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The advantage of the main force of death

On a night when the Celtics' outside shooters, who were frightened by the news in the Eastern Conference, were unable to score, and when Yao Yueban was at a disadvantage in the low post, Lu Wuxia's singles with the ball became the Celtics' most reliable offensive method.

When any team's tactics become unsustainable, there will always be a backup plan for the stars to take over.

However, due to the difference in star strength, the effect of this guaranteed backhand move is also different.

However, seeing Lu Wuxia take over the offense early, the Celtics coaching staff was not happy.

This is usually the choice when the offense has nothing to do. Now that the game has just begun, it seems too early to give way to Wuxia and take over the game.

Louis built a five-out lineup for Wuxia, aiming to let him test the team's outside touch. However, he used this as a threat, making the Suns avoid outside and inside, and were continuously beaten to attack at the basket.

The Suns started with a 6-0 advantage, but ended the first quarter with a score of 28-32.

The Celtics started with 0 of 3 three-pointers and ended the first quarter with 2 of 6.

During this period, only Yao Yueban tried another three-pointer and successfully hit it. The other two shots were all Lu Wuxia's three-pointers with the ball. Facing Iguodala, he made one of two shots. Although the output was not high, it was enough to form a deterrent.

Lu Wuxia was replaced at nine minutes. At that time, the Celtics led by 6 points. Then Ginobili took over and were trailed by 2 points after the first quarter, which was an acceptable result.

In the second quarter, Louis used JJ Barea, Wally Szczerbiak, Andrei Kirilenko, David Lee, and Pau Gasol as the transition lineup.

As a result, the Suns demonstrated what it means to "defeat the main force."

Although D'Antoni is a line coach, he has not inherited Louis' long-rotation characteristics. This is not surprising. The so-called princes and generals have a certain kind. No matter how knowledgeable and talented the coaching faction is, it is impossible to inherit the fine traditions of the first founder.

Keep going.

What's more, D'Antoni, a fourth-generation coach, basically just got a name and didn't learn the essence. Although he has the second-best lineup depth in the league, since the playoffs, every big battle must involve a seven-man rotation.

, in this case, veterans like Gary Payton who came for the championship basically have no playing time.

When the Celtics used the second unit, the Suns had Garnett, Pence, Iguodala, Hamilton, and Robert Horry on the court.

Although the main force has no technical content and can easily cause injuries to the team, in the playoffs, this is the simplest coaching method to increase the intensity of offense and defense.

As long as you beat the main force, you don't have to think hard about matchups, and you don't have to tap your potential internally. You just need to know when to call a timeout and when to change tactics.

The Suns proved that simple and crude hard power is better than anything else.

Pence beat Barry Adam's son, and Iguodala turned into a poor man's version of James and continuously cut off Kirilenko who was trying to dribble in front of him.

Garnett may have played out Gasol's past life memories, otherwise, there is no way to explain why Gasol collapsed in front of him.

The Suns went on a 10-0 run in three minutes and took the lead directly. Louis requested a timeout.

When Gasol walked off the court, the expression on his face was dazed, as if he had had a nightmare.

"Paul, if your dream is to lead Spain to win the world championship, you can't perform like this." Louis was not irritable and said calmly like an elder. Kevin Garnett is not even the best inside player of the US team.

, if you can’t even beat him, there’s no need to dream about gold medals.”

After that, Louis replaced Gasol with Pachulia, and then asked Ginobili to replace Barea.

There is no change in tactics, but the team's focus has shifted from inside to outside.

This will be the second time the Celtics try to use a three-pointer to break the game tonight. Previously, they had a flawless save. Now, Ginobili's hard-hitting ability is as indistinguishable as his passing. If

If he is in excellent condition, he may be more difficult to deal with than the former, but if he is not in good condition, he will be astonishing.

Before Ginobili came on the court, Louis asked him to be steady.

"Don't worry, coach!"

