The Whip of the God of Basketball

In the third minute of the first quarter, Don Nelson called a timeout. Michael Reed made a three-pointer at a 45-degree angle on the right side in the counterattack to turn the score into 9:4. Lost in the minute contest.

Obviously, the starting lineup he sent was targeted by Leon, and Najera had no effect at all. And Adrian - Griffin as the Celtics old will appear in the Mavericks' starting shooting guard position, Nelson had hoped that he could find some way to deal with them by virtue of his experience in the Celtics. But the Celtics he met were no longer the Celtics he was familiar with. He couldn't put pressure on Reed on the offensive and defensive ends. Reed's beautiful three-pointer was to line up against Nelson. A tribute to failure.

But as an experienced coach who has seen all kinds of big scenes, Nelson quickly made adjustments with a 20-second pause. First of all, he replaced Najera and replaced the current No. 1 player in the NBA, Sean Bradley, and then replaced Griffin with veteran Walter Williams. His average height has increased sharply, and his speed has naturally slowed down, but the Mavericks are not a team that can only play fast breaks.

"Good job guys, but the game has just begun." On the Celtics' side, Leon didn't have anything to arrange, and now it's Nelson's turn to make a move. He just needs to wait on the court. Just change the situation. At the beginning, the players of the Celtics were still in good condition. Leon encouraged everyone, then patted Wang Zhizhi's arm, and said in Chinese: "Good job, but you may not have so many opportunities later. , take it easy and work hard on defense."

Wang Zhizhi nodded and drank water. These three minutes should be the best three minutes he has performed since entering the NBA. Targeted training is effective. He obviously feels that his ability to get stuck and move is better. Now that I am strong, I am no longer afraid of confronting opponents, and my body feels full of energy all the time. Moreover, Fox Leon made very detailed tactical arrangements in training before the game, and these were all realized in the game. Wang Zhizhi admires this coach from the bottom of his heart, and there are too many things in his mind.

The timeout ended quickly, the players returned to the court, and Leon sat back on the bench and began to concentrate on it. He wanted to see what tricks Nelson had.

The game restarted, Nash controlled the ball, the Mavericks attacked, Nash passed the ball to Finley on the right, the other four players of the Mavericks all came to the left, and the right side was cleared to Finley for singles. Facing Paul Pierce, Finley used his feet to force a breakthrough. His speed was not fast, but he did a good job of protecting the ball. When he came close to the baseline, he leaned on Pierce and made a fake move, shaking Pierce slightly Get up, and then lean on Pierce to make a shot.

"Beep!" The referee's whistle blew, and Leon knew that Finley had come up with a foul trick. Pierce himself was a master of foul tricks, but sometimes people's movements were beyond the control of reason. It still shook Pierce instinctively. Although Pierce had tried his best to retreat, Finley's movements were also very fast, and his body had already rubbed against him.

"I already took it, he just rubbed my clothes! Clothes! Is it a foul if you rub your clothes?" Pierce complained feebly to the referee. The referee just glanced at him, as if saying that I didn't care if you rubbed someone else's clothes before. Call less fouls. Finley still stood at the free throw line.

With Finley making two free throws, the Mavericks changed the score to 6:9. Obviously, this is a seasoned move. At the end of the timeout, Nelson's experience is evident. But what really made Leon frown was the change in the Mavericks' defense.

Although it seems that the players replaced by the Mavericks are Bradley and Williams, and the Celtics' dominance in the opening three minutes is also reflected in the positions of center and shooting guard, but Leon knows that he is really targeting the Mavericks Two vulnerable parts on the defensive end-power forward and point guard, that is, Nowitzki and Nash. The Mavericks were scored consecutively by Wang Zhizhi in the opening game. On the one hand, Nowitzki did not have enough pressure to defend Wang Zhizhi. On the other hand, the fundamental reason was that Nash was always left behind by Arenas.

Nowitzki's ability to assist in defense was not strong, but Wang Zhizhi moved him to a position that needed assistance in defense. After that, Nash always needed assistance in defense, which gave Wang Zhizhi an opportunity to take advantage of it. As the two offensive cores of the Mavericks, the defense of Nash and Nowitzki does not match their status on the offensive end, and Leon knows that once a player is pressed by the opponent in defense, the mentality and state of the offensive end will also change. subject to stabilization. As long as this game can keep attacking Nash and Nowitzki like this, he has 60% chance of finishing the game before the fourth quarter.

But Nelson quickly realized this. When it was the Celtics' turn to attack, Bradley immediately changed his defense to Wang Zhizhi after he came on the court, and the defender of Arenas became Michael Finley. Paul Pierce was handed over to Walter Williams to deal with, and then Nash's opponent became Michael Reed. Although Reed seems to have an advantage over Nash, Reed is not the main attack point of the Celtics. , Leon did not design more one-on-one tactics for Reed. He was more attracted to attention and sudden cold arrows in the bottom corner. Nelson assigned Nash to this defensive point, no doubt that Reed was Kyle. The part with the fewest changes in special tactics.

The Celtics still lacked some changes in their offensive position. Facing Michael Finley, Arenas couldn't pass easily. From the moment he crossed the center line, Finley used his arm to resist Arenas. Handcheck made Arenas completely unable to start up. Walker had to go to a higher position to meet Arenas, so that his attack threat was reduced when supporting him. Nowitzki even let him take two steps, waiting for Walker to shoot a bird from a long distance.

In the past, Walker took a step back and threw it outside the three-point line after receiving the ball, but now he can't. Seeing this situation in the low post, Wang Zhizhi didn't continue to ask for a position. He knew he couldn't beat Bradley. Yes, he pulled out and made a cross screen with Pierce, went to the outside to catch the ball, then Pierce sank to the low post, Wang Zhizhi received a pass from Walker, and then lobbed the ball to Pierce.

Walter Williams entered the league in 1992 and is already an 11-year veteran. Facing Pierce, his low-post defense was impeccable. Ski's double-team, he barely passed the ball to Walker after the jump, Walker received the ball at the top of the arc, but the pass was not good, he adjusted his jumper and missed the ball. Nash grabbed the backcourt rebound, Finley had already rushed across the half court, Nash made a long pass across the half court, Finley made a fast break dunk, 8:9, the Mavericks had already closed the score to one point after a timeout .

The Mavericks chased two points in a row. The Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, who was wearing a Mavericks jersey off the field, sat up from the bench, applauded loudly when the North Shore Garden was slightly silent, and shouted "Go-Mavericks", Leon Scratching his head, he hesitated to call a timeout.

Before he could think it through, Arenas was suddenly flanked by Finley and Nash while dribbling the ball across the half court. Unprepared, he was intercepted by Finley, and Nash received Finley's pass directly Dragon made an empty basket, 10:9, and the situation on the field was instantly reversed.

"Beautiful steal, Finley's defense was like pincers, got Arenas off the ground, didn't look like the Celtics guys were really ready for the Mavericks counterattack, they looked like they played three minutes A good shot is a bit carried away." Although Wharton's comment was a bit harsh, it seemed to be the case on the scene.

"Time-out!" Leon had to yell at the referee for a timeout. At the moment Arenas was intercepted, he had already figured out how to deal with Nelson's moves.