"Gentlemen, I need you to cheer up and stop fighting the Celtics on defense. That's what they want. We have to attack, attack, and use offense to open up the situation!" Taking advantage of the timeout, Stan -
Van Gundy loudly instilled his tactical ideas into his players.
Stan Van Gundy's idea is very correct. It is very unwise to compete with the Celtics on defense. In terms of defense, although the Magic's defense is not bad, there is a long way to go with the Celtics.
Gap. The Magic's strength lies in their offense. When facing the Celtics, their only strength is their offensive power.
If the Magic want to defeat the Celtics, the only way for the Magic is to use a powerful offense to force open the Celtics' defense and gain a score advantage. If the Orlando Magic falls into a defensive competition with the Celtics, who can defeat the other side?
In a strange circle of scoring fewer points, the Magic are basically doomed.
Even if they can win one or two games, there is absolutely no way to win the entire series. Because defense is an area where the Celtics are good at. Play against the Celtics in an area where the Celtics are good at
, no one with a right mind would make such a choice.
But the problem is that now the Orlando Magic have been dragged into their own defensive quagmire by the Celtics. The offense cannot be opened, and it is useless no matter how much emphasis is given. Stan Van Gundy replaced Van Weaver, hoping to borrow Weaver's
The ability to fight opened up the situation and found gaps in the Celtics' defense. However, the effect was not very good. Weaver broke through frequently after coming on the court, but could not achieve any good results against Ray Allen. Although he is called a gentleman,
Ray Allen's clingy defense is still very difficult to deal with, and this is not something Weaver can deal with. On the contrary, Weaver's random beatings have caused the Orlando Magic's already chaotic offense to become even more fragmented.[
Although he was dissatisfied, Stan Van Gundy didn't say much. Weaver was originally a double-edged sword. Now if he can't hurt others, he will naturally hurt himself. When he replaced Weaver, Stan Van Gundy had already done a good job.
Psychological preparation. Stan Van Gundy felt very sorry for Weaver's method to open up the situation.
Subsequently, Stan Van Gundy replaced Weaver and replaced him with Maurice Evans. Unless there is an accident, Stan Van Gundy will not let Weaver play again in this game, or even in the entire series.
They are not prepared to reuse Weaver. Because the opponent is a team of this type and level like the Celtics. Weaver's role will be suppressed to a minimum, but his shortcomings will be exposed to a limited extent.
The Celtics began to gradually gain some lead, but the Orlando Magic's offense still couldn't hit. Although they devoted almost all their energy to defense, the Celtics' own offense was not very good. In the second half,
After that, although they achieved a 52:46.6 point lead, they seemed to be able to expand this lead to a safe level again, and the Magic could not find a way to regain the score for a while.
difference.
Adrian had steady control of the basketball, and the man guarding him was Paul Pierce. Just like Adrian was the best guard for Paul Pierce, on the Celtics, the best guard for Adrian was
The choice is none other than Paul Pierce. Others have to defend Adrian. Either they lack strength or they are not tall enough. In short, they have various qualities that Adrian can take advantage of.
In fact, Paul Pierce's defense against Adrian today was quite effective. His entanglement allowed Adrian to only score 8 points and 3 assists so far, but Adrian picked up 7 rebounds. It must be said that both sides today
The shooting rate is really a bit cheating. The Orlando Magic took 56 shots and hit 19 times, with a shooting rate of only 35%. The Celtics' shooting rate was slightly better. But it did not exceed 40%. The iron was hammered and banged.
Adrian picked up a lot of rebounds, but this is not what Adrian wanted. How to get the basketball in his hand into the damn basket is what Adrian needs to consider most now.
.
Dribbling slowly. Adrian's body was pressed very low, like a hungry wolf lying on the ground, ready to pounce at any time. The basketball jumped back and forth between Adrian's hands. Paul Pierce set the standard.
In a defensive posture, he calmly observed Adrian's every move. The strong pressure caused the sweat on Paul Pierce's forehead to gather into a stream and flow down his face.
Paul Pierce suddenly felt his eyes stinging, and a small drop of sweat dripped into his eyes along his eyelashes. This small drop of sweat made Paul Pierce's open eyes couldn't help but close slightly. In this
In an instant, Adrian moved, strode out, and instantly broke through the left side of Paul Pierce's body.
Paul Pierce's reaction was still very fast. He realized that Adrian had made a breakthrough in the blink of an eye and reacted immediately. However, after all, the pain in his eyes made him slow down a little. There was nothing he could do about it.
Defending Adrian.
Garnett didn't expect Pierce to be broken through by Adrian so easily. Although Adrian was able to get rid of Paul Pierce in previous games, it was not easy, and Paul Pierce could always win for himself.
It was time to make up defense. It was precisely because of this that Kevin Garnett relaxed his attention on Adrian.
This allowed Adrian to hit an easy throw with almost no one defending him. Paul Pierce did not give up, but he could only stop behind Adrian. Adrian's shot was too fast and did not give him a shot.
Leave no opportunity to make up for your missed opportunities.
"You guys are finally starting to feel tired." Quickly stepping back, Adrian looked at the basketball falling from the basket and quickly passed it to Kendrick Parsons and Paul Pierce.
The direct confrontation with Paul Pierce allowed Adrian to easily feel the changes in Paul Pierce's physical strength and energy. Just now, Adrian clearly felt that Paul Pierce's explosive power was not as good as at the beginning of the game.
.
physical strength!
This is Adrian's biggest problem.
As a giant team composed of veterans and role players, the Celtics have a lot of physical problems. Of the 16 games they lost during the regular season, at least 6 were
It was because of consecutive games that the Big Three were exhausted in the fourth quarter.
And now, the Celtics' physical problem is even more serious. (To be completed)
