The Whip of the God of Basketball

"Let's look at the stats at halftime. We took 47 shots and made 19 of them. We had four 3-pointers and we made 40 percent of them. And in order to make those four 3-pointers, we Shot 12 three-pointers, many of which were good shots, but unfortunately we didn't grasp them. 47 shots showed that our offensive rhythm was not bad, and it was not slowed down by the Portlanders. 40% of them were hit It means we're still too impatient. Look at our opponents. They took 45 shots and made 23 of them. The three points took six shots. Where did our problem lie? First of all, I didn’t prepare carefully, and I need to apologize here. Secondly, our rebound control is a problem, although we are not inferior to the opponent in terms of total rebounds. Too many, six less, just some key rebounds we didn't protect well. For example, we lost two backcourt rebounds in the middle of the second quarter when we could have risen, allowing Bunche Wells to sneak to the basket It hurt our morale. Also, in terms of foul control, don't be affected by the Blazers' style of play. Their team has some nasty big mouths and dirty hands, and we need to counter them with basketball. "

During the halftime break in the Celtics locker room, Leon analyzed the current situation in front of the small whiteboard based on the statistics of the first half of the two sides. The overall state of the Celtics is indeed not good, and the inside line has been suppressed. On the contrary, the Trail Blazers are in good condition, and they are anti-offers in the away game, playing fiercely and actively. A few thorns make trouble off the court, but they are also lively and intimidating on the court.

When Leon was in the locker room, he didn't like to use sensational speeches or long paragraphs of parallel sentences to boost morale like some coaches did. He just calmly described the situation on the field and the solution to the problem. He believed that if a ball During the regular season, the team relied on the coach's blood to boost morale, and then rushed on the court to save some situations. Such a team will never really grow. Maybe his way doesn't seem very passionate, but he is using precepts and deeds to train the current Celtics into a ruthless winning machine.

Everyone listened very carefully, but no one spoke, because everyone's performance in the first half was indeed not good, and the atmosphere in the locker room was not active. There are less than five minutes before the start of the second half, and everyone is ready to return to the game. At this time, Leon wiped the data sheet on the whiteboard with an eraser, and then suddenly said to PJ-Brown: "Hey, PJ, if you start the second half, are you confident? Rasheed Wallace will come back? "

Leon's question is very sudden, and in front of all the players, he rarely asks the players such questions. He prefers to pull the players aside to teach opportunities, rather than asking questions in front of everyone. PJ-Brown was stunned for a moment, but he immediately stood up from the stool, frowned, and said to Leon in front of everyone: "I will fuck him even the way out of Boston." Can't find it!"

PJ-Brown was completely suffocated throughout the first half. He obviously had a chance to play, but the head coach just kept him from using it. Obviously, the team needed a player like him the most, but he could only sit on the bench. Staring, even Dave Cowens persuaded Leon to replace Brown, but Leon still sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and refused to let Brown play. Brown also couldn't figure out what this magical head coach was thinking. There was an understatement in the midfield. There was no roar, no passion, no deafening speech, and only calm data analysis and specific tactical arrangements. He thought he was going to be forgotten, but he heard what he wanted to hear the most.

To Brown's words, Leon just nodded, and then said: "After all, they are guests, and we still have to let them find their way home. It's enough for him to just find his way out of Boston."

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During the halftime break, in the era when Auerbach still existed, there would never be any cheerleaders in the North Shore Garden Arena, so the fans here couldn't see those **** and thighs that could be straddled high. Enjoy some music, general dancing or basketball juggling. It's just that the Celtics fell behind in the first half so that the fans didn't want to watch these performances. They just wanted to restart the game soon and looked forward to the team's counterattack.

The two sides returned to the court after 20 minutes. This time, PJ Brown took off his sweatshirt and put on the green No. 42 jersey, rubbing his hands and standing on the parquet floor of the North Shore Garden. The fans at the scene saw that PJ-Brown started in the second half, and the sound of cheers began to sound slowly. The fans began to applaud and whistle, which made Brown, who was still aggressive before, a little shy. He hadn't really gotten used to this new environment.

But when the game started at the referee's whistle, those messy thoughts disappeared completely. The burden of trailing by 12 points at halftime made Brown have no mind to think about other issues. Now he just wants to help the Celtics wholeheartedly. Even out the difference, in his way.

"Dave, why do you always work so hard during the game, as if you can't play tomorrow." Leon, who was sitting on the sidelines, asked Dave Cowens beside him. Cowens, who has rich coaching experience Now he is Leon's best assistant, and Leon often asks him some questions, including Cowens' past experience playing in the NBA.

"Because, because I just thought, I might not be able to play tomorrow. I remember when I retired, one day I suddenly didn't want to play, and I knew that day would come, so before that I would Playing hard." Cowens thought for a while and replied loudly, the decibels in North Shore Garden are already quite high now.

"So I think, maybe let PJ feel that he may not be able to play, and then let him play, he will work harder." Leon said to Cowens, he ignored Cowens' persuasion in the first half Press PJ-Brown, now he gave Cowens an explanation.

