Chapter 475 Blast down the strongest defense!
Updated: 2013-05-12
Rivers' idea from beginning to end was how to grind the Pistons to death. He just wanted to hang himself, slowly tightening the rope so that the opponent could not breathe. You should do this when facing tough and experienced opponents.
You may come up and wave a big knife and cut your opponent into pieces, but this game will take forty-eight minutes. Can you ensure that your team can maintain this offensive efficiency during this period?
Although the Celtics can rank first in the offensive efficiency rankings in the league, the more unpredictable it will be. The previous statistics are definitely cloudy.
Otherwise, the little emperor could win MVP awards in the regular season, but why would he be timid in the playoffs? Even the Wizards failed to keep their average scores above the average level of the season.
That was just the first round of the playoffs. Afterwards, he encountered the Celtics, and there was no such thing as efficiency. It was just a situation where he was completely curbed. The data declined, and four miserable losses followed.
Rivers hasn't heard the alarmist thinking that such a thing will happen to the Celtics, but in such a game rhythm, you can't use regular season data to measure the high confrontation in the playoffs.
So, don't expect tactics that can be played in the regular season are also useful in the playoffs. At least you have to do more on defense, and play carefully in offense, so don't play those that are too rough.
The Celtics' overall ability is very strong, but there are still a lot of things to pay attention to. Rivers really wants to hone another season, but now he has achieved this, so he can only try his best to craft everything.
When we first started to polish the Celtics' tactics, we imagine that the enemy was a team like the Spurs and Pistons.
In the playoffs, you can't always encounter an offensive team like the Hawks. If you really fight to the end and reach the finals, you still have to compete for efficiency, defense, and who can be tougher on the court.
You can't expect a team with super strong offense and loopholes in defense to take advantage of the Finals.
Even Auerbach once warned him, "Brand the fence first, and then consider killing the opponent."
This is not a true saying, but it is definitely the most concise advice of an old man who has been in the NBA for half a century. Just relying on the attack of the Green Shirts as fast as the wind, it cannot guarantee that they will win until the end.
This season, the Celtics under the command of Rivers not only rely on offense to sweep the world, but also can enter the top three in the league in defensive efficiency. A comprehensive team will always be the most terrifying existence.
At this moment, the Celtics are trying to turn themselves into such a team. The threat they bring is definitely a terrifying opponent. The Pistons' stability has become a cocoon.
The Celtics are not afraid of others' stability now, but they are afraid that their opponents will get angry after they come up. The idea of Furth sharpening the knife will definitely fail, but the Pistons' unchanged team just catered to the Celtics' tactics.
The question Rivers is now considering how to drag the Pistons into the position to fight and consume it. As a result, that guy Sanders was really obedient. Rivers didn't bother, so he took the initiative to take the initiative to take a solid defense.
Sanders really wanted to stabilize, but his stability could not get any chance to counterattack!
This guy's wishful thinking was quite loud, but unfortunately, Rivers and the Celtics didn't give him room to play.
Never expect the Pistons to play beautiful offensive cooperation, but with such a slow pace, it is full of strong physical confrontation. Even if the Detroits are strong enough, they are obviously a little overwhelmed.
The main reason is that they have fought a war of attrition with the Orlando people. Now it is the turn to fight to the death with the more powerful Celtics. Isn’t this making it uncomfortable for themselves? If you want to catch other people’s loopholes, you’re still just scratching them now!
The confrontation on the outside may be a little bit easier, but the fighting on the inside is completely an inevitable hand-to-hand combat.
The high confrontation in the inside leads to more fouls. I'm afraid no coach can avoid this, but Sanders is really a bit depressed now.
Originally, the Pistons' inside staff were not in a mess. Except for Rashid Wallace and McDace, no one could stand up to share the worries for Sanders. This was the situation when facing the Magic.
Once Rashid Wallace is in trouble with fouls, there will be big problems on both ends of the Pistons' offense and defense. No matter what, "Roaring the Heavenly Lord" is a axis of Detroit.
The outside line depends on Billups' passes and breakthroughs to find opportunities, so the Pistons' inside line depends on Rashid Wallace's height and offensive range to tear the opponent's defense.
When facing the Magic, Rashid Wallace played Howard with the ball. Perhaps this old guy didn't get much advantage in terms of physical confrontation, but in terms of experience, it was a perfect victory.
