Chapter 473 Rivers's Trick

Rivers and Siberdeau have chosen the game of attrition before the game. They don't plan to solve all the problems with attack. After all, this is not the time to kill the Eagles in the first round, and they can win the game by scoring points.

Winning the championship by defense and winning the fans by offense, such an old saying has been circulating in the NBA for many years, but any coach with brains can understand that this is the most reasonable saying that you can win the championship.

Defensive, high-intensity, high-confrontation defense, can strip out what the opponent is best at and break it!

This is what Rivers asked the Celtics to do. It can't be said that the Celtics' tactical system will be perfect in a season, but he has enough time to adjust.

The playoffs are the last chance to sharpen the green shirts, especially the first two rounds of the game, one round of rush attack, one round of control, which are all preparing for the team's synthetic model, and the Pistons are the last grindstone.

Rivers is not arrogant enough to think that he can defeat the old Pistons in a wave of attacks. It's like playing against the Spurs. Those old guys' nerves are very strong. Even if you attack fiercely, you can't break them down at once. As long as you leave them a breath, they may recover. Son.

This is a team dominated by old bones. The most horrible thing is that they can be more patient than young people.

Although the Celtics are also very experienced now, after all, a group of old guys have been added. They can pass on these things to those young people, but some things on the court really need to be understood by themselves.

It's not that teaching can get an experienced young guard, but it depends on the grinding of the game to train a group of people. Rivers just doesn't want the opponent's old bones to take advantage of it now!

So, under such circumstances, he threw Posey and Kassel into the starting line-up, and all he wanted was to be stable!

Sanders wants to count the Celtics, so now Rivers has a confrontation with him. Do you want to count me? OK, let's figure it out together. Sanders is not the only one in the world who can play yin.

When Rivers is on this starting lineup, it is enough to show that this guy wants to drag the game into a war of attrition.

Attrition war, the most cruel hand-to-hand confrontation. When the Celtics took the initiative to burn the war to this level, the Pistons had no way out. They had no choice but to devote all their energy to the battle.

This is mainly because they can't avoid it. The Celtics forced them to play like this. If they want to change, they have to agree that it was Sanders who took the initiative to slow down the game. As a result, he didn't wait for the fast attack of the Green Shirts.

Rivers did not fulfill Sanders' wish. He had no intention of attacking with all his strength. Instead, he fought steadily.

How to be stable, how to come, this is what Rivers told the players before the opening. He doesn't need to rely on gorgeous attack to please the audience. Boston's supporters, if it's not a beautiful scene, they want the champion, and Auerbach was the same in those years. He didn't need to play wonderfully. What he wanted is to end. Fruit!

"How can it be played beautifully? If you don't win, everything is useless." This is the Cardinal's argument. What the old man left to Boston is such wealth. Beauty is not important. Victory is the truth!

Such thinking has been instilled in the minds of every Bostonian, so they don't like the gorgeous Los Angeles. Even in the era when these guys played the most beautiful SHOWTIME in the hands of Pat Riley, Bostonians don't have this old opponent. In a dandruff, what Boston respects most is toughness and courage!

So, even if Rivers abandons the previous crazy attack, the fans in the stands are still shouting. They don't care how slow the game is. As long as the Celtics can win, it is the ultimate goal!

And Rivers dares to do this because with this background of Boston, they are not afraid to play worse.

A crazy attacking Celtics is terrible, so when they calm down to defend with you, these guys are also scary, hand-to-hand, close confrontation, and they show their toughness!

It is said that the Celtics' attack is as fast as the wind, but Sanders knows that the character of those guys is no different from that of Stone. They are tough and stubborn, and they are definitely a headache for you.

When they choose to die with you, then you don't expect anything to change. Rivers has this temper.

And his gang of animals, once they risk to fight with you to the end, no one can do anything about them!

Sanders really didn't expect that Rivers would drag the Pistons into the gallows so fiercely.

This is too unexpected. Not to mention the inexperienced Sanders, I'm afraid that the old guys like old Nelson may not have considered that the Celtics would use such a tactical arrangement.

Originally, I thought that the Celtics would take advantage of their own offensive points, and relying on their home advantage, they would give the Pistons a down at the first game. As a result, Rivers did not play like this, but did the opposite.

This is too simple. These green shirts put away their sharpest spears and hit their opponents with shields.

