NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 266 267. Playoffs start (18) Guaranteed Monthly Pass!

April 4

The first round of the playoffs officially started, because the Celtics have home court advantage, so in the first two games, the Bobcats will challenge the Celtics away in Boston.

Liu Rui is quite familiar with this Celtics team.

At this stage, the Celtics are fully planning to support Pierce, and the process within the team is for veterans to lead newcomers.

The reason why the Celtics are currently the weakest of the top eight teams in the Eastern Conference is because as of this season, only four of the entire Celtics team scored in double figures.

And among the four scoring in double figures, veteran gloves Payton and LaFrentz averaged 11.3 points and 11.1 points per game, respectively.

The reason why they were able to win this record this season is also because the Celtics will try to bring their opponents into their rhythm as much as possible.

Thus forcing the two sides to become a personal singles show.

Although Payton is old, his contribution on the defensive end is still visible to the naked eye.

The most important thing is that the Celtics have a rookie player Tony Allen this season.

Under the training of the glove Payton, although Tony Allen's role on the field is not very high yet, on the defensive end, he has already begun to show his edge.

On the offensive end, the entire Celtics team relies entirely on the support of Pierce and Ricky Davis.

Especially Pierce, as the hope of the Celtics' future revival, Pierce played 82 games this season and maintained a record of full attendance.

在本赛季的82场比赛中，皮尔斯场均出场36.1分钟，可以贡献21.6分6.6篮板以及4.2次助攻。

This result is obviously also very good.

In the case of being able to score for the team by himself, he can also drive the offense of his teammates.

Excellent overall view and offensive means, let the Celtics directly appoint him as the absolute core of the team's future.

However, Liu Rui still knows Pierce well.

Because of the classic yellow-green battle in the previous life, Pierce's name may not be called a famous name in the history of the NBA.

But for the memories of a generation, it can definitely be called lingering.

Liu Rui, who has been reborn, has done some research on Pierce's offensive methods in his career.

Coupled with Gerald Wallace's focus on defense, I believe that in this round of the series, Pierce may not be particularly comfortable on the offensive end.

So this also made Liu Rui full of confidence and swept away the previous haze.

Intended to lead the Bobcats to go all out in the playoffs.

In addition to Pierce, the Celtics have the second largest guard of honor on the offensive end, which is Ricky Davis.

As the team's well-deserved No. 33 scorer, Davis averaged 16 minutes per game this season and was able to contribute 3 points, 3 rebounds and [-] assists.

Although his personal strength is also good, Liu Rui doesn't have much fear of him.

Because Davis's entire career, until he retired, his shooting has not been stable.

Although he is not a purebred dunker, his style of play is definitely a dunker's style of play.

Most of Ricky Davis' offensive methods are completed by dunks and jump shots.

However, after leaving the Cavaliers, Davis's data also began to decline, and the whole person increased the proportion of his jump shots.

As of this season, about 80% of Davis's shots are from mid-range jumpers.

But his true shooting percentage is far from ideal.

However, the current situation of the Celtics is that the team must have these fixed offensive rounds in every game.

And in these rounds, someone has to choose the shot.

After all, Pierce is not an iron man, and it is impossible to take [-] or [-] shots in every game, so Ricky Davis also takes more shots in every game, and his shooting percentage is lower, which is understandable.

But in any case, among the current Celtics, Liu Rui really doesn't care about Ricky Davis.

The biggest variable, of course, is Pierce's personal performance. Secondly, in Liu Rui's view, the veteran Payton is the one who can pose a threat to him.

Although Payton is on the offensive end, Liu Rui is not afraid that he will have too many changes, because even if Liu Rui lets him shoot as much as he wants, with his current state, he can score more than 20 points in a game at most.

The reason why Glove Payton can become a variable in this round of the series is because he is a very experienced big troll.

Not only is his defensive ability excellent, but he is also famous for his trash talk on the field.

The Bobcats are all young and energetic young people. Facing the dirty moves of Glove Payton, Liu Rui is not sure whether the players can control their emotions.

So before the game started, Liu Rui told the players more than once that no matter what happened on the field, they must first control their emotions.

If you really can't control it, you can apply to Liu Rui on the sidelines for a timeout, and Liu Rui will find a way to solve it.

After all, Liu Rui really doesn't know how Payton's character is, but what he knows is that Payton's game quality is really not that good.

Unscrupulous little moves all over the court, non-stop trash talking, this kind of emotional provocation is definitely the most unbearable thing for a young team.

So this is what Liu Rui is most worried about at the moment.

After all, if they are defeated by the Celtics head-on in the game, it can only show that the players of the Bobcats are still not as good as others.

Although there will be regrets, Liu Rui can accept it calmly.

But if it was because of unexpected situations on the court, the Bobcats lost this round of the series.

For Liu Rui, that was the real frustration.

No matter what the outside world thinks about this game, at least in Liu Rui's view, the Bobcats' odds of winning this round of the series can definitely reach [-]% to [-]%.

The reason for being so conservative is also because most of the Bobcats' young players have not experienced the baptism of the playoffs in their careers.

The playoffs and the regular season can be said to be completely different situations, so after the playoffs, Liu Rui is not very clear about how the players will be able to perform.

After arriving at the Boston TD North Shore Garden Arena, before the game, the players of the two teams conducted shooting training respectively.

After all, in the playoffs, the outcome of each game will have a great impact on the mentality of the next players.

Before the game, Liu Rui and Celtics coach Rivers hugged on the sidelines and started talking to each other.

"I really didn't expect that you actually led the team to the playoffs in the end, and the two of us really met in the first round. Now I think the media is right, you are really a ghost."

Looking at Liu Rui, who is only in his early 30s, actually led the Bobcats to the playoffs, and miraculously, the two teams met in the first round.

This also caused mixed feelings in Rivers' heart at this time...

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