Cowens didn't talk to him, and he didn't know whether Leon's words were true or not. His attention had returned to the field with Leon, and the Celtics took the lead in attacking. Facing the Blazers' athletic and tall striker lineup, Arenas' breakthrough in the first half was curbed. Arenas' flaws in passing and vision doomed him to be unable to become an offensive master in positional warfare. Fast break and one-on-one is his home. During the intermission, Leon told Arenas to fire with confidence and boldly, and to always maintain self-confidence until he regained his touch.

What Arenas lacks most is self-confidence. The Celtics share one stone in self-confidence. Since Leon let himself throw it, Arenas has the confidence to throw it. Sure enough, just after the halftime dribble, he gave the ball to Antoine Walker first. Walker responded at the common point of the triangle, and Arenas slipped in a big circle to the left corner.

This is a variant of the Celtics' Basket-cut tactic, which uses the point guard's inward cut to disrupt the opponent's defensive formation, and then the point guard suddenly turns back, using the defensive formation disorder caused by all pulls to find offensive opportunities. Under Leon's training, Arenas is very familiar with this kind of routine. Anyway, this kind of running position does not seek to run out of space, he just needs a chance to make a move.

Sure enough, Walker turned from the bottom corner early to the left 45-degree three-point line, and Walker, who pretended to break through, passed the ball back to Arenas.

"Bang!" The ball ruthlessly hit the front of the basket, "Damn it", Arenas frowned and cursed secretly, his hand feeling was not good in the first half, and now he missed a shot, so he may not be able to make a shot in the second half. I can't continue firing, after all, there are Gemini stars on my head. Arenas was thinking about going back to the defense, only to see a tall and strong body on the inside among the players in black to grab the ball with his arms like pliers.

It was PJ-Brown. He struggled to grab the offensive rebound. Arenas knew there was still room to play. He adjusted his position and came to the most familiar and favorite position at the top of the arc. Portland's defender passed the ball to Arenas before jumping up. This time, Arenas, who received the ball from outside the three-point line, did not let go of this opportunity, and hit a clean three-pointer.

After the goal, Arenas and PJ-Brown high-fived each other. Leon knew that this was entirely Brown's personal ability when he watched the ball off the court. His offensive rebounds have reached an average of 3 per game this season. Quite a remarkable number. When in good condition, he can often grab more than five offensive rebounds in a game. In the past, Leon has always emphasized giving up offensive rebounds to ensure defense. That is because the team's offensive rebounding ability is poor and there is no offensive rebounder. With the addition of PJ-Brown, Leon can try to make the offensive rebounds more effective A very important and very simple and efficient thing to arm the team's offense.

With a three-pointer, the point difference between the two sides narrowed to 9 points. The Blazers attacked and Scott Pippen dribbled the ball directly across the half. This is Pippen's third season in the Trail Blazers. He is thirty-seven years old, but he still maintains a good competitive state. The effect is even better than his stats. The Blazers are still following the traditional route tactically. They are good at using the low post to attract double-teams, and then constantly create offensive opportunities by transferring the ball and precise running positions. are two different routes.

Pippen carefully observed the Celtics' defense. In his impression, the Celtics' inside line was paperless in the first half. A simple pass and cut cooperation, or a low-post strong play can penetrate. He passed the ball to Bunche Wells, and then began to move to the weak side, and then Wells used the ball to get the ball back to Pippen with two passes. At this time, the weak side has formed Rasheed. - Wallace to Pippen, Pippen hands the ball to Rasheed Wallace.

Rasheed Wallace asked for anything in the first half, neither Antoine Walker nor Mark Blunt could resist his straight arm jumper, but this time he was going to face PJ Brown .

"Come on kid, attack, attack me." PJ-Brown yelled at Wallace with his eyes wide open while holding Wallace firmly. Normally, Wallace would yell at the opponent and the referee, but now PJ-Brown yelled at him, and when he got angry, he dribbled the ball to his death, but PJ-Brown is not that Blount is not so easy to push. Wallace's two fake moves were useless. In the end, he forced a fadeaway jumper and hit the iron under Brown's interference. Walker grabbed a backcourt rebound, and the Celtics launched a fast break. A mid-range shot from 18 feet from the corner gave the Celtics another two points.

This time the Blazers players became a little impatient. Pippen took out the same routine and gave it to Wells, and then he went to the weak side. This time the ball did not pass back to him, and Wells began to hold the ball. Enter Reed. Although Reed has broad shoulders and a strong body, he is only in the third grade after all. How can he stand up to the stick of Bunch Wells? Found a huge figure covering it - it was PJ-Brown.

Wells tried to force himself up, but Reed and Brown pressed him down together. He fell to the ground and the ball rolled out of the baseline. The referee awarded the Celtics the ball. Wells got up and immediately protested to the referee. Rasheed Wallace also turned on the roar mode at the referee, but the referee was unmoved. At this time, the two looked back at the Celtics players, and saw PJ-Brown glaring, like a King Kong standing in the Celtics' three-second zone.

The Blazers players know they won't be able to get cheap there anymore.