Chapter 266: Tricks

Carlisle had a comfortable time with the Celtics, and apparently the team's top brass were much friendlier to him than the Detroit Pistons, after all, he was a Celtics player when he was a player and won championships with the team. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info In the Celtics, who pay attention to green blood, he is well-deserved, if it weren't for Leon's outstanding achievements and getting a vote of old people in the summer, Leon would have had that kind of thing, and the head coach of the Celtics this season would be Carlisle.

Just after the Celtics' first three games were full of momentum, almost killing the first three opponents like chopping melons and vegetables, Leon flew directly back to Boston after the Hornets game for the investigation of the case, and the Celtics team went to Detroit under the leadership of Carlisle to prepare for a game against the Pistons.

Revisiting the old place is a unique taste in my heart. During his two years in Detroit, Carlisle really got what a coach deserves – record, accolades and experience. Of course, he also lost some, he lost his life network in Detroit, he lost the opportunity to reach the top here, he lost the team he built. Not only did he not get along with the Pistons' top management, but the Pistons players didn't like him either, so on the night before the game, no Pistons player called him to invite him to dinner or anything, which undoubtedly made him feel a little sad.

However, Carlisle quickly adjusted himself, and he knew that he was sometimes susceptible to emotional factors, such as last year's Eastern Conference finals, when Leon's guy took advantage of his weakness and provoked a relationship with the Pistons, resulting in poor command in key games, and the team lost. This time the role is reversed, and he can't make such a mistake again.

Although Carlisle is an assistant coach, half of the team's training in the summer is run by Carlisle himself, and Carlisle has also put a lot of effort into such a strong team with a complete lineup and talent, and has applied the knowledge and experience of various team training that he has learned in his basketball career to daily training.

Building on Leon's two-fast offensive system, Carlisle made several improvements, the first of which was to increase the coordination between the high ball carrier and the defender. In the past, Walker had more strategies and more autonomous attacks at the overlapping points of the two triangles, but he had few small cooperation, because his blocking and dismantling ability was too poor. When the role was replaced by Garnett, the situation was completely different, and Garnett's precise mid-range combined with excellent covering ability allowed for more tactical possibilities.

The second point is to increase Michael Reed's role in the offense, Reed has been playing the role of a "stealth killer" before, and the role of the reed is greater than the actual attack. Carlisle realized that Reed contained the potential for independent offense, and he asked Reid to increase his shooting opportunities through the penetration of the baseline and the conversion of the strong and weak sides, and in the second game against the Grizzlies, it was he who made four three-pointers on the left and right sides of the third quarter to completely beat the Bears.

The third point, which Carlisle is currently trying, is to try to release Arenas, he feels that Leon has given Arenas a bit too many rules, although he has always been the Celtics' fast attack initiator, but knowing that Leon has formulated a series of "organizational rules" for Arenas, he feels that this will restrain his desire to attack.

However, Leon accepted the first two points gladly, only the third point, Leon always had reservations, and he told Carlisle that Arenas was a good defender, but he could actually be better, and a sapling without righting would be a crooked neck tree no matter how strong it grew.

Carlisle had a different opinion on this, because he had seen Arenas' progress in the summer, how crazy he was in training, and he felt that Arenas could compete with his former disciple, Billups, or even more than him.

On the night of the 5th, at the Palace of Auburn Hills, where Carlisle had achieved success and fame over the past two years, Carlisle stood on the opposite side of the Pistons. He shook hands with Billups and hugged Ben Wallace before the game, and the fans gave him a round of applause, but Carlisle deserves the respect of the Detroit people anyway. And not far away, a man with eyes on him with cold eyes is Larry Brown, the new head coach of the Pistons.

This game has received no less attention than the Celtics' first game, and it will be interesting to see what changes will be made to the Detroit Pistons if there are no major changes to the main lineup and only a change of head coach; And in the absence of the Boston Celtics head coach, can assistant coach Carlisle lead the Celtics to avenge themselves.

The Celtics maintained a stable starting lineup, while the Pistons started with Wallace, Hamilton, Billups, Prince and Campbell.

