Chapter 325 Dare to death
In the NBA, you have to be a little bold. Otherwise, in decades of history, there will definitely be a lot less classic moments. Most of the classics have been thought out in advance.
Accidentally create classics. Whether it is attack or defense, there are many times when there are not so many calculations in it. More often, those guys rely on an instinctive reaction, just a chance.
Just like Havrichek's thief, when the old guy came to the North Shore Garden to watch the ball, Chen Feng once asked him once. Didn't he consider the consequences of the failure in the second he rushed out to break the ball?
The old man in his sixties replied, "If I have a way to stop time, I will definitely stop the damn stopwatch and the people around me immediately, and then I will think about the consequences."
This is really a very boring assumption. If Havrycek hesitated for a second, or even a few seconds, the 76ers led by Chamberlain would really kill the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals.
So, in the second when he jumped out, Havrichek didn't think about what to do if he failed.
If he really has to think about it before deciding whether to take action, it is estimated that Zhang Dashuai will not be depressed for so long because he can't win the championship, and there will be no magical steal in the history of the NBA.
This is the same as Joe's sixth game of the 1998 finals. He shook Russell's defense at the last second and accurately hit the emergency stop jump shot. Before taking the shot, he was sure that he could not make it, but just struggled.
Russell would not expect that he would fall in front of Master Joe at the last moment.
Let Master Qiao, who is not accompanied by Pippen, fight against the Jazz's "black and white double evil". If he really wins the seventh game, it is estimated that even the unparalleled Master Joe will feel a tremor.
But at this decisive moment when there is no way to retreat, you really risk your life and often take an opportunity.
That's at least a 50% chance. If you don't vote, you have no chance of winning. If you vote, there is at least half a chance to win. It is said that Master Qiao's final kill was awesome in those years. But how many people have counted how many times this guy's last shot did not enter? History sometimes only records the victory. Noodles.
In addition to these two, many classic moments of the final kill are also created without any preparation. For example, if you ask "Old Fish" Fairsher to throw another 0.4-second shot, do you think he can be so accurate?
Of course, animals like Robert Horry, who look at the water dispenser on the bench when he has nothing to do, and suddenly come to the stage to give you a cold. It's really not so easy to find. His luck is also unbelievable.
Therefore, sometimes, the so-called classic is that when the brain is hot, it doesn't care about the consequences. Anyway, just close your eyes and work hard! If you succeed, you will become famous all over the world. If you lose, you will be an unlucky person.
Rivers is not the kind of head coach who has nothing to do, but in the face of the hard-line opponent of the Pistons, he is far more courageous than Sanders, at least he dares to take the lead in making tactical adjustments.
And this adjustment directly moved the two starting positions, which was completely different from the regular playing style of the Celtics in the late regular season. When he put up his starting list, Sanders was a little confused.
Without Pierce, without Jefferson, it was replaced by Novak, who joined in the middle of this season, and the one standing under the basket was replaced by Weber, who had never started, and this time, the two main players were replaced!
"What is that guy thinking?" When Sanders saw the starting lineup standing on the sidelines, his first reaction was that Rivers had gone crazy, and he was confused by the loss of the last game.
Otherwise, he would not make such an adjustment at the critical moment of the third game to make the absolute core of his team a cold bench? Isn't Rivers afraid that Pierce will be in a bad mood at this time?
Even if Pierce can take into account the overall situation and choose to retreat to the second line, won't this bury any contradictions? Did Rivers decide that Novak would be more aggressive than Pierce?
How much potential can such a guy who has been put in the development league by the Rockets? Will he be better than Pierce? Sanders didn't believe that this kind of player with a basic salary could play a role.
And Weber's debut is a failure in his opinion. As a veteran, Weber can provide a lot of playoff experience to the Celtics, but he has finally reached the end of his career.
Whether in terms of confrontation ability or scoring ability, Jefferson is in his own rising period. Even if this guy's performance is not as eye-catching as Chen Feng's, he is a good hand in the attack under the basket.
Jefferson, whose contract is about to expire, is now the target of many teams. Even Sanders himself has said that if such a big man can be added inside, it will definitely bring benefits to the team's attack and defense.
Compared with Weber and Jefferson, if you don't consider the factor of fame, Sanders will definitely choose Jefferson as the starter. After all, the fat man with a solid physique is indeed much more efficient than Weber in attack.
But he is not the head coach of the Celtics, and Rivers will not hear what he thinks, so Boston's adjustment does make Sanders continue to send his strongest starting lineup with confusion.
Before coming to Boston, Sanders, who is cautious, has already planned. He will not easily make any changes after making adjustments. The established tactics are the same. If there is no big problem, it will not change.
But Rivers' courage far exceeds Sanders's estimate. This guy is like playing a regular season. At this critical moment, he changed his lineup, and after the opening, it can be seen that he even changed his tactics! Anyway, this is the third key duel in the second round. Whoever wins can take the lead.
