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Chapter 429 War of Attrition
The Miami Heat surprised people with an extremely weird lineup. The four elders led a small team. Looking at Spoelstra's starting lineup, Rivers felt a little surprised, and he might be even more psychological. Mostly, I felt a kind of inexplicable uneasiness. In such a game, I have the courage to form such a starting lineup. I really don't know whether to admire the courage of the Filipino or call this guy an idiot.

Those head coaches who were about to watch the performance of their competitors on the TVs in their respective offices also frowned at the arrangement of the Miamis. The old fox of Zen Master even exchanged opinions with his absolute core Kobe. I can't figure out what the Filipino wants to do. Is it a tactical arrangement of inertial thinking?Or has this guy started to use a fixed tactical rotation method to deal with all games?
No one knows what that Filipino is thinking, but Pat Riley, who is sitting upright in his office, has a strange smile on his mouth. He seems to have understood his succession. People's thoughts, "A guy with more courage than the sky, he seems to never know what it's like to be afraid, maybe only such a madman is suitable to lead such a crazy team." Pat Riley picked up The cigar, which he hadn't tasted for a long time, was lit, and he seemed to be ready to enjoy such a game without any worries.

What is the meaning of the opponent's weird arrangement?Such questions lingered in Rivers' head, but Rivers could not see any nervousness from the Filipino's face. Boo didn't respond much, he was just explaining something to the team members in front of him in a low voice, and kept drawing various things on the tactical board in his hand, no one knew what the hell this guy was doing , but the expressions of those Miami people seemed to be very relaxed and natural, without the slightest tension of the war.

Maybe it's time for Rivers to be jealous of the Filipino, at least the other party won't be disturbed and criticized by the upper echelon because of this lineup, but Rivers has no way to ignore the TD North Bank Garden arena. During those hustle and bustle, the opponent can act relaxed and fearless, but he can only rack his brains to find a way to win, and he can't have any spiritual slack at all, and he can't have even a little flaw.

He even needs to start preparing for this game a few days ago. What Boston needs now is victory not explanation or excuses, and the opponent's arrogance must be punished before they will be satisfied. From Spoelstra From the moment he shouted that he wanted to take the victory here, there was an extra pressure on Rivers. Indeed, as the Filipino said, he couldn't afford to lose such a home game.

Now the opponent can arrange such a starting lineup at will, but Rivers can only throw the most luxurious five-man combination on the field at the same time. Even if he has the intention to change this lineup, it is already too late. Because the angry fans were shouting frantically, let those Miami people experience the price of frivolity at the TD North Bank Garden Arena, frivolity?Maybe, but it could also be confidence.

For the first time, Rivers' starting lineup threw all of its cards on the field, "Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Rasheed Wallace, Rajon Rondo ".After seeing the list of players thrown by Rivers, the TD North Bank Garden Arena erupted with the craziest roar. These despised fans now need the Celtics to use such a luxurious lineup to defeat the opponent's team. Arrogant, they need their own team to seek justice for them, the Bostonians are not allowed to be underestimated, they are the greatest team in this league, bar none.

They need the Big Four of the team to use their strong offensive power to make the opponents bow their heads and admit their mistakes. Even if the Filipino wants to apologize, the fans here will not give him such a chance. These fans now just want to watch the Miami Heat being green The powerful offensive of the shirt army was killed, the more thoroughly the better, it would be best if they could be bombarded by their tyrannical artillery fire without leaving even a single residue, only in this way can they completely offset their anger at being despised by the Filipino, and only in this way Only then can they declare their great strength to all competitors.

But Rivers did not have such madness in his heart. He thought more about trying to take the initiative in the early stage of the game. He knew that this difficult opponent was not so easy to deal with. The winning streak is not without much water, it was all fought back with real knives and guns. Although there are not many strong teams in these 1 games, who can guarantee that the Celtics can do it in that position? so perfectMoreover, the opponents still have a way to go, those guys sitting on the bench are their reserved combat power, no matter what kind of idea the Filipino is playing, Rivers does not want to let himself fall into the opponent's calculations Among them, is it the habitual way of lining up or leaving a backup lineup? He doesn't want to study it. He just wants to let the opponent show his cards as soon as possible. If the Flash doesn't stand up from the bench for [-] minute, it proves that those Miami There is still room left, what he needs is that the Big Four in his hand can force the opponent to make tactical adjustments in the shortest possible time.

