" traits?
Unfortunately, Li Ke was just a little angry.
Even when Pierce made both free throws, he opened his mouth and provoked: "I will beat you in this game, Sheldon."
Li Ke just shrugged.
Until Pierce chased and bite: "Don't you want to know the reason? It's okay, I can tell you, because I want to protect the glory of North Shore Garden Arena!"
Li Ke smiled, he really smiled.
"Your joke is not funny, Paul!"
The Celtic glory may be, but in many years, Pierce will never think that this glory is worthy of his protection...
Li Ke beat the Bobcats' attack.
Because of the front, Lao Ai's breakthrough went smoothly.
First, they had an extra shooter on the offensive end, and the space was even more widespread.
Second, the Celtics, who were one, one, four, and four were ranked, had the power of chain defense no longer the same as before.
As we go, there is a big gap.
Faced with a relaxed environment, Lao Ai easily hit the basket and made a layup.
"Grading 2 to 2, the attacks on both sides are very easy, and it's a bit like an offensive battle?"
Kenny Smith guessed, but soon, he overturned his guess because-
With the Celtic attack, Pierce's eyes made a comeback with a cold look.
It was no different from the start of the offense. Li Ke was serious but was meticulous and gave no chance.
"Pearce, turn around, no chance... He didn't choose to pass the ball, and directly made a backward jump shot!"
With a clang!
Offensive war? It doesn't exist!
At least, Li Ke's existence makes it non-existent.
"Gerard Wallace grabbed the rebound and saw the counterattack!"
The counterattack came in a flash, but its power was not as powerful as G1. Especially when Li Ke, Rondo turned to him immediately, Li Ke did not instantly get rid of his opponent like G1.
Hua Lao Er passed the ball to Li Ke. Li Ke, who received the ball, rushed two steps, but passed the ball to the middle.
Lao Ai received the ball, changed direction rapidly, accelerated and rushed forward, slipped to the basket again, and made a layup with a pull rod!
"4-2, although Sheldon failed to dominate this counterattack like G1, the Bobcats still relied on Allen Iverson and became this counterattack!"
On the sidelines, Rivers shouted anxiously: Retreat faster!
It’s fine if the position can’t be defended, but if they can’t be defended against the counterattack, then what’s the point of changing them to one, one, four, and one, is it?
Pierce's soy sauce was a wave of Celtic attacks.
Junzi Lei received the ball and made a breakthrough, with a strong shot from the middle distance, and with a clang, he hit the iron.
Then, the yelling of "rebounds" sounded again on the court.
The Shark grabbed the rebound, turned around and handed the ball directly to Li Ke next to him.
The counterattack was launched again, but once again failed to show the threat that many people imagined.
The Celtics' rapid retreat quickly stopped this counterattack.
But after falling into the position, Li Ke found the right time to give the ball to the old shark. The old shark hit a near-frame, turned around and hooked it quickly, and with a swish, he successfully hit it!
"The counterattack failed. In the positional battle, Shaq hit a hook, 6-2!"
Rivers frowned on the sidelines.
This wave of defense and counterattack problems are gone, but the Celtics have dropped by at least two or three levels in defense in positional battles.
After removing Perkins, KG had to guard the basket. Percy was an expert in single defense, and Pierce and Gentleman Lei were good enough to defend alone. The only Celtics can make up for defense and assist in defense is Rondo.
But the problem is that Rondo is a point guard. Although he has the nickname of Long Center, his body is here. It is impossible to rely on him to make up for defense and assist in defense and quickly attack!
No one assists in preventing the defense, and this chain defense has long been in name only.
Siberdu shrugged and reminded Rivers: We always have to choose one bottle to drink two bottles of poison.
Rivers nodded, stood on the sidelines and shouted again: Rotation faster! Patch defense faster!
If Li Ke knew about Siberdu’s reminder and Rivers’ deep opinion, he might have laughed out loud, two bottles of poison? Whether it was Rivers or Siberdu, he still couldn’t react at this time. One of the so-called two bottles of poison was false...
With a clang, on the court, the Celtics' attack hit the iron again.
This time it was KG, and the iron-blooded mid-range shot failed. The Bobcats easily protected the rebound and then launched a counterattack.
The same process: the counterattack failed, turned to the position, Lao Ai broke into a Celtic, and the rotation and pinched attack accelerated, and the wings missed Li Ke.
Then, Lao Ai passed the ball and found Li Ke in the open position.
"Sheldon, catch the ball, three-pointer!"
Swish—!
...
No one could have thought that the Bobcat actually took half a quarter to beat the Celtics 16 to 9.
"A 7-point lead in the half-quarter, after the racial discrimination incident, the Bobcats seemed to passively turn on a button of explosion. G1 defeated the Celtics, and G2 continued to suppress the Celtics..."
Off the field, neither Siberdu nor Rivers have yet to realize the essence of the problem.
The backwardness of half a quarter was attributed to them: "Without Kendrick, our position defense is too bad!"
"Or what if, let Kendrick go back? Let's drink another bottle of poison?"
Rivers asked a try, but the defensive expert was Siberdu, and he was just asking Siberdu for advice.
Siberdu shook his head: "No, Doug, we can't give up halfway, let Tony go, Paul plays the fourth position, we will further strengthen the defense of the wings, and change the position defense to the joint defense to human-to-people."
The joint defense can no longer be prevented, because Lao Ai's breakthrough in the middle is too sharp, and Lao Shark's singles at the basket cannot be stopped by KG.
If you change to human-to-peer gaze, maybe there is still a little chance.
In this way, in an extremely important playoff game, the Celtics continued to try defenses of one, one, four, and four.
After people were styling, the Celtics were very strong in defense against Lao Ai.
But the problem is that the old shark at the basket is still a point that the Celtics cannot solve, and Li Ke and Hua Lao Er also took turns to steal chickens.
At the end of the first quarter, the Bobcats' lead was further opened.
"31 to 22, away games, not threatened by visiting fans and racists, the Charlotte Bobcats took a 9-point lead!"
“As Sheldon said before the series started, he wouldn’t lose even a game at North Shore Garden Arena, it looks like he really has to do that!”
In the second quarter, facing a larger score difference, Rivers and Siberdu were already in a difficult situation.
"People-to-peer has been successful, and the only exception is Shaq, but it is difficult for Shaq, who is 36 years old, to stick to the end of the game, so Doug, stick to it."
Rivers nodded and continued to believe Siberdu's judgment.
However, he added: "Chain Shark, this is the best way to deal with Shark."
Cutting sharks refers not only to fouls on old sharks. In addition to fouls, it also also to find more sharks on the offensive end, consume the energy of the old sharks, and strive to create fouls on old sharks.
Just persisted and took a two-pronged approach. In the second quarter, the Celtics really achieved such a little effect.
With a score of 56 to 46, the Bobcats only expanded their lead by 1 point in one quarter.
This allowed Siberdu and Rivers to see the "dawn" of victory, and Li Ke to see the hope of winning this hard battle.
"The Celtics actually insisted on being one of the first and four young people? Is this going to self-destruct to the end?"
Chapter completed!