Chapter 8, I don't want to see Rivers in the fourth quarter
Despite O'Neal's repeated provocations and Milicic's offers of help several times, Rivers was very calm. He looked at the situation on the court and said to Milicic and Pierce: "O'Neal scored 20 points in one game.
It's normal. He must average those points per game. If he scores more than 20 points, it means that he is just performing his usual performance and not extraordinary. That proves that our defense is very good. You see Jay now.
It's hard for Ferson and Krstic. Do you think O'Neal and Bender are good? They attacked without restraint in the first quarter, and their physical distribution must be a major hidden danger. Carlisle certainly hopes that you can play.
Fighting with a bayonet and seeing red, at least in the fourth quarter when our best players' physical condition is not ideal, they can use experience and awareness to reverse the game. My current idea is to let them
There was no counterattack ability in the fourth quarter."
Pierce said: "But we can't watch the score that we finally took the lead be caught up little by little, otherwise let Darko conserve his energy first, and I will go on the court to maintain the score..."
Rivers smiled and shook his head and said: "You are going to deal with Reggie Miller. They haven't sent out Reggie Miller yet. I won't let you play so early. Paul, you have to start trusting your teammates."
Yes, they won’t let you fall into a desperate situation fighting alone.”
Pierce looked at his teammates on the field. After receiving the ball, Al Jefferson hit O'Neal twice and suddenly passed the ball to Krstic. After receiving the ball, Krstic used his left foot.
As the axis, after two consecutive fake moves, he pretended to shoot, and then Tinsley came to interfere. Krstic passed the ball to Fisher on the outside, and Fisher opened his hand for a three-pointer, and Tinsley
Coming back to block the shot again, Fisher faked a shot and then broke into the paint and hit a mid-range shot at the free throw line.
As Rivers' gestures changed, the Celtics players on the field also began to take different positions. Three outside players expanded to the outside to defend, which was obviously to give the Pacers a chance to play inside. O'Neal Jr.
He hit Al Jefferson with a hook. When O'Neal just made a goal and was about to talk trash to Jefferson, Jefferson had already sprinted out. After the goal, he was defeated.
Stich immediately passed the ball to Fisher. Fisher took two steps and passed it directly to Eddie Jones who ran to the three-point line. Jones then passed it to Darley who went down to the free throw line.
Wright, who was the only defender in front of Wright, was Tinsley. Wright dribbled the ball in three steps and hit a high throw for a layup.
Milicic looked at Rivers's calm expression and thought to himself, this old guy still has something in his hands. I asked him why he usually imitates the Suns and SuperSonics in playing games. This old guy has a plan in his heart.
Already.
The tactics of run and gun are generally high score versus high score. Even if they lose, they will lose by high score. This makes the Pacers, who try their best to squeeze the opponent's offensive space and frequency, very uncomfortable. If they are two teams with strong defense,
Then Miller's 40% three-point shooting rate will lead the opponent in the score to a large extent, but if it is a run-and-gun team, those three-pointers are not a problem at all. Although the Celtics
The team's second lineup is still far from the efficiency of D'Antoni's eight-second offense, but they are also rapidly improving the offensive and defensive rhythm. When Milicic and Pierce were there, they started to play positions against the Pacers.
When these two All-Stars are playing, these young players will start to play run-and-gun and wear down the Pacers' physical strength.
After a few rounds, Banks and West replaced the slightly tired Fisher and Eddie Jones, while the Pacers replaced Jonathan Bender and Crohill with David Harrison.
Replaced O'Neal, James Jones replaced Fred Jones, Reggie Miller replaced Captain Jack, and Tinsley remained on the court.
The Pacers also began to shift the main line of offense from the inside to the outside. Although David Harrison was not good at all, he still had some enthusiasm in rushing for rebounds, which also facilitated the Pacers' outside attacks. Tings
Leigh, Reggie Miller, James Jones, and Crohill are all three-point shooters with certain accuracy, and Miller's physical exertion was not great at the beginning. Now he needs to lead the team to maintain a certain lead in the second quarter.
Despite this, the Pacers only have Reggie Miller and Jamal Tinsley as their strong points, and the remaining points are still slightly behind the Celtics.
But there is nothing we can do about Miller. Miller has been running non-stop. West can't keep up with this old guy at all. The positions of the Pacers seem random, but
In fact, they were all covering, and Miller was like a wild man accustomed to running in the jungle. He shuttled through the crowd as if there was no obstacle. Neither Banks nor West took advantage of him.
No method can stop him at all, and Tinsley is not ordinary. No matter where Miller is open, Tinsley will always put the ball in his hands. In this way, he creates open shots while running without the ball.
, and then hit again and again.
Of course, the Celtics here have been running, and Banks' body like a small steel cannon is impacting and breaking through the inside. Since the Pacers' inside line is relatively weak at this time, the Celtics' outside line is
Keep breaking through to the inside, either to make a direct victory, or to force the Pacers to narrow the circle, so that there will be more open opportunities on the outside, making it easier for shooters to shoot three-pointers.
With 4 minutes left in the second quarter, the Pacers led the Celtics 51 to 45. O'Neal Jr. scored 17 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks, Reggie Miller scored 21 points, and Tinsley
Although he didn't score much, he already contributed 8 assists. On the other hand, no one on the Celtics team scored more than 10 points, and Milicic only had 9 points.
This makes many people think that no one in the Celtics can stand up against the Pacers' two stars, but both Rivers and Carlisle know that such an average score means that the Celtics are far from exerting their strength.
, and the Pacers have overloaded O'Neal Jr. and Reggie Miller.
At this time Rivers asked for substitutions. This time he sent in the main lineup of the regular season, which is also the strongest lineup of the Celtics. When watching those five people walking on the court, Rivers said in his heart: "
Come on! Guys! I don’t want to see you guys still on the court in the fourth quarter.” (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian.com to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.
