After entering the playoffs, the Celtics' physical strength was more severely tested. In the final stage of the regular season, in order to maintain sufficient physical strength in the playoffs, the Celtics chose to let the Big Three play together
The decision to rest for several games. In this way, although the Big Three all got sufficient rest time, after entering the playoffs, the competitive state was somewhat difficult to adjust due to the long rest time, especially
The performance on the road was even worse.
The direct consequence was that the Celtics played 14 games in the two-round series, winning 8 and losing 6. Not only did the entire promotion process suffer from many crises, but they even gave up on setting a higher record in the late regular season.
The physical strength that they had the opportunity to rest and recover was also exhausted in a series of consecutive games. Two days of rest was simply not enough for the Celtics to fully recover. And now, it was time for them to pay the price for their previous wrong choices.
It's time.
After two and a half quarters of fierce fighting, the Celtics' physical strength showed a very obvious downward trend. At least Adrian himself felt that Paul Pierce's defense against him was beginning to become inadequate. After realizing this,
Adrian decisively changed his offensive method.
Holding the ball on the three-point line again, this time Adrian chose a rougher style of play and passed the basketball to Lewis. He ran to the low post and got stuck. After a while, the basketball passed through the hands of several people and then returned to Adrian again.
In Adrian's hands, Paul Pierce was still closely following Adrian. After Adrian began to get stuck on the right side of the Celtics' basket, Paul Pierce blocked Adrian from behind.
Try your best not to let Adrian go deeper into the basket.
Adrian did not make any hasty moves. Instead, he carefully tested Paul Pierce's resistance to himself. He predicted the approximate position and distance of the basket through the surrounding lines. Paul Pierce's resistance was stronger than normal.
It was a little weaker, and Adrian felt it keenly. He could even faintly feel Paul Pierce's heavy breathing. Through the sticky jersey, Adrian could feel that Paul Pierce's body was secreting a lot of sweat. This
Everything is evidence of high physical exertion.[
"I'm going to start scoring." Adrian turned his head and showed his sharp white teeth at Paul Pierce. Adrian's weird smile made Paul Pierce's heart skip a beat, and he didn't realize what was going on.
.Adrian's iron back has slammed into him like a battering ram.
Adrian's shoulders are not very wide, but his back is very broad. According to kinematics, it is very convenient to exert force behind his back like this, because the force area is very wide. Although Paul Pierce was out of control in this collision,
It was unexpected, but Paul Pierce had already known about Adrian's strength, so he was always vigilant. It is difficult for such a collision to have a surprising effect. After suffering this collision, Paul was well prepared.
- Pierce only took a small step back. He stabilized his body and immediately took root on his feet. He stood firmly on the ground, ready to face Adrian's subsequent impact.
This is what post-up play is like. As long as you take the lead in one confrontation, you will take the lead again and again in subsequent confrontations. Taking advantage of the opponent's unsteady footing, you can continuously impact and disintegrate the opponent's defense. It can be said that it is the most popular among post-up singles.
The basic and most classic technique. Adrian is also accustomed to using this technique. In the past, when Adrian was performing post-ups, he would often move the defender step by step toward the basket to defend his position, and then easily
's score.
But just when Paul Pierce stood firm and prepared to face Adrian's next attack, he suddenly discovered that he had been deceived by Adrian.
Adrian hit the ball hard, but after the impact, he had no intention of continuing towards the basket. Instead, he used the force of the impact to take a step back and suddenly turned around and shot a jump shot.
The distance between the two sides was too far, and Paul Pierce himself stood too firmly. This made Paul Pierce Nye discover that even though he barely took off with all his strength, he still couldn't interfere with Adrian's shooting in the slightest.
"Shua..."
The crisp sound of net wiping sounded. This was the first time today that such a crisp sound of net wiping sounded, which made Adrian feel happy physically and mentally. Before this, he always had to jump on the basket like a naughty child for a long time when scoring goals.
After making a lot of banging noises, he reluctantly fell into the hoop.
"Paul Pierce is indeed tired, and his reaction is not as fast as at the beginning of the game." At the same time, this goal also confirmed Adrian's thoughts.
