The rest is just noise

On June 8, 2007, the day of Game 3 of the NBA Finals, the Boston Celtics took a special plane to Phoenix.

The outside world has great expectations for the Celtics' road trip.

Although it is three consecutive away games, they have already won two consecutive games at home. Therefore, as long as they win one game in the three away games, they can grasp the match point. If they win two games, they can win the away game and reshape Kyle.

Special glory.

Basically, all teams that are in a disadvantageous situation in the playoffs will take the initiative to increase the level of competition to create variables.

Even a Western Conference team like the Suns would do this because they have Garnett on the team.

As a superstar, Garnett's only fault worth criticizing is his unreliable offensive stability at critical moments. Therefore, he will choose to use defense to change the current situation as much as possible.

Louis prepared the players for this in advance, hoping that they would know that the away game would be far more difficult than the home game. However, that night, at the beginning of the game, the defensive aggressiveness displayed by the Suns still left the Celtics at a loss.

As an Eastern team that broke out from the Eastern Conference, the Celtics gave the Eastern Conference champions some rare qualities: such as gorgeous offense, the simple and mysterious "7 seconds or 20 seconds" offense, Lu Wuxia's gorgeousness and Ginobili's

Enchanting... Since the Celtics in 1986, no Eastern Conference championship team has performed like this.

However, compared with the Celtics of 21 years ago, this year's Celtics lack the recklessness to fight their opponents bloody.

Especially in front of the Suns, who look more like Western Conference champions than Western Conference champions.

Whether it's tactics or offense, they have full control.

The Suns have used two games to prove that any team that tries to play in the Celtics' comfort zone will be severely defeated.

For the Suns, who are famous for their running and gunning in the league, this is really an unbearable burden for the team. However, the weight of the championship is always heavier than imagined. If it cannot withstand this pressure and find a new path,

It is impossible to become a champion.

So the Suns did what Eastern Conference teams have done for decades when their offense failed.

Confrontation, hand-to-hand combat, strangulation.

This way of playing is both barbaric and without gold.

It is so easy to operate that even the Oden Trophy winner Golden State Warriors and Durant Trophy winner San Antonio Spurs, who were selected as the No. 1 pick, can perform the same thing without making any mistakes.

A "harder" game is not a technical issue for the players, but a matter of willingness. Whoever wants it more, whoever desires it more, can have no scruples and behave more cruelly and fiercely.

Unfortunately, this is exactly a trait that the Celtics lack.

Even though they have scumbags like Zaza Pachulia and Manu Ginobili, whose little tricks are more hairy than Tian Ling Gai's hair, they can't turn the Celtics into a dirty and dirty team.

A tough, traditional Eastern Conference team.

They say that the Celtics can at best become a replica of the GDP Spurs, dirty, but they can only dirty teams that don't know how to be dirty. If they meet the real experts, they will suffer.

This problem lies with the core players.

Generally speaking, the temperament of the team will be the same as the temperament of the core players.

Lu Wuxia and Yao Yueban can basically be regarded as the best-tempered and second-best players in the NBA. At most, the former's trash talk has caused controversy, but Wuxia has never been criticized for illegal basketball moves.

Although Yao Yueban has shown enough scheming after his retirement, he really doesn't have any extraordinary tricks as a player. Louis has given up on letting him make efforts in this area, which is flawless... he can still explore his "potential".

Louis believed that this boy had definitely inherited his loyal genes.

The so-called dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, and bites the rabbit in a hurry. When an honest person is anxious, he will basically commit extreme crimes with the anger of "it's not me but the world that is wrong." Otherwise, Louis feels that he would never have been a boxing referee on the spot...

When will the limit of flawless loyalty and blood inheritance be awakened? Does it mean that he also needs to be completely beaten like Benj and gain the BUFF "dog spit" before he can go crazy?

Who will be Bird in Immaculate Life?

Louis looked at Garnett carefully.

He shook his head, feeling it was impossible.

Not to mention that Garnett is a bit of a bully. Although he made harsh words many times during the game and said he would do something to Wu Xia, he actually gave Louis face and did not really do anything.

Publicly and privately, it would be difficult for Garnett to do this.

However, before Louis can focus on this matter, he first needs to solve the problem of the team's shooting percentage.

Away games have their own difficulties.

Here, the physical confrontation, the referee's standards, and the on-site environment all go in the direction of making the visiting team uncomfortable.

The Celtics encountered problems right from the start. They had no shooting touch from the outside.

First, Yao Yue, the most stable inside turret in the league, missed his usually very stable three-pointer from the top of the arc.

Then Ginobili caught the ball and made a three-pointer.

Then Kirilenko's open three-pointers were all good opportunities, but they couldn't be made.

Failing to score a three-pointer and unable to grab any offensive rebounds, the Suns counterattacked three times in a row. The opening 6-0 start was all about counterattacks.

Louis decisively called a timeout.

This is a normal timeout rhythm, but people who are familiar with Louis know that he is a coach who does not follow common sense. Under normal circumstances, even if the game is opened by 6 points, he will not directly call a timeout.

Now we call a timeout. There are several reasons. One is that the team has no touch from the outside, but it clearly has no touch, but it chooses outside shooting for three consecutive rounds. This is a typical path dependence. In the past, shooting could solve the problem, but now the shooting is not working.

After a few more similar shots, the point difference was as high as 10 points, and the scoring on defensive counterattacks was very comfortable for the Suns.

They just need to defend with all their strength and wait for the Celtics to miss the ball before rushing down.

This kind of rhythm is something Louis doesn't want to see anyway.

"Wish, Manu, although we have always been pursuing a dynamic attack from the outside, if we don't have the feeling tonight, we should attack in a different way!" Louis said, "Kyle, you replace Andre.

Mike, please replace Paul."

Less than two minutes into the game, Louis directly replaced Milicic and Gasol, allowing the Celtics' touch test to enter the ultimate stage - will the three-pointer continue to fail in a five-way environment?

Lu Wuxia remembered his father's words.

If the five-outside lineup still can't make three-pointers, then take the initiative to make changes.

Lu Wuxia did not want the team to continue to shoot a fourth three-pointer after missing three consecutive three-pointers.

There is an invisible and intangible momentum on the court.

The current Celtics just don't have the momentum to score three-pointers. Instead of wasting the deterrence of the five-pointer on trying to hit three-pointers, it is better to stop shooting three-pointers and maintain the intimidation of the five-pointer to attack the opponent's inside.

This is a simple psychological game.

The Suns, who defended 0 of 3 three-pointers from the Celtics in the opening game, will be excited about their defense, but will they feel that the Celtics' three-pointers tonight are not good because of this defensive result? Of course not. Because of the three-pointers.

The output recorded as three points is too small to explain the problem.

Therefore, the Suns will not give up their three-pointers because the Celtics can't make three-pointers. They will only devote more energy to chasing down the opponent's shooters because of the appearance of the five-outside lineup.

Yao Yue started a pick-and-roll at the top of the arc and then directly bounced away. Lu Wuxia broke through with the ball. His eyes, gestures, and steps during this period all looked like he was trying to take advantage of the chaos to score the ball.

As a result, as soon as Yingodala's defense relaxed, he kicked his nose to the face, brought the ball to the penalty area, and scored in front of Milicic's face, breaking the Celtics' scoring drought.

2 to 6

"After the opening two minutes, Wish led the Celtics out of their offensive predicament!"