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Chapter 120 WDPOY
The Celtics controlled the restricted area, and the Bucks tried to attack in it, and they quickly discovered the problem.

Sampson isn't going to leave the paint without someone consistently knocking down shots from the high post.

If a [-]-foot-[-] oddball with the athleticism of a small forward insists on hanging around the paint, they won't be able to score easily in the Celtics paint tonight.

Don Nelson clearly sees the problem on the offensive end.

But the problem on the defensive end cannot be ignored.

The Celtics clearly positioned two and three on the two wings, and the strong side formed by Bird and John Long allowed the former to eat Moncrief at an infinitely low position.

Bird's post-up in the low post made Moncrief lose face.

For several consecutive rounds, whether Bird turned his back, hit him with all his strength to make him lose his balance and then turned around to attack the basket, or put on a shooting fake to get him up and then made his footsteps to invade the basket to score, it was difficult for Moncrief.

This season, the NBA moved out a brand new award-Defensive Player of the Year.

Moncrief is the first Defensive Player of the Year in history.

The CBS narrator watched Bird's ravages of Moncrief and said with a smile: "Larry is embarrassing DPOY."

As the greatest defender in NBA history, Bill Russell wanted to justify his defense.

"Giving this award to a linebacker would have been a league mistake."

No matter what they said, it wasn't going to make things better for Moncrief.

In particular, Bird's fifth offense was fouled by Moncrief and hit the board. Under the opponent's defense, he played low post five times in a row, with a 100% shooting rate, which caused the Bucks to request a timeout.

"Sidney, your defensive trophy is pretty good, but the 'W' is missing." Bird laughed murderously, "You shouldn't get DPOY, you should get 'WDPOY' (Worst Defensive Player Of the Year/Worst Defensive Player of the Year)."

Moncrief, having lost his restraint, cursed petulantly, "Fuck you!"

Bird walked off the court with a tart sneer.

"What did you tell him?" Louie threw a towel to Bird.

"I positively 'affirmed' his defense," Bird said.

Louis asked with a smile, "Is yours definitely marked with an asterisk?"

"What do you say?"

On the side of the Bucks, Nelson has seen that the Celtics have completely changed the previous offensive and defensive system under Louis' command.

The Celtics centered the free-throw line to form the corners of a square, and Sampson wandered around the paint, ghosting every Bucks player who entered the paint.

This kind of pseudo-zone defense, which is similar to a zone defense and legally exists because they have not lost their opponent, has hit the Bucks' penalty area shooting rate.

Moreover, their defensive pressure at every turn will reduce the Bucks' offensive error tolerance rate and increase the probability of mistakes, and they are one of the teams that control mistakes best in the playoffs.

On the offensive end, let Bird sit in the low post and attack Moncrieff's defense.

Nelson still can't see Louie's intentions, because for five consecutive rounds, Bird has taken over the offense and used singles to score, which violates the Celtics' team spirit since ancient times.But the problem is that Moncrief has been beaten to distraction, Nelson must find ways to relieve his pressure.

Therefore, Nelson made two-handed preparations.

First came the offense, where he allowed two swingmen, Junior Bridgeman SF/SG and "The Dilemma" Brian Winters SG/SF, to fire bravely from mid-to-long range.

"If they give you a chance, you shoot decisively. Only when you make long-range shots, their defensive pressure will spread outward!"

Then, he gave another order.

"Alton!" He shouted out the most trusted defensive player, "If Larry continues to hold the ball in the low post, you will take over this matchup and defend him at all costs!"

No matter how strong Bird is, he can't blow up an orthodox seven-foot center like Liszt in the low post, right?

Nelson had to make this change.

At the end of the timeout, Bird scored the previous penalty and scored 11 points in a row. Less than 3 minutes into the game, he led the Celtics to a 13-4 lead over the Bucks.

In the Bucks' offensive round, Moncrief dribbled a few balls and suddenly passed the ball to Bridgeman on the outside.

Bridgeman is the only player on the Bucks team who has embraced a three-pointer.

This season, he hit 40 three-pointers with a 0.2% shooting rate, which is so "high" that Louis doesn't even want to watch it.

When Bridgeman made a decisive three-pointer from the outside, Louis clenched his fist, and Nelson really hit the road.

"Shh!"

7 is better than 13
"Does Nel really dare to let their guards go free?" KC asked in surprise.

Louis smiled: "In order to divert the defensive pressure in the penalty area, he has to do this."

When it was the turn of the Celtics to attack, Bird went to the waist again, but it was no longer DPOY who defended him, but Alton Lister.

