Chapter 316 Make Up
The second round of the East staged a strong counterattack of the new generation, and the second round of the West seemed to be much more normal. After killing the Mavericks, the Warriors originally wanted to take advantage of this momentum to get rid of the Utah Jazz led by Sloan.
But Sloan's old hotness is not inferior to old Nelson. The "little general" makes mistakes, and he will not make the same mistake again. Moreover, in the face of the rapid whirlwind of the Warriors, the Jazz' countermeasures are simpler and more direct.
If you want a fast attack, then I'll give you a fast attack, 119:112. This big score even makes many people wonder if they are wrong. Is this still the Utah Jazz game? They lost 112 points!?
You should know that the average loss of points in the regular season is only 98 points. If this score is put on the regular season, this designation is a big defeat! And this must be the kind of collapse of rolling and crawling.
But Sloan's team won, and the win was very straightforward. They were always in the lead in four quarters and had been suppressing the Warriors with offense, which was completely a non-mainstream counterattack.
And this kind of suppression is a fast attack counterattack. The inside score ratio is 50:46, and the Jazz is slightly superior. However, in the statistics of the fast attack, they scored 9 points more than the Warriors, which is very unexpected.
28:19, this is the scoring efficiency of the two sides in the fast attack counterattack. The Warriors can defeat the Mavericks' weapons, which was broken by Sloan Gaba, and even Nelson Sr. has been scratching his head after the game.
An old madman was tricked by another old guy. He thought that crazy bombardment could cause more trouble for Sloan's team. As a good result, the other party did the opposite and directly gave you a quick attack!
Everyone knows that the Warriors live on fast attack. There is no good inside line. They bombard the madman with one vote, and then be pinched by the old Nelson. Although it is not as good as the sun, that kind of fierceness can still set off a wild storm.
But no one can imagine that the old Sloan put such a position for old Nelson in Salt Lake City. If the Warriors want to bombard, then you can run, and then I will run more fiercely than you, more efficiently and score more fiercely!
This offensive routine of reverse thinking directly disrupted the rhythm of the Warriors. It turned out that it relied on a fierce courage to defeat the Mavericks, but this time I met someone who was more pierced than them.
The opening was a 37:35 confrontation. It is estimated that many people were shocked when watching the game. No one would have thought that the confrontation between the Jazz and the Warriors would be so hot and make such a high score.
Although the final score difference is not big, the Jazz's way to win is to slap the Warriors firmly. They won the game with the style that the opponent is best at at home.
This is not only as simple as winning a game, but also a fatal blow to the opponent's confidence. You Jinzhou gang can bombard, and our Jazz team can also do it. Sloan's response is simple and effective.
The most important thing is to attack with your strongest weapons. We fight back in the same way, but the view that Sloan left to others is that the Jazz now have a solid defense in addition to attack.
Don't forget that they relied on resilient defense to complete the reversal with a big score of 0:2 behind the Rockets. Sloan didn't use a tough move with you, so he had already defeated the Warriors. What if the Jazz also built the defensive wall? Is there any other way for old Nelson to capture old Sloan's defense?
After all, the insiders of the combination of Oku, Kirienko and Boozer are not so easy to break. The Warriors don't have a big man under the basket like O'Neal, nor a madman like Chen Feng who can be ruthless at any time.
Anyway, many people can see from the first duel that Nelson's way to deal with his apprentice is not cheap in Sloan. The strength and patience of the Jazz are far stronger than that of the Mavericks.
At least no one will think that the Warriors can continue to play to the end, just like the Knicks, all the way to the finals. At least they don't have this ability for the time being, and their luck is almost exhausted.
The Mavericks are a tragedy, but the Jazz will not follow in their footsteps. Sloan's team is not so easy to collapse. This is not a fate, but the end of the Warriors is gradually becoming clear.
Compared with the confrontation between the Jazz and the Warriors, the most eye-catching thing in the second round is probably the battle between the Spurs and the Suns, and the two teams have lived up to this expectation.
111:106, like the Jazz, the Spurs, who went away from home, also relied on attack in the face of the Suns' bombardment frenzy, defeating the opponent's crazy impact at the last moment.
34:31, the single quarter score in the last quarter is the key to the last Spurs winning the game, and it is the last moment. That shot made Chen Feng's teeth itch.
"His sister, it's that old guy again." Originally, it was lively, but when Robert Horry threw a three-pointer in the bottom corner again to extinguish the possibility of the Suns' counterattack, Chen Feng cursed in a low voice.
