Rivers had to call a timeout. He replaced Milicic and sent on another more offensive combination: point guard Derek Fisher, shooting guard Eddie Jones, small forward Paul Pierce.
Power forward Al Jefferson, center Krstic.
Although Milicic was off the field in this lineup, Krstic's appearance also gave the inside line good support capabilities, and the appearance of Eddie Jones and Paul Pierce at the same time shows to some extent that the Celtics have stepped up their efforts.
In fact, this swingman combination is also the real ace backcourt combination of the Celtics, but in the second half of the season, Tony Allen's performance became more eye-catching, and his defense can save a lot of money.
Pierce's pressure, and putting Eddie Jones on the second team can lead the bench to play a good offense and ensure the continuation of firepower.
Rivers kept Milicic off the court throughout the second quarter, and the Pistons had already deployed their entire main lineup. Neither Krstic nor Kris Anderson could fill Milicic's vacancy.
After Rasheed Wallace dunked on Krstic, the Pistons had led the Celtics by 7 points. Milicic said to Rivers: "Let me play! Again.
If this continues, the score difference will become wider and wider.”
Rivers sat next to Milicic and patted Milicic on the shoulder, as if he was not on the court but in his reception room. He said to Milicic: "Today I want to teach you
Two things. The first is that you have to believe in your teammates no matter where you are. Even people like Bill Russell and Michael Jordan still have to rely on the outstanding performance of their teammates. Your strength is based on your teammates.
On the basis of creating opportunities for you..."
"But the situation is now like this..." Milicic couldn't hold himself back and interrupted Rivers.
However, Rivers ignored it and looked at the court. After a shake, Pierce pushed away Prince and hit a three-pointer. The score difference was 4 points.
"See, it's not that this team will suddenly collapse if it loses one player. If that's the case, then this team can't be considered a team, nor is it a strong team. At most, it's just a team.
Just a playoff team."
While talking, Rasheed Wallace made a straight-arm shot in response to Chris Anderson's block. In fact, he passed the ball crosswise to Ben Wallace, who was in Al
Jefferson made a two-handed dunk on his head. After the dunk, Ben shouted to Milicic off the court: "Darko, come up quickly, I need to dunk on someone taller."
Milicic couldn't help but get angry. Rivers on the side said: "I don't care about winning this game at all. The Pistons and Shaquille O'Neal are much older than you. Maybe it's their time now, but
In less than three years, their competitive status will decline sharply, and you will become the real leader in this league. What I need you to do now is to adjust your mentality. You are facing Ben Wallace, Le
Brown James is always able to play good games. This is because they can fully stimulate your fighting spirit and you can be focused enough. I need you to be able to maintain this concentration in every game, otherwise you are just Anthony.
He's just a crazy knife like Walker, he's too embarrassed to hold a big job."
Milicic clenched his fists tightly. This feeling made him feel like he was back to that time last year. The victory or defeat of the entire team had nothing to do with him. He could only endure the humiliation of bystanders. It was not the Pistons' grassroots rebellion.
One of the protagonists of Raid.
"I need you to remember this feeling of humiliation. You have to know that on the basketball court, the slack you just made on McDyess is fatal. The outcome of high-level games is often between one or two balls. You
Are you really incapable of guarding McDyess? Or are you not focusing at all? You must always remember that you don’t want to be humiliated by your opponent. Then you must always stay focused. This is the only rule of success. When you
When you are slacking off, just think about how you feel being humiliated on the bench."
Milicic never played again in the entire second quarter, and the halftime score was 57 to 46. The Pistons led by 11 points.
During halftime, Ainge called Rivers and said that the boss was also watching the game and asked why Milicic was not put on the court and watched helplessly as the team was being ravaged by the double Wallace in the paint.
Rivers said without being humble or arrogant: "I am the head coach of this team. What I have to do is how to make this team win. I don't need anyone else's guidance in using the lineup. Milicic's mentality is out of control.
The problem is, I need to adjust him in time. I don’t like my favorite player to get lost in a game and cast a shadow on his future career.”
In the locker room, Krstic said to Milicic: "When I watched you play before, I didn't think those two guys were so powerful. Although Ben Wallace is short, he is too powerful. He was beaten by him.
With the support behind me, I couldn't even take a step forward."
Although Chris Anderson has a different personality and doesn't like to show his weakness, he is sweating all the time. This is a sign of excessive physical exertion. He is responsible for guarding the Pistons' interior offense.
Ace Rasheed Wallace, Wallace's solid footsteps, hard-to-defend straight-arm shooting and good ability to support offenses all make it difficult for Chris Anderson to start. During the team training, although Chris Anderson usually gets Milley
Xic took more care of him, but he still tried his best to prove in front of Milicic that he was not much different from him. But just on the court, he discovered that whether it was strength or technique, even he had always been self-confident.
I thought that even good defensive skills were far inferior to Milicic's, and only then did I truly realize my gap.
Despite this, Pierce also said in the locker room that everyone played well in this game, because they faced last year's championship team, and it is ideal to be able to play in the current situation, and it was with Milicic off the field.
Under the premise of resting for nearly one section.
Rivers said that this game must be won. If we cannot win the first game on the road in one go, the subsequent games will be very difficult.
In the second half of the game, everyone has more expectations. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please read it.)
