Nelson's strange point guard low-post singles not only helped the Mavericks catch up with the score, but also changed the game situation between the two sides on the court, and the Mavericks began to get rid of the passive situation in the first two quarters, grasped the initiative on the court, and forced the Celtics to make changes on the defensive end. The basketball court is a huge chessboard, and when a side is forced by the opponent's tactics to check and fill in the gaps, swing left and right, then he will fall into a passive situation in the situation.

To get out of this predicament, either regain the initiative with more targeted tactics, or you need someone to lead the team out of the predicament. Leon tried to change the defensive alignment after the timeout, allowing Reed, who was better defensively, to face Nash, but back in the game, Nash no longer played a back-to-back single, but reorganized the offense, threaded the needle, and the Mavericks' offense had been revitalized, and Raga Bell made two catch-and-shoot three-point jumpers on the outside, which finally allowed the Mavericks to tie the score in the second half of the third quarter, 67:67, and the two sides returned to the same running line, for which the Mavericks only took less than a quarter.

Of course, it was Pierce who stepped up to stop the bleeding for the Celtics, who decisively used the breakaway to cause a foul on Finley on the counter, sent himself to the free throw line, and made both free throws to give the Celtics the lead again. And then the two sides began a dog-tooth hand-to-hand fight, and the score rose alternately. By this time in the game, both sides had been opened, personnel transfers, tactical changes were basically exhausted, and perhaps Leon and Nelson had some special tactics in their hands, but they were all used in special phases, and they were useless in the tug-of-war. At this time, the coach can only be a spectator, watching the progress of the game.

By the time the game entered the fourth quarter, the score on both sides had changed to 77:76, and the Celtics led the Mavericks by one point, and Leon made a personnel change before the start of the fourth quarter, replacing Michael Reed with Steve Kerr. This is the second time in this game that the Celtics have put on a two-point guard lineup. It worked really well in the first half, but Nelson looked like he had a strategy in place.

Nelson seemed to anticipate Leon's use of dual point guards in the fourth quarter, so instead of using Finley as the No. 2 position, he continued to keep Ragabel on the floor. Although Bale played in the No. 2 position, he could also play against the No. 1 position in terms of height and agility, and he let Bale play the main defense of Arenas, and he would not suffer in terms of speed and strength.

"Let go of your hands and feet and hit them with scoring and attacking! Have a basket in your eyes, and if you get in the way, remember your teammates behind you! "At the same time. Leon was on the sidelines to make a fourth-quarter mobilization for Arenas, and he pulled him to the sideline alone and said this to him.

Arenas got off to a good start to the game, and as the spearhead of Leon's plans, his constant attacks on Nash completely disrupted the Mavericks' defense. But in the second and third quarters of the game, the Celtics' offensive focus returned to Pierce and Walker, and Nash used the humiliation of Arenas in the low post in the third quarter, which made Arenas feel extremely depressed. Nash, a white man who is thinner and shorter than himself in size, constantly uses his back to score points and assists, and the arrogant Arenas' self-esteem has been hurt.

When Leon told him. Arenas nodded without hesitation when asked to take on more offensive responsibilities in the fourth quarter, and unlike any other rookie, he never had stage fright when it came to playing important roles. Possess strong self-confidence and unmatched determination.

Although it is still a double point guard, it is different from the two point guards in the first half, where Arenas is the main point guard and Kerr assists. And now that Leon has Kerr in the main control, Arenas is at the shooting guard position and will launch a powerful attack. Leon had planned to use that tactical combination in the second quarter. But he hesitated and decided to put it off, because such a tactic was very risky, and he was not prepared to use it until it was absolutely necessary. Once Kerr is in control and Arenas plays point guard, the Celtics' retreat and outside one-on-one defense will basically collapse, and there is no good basket guardian on the inside, once the offensive success rate is not high, the Celtics are likely to be defeated by the Mavericks' frenzied counterattack in three minutes.

But Leon must take a gamble, the gap between the hard power of the two teams is obvious, the Celtics took advantage of the home court and Leon's tactical skills in the first half, and achieved a certain advantage, but once the Mavericks eased up with the help of the third quarter to break through the conventional tactics, the Celtics obviously began to be a little unable to keep up at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Nowitzki received a pass from Nash on the outside and hit a three-point shot, and once again completed the comeback.