He has lagged behind the Filipino in tactical arrangements, and now he can no longer let his situation on the court be controlled by the opponent's strange formation, so Rivers looked at the four superstars in front of him and the gradual maturity Rondo explained the tactical arrangement word by word. He needs these big guys to quickly enter the game state in the opening stage, defeat the Miami defensive line in one fell swoop, and force the opponent to change their style of play.

"Rashid and Kevin have to control the right to speak inside, and the opponent is now forming a combination of two centers, so I need you to try to force the opponent to lose their own offensive rhythm in the confrontation at the basket, especially that For Dongfang's low post singles, he must find a way to surround him, don't give him any chance to easily get the ball, don't let him easily stand in the deep position and ask for the ball. Ability can be ignored at certain moments, the focus of the basket is the offense of the Eastern kid, don’t let him go crazy here, contain him, must!” Rivers has been preparing how to deal with it a few days ago Lin Yi's method, the safest method he can think of now may be to let Rasheed Wallace and Garnett defend that guy, and only this kind of confrontation will make him feel at ease in fighting for control of the basket .

"We don't need to make any adjustments to the tactical play of the rest of the players. The offensive ability of the opponent's current starters is not strong, so we need these guys to show their cards. As for how to cut the connection between the big man and the outside line, I think I don't need to say more, since the opponent thinks they can still have reservations about us, let them know how serious the consequences of underestimating the Celtics are from the first second!" Rivers said This sentence is undoubtedly looking for a fuse to ignite these guys' desire to fight, and he did it. Those green giants responded to their coach's order with roars and clapping their hands vigorously. They had already started before the game started. eager to try.

The opposite is the atmosphere on the other side. Compared with the Celtics, which already has a bit of war, the Miami Heat seem to be very relaxed. Spoelstra will not make any inflammatory speeches. He has already finished what he said in the locker room. It would be very meaningless to swear an oath to fight in other people's home courts. He just instilled the things he should explain to his players for the last time. He is now All he had to do was do this, because he wasn't going to play the game after all, he could only sit on the sidelines and watch how everything changed.

"Remember, what we want is a winning result, not a flashy bubble. The opponent has already lined up his most luxurious lineup, so let's treat these guys with the same luxurious hospitality now, guys, now It's your show time, it's time to get on the stage, go kick their asses hard, hard! I need to hear their wailing over the frantic voices from the sidelines!" Spoelstra said. Looking at the five starters, he waved his hands vigorously, indicating that these big men can board their own battlefield, and the game is about to begin.

When the referee threw the basketball into the air, the atmosphere of the entire TD North Bank Garden Arena was heightened to a climax. The fans hoped that their shouts could help their team take the initiative at the beginning of the game. They wanted to let those The Miami people were scared out of their wits here, but what they saw was a large palm directly pulling away the basketball in the contest, while their wolf king just touched the basketball with his fingertips.

The competition for control of the opening jump ball is a very intuitive comparison of jumping ability. If Garnett was able to compete with Lin Yi during the jump ball last season, then after half a year After time passed, the jumping ability of the wolf king's legs was obviously inferior to that of the opponent, especially at the moment of take-off, Garnett could even clearly feel the speed of the opponent's ascent. There is absolutely no way for him to stop the plundering of the basketball, but no one can change this reality, because it is the power of time, and he surpasses everything else. Lin Yi's youth surpasses the wolf king's old age, and it is bound to happen. Even if they don't want to admit it, there's nothing they can do about it.

The basketball that Lin Yi picked up from the air fell directly into Old Bell's hands, and the Celtics' collective retreat speed was also quite fast. The moment Old Bell caught the ball, the five Celtics had already retreated to their own. The defense started near the three-point line, and they would not leave any fast-break opportunities for the Miamis, and it seemed that the elder Bell had no plans to advance quickly. He just steadily controlled the basketball and passed halfway.

