The rest is just noise

Everyone has his own strategy

Arenas' eyes were cold, staring at Lu Wuxia as if he were an enemy.

Lu Wuxia showed no fear at all and asked mockingly: "You won't be angry, will you? It's a pity that you can't bring guns in basketball games, otherwise you would definitely win."

Arenas yelled like a gangster: "I'm going to tear your fucking mouth out!"

Although Arenas was furious, the Heat did not let him dribble past half court in this round. Instead, they asked Ray Allen to carry the ball across half court and then handed it to Duncan to back up Gasol.

After losing weight, Duncan was not very effective in back-hitting big centers, but against Gasol, who is also at the fourth position, he felt like he was back before losing weight, and he dribbled the ball very smoothly to break Gasol's defense.

A 45-degree shot from outside the right paint area hit the board and scored.

In the next two minutes, Duncan took over the Heat's offense.

Because the Celtics were completely unprepared for him attacking Gasol with the ball - or in other words, allowing Duncan to be greatly consumed at the start of the game was in line with the Celtics' tactical intentions.

By opening up the situation around Duncan, the Heat indirectly helped cool Arenas down.

Then, the Heat's defensive strategy against the Celtics was also revealed as the game progressed.

The Heat know, or Donovan is very aware of the horror of the Celtics' "7 seconds or 20 seconds" offensive system, so they are determined not to give the Celtics a comfortable three-point shooting opportunity.

They chose to expand their defense unrestrainedly to suppress the Celtics' outside shooting, and adopted unlimited defense changes against Lu Wuxia alone - they knew how terrifying this superstar who single-handedly buried the Cavaliers in the semifinals was.

Moreover, Donovan's targeted defense against Lu Xia is comprehensive. On the off-ball end, he adopts unlimited defense changes. On the on-ball end, he forces players to flank him when he dribbles and breaks through, and requires players on the weak side to gamble frequently.

Style copy ball.

Doing so will naturally reveal flaws. It requires double-teaming and requires the weak-side defensive player to gamble and copy the ball, so a certain Celtics player must be left open on the offensive end.

Since the Celtics' starting five are all three-point threats, for Donovan, the only way to go short is to choose those with a low three-point shooting rate. Therefore, Gasol and Gasol, who have a 35% three-point shooting rate,

Kirilenko, who shot 36% from three-point range, was left open.

Compared with Lu Wuxia and Yao Yueban, who have a three-point shooting rate of 42% and a three-point shooting rate of 40%+, which are standard shooters, these two are the most suitable players for short shots.

It has to be said that the Heat's targeted short selling strategy is effective.

The Celtics intentionally passed the ball to Kirilenko and Gasol, and they took action decisively, but the touch was not good. They only made 2 of 9 shots in the first eight minutes.

If only they could score two more three-pointers, the situation on the court would be completely different.

However, the Heat fought noisily for a long time, and only half of their strategic goals were achieved.

Gasol and Kirilenko's lack of shooting touch prevented the Celtics from unleashing their offensive firepower. However, the double attack and gambling steal that truly reflected the players' defensive capabilities were only successful twice.

Once on Lu Wuxia, the Heat prevented a forced error, and another time on Ginobili, he broke through with the ball and was directly intercepted.

Other than that, the Heat's defense didn't achieve anything.

Eight minutes into the first quarter, Louis, seeing that the situation was not going well, stopped the game.

"Zaza, Wally, Mike, you replace Manu, Paul and Yao."

Louis drew three cutting routes on the tactical board, "Don't be obsessed with a single offensive method. The Heat's defense has a lot of flaws, and the protection of the inside is particularly weak. Let us break their defensive arrangement through cutting inside and seek better

Opportunity!"

The Celtics' offensive strategy has shifted from the outside to the inside, requiring more passes and more precise passes, which places higher demands on the core players who remain on the court.

Ginobili, Yao Yueban and Gasol all rested, and Lu Wuxia was the only core player on the court for the Celtics.

He needs to adjust his game in time.

Then, after returning from the timeout for the first ball, Lu Wuxia found Pachulia's high pick-and-roll nearby, accelerated directly to break through the Heat's double-team, and got to the basket to challenge Duncan, who had the best defensive ability in the world.

At this moment, Duncan did not take off because he was not sure whether Lu Wuxia would pass the ball to others after he took off, so he chose to stay on the ground and interfere with his height and wingspan to reserve more space for defensive reaction.

If Duncan jumps, Lu Wuxia will still be afraid of him. Since he doesn't jump, he will challenge Wu Wuxia head-on.

Lu Wuxia grabbed the ball with one hand and put up a basket despite Duncan's interference.

"Tim, I've watched a lot of your games, and every time you make this gesture, you have reservations on the defensive end."

"But this defense is ineffective for me."

"Cool!" Duncan praised expressionlessly, "He is indeed Coach Lu's son."

Lu Wuxia wanted to say that it had nothing to do with whose son it was.

Lu Wuxia's breakthrough layup started the Celtics' offensive shift inside.

Then, Arenas hit a pull-up three-pointer against the defense, indicating that the Heat would do something completely different from the Celtics.

"I told you, I'm going to tear your mouth apart!" Arenas shouted at Lu Wuxia after scoring the goal.

"Oh..." Lu Wuxia smiled, "Do you rely on this? Then you have to get in a few more."

Arenas snorted: "The game has just begun!"

"This game has been going on for almost 9 minutes. Is it just the beginning for you? I admire your sense of time so much. No wonder you don't act like someone who has been suspended for 40 games." Lu Wuxia

Start a wave of language offensive nearby.

"Shut your fucking mouth!"

The Celtics changed their dynamic attack from the outside to a combination of inside and outside shooting to respond to the inside cut, and their offense took a new level.

However, the Heat did the opposite. Not only did they not replace other inside players to help Duncan relieve the pressure, they also replaced Wang Zhizhi with Liu Yuqing, and mentioned Stephen Jackson to play the fourth position. It seems that they will rely on

Duncan plays the core role and plays a star. However, when it comes to playing, Duncan is not that star. In comparison, Duncan is more like Howard's character in the 2009 Magic.

Provide rebounding and defense, and when the game really can't be opened, he can play low-post singles, and that's it.

Even Louis, seeing this, had to sigh that Duncan was the one with the highest level among the five members of the Generation of Miracles.

He can not only become the absolute core of the offensive and defensive system, but also serve as a peripheral player in the offensive system to assist teammates.

Moreover, he likes to do it from the bottom of his heart.

As a result, Ray Allen and Liu Yuqing burst out with amazing energy, starting a three-point rain at the end of the first quarter, helping the Heat lead the Celtics by 4 points 32-28 at the end of the first quarter.