The Whip of the God of Basketball

In the second quarter, with Wang Zhizhi's three-pointer after his debut, the situation began to tilt. Although Wang Zhizhi did not score again in the next ten minutes, his mid-range shot was also interfered and missed. The previous four shots were all The magical performance of shooting 100% from the field was also broken, but Wang Zhizhi's three-pointer put a lot of psychological pressure on the Mavericks. Especially Nowitzki, who was hit by a player who used to be his substitute, scored four goals in a row and had a three-pointer, which made him look forward and backward in defense.

If the offense can rely on a superstar to complete all tasks, then the defense cannot be carried by one person anyway, and everyone on the field is an important link. Although Nowitzki's defensive level is not high, his awareness is still quite good. At the same time, as the highest point on the team's field, it still plays a great role in preventing opponents from hitting the three-second zone and protecting rebounds.

But now he was completely mobilized by Wang Zhizhi. After three successful flash-cut tactics, Wang Zhizhi seems to have found a tacit understanding with Pierce and Cole. Pierce turned to the low post, while Wang Zhizhi wandered near the three-point line, forcing Nowitzki to always stare at Wang Zhizhi. Wang Zhizhi's scoring ability is not worth staring at alone.

A mature defensive system should have trade-offs. Unfortunately, the Mavericks have neither a mature defensive system nor Dirk Nowitzki's mature game mentality. Wang Zhizhi tore a big gash. Pierce began to show the results of his hard work in the summer, turning over jumpers, shaking shoulder fakes to break through and draw fouls, step-back jumpers, left-handed breakthrough layups, back-turning small throws, and of course deadly three-pointers. The festival went completely insane.

Although Nowitzki is also unstoppable inside the Celtics, but there is still no way to compare with Pierce's enthusiasm.

"Paul Pierce got the ball from the right three point line, the crowd started cheering, man, I saw the Mavericks players were a little scared, count how many points he scored in the second quarter ? 17 points, 17 points already! Pierce...in the last 5 seconds, he didn't ask for a pick-and-roll, he directly forced...a shot from outside the three-point line...the referee blew his whistle!" All the same, because he couldn't predict what Pierce would do next.

In the last 5 seconds of the second quarter, Pierce forced a jumper from beyond the three-point line. As a result, Mavericks player Najera fouled and gave Pierce three free throw opportunities. Although Najera argued to the referee, Nelson yelled at the referee with a blushing face, and Cuban even stood up from the bench and yelled at the referee. There is no use other than shouting.

Pierce stood at the free throw line with his legs crossed back and forth. This is his unique free throw stance. He made all three free throws steadily. At 66:52, the Celtics opened up the point difference to 14 in the second quarter. point.

With Finley's final long-range three-pointer, the second quarter ended. The Celtics relied on Leon's excellent tactical scheduling and personnel arrangement in the first half to seize the Mavericks' weakness, which not only exposed the Mavericks' huge loopholes on the defensive end, but also made them lose their sense on the offensive end. . From the beginning to the end, Leon has never changed his defensive strategy. No matter how Nowitzki hits the mid-range shot, no matter how Finley's singles cause damage, the Celtics are always tough and stable on the defensive end. This is Dick Hart. The policy set for the Celtics before-to respond to all changes with the same, and focus more on offense.

Returning to the locker room at halftime, the Celtics players looked very excited, especially Paul Pierce, this was his best first half of the season, scoring 22 points in the half, and he put all his The ability has been released, the skills accumulated in the summer and the experience accumulated in the past games have been perfectly released in today's second quarter.

Leon walked to Pierce's locker, and the two clapped hands tacitly. Leon also seemed a little excited. He felt that the whole locker room was full of cheerful atmosphere. It was really a great first half. In this game, Leon's potential in tactical preparation and command has been stimulated to the greatest extent, because in the previous games, they have not encountered a strong team like the Mavericks, and their opponents are either young players like the Bulls or Timberwolves. The team is either an old team like the Jazz or the Wizards. Although there is a super strong team, the Lakers, but O'Neal is not there, the Celtics lack a heavyweight game victory.

So for this game against the Mavericks, Leon made sufficient preparations. Not only did he conduct targeted training before the game, he also released several trump cards that he had never used before in the game, which made the preparations insufficient and even slightly underestimated the enemy. The Mavericks had a big fall in the first half. If the Mavericks were not strong, with many stars in the team and strong personal abilities, the Celtics should have opened up even more points.

"The game is only halfway through, it's only halfway!" After the excitement, Leon still reminded everyone to calm down. There are many seasoned veterans on the team. They all know that a 14-point lead at halftime is nothing at all. Facing a team like the Mavericks, if a wave of attacks comes over, the point difference will be caught within five points.

