Chapter 475 Collapse the strongest defense!
Rivers' idea from beginning to end is how to grind the Pistons. Just like hanging, slowly tighten the rope so that the opponent can't breathe. In the face of a tough and experienced opponent, you should do this.
You may come up and wield a big knife to cut your opponent to pieces, but this game will take 48 minutes. Can you guarantee that your team will maintain this offensive efficiency during this period?
Although the Celtics can rank first in the offensive efficiency ranking of the league, the more the playoffs are, the more unpredictable there are. The previous statistics are definitely floating clouds.
Otherwise, the little emperor can win the MVP award in the regular season, but why is he afraid in the playoffs? The Wizards have not been able to keep their average per game above the average of the season.
That was just the first round of the playoffs. Then he met the Celtics, and there was no efficiency at all. It was a completely contained situation. The data declined, followed by four fiasco.
Rivers hasn't been alarmed to think that such a thing will happen to the Celtics, but in such a pace of the game, you can't use the data of the regular season to measure the high confrontation of the playoffs.
So, don't expect the tactics that can be played in the regular season to be equally useful in the playoffs. At least you have to do more in defense, and if you can play carefully in the attack, don't play those that are too rough.
The overall ability of the Celtics is very tough, but there are still a lot of things to pay attention to. Rivers really wants to sharpen it for another season, but now he has reached this point, and he can only try his best to carve everything.
At the beginning, I began to polish the tactics of the Celtics, and the imaginary enemy was a team like the Spurs and the Pistons.
In the playoffs, you can't always encounter an offensive team like the Eagles. If you really fight to the end and reach the finals, you still have to fight for efficiency, defense, and who can be tougher on the court.
You can't expect a team with super offensive and loopholes in defense to take advantage of the finals.
Even Auerbach once warned him, "Did the fence first, and then consider killing the opponent."
This is not a famous saying, but it is definitely the most concise advice of an old man who has been in the NBA for half a century. Relying on the attack of the green shirts as fast as the wind, there is no guarantee that they will win until the end.
The green shirts under the command of Rivers this season not only rely on attack to sweep the world, but also can enter the top three of the league in terms of defensive efficiency. The all-round team will always be the most terrible existence.
At this moment, the Celtics are trying to turn themselves into such a team. The threat they bring is definitely frightening their opponents. The stability of the Pistons has become a cocoon.
The Green Shirt Army is not afraid of other people's stability now. Instead, it is afraid that the opponent will fight randomly after coming up. The idea of Fers sharpening the knife there will definitely fail, but the Pistons remain unchanged, which just caters to the tactics of the Green Shirts.
Now Rivers is considering how to drag the Pistons into the position to consume. As a result, Sanders is really obedient. Without Rivers's effort, he took the initiative to put on a solid defensive posture.
Sanders really wants to be stable, but his stability can't get any chance to fight back!
This guy's satisfactory abacus is quite loud, but unfortunately, Rivers and the Celtics did not give him room to play.
Never expect the Pistons to play a beautiful offensive cooperation, but such a slow pace is full of strong physical confrontation. Even if the Detroiters are strong enough, they are obviously a little unsistible.
The main reason is that they have had a war of attrition with the Orlando people, and now it's their turn to fight with the more tough Celtics. Isn't it uncomfortable for themselves? I want to catch other people's loopholes, but now I'm still catching a fart!
The confrontation of the outside line may be a little better, but the entanglement of the inside line is completely an unavoidable hand-to-hand combat.
The high confrontation of the inside line brings more fouls. I'm afraid that no coach can avoid this, but Sanders really has some unspeakable depression now.
Originally, the inside line of the Pistons was unorganized. Except for Rashid Wallace and McDais, no one could stand up for Sanders. In the face of the Magic, this was the situation.
Once Rashid Wallace falls into the trouble of fouls, there will be big problems at both ends of the Pistons' attack and defense. Anyway, "Roaring Tianzun" is an axis of Detroit.
The outside line relies on Billups' passing and breakthrough to find opportunities, so the inside line of the Pistons relies on Rashid Wallace's height and offensive range to tear up the opponent's defense.
When facing the Magic, it was Rashid Wallace holding the ball and single Howard. Maybe in terms of physical confrontation, this old guy can't take much advantage, but in terms of experience, it is a complete victory.
In the next two games, Howard was because of too many fouls to help the team solidify the advantage of the inside. As a result, the Pistons seized the opportunity to fight back, and Rashid Wallace made great contributions.
