The Whip of the God of Basketball

PJ Brown's sent off made the Celtics' stable advantage begin to loosen a bit. George Karl is indeed an old coach who has been in the league since the 1980s. The Celtics suffered. Although Anthony Mason is the starter of the Bucks, he is 36 years old, his body and ability are not as good as before, and his effect on the team is far inferior to that of PJ Brown, who is in his prime.

And Brown is the center, the only reliable insider for the Celtics so far, Mason is the forward, without Mason, the Bucks still have Kukoc, Tim Thomas, and Caffey on the bench. , All of them are tall and strong strikers, which is also the preference of George Karl's teaching for so many years-like to pile up mobility, strong and comprehensive strikers.

Although this kind of accumulation in the Bucks is far less successful than in the Sonics, but as far as this game is concerned, the Bucks have already taken the initiative on the scene through a small trick. At this time, Leon had to replace Dalembert, and let the young Haitian replace Brown to guard the team's inside line.

With Ray Allen making a free throw, the difference between the two sides narrowed to 6 points. Fortunately, there was not much time left in the second quarter, and there was not much time left for the Bucks to counterattack. Paul Pierce stood up at the critical moment. After Allen made a free throw, he suddenly started to catch the ball and dribble from the backcourt all the way to the inside of the Bucks, taking advantage of it to face Tim Thomas and Caffey The double defense forced a layup, which caused a foul by Tim Thomas and went to the free throw line.

George Karl saw the foul, scratched his head angrily and yelled at the referee. In his opinion, Pierce, a cunning guy, cheated another foul. Pierce made two free throws, and the point difference between the two sides changed back to eight points. At this time, there were 17 seconds left before the end of the first half.

"Mark the whole court! Pay attention to the confrontation and scale, don't foul, and don't give the opponent a chance!" Leon, who rarely commands from the sidelines, also started to shout this time. He knew that he must strive for about 10 points in the first half. Once the lead is chased to 5 or 6 points, the form will be different, and the pressure on the team at the beginning of the second half will become great. So this defense must guard against the opponent.

Reid's offensive state in the second quarter has improved a lot. He scored 7 points in a single quarter, but Ray Allen on the opposite side has already scored 21 points, 21 points in the half. Ang is still not prepared to use other players to help Reid double-team Allen. Double-teaming this kind of thing has great benefits and great risks. Facing a team like the Bucks with five players on the court who each have shooting ability and is led by George Karl with a liberal offensive style, easy double-teaming will bring come at a terrible price.

But one-on-one does not seem to be a particularly good way.

Sam - Cassell quickly dribbled across the half, and Arenas led the defense. Cassell is an out-and-out ball ruffian. Although his body is thin, he does a good job of dribbling and protecting the ball. He turned his back to Arenas and did not give him the slightest chance to steal. At the same time, he looked up to observe his teammates The running position and the Celtics' defensive positioning are always ready to launch the final blow.

Reid was entangled with Ray Allen near the baseline at this time. Obviously Ray Allen was going to run in a big circle, and Reed was sticking to Ray Allen like a jellyfish, just preparing to "Where are you going?" Where am I going, I will accompany you to the end of the world when you go to the end of the world."

"Fool, what's the use of entanglement in this place?" Leon watched anxiously from the sidelines. Reed seemed to be very tight, but in fact it was useless at all, because Ray Allen's position was very deep, and he flashed near the baseline , all the other Celtics players basically have their backs to him, while the Bucks players are facing him. This means that the Bucks players can step forward to cover Ray Allen at any time, while the Celtics players may not be able to take care of Ray Allen. Out of position, or simply a foul.

The correct approach is to keep a certain distance from Ray Allen, pay attention to observe other Bucks players, and judge Ray Allen's running route through their running. This requires defenders to have very rich on-the-spot experience and extremely high Tactical literacy, and even if you have these two points, you may not be able to keep up with your opponent's running in the ever-changing stadium.

Sure enough, after Cassel was off the three-point line for about 10 seconds, Ray Allen suddenly started. Instead of going around the bottom line, he passed through the middle! Squeezed past Dalembert and Walker, broke through the block under cover of Tim Thomas, and ran to the right 45 degrees. Reed, who was close to Ray Allen, couldn't even run hard, couldn't catch up at all, and no one came to defend. The whole team watched Ray Allen run outside the 45-degree three-point line to receive a card. Sale's pass, take-off, and three-point shot!

With a beautiful sharp sword out of its sheath, Ray Allen's shooting was like a swordsman drawing his sword, swift and sharp, and he also completed the attack at the moment of drawing the sword. The ball flew in the air, like stabbing the enemy's sword tip.

