Chapter 461 Efficiency is king
As Rivers said, the Celtics have been playing supporting roles for more than 20 years, so there is no need to consider whether this is bullying or not. He will only take advantage of the Cavaliers as much as possible.
However, just like the starting lineup of Mike Brown, the current Cavaliers are already out of the game, and the first two games are still away games, and all kinds of disadvantages have been piled up.
But the reality is like this. What can you do? Give up the game? This assumption is definitely unacceptable to the little emperor, mainly because he can't afford to lose that person, so the Cavaliers can only risk it and fight with their opponents!
Is Rivers really not going to give the Cavaliers this opportunity to let his opponent suppress himself at home? It's been a season, and no one can do this at the North Shore Garden Arena.
Are you looking forward to the Cavaliers? That can only be said that people who have this idea really dare to think about it.
The Celtics don't have the trouble of the Cavaliers' wounded soldiers, and Rivers doesn't want to hide, so these animals are really the main force. The starting lineup can be said to be their strongest combination now.
Garnett, Ray Allen, Pierce, Rondo, Chen Feng, these guys have not had a fight with anyone else in the past week, and their idle bodies are about to rust. It's so easy to catch the Cavaliers. Can they let them go so easily?
And what Rivers said in the locker room was to add a fire to the group of dry firewood. He wanted the fire to ignite the North Shore Garden and burn the last fig leaf of the Cavaliers.
Aren't you the champions of the Eastern Conference last season? OK, now I will take your knife, kill you, and then enter the Eastern Conference Finals. If you take another step at that time, it will be the stage they want most.
However, the Cleveland people appeared in the shocking shouts of the North Shore Garden, and they were not willing to play supporting roles.
Before he appeared, LeBron James had already reminded everyone loudly in the locker room.
"We didn't come here to lose. If we admit defeat, the seven games in the first round will be meaningless."
I don't know how to position the leader temperament of the little emperor, but this guy can rarely talk loudly in the locker room or inspire people. In the face of disadvantages, clay figurines will also have a bit of rusticity.
So, when the Celtics got the first attack after jumping the ball, the little emperor really led his knights to launch a wave of shocks. At least in the first five minutes of the first quarter, the Cavaliers were not suppressed.
And they really got something in the attack, at least the Celtics didn't play a small wave of **.
"They were not defeated by a wave!" This may be the most exciting thing for the Cleveland media.
In their opinion, the most worrying problem is that they can't raise their heads at the beginning, but now this bad situation has not happened. If they can continue to be so entangled, the Cavaliers may not have a chance.
In the first five minutes of the confrontation, the Celtics did not act aggressively, as fierce as killing the Eagles. Maybe those guys really forgot the game because they had rested for too long.
Cleveland fans hope this is true. At least those fierce guys gave the Cavaliers a chance to fight back. With the little emperor, the Cavaliers have everything! Maybe we can win here!
However, not everyone's brain is broken. The atmosphere in the stadium is crazy, but this does not mean that everyone is crazy. There are still many people who can understand the content of the game.
"Dogg is learning to control the rhythm of the game. It seems that he is already preparing for the finals."
An old monster like Auerbach has been in the NBA for half a century. He has read too much about the coach's thoughts. He can understand many people's ideas and those small calculations without much thought.
Just like when he watched Pitino enter the Celtics and messed everything up, he said after Pittino entered the team that the academic things are not suitable for continuing in the NBA.
But no one heard Auerbach's words at that time, and Pitino himself smiled.
It can only be said that the cardinal at that time did not want to come back, so he did not stand up in the face of such a situation.
No one heard it, which doesn't mean that what Auerbach said is inaccurate. Pittino came to Boston with his tactics of killing four parties in the NCAA, but after a few seasons here, didn't he go back to the NCAA? What did he leave behind with the Celtics? I got nothing but a mess.
So, not to mention that Auerbach is an old antique, old and not dead is a thief, and a thief is extremely cunning.
Of course, this old monster can understand the situation. He has rested for too long and forgot the feeling of the game. If that's the case, can the Celtics' hit rate be maintained by more than 80% in the first five minutes?
The attack of those guys is not impatient at all. Every time, they make full use of the opportunity to take action. They get 13 points in five minutes. The pace of the attack is not fast, and it is far worse than when the bloody eagle is washed.