Miami's opening offense will always give them the initiative to win the game, especially the fast break tactics in the jump ball competition, which will always tear the opening from the opponent's unsteady front, so Rivers will especially urge I told my players to pay attention to this, but this time the Miami Heat didn't seem to be in a hurry to launch an offense. They just kept passing the ball around the perimeter, and the sudden and throwing posture made the Celtics The defense has been involved in the opponent's transfer of the ball, and this confrontation lasted until the last six seconds left in the offensive clock before changing.

After being defended by the opponent for two consecutive fake breakthroughs, Old Bell seemed to have finally remembered the choice of hitting the basketball directly into the paint. This was the first time Lin Yi received a pass from the outside after the jump ball, but this The guy's catch wasn't near the paint he's used to occupying, but on the edge of the free throw line at the top of the key, and the guy's catch from that spot looked more like a forced catch on a failed high screen. ball.

The awkward position of receiving the ball, the awkward long-distance back to the basket, all of these seem to be against Lin Yi. Few people see this guy not going to the low post to get the ball to attack, but running directly here The big man may not even realize it, as if all this was caused by the slow movement of the Miami Heat as a whole, and he was forced to leave the low post to catch the ball at the top of the arc.

Lin Yi's ball-holding position is far away from the basket. At this time, the Celtics' two big insiders can only let one person follow him out, while the other one continues to linger in his hinterland, because the Eastern boy's ball-handling singles Taking too much advantage of his footwork, Garnett and Rasheed Wallace are guarding against him from such a high position with the ball. You must know that last season Duncan and Nowitzki both ate Get over this guy.

With the back of the basket, there are still five seconds left in the clock, and there is Garnett's top defense behind Lin Yi. Such a harsh environment makes Lin Yi's offensive options very few, but this guy just insists. In this kind of confrontation, he found an opportunity. After receiving the ball, he took a sideways step and narrowed Garnett's defense. Garnett could only follow Lin Yi's footsteps and move out to defend him. .

But this kind of top defense can't affect Lin Yi's footsteps when he turns around and cuts the basket inward. He seems to have identified the direction of this assault, and directly let his body roll inward. When Garnett held up again When he blocked Lin Yi's path with both hands, he saw Lin Yi who had already turned around forcefully to the other side with one foot as the axis. When Garnett moved again, he found that the guy was helpless. He didn't completely move his body center of gravity, but was using such a feint to trick Garnett into changing positions. His pivot foot was quickly retracted, and Lin Yi also held the ball high at this time, completing his own defense. With a face-to-basket attack, an orange basketball has been pushed from his hands to the basket.

Sideways, strides, and two back-to-back movements that quickly change the center of gravity of his body. After such a coherent feint, Garnett has completely lost the opportunity to mark Lin Yi, and he can only twist his body helplessly. He tried to interfere with the opponent's shooting, but all he could do was to wave his hands in the air. The orange basketball had already plunged into the basket, flipping the white net.

Stable mid-range, even if he executes such a shot near the free throw line, Lin Yi is extremely stable, he doesn't even have any desire to rush for a rebound, but after such a shot, he quietly retreats to his backcourt , he didn't roar wantonly, nor did he make any provocative moves, he just murdered the opponent's attempt to mark him in such a quiet way. It seems so coherent and smooth, sometimes it is like this, a shot does not need to be so gorgeous, it can bring just a simple finish, a standard mid-range, a perfect two-pointer, has begun to announce that the Miami people are coming .

A singles game that relied entirely on his personal offensive ability, Lin Yi used this method to kick off the war between the two teams. Although his attack in the high position seemed very difficult this time, no one would deny that this Eastern boy is now In the confrontation with Garnett, he is basically dominating the positional relationship between the two. In the high-level one-on-one duel, he used his skilled skills to eat Garnett.

