The biggest problem with this Celtics lineup is that they are too old.
Among the main players, Pierce is 32 years old, Ray Allen is 34 years old, Garnett is 33 years old, Eddie House is 31 years old, and Rasheed Wallace is 35 years old.
After playing with the intensity of the NBA for many years, he is already a very old veteran in his thirties.
Especially the main players who have been averaging more than 30 minutes per game.
The Celtics have only two young players, one is point guard Rajon Rondo, 23 years old, and the other is center Perkins, 25 years old.
However, one of these two players did not shoot, and the other did not play in singles. Their role was more on the defensive end.
The problem with his age is his lack of firepower on the offensive end.
Therefore, the Celtics mainly rely on defense to win. Their style is to grind out positions and fight hard on defense.
On the Warriors' side, due to Azubuike's injury, Deng Fang took on Belinelli.
There is no other reason than to compete offensively with the Celtics!
The Celtics have many veterans, very good defense, and strong discipline. Comparing defense with a team like this is asking for death.
Especially a new army like the Warriors with mostly young people.
If the young man is afraid of punching, he will beat the old master to death with random punches. If such a thing is to happen, the prerequisite is that the young man rush forward regardless of everything, attack, attack and attack again!
It is basically impossible to set up a good posture and move forward step by step, thinking everything through before taking action.
What are the advantages of being a master chef?
See a lot, think far, others eat more salt than you eat rice!
If you want to break the rules, you have to play your cards against the rules and fight before he gets ready!
When he switches to the court, he attacks like crazy!
Defense is a great test of the team's understanding and discipline.
This is often better reflected in veterans.
The Warriors' defensive effect was quite good before, largely because Deng Fang's flanking tactics were well used.
Deng Fang's arrangement on the defensive end involved a lot of gambling.
As long as the opponent is out of position, attack from a flank, and then rely on the tacit understanding of teammates to make up the defense.
What should I do if I can’t make up for it in time?
Then give your opponent a three-pointer from the outside!
Anyway, the league in this era doesn’t pay much attention to three-pointers, and there aren’t many reliable three-pointers!
Even if you can make the shot, I can still get it back on the offensive end!
What if your opponent is very accurate with three-pointers, but you are not?
I’m willing to admit defeat!
What else can be done!
Since it’s gambling, don’t be afraid of losing!
The Warriors' lineup of one big and four small is for offense!
This rare defensive strategy has made many teams uncomfortable, causing constant mistakes and hesitation on the offensive end.
In addition to this, another reason why the Warriors' defense is pretty good is that their opponents are relatively weak.
There is no player with outstanding isolation ability to challenge the Warriors' defense.
The Suns had strong offensive firepower, but lacked singles players. It was difficult to attract a double attack. In the end, they had to rely on Nash to score alone.
Nash is very capable of scoring, but he prefers to assist.
Under the defensive strategy of the Warriors, in the game against the Suns, Nash, who didn't really want to score, scored 42 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists!
But in the end the Suns lost.
The main reason is that the offensive firepower cannot match the Warriors.
Against the Cavaliers, James' scoring ability was still very good, but Deng Fang knew him too well and formulated very targeted defensive tactics, which made James very uncomfortable.
In addition, James played too little time.
Once the opponent has a singles expert who can shoot and break out, and is very accurate in three-pointers from outside, then the Warriors will be in trouble on the defensive end.
Of course, there are very few such opponents.
Overall, the Warriors' defense is good, but not top-notch.
At least it's still worse than the Celtics.
If that's the case, then don't compete with him on defense!
Let's attack!
As for what was said at the press conference about fighting the Celtics defensively, that's just talk!
It's just a smoke bomb.
Of course, being more offensive doesn't mean you won't be defensive.
Deng Fang's defensive strategy was the same as before, which was to selectively give up one!
For the Celtics lineup, the one to give up is Rondo.
Rondo defends very well and has outstanding organizational skills. His only problem is that he cannot shoot.
In other words, there is no stable shooting, especially long-range shooting.
Rondo relies more on layups to score points.
In this case, let you vote!
Don't you have outstanding organizational skills? Then I will take two steps back. Others will keep an eye on their defenders and will not give you a chance to pass the ball!
It was Curry who defended Rondo, and that's what he did.
Rondo held the ball and organized near the three-point line. Curry took two steps back and ignored him at all!
There are several main offensive tactics of the Celtics. The first one is Ray Allen's movement without the ball, and he goes around and shoots three-pointers.
If the opponent does not catch up in time, it will give Ray Allen an open three-point opportunity.
If you pay too much attention to Ray Allen's three-pointer, you will miss Garnett and Perkins who are covering him.
This is very similar to Curry's off-ball tactics.
Other than that, it was Garnett and Pierce's singles.
Both of them have strong singles ability.
Pierce is a typical floor player. He has strong singles ability, can shoot and break out, and is very difficult to defend.
Garnett's low-post singles mainly rely on turn-ups and mid-range shots. Generally speaking, his accuracy is quite good.
Without Azubuike, Belinelli was forced to chase Ray Allen.
There is no way, let him guard Pierce and he will be blown away!
However, even when it comes to chasing Ray Allen, Belinelli has a hard time.
Garnett sets a screen, and Belinelli can't get around it!
Ray Allen received a pass from Rondo and was about to shoot.
Prince had to switch defense and come in front of Ray Allen.
Suddenly it became Belinelli defending Garnett.
This scene is all too familiar to Ray Allen.
He immediately passed the ball to Garnett inside.
Garnett was also well prepared. After receiving the ball, he ignored Belinelli, dribbled to the basket, and dunked directly!
There is no way, Belinelli can't stop Garnett at all.
If it were Azubuike, because of his good defense, Garnett would not dare to dribble casually after receiving the ball.
Even if Garnett hits him from behind, Azubuike can hit him once or twice.
And as long as you give your teammates a second or two, the defense will come over.
But it wouldn't work if it were Belinelli.
It's impossible to even push it.
Fortunately, looking back, Belinelli was able to respond on the offensive end.
There is one person running without the ball on the Celtics side, and two on the Warriors side!
The difference between one and two is huge.
The two can cover each other and run on both sides.
The pressure this puts on the opponent is very different.
Most teams have a headache with this tactic.
No way, I've never seen it before.
But the Celtics' defense is really good, and Rivers did a good job underneath.
Curry and Belinelli made several consecutive runs to no avail.
I had no choice but to return to Curry's pick-and-roll mode with the ball.
This is the warrior's last move and the most lethal move.
Who does Perkins guard?
He can only guard Lopez.
It's even more unrealistic for him to guard Prince.
But Lopez has three points!
After picking and rolling with Curry, Lopez will stop outside the three-point line to see what you do!
Can't come out?
If you don’t come out, I’ll really vote!
Come out? Then your inside line will be quite empty.
As long as Lopez blocks Rondo, Curry will have a time lag to shoot a three-pointer.
Perkins can only choose to switch defense.
However, with his movement speed, it is simply impossible to defend Curry.
