The lineup Rivers sent was point guard: Derek Fisher, shooting guard: Eddie Jones, small forward: Paul Pierce, power forward: Al Jefferson, center: Darko.
Milicic.
Two All-Stars, one has-been All-Star, a championship point guard and a potential rookie. It must be said that Al Jefferson's reputation at this time is no less than that of Okafor and Howard, although
The data is slightly inferior to those two, but Al Jefferson has been recognized as having the highest basketball IQ among this generation of players. He can play team basketball. Compared to him who can only defend, he is older.
Okafor and rough guys Dwight Howard and Al Jefferson are better choices in the minds of more coaches.
Carlisle also saw what Rivers was thinking. He wanted to have a showdown with the strongest lineup. Before, the Celtics had not put these five people on the court at the same time. Paul Pierce, who averaged about 25 points per game,
, Milicic who averages about 20 points per game, Eddie Jones who averages 17 points per game, Derek Fisher who averages 13 points per game, and Al Jefferson who averages close to 10 points per game, these five people
Accounted for 85 points of the Celtics. It’s not that the Celtics’ substitutes are not good, but that except for Milicic and Pierce, who played a little longer, everyone else on the Celtics team is good.
Using a rotating playing method, each combination will produce different changes. Eddie Jones and Al Jefferson are the offensive spearheads of the second team.
There was no way Carlisle was going to be ignored by the Celtics. He also fielded the strongest lineup. Center: Jeff Foster, Power Forward: Jermaine O'Neal, Small Forward: Stephen Jackson.
, Shooting guard: Reggie Miller, Point guard: Jamal Tinsley.
The Celtics serve, and Tinsley tries to put pressure on Fisher. But Fisher is not Banks, although you can't see any outstanding offense from him in his career.
and breakthroughs, but his turnovers are also very few. This is also the most basic quality of a point guard on a championship team. At least you cannot give your opponent four turnovers every game, so that the opponent can easily take them from you.
to 10 minutes.
Tinsley led Fisher all the way. Fisher was not as eager to adopt an offensive strategy as the immature Banks and West. He was observing everyone's movements and the opponent's defense.
Milicic and O'Neal are pushing each other inside. Now it is O'Neal who takes the initiative to defend Milicic. Compared with Milicic, Foster's steps are a little slower, which makes Milicic facing
He can take advantage of it a lot.
While pushing Milicic, O'Neal said in his mouth: "Have you finally come up? You should shrink back like a turtle for a while and watch how I beat you guys back to their original shape. Don't
I thought our regular season record would be comparable to ours."
Milicic also supported O'Neal with his elbows and said: "You son of a bitch, do you think you have any ability? Your shooting percentage is not as good as Jordan's three-pointers, so you can't
Why are you so timid when you bully the newcomers, Duncan and Garnett?"
In fact, in his peak period, O'Neal was not much inferior to Duncan and LG. However, LG's team was far worse than the Pacers. Under such premise, the Timberwolves still beat the Pacers many times, and
When playing against idiots, it can be said that the Pacers did not take advantage. You have a strong defense. The Spurs have a stronger defense, and Duncan's single defense ability and assist defense ability are incredible. Just for this reason,
It will be difficult for O'Neal to catch up.
Compared with Duncan, O'Neal's footsteps are more flexible. Compared with Garnett, O'Neal's strength at his peak is better, and he is good at defending players in post-up situations, while Garnett
The main reason is that the people facing the basket are more efficient.
Milicic opened his hand to ask for the ball, and Fisher gave the ball to Milicic with understanding. Milicic held the ball with both hands and leaned back with his back. This action is like what Kobe and Tracy McGrady do.
Many people were surprised that an insider could have such flexibility and coordination. Then Milicic put his right elbow on O'Neal, swatted the ball with his left hand and hit it inside.
O'Neal was pushing hard, but Milicic did not continue to push in. Instead, after O'Neal stood still, he suddenly dribbled back half a step, made a fadeaway jumper, and scored the ball.
After scoring, Milicic and O'Neal huddled together when they returned to the other half. Milicic said to O'Neal: "You son of a bitch, isn't this the way you like to score? It's that simple.
You still think you are pretty good at these moves, I knew them when I was eight years old, so go home and practice!"
O'Neal Jr. was obviously irritated by Milicic. It wasn't that O'Neal didn't want to defend Milicic seriously, but that Milicic had been resting off the court before, and there was almost no major loss of physical strength, while O'Neal took turns to defend Milicic.
Chris Anderson and Al Jefferson were two big guys. Anderson was tall and long-armed, and had excellent shot-blocking ability. Jefferson was particularly strong, and wrestling inside was very energy-consuming. At this time, another one came up and had gained weight.
Milicic weighed 290 pounds, which naturally made him horny. Milicic's first effort just now made O'Neal see the difference in strength between the two, but Milicic is not that kind of person.
People who relied purely on strength would tighten and then loosen, followed by a soft fadeaway jumper, which O'Neal simply couldn't defend.
Milicic is a kind of feminine center with comprehensive skills, but after two training sessions with Laimbeer, he began to develop into a strong center. O'Neal, who weighs only 260 pounds, has already lost innately.
He regretted that he guarded Milicic. This kind of guy should be taken care of by a big guy like Foster.
It was only when the Pacers attacked that they discovered that the Celtics' lineup was not only strong offensively, their position selection was more organized, and the space between people was maintained extremely well.
For a veteran like Tinsley, at first glance, there are no obvious loopholes.
However, Reggie Miller, who ran in front of him, stretched out three fingers behind his back, hinting that Tinsley was about to start making a fuss around the three-point strategy.
