"We have a good chance in this game!"
Although in many ways, Sam Vincent showed some mediocrity.
He is a bit like a lucky NBA coach. He has no specific tactical system and no extraordinary leadership ability. He easily brings a pieced together quad-core lineup to fourth in the Eastern Conference and to the second round of the playoffs...
But sometimes, luck is also part of strength.
Sam Vincent's strength is not about combining the lineup or dealing with superstars, but about his judgment on the situation.
After the first half of the game, Sam Vincent saw the biggest problem of the Celtics, one, one, four, and four.
"KG needs to guard the basket, and I can no longer do the job of checking for missing positions and filling in position defense."
"So, in the second half, they only have two options, either, focus their defensive power on the outside, just like in the first half."
"Or, you can only shrink your defense..."
This is clear enough. The Celtics under the first choice will still be restrained by Lao Ai's offense, but Lao Sharks at the basket can get a lot of one-on-one opportunities.
The second option is to shrink the defense, which is the stage for shooters such as Lao Ai, Li Ke, and Dai Quinn Cook on the outside.
Of course, there is a third option, namely, return to two big and three small, chain defense...
However, the second half of the game began.
Seeing Garnett continue to play against the old Shark, everyone in the Bobcats understood that the Celtics in this game were determined to stick to the first, first, fourth and fourth small.
Speaking of which, the Celtics have the ability to play in the first, first, first and fourth small teams. Whether it is James Posey or Pierce, they can be considered the heavier type among small forwards. They can reach the fourth position and face most power forwards in the NBA.
With two Allen and Rondo who can switch to defense, one and two positions, if the NBA enters the small ball era, this Celtic team has the ability to seamlessly connect.
Even if we change our opponents in this game, the Celtics' first, first, fourth and fourth, will have the advantage.
The problem is that in this game they faced a bobcat with a shark who was still able to eat even though they were old...
At the beginning of the second half, the Celtics attacked.
Although they were one, one, four, and four, they still had their positions. Rondo and Junzi Lei made a breakthrough one after another without success. In the end, Pierce took the blame and made a backward jump shot against Li Ke's defense, and with a clang, he didn't make it.
Hua Lao Er grabbed the rebound and the Bobcats' round.
Although the counterattack is no longer sharp, you still have to have a heart to try.
Hua Lao Er rushed out with the ball and then passed the ball to find Li Ke.
Li Ke was stared at by Rondo and had no chance. He rushed to the frontcourt and stopped the ball.
Another pass was given to Lao Ai.
The Bobcats' position attack in the frontcourt, Li Ke and Jia Reed Dudley pulled away from left and right, Lao Ai's singles threatened in the middle, and Hua Lao Er was eyeing the wings, so the Celtics' defense completely saved.
So, Lao Ai made a false breakthrough and made a real pass. After breaking through, he passed the ball and found the old shark under the basket.
"Shak's back shot under the basket, kg can't stand it..."
Under the basket, the old shark suddenly pushed the kg and turned around and dunked.
With a clang!
"Successfully dunked, Shaq expanded the score advantage for the Bobcats!"
Although the Celtic attack was passed on many times, they still fought extremely stagnant, and the people watching were extremely anxious.
The gentleman scored three points with a thunder, but it still didn't make it.
The Bobcats' offense once again handed over the basketball to the old shark under the basket. He hit the back, turned around and hooked it quickly, and with a swish, he successfully hit it!
"Shaq succeeded in consecutive singles, and the Celtics' strategy was obviously wrong. kg could not stop Shaq's singles at all."
"In the last game, they looked down on Sheldon's fast break counterattack led by Sheldon too much. In this game, they valued Sheldon's fast break counterattack led by Sheldon..."
"Although the one-year-old and four-year-old can lock the Bobcats' counterattack, facing the more solid Shaq & AI combination of the Bobcats, the defense of the one-year-old and four-year-old is exposed."
The Celtics put heavy defense troops into the outside line, and the old shark in the inside immediately seemed to have returned to the peak. In one-on-one situation, kg could not stop him at all.
