Chapter 272 Rocket Dual Core
The thunderous list and the new starting lineup are the coaching style of Jeff Van Gundy. No matter how fans and the media complain about his rigidness, it will not affect this bald man.
It's just such a starting five-person group that anyone can guess. It can still kill many strong enemies in the west. No matter whether you are satisfied with Van Gundy's old-fashioned character, he can take the team all the way.
Even if Leslie Alexander, the owner of the Rockets, is not satisfied with this, he can't change Van Gundy's decision at all, so he, as a boss, often faces his head coach, and is also under a lot of pressure...
Employees who can't handle the boss can't handle it, so don't expect the upset of the fans and the media to play a role. Even the Rockets' team manager Darrell Morey, sat on the sidelines and could only shrug his shoulders at Van Gundy's start.
Although Van Gundy's old-fashioned and hard-line style is not liked by the media, and fans often can't enjoy any exciting games, this guy relies on that set of stable tactics to win a game.
"Jeff's tactics can be said to be unnoticed, but they are very tricky." This is what Rivers and Siberdeau said when discussing the Rockets' starting lineup before the game, which is really very accurate.
There is nothing new and no change, but some teams are like this. You know what he is going to do, and you may not be able to stop it. In the past, everyone in the Bulls knew to guard against Joe, and how many teams have done it?
Therefore, this is easy to say and difficult to do. Generally, the head coach has a set of starting lineup or rotation order that he is used to, but when Van Gundy does this, it is simpler and more direct.
Rivers certainly can't change Van Gundy's old-fashioned, so he can only fight with the bald man. There is no trick, and he must fight with his opponent in the position.
This is definitely no skill, or an occasion for the head coach to have some magic tricks. If you want to wrestle with Van Gundy's team, you have to put down all your ideas and rely purely on the strength of the team.
Van Gundy's team has set up their lineup, and Rivers can only arrange the five-person group that he is most sure to spend with the opponent, Chen Feng, Jefferson, Pierce, Rondo and Sprewell.
"When playing against the Houstonians, don't always think about fast attack, and don't think that you can hit them down with a wave of attacks. The defense of these guys is very strong. Maybe you should be careful that the other party hits our fast attack and counterattacks."
For the first time after finalizing his starting list, Rivers cautiously held the ears of these wild guys and carefully warned that such opponents could be different from attacking teams like the Lakers or the Suns.
It's not that the Celtics have never met a strong team in previous games, such as the Mavericks, the Suns, or even the Heat, but only when they meet the Pistons, Rivers have a feeling of difficulty in playing.
The reason is actually not complicated. Compared with those teams with strong offensive firepower, Rivers would rather meet those opponents who dare to see the red bayonet, at least he doesn't have to worry about how to conquer the opponent's hard fortress.
As long as the Celtics dare to risk their offensive firepower, these fierce Boston bandits dare to show their fierce side and fight to the end. They are not afraid of this kind of confrontation.
If it's really to fight for attack, Rivers's animal does have the courage to show its sharpest side with anyone, especially the bald boy. As long as he is there, the Celtics' attack can be as fierce as crazy, even the Suns and the Mavericks, a fire-fired team. The Upper Celtics also have a headache, not to mention those opponents with insufficient offensive firepower. The Celtics are not afraid of offensive battles.
But if you encounter a Pistons team that guards the defense line and then runs tactics with you, that's the biggest headache. After all, the Celtics are far from a very mature tactical system.
Generally, the tactical system that can suit the team requires a season or two. Even if there are two or three All-Stars, you have to find a space suitable for their survival, otherwise the tragedy of the Lakers will be repeated.
Losing in Detroit is losing tactically. Although the Bostonians win a game at home, how hard it is to win. Rivers himself knows that compared with the Pistons, the current Celtics do not have the tactical foundation that is so strict that they do not allow mistakes. They are more than brave, but they are lacking in details. More.
Especially at the critical moment, it is easy to make that kind of local small mistakes. Several times they lose the game because when the score is stale, the Celtics' offensive choice is slightly hasty.
It's not that Rivers hasn't said anything about this, but it's two concepts.
So when I met the Detroit Pistons, it was not because of how ugly the other party's cheerleaders lost, but because of the gap in tactical execution, which made the Celtics lose their initiative on the field. In terms of detailing and polishing their own tactical system, the time left for Rivers was still too short. Some.
Even Auerbach said when he watched the lost games, "Although the Celtics' tradition is to pinch the team according to tactics, the whole team has been matched for less than five months now. Even if you give Rivers a perfect framework, he can't integrate the team so quickly. . "
What the cardinal said is very objective. He has been the head coach of the team, so he knows how to build a qualified team. It is not impossible to pinch the synthetic type in a short time, but the probability is very small.
