Lu Xueman went there all night and did a whole night of ideological work. Yang Mo had no chance to take advantage of it. When he woke up the next morning, Lu Xueman had already gone to the original place again to talk about work. There was no way.
A good opportunity can only be wasted.
When he woke up the next day, Yang Mo went to look for Karl Malone. He had to learn to shoot from mid-range, otherwise his offensive firepower would still not be able to cover the entire half, and for the Celtics defenders
, and finally there is an additional safe area.
Karl Malone's teaching is not as mysterious as Stockton's. As soon as he came up, he taught Yang Mo step by step how to exert force and how to shoot, and personally taught Yang Mo how to master the secret of strength. But for three days in a row, Yang Mo couldn't find it.
That just-right shooting spot, although in the process, his feel is getting better and better, and his mid-range shooting percentage has also improved a bit. However, these slight improvements still do not allow Yang Mo to use it as a conventional weapon.
It wasn't until the fourth day that Yang Mo suddenly remembered the shooting method of Rasheed Wallace, an old player on the Celtics. This guy always threw the ball with a straight-arm shooting method and hit the target.
The rate is quite high. Why not try this?
With that said, Yang Mo forcibly corrected his mid-range shot, refusing to let his shooting arm bend, in order to improve his control of strength. He deliberately straightened his arms at this moment, and his shooting percentage was really poor.
Going up, although it has not reached a very high level, it can basically be used as a conventional weapon. Although the threat is not great, the hit rate is still relatively good when the defense is lax.
While Yang Mo continued to improve his mid-range level, the game between the Celtics and Atlanta was also going on. The battle between them was very fierce. Atlanta showed their tenacity. They did not let the Bostonians
Defeat them easily. This is undoubtedly a good thing for the Knicks. If they can play more tiredly, then the Knicks, who are in a hurry, will gain greater
Finally, after the Knicks rested for a week, the Celtics and Atlanta Hawks finally decided the winner. The Celtics defeated the Hawks 4:3 with difficulty. This is the first place in the Eastern Conference of the playoffs.
In the first tiebreaker, the experienced Celtics finally won.
This fierce battle was extremely physically demanding for both sides, so some commentators even pointed out that the Knicks will win the first game with a surprise attack. After all, their physical strength is far better than that of the Celtics.
human.
Regarding this analysis, Boston's point guard Rajon Rondo seemed very dismissive: "That team with only seven people obviously cannot pose any threat to the Celtics. The most difficult battle is over.
, we will use the next four games to relieve our physical fatigue. Then we will fight to the death with the Cavaliers and finally win the championship ring!"
Rajon Rondo was full of unremitting words about the Knicks. In his opinion, the Knicks are just a bunch of stragglers, like chickens and dogs, completely worth mentioning.
Compared with Rajon Rondo's contempt and disregard, their head coach Doc Rivers is much more cautious: "There is no weak team in the NBA. The team that can enter the playoffs is even more powerful, and the team that can easily defeat the Magic is even more cautious."
It is a strong team among strong teams. It took us seven games to defeat Atlanta, which is seventh in the Eastern Conference, and consumed all our energy. Obviously, the Knicks have an advantage. And even if their personnel is not complete, Super-Yang can
I will definitely come up with the perfect solution.”
"This will be a difficult matchup. Super-Yang is a tough guy. We don't have to look at them through conventional eyes." Kevin Garnett, the Celtics' main power forward, also said the same.
The Celtics expressed the greatest respect for the Knicks, and Yang Mo also spoke highly of it: "The Celtics are very strong. I will do everything possible to defeat them."
Yang Mo has almost never praised a team so much, let alone admitted that any team is strong, but the Celtics have become the only exception.
Before the game, they could be regarded as brothers and sisters, harmonious and loving. But when they arrived at the North Shore Garden Arena, the tense atmosphere instantly arose. Everyone wanted to win, and everyone came here for victory.
People want to go back empty-handed.
In the locker room before the game, Yang Mo finally called his teammates together. He was going to have a small meeting. He felt that he should talk to the big guys at this time. His opening remarks were very direct and simple: "
I know that everyone is very satisfied with the current situation and believes that we have exceeded the team's tasks and even exceeded the fans' expectations."
Yang Mo's words spoke to everyone's mind. They were really reluctant to continue fighting because they knew that they would not be able to defeat the Celtics or steal food from the tiger's mouth.
.
"But, are we really not going to fight again?" Yang Mo's slow and heavy voice continued: "Do we really don't need this dream? What if it comes true?"
