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Less than 2 minutes into the second quarter, Durant committed his third foul of the game on Paul Pierce. Originally, he could give Stephen a hand in offense, but Carlesimo didn't want to do that He was replaced earlier, but now he has to be replaced.

Durant's defense is not satisfactory. After all, this is still his rookie season, and the player he is facing is Paul Pierce, who is a master of offensive skills, but his offense can still be counted on, especially his huge With his height advantage and the technical characteristics of outside shooting, Paul Pierce is not very effective in restricting.

Paul Pierce is a floor player, both offensively and defensively.Although his defensive ability is not as good as his offense, it is still at the top level in the league. It is just that his height is nearly ten centimeters behind Durant. Coupled with the gap in wingspan, it is really difficult to prevent Durant from shooting.

Not to mention that Durant has to jump up when he makes a shot, and Durant's shot is very quick and fast. In other words, Durant's ability is still a bit lacking, but shooting is his strong point, so even though he Can't prevent Paul Pierce, but Paul Pierce doesn't have much to do with him.

This is also the main reason why Durant was selected as the second place. His physical condition and shooting ability are his two major advantages. Although he also has the weakness of lack of confrontation ability, many experts are still optimistic. After Oden was reimbursed for the season , Has become the most eye-catching rookie player this season.

After leaving the field, Carlesimo replaced Wilkins. When he came on the field, he also brought Stephen Carlesimo a defensive adjustment, which was to allow Stephen to defend Paul Pierce, who had been particularly active in recent minutes, and let Will Kings went to defend Ray Allen, who was a little quiet.

Ordinarily, this is a reasonable choice. Stephen's defensive ability is obvious to all. This is recognized by everyone. The role of the team's outside defensive gate, but no one can underestimate his defensive ability.

The current Stephen is just like Kobe and McGrady. When encountering an opponent worthy of attention, Stephen will do his best to deal with it. Under normal circumstances, in terms of defense, it is considered good to be able to make three points, because He wants to use his energy on offense.

And now among the outside players of the Celtics, Paul Pierce is the most active. In the second half of the first quarter and the beginning of the second quarter, the Celtics scored a total of fifteen points, Paul Pierce alone He got nine points, which shows how active he is.

Therefore, Carlesimo's adjustment is at the right time. If Durant is still on the court, although he is an extremely flexible player among the big players, he is not inferior in flexibility compared to ordinary small players. What, but Ray Allen is no ordinary player.

With Ray Allen and Paul Pierce, two outside star players, this brings difficulty to the defense, because you must choose between the two. Carlesimo knows that Paul Pierce is more threatening, which does not It doesn't mean that his ability is much higher than that of Ray Allen, but that his status in the Celtics will inevitably lead to a greater chance of him.

Because he is the original core of the Celtics and the leader of the team, no matter whether Garnett and Ray Allen are All-Stars or the leader of the original team, when he gets here, he must be inferior to Paul Pierce. Next, of course, as a competitive sport, basketball must be supported by strength, but Paul Pierce's strength is not bad.

So his status is still unshakable. In the Celtics system, Ray Allen's role is like Durant's role in the Sonics, and Paul Pierce is like Stephen's role in the Celtics system. The Sonics are in a similar position, of course, without Garnett.

But when formulating the pre-match strategy before the start of the game, Carlesimo did not plan to fight the opponent's defense, because with the current situation of the Sonics, fighting the opponent's defense is no different from suicide. After Garnett and Ray Allen, the coaching staff introduced Thibbert and transformed into the league's leading defensive team, while the Sonics' defensive level was in the middle.

If you fight against the opponent's defense, you will fight against the opponent's strength with your own shortcomings. How can you win the game, and the Sonics' consistent winning policy is to use offense to defeat the opponent. To achieve such good results, rely on Also offensive.

There is no reason to give up your own way of winning. Of course, it’s just that you don’t try to defend, but it’s not that you don’t stop defending. Carlesimo is relatively successful in formulating game strategies. When he was in the Spurs, he was also the main player. responsible for this work.

