Chapter 185: Second Round, Against the Celtics

Such boasting in the media is not unreasonable.

Curry, Rose, Jeremy Lin, and Westbrook are all of the same age, and their stats have all reached the star level this season, and the league still has younger potential point guards like Wall, as well as point guards like Paul, Delon, and Rondo who are at the peak of their careers.

Looking at other positions, you can't find a situation like a point guard with such talent.

Even Wang Xiao, who is a traverser, knows that the existence of excellent point guards such as Irving and Lillard in the future will be no better than Leonard and Jimmy. Small forwards for stars such as Butler and Antetokounmpo are poor.

Of course, these are just afterthoughts, and Wang Xiao with Curry will not consider any other point guard problems for the time being.

The announcement of the major awards of the regular season did not affect the playoff season, and soon the results of the first round of games were available.

The Celtics eliminated the Magic 4-2, the Heat eliminated the Hawks 4-1, and the score between the Bulls and the Nets was fixed at 4-2.

The overall difference in strength still made the Nets eliminated by the Bulls.

And with Wang Xiao's advice, Jeremy Lin's aggression in the subsequent games is obviously worse than in the previous games.

The so-called aggressiveness can also be understood as the frequency of breaking through the inner line to create killing.

However, even if Jeremy Lin continues to play like in previous games, he will not be able to defeat the Bulls, after all, the difference in strength in other positions is too big, and it is not at all something that a Kidd-style traditional point guard like Jeremy Lin can reverse.

In this way, the matchup table for the second round of the Eastern Conference has been clarified, as previously conjectured, Wizards vs Celtics, Bulls vs Heat.

Facing the old rival of the Celtics, Wang Xiao is obviously under much more pressure than when he faced the Knicks in the first round.

The Celtics' Big Three is not comparable to the Knicks' Big Three, although the Knicks are completely victorious in terms of star statistics, but if these two teams meet in the playoffs, the Celtics will definitely win by a big score.

Last season's Eastern Conference Finals, the Wizards lost to the Celtics, thus ending the playoff journey.

Like the Bulls, this is a team that is among the best in the league in defensive prowess.

How to break through the Celtics' defense is the primary problem that Wang Xiao needs to solve.

The first game between the two sides was played at the home court of the Wizards, in this game, Wang Xiao did not make any targeted adjustments, the team still implemented the tactical play style of the regular season, and the starters were still the same lineup against the Knicks, Curry, Green, George, Jamison and Jordan Jr.

As Wang Xiao expected, the Celtics came up with a set of targeted rotation defensive tactics at the beginning, focusing on Curry.

Under Rondo's extremely targeted defense, Curry had a rather bad start, and several attempted long-range shots were defended.

At the same time, the Celtics were under the control of Rondo, steadily carrying out tactical qualifying, and constantly scoring points in a not fast but efficient way.

Before you know it, the Wizards are trailing by more than double digits.

After Harden came off the bench, that hasn't been effectively changed.

"Sure enough, ginger is still old and spicy, much more difficult to deal with than Knicks."

Seeing this situation, Wang Xiao couldn't help but sigh.

The Celtics are Celtics after all, and they are nowhere near as easy to deal with as the Knicks.

However, although Curry Harden's outside double stars are not particularly good and they have been unable to open the situation for a long time, Wang Xiao is not in a hurry.

Although the Celtics are strong, they still have weaknesses. The weakness of this team is obvious, and that is fitness.

Garnett, Pierce, Ray. With an average age of 34, all three are at the end of their careers, and their form will all be affected at this stage.

It may not be particularly obvious in games against most teams in other leagues, but the game against the Wizards is clearly a different story.

The Wizards, who average just 13 seconds per round, attack quite frequently, which means more switchback runs and runs.

It's certainly a burden for Celtic's aging Big Three.

Especially compared to the Wizards, who only played four games in the first round, the Celtics, who have been entangled with the Magic for two more games, obviously consume more.

As Wang Xiao thought, with the efficient appearance of the game in the first and second quarters, the third quarter of the game began, and the Big Three had to take more rotational breaks to recover their strength.

At this time, the replacement of the Big Three was Jeff. Green, Glenn. Substitutes like Davis.

That's how the Wizards' chance came.

The outside line is completely defended by the targeted defense, so the impact on the basket, whether it is Curry or Harden, the finishing ability under the basket is not bad at all, and even in their respective positions, they are the top in the league.

In this way, in the third quarter of the game, relying on the continuous blocking and dismantling impact of the interior and the rapid offensive and defensive switching, the Wizards chased back the difference little by little, and when the game was about three minutes into the fourth quarter, with Curry's long-lost three-point shot, the Wizards finally filled the big hole dug in the first and second quarters.

However, the Goddess of Victory wasn't on the Wizards' side today.

As the game drew to a close, the man nicknamed "The Truth" stepped forward.

Paul. Pierce, one of the league's most underrated scorers, was previously in Anthony's offensive kaleidoscope.

Two accurate mid-range shots in a row and a pull-up jumper from beyond the three-point line, just for a moment, before George could even react, Pierce scored 7 points alone, and the gap that was hard to catch up was opened up again.

And in the minutes that followed, no matter how hard the Wizards tried to chase the points, there was always someone on the Celtics side who could respond.

Garnett's back singles on the inside, Ray. Allen's running shot is a three-pointer......

Until the end of the game, the Wizards failed to tie or overtake the margin again.

113;108, and in the end, the Wizards lost the first game of the two teams at home by a margin of five points.

"How?"

Looking at the Wizards players who seemed to be a little confused on the field, Wang Xiao asked Cole on the side.

"There is no doubt that our three-point strategy did not play in this game, and the opponent rarely gives Curry a chance to shoot a three-point shot from the outside, even if it does not hesitate to put them inside......" Kerr frowned and muttered: "In this case, I think we must make adjustments in the next game, we can no longer rely on three-point tactics, and we should study how to make the offensive methods inside the three-point line more and more lethal." ”

Wang Xiao nodded.

"You're right, it's time to think about offensive tactics from the three-point line......"