This is like asking a middleweight boxer to fight a heavyweight boxer. It is not a boxing match at all, it must be a one-sided blow.

Seeing Liszt going to face Bird, Louis turned to KC and said, "Your old teammate, you have a very flexible mind."

And this is the true value of letting Bird play the low post.

Destroying Moncrief and his likes is just a routine operation, and it is inevitable. The important thing is that after the detonation, Louis imagined two possibilities.

Flanking, or substituting for defense, flanking is more dangerous, because Bird's ability to play the ball is well known in the world, and substituting for defense is a better option, but if you want to make a substitution, you can only look inside, because Moncrief is already a strong defensive defender at the historical level, and it is impossible to find a better one than him.

If you let the inside line come, it means that Moncrief must dislocate the inside line.

And that's where the real value of having Bird play low.

Bird has the ability to blow up an entire defensive line in the low post like the peak Dirk Nowitzki. This is an advantage that Bill Fitch didn't discover after coaching Bird for four seasons.If the low-post Bird is regarded as a size 11 Dirk, then he added Jokic's pass support on the basis of Dirk that year.

In this way, is Bird's destructive power in the low post and the possibility of supporting an offensive system alone clear?

Liszt's defense was originally within Louis' plan, and Nelson's reaction was so quick that he didn't expect it.

Unfortunately, Nelson wanted to choke the Celtics' offense at both ends, trying to blow up his old club like he did in the previous games, but if the Celtics' head coach was not Fitch in the previous games, or let the players play freely, the Bucks would not be able to lead 3-0.

Seconds later, Sampson sprinted to the basket, and Moncrief's DPOY was white collar because, as said, he was WDPOY in front of Sampson.

Sampson puts his hands up, Bird lobs, and the guy rides directly on DPOY's head to shit.

A devastating dunk perfectly implemented Louis' tactical intention.

Nelson was dumbfounded. When Bird got the ball and immediately found Sampson who cut inside, he seemed to be able to relate everything that happened in every round from the beginning of the game to the present. This is a chain!

Fortunately, the Bucks are improving.

The players strictly implemented the strategy arranged by Nelson, taking the initiative to shoot from high positions beyond the free throw line and from beyond the three-point line.

Except for Bridgeman and "Mr. Dilemma" Winster, who also has the ability to shoot three-pointers, all other players who can shoot choose high positions to attack.

What the Bucks didn't expect was that for Marquese Johnson's high-post shot, Bird directly defended with an eye-killing style to watch him do whatever he wanted.

"Shh!"

"Good defense, you country bumpkin!" Louis clapped his hands and applauded, "Come on, you are the best!"

His praise was sincere, regardless of the Bucks' high-post shooting and three-point shooting, including Bridgeman, who shot 40% of the three-pointers, they all let themselves go, giving the Bucks the space to shoot that modern teams can't imagine.
Therefore, Bridgeman scored a three-pointer, Johnson scored a high two-pointer, and others will make the ball in the future, but the Celtics' strategy will never change. The delusion of using high-post shots to tap the Celtics' defensive strength within the free throw line can only be a dream.

Nelson couldn't react to Louis' bet on the flash of his acting coaching career. Before he became a coach, he had played for many famous coaches, and he did a good job as a coach himself. Facing Louis, he planned to teach this kid what is the art of coaching, but in the end, he was overwhelmed by the opponent's rough defensive strategies and insidious offensive arrangements.

At the end of the first quarter, "Mr. Dilemma" Winster got a shot.

He shoots from beyond the arc.

Brian Winster is a guy born in the wrong era. This does not refer to his golf skills, but his self-pity and self-depressive personality. He always claims that he is in trouble, and his daily life is like a Netease cloud user who gets sick on time and emits negative emotions.

Especially his oily long hair that made Louis want to throw him into the shower room for a good wash, his not-so-good-looking goatee and inexplicably melancholy princely eyes—he has successfully built himself into a sophomore middle-aged man who is worrying about the world, compassionate and self-sufficient, and his three-pointer has brought difficulties to the Bucks and brought Moncrief infinitely closer to depression.

Bang!Three-point strike!

Isaiah Thomas pushed the fast break, and WDPOY stood in front of him. He stepped forward, hard against the opponent's body, showed his fingertips and hit the throw after dribbling, and there was the referee's whistle. This is 2+1!

"Isn't it too cruel?" Louis looked amused, "Isn't it good to pass the ball? DPOY doesn't want to lose face by chasing after others?"

(End of this chapter)