But from the perspective of the overall situation, the inside old shark has already made a gap.
When the third quarter was halfway through, the old Shark scored 10 points in a row with the singles in the inside, and the Bobcats' lead expanded to 17 points.
Finally, Doug Rives and Siberdu reacted.
"Saker can't stop it."
"Can't let Shaq continue to rage like this anymore, come to Kendrick..."
Even at this time, Rivers and Siberdu did not think that their first and fourth young people were wrong.
The theory is still the same, that is, two bottles of poison, they can only choose one bottle to drink.
And at this time, the exchange for Perkins was just to block the old shark and save the situation that was about to collapse.
But when Perkins came back and the Bobcats' offense became difficult again, Rivers and Siberdu were suspicious.
Seeing Li Ke having almost no performance in this game, Li Ke has only scored 11 points so far in this game, and after Perkins reappeared, the Bobcats were unable to counterattack fiercely...
"Tom, do we take the Bobcats' counterattack too much?"
Siberdu rolled his eyes and wanted to say, this sentence was changed to - were we deceived by Sheldon's performance in the last battle, and it seemed more appropriate.
All Li Ke can contribute, who is no longer sharp, is to expand space on the offensive end and lock Pierce on the defensive end.
The Celtics coaching staff undoubtedly made a big mistake to bet on such a character.
Although the strategy has been changed at this time and it has been back on track.
But the 17-point fall is already a real goal. After the old Shark at the basket is in full swing, it is difficult for Perkins to stop him even if he appears.
At the end of the three quarters, the lead was 19 points.
Half past the fourth quarter, the score difference widened to 22 points.
Even so, the Celtics did not give up.
Rivers knew very well that they could not give up on the game.
"If this game continues like this, we will all get out!"
Both Rivers and Siberdu knew very well that the root cause of this failure was the coaching staff's strategy error.
"Get ready to apologize after the game, Tom."
As a master of chicken soup, Rivers knew very well that at this time, everything he said was false, so it was better to say: The defeat in this game had nothing to do with the players, and was a problem with the coaching staff.
Siberdu nodded: "It's okay, Doug, in the next game, we will return to the regular style of play and win these two games back!"
Can you really win back? As Siberdu said this, his heart was full of doubts.
Is this accidental?
Maybe this game is, what about the game?
Buzz —!
Amid the beeping of the timer, the dull final match ended.
Old Shark, who made 14 of 25 shots in the whole game, scored 37 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 3 blocks, raised his arms high.
Then there were teammates who rushed towards him, slammed high, hugged, and warmly celebrated the victory.
Then, the team's press officer—
"Shake, Craig Sager is waiting for you to be interviewed there."
The old shark turned his head and saw the man in color waiting by his side, and walked over happily.
"Hey, Craig, it's been a long time since I'm looking forward to your interview, but you always choose Allen and Sheldon!"
A mother     fk, the man in color was so scared that he pointed to the camera: "Be more civilized, Shaq."
"Okay OK, Craig..."
Lao Sha was interviewed, and on the other hand, Li Ke had just finished saying hello to 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 and listened to him-
"Sheldon's 44 points led us to win the first game. In this game, the Celtics sent me the opportunity, and of course I have to seize this opportunity. Therefore, you can see that many moments, my singles are very determined!"
"Take 2-0? It's a wonderful start, and of course it will have a wonderful ending."
"A turnaround? We won't give the Celtics a chance to turnaround."
Li Ke listened to the words "start", "end" and "turnover" that were related to the trend of the series, and was also thinking about whether they could seize the opportunity after the fantasy start of this series of 2-0 and overturn the Celtics who can be called Galaxy battleships in the first round of the regular season and playoffs.
There must be opportunities, but they are not as great as I imagined.
In the first game, he relied on the "angry" trait to add the speed of the SS level to explode the Celtics' offensive and defensive transformation.
In the second battle, Rivers and Siberdu made a brain-draw, giving the old Shark a chance to return to the top.
Although it looks a bit dreamy, throughout the history of NBA, there are many examples of coaching staff making mistakes and teams paying orders.