When killing the Eagles, the Celtics relied on their own stormy advance and oppression of defense.
That's completely a speed battle, not giving the opponent a chance to stand on defense. The whole game is constantly attacking the opponent. The efficiency of the attack may not be so exaggerated, but their sprint has made the opponent collapse.
Especially the chasing counterattack, Rondo controls the passing rhythm, and it can be said that the rest of the people are four arrows at the same time!
The fierce breakthrough state completely suppressed the Eagles at both ends of the attack and defense. They can't beat what they are good at at all. They can only make mistakes and lose points under the intensity of the tight defense.
But this game is completely different. Since Chen Feng jumped the ball, the Celtics' attack has been pushing forward with speed. They are not without a chance to attack fast, but these guys are not so anxious.
It can even be said that these guys deliberately slowed down the pace of the breakthrough and turned to look for opportunities in the battle of positions.
The Cavaliers' inside line is very weak, so the Celtics drag the game into a position battle, what they want is efficiency!
Auerbach valued the team's offensive efficiency. Just like the green shirt he led, the score in the league may never be the highest, but their efficiency can always be ahead of their opponents.
Now the Celtics' attack is like this. Chen Feng and Garnett frequently pull to the periphery to block and cover their teammates. They do not blindly wait for the opportunity to attack on the inside, and the whole team is also looking for opportunities in the run.
Don't let the basketball have any chance to pause. The whole team is looking for a gap in the running, whether it is the cut after the inside line is pulled out for cover, or the outside line uses the running position in exchange for a good position to play.
And this kind of interspersed running is to constantly mess up the Cavaliers' defensive formation and let them lose the other.
Anyway, the Celtics' position battle is never rigid. It is said to be a position battle, but these guys can play at the speed of the wind, interspersed, run, cut in and cover, and they are extremely patient.
Within five minutes, three shot took 20 seconds. They really ran out of the opportunity before they chose to finally take a shot. In these few minutes, they tried reluctantly without an attack.
Pierce scored four points, Ray Allen scored a three-pointer, Garnett scored twice under the block and back-cut basket, while Chen Feng used his bounce to press Vallejo to complete a make-up basket.
Rondo didn't score, but the boy has contributed three assists, plus a steal from Gibson, and two defensive rebounds. The whole Celtics have to be so efficient.
Auerbach can understand why Rivers played so steadily. Now the depth of the Cavaliers' lineup is not so terrible. They are not even as strong as the Eagles. Only a little emperor can support the scene.
In the face of such an opponent, even if Rivers shouts a sweeping slogan, it is not a strange thing.
But now what Rivers wants is not a simple victory, but to use the game to polish Boston's own style. This assumption is just a process in the regular season.
After entering the playoffs, you must let your team have its own characteristics and style.
Efficient and practical, this is what Rivers pursues. He does not ask how beautiful the game is, but he must be able to control the rhythm in his own hands, and mistakes and blind action must be reduced.
In the last game against the Eagles, the opponent was defeated by speed, which may work in the first round of the playoffs.
But with the deepening of the game, the opponent you have to face can only get stronger and stronger. If the Cavaliers' injury tide is not so fierce, the Cleveland people's combat effectiveness is also quite strong.
You can't expect to rely on this kind of impact to eat everything. When the opponent's defensive strength increases, your speed may not work, and that kind of speed-type impact is easy to make mistakes.
When you face an opponent like the Spurs, your high mistake is to bury the possibility of winning, so Rivers has no intention of playing like this at all. He needs a more stable performance and more efficient operation mode. In the face of Cleveland, Rivers began to ask his beasts to control everything!
From defensive strength to the choice of attack, Rivers has been tirelessly emphasizing all the details of the game during the truce in the past week. He doesn't teach with his hands. After all, the old guys like Garnett know what they should do. Rivers only need to control a general and then supervise the truth. Shi.
Efficiency, high execution, Rivers' goal now is not to defeat the Cavaliers by how many points, but to use these Cleveland guys to beat the efficiency of the Celtics!
Their purpose is not just to kill the little emperor, but to go further in the playoffs. Last season, they fell into the second round. Do they have to repeat that scene this season?
Sorry, Chen Feng's animals will not allow such a thing to happen. Similarly, Rivers doesn't want to...