There's nothing we can do. Chen Feng can't forget that he stood on the sidelines of the Spurs and watched the second when Horry hit the final shot. After fighting for so long, he was only one step away, and the result was overshadowed by the old guy.
This matter is definitely not something that can be described. "Next time you meet the Spurs, you must kill the old guy in advance. It's too sinister! Just know how to hide in various corners and shoot cold arrows! What a scum!"
Indeed, the Suns fans and players also want to call Robert Horry a scum. This guy scored 8 points in the whole game, all focused on the last quarter, a middle shot in reality, and then two consecutive three-pointers!
Damn it, who can stand this? That's a real investment! I couldn't see a figure for a long time, and then when you saw where this guy was, you specified that the ball had got into the basket and it was hollow!
The Suns have rushed very fiercely, but it's such an old guy, as well as the group of old goblins of Popovich and the Spurs, just caught such a little gap and won the game.
After working hard for 47 minutes, he was lightly defeated by others in the last 60 seconds. The Suns lost and lost, but in addition to sighing, they could say that they would win the next game.
But this is at your home court. Even if you win the second game, you will lose a home advantage! Do you still expect to return to the territory of the Spurs, and they will make it easy for you to take away a victory?
This kind of strong dialogue, a second of relaxation, can make all the efforts in vain. When Rivers led the team to watch the live broadcast of the game, he said to all the team members, "Learn from others."
Like the Spurs, the Pistons' key ball handling ability is not comparable to that of the Celtics. Once it is dragged to the last kill moment, Rivers must remind his players to tighten their nerves at all times.
Otherwise, the Celtics are likely to end up with the Suns and be defeated by the opponent's final kill.
And the Suns' defeat is also a wake-up call to the Celtics. The violent attack may not always open a bloody road for you. The defense of the Spurs at the last moment is the key to victory.
Winning the playoffs depends on defense. Although the Spurs also scored 111 points, the defensive skills of these guys can still suppress the Suns' firepower to the lowest efficiency and make their attack dull.
"The Suns' shooting rate is 5 percentage points lower than that of the first round, especially in the last quarter. Although they scored 31 points, the scoring opportunity in the attack is basically concentrated in the point of Stadmeier, and it is easy to be blocked by the defense of the Spurs. The fact also proves that they lost here. Noodles."
Rivers and Siberdo watch the game video for analysis. What they want is to find their own problems from others, look at other people's defeats, and remind themselves. Although the Celtics are very popular now, their firepower at the offensive end explodes, relying on the charge of one or two people. Once they are surrounded, it is easy to get out. The problem is that the Suns were exhausted in the last quarter, and the Celtics don't want to repeat such a failure.
To win this series, Rivers has a lot to consider, such as tactical arrangements, such as on-the-spot response, but now the pressure of the Celtics is not so great. If the Pistons do not compete for the championship, it is a failure, but Boston has just come out of the ruins. They are just familiar with the post-season. Race.
As Auerbach said, Boston's sense of smell of the playoffs has wasted nearly 20 years. Although there was also a time to reach the Eastern Conference finals, more time is hovering in the trough.
"If you want to be the boss of the league again and win the championship, first of all, you have to understand how much you can play in the playoffs, find that feeling, and let Boston gradually warm up in the fierce confrontation."
The Cardinal hopes that the team can regain its former dominance, but he also understands that this is no longer the era when the green shirts dominate the world. Whether it is the Spurs, the Pistons, and even the Cavaliers have an advantage over Boston.
These opponents are more familiar with the battlefield that once belonged to Boston, and what the Celtics can do now is to rediscover their feelings in the playoffs, which can't be done overnight.
Rivers didn't expect to achieve a great season like the Black Eight Miracle, but he knew how to get the team's results in this high-intensity confrontation.
"Every game is learning. Only by constantly absorbing more effective things can we fight back again. On the roof of the North Shore Garden Arena, there will be another champion's flag."
Twenty years of shortcomings cannot be made up in an instant, but in the chaos, these animals from Boston are moving forward silently. They are seizing every opportunity to show their strength.
This is their game. No one knows when they can fight, but these kids know better.
That is, it will not surrender without a fight. No matter who the opponent is facing, the Spurs? Piston? Sorry, we won't admit defeat, even if you can defeat us, but it's only the score, not courage.
If you want to recover the glory of Boston, you can only rely on these wild kids and their fierce temperament...
(I'm sorry for writing late. In fact, I don't want to write too much in the playoffs. After all, it's not finished, but this is a learning process. I may be trying to write. If it doesn't look good, please forgive me.)