"Nowitzki's three-pointers, the Mavericks' offense is getting smoother and smoother, and it looks like the Celtics are in trouble. They also used a two-point guard lineup, but it looks like Arenas is moving to the shooting guard position. The Mavericks are defending him with Bale, does Arenas have a chance...... Arenas catches the ball on the right side and throws it inside! The ball went in ......" Turning back, in Wharton's questioning tone, Arenas received Kerr's pass at 45 degrees on the right and forced a break, then threw a shot from 5 feet from the baseline.

Arenas frowned after the goal with an angry expression, which is what Leon wanted to see, and he knew that Arenas was venting, venting the frustration of the previous 30 minutes and the humiliation he had received in the third quarter.

Don Nelson soon discovered that Ragabel simply couldn't guard Arenas when he was at the point guard position.

If Arenas has the ball, Bale will cause problems for Arenas, as Bale will stop Arenas from getting up in time with a handcheck. But now Arenas is a shooting guard, he is constantly running and using cover, Cole's pass is quite timely, Arenas immediately starts to break through as soon as he receives the pass, and Bale can't keep up with Arenas's small fast legs. Nelson had to switch to Bradley in the fourth quarter to protect the Mavericks' basket from Arenas.

However, the Mavericks' ability to counterattack was also weakened, and the Celtics once again had the upper hand, and with three minutes left in the game, the score came to 95:91, and the Celtics took advantage of another breakthrough layup by Arenas to stretch the score to the biggest four points since the end of the third quarter.

Don Nelson called a timeout, four points, a very dangerous point margin, a point margin that was largely unerasable in the offensive round, and the Mavericks were in a pretty bad position. Nelson didn't expect Arenas to burst out, and he thought Bale could stop the No. 0 guard, but it didn't work out well.

In the final minutes of the game, Leon dropped the two-point guard and reverted to the regular lineup, and Arenas stepped into the point guard position to face Steve Nash once again.

"Arenas scored 11 points in the fourth quarter, 11 points and three assists, and he washed away the shame of being scored by Nash in the third quarter, and obviously he was going to play one-on-one with Nash again."

Leon did not set up tactics for the players at the timeout, but just asked everyone to let go of the play, and by this time, except for the last attack, there was not much need to set up tactics, the players had already entered the state, and the last four minutes would be a battle of willpower.

The Mavericks quickly sent the sideline ball to attack, Nash received the ball without the slightest pause, took a step outside the three-point line with the help of Nowitzki's cover, and made a three-point shot in a tight space, the ball fell into the basket like a cannonball, blowing Cuban out of position, and he was the only one in the entire North Shore Garden who yelled.

Nash's three-pointer had Leon anxiously pacing on the sidelines, but Arenas looked calm, slowly pushing through the half, and he didn't call for any pick-and-roll in front of Nash. He started to pick up, he saw that Finley had a tendency to pounce from the left, he didn't hesitate, decisively dribbled to the right, and then pulled up a three-point shot directly from two steps from the three-point line!

Leon's heart was hung in his throat, as were all Celtics fans.

When the ball landed in the hoop on the board, the tension was diluted and the DJ began to shout Arenas's name, which was a balloon, but luck was also part of the strength.

The Mavericks didn't stop catching up, Nowitzki blocked again with Nash in the high post, this time Nash passed, Nowitzki hit a high jumper, got the 30th point of the game, and narrowed the gap to two points again.

With less than a minute left before the end of the game, Celtic only needed one more goal to secure the game.

The ball continued to get into Arenas' hands, but he dribbled and broke through and was blocked by three Mavericks players, and was forced all the way to the left baseline, unable to retreat and pass. At this time, Kuban, who was sitting in the position, was about to move again, Arenas was just a few meters away from him, and seeing that he was about to make a mistake out of bounds, he shouted at Arenas, "You fool, you're going out of bounds, out of bounds!" “

Arenas struggled to hold the ball, and he suddenly smashed the ball into Finley, but instead of bounced out of bounds, it bounced off the three-point line. The others also ran outside the three-point line with the ball, picked up the ball and threw it directly in the bottom left corner.

Cuban watched as the ball threw a big high arc, the ball was thrown in a hurry, but Cuban could feel it flying in the right direction. "Huh!" Ball hollow into the net! The North Shore Garden Arena is in a boil. Don Nelson pinched his eyebrows, and Leon let out a long sigh of relief. Arenas clenched his fists and waved vigorously, not forgetting to look back at Cuban and say "for-you".

Arenas scored 17 points in the fourth quarter and killed the game, the Mavericks, and Cuban with an incredibly difficult three-pointer from the bottom corner. (To be continued.) )