The Celtics were very cautious, and Wang Xiao didn't dare to slack off.

Don't look at 12 years as a shrinking season, it's not very friendly to the Celtics with an average age, but this season the Celtics are very tough in the playoffs.

In another time and space, the Celtics also defeated the Hawks in six games 4-2, and then eliminated the 76ers in the second round to advance to the Eastern Conference finals.

In the contest between the Eastern Conference and the Heat, the Celtics fought to the last bullet, and even took the lead in winning the match point 3:2, forcing the Heat into a desperate situation.

Unfortunately, the loss of aging body and physical strength caused the Celtics to lose in the last two crucial games and was eliminated by the Heat.

The Celtics, who almost sent the 12-year Heat to a dead end, how dare Wang Xiao underestimate it?

Although the Wizards have a very strong lineup, they also have a lot of hidden dangers, that is, many players are first-year rookies and are not very experienced. Butler, Chandler. Parsons, Isaiah. Thomas and others have performed much worse than in the regular season.

In the series with the Knicks in the first round, if it weren't for the fact that the game often entered garbage time early, Wang Xiao would not dare to let these rookies play on the court.

Wang Xiao had a hunch early on that this would be an extremely difficult match, and in fact it was.

The first game between the two sides started on May 12, and as soon as the first game began, the Celtics gave Wang Xiao a dismissal.

Rondo and Bradley took turns to defend Curry, and under the highly targeted kraft close defensive tactics, Curry was completely defense-free, hitting only 5 of 14 shots in the game, 1-of-7 three-pointers, and scoring 11 points.

But fortunately, although Curry is in no form, Thompson, who is partnered with him, has shown his might.

When the Celtics focused their main defensive focus on Curry and slightly ignored Thompson, the cold-blooded killer immediately told the Celtics how serious the consequences of ignoring themselves could be.

In Ray. Under Allen's full marking, Thompson actively ran to seek gaps, shooting 11-of-20 and scoring 28 points in the game. Allen is a defensive stalwart who can even limit Kobe's offensive efficiency, but at the age of 37, he can't keep up with Thompson's off-ball movement.

Under the advantages of the other, the Wizards still have an advantage on the guard line, and the forward line is completely the world of the Wizards.

In terms of fame, at this stage, the combination of Pierce + Garnett is still more well-known and deterrent than George + Leonard.

But in terms of actual strength, these two are no longer opponents of George and Leonard.

Especially Pierce, under the defense of Leonard in the face, the shooting efficiency is not much better than Curry, shooting 5 of 15, and the shooting percentage is a little lower than Curry.

As for Garnett, although he is much taller than George, Garnett has always not belonged to the kind of strong interior line, but is biased towards agility and skill, which is also what George likes, at least the defense will not be too difficult.

In the end, it was the bench that really decided the winner.

The Celtics didn't have a single player on the bench other than Bradley. Petrus, Greg. Steensma, Marquis. Daniels, Ken Yang. Turin...... It's basically all bench role players, and none of them have played or will play well.

And the lineup on the Wizards' bench side...... I don't need to go into too much detail, right?

Two former All-Stars, a bench bandit who will be worth tens of millions of contracts in the future, even if many of them have no playoff experience and their performance is not stable, but they are enough to have the upper hand on the bench when the two starters are evenly matched.

In the first game, relying on Jamison's 14 points and Caron Butler's 8 points, the Wizards successfully won the first series 103-94, and the overall score came to 1:0.

But Wang Xiao and the Wizards didn't have time to be happy for long, and then followed the Celtics with a powerful blow.

In the second game, the Celtics changed the starting lineup, Bradley started in place of Ray Allen, although Bradley is only 1.88 meters tall, he is slightly inferior to Thompson when facing him, but at only 22 years old, he is not inferior to Thompson in terms of physical fitness and speed.

This guy will be selected for the best defensive team in the 12-13 season in the future, and he will be selected for the best defensive team in the 15-16 season.

After being defended by Leonard as a blacksmith in the first game, Pierce quickly adjusted in the second round, frequently using the blocking and dismantling to stagger one-on-one with Leonard, and the scoring efficiency skyrocketed.

The most critical thing is that when Ray. After Allen came to the Celtics bench, the offensive firepower on the Celtics bench instantly increased a notch.

Fellow former All-Star, Caron. Butler and Jamison are not tied together either. Allen's opponent, after all, is Curry's greatest three-point shooter before him, a Hall of Fame player, and a 10-time All-Star in his career.

Caron. Butler and Jamison have only been selected twice, and both of them have not been selected. Aaron is more than half.

Even if Ray. Allen is hard to beat with two fists and four hands, but he can still bite the score with the Celtics bench.

The bench couldn't open the score gap, the main lineup was targeted again, and the Wizards had no way to lose the second game.

Faced with such a situation, Wang Xiao could only sigh helplessly.

As shooters, Curry and Thompson are arguably the best in the league, and as long as they are on the court, they will make all the players who defend them fearful.

But in the same way, as a shooter, there is a problem that can never be avoided.

With long-range projection, there is always a situation where you don't feel good or are affected by the opponent's excellent defense.

In the future, Curry won three championships but did not even have a Finals MVP, which is also an extremely important reason.

In the playoffs, especially in the finals, in the face of the opponent's high-intensity defense, the efficiency of long-distance shooting is naturally not as high as that of attacking the basket.

Even if he is as strong as Curry, it will be difficult to maintain the same efficient offensive efficiency as in the regular season.

In this case, the main point of attack must be shifted from the outside to the inside.

Last season, when facing the Celtics, Curry and Harden also lost their shooting accuracy due to targeted high-intensity defense, but the Wizards finally had the last laugh, and Wang Xiao relied on a player who could play tough battles at critical moments.

Paul. George!