Chapter 237: Faster Pace

After the substitution, the Pistons solved the doubts in Rivers' heart with the first offense, and the speed of their offense suddenly became faster. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

The Pistons have never been a high-tempo team, and their players are not suitable for fast breaking, and it is true that they are not moving fast in this offense, but they give people the illusion that they are getting faster. In fact, they just sped up the transfer of basketball.

That's the tactical adjustment Sanders made to the team, he's betting! With the situation of the first quarter, this is already a game that must be lost, they can't tear apart the Celtics' defense, and at the same time can't defend Shi Lei's inside impact, so he has to bet, betting on a glimmer of life.

However, Sanders is not blindly betting, he has found the "weakness" of the Celtic. The Celtics are strong defensively, but they are strong on individual defense, not tactically. The Celtics' defensive coach is Thibodeau, a well-known defensive expert in the NBA, but don't forget, the Celtics have just been formed for a year, and no matter how strong Thibodeau is, it is impossible to create a seamless defensive team in just one year.

On offense, the Pistons' strategy worked wonders, as they increased the speed of the ball, relying on the tacit understanding they had formed over the years and the habit of tactical positioning that they had developed over the years, which soon made the Celtics' super defense flawed.

The individual defensive ability of the players that Celtics are proud of is not enough to defend an entire team, and they work together seamlessly.

Rashid got a spot from beyond the three-point line.

Rashid is a very talented player, not only his physical talent, his scoring talent is also excellent, when he was young, he was an All-Star interior player who could be inside and out, although he has increased in age, his lazy personality has shown an incredible deterioration in his physical condition, but this only makes him lose his once flexible breakthrough ability, and his shooting ability on the outside has not disappeared.

Rashid hit the three-pointer to cut the gap to nine.

Not only has the offense changed, but the defense has also changed for the Pistons, and they have been in this defense, except for Prince who came out to interfere with Ray. Outside of Allen, they have all but abandoned their perimeter defenses and have focused most of their efforts on defending areas inside the free-throw line.

Luckily for this game, Ray. Aaron regained his touch. When Shi Lei broke through and was almost caught by three people, he transferred the basketball to the outside in time. Allen hit the same three-pointer to reopen the gap.

The Pistons never tried to speed up their offense, and this was their first attempt, but it was still in the conference finals. This time there was a mistake in their coordination, Hamilton's run was a little short of position, the basketball was blocked by Rondo, and the Celtics formed a fast break, but Prince simply fouled and sent Rondo to the free throw line.

After Rondo hit one of the two free throws, Shi Lei tried to regain control of the tempo of the court, and began to control Billups' advance at half-time. The latter immediately passed the basketball out, breaking Shi Lei's suppression of their offensive speed.

The Pistons transferred the ball between the players directly from their own half, advancing towards the Celtics' half court layer by layer, like a bowling ball in motion, knocking down and disintegrating the Celtics' strong single defense one by one.

What happened on the scene made many basketball experts stunned, and they realized that their conclusions just now were made too early.

"The Pistons' old car is full of horsepower, hasn't Sanders considered the physical strength of his players?"

In order to excuse their conclusions, the problems mentioned by the experts were too far ahead, and on the sidelines, Rivers did not have the heart to think about the future at this time, he only wanted to solve the team's current problems now.

But he turned around in place, and the camera lens on him was dizzy, which did not help him find a solution to the problem.

After halftime, the Pistons surrounded the Celtics' basket, and the "bowling" they knocked down got back on their feet, but like headless flies, they couldn't find their defensive targets in the complicated court situation.

Rondo, who was closest to Hamilton's position, stepped up to defend him first, chasing Ray. Aaron passively shifted the target, Billups, Pulis, and Rashid stood in a fan, and Shi Lei said that he could not do anything.

Pulis hits an unguarded mid-range shot.

"Rajan, Rajan!"

Rondo started to lose his composure again, he lost his rhythm and took the ball like a quick dribble to advance.

Once the rhythm is taken away, the situation on the court will also shift, this is the way that many point guards are good at winning, fortunately, Rondo has never been the conductor of this team, Shi Lei reminded loudly, and finally suppressed his excitement.

Come to the middle line, Shi Lei is about to pass the basketball. The Pistons' defense was very targeted, and the Celtics only had Ray. Allen had an outside shooting point, which was handed over to Prince, who was also outstanding in single defense, and the rest of the team strictly guarded the breakthrough under the basket and the opponent's outside.

This suddenly restrained Garnett and Shi Lei, who were more threatening.

"How should I attack this time?"

Shi Lei couldn't think of a way to crack it for a while, and involuntarily turned his head to Rivers.

Rivers was still looking down in thought.

Shi Lei passed the basketball to Lei. Aaron then made a pick-and-roll fit for him. Thunder. Allen also felt that the team was not good at this time, and in order to be more stable, he gave up the more gambling three-point and took a step forward, but this long-range shot was still rejected by the basket, and the Pistons, who had the advantage of the number of people under the basket, protected the rebound.

Rivers called a timeout at this time, replaced Pierce with Shi Lei, he didn't find a good way to crack it, and the tacit understanding between the players was nothing he could do.

After Shi Lei got off the court, the Pistons immediately changed to another posture, and the offensive means remained the same, but in defense, their defensive range began to expand again.

Rivers could only passively continue to make substitutions, and Cassel replaced Rondo.

"What is going to be done?"

On the bench, Shi Lei was seriously thinking about the way to crack it, which has become a habit for him, and after becoming the "sixth man", he has never given up thinking about any dilemma of the team.

Billups hit a three-pointer in front of Kassel's flawless defense, and the gap was reduced to eight points. (To be continued.) )