The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

Not long after the start of Game 2 between the Wizards and the Celtics, Celtics head coach Doc Rivers couldn't help standing up from his bench seat, frowning and standing with his hands on his hips , staring at the Wizards players.

In the first two minutes of the game, George, who started the game, has taken three shots, all of which were mid-range jumpers. He hit two goals in three shots and scored 4 points.

It seems that there is no major problem, and 4 points are nothing for a game.

But Rivers keenly found that the tactics implemented by the Wizards were significantly different from those in the previous game and even the entire regular season.

In the past Wizards, the most common routine was that Curry held the ball and looked for opportunities on the outside. Whether it was seeking a pick-and-roll breakthrough, a three-pointer, or passing the ball to a teammate and then quickly cutting inside, Curry was a Wizard without exception. The most critical part of the team's game.

It is precisely because of this that Rivers has arranged a series of tactics to lock Curry based on Curry's technical characteristics.

In the last game, under the targeted defense of the Celtics, Curry only scored 16 points in the game, and his three-point shooting percentage was less than 30%.

After the game, Rivers thought that the Wizards would quickly adjust their tactics, but in his prediction, the Wizards would definitely focus on how to cover Curry's more efficient scoring as the main breakthrough point.

But now, in the first 2 minutes, Curry only attacked with the ball once, and most of the time, he dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, handed it over to others, and then left it at the bottom three-point line. , At the same time, it also attracted the attention of many Celtics to that direction.

And at this time, the basketball will be passed to Paul George who is standing in the horn area on the other side.

Marking George is the soul of the Celtics, "Truth" Paul Pierce.

When two men named Paul faced each other, Pierce didn't pay attention to George.

What are you kidding? He Pierce is the Finals MVP, All-Star player, destined to enter the Hall of Fame, and what about George? He is just a first-year rookie, and during the regular season, he is basically substituting for Butler. What qualifications does he have to play against himself?

When George caught the ball, Pierce posted it and taunted him.

"Rookie, if I were you, I would pass the ball quickly. Now this battle is not something you can handle."

George glanced at Pierce, but didn't respond.

After playing against players of the same level as James and Anthony, Pierce is no longer so tall in his eyes.

Although "Truth" is considered one of the top small forwards in the league, it is obviously still a bit worse than James.

After all, no matter what, the data will not lie. Pierce has only been selected to the best team four times in his entire career, three of which are third teams and one second team.

Compared with honor harvester LeBron James, there is indeed a gap.

George also admired Pierce before and dreamed of becoming a good player like Pierce.

But after a contest with James, when facing Pierce, in his eyes, the opponent is just a very strong professional player.

Even Pierce will be the opponent he must cross before surpassing James!

Holding the ball with his back to Pierce, George's eyes sparkled with excitement.

With a sudden force under his feet, George turned around and passed Pierce by half.

Pierce was taken aback by George's sudden action, but he reacted quickly and followed immediately.

Pierce's defense may not be considered strong, but his solid basic skills and excellent awareness allow him to effectively limit the offensive efficiency of most opposing players.

This time, however, he was out of position.

George is 2.06 meters tall, but his speed is not slow at all, even faster than most defenders.

He turned around and pretended to break through, and when Pierce reacted to the change of footsteps, George immediately received the ball and took a step back to distance himself from Pierce.

Pierce, who hadn't adjusted his center of gravity, didn't even have time to jump up, so he could only look up at George's shot.

"brush!"

The basketball is hollow into the net.

For some reason, George felt that his hand feeling seemed exceptionally good today, as if the heavens were helping him. Before such a difficult shot, his shooting percentage was not high, but today he has a feeling of how to shoot. a feeling of.

Of course, this is a credit for tactical skills-mid-range shooting.

Seeing that George made a steady mid-range shot, Wang Xiao couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.

His judgment was not wrong, and it was correct to take the risk of using the skill of mid-range shooting.

Being singled out by George one after another made Pierce a bit embarrassing, but the current defensive tactical system of the Celtics is still based on defending the Wizards' outside shooting three-pointers. No position can get assistance from teammates.

Relying on George's continuous scoring at the beginning, the Wizards were in the lead from the beginning of the game.

To be honest, George's mid-range offense is not very efficient in terms of efficiency. Compared with the Wizards' quick offensive and defensive transitions in small ball tactics, the rhythm is also much slower.

But fortunately, the Celtics are also a team with a slow offensive rhythm. In the 82 games of the regular season, the Celtics averaged 91.1 points per game and ranked first in the league, but at the same time they averaged 96.5 points per game. But it is the bottom few in the league.

The Celtics' excellent defense can't hide the low scoring efficiency.

Garnett, Pierce, and Ray Allen are really old, and they can't rely on strong personal abilities to support the team's offense like the Big Three of the Heat and the Big Three of the Knicks.

The defense of the Wizards this season is completely different from last season. It is not particularly difficult to defend against a team like the Celtics, which is not very rich in offensive rhythm and tactics.

Very rare, in the first quarter of the game, the Wizards only scored 21 points, of which George scored 14 of them alone.

On the other side, the Celtics only scored 18 points in the first quarter.

Pierce and Ray Allen didn't feel particularly good in this game, which further affected the Celtics' offensive rhythm. If it weren't for Rondo's organizational skills, Garnett would not be able to fight Jamison inside. Occupying the advantage, I am afraid that the Celtics' score in the first quarter will be even lower.

For Celtics coach Rivers, it doesn't matter whether his team's offensive rhythm is fast or not. As long as he can limit the opponent's scoring, so what if he only scores 10 points in a quarter?

But what he can't tolerate now is that someone on the Wizards team can tear apart his impenetrable defense!