Wang Zhizhi saw Leon signaling for him to play, the expression on his face was a little stunned, and he pointed to himself with his finger, meaning to ask, "Change me?" Leon didn't have time to explain to Wang Zhizhi, stepped forward and pulled him by the arm, and said, "Don't warm up, go straight up, pay attention to defense, and the basket is on time." ”

Leon used Chinese, and under normal circumstances, he rarely spoke Chinese to Wang Zhizhi when everyone was there, but spoke English without discrimination. Wang Zhizhi heard Leon come out directly in Chinese, and knew that he was in a hurry, so he didn't dare to ask more, and he was ready to play as soon as he took off his coat and moved a few times.

In one minute, with an 8-point gap, the Celtics have about 3 offensive opportunities without foul tactics, and it can be said that it is very difficult to recover eight points and prevent the Nets' offense. After the timeout, Celtic's offense had to be scored, and it had to be scored in a short period of time, otherwise the game could have basically ended early.

"We need to take the opponent by surprise, I won't give you any special tactics, the key point is in your position, and your acting skills. Michael, you're standing 45 degrees on the left, Gilbert you're at the top of the arc, Paul, you're in this position, you choose, you choose from the left and right, and you look like you're going to catch the ball. Okay, Wang, as soon as you come on the field later, stand on the bottom line on the right side, don't move, stand with your waist crossed and don't move. PJ, after the referee gives you the ball, throw it directly to the king, don't look at it, pay attention to the concealment, the king, throw the ball directly, there is still hope when you get in, but you don't score...... If we don't enter, we'll guard one well! "Leon laid out a tactic in a very short time, a purely psychological one.

Because he hadn't trained well with the players for nearly a month, and the Nets' outside defense was quite good tonight, Leon felt that playing the running routine was likely not to succeed, so he simply gambled and took the opponent by surprise.

Several shooters scattered in order to attract the attention of the Nets defenders, and then gave the ball to the inconspicuous Wang Zhizhi in an instant to let him complete the offense.

Wang Zhizhi barely got playing time during Leon's suspension days, his flaws on the defensive end were infinitely magnified under Cowens' system, and the advantages on the offensive end were completely unplayed. Cowens still favored a black, rough and traditional inward line like Durham Porter, and Wang Zhizhi, a big man who walks with a soft feeling, Cowens put him at the bottom of the bench.

However, Wang Zhizhi did not slack off at all during training, because every day Leon would call him and tell him to continue to improve himself, so although he did not get enough playing time, Wang Zhizhi did not pull down at all in his shooting touch, and his strength and weight also improved, but it was very slow.

After the timeout, the players on both sides returned to the court, Wang Zhizhi did as Leon said, and slowly and leisurely shook around the three-point line after getting on the court, and then saw Kenyon Martin approaching him, he did not go up, but began to pace near the sideline with his hands on his waist.

Obviously, Kenyon Martin didn't take Wang Zhizhi seriously, and his attention was on Paul Pierce, who cut to the three-second zone, and he flickered left and right, seemingly looking for the right position to catch the ball. Once Pierce receives the ball in such a position, it will be difficult to stop him from scoring, so Kenyon Martin's feet are slowly moving inside, and at the same time, the afterglow swept Wang Zhizhi, who is looking sluggish with his hands on his waist and not knowing where to star.

“idiot。 (Idiot)" Kenyon Martin couldn't help but curse in his heart, tonight Martin cut down 21 points, 13 rebounds and 3 blocks of beautiful statistics, and exploded Antoine Walker on both offensive and defensive ends, and now Walker can only sit on the bench in the last minute to wipe his sweat, and the Celtics actually sent such a guy to the court to play against him.

While Martin was still thinking about it, the referee handed the ball to PJ Brown, who had five seconds to observe and decide who to pass the ball to, and he stared straight in the direction of Pierce, drawing the attention of the Nets players.

But only 0.1 seconds later, Brown made a No-look-pass and threw the ball directly to Wang Zhizhi on the bottom line!

Wang Zhizhi, who was still standing outside the three-point line with his waist crossed, was ready to catch the ball in an instant, and the reason why Leon let PJ-Brown serve was because Brown's pass was relatively high, and Wang Zhizhi could shoot the ball with both hands raised!