Damn it, there's still fun like this!? I'm afraid even the old Nelson sitting on the sidelines is scratching his head at this moment!

Fight for defense, fight for success, kill in the inside, stabilize the speed and fight with the Pistons, slow down the speed of the game, what is to play steadily, especially on the guard line, the pursuit is physical confrontation.

It's not that Billups and Hamilton are afraid of physical confrontation. After all, in the guard, Billops is a relatively strong kind. It is basically difficult for ordinary people to get stuck in his advance at the defensive end.

Kassel is not the kind of tank-like defender, but the old man's experience and confrontation skills on the defensive end are enough to ensure that he will not lose when he and Billups are in position, at least he can fight a draw.

Maybe Kassel does not have the speed advantage of Rondo in offensive propulsion, but he is more spicy in controlling the rhythm than Rondo, especially since he is stable enough to make fatal mistakes easily.

Such a veteran on Rivers is to play more finely in the offensive organization and reduce the number of mistakes, especially not to let the Pistons seize the opportunity to make a fast attack and reduce the speed, which is to strive for efficiency.

Kassel has been fighting in the league for more than ten years, and he has also appeared in the finals. He is also a very tough heart. In the penetration and organization of the offensive end, he is no worse than any point guard.

Even Rondo has to admit that if Kassel can be ten years younger, the main starting position of the Celtics is the old guy. No one can take it away, especially in the shooting process. Rdo is completely defeated!

Sibodu had nothing to make fun of Rondo and said that if his shooting could compete with Kassel, then after the end of the rookie contract, Angie could not keep him without a top salary. This seemed like a joke, but it was definitely not an exaggeration.

Although Brand was the main core of the Clippers at the beginning, it is up to Kassel to control the offensive side. Otherwise, why would those fans be so frustrated when Kassel left Los Angeles?

Just because even they can understand that the Clippers can reach the Western Conference semifinals by relying on Kassel's rich experience and unreeled shooting at the critical moment. This big heart is the Clippers' pin.

Now the once Clippers' spiritual leader, staying at the Celtics at ease, is waiting for the time when a team needs him most. He will appear and bring his experience and toughness to Boston.

Rivers now gives him the position of starting point guard. What he wants is a very stable style, and Kassel's medium and long-range shooting is indeed much more accurate than Ron. Positional battle requires such an offensive point.

Especially when Ray Allen was also put on the bench by Rivers, Rivers had to ambush a reliable offensive point on the outside line, and the adjustment after entering the playoffs also made Kassel's physical recovery very well. To make this old guy stick to a high-intensity confrontation of fifteen or sixteen minutes on the field, he should not ask. Question.

Rivers didn't intend to let Kassel take on too many tasks. As long as the old guy can fight with Billups for 15 or 16 minutes on the court, he can do it. Anyway, there is still a vote on the bench of the Celtics.

First drag the rhythm of the game into the position battle, so that the opponent can consume more physical energy in physical confrontation. This is Rivers' plan. His hand is not very smart, but it really gives Sanders a headache.

This is only the first Eastern Conference final. If Rivers pursues such a high-intensity confrontation in every game, it must be the Pistons who will suffer. After all, their players are at a disadvantage in their overall age.

And they have just played six games with the Magic, and their physical fitness has not recovered. As a result, they just want to use the Celtics' impact play to work hard on defense and wait for work.

But before Sanders's abacus sounded, Rivers gave him a blow. The guy seemed to see the Pistons' plan, so he took a step ahead and fought a very fierce battle.

Now Sanders is about to cry without tears. Damn it, how can this happen! Why don't you attack!

This is not scientific. Didn't you average more than 100 points per game? Why don't you play with your strengths and start to fight with us for defensive strength! What are you going to do! No such thing! This is illegal!

Thousands of grass and mud horses have sped by in Sanders' heart, but he really has nothing to do with Rivers. How do you deal with this tactic? This problem is now in front of Sanders.

The referee's whistle has not yet sounded, but the starting lineup set by Rivers has made the Pistons confused. This is not a strange array, because these strong green shirts are preparing to entertain these "guests" from Detroit in the most fierce way. Of course, The gift prepared by the Green Shirts is this competition.

This will be a confrontation that makes tough pistons feel horrible! A group of fierce beasts are about to get out of the gate!