Chapter 151 The Problem of the away game
I'm afraid the most troublesome thing in the NBA is to play away from home continuously, not to mention long-distance travel, but the continuous away environment is enough to make a team's spirit from excited to depressed.
It's annoying enough to play away from home. In addition to listening to the noise of the other team's fans, you have to fight with a group of big guys on the court. The most annoying thing is that you have to sleep in an unfamiliar hotel at night.
Just like at the beginning of the season in Rho, his eyes were always dark the next day because of insomnia. This guy is sometimes even suspected by others whether he asked a few girls to play and sleep together every night.
Even Pierce joked about Rondo and said, "I can't see it. You have good endurance!"
Rondo's face turned green at that time. Of course, this guy must hate Chen Feng the most, because the dead guy nagging when he got off the plane, "Recognize the bed, recognize the bed, recognize the bed..."
Then he really recognized the bed. Not only Rondo, but also Perkins didn't sleep well on the first away game. Rivers was almost ready to buy a gun and just fell off Chen Feng.
But this does show that when playing away from home, you never want to have a good rest. Even if everything is comfortable, there will be other problems, such as... an enthusiastic girl.
It is also beneficial to go out to play games. For example, those who like to play nightclubs can always find all kinds of girls to accompany them. Most of the sexual encounters in the NBA are basically provoked on the road.
There's nothing we can do. There is no need to say more about the physical quality of these animals who play basketball. They are great, and the secretion of adrenaline is also really strong. Er, they are also quite thirsty in some aspects.
It is estimated that Pierce rarely goes out to play. The reason is not that he doesn't want to. It's just that he was stabbed more than a dozen times in the bar, which made this guy more or less resistant to nightlife.
After all, no one likes to go out and make trouble again, and then be stabbed more than a dozen times. If you didn't hang up last time, it doesn't mean that you can get God's protection next time.
But going out for fun away from home has probably become a subconscious action of many players. Regarding this problem, even the coach is not allowed to ask, after all, it is too personal.
In addition to the holidays, it is estimated that the away game can provide you with a hotbed for cheating or nightclub girls, but thinking about long-distance flights and games to squeeze out physical strength, no matter who is, they will hate away games.
Even if there are beautiful girls shaking their plump figure at you, it is estimated that many players are powerless, or put their energy on **, and then they may be depressed on the court.
Just like the playoffs at the beginning, there are even rumors that many teams have used beauty tricks to let the girls at home to squeeze out their opponents and then play the game. Er, I don't know if it's true or not.
Anyway, when Magic Johnson was infected with some kind of deadly germ, it was said that it was the gun in the away game, not to mention getting an illegitimate child or something.
Compancies with these off-court factors, the environment and the player's own adjustment ability still account for a large proportion.
What Rivers is worried about now is the away record. The Celtics' performance this season is good, but most of the games that beat the strong enemy are played at the North Shore Garden Arena.
For example, they killed the Suns, the Hornets, and the Cavaliers, all at home, at the North Shore Garden Arena, except for those enthusiastic fans cheering to give them strength.
The familiar environment, your own territory, and there is a little madman in the team. Once the wild mood begins to break out, few people can beat the Celtics in Boston.
Even the commentators who always stare at the data have raised the North Shore Garden Arena in Boston to a dangerous level. According to them, this place is difficult to be conquered by others.
"In the bones of Bostonians, it is difficult to accept the fact that they were defeated at home, so they are terribly tough at home. It's better not to provoke them in the North Shore Garden."
This kind of warning is not alarmist by those critics, and it is true that the Celtics are rarely overturned in front of their homes this season.
The home performance of the first dozen games of the new season has improved by at least 50% compared with last season, which is also the main reason why the Celtics can squeeze into the top eight in the East. They rarely fail in the North Shore Garden.
Losing to the Mavericks is really weak, but these guys have been pestering those Dallasers to play until the fourth quarter. If the opponent's bench players are not too strong, the final result is actually hard to say.
Although there are also defeats at home, compared with the previous season, the Celtics' home performance has soared very fast, which also gives Rivers a point more confidence to enter the playoffs.
If you can get a winning rate of about 80% at home, the threshold of the playoffs will almost pass.
However, compared with the red results at home, the weakness of the away game has always been a headache for Rivers. Although the recent games have been good, the away game is also very different compared with the previous season.
But whether it's defeating the 76ers away, the Bobcats, or the Knicks, it's not a wrestle with a strong team. When the Celtics meet the Nets and Pistons on the road, they still suffer a lot of losses.
The strength of the away record is estimated to be a threshold for the quasi-strong team to enter the strong team. If you cross it, it will be flat. If you can't cross it, you will be a local snake at most.
It's time for the Celtics to comment on whether they are a strong team, but they can't play their own unique characteristics away from home, which really makes Rivers scratch his head a little.