However, in such a game, Rivers also dared to make such an adjustment, which not only made Sanders a little confused, but also made the Pistons suppressed at the beginning. They really didn't have time to adapt to this change of the Celtics. As a result, as soon as they opened the game, they were beaten by the gang of animals. .
Rivers is not the kind of psychopath with brain convulsions. If he dares to make adjustments, he must have his own reason. In the second game with the Pistons, he can smell the danger. He will definitely not take advantage of the internal consumption just by competing with his opponents.
Just like the first three quarters of the second game, the opponent not only pinched the Celtics' seven inches, but also played according to his own habits, which completely made Rivers passive.
It was at the door of the other party's house and let others walk by the nose. Rivers had already admitted it, but the counterattack in the fourth quarter gave this guy a little way out, so the guy stayed for three days to transform the team.
Aren't you Pistons going to fight in position? Isn't it going to grind us to death with a little bit of defensive strength?
OK, no problem, I'll let you grind your grandma's leg! I want to make the whole team run! There are offensive points that can be shot from any angle! I'll let you shrink the defense! If you dare to put it away like the last game, I will let you know what regret is! Is it really so good to come to the North Shore Garden?
As usual, the Pistons play steadily according to Sanders' arrangement, put pressure on the opponent, force the opponent to make mistakes, and then stare at Chen Feng in the inside line, so that the Celtics' attack must go through multiple covers and attack as awkward as possible. Now Pierce has not started, and Sanders has to seize this opportunity to kill his opponent. Hit!
Sanders wants Rivers to remember this lesson. Don't easily change his habit of playing style and lineup in this key game, otherwise, he will have the possibility of a fiasco.
In fact, he is definitely not the only person who has the idea of Sanders. At least when the Pistons' coaching staff saw the Celtics starting list, most of them felt this way. They all thought that Rivers was digging a hole for himself and making trouble, and his whimsical adjustment was nonsense. Light!
Really? Perhaps only the score is the best explanation, as Sanders expected. In the opening stage, take advantage of the opponent's lack of Pierce and Jefferson to defeat the opponent and establish a lead!
This is definitely a normal reaction. At least in the eyes of many people, this choice is normal. After all, even many Boston's loyal fans are doubting whether Rivers is a negative resistance.
But the confrontation after the opening disintegrated these doubts in an instant. Less than three minutes after the opening, Sanders was still thinking about what to do after taking the lead, but the Pistons team he led was stunned by a stick.
Without Pierce on the court, Prince's attack on Chen Feng under the basket would have been more resolute, but in the two minutes and 40 seconds after the opening, the Novak, who was almost scrapped by the Rockets, scored nine points in a row!
Three-pointers, three shots and three shots, what is the efficiency of this? On two occasions, this guy even directly faced Prince's big hand in front of him one step away from the three-point line, and resolutely threw it out!
Prince, who can be selected as the second team of the NBA's best defensive lineup four times, is definitely not a person who likes to make mistakes, but in the face of the sudden outbreak of Novak, even the experienced "little prince" can't stand it.
I really don't know what medicine that guy hit. Anyway, everyone here hasn't reacted. Nowak over there has thrown a three-pointer ball into the basket. In less than two minutes, the Pistons have been overwhelmed by this unreasonable three-pointer. They had hoped to hit the opponent at the beginning. As a result, it's all right now. I didn't hit the Celtics, and my side was completely in a mess.
Novak's three-pointer is only one. Weber's two middle distances at the top of the arc has pushed the Celtics' offensive efficiency to five of five, and he also earned a foul on McDais.
Novak's three three-pointers, Weber's two shots, and then an extra penalty. In less than three minutes of confrontation, the Celtics sent the Pistons a 14-4 small **.
However, the most stunning thing must be the statistics that have just been written. In less than three minutes, the Celtics' scoring efficiency is amazing, but the most surprising thing is that it must be the assist.
Rondo has always been the top on this, but in these few minutes, Rondo can only rank behind another animal with the assist given to Weber.
Four assists! If someone looks at the name behind the statistics, he will definitely shout, your sister! This is his mother's cheating! Chen Feng's boy actually has four assists!?
But this is the fact, a fact that made Sanders confused on the sidelines, a guy who didn't score a point, tore apart the Pistons' defense with four assists.
No one knows what's going on. Even the Celtics fans are stunned, because they haven't even seen such a scene.
Murphy sat in the press conference room, looked at what happened on the court in consterion, and then said a sentence after a long time, "This..., Doug is too gloomy, damn it, this is a trick to kill his opponent!"
And Rivers whispered on the sidelines, "This man-eating playoff is to support the timid, starve to death, and don't take a non-mainstream route. Do you really think I'm easy to handle?"
The Celtics' move is beating the confidence of the Pistons...