The offensive frenzy set off by the Celtics in the first quarter completely drowned out the Miami Heat's counterattack. They unleashed a 25-12 wave to stretch the margin to 13 points in one fell swoop. The Heat's players got lost in the frenetic atmosphere of North Shore Gardens, hesitating on the offensive end and inattentive on the defensive end, repeatedly being beaten by the Celtics as if they were playing an exhibition game.

At the end of the first quarter, Kevin Garnett, who had been substituted earlier, stood up with a towel and high-fived everyone who came off the court, and yelled at everyone in the noisy arena, telling everyone to stay focused, to be aggressive, and to play with passion.

"He's going to be a good assistant coach." Looking at Garnett's appearance, Carlisle couldn't help but say to Leon. Leon also smiled, the Celtics have always been a team with no shortage of passion, but Garnett's arrival has raised this passion to a new level and height, as if adding a barrel of oil to the burning group, which can't help but be more vigorous and scorching.

Garnett sat back on the bench, he looked up at the scoreboard, they were leading in the first quarter, and he looked at his teammates around him, all of whom were doing very well. After just over four weeks of training and grinding, Garnett felt seamlessly bonded to the team, no discomfort, no dismal, as if he was born to be a part here, but it was lost for a long time before returning to the machine.

Of course, he knows that this is because the Boston Celtics' lineup and tactical system are built for him, and it is the same Coach Fox Leon who claimed to take him three years ago and made efforts to do so.

It was only when he was involved in the team's every move in the game that he really felt that this strong team with careful thought, tenacity and vision was so suitable for him. He felt his strength stir up in his heart, the urge to give everything for the city, for the sake of victory, and he almost wanted to say to Leon, don't take me off, not for a minute.

At this time, Leon walked up to Garnett, crouched down, took out the tactical board, and began to lay out some offensive points in the second quarter, he wanted Garnett to rest a little more, let Anderson play a little longer, he also replaced PJ Brown and Arenas, replaced Delham Porter and Alston, and left Reed and Pierce on the court to preside over the overall offensive situation.

Garnett looked into Leon's eyes and wanted to say what was in his heart, he wanted to play, whether it was 13 points ahead or 13 points behind, he wanted to play passionately. But seeing those dark eyes like the night sky, and his unhurried arrangement, Garnett's words could not come out of his mouth. He was like a tranquilizer or a transformer, giving the overheated Celts a step-down.

It is very easy to get tired of playing with passion alone, and the advantages that have been established need to be maintained by consistent play, and Leon has replaced the combination of Anderson and Durham Porter on the inside, although they are far inferior to the starters in terms of experience and ability, but they cooperate tacitly, and the technical characteristics complement each other, which is more than enough to deal with the Heat.

At the point guard position, Leon replaced Arenas, an accelerator, with Alston. In the selection of the first point guard, Leon chose the former between Alston and Strickland, not only to punish Strickland's troubles, but also because Alston has the most basic quality of a point guard - excellent dribbling ability.

This has something to do with his background in receiving the ball, and although his reputation on the street does not give him solid shooting skills and a strong body, it will certainly give him strong dribbling ability. Leon is very important to this, and with the Celtics in the backcourt bursting with firepower, a point guard who can dribble the ball through the half court and will not be easily affected by the bag and zone defense is exactly what they need.

This is the reason why Leon took a fancy to Alston and even gave up on Haslem, who is now playing as a starting power forward on the opposite team.

"Empty the low post, empty the baseline as well, pull it away as much as possible, give space for outside shots and cuts, do a good job of covering and receiving from the outside, give up frontcourt rebounds, and don't give the Heat a chance to counterattack." León highlighted some of the highlights of the second section.

The current Celtics can be described as having a lot of soldiers, the main players are down, and the last bench lineup is also stronger than the main team of the Heat. Anderson and Durham Porter's double outside screen, Alstom's steady ball control, Pierce and Reed's two-shot shot-one-cut, this set incorporates some UCLA system features, and adds some Hawks-branded play, and Rick Carlisle is a routine designed by the Celtics guard team's bench lineup.

In the past, the Celtics bench lineup has always had a poor offense, one is no one, the other is the monotonous tactics, often Walker or Pierce with singles, and now Carlisle, as the team's chief offensive coach, will not watch the players play blindly.

This set of tactics highlighted a steady word, which made the Celtics change their style of play in the second quarter, without the tsunami counterattack in the first quarter, without the big hat, dunk and ground-hitting pass, the Celtics began to play screen, reverse run, inside cut, and reverse cut at a glance.

The ball went in, it was Pierce who was double-covered at the top of the arc and hit a change of direction and a sudden stop, the ball didn't go in, Alston missed the three-point shot in the big open position, and no one in the team grabbed the rebound in the front court, and he honestly and quickly retreated. Stan Van Gundy replaced Jones and kept Wade and Odom on the court just to play counter-attacks. Alston couldn't keep an eye on Wade, Reed personally went into the game, and the kraft candy and iron arm served, making it difficult for him to catch the ball.

Odom pushed forward very quickly, but he didn't make a point, Malik Allen did have two shots, but Hellam Porter and Anderson went straight inside and put Odom on a jumper near the free throw line. Odom's shooting is really the same as his temper, there is no one move, tonight he really didn't move, stopped the ball in two consecutive counterattacks, and saw that no one passed and directly pulled up and missed the jump shot.

In contrast, Pierce, who was relatively quiet in the first quarter, took over the game completely in the second quarter, and as long as his teammates gave him a chance to run one-on-one or shoot space, he always threw the ball into the basket efficiently and simply.

The point difference is further widening, and the person who can really stand up on the Heat's side is not Odom, not Jones, who came on the court later but didn't do much, but rookie Wade.

Leon noticed that Wade may be the only one of the Heat players who was not beaten, and when the other players were a little floating, he still focused on defense and played more ferociously on offense, continuously using breakaways and pull-up jumpers to complete the offense, and he and Pierce exchanged four shots in the early part of the second quarter, which gradually pulled back the Heat's morale.

"Although the technique is flawed, he has a lot of aura, he dares to fight, he is very calm, and he is a tough and cunning attacker." Leon watched Wade's performance and commented in his heart, in that round just now, Wade broke through from the bottom line, and Reed, who was defended, slapped him down. But Wade still caught the ball and threw it in on the other side with a close-range, difficult roll-over jumper to keep the gap at 15 points.

The defender, who is only 6-foot-4 tall, shows his maturity and big heart, and Leon can even foresee him growing into a formidable opponent over the next three years. Looks like Pat Riley has a really good eye.

Leon thought and turned his head to look at Riley who was sitting behind Van Gundy, who was still sitting firmly on the Diaoyu Tai, unaffected by the situation on the court, while Van Gundy, the fat man, was standing on the sidelines with his ass pouted, sweating anxiously.

The two sides played until the official timeout before making substitutions, and in the course of a few minutes, the Celtics' bench showed good control of the court, maintaining a 13-point deficit and extending it to 15 points. Leon then made a substitution, re-entering the starting line-up Garnett and Brown, replacing Pierce with Posey and Arenas for Reed in a two-guard line-up.

Before playing, Leon walked up to Garnett and beckoned to him, Garnett leaned down to listen, Leon folded his arm and turned his head to Garnett and said, "Almost, send them home." ”

Garnett nodded, shook off the towel and ripped off his tracksuit, twisting his head to move his muscles. Wade is great, Odom is recovering, Jones may be picking up in the second half, but Leon doesn't want to play with them, and neither does Garnett, so it's time to finish the game. (To be continued.) )