The Whip of the God of Basketball

Stubbornness seems to be contagious. Leon, who has always been known for his flexibility, reused Michael Reed in the third quarter. As a result, Reed repeatedly missed the shot. After the start of the fourth quarter, he still insisted on Reed serves as the team's main attack point. At this time, the Celtics were already 5 points behind the Kings. In the third quarter, Reed made 0 of 3 three-pointers and 1 of 4 two-pointers, completely disrupting the Celtics' offensive rhythm. .

Pierce tried to take over the game in the fourth quarter, but Leon still kept Reed on the court. According to the tactical requirements arranged by Leon, Reed was still an important containment point on the court. However, when a shooter cannot hit a long shot, his containment effect will be dispensable. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Pierce broke through and passed the ball to Reed in the corner. The Kings had begun to give up defending Reed and instead double-teamed the inside.

Reid got a wide-open opportunity. He even had a second to adjust his shooting posture, but his three-pointer still missed. Brad Miller got a backcourt rebound and passed a long pass to Christie who was raiding the frontcourt. Christie made a layup and the Kings once again opened the point difference to 7 points.

Adelman is like this. He keeps going in one direction and often has very good results. The Kings' offensive rhythm was quite good throughout the game, and the players' performance was also very average. Bibby, Miller, Divac, and Stojakovic all scored in double figures. This is the characteristic of the team under Adelman. , selfless, stable and team-oriented.

Leon called a short pause, and Siegfried looked unhappy. He may have blamed himself a little, feeling that asking Reid to shoulder such a heavy burden rashly did not help the team, but also damaged his own confidence. .

Leon seemed disapproving. He did not adjust tactics and personnel during the timeout. Instead, he asked the players to strengthen defense, improve rebound control, and reduce unnecessary mistakes. The 20 seconds passed very quickly. Everyone just took a breath and calmed down before getting back into the game.

Before going on the field, Leon walked up to Reed, pulled his clothes and said to him: "Sig is watching you, don't let him down, don't let him blame himself." After that, he patted him. Reid's back, signaling him to continue playing.

Reed glanced back at Siegfried. The old man's expression was indeed not very good. In the team, Siegfried has always been very low-key, very low-key, almost never making any remarks, and just focusing on his job as a shooting coach. Now in his sixties, he is as stubborn as ever. In order to do this job well, he started learning to shoot again and learned various postures and techniques. He will also take time to train arm and wrist strength with players to experience the impact of muscle changes on the shooting feel.

Reid has benefited a lot from him, not only shooting, but also strong defense and excellent character. Siegfried was also a devout Christian, which is why he worked in prison. This gave Reed, who was also a Christian, a natural intimacy with the old man.

Seeing Siegfried looking a little disappointed, Reed clenched his fists. Siegfried told Reed more than once throughout the summer that he could become an All-Star scorer this season because he had seen Reed's progress over the summer - Arenas was not the only one. Training like crazy.

Now, Reid just lacks an opportunity. In the game against the Grizzlies, he has already scored 4 three-pointers in a row, but that was in the first half, and it was an unintentional burst of touch. Now Leon decided to let Reed take the lead, but he failed to seize the opportunity. Is it just because the person facing him in the King's position was Christie?

"The Celtics need to solve their offensive problems. I don't know why Leon insists on keeping Reid on the court. His performance in the third quarter was simply catastrophic, an epic disaster." Tom Tolber Te obviously couldn't understand that Leon continued to leave Reid on the court. If Reid had hit half of his shots in the third quarter, the Celtics, not the Kings, would be leading now.

"Because you have never been in this league, you can't understand how much a shooter needs confidence. In this matter, I support Fox Leon. If you lose a game, you can exchange for a shooter." Transformation, I will definitely be willing!" Wharton expressed his different opinions. But he then added: "However, Christie is one of the best second-position defenders in the league. I think Reid will be very tortured in the last ten minutes. He must respond and must respond to the coach's instructions. Trust shows.”

Indeed, Christie is one of the best outside defenders in the league. He has a tough style and is a representative of the technical defense school. He has good defensive predictions and skills. He is good at cutting off the opponent's passing routes and has the title of scalpel. And he has always been regarded as the best template for the development of Michael Reid. He also has a very good scoring ability and can force points when the team needs it.

Now, Reed is a bit defeated in front of Christie, but he still has ten minutes to redeem himself.

Returning to the game, a 20-second pause allowed the situation to return to calm. Arenas took possession of the ball past half-court and began to attack. At this time, he knew that he should give the ball to Paul Pierce.

Pierce gets the ball at the top of the arc. After the start of this season, Leon began to increase Pierce's offensive commanding role. Last season, with Steve Kerr, Cole took charge at critical moments, and then focused on Pierce on the offensive end. Now that Cole has retired, Arenas does not have the experienced organizational experience of Cole, so the team's organizational responsibility falls on Pierce.

Garnett stepped forward and made a pick-and-roll. Pierce dribbled the ball to test, and it was a fake pick-and-roll! Pierce made a cross dribble, and then used Garnett's block to pass Stojakovic!

Pierce broke through from the right side, where he is good at. During the breakthrough, he glanced at the weak side. In his heart, he hesitated whether to continue passing the ball to Reid, because the Kings were almost leaving Reid open.

But this time, Reid did not continue to lurk in the left corner waiting to feed the ball. He saw Pierce's breakthrough attracting the Kings' defense and immediately slid into the penalty area like a loach.

"Pierce passed the ball, Reed caught the ball and dunked for a double dunk!" Pierce passed the ball to Reed, who stepped in, and Reed rarely caught the ball and dunked with both hands. After scoring, he punched and roared, letting everyone know The North Shore gardens that had fallen silent because of him began to burst into flames again. Even Bill Walton couldn't help but cheer for this unexpected dunk.

"Smart guy." Leon was also very anxious on the sidelines. Seeing that Reid finally scored in this way, he felt relieved.

When consecutive shots are missed, players will often be under huge psychological pressure. Some mature teams will use this pressure to let you miss the shot and fall into a vicious cycle. Arenas is such a typical example, so Leon has to guide him, but Reid is different. He lacks confidence, but he is very smart.

When Reid performed poorly in the third quarter, he did not blindly believe in his own touch. Instead, he took advantage of his opponent's relaxation and dunked into a goal, which not only relieved the pressure on himself, but also put pressure on his opponent - I don't Just shooting.

Reed's dunk had an effect. In the next two counterattacks, Christie did not dare to let go of Reed easily. He began to defend one-on-one seriously again.

At this time, Reed knew that the time to prove himself had come.