The locker room became quiet, and Leon began to summarize the gains and losses in the first half of the game, and arranged some key points in the second half, especially the attention points in defense. Leon could foresee that the Dallas Cowboys would set off a frenzy of counterattacks in the second half.

However, Ren Leon is as smart as he is, and he would never have thought that Don Nelson would resort to a weird and tricky tactic in the second half.

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After a 15-minute break and returning to the court, the second half of the game will soon begin. Leon continued to maintain the starting lineup in the first half, and Wang Zhizhi continued to appear in the center position. The Mavericks made adjustments. Griffin no longer appeared in the Mavericks' starting shooting guard position. The old Celtics player is really useless. Finley is the small forward, Najera is still the power forward, and Nowitzki is the center. It seems that Nelson is not convinced by the defeat in the first quarter.

Leon looked at Nelson's starting arrangement and didn't know what his intention was. He thought he would use Bradley, but he didn't expect him to continue to use Najera, and even replaced him with Raja Bell, who is a bit undersized. shooting guard.

But as the Mavericks started their first offense with the ball from the bottom line, Leon knew what medicine was in Nelson's gourd.

Nash took possession of the ball and crossed the half court. Instead of penetrating like in the first half, he handed the ball to Bell. Bell held the ball on the outside for a while. On the right, because of Nowitzki's huge three-point threat, the Celtics were stretched from the top of the arc to the space near the three-second zone. At this time, a magical scene appeared, and Nash started to get stuck in the low post on the right I want the ball!

Bell lobbed the ball to Nash, and Nash faced Arenas, pushed Arenas away with his thin back, and then made a skillful outside turn, before Arenas posted it, with a super The ball was shot with a large angle of recline-this angle is no longer a recline, but a lay-back shot. Nash is already a good shooter, and on a jumper that is only 8 feet away from the basket, even if it is a super fadeaway, the ball is still hit.

Leon smelled a hint of danger. First of all, he knew that Arenas had never practiced post-up defense in his daily training. Force him to change tactics on defense. But Leon still has time to wait. If the Celtics can continue to score in the first half of the third quarter, then no matter what tactics the Mavericks use in the offense, he doesn't have to be afraid.

But looking back, Leon found that Nelson began to use Najera to defend Wang Zhizhi, and it was a close-fitting entanglement defense. Najera is very familiar with Wang Zhizhi and knows his weaknesses. He still lacks the ability to fight, and even lacks the ability to get rid of it. Nelson used a dirty coolie to abolish Leon's tactical eye. In the first half, everyone's players changed around and it was too late to target the future, but a half-time break gave Nelson enough time to target Wang Zhizhi.

"I'm careless..." Leon was a little annoyed in his heart. A surprise soldier like Wang Zhizhi really shouldn't be used directly as the starter, but should be used suddenly when necessary.

As Walker missed the inside attack, Najera grabbed the rebound. Nash dribbled the ball without rushing to launch a fast break. He dribbled the ball again and passed the ball to Bell after half court. He ran to the low post, this time to the left. Still facing Arenas, this time he used fake moves to pass Arenas, and at the same time faced Wang Zhizhi's supplementary defense, not only successfully scored the ball, but also caused Wang Zhizhi's foul!

Leon immediately stood up from the bench. He wanted to replace Wang Zhizhi, but Cowens stopped Leon and said: "Don't change players as soon as you find a mistake, give them a little room to make mistakes. We still have mistakes. calm down.” Cowens’ words made Leon sit back again. Indeed, every player makes mistakes, and this time the one who made the mistake was not Wang Zhizhi, but Leon himself.

But that being the case, he decided to let Wang Zhizhi continue to stay on the court to feel the bad situation of the reversal of the situation. This is also a test for a player, and how to find the motivation to rise again in adversity. This is also a kind of tempering for Leon, because he wants to watch the Mavericks catch up with points.

Nelson's intention couldn't be more obvious. You asked Wang Zhizhi to shoot a three-pointer? Then I let Nash play the low post. Not only did Arenas not systematically practice back-up defense, but he is also known for his slender lower limbs. Arenas easily passed Nash in the first quarter, and now it's Nash's turn to back Arenas easily.

At the same time, the Mavericks have three outside shooters, Najera also has a certain mid-range shooting ability, and he is constantly cutting the inside to hit the offensive rebound, and Nash's points are not comparable to ordinary inside players. The shortcomings of the Celtics' lack of excellent defenders and rebounders inside were infinitely magnified by Nash.

"The best center in the third quarter is Steve Nash! Nelson's tactical imagination is amazing. If the Celtics don't do something, their advantage will be eroded!" When he sighed, Leon finally called a timeout. At this time, the Mavericks had chased the score to 61:67, only six points behind. Only 5 minutes into the third quarter.