This is a naked humiliation for Garnett. The opponent's position of holding the ball is very poor, and even the attack time is almost running out, but the opponent has eaten himself under such conditions. For the Wolf King, who has been in the league for more than ten years, it was a heavy blow. Although it was only a two-pointer, it was a complete failure for Garnett. He began to slow down , has begun to gradually fail to keep up with the moving speed of that oriental boy. When he faced Lin and swayed his back once or twice, his center of gravity was not as stable as a mountain. He already felt that he was being quickly surpassed by that boy, even It's throwing away, the gains and losses of a ball can really compare many things.

Although such a failure is a blow to Garnett, Rivers is more concerned about the situation of the entire team on the sidelines. Garnett lost one-on-one, but Rivers felt A relief, at least what he saw in the Miami Heat's offense was a kind of sluggishness, not the kind of fluidity brought by the fast penetration that he was most worried about, nor was it the storming of the big man who wanted the ball in the low post.

His team members did a very good job of cutting the opponent's internal and external connections, especially in the first ten seconds, the opponent didn't even have any chance to cut into the three-second zone. First, he is more concerned about whether the opponent's tactics can be destroyed by his own arrangements. Only when the Miami Heat become as calm as water is good news for the Celtics. Now, Those Celtics have done a good job. They have done everything they asked for, especially in the battle for control of the basket. They have forced the Eastern kid to stay away from the basket area. When the giants lose their living space, They will lose their deterrence.

However, Rivers' excitement lasted only a few seconds, and then he was stunned by the scene he saw, because those Miami people turned out to be using half-court marking defense!Lin Yi even faced Garnett directly at the top of the arc, and Big Ben was entangled with his former good brother Rasheed Wallace one step inside the three-point line. There is no way to move forward near the center line. Ray Allen also has a Bowen hanging beside him, not to mention Wells whose hands are already glued to Pierce's waist.

The battle for territory without giving up an inch, the Miami Heat, which seemed to be a little stagnant in the offense just now, returned to their own half, like a group of lunatics sticking to their respective defensive targets , they are not defending at all, these guys are looking for direct confrontation between the body, especially Bowen, when Ray Allen responded to Rondo's pass, he kept hitting the opponent's calf with his knee .

It is the task that Rivers entrusted to his players to prevent the opponent from having a comfortable offensive opportunity, but now it seems that those Miami talents are the most perfect tactic executors, because they have no intention of letting the opponent have the slightest free time. To observe the running positions of their players, their hands kept waving in front of their opponents, and even Wells would directly cover Pierce's face with his hands. These Miami lunatics' desire for physical confrontation has reached a crazy level. At this point, they kept bumping into the opponent's body, harassing the opponent's dribbling hands, preventing these guys from passing the ball, and all kinds of small actions emerged endlessly to harass every Celtic who played on the field. people team members.

When Rivers saw these intense scenes appearing in front of his eyes, he was a little speechless. Where is this playing?This fucking is obviously beating someone, look at what that gangster Bowen is doing to Ray Allen, his hands are about to reach into the opponent's clothes, although the referee has verbally warned this guy, but Anyone can see that the famous black hand ghost in the NBA doesn't care whether he will foul or not. What he wants to do seems to be to prevent the Celtics from playing a smooth offense. They are using this method to delay the opponent. The footsteps of the opponent consume the physical strength of the other party.

Although Pierce directly scored two points with a mid-range near the bottom line in the Celtics' first attack, everyone can see how difficult the attack was. They even scored two points in the last two seconds. It was only when they found such a chance to make a shot. Under such a confrontation, no one can guarantee that they will be so lucky next time, and Rivers' heart has begun to cast a shadow.

Spoelstra looked at the scene in front of him with satisfaction. This is what he wanted, and he wanted to defeat me quickly? NO, you will fall into my war of attrition, do you know what is called an iron camp?The halfcourt of the Miami Heat is the hardest steel door. When it is about to close tightly, even if your teeth are broken, you guys don't want to bite a piece easily!

(Unfortunately, the prophecy came true yesterday... I told others in the group that Barcelona won and Inter Milan advanced, uh... When I stayed up all night, I realized that I really became a prophet. Tragedy... I was called a crow's mouth The second generation...Melancholy...I want to predict the finals now...hehe...)
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