Ginobili may be the only player on the planet who says "don't worry" but makes people even more worried.

You really don't know what he will do.

Louis' heart began to sink. Then, Ginobili came up and hit Garnett's singles with a three-pointer...

"Manu?"

Louis yelled.

Garnett beat Gasol like a toy, and Boss Lu was as stable as a rock, but Ginobili defeated him with an unreasonable step-back three-pointer.

Of course, Iguodala missed the three-pointer after taking a step back. Then, Iguodala grabbed the defensive rebound, made a sudden stop in the frontcourt and changed direction to pass Kirilenko, who was chasing him.

The ax slam ends.

"Manu!" Louis shouted angrily, "I'll tell you to be more stable!"

Ginobili ignored the fact that the point difference had reached 8 points and continued to comfort Louis, "Coach, you believe me, I am really stable, it was just an accident."

"Then it better be a fucking accident!"

In 2013, when the Spurs played the Warriors in a series, Ginobili performed like a ghost in a certain game, but in the end, he successfully whitewashed himself with a quasi-winner. Popovich said after the game:

I just wanted to trade him, now I want to make him breakfast.

Now Louis is in the early stages of what Popovich described, but he doesn't know if he can wait for the "Manu, I'm going to make you breakfast" moment.

In short, question first, question later.

With Ginobili leading the offense, the Celtics' performance is difficult to predict because the leader is a monster with a weird style of play.

Subsequently, Ginobili did not call a pick-and-roll, held the ball and broke through Penny's defense, went deep into the basket and suddenly passed the ball to David Lee.

Although the space was small, Li's hand skills were excellent and he easily put the ball into the basket.

Louis breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he fought like this, there would be no problem.

However, Ginobili is not the kind of player who is stable.

It was as if they didn't realize that their teammates didn't have the three-point touch now, and the Suns made mistakes in their positional offense. The Celtics' counterattack, as long as they made a solid layup, could reduce the point difference to 4 points.

As a result, with the word greed written in big and bold letters on his face, he actually gave up a layup and a 2+1 opportunity after attracting the defense, and instead passed the ball to Szczerbiak who was positioned on the outside.

A choice that is completely correct, but may not necessarily lead to good results.

Szczerbiak's face was gloomy. He had missed all three shots from the outside before. This was his fourth shot tonight.

He was confident, as if he had made all three shots before instead of missing all three.

"Whoa!"

This is good news, Szczerbiak hit a three-pointer.

The Celtics' outside touch is starting to pick up from freezing point.

However, the alarm was not lifted.

The Suns' main force still has many advantages.

Pachulia can bring a lot of impact to Garnett's physical confrontation, but his talent is limited and he cannot stop the opponent.

As for his dirty tricks... it's a very subtle thing.

Few coaches will directly order players to do dirty things, but many players understand their position and value.

But even Laimbeer, the most dirty player in history, only injured people a handful of times in a season.

For Laimbeer, the purpose of being dirty is to intimidate, while Pachulia will not make any more contributions besides using small moves to attack opponents inside, and then using "my clumsy" skills to clumsily injure his opponents.

Garnett happens to be the kind of player who is very difficult to get injured.

Looking at the court, David Lee is the only Celtic player with a matchup advantage.

When the opponent's lineups do not match because of the main force, in addition to disrupting the rotation like the opponent, and letting the main player play more, it is to let the team's second lineup use cleverness to break through.

But the Celtics' state tonight means they don't have the capital to use substitutes to beat the opponent's main force.

Four minutes into the second quarter, Garnett grabbed consecutive offensive rebounds and scored a 2+1 second attack over Pachulia.

Then Iguodala and Pence teamed up, causing Ginobili to make a mistake, and then counterattacked and scored.

The score difference reached 9 points, and the situation was at this point. Even Louis could only pause, replace all the main players, and hand over the game to Wuxia.

In this kind of game where team basketball cannot be played, the star ceiling will determine everything.

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