"Beautiful shot, **** is going to go in..." Leon looked at the jump shot posture, he knew that the ball was going to go in, the rhythm was so good, the shot was so comfortable, it would be strange if he didn't go in. Leon seldom swears, but this time he couldn't help but curse inwardly. Without PJ-Brown, the team really has no one who can really defend. In the past half season, although the Celtics have won most of them, and their record ranks in the forefront of the Eastern Conference, they have always relied on the team's strong offensive power, and they have no match in defense. , sometimes pretty good, sometimes bad. The damn old man Dick Hart began to doubt his ability.

Leon knew that the fundamental reason was that these players were too inexperienced, and defense relied more on experience than offense. In many cases, he did not blame the players for making mistakes of one kind or another.

However, with Ray Allen's three-pointer hollowed into the net, Leon still couldn't restrain his inner frustration and anger at the dull defensive performance of the players. He asked the referee for a long timeout. When the players replied that the bench was ready to sit After drinking his saliva, Leon waved his tactical board and said to them in a low voice: "Stand up from the stool, do you think the first half is over?" The time of 0.6 seconds is that the referee left a little time for the Celtics after watching the video and returning to the watch.

Walker, Pierce, and Arenas who had just sat down to bring up the water all bounced off the stools as if their buttocks had been electrified. Individuals come around, and he needs 0.6 seconds to design an offensive tactic for the players.

0.6 seconds is the moment of lightning. From serving to the player touching the ball, the player must throw the ball as soon as it touches the ball, otherwise it will be too late. At this time, the point difference between the two sides is 5 points, and the Celtics still maintain the lead, but the momentum seems to have shifted to the Bucks, which is why Leon must call a timeout, he doesn't want to look at the players They bowed their heads and threw the ball on the field, then went back to the locker room, even if it was 0.6 seconds, he would try it.

Leon wants to design a tactic for alley-ooping inside, which is a tactical method with a relatively high success rate within 0.6 seconds. The players pull away, and some guy with a good jumper sneaks into the paint with a screen, passes the ball outside, and then goes straight to the alley-oop. The difficulty lies in how to distract the opponent's inside defender and cover up the intention of the lob.

Just as Leon was making arrangements, Reed suddenly said: "Let me shoot a three-pointer, I can make a three-pointer."

The players who were listening to Leon's tactics all focused their attention on Reed. They didn't know what this guy meant, including Leon. Another coach might ignore Reed and continue to arrange tactics, or simply put Reed on the bench to calm down.

But Leon didn't, he looked at Reed and said, "Tell me what you think, and I'll give you five seconds."

"I recently practiced a quick shot technique, taught by Sig, and Arenas and I practiced it together, and it worked." Reid answered Leon's question in five seconds.

Leon thought for a moment, handed the tactic board to Reed, and said, "Leave it to you, and finish this tactic."

Reid was stunned, and the others were also stunned. How can a coach let players arrange their own tactics? But time waits for no one, Reid didn't think much, took the tactical board and started to arrange it. In fact, the tactics he arranged were terribly simple. Everyone pulled away, and he stood at a 45-degree angle on the right, and shot when he received a pass from Arenas.

"Is it that simple?" Leon asked.

"It's as simple as that, but I've definitely put myself in, and I think I can make a shot." Reid said, who knows what he has practiced in the past two days. Leon turned his head and looked at Siegfried. The old man scratched his head, as if he didn't expect that Reid would put the things he usually practiced in the game on the field.

But no matter what, I have to try it. The timeout time has come. In 0.6 seconds of the first half, the Celtics' last attack, a seemingly unimportant random attack, may affect the trend of the second half of the game.

Leon watched Reid walk on the court, wondering what this guy had been practicing secretly these two days, but he didn't let him know, and he dared to use it in the game. But he was also delighted to feel that Reid began to show a kind of self-confidence, which can be seen from the fact that he dared to take over the tactical board and draw tactics just now.

The referee gave the ball to Arenas on the sideline and blew a whistle, the last 0.6 seconds. Reed was standing at a 45-degree angle, no screen, no run, he just stood there.

At this time, Leon found that Reid had already started to jump before Arenas passed the ball! He jumped straight into the air and made a shooting posture with both hands, but he didn't have the ball in his hands! Ray Allen, who was defending him, was a little taken aback. He didn't know why Reid jumped up like this, and his attention was still on Arenas who was serving.

When Reed was near the top of the jump, Arenas made the pass and he threw the ball straight into Reed's hands, which were in Reed's hands just as he reached the top. Reid took advantage of the opportunity to make a shooting action in the air and pushed the ball out!

The ball drew a straight arc in the air and went straight to the basket. Leon looked at the ball and thought to himself: "It's a beautiful shot, I'm going to make it too."

"Shua!" The ball hit the basket, the red light came on, and the first half ended. Reid made an incredible three-pointer, which opened the gap between the two sides to 8 points again!