Not long after the start of the second game between the Wizards and the Celtics, Celtics head coach Doc Rivers couldn't help but get up from his bench seat, frowning and standing on the long side with his hands on his hips, staring at the Wizards' players.

In the first two minutes, George, who started the game, had already made three shots, all of which were mid-range jumpers, hitting two of the three shots and scoring four points.

It doesn't seem like there's a big deal, and four points isn't a big deal for a game.

But Rivers was keenly aware that the tactics implemented by the Wizards were significantly different from the previous game and even the entire regular season.

In the past, the most common routine of the Wizards was Curry holding the ball to find an opportunity on the outside, whether it was seeking a breakthrough in blocking, pulling out a three-pointer or passing the ball to a teammate and then cutting inside quickly, without exception, Curry was the most critical part of the Wizards on the court.

It is precisely because of this that Rivers will arrange a series of tactics to lock Curry according to Curry's technical characteristics.

In the last game, under the targeted defense of the Celtics, Curry only scored 16 points in the whole game, and the three-point shooting rate was less than 30%.

After the game, Rivers did think that the Wizards would quickly adjust their tactics, but in his expectation, the Wizards would definitely focus on how to cover Curry's more efficient scoring as the main breaking point.

But now, in the first 2 minutes of the game, Curry only attacked with the ball once, and more often, after dribbling the ball to the frontcourt, he handed it to others, and then left it at the three-point line with his feet, and at the same time attracted the attention of many Celtics people in that direction.

And when this happens, the basketball will pass to Paul, who is standing in the horn area on the other side. George.

Keeping an eye on George is the soul of the Celtics, "Truth" Paul. Pierce.

When two men named Paul face each other, Pierce doesn't take George seriously.

Are you kidding? He, Pierce, is a Finals MVP, an All-Star, a player destined to be in the Hall of Fame, but what about George? is just a first-year rookie, and in the regular season, he basically played Butler off the bench, what qualifications does he have to play against him?

When George catches the ball, Pierce sticks it up and taunts.

"Rookie, if I were you, I would pass the ball out quickly, and now this battle is not something you can handle."

George glanced at Pierce, but didn't respond.

After a duel against players of the caliber of James and Anthony, Pierce is no longer so tall in his eyes.

Although "Truth" is also one of the top small forwards in the league, it is obviously still a little worse than James.

After all, the stats don't lie, and Pierce has only been named to the All-Star team four times in his entire career, three of them are three-team and one is two-team.

With Honor Reaper LeBron. Compared to James, there is indeed a gap.

George had also admired Pierce before and dreamed of being a good player like Pierce.

But after a battle with James, when facing Pierce, the opponent was just a strong professional player in his eyes.

Even, Pierce will be the opponent he must cross before surpassing James!

With his back to Pierce with the ball, George's eyes sparkled with excitement.

With a sudden force at his feet, George turned around and passed Pierce half of his body.

George's sudden action made Pierce stunned slightly, but he reacted quickly and immediately followed.

Pierce may not be tough defensively, but his solid fundamentals and excellent awareness allow him to limit the offensive efficiency of most opposing players.

This time, however, he was out of place.

George is 2.06m tall, but he is not slow at all, even faster than most defenders.

turned around and pretended to break through, and when Pierce reacted and changed his pace, George immediately collected the ball and stepped back to open a little distance with Pierce, and jumped directly within the three-point line about one and a half steps.

Pierce, whose center of gravity had not yet adjusted, didn't even have time to jump up, so he could only look up and watch George shoot.

"Brush!"

Basketball hollow into the net.

I don't know why, George feels that he feels exceptionally good today, as if God is helping him, his shooting percentage is not high before such a difficult shot, but today he has a feeling of how to shoot.

Of course, this is a credit for the tactical skill – mid-range shooting.

Seeing that George hit the shot steadily, Wang Xiao couldn't help but slightly hook the corners of his mouth.

His judgment was correct, and he was right to take the risk of using the skill of mid-range shooting.

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Being eaten by George one after another made Pierce a little embarrassed, but the current Celtics' defensive tactical system is still based on defending the Wizards' outside shooting three-pointers, and in this case, Pierce can't get assistance from teammates in many positions in the middle distance.

Relying on George's continuous scoring at the beginning of the game, the Wizards were in the lead at the beginning of the game.

To be honest, George's mid-range offense isn't very efficient in terms of efficiency, and it's a lot slower in terms of pace compared to the Wizards' quick transition between offense and defense during the Wizards' small-ball tactics.

But fortunately, the Celtics are also a slow-paced team on offense, with the Celtics ranking first in the league in 82 games in the regular season, conceding 91.1 points per game, but at the same time averaging 96.5 points per game is the bottom few in the league.

The Celtics' excellent defense can't cover up their inefficiency in scoring.

Garnett, Pierce, Ray. Allen, the three giants, are indeed old, and they can't rely on their strong individual ability to support the team's offense like the Heat Big Three and the Knicks Big Three.

The Wizards' defense this season has been very different from last season, and it is not particularly difficult to defend a team like the Celtics, who don't have a lot of offensive rhythm and tactics.

Very rarely, in the first quarter of the game, the Wizards only scored 21 points, of which George alone scored 14 points.

On the other hand, the Celtics only scored 18 points in the first quarter.

Pierce and Ray. Allen's hand in this game was not particularly good, which further affected the Celtics' offensive rhythm, if it weren't for Rondo's organizational skills, Garnett also had an advantage against Jamison on the inside, I'm afraid the Celtics scored even lower in the first quarter.

For Celtics head coach Doc Rivers, it doesn't matter if his team's offense is fast or not, as long as he can limit the opponent's scoring, even if he only scores 10 points in a quarter?

But now what he can't tolerate is that someone on the Wizards' side can tear through his impregnable defense!