A high-arc three-point shot, Wang Zhizhi's shot was not fast, even so Martin did not have time to come back to make up for the defense, he calmly shot, soft and smooth, the ball did not touch the basket at all when it fell into the net, a crisp three-point goal, it took 2 seconds.

"Go back to defense! You're still five points behind! Leon yelled from the sidelines, Celtic were pushed back by Kidd after scoring at least three times tonight, and it took a lot of effort to score a goal in the middle of a day but easily lose points, and nothing hurts morale more than this.

Since the Nets don't call a timeout, then Wang Zhizhi can only continue to stay on the court and participate in defense, Byron Stern also likes this, if he calls a timeout immediately, Leon will definitely replace Wang Zhizhi directly. Now you can fight against Wang Zhizhi's defensive weakness.

PJ Brown continued to stare at Collins, Leon's arrangement was to let Wang Zhizhi go to Kenyon Martin, although Martin was much stronger than Wang Zhizhi in all aspects, but Leon understood that Martin had not yet grabbed the ability to eat Wang Zhizhi 100% in an offensive and defensive game, and if the opponent dared to let Martin play alone, Leon would make them pay.

Sure enough, when Scott didn't call a timeout, Jason Kidd was the brain on the court, and he also saw the Celtics' defensive holes when Wang Zhizhi was on the court, Martin was already in a good position in the low post on the right side, he wanted to play alone, he wanted to give Wang Zhizhi some color to see, he wanted to tell Wang Zhizhi what kind of interior line is the real NBA-style interior line - tough and tough.

Kidd passed the ball to Martin very easily, he has the most comfortable passing technique for the receiver, after Martin received the ball, he turned directly from the back basket to the basket, and one step was about to pass Wang Zhizhi to hit the basket!

But Martin was just about to exert his strength, but he found that he had pounced, and Wang Zhizhi fell directly...... As Wang Zhizhi fell, the referee's whistle sounded.

"No. 6, offensive foul, Celtics possession!" The referee didn't hesitate to make an offensive foul gesture and then gestured towards the technical table, where Martin had already committed five fouls.

"I haven't done it yet! I didn't have any strength at all! "Where is Martin willing to give up, he was just about to break through from the bottom line with this ball, Wang Zhizhi fell, a 7-foot big man fell like this, could it be made of mud?" Your elbow is on him, pay attention to your elbow in the future, this is what we have repeatedly reminded. The referee explained that Wang Zhizhi had just taken the ball very tightly, and then Martin habitually put his left elbow in front when he turned around, this action was actually used to protect the ball, but he touched Wang Zhizhi a little, Wang Zhizhi felt that his stomach was gently pushed up, and he immediately fell to the ground.

This is what Leon told him during the timeout, "On the defensive end, a little confrontation will fall you, and it's useless for you to stand anyway." “

When playing in China, Wang Zhizhi has always been a downright player, for no other reason, in China he is too talented, too superior. His height, footwork, touch and offensive feel are destined for him to be invincible on the offensive end, and relying on height and awareness on the defensive end also has very good results.

After playing in the NBA for two years, Wang Zhizhi deeply felt the impact of the physical fitness gap, so he began to learn to make up for his shortcomings from wisdom and in a more intelligent way. This is the most valuable thing Leon has taught him - to be on the highest stage in the basketball world through constant change.

The Celtics got another offensive round with 45 seconds left before full-time, with the Celtics still trailing by five points and Leon holding a 20-second timeout, leaving the Celtics without another chance to make a mistake.

Serving the ball at the back, Arenas held the ball and galloped through the half, but Kidd didn't leave an inch. Arenas is already a big point guard, but Kidd is even bigger than him and can surround Arenas in all directions.

Arenas was half useless at this point, but Pierce was still there, he received Arenas at the top of the arc and got the ball, and with the help of Wang Zhizhi's blocking, he directly killed it from the middle!

Kenyon Martin suffered a loss on Wang Zhizhi and didn't dare to go too far from Wang Zhizhi, but the Nets were torn open by Pierce in the middle, Pierce forced a layup against Collins, and the ball bounced twice on the basket and still fell into the net.

Scott was finally about to call a timeout, and the gap had narrowed to three points, with 31 seconds left before the end of the game, and both teams had one offensive opportunity each. (To be continued.) )