Yang Mo's words seemed to be knocking gently on the door of their hearts. Although they did not immediately turn away their thoughts, they finally made different voices arise in their hearts.
"Actually, if you play four games half-heartedly and then go home to fish, I won't blame you. After all, not everyone regards victory as so important. But you must not do it just for a glimmer of hope.
Do you want to be brave? Rather than defeating a powerful opponent, what we should defeat is our heart, right?"
Yang Mo finished speaking slowly, turned around, and continued: "A man who can overcome fear and cowardice is a real man. I hope to get an answer with your actions."
After saying this, Yang Mo turned around and walked out of the locker room.
Soon, the game that night had arrived, and more than 20,000 fans poured into the North Shore Garden Arena. They were uniformly dressed in green clothes and instantly decorated the entire stadium into a spring. Green usually means peace.
and hope, but tonight, for the Knicks, they are undoubtedly war and destruction. For them, their task is to build a devilish away game so that away players can escape without a fight.
One minute before the game started, Yang Mo finally determined the starting lineup: Anthony Randolph, Gallinani, Larry Hughes, Tony Allen and himself. This is a thin lineup with no height and no inside players. From this
Looking at the lineup, all they can do is run and gun, but Yang Mo told his teammates before going on the court: We are going to play positional offense. He also repeatedly emphasized the need to slow down the speed.
His teammates don't understand what Yang Mo wants to do. If such a lineup does not play fast breaks but instead plays positional offense, isn't this going to die?
Yang Mo did know that this was to commit suicide, but he had to do it. He had to put himself to death and survive.
Wow! When the referee blew the whistle, Anthony Randolph and Perkins took off on both sides of the midline at the same time. In the end, Anthony Randolph relied on his physical fitness and mental desire to succeed and won the first kickoff for the Knicks. Basketball
He slapped Yang Mo's hand.
Yang Mo received the ball and immediately praised Anthony Randolph: "Well done, Randolph. It's time to prove to the world how amazing the talent is in your body. Start your legend."
Let’s go!”
Yang Mo's praise was like a poem, but at the same time it was full of sincerity, which made Anthony Randolph couldn't help but feel excited. Yes, it's time to prove my talent to the world. If I can be with the Celtics
If I scored 20+10, the whole world would be shocked, right? Nelson, who traded me from Golden State, should also regret it, right?
Anthony Randolph thought angrily. As soon as he thought about it, his fighting spirit involuntarily burned up.
After Yang Mo took control of the basketball, he immediately dribbled the ball into the frontcourt calmly, and his teammates also calmly went to position according to his instructions. Yang Mo held the ball and came outside the three-point line.
He quickly stopped, and at this time, Rajon Rondo quickly defended himself. As soon as his terrifying long arms spread out, Yang Mo's theoretical path was instantly blocked.
It has to be said that Rondo's arms and hands are long and big enough. However, this is still not enough to support him in guarding Yang Mo.
"You said you would sweep us across easily, right?" Before Yang Mo broke through his defense, he tilted his head and asked him in a relaxed tone.
Facing Yang Mo's inquiry, Rajon Rondo repeated with great disdain: "Yes, that's what I said. Do you think you guys can threaten our victory? I dared to say before, I am now
You dare to say that we will sweep you away easily."
"very good!"
Yang Mo smiled and nodded. Immediately, he stepped back slightly. Then he sprinted forward extremely quickly, breaking away from Rajon Rondo's defense almost in an instant. Even though Yang Mo's movements were simple and clear, he could
He still couldn't make any effective defense. Yes. He knew where Yang Mo was going to break through, but he couldn't stop him.
This is undoubtedly a humiliating defensive failure for Rajon Rondo.
After Yang Mo easily broke through his defense, he didn't stop for even half a minute and sprinted directly to the penalty area. Yang Mo's move was fierce. Garnett wanted to block him in the middle, but he couldn't keep up, so he had to
Let him cut directly into the hinterland of the penalty area. At this time, only Perkins is left in the Celtics penalty area.
Seeing Yang Mo's menacing approach, Perkins subconsciously remembered the scene where he had been dunked by Yang Mo before, and quickly retreated. But as soon as he retreated, Yang Mo had already clung to him, twisting his body and using a
Throwing the ball in an extremely awkward posture... swoosh!
The ball goes in and the whistle sounds!
The referee ran over and declared Yang Mo's goal valid, and added a penalty kick. Perkins received a defensive foul.