In the next game, Adrian suddenly transformed from an organizer into a battering ram, frequently beating Paul Pierce in singles under the basket. His physical strength, which was not very strong in the first place, was even worse under Adrian's crazy impact.
It was descending at a speed visible to the naked eye. Paul Pierce was moving slower and slower, and the sound of heavy breathing could still be clearly heard in Adrian's ears even though he was a few steps away.
Although Adrian does not succeed every time when he plays Paul Pierce in isolation, the destructive power of this kind of singles is amazing. Kevin Garnett and Kendrick Parkinson have to defend Adrian's basket.
Spend more defensive energy in isolation. Human energy is always limited. When Kevin Garnett and Kendrick Parkinson invested too much energy in defending Adrian, they invested in other areas.
A person's defensive energy will naturally decrease. Even so, the Celtics still couldn't prevent Adrian from scoring. Although the scoring was not high and inconsistent, Paul Pierce couldn't stop it.
Doc Rivers was forced to call a timeout. Although the Magic have not yet taken the lead, if the Celtics can't make any changes at this rate, it will be a matter of time before the Orlando Magic take the lead.
Doc Rivers couldn't blame Paul Pierce. Looking at Paul Pierce sitting there drinking Gatorade and breathing heavily like a broken bellows, it can be seen that Paul Pierce is indeed
He tried his best to defend Adrian.
If you want to improve the efficiency of defending Adrian again, you have to double-team.
But once they started double-teaming Adrian, the Celtics' originally well-functioning defensive system was forced to collapse. If the rest of the Magic team feels average, the temporary double-teaming will not cause too much of a problem, but if the Magic team
If the other players' touch is improved during this period, the Celtics will suffer an avalanche of consequences like a chain reaction. Doc Rivers does not dare to make such a decision easily, because it is a gamble strategy. Doc-
Rivers is not a red-eyed gambler. Although the current Celtics are established in this way, Doc Rivers himself is very calm. Unless he is forced into a desperate situation, otherwise he will never
will make such a choice.
If the defensive matters cannot be solved and can only be delayed like this, then the Celtics can only find ways to open up the offensive situation. Whether it allows themselves to score more points or allows the opponent to score fewer points than themselves, both of them
There is no contradiction between the two, the ultimate goal is still to win.
Since the Celtics don't have any good methods on defense now, they can only think of ways on offense.
The Celtics' offense has always been centered on Paul Pierce, which focuses on the clever coordination between the three giants without overly complicated offensive tactics. But today, with Paul Pierce continuing
It is obviously inappropriate to be the core of the offense. Not only is Paul Pierce already spending too much energy defending Adrian, but it is also because Paul Pierce's performance is not very good under Adrian's defense.
Adrian's defensive intensity is as famous as his ability to connect the team. The reason why Paul Pierce consumes so much energy is largely because he has to face Adrian's strong pressure on both offense and defense.
The strongest point against the Orlando Magic.
Now, since Paul Pierce has some unsustainable momentum, it is time to change the direction of the offense.[
Fortunately, the Celtics have many offensive points, and Kevin Garnett can also assume the responsibility of the focus of the offense. Ray Allen can also assume this position if necessary. However, Kevin Garnett's offense is not
Not easy to fight.
Kwame Brown, who began to focus on defense and put most of his energy on defense, which he is better at, rather than on offense, performed very well. Based on his performance this season, he should get at least a five million contract.
Annual salary. Marcin Gortat's annual salary is only a pitiful 700,000, but his performance is definitely more than this price. The tough defense will definitely make it difficult for Kevin Garnett to perform in the interior.
Paul Pierce can't serve as the core of the offense now. Even if Kevin Garnett serves as the core of the offense, only God knows how effective it can be against the Magic's defensive interior combination. Paul -
Pierce can't do it, Kevin Garnett can't do it, then there's only one.
Doc Rivers raised his head and his eyes fell on Ray Allen, who was sitting silently on the side of the bench.
Ray Allen's shots today are just like other games in the previous series. He took very few shots and made very poor hits. So far, Ray Allen has taken 7 shots, 4 of which were three-pointers, and he only hit one of them.
Once, he scored two points, scored two free throws, and made 0 of 4 three-pointers.
He still seems completely out of sorts. (To be continued...)
