Basketball League of Legends

Chapter 232 Coach Problem
The first negotiation between labor and management failed, but the players are still optimistic. After all, it was only the first negotiation. Failure is normal, and success will make people feel strange.

And the nba game is still going on, because of labor negotiations, there will be no nba game between March 3st and March 1th, and on the night of March 3th, the Celtics welcome the team at their home court. Come Jazz challenge.

The Jazz is a team that is greatly affected by the new collective bargaining agreement. The contracts of Karl Malone and John Stockton both end next season, and the contract of another core player, Jeff Hornacek, is this When the season expires, it is clear that in the new collective bargaining agreement, the salaries of the players will increase significantly, which is a very heavy burden for the Jazz boss who is not considered rich.

With Utah Shuangsha getting old, this season's Jazz may be their last glory, although Karl Malone and John Stockton are still in very good condition.

The last game against the Jazz was at the home court of the Jazz. Naturally, this game was switched to the home court of the Celtics, but even at home, the Celtics did not have the confidence to win. The Jazz is really too strong .

The Celtics still played with all the main players in this game, but they only fought the Jazz for two quarters. After a little fun in the third quarter, they surrendered because they were already behind by a large score.

He chose to give up the game. Rick Pitino frowned and lost again. The Jazz seemed to have become the Celtics' nemesis, no matter what state the Celtics were in Playing, they just can't beat the Jazz.Of course, the strength of the team's lineup is indeed somewhat different from that of the Jazz, but the Celtics lost without any suspense in the two duels between the two teams this season, which is still rare for the Celtics.

Not even the Bulls beat the Celtics this badly.But if you think about it carefully, you will understand that the Jazz can deal with the Celtics' several scoring points. For example, Derek Coleman was crushed by Karl Malone, Chauncey Billups We also have to face the defense of John Stockton, who seems to have a poor defense but actually defends very well.And what Jonny has to face is Brian Russell, one of the best outside single-defense players in the league.

On the defensive end, the Celtics couldn't prevent the Jazz's pick-and-roll offense, so in the two encounters this season, the Celtics lost all, which is easy to understand.

On the other hand, Jonny felt a little helpless. He was in the Magic last season, but he killed the Jazz by himself.But thinking about it now, the Magic's lineup was indeed very strong at that time, more than one level stronger than the current Celtics, and it is easy to understand that they can win.

Now Jonny doesn't have a player who can help him open up space in the Celtics, so he can only play in a daze, which is naturally much more difficult.

After losing the game against the Jazz, the Celtics defeated the Wizards at home, and then went away to face the Pacers, but this time they lost to the Pacers' crazy outside three-pointer, losing two games in a row, but This is not over yet. On March 3, the Celtics who returned to the home court lost to the Atlanta Hawks by 11 points at home. Robbed.

The Celtics had no choice but to quickly adjust themselves, and then concluded that the losses in these games were all lost to three-pointers. On the Eagles' side, Steve Smith and Mucci Brelock went crazy, causing the Celtics to lose the game, so it means that the Celtics' perimeter defense has some problems.

The Celtics quickly made adjustments, studied for a few days, and finally found that there was a problem with the team's defensive tactics. They paid too much attention to the defense of the inside and compressed too much, which resulted in the team's outside defense. It became very loose, and the result gave the opponent an opportunity.

Emphasizing inside defense, the defensive style of compressed formation is still the style of play set after the All-Star Game. It was just adjusted by Rick Pitino. As a result, the problem arose just after the Western Conference road trip.

At this time, the Celtics can only be thankful that the problem was discovered in a timely manner, otherwise it will definitely be bad.

After playing the Eagles, the Celtics lost to the Pistons again, losing 4 games in a row. This is a situation that the Celtics have not seen this season. Fortunately, the team's defense has gradually adjusted back, but Jonny started to lose. I have doubts about Rick Pitino. This season, Rick Pitino did very well at the beginning, and the fast-break tactics allowed the Celtics to win many games.

But in the second half of the season, Rick Pitino began to have many problems.

The first is defense, not only the defensive problem that led to the 4-game losing streak this time, but also because Ben Wallace was not fully used by Rick Pitino.When the Celtics played the Lakers last time, Silver Fox Del Harris once said that Ben Wallace is a version of Dennis Rodman with enhanced defense and weakened rebounds. He thinks that Ben Wallace can hold up a ball team defense.

This caught Johnny's heart at the time, and he discussed it with Rick Pitino for a while, but nothing was discussed. Johnny thought that Ben Wallace was just blown by Del Harris, but then Kay The Celtics played the Spurs, Popovich said the same, and Popovich also said: "I envy the Celtics, they have three very good defensive players, each of them Can support a team's defensive system alone."

Johnny thought about it at the time. He knew that Popovich was talking about himself, Bruce Bowen and Ben Wallace, and Popovich also said: "The Celtics should not be underestimated. They may change at any time." Become a super defensive team! Even the Jagged Pistons may not be able to compare with the Celtics in defense."

But what makes Johnny feel helpless is that Rick Pitino is still not interested in building a tough defensive system. This time, Johnny knows that Rick Pitino is just an offensive head coach. Teaching defense is impossible.

However, Johnny emphasized defense again and again, and Rick Pitino made this change, which resulted in a 4-game losing streak for the Celtics.

In addition to defense, another problem with Rick Pitino is that he is not very good at using young players. Chauncey Billups has not been able to find a suitable position in the Celtics until now. The same is true for Anthony Parker, Eric Washington, and Mark Blunt. Jonny has played with these players and generally knows that these players have skills.

For example, Anthony Parker is a typical 3D player, Eric Washington can shoot three-pointers, and Mark Blunt also has a certain face-up attack power, but unfortunately, Rick Pitino can't use it, maybe this is why Joe One of the reasons why Ni always feels helpless-the coach can't use it.

The defensive tactics were adjusted again and returned to the previous defensive tactics. The Celtics challenged the Eagles in an away game. This time the Celtics won and came back to avenge their loss in the previous game.

(End of this chapter)