In terms of offense, the Sonics are not the opponents of the Celtics with the Big Three, and there is a lot of improvisation in the offense, but the improvement in the quality of defense does not happen overnight. Judging from it, Carlesimo's tactics are still the opponent's.

The reason why Wilkins asked Stephen to defend Paul Pierce after Wilkins came up was that Paul Pierce was too active recently, and on the other hand, with Wilkins' ability, he was almost as good at defending Ray Allen as he was to defend Pierce. It's just too much.

When Stephen stood in front of Paul Pierce, he felt that the current Pierce and the previous two seasons of Pierce have undergone earth-shaking changes in spirit, especially in self-confidence, although Stephen was in the Spurs. They only played against each other twice this season, but Stephen always defended against Paul Pierce as the main defensive player, so he still knows Paul Pierce well.

At that time, Paul Pierce, although his offensive skills were extremely skilled and his ability to grasp the timing of the offense was extraordinary, but the Celtics at that time seemed to make people unable to see the future, so at that time Paul Pierce, although he didn't slack off or don't try his best because of the team's record, but he lacked a kind of hard work to win.

But this season is different. In addition to Paul Pierce's still extremely calm expression, he has a bit more fierce and murderous look, and his whole person also has a high-ranking aura, but the more he is like this, the more he arouses Stephen's winning mentality.

The more you feel that you are stronger, and then defeat you, this kind of task can make Stephen full of fighting spirit, and at the same time Stephen also finds it more vicious, and in terms of self-confidence, Stephen is not inferior to his opponent, and even Excessive.

When Stephen was in the Spurs, he was just a new star in the league, and his status in the Spurs had never been justifiably orthodox. Although he had certain privileges in the team, it was more like a temporary measure. Although the current Stephen has received many honors and achievements, there are not enough of them that really make people pay attention and feel that they pose a threat.

It's different now. Gui is the No.1 scoring player in the league this season. Stephen has used his data to prove his ability. No team or player can really limit Stephen, and Stephen also leads the Western Conference. San's team leadership results prove that he is not only a data maker, but also has good team leadership skills.

There are many players who are polluted by others. For example, Zach Randolph, who used to be the boss of the Portland Trail Blazers, is regarded as a stat brush, a player who can only stat, but stats represent contribution and dedication. Obtaining the data of averaging [-] and [-] rebounds per game also shows that he has paid for the team.

It's just that the team's record has given him the reputation of playing only for statistics. In fact, he just has a little more off-court affairs. There are not too many people talking about his bad deeds on the court. Many of them are just the media's criticism of him. Just malicious criticism and speculation.

However, Stephen has no problems in this regard. He has a very good relationship with the media industry. The creative artist agency has an inseparable relationship with many media in the country, and Stephen is very good at dealing with the media, so there are few in the media. Negative news about Stephen appeared.

Since the beginning of this season, Stephen has been using his performances against the sky to wash away people's impression of him, including the media, including fans, and naturally including opponents. No matter who it is, it is wrong to treat Stephen as a sudden explosion. A second-round rookie, but with the attitude of a league superstar to deal with.

In this way, Stephen also gradually developed an aloof temperament. When the two collided, they immediately noticed that the other was different from before, and immediately raised their will to fight, and put their minds on the opponent.

At this time, the ball was still in the hands of the Celtics. After the ball was delivered to Rondo, Rondo quickly handed it over to Paul Pierce. Paul Pierce habitually turned sideways and leaned against Stephen, but only dribbled. As soon as the ball was hit, Paul Pierce gave up his offensive plan for post-up singles.

He knew Stephen's strength advantage, and he knew that Stephen was good at defending, but what he didn't expect was that Stephen's current defensive oppression would be so strong. For such a player, it is not appropriate to use ordinary offensive methods, so he immediately Turn around again, exert force from Stephen's left side, but as soon as the body is activated, the speed is raised, coupled with his tonnage, and when he is about to charge forward, the body suddenly stops completely, and the body The bishop swung forward, and the bishop turned around strangely. With this movement, Stephen had already rushed in front of him and lost his defensive position, but before Paul Pierce could make another move, Stephen quickly retracted the steps he had already taken. At the same time, using the left foot as the axis, he turned around and blocked Paul Pierce again.

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