Even Popovich, known as Zhuge Wizard, was dragged into overtime by Junzi Lei's three-pointer in the 2013 finals, and it was extremely closely related to his obsession with the small lineup defending three-pointers at critical moments, replacing Duncan, resulting in the loss of key rebounds at the basket.
But this time, Rivers and Siberdu were really deceived by Li Ke.
Li Ke, who scored 43 points in the regular season, Li Ke, who scored 44 points in the playoffs, is understandable that the Celtics are so thrust into such a big fight.
It was the reaction between Rivers and Siberdu, which was really slower.
But thinking about it carefully, Rivers' team has been turned over many times, which shows that he has poor ability to adapt on the spot.
Perhaps Rivers and Sam Vincent are opposites.
Sam Vincent is not good at tying up the team. Rivers is good at tying up the team. Sam Vincent is good at judging the situation. Rivers' worst thing is precisely judging the situation...
One game exploded and one game cheated, and the Bobcats won two games, which led 2-0.
But it is not that easy to play the series any further.
"The Celtics will not be fooled anymore, the next series will be a real head-on battle."
If you fight head-on, the ending will be hard to say.
In terms of hard strength, the Celtics must have the advantage, but the Bobcats are not ashamed. They lead 2-0, and the advantage they bring to the Bobcats is that they only need to win two of the next five playoff games to overturn the Celtics.
...
After the game, Li Ke, who returned to the locker room, also accepted an interview.
The topic is still inseparable from racial discrimination. After three or five issues related to racial discrimination, the reporters got to the topic and mentioned the subsequent direction of this game and the entire series.
Speaking of which, due to the racial discrimination incident, both Zhongwu and Radio and Television issued announcements, temporarily banning NBA.
This game was not broadcast by Yangwu, and there were many fewer domestic reporters coming to interview.
It seems that in the short time, neither Zhongwu nor Radio and Television will revoke the ban.
This actually affected Li Ke. Originally, this round of series was when he was making great achievements and attracted fans wildly, but now, he still attracts fans as usual, but his strength is much smaller.
"A 2-0 lead gave us a good start. A comeback or something will definitely not exist. If we can lead 2-0, we will definitely be able to win two more games and end this round of series."
"break out?"
"Yes, it's true. My explosion brought a victory for the Bobcats, Shaq's explosion brought a second victory for the Bobcats, but that's not the end. You know, the Bobcats have quad cores, we have Allen, and Gerald..."
Like Old Shark, Li Ke said in a stern manner that the Bobcats will win this round of series.
He even mentioned Lao Ai and Hua's second child.
Speaking of which, Li Ke lost one game, Old Shark broke one game, and the Bobcats won two victories.
It was indeed Lao Ai and Hua's second son's turn to play.
If AWSL plays one game, who can't win this series of games?
Not far away, Lao Ai heard Li Ke's words and clenched his fists secretly.
He always remembers that before the playoffs started, he said that he would lead the Bobcats all the way forward, even if the old Sharks did not perform.
But the current situation is that Lao Shark played in the first round of the playoffs, and Lao Shark played in the second round of the playoffs.
Look at himself again, shake his head, it's better not to look at it.
"You have to work hard, otherwise the boss's position will not be secured..."
On the other hand, Rivers and Siberdu performed an apology drama in front of a reporter.
"There is no problem with the players' performance in this defeat. The problem lies with us and the coaching staff."
"The coaching staff made a strategy mistake, and a very serious mistake directly led to this failure."
"We will learn from the lessons. A 0-2 fall is not the end of the day. We have the ability to complete the comeback."
Rivers and Siberdu seem to be very responsible.
But they were also forced to do so.
If you are behind 0-2, you won’t be able to take the blame, how can you find confidence in the last few games of the series?
And this is not a culprit. The first battle can be said to be a mistake. This battle is definitely the fault of the coaching staff.
After apologizing, I took the pot sincerely.
In view of the fact that the Celtics are indeed outstanding in their hard power, North America is still optimistic about this Celtics.
"Although it is 0-2 behind, 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 and countdown to turn the tables..."
Chapter completed!