God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 353

Chapter 353

In the future, the calm and mature leather team is still just a young man. As the No. 1998 pick in 10, this is only the fourth season of his career. Although he is already the head of the Celtics, he is still a star. Hairy boy.

So after eliminating the Raptors and reaching the Eastern Conference finals, he couldn't wait to express his desire to play against the 76ers in an interview, and his tone was not very polite. He didn't have any respect for the defending champion at all. It is necessary to pull the 76ers from the throne, let the team they play for replace them, and even win the championship.

Chang Wei also doesn't know whether this guy should be confident or arrogant, let alone whether the Celtics can beat the 76ers who killed them three times in the regular season, even if the Celtics break through, based on their personnel reserves It's hard to beat the Western Conference champions. Whether it's the Lakers or the Spurs, the depth of the lineup is much stronger than them. I don't know where Pierce's confidence comes from.

The entire 76ers team didn't take Pierce's words to heart. In fact, there are too many players who have made similar remarks this season. Many people want to pretend to be aggressive by stepping on the defending champion. Anyway, they are just lip service matter.Everyone's focus is still on preparing for the battle. They have to train two or three times almost every day, and the training intensity is not small.

In fact, very few teams train so hard during the playoffs. They have to prepare for the next game. The schedule of the playoffs is still very different from the regular season. The time between the two games is even rest. Not enough, who would dare to train vigorously at this time?But the 76ers don't have this concern. Under Chang Wei's conscious training, the 76ers' players are all very good in physical fitness, and because the lineup is deep enough, everyone's playing time is not too much, so it doesn't matter if they continue to train at this time.

But the most important thing is because the 76ers swept the Nets in the semifinals, leaving them with more rest time. In order to ensure the players' state, Brown had to increase the intensity of training, so that everyone would not become melons one by one. The masses, if they can't play their normal state in the Eastern Conference Finals, then the 76ers will never want to win the championship again.

The first game of the Eastern Conference finals came soon as scheduled. The 76ers can be said to be waiting for work. This is their home court, and this game is only three days away from the tiebreaker between the Celtics and the Raptors. In Brown's view The Celtics players must still be very tired. Although he is very cautious about this game, he insists that the 76ers will definitely win the game.

But at the beginning of the game, the Celtics slapped the old coach in the face, especially Pierce. As the Celtics' scoring leader, he decisively took on the heavy responsibility of scoring, and the effect was actually very good.You must know that in this game, in order to deal with the Celtics' twin stars, Brown started with Iverson and Snow as a partner, and asked Snow to defend Pierce.

However, Snow's defense was not in place. No, in fact, it is not accurate to say that it was not in place. He had tried his best, but it had no effect on Pierce.The key reason is that Pierce's offense is not like a guard at all, but is very similar to Davis of the Hornets. To put it bluntly, he uses his butt to open the way in the low post.

Compared with Davis, Pierce is more skilled in using his butt. Davis still relies more on his body to crush Iverson ruthlessly, while Pierce is very natural every time he holds the ball. Pushing up his big butt, he came to his most comfortable position one by one, and then he turned and shot with his back very plainly.

Snow, who was firmly pushed behind him, wrinkled his face like a bitter melon. He didn't expect that he could also enjoy the treatment Iverson received in the first round of the playoffs.Although Pierce's movements were ugly, his strength was real. It's not that Snow had never met a powerful opponent. Before, he could basically hold back by gritting his teeth, but he had to retreat repeatedly under Pierce's impact.

Walker, the Celtics' second-in-command, also followed suit. Although he is not as heavy as Pierce, he looks fat, otherwise he wouldn't be nicknamed Fat Toutuo.It's a pity that his use of his body is far inferior to that of Pierce, and he was almost intercepted by Bell. He can only watch with regret and envy as Pierce keeps catching the ball in the low post and playing Snow with his back.

In addition to having nothing to do with Pierce on the defensive end, the 76ers are also at an impasse on the offensive end. Now they can only rely on Iverson and Lewis to score, specifically, only Lewis.Perhaps inspired by Pierce and Walker, the starting point guard Kenny Anderson decisively went up to entangle Iverson. Both of them were thin point guards. Although Iverson had an advantage in speed, Anderson did not Poor, and he has more experience than Iverson, the two are very entangled.

In this way, the burden of scoring for the 76ers is all on Lewis. Maybe Dalembert can help occasionally, but the Celtics' starting center Batty is not weak. His style is very tough. The rebounds are also good. Dalembert must put most of his energy on the rebounds, otherwise he will be useless if the rebounds are exploded.

The only good news is that the power forward Eric Williams is not tall and is only the standard of a small forward. When facing Lewis, he can only do his best and pray that the other party should not hit it.However, his prayers seemed useless. Lewis still hit a few three-pointers by virtue of his height advantage, and he also helped his teammates open up space by the way.

This creates the conditions for Iverson to score. Although Anderson is chasing closely, he can still call Dalembert to come up for the pick-and-roll, and even if Barty blocks his forward path, he can also pass the ball. Dalembert had him attacking the rim directly.So after the Celtics started 8-2, the 76ers chased back the points bit by bit. The two sides played inextricably, but the 76ers were still at a slight disadvantage. not much.

Long before the start of the game, Brown had already mentally prepared for such a situation. Although Pierce's scoring ability surprised him, it was not unacceptable.Anyway, the Celtics' bench is relatively weak, and there are two very powerful scoring points in the 76ers' bench lineup in this game-Reid and Arenas. It will gain a relatively large advantage, and it is not a big deal to be slightly behind at this time.

Brown is not the kind of head coach who requires the team to lead from the beginning to the end, and he does not believe that any team can do it every game. As long as it can beat the opponent at the end of the game, it is enough. The entanglement at the beginning is not What kind of.

(End of this chapter)