Regarding this penalty, Perkins looked aggrieved, but he could only accept it. Yang Mo did have physical contact with him. Although he tried his best to avoid it, he still couldn't avoid it.
Whoosh!
Yang Mo walked to the free throw line and shot the basketball with ease. For him, it was as simple as eating and drinking.
Regarding this foul, Doc Rivers on the sidelines seemed to have guessed something: Could it be? Could it be? This guy was trying to knock down all the Celtics inside by causing fouls?
When he thought of this, he quickly shook his head and denied it. He thought that the implementation of this idea was too difficult. After all, the Celtics' inside depth cannot be exhausted by fouling. A person has six foul opportunities, and Kai
The Celtics have six insiders on the bench, how do they play? Are they going to cause 36 fouls? How is this possible!
While Doc Rivers thought it was impossible, his team also encountered a defense that he thought was impossible. All the players of the Knicks actually firmly adhered to the Celtics team. When Rajon Long
After dribbling the ball through halftime, no open teammates were found. Every Knicks player seemed to be pestering the Celtics players like an octopus.
In Rivers' view, this is simply impossible to happen. He has great confidence in his players. He is also very confident in his tactics. At the same time, he believes that the Knicks' defense will not limit him at all.
The problem of offense. However, all of this still happened, and it really happened before our eyes.
In the end, Rajon Rondo chose a jump shot... BAM! His shot hit the ground and the basketball bounced high. Garnett tried to get rid of Gallinani and rushed into the penalty area to grab an offensive rebound. But Yang Mo on the other side was extremely
He quickly got ahead of him, jumped high and easily picked off the backboard.
In this regard, Garnett can only sigh in despair. If he had been a few years younger, Yang Mo would definitely not have had this rebound. But it is a pity. He is no longer the person he was when he was young, but Yang Mo is getting younger.
After Yang Mo took off the rebound, he still dribbled the ball very slowly across the half court, and then stopped outside the three-point line. Everything seemed to be a replica of the previous round. However, this time the person guarding him was no longer Rajon Long.
More, but Paul Pierce. Because Yang Mo was also guarding Pierce on the defensive end. So Pierce wanted to match up here.
Aside from this reason, he also had another reason to protect Rajon Rondo. He was convinced that Rajon Rondo's character would definitely make him more irritated than Yang Mo. He had personally seen Yang Mo's provoking skills, so he knew how powerful it was.
When the defender turned into the tall and muscular Pierce, Yang Mo did not change his offensive strategy at all. He just took an extremely fast tentative step forward, tricking Paul Pierce into subconsciously taking a half-step back, and then used a lightning-fast strike to cover his ears.
The momentum quickly swept towards the restricted area.
Yang Mo's breakthrough direction is still straight, and there is nothing fancy about it. But Pierce still can't stop it. Yang Mo's explosive speed and strength are too terrifying. As long as he gets a step, he can easily squeeze the defender away.
Then go deep into the restricted area.
After Yang Mo broke through Pierce's defense, he reached the depths of the penalty area in the blink of an eye. This time Perkins did not dodge because Yang Mo's sprint speed was not fast. He felt that he would not be hit at such a speed.
Fei. So he made up his mind to block Yang Mo's shot.
But? Is Yang Mo really that good at blocking shots?
I saw that Yang Mo came to Perkins leisurely, deliberately sought physical contact with him, and then suddenly moved the ball upwards. Perkins subconsciously jumped up and opened his arms. When he was tricked into jumping, Yang Mo
The next thing to do was much easier. I saw him swooping up, then sticking to him and throwing the ball with ease... Whoosh! Drop!
The basketball hit the net, and at the same time, the referee sounded the whistle again, indicating that Perkins's thug fouled, and Yang Mo got a free throw.
Whoosh!
Yang Mo easily hit a free throw again, extending his score to six points and also extending the score advantage to six points. The reason why he led by six points when he scored six points is because... the Celtics still haven't scored a point.
In just one minute, Yang Mo committed two fouls. Doc Rivers had to frown even more tightly, but he still did not make a decision because he was still not sure that Yang Mo was going to create his inside line.
Kill.
Back at halftime, the Knicks players once again entangled the Celtics players, except of course Rajon Rondo. Now the Knicks have made it clear that they want to defend the rest of the players. As for Rondo, who can't shoot,
Just take a second look and it'll be fine.
Faced with the Knicks' tactical disregard, Rajon Rondo finally took action...Bang! He really failed to live up to his expectations, and the basketball was struck again.