And now the Celtics' personnel matching is far from that level. They can squeeze into the top six in the East, which is beyond the expectation of many people. Can they build a qualified tactical system? That really needs to be practiced for a while. What Rivers can do now is to speed up the pace as much as possible. It is not realistic to do things overnight. Fortunately, the Celtic tradition can provide them with a suitable atmosphere, but if they meet an opponent like the Pistons, they should be careful.
In fact, no one deliberately ignores the shortcoming of the team, but it takes so long for the team to form a whole. Can you polish a brand-new team in four or five months? I guess it's impossible for anyone to come.
Rivers is also trying his best to run in, but now this gap is not so easy to make up. He can only try to drag those opponents into a state of fighting with himself, instead of running some damn tactics. The offensive atmosphere of the league is really prosperous now. Most teams do not have such rigid defensive tactics. In defense, they tend to complement each other's position and single defense ability. Teams like the Pistons that can rely on the defensive system to kill their opponents. After all, there are still a few. Rivers doesn't have to have such a headache in every game.
It's just that no matter whether Rivers is willing to meet the style of play in the late 1990s or not, he has to touch it. Van Gundy's defense, which follows the most traditional positional battle, is completely the success rate.
And Van Gundy dares to slow down the pace and fight this kind of attrition battle with any opponent because he has enough chips in his hand. Whether it is inside or outside, he has a stable scoring point and can withstand such consumption.
Rivers' warning of carrying the little animal's ears on the sidelines may still be too polite. Those guys who have been wild in the Port of Los Angeles, although the game has passed for a day, they are still in the fun.
So when Chen Feng beat Howard in the jump ball and took the lead in the basketball to Ron, the Celtics' attack was as usual, and the wind-like advance was completely uncontrollable.
"These damn guys!" When Rivers saw this scene, he almost began to curse directly on the sidelines, because he clearly told these guys to be a little stable at the beginning of the game!
Rivers doesn't want to follow the rhythm of the Rockets, but he doesn't want those kids to despise this fifth-ranked opponent in the West too much, fast attack? The Suns and the Mavericks can't make a fast attack in the center of Toyota!
However, Rivers' roar can only roar from the bottom of his heart, because the Celtics' fast attack did not show perfectly on the Houstonian's territory as the guys on the field thought.
Originally, Chen Feng allocated the ball to Rondo to make the speed of the whole propulsion soar. While Ron was receiving the ball, Chen Feng had already shot under the basket. As long as the ball could pass, this must be a very beautiful fast attack, but Chen Feng ran all the way to the basket, but he didn't wait for the pass that should have come. Ball.
"Copy!" When Chen Feng turned around and looked over, he subconsciously cursed, because he found that he was strangled to death by Alstom and McGrady before he could stabilize after receiving the ball.
Not to mention finding a suitable passing route, Rondo almost didn't even control the ball. Alstom's lightning player who practiced on the street is really cutting the ball down! The two hands are long, and the movement speed is very fast. Alsmall is still very close, which makes Rdo feel uncomfortable when controlling the ball, and there is also McGrady cooperating with his action beside Alsm. Rdo just encountered such a scene, which is a basketball that is caught off guard and has a steady control in his hand. It was almost cut off by Alston.
Thanks to Rondo's ball control, he has always been very stable. While catching the ball, he also guarded against the opponent's rush. When Alstom came up, he subconsciously pulled the ball back and did not rush into the half.
It was such a subconscious action that allowed Ron to keep control of the ball. Alstom failed. Similarly, McGrady failed to steal the basketball in the next side, but the bag defense of the two of them disrupted the whole offensive rhythm of the Celtics. Those guys failed to make the imaginary fast attack.
"Beautiful bag clip, McGrady and Ralph teamed up to defend the Celtics' quick attack! The Bostonians' raid failed!" The commentary at the scene is arousing the emotions of the fans in this way.
Although this kind of defense is not as good as a beautiful attack can arouse the enthusiasm of the fans, after all, it is the home of the Rockets. The hot cheers began to ring in the Toyota Center, and the fans also began to cheer for their own team, but for these guys on the Celtics, this is nothing. Good omen, their fast attack failed, not to mention advancing into the position battle, the feeling of being entangled was very bad.