But now the fulcrum of the inside attack and defense has been caught and beaten by the Celtics! Rivers' heart is really fierce. The first thing he can do to ensure offensive efficiency is to take the full initiative on the inside line!
Don't give the Pistons any opportunity to rebound, control the three-second zone, and control the opponent's entry!
Although the periphery has removed a stable scoring point, there is Kassel's entanglement and Posey's strength in order to kill the Pistons' peripheral offensive firepower on the outside line and prevent them from having a chance to cut into the three-second zone.
Without these potential threats from the periphery, the Celtics are more confident in controlling the three-second zone. Without the advantages of secondary attack and rebounding, the Pistons' offensive efficiency has been compressed to the lowest level by the Green Shirts!
Garnett didn't say that he was sure to eat McDance alone. At least in the first few minutes of the confrontation between the two of them, McDace really had no way to take the "Wolf King", and he often lost his first opportunity in moving his footsteps.
Originally, they were all dexterous insides, but Garnett's attack was obviously sharper. His strong attack was more impactful than McDance, and the difference in physique was not big, but McDace just couldn't stand Garnett.
Although Garnett's tonnage is average, this guy is a crab, and his bones are full of meat. Once he holds the ball and hits strongly, he will not lose at all in the low confrontation. What's more, his footsteps under the basket are flexible.
McDyce's footsteps are not slow, but whoever has the right to attack has the initiative. What's more, Cassel and Pierce cover Garnett at a high level, which is often a crossover, which is an opportunity.
Sanders on the sidelines is also really helpless now. None of Mohammed and others in his hand can stare at Garnett alone. Except for McDace, who can barely follow, the rest are for nothing.
But Garnett's attack was really too fierce. In the middle of the first quarter, McDace was at the cost of two fouls, and the "Wolf King" has got 8 points and 4 rebounds and one block.
As for McDace's contribution, he only used the mid-range jumper to get 4 points and 1 rebound, but his efficiency was only two of four shots, and he also gave Garnett four free throws.
Because of the foul, Sanders had to replace McDace from the court in the middle of the first quarter. He didn't want to drag the game to the fourth quarter, and he didn't have an insider.
The trouble that Rashid Wallace is facing now is obviously more difficult than McDais. Garnett's entry can't be restrained, but Rashid Wallace has nothing to do with Chen Feng at all.
5 points, 5 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block, this data looks average, but the 5 rebounds are all from the front court! This almost made Rashid Wallace's old face clean!
Nima, I've never seen such a fierce opponent. The Celtics have rewritten the score to 26:18 after playing 11 minutes in the first quarter. Although the scoring efficiency is average, the lethality of the inside line is really amazing.
Especially in the attack, Garnett's strong attack has seen the effect, and Chen Feng's strength in the inside line is the attack lost by his team, all recovered and continue the second attack!
Cassell alone took advantage of such a second attack opportunity to throw a three-pointer and a middle shot. Pierce also made two shots in the three-second zone with a second attack, all scoring on the board.
Sanders may be most annoyed by this loss of points, but his roar on the sidelines can't help Rashid Wallace. The old guy can't do anything when facing Chen Feng's impact in three seconds.
Especially for the control of rebounds, he has never been so unfavorable. He even got two backcourt rebounds in the first quarter. This is all the data. At this time, the score is a floating cloud.
If an insider can't get a rebound, the significance of his existence will be weakened, and the Pistons live on overall cooperation. The defense of the insider can be called their skills.
Although this advantage has been weakened to a certain extent after the "big stupid clock", it can still be laughed at the East. In the last round of magic, it was to overwhelm the Orlando on the rebound.
But at the North Shore Garden Arena, in the shouts of nearly 20,000 Boston fans, the Pistons' strongest defense line is collapsing, and a pair of fierce hands are tearing the psychological defense of Detroiters.
The bald boy's defense may not be so old and professional, but his impact has made the Detroit people lose their resilience.
The big hands waving in front of Rashid Wallace are plundering the possibility of the Pistons to win.
At this moment, even if the roar of "Roaring Tianzun" is still the same, there is not much he can block.
It's not the giant wheel of history that is roaring past, but a horrible bald beast, showing his fierce posture...
(It's Mother's Day. I wish all mothers can be happy, and I also hope that all my children can be filial to their parents. If you want to raise your child, you can't wait for it. Don't do it. I don't know when I can celebrate this festival...)