The Basketball Court Swordsman

At the beginning of the season, Henson said it. In the regular season, the Boston Celtics will certainly not be able to produce a very good report card.

Facts have proved that Henson's prediction is extremely correct. In the regular season this season, the aging Celtics only ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference in the intensive schedule. The record is 39 wins and 27 losses, and if 39 wins are placed in the West, it will only be ranked sixth!

39 wins and 27 losses, fourth in the East. Is this bad? It's not bad actually. But is this result good? There is no doubt that it is far from good for the Green Army sitting on the Big Three.

But Henson's statement is limited to the regular season. He did not say that the Celtics' results this season will certainly not be too good, but the regular season results will not be too good.

Because Henson knows very well that the Big Three, who have championship experience and are still committed to the championship, will not be easily knocked down in the playoffs!

Although the playoffs are more intense, there is no need to play back-to-back games. Therefore, the physical problems of the three elders of the Green Army will not be too serious.

Facts once again proved Henson’s conjecture. In the last game of the Celtics-Hawks series, Garnett scored a terrible score of 28+14, leading the Celtics to defeat the Eagles by 3 points and advance to the Eastern half. finals!

At the end of the game, the camera gave Garnett a close-up. The 76-year-old veteran who will be 36 years old in nine days, stared at the camera with a grim expression. And around him are teammates ecstatically surrounding him.

Garnett's ferocious eyes seemed to have stared at Henson through the TV screen. Henson couldn't help tightening the blanket that he draped tightly. What did he see? He seemed to see a bloodthirsty wolf!

"Tsk tusk, rejuvenate." Henson shook his head, and Garnett's appearance was a little unexpected. Not just tonight's 28+14, but the entire first round of the game, Garnett's state is surprisingly good!

In the first game of the Celtics and Hawks series, the Celtics lost 6 points and Garnett was 20+11. After that game, talk about the Celtics being eliminated in the first round became popular.

After the silence of the second game, Garnett was 20+13 in the third game, 20+16 in the fourth game, and then 22+8. To this day, in the deciding game, the "Wolf King" scored 28 points and 14 rebounds in one go, and hit the key ball, abruptly pulling the Celtics to the Eastern Conference semifinals!

Garnett knew that it was time to fight to the death. In the regular season, he can bear to only rank fourth in the Eastern Conference. But in the playoffs, the Celtics will never be allowed to lose!

Although dealing with the Celtics is better than dealing with the Heat or the Bulls in the second half. But in fact, the Celtics are not as easy as the 76ers in the first round.

Turning off the TV, Henson rubbed his temples. Last year, he and his team fell in the Eastern Conference semifinals. I hope this year, the same nightmare will not be staged twice!

After May 10, the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs has all ended. Among them, some results were completely expected, and some were unexpected.

As expected, the Pacers and the Heat have advanced. The Pacers swept the 76ers 4-0, and the Heat solved the Orlando Magic in 5 games.

Of course, the Chicago Bulls, who won 50 wins in the regular season, were eliminated by the New York Knicks. This is undoubtedly an unexpected result.

No one would have thought that the youngest MVP Derrick Rose would be injured in the playoffs. In fact, Rose missed 26 games in the regular season this season, enough to explain the problem. Many coaches, including Henson, can see that Rose’s own style of play and Thibodeau’s strategy of employing the main force is extremely harmful to the youngest MVP.

But in the case that Rose has missed 26 games this season, Thibodeau has not taken any protective measures. As a result, Rose retired in the first game of the playoffs, ending his ambitious season ahead of schedule. After the Chicago Bulls lost their MVP, they couldn't afford it, and was actually staged a black seven by the Orlando Magic!

The Magic didn't play well this season, they were able to advance, which is really what most people did not expect. Originally thought that Ross, Heat and Pacers would stage a wonderful three-way melee. However, the Bulls' early exit has caught many fans and experts by surprise.

As for the other unexpected thing in the Eastern Conference playoffs, the Celtics defeated the Eagles and advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals.

In fact, it's normal for the Celtics and the Hawks to win and lose, because in the regular season, the strength of the two sides is very close.

The reason why the fans felt that it was unexpected is that Garnett's performance in the first round of the game was so good!

A veteran who was "dying" in the regular season. In the playoffs, he averaged 20 points per game and went straight to 20, hitting an average of 20+10 per game. I don’t know that Garnett took the time I brought it here by myself!

Therefore, when Henson won the best coach, the heat dissipated. The most discussed by the media became the Celtics and Garnett!

"We interviewed the head coaches of all 30 NBA teams and asked them to select the best player for the first round of the series. The result of the voting is definitely not what you can imagine. The coaches believe that the first round of the playoffs this year The best player of the game is Kevin Garnett of the Celtics!"

On the TV, a basketball show was talking about Garnett. Henson glanced, but soon returned his attention to the training field.

This eSPN vote is genuine, because Henson also participated. It was Christine who called to interview him.

Henson's choice is the same as most coaches. He also voted for Garnett for the first place because the veteran's performance this year is amazing.

But now is not the time to feel the magic of Garnett, but to find a way to deal with that guy.

One of the reasons why Garnett suddenly became magical, Henson can be sure, that is that Garnett has rarely seen the top five!

As we all know, the Celtics have no center reserves this season. The practice of Rivers playing O'Neal as a starting center early in the season proved undesirable.

As a result, after gaining weight, Garnett was driven to the shelf by the duck and stood on the fifth position. But the result was unexpectedly smooth.

After playing center, Garnett's main task is not to fight inside, but to open up space. In this way, both Bass and Garnett of the Celtics have shooting ability. Paired with Pierce's still excellent scoring skills and Rondo's ability to control the field, the entire Celtics are completely new!

It's hard to tell whether Rivers has borrowed from Henson's style of play to put up such a lineup that can shoot inside. After all, once you are successful, you will surely win a lot of imitations.

Facing the eagles who were weak inside and could not defend themselves, Garnett could get a lot of easy scoring opportunities in every game, revitalizing the Celtics offense in one fell swoop.

Pierce's bravery after gaining space and Rondo's triple-double like getting something from a bag are the results of Garnett's top five.

"In the next round against the Celtics, do we have to do any special lineup changes?" Vogel also saw the Celtics' strategy, so he set his sights on Anderson, "We can show Anderson and Horford's lineup at the same time, so both offense and defense can be taken care of."

Henson waved his hand after listening, Vogel did not grasp the point! "No, we should consider how to strengthen the wing defense. Although Garnett has gorgeous data, the Celtics really benefited from the space Pierce! He got a lot of singles opportunities, and because of Bass and Garnett's With shooting ability, Pierce rarely meets defense. Paul Pierce is the Celtics who really killed the game!"

"Really? No wonder..." Vogel smiled. No wonder, Henson has been staring at Leonard today...