Rondo did not lose the ball in his hand, but he could only choose to get the help of Sprewell around him to successfully advance to the half of the Rockets, and the whole speed had dropped. Alston kept harassing him. Although he did not necessarily break the ball in his hand, it made Ron feel a kind of pressure. Force.
This is not because of Alsmstone's reputation on the street basketball court, but the overall defensive formation of the Rockets is moving, not just people staring at people, but following Alsm's defensive position.
That's an invisible danger. Rdo can only smell the potential threat and dare not do it easily.
But it doesn't mean that there is no danger if you can't break through Alsto's entanglement. After all, Alsm has been with the NBA on the street for several years. Ron's side can be caught by him with a little hesitation.
However, Rondo hasn't been waiting to get rid of Alston's entanglement, or find a suitable gap that can pass the ball. He just wants to stabilize the rhythm and look for offensive opportunities as Rivers explained.
The result is that Rondo's hand just slowed down the pace of ball control, and a ghostly hand touched it from the side. Originally, Alsstone had been putting pressure on Ron. Ron also cared against the harassment of the street ball king, but he was not guarding that someone would suddenly come out and defend himself at this time. Self.
His hand was empty, which was Rondo's only feeling before he got out of the basketball. When he turned around to look, he had seen a guy in a red uniform flying past his eyes and quickly killed the Celtics' half. The speed of breaking the ball was so fast that no one reflected it at all. Come on.
Rondo may be the only guy who reacts and can then run back to the defense, but his speed is far faster than the red figure who spreads his legs and runs all the way, and he can only look at the opponent's one-handed dunk.
No one is blocked by anyone. There is only an empty basket waiting to be **. It is estimated that any offensive player in the NBA can come up with a lot of tricks to please the fans, not to mention a guy who has won the NBA scoring champion. He even has a chance to show his fans at home. The ability to stay in the air.
Step into the penalty line and start to jump, and then all the reporters at the scene are holding the camera in their hands at the gliding figure and desperately moving the shutter. I guess these guys can't wait to have four hands to record this moment more accurately. It's a very beautiful scene. The one-handed split buckle, and the lag is very elegant.
"Traysy!!! Mc~K~Grady~!!! Our great number one! Beautiful slam dunk, a fast attack after breaking the ball! Perfect! This is definitely a wonderful performance, which is the strength of the NBA scoring champion! See it! Those guys from Boston! This is not Los Angeles where you can be wild! Houston's home is undefeated! You will definitely learn a deep lesson here!"
Obviously, McGrady's attack detonated the high point of the whole Toyota Center. Their roars and roars began to reach the peak of an atmosphere with the fast-paced commentary of the live DJ, and the fast-attacked red No. 1 had no arrogant demonstration gestures, but it was still like the sleepy eyes at the beginning. Hazy.
But Rondo looked at the guy who had just cut off his control of the ball and then played a dragon dunk. All he could feel was the threat. Although McGrady's sleepy-eyed appearance, everyone knew how explosive this guy could be. Once his firepower was fully fired, he was completely as destructive as Kobe Bryant, and even entered. In terms of the choice of attack timing, McGrady's shooting may be more accurate than Black Mamba, especially outside the three-point line.
A guy who can win the top scorer for two consecutive years is definitely not so easy to mess with. Although he works under Van Gundy, McGrady's attack level in Houston has not declined at all. Instead, he pays more attention to practicality. Someone covers him and cooperates with him, which is far more frightening than this guy working alone in the Magic team. Territ.
Just like the fast attack just now, in the magic team, it was McGrady himself who single-handedly challenged the opponent's front guard swinger. It was rare to see him take the initiative to carry out some bag tactics with his teammates. But just now, this guy was entangled in the gap between Alsm and Ronto, suddenly flashed, made an accurate attack, and broke the basket. Ball.
Rondo's stability is counted in the Eastern Conference. It is rare to see this guy being cut off the ball, but even Rondo couldn't react to McGrady's attack just now. You can imagine how fast he started.
It's really a lightning attack, as accurate as an eagle in the Texas desert. Rondo, such a steady guy, couldn't stand it, was pressed to the ground with a paw, and could only look at the other party's score.
Looking at the cheering fans in the Toyota Center, Rivers has nothing to do with such a loss. He needs the team to stabilize, but the other side did not give him this opportunity. McGrady's personal ability determines the suddenness of this attack. Not to mention Rdo did not respond, even Rivers and Seaber, who saw this scene on the sidelines. Du has no choice but to see clearly, but you can't prevent it. This is the personal ability of a star player.
McGrady's one-stop attack made the Rockets start the record, which made Rondo feel very angry, but there was no way to fight back. After all, his personal ability is still one level worse than McGrady's.