Howard made too many fouls in the next two games, which could not help the team consolidate its advantages in the inside line. As a result, the Pistons seized the opportunity to counterattack, and Rashid Wallace made great contributions.
But now this fulcrum of offense and defense in the interior was caught and beaten by the Celtics! Rivers' heart is really cruel. The first point he ensures offensive efficiency is to take full advantage of the inside!
Leave any opportunity to take advantage of the Pistons in terms of rebounding, controlling the three-second zone, and controlling the opponent's cutting!
Although the periphery has withdrawn a stable scoring point, there is Cassel's entanglement and Percy's strength, in order to kill the Pistons' offensive firepower on the outside, and prevent them from having the opportunity to cut into the three-second zone.
Without these potential threats from the periphery, the Celtics have greater confidence in controlling the three-second zone. Without the advantages of secondary offense and rebounding, the Pistons' offensive efficiency has been compressed to the lowest level by the Celtics!
Garnett won the final result if he was alone. At least in the confrontation between the two of them in the first few minutes, McDise really had no choice but to be the "Wolf King" and often lost the initiative when moving his footsteps.
They were originally smart inside players, but Garnett's offense was obviously sharper. His strong attack was more impactful than McDestiny. The difference in physique was not big, but McDestiny just couldn't withstand Garnett.
Although Garnett has an average tonnage, this guy is a crab, and his bones are full of meat. Once he plays with the ball, he will not suffer any loss in low-post confrontation, let alone his footsteps under the basket, which is so flexible.
McDyce's pace is not slow, but whoever has the right to attack will take the initiative. Moreover, Cassel and Pierce provide cover and support for Garnett at a high position, and often a cross-transfer is an opportunity.
Sanders on the sidelines are really helpless now. No one in his hands can beat Garnett alone. Except for McDace who could barely follow him, the rest are given for nothing.
But Garnett's strong attack was indeed too strong. Halfway through the first quarter, Mike Des was charged with two fouls, and the "Wolf King" had already scored 8 points and 4 rebounds and 1 block.
As for McDyce's contribution, he only scored 4 points and 1 rebound with a mid-range jumper, but his efficiency was only two of four shots, and he also gave Garnett four free throws.
Because of the foul, Sanders had to replace McDace from the field when he was only halfway through the first quarter. He didn't want to delay the game until the fourth quarter, and he had no inside line to be available.
The troubles Rashid Wallace is facing now are obviously more difficult than McDace. She can't stop Garnett from entering, but Rashid Wallace has no choice but to deal with Chen Feng at all.
5 points, 5 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block. The data looks just average, but all 5 rebounds come from the frontcourt! This made Rashid Wallace's old face almost completely lost!
Damn, I have never seen such a cruel opponent. After playing 11 minutes in the first quarter, the Celtics have rewritten the score to 26:18. Although the scoring efficiency is average, the lethality of the inside is really amazing.
Especially in terms of offense, Garnett's strong attack has already achieved results, and Chen Feng's strength in the inside has even regained all the attacks he lost from his team and continued to attack for the second time!
Kassel alone took advantage of such a second offensive opportunity to make a three-pointer and a mid-range shot. Pierce also made two shots in the three-second zone with the second offense, scoring all the shots.
What Sanders may be the most annoying about is such a loss of points, but his roar on the sidelines could not help Rashid Wallace. This old guy had no choice but to face Chen Feng's impact in the three-second zone.
Especially the control of rebounding has never been so unfavorable. He even got two backcourt rebounds in the first quarter. This is all the data, and scoring and other things are all over the clouds at this time.
If an insider cannot handle rebounding, the meaning of his existence will be weakened. The Pistons live by the overall cooperation, and their defense against the inside is their key skill.
Although this advantage has been weakened to a certain extent after leaving Big Ben, he can still be proud of the Eastern Conference. In the last round, he defeated the Orlando man in rebounding.
But at the North Shore Garden Arena, amid the shouts of nearly 20,000 Boston fans, the Pistons' strongest defense line is collapsing, and a pair of fierce big hands are tearing the psychological defense line of the Detroits.
The bald wild boy's defense may not seem sophisticated and professional, but his impact has already made the Detroits lose their resilience.
The big hands waving in front of Rashid Wallace are plundering the possibility of the Pistons winning.
At this moment, even though the roar of the "Roaring Heavenly Lord" was still there, there were not many things he could block.
Now it is not the giant wheel of history that is roaring over, but a terrifying bald beast that is showing his fierce attitude...
Chapter completed!