The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

The Celtics were very cautious, and Wang Xiao did not dare to neglect.

Although 12 years is a shrinking season, it is not friendly to the Celtics with an older average age, but this season the Celtics are very tough in the playoffs.

In another time and space, the Celtics also solved the Eagles 4:2 in six games, and then eliminated the 76ers who eliminated the Black Eight in the second round to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals.

In the contest between the Eastern Conference Finals and the Heat, the Celtics fought to the last bullet, and even took the lead in winning the match point 3:2, pushing the Heat to a desperate situation.

It's a pity that the aging body and physical loss caused the Celtics to lose in the last two key games and were reversed and eliminated by the Heat.

How dare Wang Xiao underestimate the Celtics who almost sent the 12-year Heat to a dead end?

Although the Wizards have a very strong lineup, there are many hidden dangers, that is, many players are first-year rookies with little experience. Young and mature players like Leonard and Thompson are a little bit better. , but like Jimmy Butler, Chandler Parsons, Isaiah Thomas and others performed much worse than the regular season.

In the first round of the series against the Knicks, if it weren't for the fact that the game often entered garbage time early, Wang Xiao didn't dare to let these rookies play the game.

Wang Xiao had a premonition early on that this would be an extremely difficult game, and in fact it was indeed so.

The first game between the two sides started on May 12, and the Celtics gave Wang Xiao a big blow as soon as the first game started.

Rondo and Bradley took turns to mark Curry. Under the highly targeted brown sugar close-fitting defensive tactics, Curry's defensive state was completely eliminated. He only hit 5 goals in 14 shots and made 7 three-pointers. 1, scored 11 points.

But fortunately, although Curry is in no condition, Thompson, who is partnering with him, has shown his prowess.

When the Celtics focused on Curry and slightly ignored Thompson, the cold-blooded killer immediately told the Celtics how serious the consequences of ignoring himself would be.

Under Ray Allen's full-time marking, Thompson actively ran to find space, made 11 of 20 shots, and scored 28 points in the game. The young Ray Allen is a defensive champion, and can even effectively limit Kobe offensive efficiency, but at the age of 37, he can't keep up with Thompson's off-ball running.

Under the ebb and flow, the Wizards still have an advantage on the back line, and the striker line is completely dominated by the Wizards.

In terms of fame, the combination of Pierce + Garnett at this stage is still more famous and shocking than George + Leonard.

But in terms of actual strength, these two are no longer George and Leonard's opponents.

Especially Pierce, under the defense of Leonard in front of him, his shooting efficiency is not much better than Curry's. He made 5 of 15 shots and his shooting percentage was a little lower than Curry.

As for Garnett, although he is much taller than George, Garnett has never belonged to the kind of physically strong insider, but prefers agility and skill. This type is also George's favorite. It will be too much work.

In the end, it was the bench that really decided the outcome.

Except for Bradley, the Celtics' bench does not have a single player who can play, Michael Pietrus, Greg Steensma, Marquez Daniels, Kenyon Du Lin... was basically an all-bench role player, none of whom have ever been or will ever be able to play well.

And the lineup of the Wizards' bench...doesn't need to go into too much detail?

Two former All-Star players, a bench bandit who will be worth tens of millions of dollars in the future, even though many of them have no experience in the playoffs and their performance is not stable, but they are enough to start even when the two sides are evenly matched. , The substitute had the upper hand when grabbing points.

In the first game, relying on Jamison's 14 points and Caron Butler's 8 points, the Wizards successfully won the first series with 103:94, and the total score came to 1:0.

But before Wang Xiao and the Wizards had time to be happy for a long time, the Celtics returned a powerful blow.

In the second game, the Celtics changed their starting lineup. Bradley replaced Ray Allen. And speed is not inferior to Thompson.

This guy will be selected to the best defensive second team in the 12-13 season in the future, and he will be selected to the best defensive first team in the 15-16 season. Playing iron happily with Curry.

After Pierce was defended as a blacksmith by Leonard in the first game, he also quickly adjusted in the second round, frequently using the pick-and-roll to stagger one-on-one situations with Leonard, and his scoring efficiency soared.

The most important thing is that when Ray Allen came to the Celtics' bench, the offensive firepower of the Celtics' bench was instantly raised to a higher level.

Both former All-Stars, Caron Butler and Jamison are no match for Ray Allen. After all, the latter is the greatest three-point shooter before Curry. He is a Hall of Fame player with ten times in his career. Selected as an All-Star.

Caron Butler and Jamison have only been selected twice, and together they are less than half of Ray Allen.

Even if Ray Allen can't beat four hands with two fists, it can still be done with the Celtics on the bench to close the score.

The substitute lineup could not widen the score gap, and the main lineup was targeted again. The Wizards lost the second game helplessly.

Faced with such a situation, Wang Xiao could only sigh helplessly.

As shooters, Curry and Thompson can be said to be the top existences in the league. As long as they stand on the court, they will make all the players who defend them terrified.

But in the same way, as a shooter, there is a problem that can never be avoided.

Long-range shooting, there is always a situation where the feel is not good or the opponent's excellent defense is affected.

In the future, Curry won three championships but did not even have a finals MVP. This is also an extremely important reason.

In the playoffs, especially the finals, facing the opponent's high-intensity defense, the efficiency of long-range shooting is naturally not as high as hitting the basket.

Even if it is as strong as Curry, it is difficult to maintain the high offensive efficiency of the regular season.

In this case, the main firepower of the offense must be transferred from the outside to the inside.

Last season, when facing the Celtics, both Curry and Harden lost their shooting accuracy due to targeted high-intensity defense, but the Wizards finally had the last laugh. Wang Xiao relied on A player who can fight tough battles at critical moments.

Paul George!