And the offensive efficiency in the away game has always been a headache for Rivers. A novice in the team always looks very slow when he comes to an unfamiliar environment, and he often can't find the rhythm in the first quarter.
Like Rondo, he can often contribute eight or nine assists at home, but once he gets to the away game, the boy's efficiency will be reduced by 30%. Even West, who has played for several years, will have this kind of problem.
It is not only that the point guard often loses his sense of direction in the away game, but also the efficiency of Jefferson's back singles in the away game is often low. It is often the second and third quarter of the game that he can gradually regain his touch.
This intermittent confusion often makes Rivers very angry, and Pierce and Chen Feng rarely make this problem away from home.
Pierce has been on the battlefield for a long time. He plays steadily and rarely has any problems. Even in the away game, his data rarely fluctuates greatly.
However, compared with the fierceness at home, Pierce is only moderate in the away game, far less powerful than the offensive firepower at home.
It's just that in experience, Pierce is obviously much more experienced. He can control his scoring rhythm and not be disturbed by his opponent, but if it breaks out, it is indeed a little different from the home court.
Perhaps the only exception is the wild boy. Whether Chen Feng is away or at home, as long as he is on the court, you can watch his endless toss.
Anyway, there is absolutely no stage fright in the boy's brain, or he is not used to this concept. If he is given a chance, he can make a fuss and make the other party want to die.
Well, of course, this boy often gives the two coaches Rivers and Sibodu a headache. There's really nothing he can do. He is really too worried, especially on the court.
But now Rivers needs this kind of unreasonable tossing, so he dares to let go of Chen Feng. Since he has a headache, let's do it together. Anyway, I can't let your opponents idle!
However, the problem of away from home can not be solved by Chen Feng. After all, basketball is not a battlefield for one person. Rivers is now melancholy about how to mobilize the whole team.
Before meeting the Bulls, Magic and Jazz in a row, Rivers also tried to solve the problem of slowness in the away game, and the reality gave him a head-on shot.
Before going to Chicago, the Celtics played a game with the Milwaukee Bucks at Bradley Center. It was not so difficult to clean up such a team that was at the bottom of the East.
But it turns out that the green shirts are always disturbed by all kinds of strange things when playing away from home. They are knocked over by the paralyzed Bucks!
102:98, only 4 points away, but that 4 points is enough for the Bucks to win a home victory after a five-game losing streak. Milwaukee supporters are almost crazy.
The last eight games have not scored more than 100 points, and the five games have allowed the opponent to score more than 100 points. This is a reflection of the Bucks' recent downturn, but when they played against the Celtics, they completely broke out once.
You can't say that the Celtics are on their back, or they are unlucky. You can only say that they were very unlucky and bumped into a group of crazy shooters.
Just like the Milwaukee team, the Bucks' shooter always goes crazy from time to time. Anyway, whoever catches up will be unlucky.
Milwaukee was only three years old when he first joined the league, and he was able to take off the title of champion. This is no longer applicable to shit. You can only say that God is too favored by these psychopaths.
Now this group of guys in Milwaukee have completely inherited the crazy feeling of the team at the beginning. If there is no feeling, everyone dares to lose, and even the bobcats can beat them.
But if the feel of these animals comes up, they really can't stop it. Even if God comes, I guess they can only lie down by that kind of crazy shooting.
The Celtics died under this crazy feeling. The crazy Milwaukee players, in the crazy roar of home fans, shot 13 out of 19 three-pointers.
This is called the shooting rate. Even the NBA record is only 20 out of 27 shots, but this kind of Bucks player who hit chicken blood threw 13 against the Celtics.
The problem is that this is not a person's high hit rate. If Michael Reed casts it accurately, at least Rivers can target him.
But the Bucks are all accurate. Starting from Reed's three shots, Mo Williams is also one. This guy is two of four shots, and Ruben Patterson is also a crazy three shots.
Charlie Bell also threw three, plus Blake and Eyasova contributed one each, which made Rivers almost crazy in the end. How to prevent this? Do you want to stare at people one by one? Can this be watched?
It's not only the outside line going crazy all the way, but the inside Bogert is also excited. Under the shift of Perkins and Jefferson, the boy still scored 6 of 12 shots and 4 out of 4 free throws.
With such a full-scale outbreak of the team, the Celtics are in a hurry. They can seal this and miss that. No matter how much they stare at people, they will miss a point.
Even if Rivers kept roaring on the sidelines, it didn't work at all. His team was in an embarrassing situation of catching up with the score from the beginning.
The outside line was caught off guard by the opponent's bombardment. The inside line, which could have been steadily chasing the score, was also a little difficult this time. There were a lot of points, but the rebound was only five more than the opponent's!
