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The specific negotiation of the deal is left to Kupchak. As an assistant coach, Ke Yan's main task is to assist Tomjanovich and do what an assistant coach should do.

However, the trade candidates he proposed have been directly included in Kupchak's plan, which shows that his status in the team has improved.

Nominally, he is now the third assistant coach. In fact, whether it is the team's promotion or his right to speak within the team, he has gone beyond the scope of responsibilities of an assistant coach. He frequently holds the tactical board to make arrangements during games.

Tactics. Chinese fans have adopted a new term for his current position, "executive deputy coach"!

In this regard, the original chief assistant coach Hamblen showed no obvious resistance and cooperated with Ke Yan's work. As for Brian Shaw, he had no say in resisting anything.

In the final analysis, ranking is fake, but strength is real.

In the evening, the Staples Center was still full, and the Lakers ushered in their lifelong enemy, the Celtics. The long-cherished historical wish between these two teams is here, and there is no need to mobilize, whether it is fans or players from both sides.

It’s all about fighting and sharpening the sword!

After the warm-up, Tomjanovich called the players to his side and explained the tactics in detail before sitting down.

On paper, the Celtics are slightly better than the Lakers. In a trade at the beginning of the season, Payton and Atkins exchanged teams. Considering that the partnership between Payton and Kobe was not effective, the Lakers lost a lot.

It’s hard to say, but the Celtics have made a lot of money anyway. After Payton came to the Celtics, he returned to the state of offense, organization, and defense. All statistics have improved a lot compared to last season. More importantly,

Under his organization and connection, the team's three main firepower points, Pierce, Antoine Walker and Ricky Davis, all gave full play to their strengths.

But the Celtics' shortcomings are also obvious. They don't have a suitable blue-collar player. The power forward position is small forward Antoine Walker, who is keen on shooting three-pointers. The center position is kite-type LaFrentz. A

The data I don’t know how to evaluate is that Gary Payton is the most inaccurate three-pointer in the Celtics lineup.

All in all, the Celtics have both advantages and disadvantages, but Ke Yan's psychological feeling is that the win or loss is 50-50, and the Celtics are really not weak.

After the warm-up, the players stood on the court. On the Lakers side, Anderson returned to the lineup. There were no other changes. The main Lakers substitute players did not have anyone who could counterattack and score the starting point. In the last game, he chose to use Mi

Mim instead of Anderson was just aiming at Howard's average lower body strength and asked Mim to carry him. The effect was indeed good at the beginning of the game.

Celtics lineup: Payton, Ricky Davis, Pierce, Walker, LaFrentz.

"Both LaFrentz and Walker are kite men. Their interior defense is very unreliable. Lamar, you have to cooperate with Kobe and Caron to increase the impact on the opponent's interior. We must reduce fighting with them on the outside.

Killing quickly through pick-and-rolls is the correct way to win." The following words were spoken by Ke Yan to Kobe, who was not very keen on playing pick-and-rolls.

Payton, Walker, Pierce, and LaFrentz have all been All-Stars. Ricky Davis has been the boss of the Cavaliers and is the only big brother of James in his career. The Celtics are very strong, and Kobe has this understanding.

Then he nodded in approval.

If it were the beginning of the season, Kobe would definitely not want to listen to Key Yan. That is to say, after working together for such a long time, he had more recognition for him, so he agreed to play the pick-and-roll.

Anderson and LaFrentz jumped the ball, and their bounce was much stronger. They passed the ball to Odom. The latter grabbed the ball and advanced to the frontcourt immediately. Walker blocked the breakthrough line, and then turned sideways to protect the basketball.

He deceived Walker by pretending to wait for his teammates to get into position for a positional battle. He suddenly turned around, cut into the Celtics' interior and forced a layup, but was fouled and stopped by Walker.

In preparation for the game, Rivers had already warned his players to be careful of the sudden fast break from the Lakers, especially Odom, who has the height of the fourth position, the speed of the third position, and the dribbling of the first position.

He played very flexibly on the court. However, Walker still failed to concentrate and was stolen by Odom. Rivers' expression on the sidelines was not good-looking.

Odom made one of two free throws and the Lakers took the lead at the beginning.

The Celtics attacked and the players spread out. Walker ran to the right corner and stood still. Ricky Davis was 70 degrees to the right. Payton took the ball in the middle to organize the attack. LaFrentz provided Pierce with no ball cover on the left.

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LaFrentz blocked Butler, and Pierce caught the ball and hit Anderson in a single. He held the ball and made a fake move downwards to shake Anderson off and then made a pull-up jumper.

The Lakers attack, Kobe and Odom play a pick-and-roll, Pierce confronts Kobe, Kobe retreats and dribbles, opens up space to call out Pierce one-on-one, and suddenly changes direction and rushes into the basket, attracting LaFrentz to supplement.

After guarding, he passed the ball to Anderson in a timely manner, who took a decisive shot and hit the rebound under the basket to score.

Payton organized the Celtics' offense, LaFrentz went to the side to cover again, Pierce ran up the line and made a 70-degree jumper. Anderson changed defense in time, but Pierce could score! (3:4)

LaFrentz is very useful as a kite man. He has very good tactical skills. He cooperates well with Pierce in off-ball pick-and-rolls. The quality of pick-and-rolls is also very high. He firmly blocks Butler and finally moves to the outside.

It is also crucial to pin Butler firmly in front of him and prevent the latter from assisting in defense.

However, how effective he is in offensive tactics, the more likely he is to be targeted by the Lakers on the defensive end. When the Lakers attacked, Kobe restrained the Celtics' defense and then distributed the ball to Butler, who broke through Walker's defense.

After that, he went straight to the basket and scored a layup against LaFrentz's defense.

After the opening, both teams felt good offensively. In comparison, the Lakers' lineup was more balanced. The Celtics' outside defense was acceptable, but LaFrentz and Walker inside were a bit too soft. The Lakers' lineup was more balanced.

As long as you break through the first layer of defense on the outside, you may be able to score points or draw fouls.

26 to 25, both sides were evenly matched in the first quarter, mainly relying on stars to score.

In the second quarter of the game, Odom was responsible for organizing with the ball in the high post, covering his teammates without the ball on both sides of the inside, and looking for mismatch opportunities. Facing his old team, Atkins broke out on the outside with fighting power, first running to catch the ball for three

Then he cut the ball from the left and passed Celtics substitute Mark Blount for a layup; then he counterattacked and forced a layup, and also created Celtics backup point guard Delonte Weiss.

Special foul, after hitting the extra free throw, complete 2 1.

The Celtics suddenly couldn't find their form on the offensive end. After Payton came off the court, the team lost their brains. Ricky Davis and Al Jefferson both had the attributes of a black hole for the ball in the substitute lineup, and

There are some problems with defense. The former has poor defensive habits, while the latter also relies on its offensive skills to gain attention from the league. It has average jumping and slow lateral movement. The Celtics cannot defend well and lack coordination on the offensive end.

Piecemeal performance based on personal ability is easier to be targeted by the Nets.

Rivers' appearance was as rigid as ever, watching helplessly as the Lakers stretched the point difference to double digits before switching to the main force. With such a lack of flexibility, it's no wonder that 3:1 could be reversed.

Three times!