At the moment when the basketball was hitting the iron, Yang Mo had already thrown away Pierce and rushed into the penalty area. Then he jumped high and took the basketball off Perkins' head without giving him any chance to grab the rebound.
After taking off the rebound, Yang Mo still moved forward slowly. But when he came to the frontcourt, he did not stop outside the three-point line. Instead, he suddenly started to speed up, directly using his speed to throw away Pierce's defense, and then went straight to the frontcourt.
Cut off the restricted area.
Seeing Yang Mo quickly cut into the penalty area, Doc Rivers on the sidelines couldn't help shouting: "Be careful, Perkins, don't foul!"
As soon as he said this, Perkins, who originally wanted to avoid the menacing Yang Mo, stepped back and quickly got out of the way. But at this moment, Yang Mo flicked his wrist and completely ignored the wide-open eyes in front of him.
Instead, he passed the ball covertly to Anthony Randolph in the penalty area. Anthony Randolph understood Yang Mo's intention when he caught the ball. He took a slight step forward and then deliberately made a fake move upward. Perkins hurriedly
Pressing forward, he quickly rubbed against him, and then threw the ball out randomly... Oh!
The referee blew the whistle again and without hesitation gave Perkins his third foul of the game!
Perkins looked aggrieved and tried hard to argue, but the referee was not moved at all. For the referee, there was absolutely no problem with the penalty just now. His eyes saw that Perkins had committed a foul and violated the law.
Anthony Randolph's shooting space.
drop!
When the fans shouted black whistles and made waves of boos, Doc Rivers requested a timeout. In less than two minutes, Yang Mo committed three fouls. These three fouls were still recorded on the same person.
How could he not be wary of such a targeted attack? If we didn't call a timeout at this time, would we have to realize later that he would directly kill Perkins with six fouls?
Grievous does not want to be the next Stan Van Gundy, and of course, he will not be Stan Van Gundy. Because Yang Mo will never deal with him the same way he dealt with Stan Van Gundy.
"Glen Davis, you're going to replace Perkins later. You can't foul anymore. If super-yang rushes into the penalty area, you have to duck, understand? Also, try not to stretch out your arms." Doc River
Si immediately made substitution adjustments, and then directly announced: "Although the Knicks only have one super-yang who can score, but... we still have to give up guarding him and let him score."
"But, how do we solve the problem of Rajon Rondo? The other four of us are all made very uncomfortable by the Knicks' difficult defense." Ray Allen immediately raised the question to Doc Rivers.
"This requires running. It requires inside coverage. You see... when Kevin Garnett and Glen Davis pull out of the penalty area, move up, and after two or three cross-screens, in theory, everyone will appear.
At that time, you will have space to score easily. Although the Knicks players became extremely active for some unknown reason, what is certain is that their basic defensive skills are not top-notch. Especially Anthony Lan
Dolph and Gallinani, you should look for a breakthrough from them. This is not a problem, I think you can solve it on the court." Doc Rivers did not take the problem mentioned by Ray Allen seriously.
He thinks the Knicks are just fighting with passion. From a technical and tactical perspective, this is not worth mentioning at all.
The Celtics are actively deploying tactics, and Yang Mo over there is also saying slowly: "Next, we have to run. Now we have seized the opportunity, and we have made the Celtics passively make
reaction, then we should take advantage of every opportunity at the tactical level."
"Run away?" Anthony Randolph was a little surprised. He asked: "Aren't we going to knock all their inside players off the field?"
"No... our goal is just to make their inside deterrence smaller. If Perkins goes down, the guy who comes up will definitely be Glenn Davis. This guy's offense is okay, but his defense is much worse. And... he doesn't
He is good at running." Yang Mo said very directly: "My previous foul was to force Doc Rivers to make this move. Only when he makes this move can we play fast break! In this way
, our advantages are maximized.”
"But what if they don't send Glenn Davis, but someone else?" Anthony Randolph continued to ask.
"Impossible." Yang Mo nodded with great confidence, and then looked at Tony Allen: "If you don't believe it, you can ask him. Glen Davis has always been Perkins' first substitute. Doc Rivers is not that kind of person.
A coach who can easily change his substitution habits."
Tony Allen was extremely surprised by Yang Mo's words. He didn't expect Yang Mo to be so aware of the Celtics' personnel layout. How much lying and intelligence do you need to figure it out? And he forced Doc Rivers to foul.
The calculation of changing moves to advance the fast break is simply flawless. Isn’t this IQ too perverted??
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