Whether it's the Mavericks or the Cavaliers, the Celtics' strong internal fighting ability is the biggest headache for the opponent.
But in the Bradley Center, the insiders on the Celtics' side are completely speechless, not because the insiders of Bogart and the Milwaukee Bucks have caused them a lot of trouble.
That's right, the opponent's inside performance is good, the offensive firepower is not bad, and the rebounds are enough, but compared with the overall strength, they are still obviously at a disadvantage.
But on this damn night, the Bucks were like God possessed. The basket shot almost made Chen Feng collapse. The boy was still scolding all the way when he came out.
"This is so evil!" It really can't be blamed on Chen Feng for jumping and scolding the street. The problem is that this game is also really weird.
The players on both sides follow the devil. Whether it is the Bucks or the Celtics, the ball thrown is either directly into the basket or jingling.
Bradley Center is like a blacksmith's shop. It's really jingle, Thunderbolt, all kinds of iron gods!
Coincidentally, Pierce's wrist was a little swollen in this game and he was not on the playing list. Szebiak's ankle was also a little bruised and did not play, and then the others began to be able to pitch in all directions.
If you can't shoot, you can grab the rebound, but this is the strangeness of this night. If you can't shoot, er, but it bounces far enough that basically can't get into the basket, and the ball can jump out several meters away.
Either he was picked up by the outside players waiting outside the three-point line, or it popped out of bounds. There are few opportunities left for the inside line to grab rebounds, which is also the reason why Chen Feng is most depressed.
You can't grab it at all! The basketball flew around on the head, leaving no chance for these big guys to grab rebounds and play a second attack.
This made Rondo get six rebounds on the outside, and Chen Feng only grabbed eight on the inside, which made Chen Feng almost drag Ron and roar, "You sister! Are you a defender or a center?"
And Chen Feng's most popular thing is probably the basketball that comes out of the bullet frame. The problem is that most of the shots that hit the rebounds. This time, it's evil. All kinds of shots are basically hit on the basket, and then they bounce irregularly.
Now it can't be said that Chen Feng can't grab it under the basket. Even if it changes Yao Ming's height, Jordan's bouncing animal can't get any rebounds.
That's really, it's not that I don't grab it, it's that you really don't give me a chance! Chen Feng really wants to ask his teammates and the other party's crazy shooter, "Do you dare to throw a shot that can make me grab the board?"
However, no matter how unhappy it is, the Celtics will lose, and Rivers will never think that the opponent's magical shooting rate is the only reason for losing.
In the first quarter of the game, the opponent was hit by 30:20. In addition to the Bucks' magical three-pointer, they were not focused, slow, and had no momentum, which was the basis of their loss.
"Go to Chicago in your state! Just wait to be beaten down by the other party! Don't think you can raise your tail when you enter the top eight of the east! You guys are still young and cruel!"
Rivers seldom talk about his players, but the mental state and attention of these guys in the game are really enough to say recently.
And if the problem of slow fever in the away game can't be changed, do you really think that you can rely on your overall strength to beat your opponent?
Even if you can eat an opponent like the Bucks, can you put your opponent ahead for more than ten minutes in the face of the strong teams in the east and west, and then you can chase them with your life? Isn't that full?
Now the Celtics don't have the confidence to give their opponents a chance. If they let their opponents always pinch their lives, it will be a dream to defeat the strong team in the away game.
Don't say that no one gives you this opportunity. Even if it's given to you, you will lose more than ten points and chase a fart!
That's the opponent's territory. You can't suppress the opponent. Just wait to be washed away! Rivers is now going to beat these bastards in a harsh way!
Don't think you can win a few games and be the boss, you're the second! The water of this alliance is deep! Any strong team that digs a hole can drown you!
With a failure, the Celtics began to embark on the most difficult away journey. Rivers didn't know what kind of reaction his reprimand could get.
No matter what the result is, anyway, this damn away trip has already begun. "Wind City" Chicago will be the first barrier for the Celtics.
The third in the East is not so easy to play, not to mention being away. Rivers is also a little drumming in his heart now. He doesn't know whether he can win or not.
As for these bastards, I don't know if they can play their own level in Chicago. If this away problem can't be solved, then this season's performance, even if it is a breakthrough, is very limited.
Anyway, no matter what should come, it will come after all. This damn away game has to be slowly chewed. Whether it can be bitten or not depends on the Celtics' teeth.
Rivers doesn't know if he can get something from these three strong teams, but he hopes that his flock of animals can frighten his opponents.
Winning or not only represents the result. Whether you can make the opponent realize your threat is what Rivers value most. If you always let others treat you as a challenger, it only shows that your strength is not enough.
Since you want to be famous in the East, let everyone start to face the current Celtics!
Let these guys see the madness of the green shirts!
This time, starting from Chicago, "Wind City"? Then let's go crazy together...