The Godfather of Basketball

It was Yao Ming and Garnett who jumped the ball.

Garnett leaned on Yao Ming to jump first, and dialed the ball back to the Celtics' half court.

The visiting team takes the lead in getting the chance to attack.

In the frontcourt, Rondo directly directed his teammates to run at the top of the arc.

The Celtics once invited Tang Tian to join in the summer, but they were declined. Their current head coach is Dao Rivers, who was in a bad season last season, and he was also known as He Douan in Tang Tian's previous life.

Rivers is a coach who advocates positional warfare and offense very much, especially now that he has the Big Three, his tactics can finally be perfectly utilized.

Ray Allen cut to the basket from a forty-five-degree angle on the right, and Garnett and Perkins made continuous off-ball pick-and-rolls for him in the interior.

That's not counting. When he ran out from the inside, Pierce made another high pick-and-roll, and after breaking the ball, Pierce walked to the basket, and Garnett pulled over to make a second off-ball pick-and-roll for Pierce.

The dazzling tactical cooperation makes it difficult to know who the end point of the Celtics' offense is.

Rondo can't shoot three-pointers, which is the biggest weakness of the Celtics, but because of the existence of Ray Allen, Tang Tian dare not let the team shrink to the basket. At this time, the strategy adopted by the defensive end is one-on-one , waiting for an opportunity to double-team.

Rondo flicked the ball to Garnett, who came out of the pick-and-roll, and Garnett directly chose a high jumper to face Battier who switched defenses.

"Shua!"

This shot was decisive, and the basketball was hit steadily.

As one of the top five power forwards in history, Garnett's scoring, rebounding, support, and defense are all top-notch. Even though he has degraded a bit due to age, his ability is beyond doubt.

You must know that in the previous life, it was his outstanding performance on both ends of the offense and defense that completely suppressed Gasol of the Lakers, so that the Celtics could easily win the championship.

The Rockets' offense, Yao Ming pulled Perkins to a high position, and the Rockets played unlimited air cut tactics.

Pick and roll, cut, pick and roll, cut.

The Rockets have used this set of tactics for a whole season and are quite skilled.

However, unlike all the opponents they encountered before, the Celtics' defense was impeccable, and the Rockets ran for a while and didn't get any chances to make a move.

Seeing that there was not much time left in the attack, Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming played a simple pick-and-roll in the end, facing Perkins' defensive pull and missed, Garnett received a defensive rebound.

There was a commotion at the scene.

This is the first time since the Rockets played in the playoffs with all members, they encountered a bad start.

At this moment, Tang Tian was also resting his chin in both hands, thoughtful.

Unlike the optimistic attitude of the fans and the media before the game, he attached great importance to the Celtics. He also vaccinated the players before the game and greeted the players with all possible situations.

But it seems that the performance of the Celtics is much better than he expected.

Especially defense.

In the previous life, it was Tom Thibodeau who built the Celtics' defensive system. Yes, he is now the first assistant coach of the Rockets, Thibodeau.

Now that Thibodeau is not here, it stands to reason that the situation should have changed, but when watching the video before, Tang Tian felt that the Celtics' defense did not seem to be much weaker than in the previous life. It was just a feeling at the time, and now it is confirmed. up.

As a top league, the NBA is lacking in talents. If there is a shortage, there will always be someone to take over. Looking at it now, among the assistant coaches of the Celtics, there is also a very eye-catching name, and in the past life, there is a name that has some ties to the Rockets. .

J丨B Bickerstaff.

Tang Tian was very impressed with this person, of course because his name contained two unforgettable English letters.

After the Rockets head coach McHale was fired in the previous life, he acted as the head coach of the Rockets for half a season.

Performance, poor.

A coach who doesn't know what offensive tactics are at all, but just like players, coaches also have skills to survive in the NBA. The only and best coach J丨B is good at defense. The Rockets' defensive system under McHale's management was he. Made by hand.

Because the reputation is far less than that of Thibodeau, Tang Tian didn't pay much attention to it before, but now it seems that Coach J丨B's defensive skills are not much worse than Thibodeau's.

The game on the field is still going on. The Rockets' strategy on the defensive end has not achieved very good results, and they can't find good shots on the offensive end. The personal attack effect is not very good under high-intensity confrontation.

With Rivers and Bickerstaff, Tang Tian is a match.

After half a quarter of the game, the Rockets trailed the Celtics by 8 points 10 to 18, and had failed to score three consecutive offenses.

At this moment Tang Tian stretched out his hand and called for a timeout.

"The Rockets are in trouble, and Boston's defense is so good." Kenny Smith, the commentator, said with emotion after watching half a quarter of the game.

"Yes, it's the first time I've seen the Rockets struggle so much offensively." Barkley nodded in agreement.

"Jeff, how do you think the Celtics' defense is better than when you coached the Rockets?" Barkley turned to look at Jeff Van Gundy, the special guest of the finals.

"Better than me." Van Gundy nodded honestly.

"Yes, after all, they have Kevin Garnett." Barkley was very face-saving, and then said.

The commentator suddenly burst into laughter.

The commentators talk about it, but no matter what the reason is, this Celtics did play a historic defense.

"Chauncey, you double-team Allen, Paul, you shrink the basket and let go of Rondo."

"We attack and play support tactics, pull out the offensive space, and create one-on-one opportunities as much as possible."

Tang Tian's arrangement was very simple, and he was never a stubborn person, including himself.

Back from the timeout, during the Rockets' offensive round, Yao Ming went to the frontcourt and landed directly at the free throw line, and Billups then handed in the ball.

"The Rockets have changed their tactics." The changes on the field affected the commentary booth, and Smith said immediately.

The fans at the scene also looked anxiously at the field.

The Rockets gave up their infinite cut tactics and went back to the old way, allowing Yao Ming to organize support at the free throw line.

Yao Ming held the ball, and the Rockets combined outside pick-and-roll and air cuts to open up the space.

At this time, the Celtics' unlimited defense and defense defense on the defensive end were obviously weakened.

Seeing McGrady dislocating Rondo after the pick-and-roll, Yao Ming immediately handed over the ball.

After Yao Ming handed over the ball, he quickly sank to the basket. Battier at the bottom corner and Billups at the top of the circle both moved to the other side at this time, creating enough space for McGrady to play singles.

Because the space is wide open, the Celtics dare not easily go over to help defend at this time.

In the second grade, Rondo played with Garnett for a season, and his defense improved significantly, but he faced McGrady.

McGrady turned around and faced Rondo, directly ignoring Rondo's small movements, and after a change of direction, he stopped abruptly and pulled out his hand.

The scissor legs reached Rondo's chest, and Rondo could only look up.

"Shua!"

McGrady's dry pull hits steadily.

In the first round after returning from the timeout, the Rockets' offense was completed.