It's just that the next Celtics attack also failed to play the smooth feeling they wanted. The Rockets' defensive strength was far stronger than Rivers estimated, especially when the lineup of these guys was complete, the kind of defense carefully created by Van Gundy. It can exert a different general effect.
Rondo has always been looking for routes and opportunities to pass the ball in the movement of ball control, but this time Alston's entanglement is to stick to him, not let him steady, and from the Celtics' half-time.
Alsmstone just doesn't give Rondo the opportunity to speed up and get rid of himself at all, especially this kind of defense makes it impossible for Rondo to launch a fast attack. Anyway, Alsstone is a famous streetball king on the street. If it is really a one-to-one experience, he obviously knows better than Rondo how to harass. The other side, besides, he just wants to slow down the pace of the Celtics and make the other side play more awkwardly.
Rivers certainly doesn't know what Van Gundy said before the game. If he knew, he would not have just told him in the ears of those wild boy. He would definitely warn those guys to pay attention to the tough style of those Houstonians and not be easily caught by the fast attack machine of the defensive counterattack. Will.
Maybe Rivers is a prophet, he will warn his group of wild kids in advance, but he is not God, Allah, Buddha, so he just hopes that the rhythm of the game will not be included in the most comfortable feeling of the Rockets, and ignore the wildness of his players. Those little ones only If he is teased by the other party and aroused the anger in his chest, he will definitely find a way to fight back. Often their methods are very simple and straightforward. For example, when Rondo can't break through, he may choose to give the ball back to the inside line!
Rivers may not have noticed such a situation, but after watching the videos of the Celtics' past dozen games, Van Gundy found that whenever the Celtics' offensive momentum is suppressed, they will definitely find a way to fight back in the simplest and most direct way, and inside attacks are often their first choice. Choose.
This is also because the Celtics have quite strong ability to attack inside the inside. Not only is Jefferson's back singles now a little pure, but more importantly, they also have Chen Feng's wild mountain knife in the inside line. The bald boy can split everything that blocks him, even if it is A strong guy like O'Neill sometimes has nothing to do with Chen Feng's fierce attack, so the Celtics counterattack points are often concentrated under the basket. When they want to fight back, the basket must be the main battlefield.
You can't say that Van Gundy is a divine figure. He is wiser than Jackson or Riley. It can only be said that this guy cares more about his opponent, and this guy has a commanding point to use in the competition under the basket.
Rondo really didn't find the right cut-in route under Alstom's entanglement, and Pierce was also followed by Battier. In this case, Rondo's passing choice was left to stuff the ball into the basket.
Accurate transmission, a standard ground pass. At the moment when he dodged Alston with a continuous fake action, Ron threw the ball to Jefferson, who was already stuck near the three-second zone and was opening his hand to ask for the ball.
Jefferson's strength may not be as wild and unruly as Chen Feng, but this guy has the delicacy of back singles that is not inferior to any insider of the league, especially his footsteps, which is also very flexible.
Even if the guy behind Jefferson is Juwan Howard, a guy who has been selected as an All-Star, can't stop Jefferson from squeezing out his defense with his footsteps and his strong body. Almost at the moment of receiving the ball, Jefferson has completed his side-side ball-holding. Enter.
Without any hesitation, after getting stuck in Howard's position, Jefferson turned around and there was a very standard little hook. The posture was to score on the board, so that he could quickly catch up with the loss of points just now!
Jefferson's technical movements are the absolute standard, and even the coherence of the little hook gave Howard no chance to chase and block, but at the moment Jefferson shot, he saw a not too big slap against the basketball, and the basketball that had just left the hand was directly slapped. That's it!
"Do it!" Jefferson, who usually doesn't scold the street, also swears when he saw the basketball being fanned, but this does not change the fact that the basketball has flown into the audience. In addition to the fanned basketball, Jefferson also saw a huge figure passing in front of his eyes, although the action did not So flexible, but the oncoming figure made Jefferson feel an unprecedented pressure.
"Fuck! Damn it!" Rivers also roared uncivilizedly on the sidelines. At the same time, he hammered the tactical board in front of him fiercely. The offensive route he drew on it was the whole process of Rondo and Jefferson's cooperation just now, but the Rockets gave him a response in a more direct way.
The big guy who passed in front of Jefferson's eyes, his red uniform of No. 11 also made Rivers feel a little dazzling, just like McGrady's elegant one-handed buckle just now, as the most important double core of Van Gundy, whether it was No. 1 or No. 11, began to cause trouble for the Celtics. ......