Compared to last season's Carlisle roster, the Pistons are now taller starters, Campbell on the interior makes up for Wallace's lack of top defense, and Prince brings energy and height that Michael Curry can't match.

Jumping the ball, Ben Wallace fought for the Pistons to get their first offensive right, and Billups dribbled across the half court to start their offense.

The two sides played a little tepid in the opening game, and Celtic will undoubtedly be a little relaxed mentally after three games of leek-cutting, especially after the volcanic eruption in the first game, and at the same time on the road, the manager is not yet there, and even Garnett is not in a hurry to make a move. However, Arenas was very anxious, hitting one of the two three-point shots in the opening game.

On the Pistons' side, Hamilton made a mid-range, Ben Wallace scored a frontcourt rebound and layup, and the other offenses were not successful, and the scene was quite dull.

However, when Arenas hit a three-pointer directly from the outside again, the situation began to change, and Larry Brown couldn't sit still, he couldn't tolerate the opposing point guard hitting a three-pointer so easily, and he knew that this situation was very dangerous, and it was very scary for the point guard to open up.

"Strengthen the collar defense, collar defense!" Brown yelled at the court, and Billups hit a three-pointer on the counter to give the Pistons a one-point lead, 7-6.

In the next offensive round, Billups's defensive intensity against Arenas increased suddenly, and he began to hand-check Arenas throughout the game, and for a while Arenas became quite struggling for more than half the court, let alone launch an attack after half time.

Pierce and Garnett's two-person turn began to play a role, Garnett blocked and cut outside, Pierce burst inside, and when the assistant defense came up, he passed to Garnett to throw, and if the assistant defense didn't come, he rubbed the foul inside, and for a while, the Pistons' defense really couldn't take two people.

The Pistons' offense was monotonous and smooth like a rice planting tractor, 1-3-1 drop, Campbell covered Billups and cut out, Wallace inside to Prince or Hamilton as a single block, Hamilton cut out, Prince cut in; There was no chance, Wallace and Campbell stood parallel to each side of the penalty area, and Prince and Hamilton crossed the baseline to change positions; Before he had a chance, Billups came on his own, or handed the ball to Campbell and cut to the bottom corner, and Hamilton or Prince went to the line to hold the ball and look for a one-on-one opportunity.

It's such a simple routine, the piston is used over and over again, and then changes in detail according to the situation on the court.

"It's really so monotonous...... Exactly the same as Fox said. Carlisle looked at the Pistons' offense on the court, and took out a note from his pocket that Leon had left for him, which contained Leon's offensive evaluation of the Pistons and a tip.

After three games of cooperation with Leon, Leon is really a little unaccustomed to Carlisle's absence, and a simple offensive routine like the Pistons, Leon will clean it up in three rounds. However, Carlisle still disagreed with the trick left by Leon, so he didn't take it to heart.

However, although the Pistons' offense is unusually monotonous, Billups's play and Hamilton's accurate C&S amp; S still keeps them in a certain level of efficiency. And their defense began to play a role as the game progressed, and the second quick counterattack that the Celtics excel at was difficult to achieve, not because the Pistons were fast enough, but because the Pistons were detailed enough.

The core concept of the second rapid attack, and the source of power, is to hit the opponent's foothold is not stable, the opponent has obviously returned to the defense, in place, but the body has not arrived, the spirit has not arrived, and the mind is still chaotic I don't know what the situation is, and it takes a few seconds to react. If the defensive understanding between the players is not good, this reaction time will be longer.

Carlisle found that the Detroit Pistons' defensive landing response was very fast, the formation speed was fast, and the intensity could be increased in a short time, Arenas tried to speed up several times, and Garnett also tried to make the ball at the top of the arc, trying to end the offense in 7 seconds, but the result was that the shot was missed because the Pistons' defense did not have a hole.

At the end of the first quarter, the Celtics 22:23 trailed the Pistons by 1 point, and in the second quarter, a more prominent offensive problem appeared, the Pistons' defensive intensity suddenly further increased, and the physical confrontation was even more intense than in the first quarter, Carlisle tried to use Garnett's low post to open the situation, but Garnett faced the effective interference of the Pistons, missed three consecutive offensive shots, and the Pistons launched a counterattack, playing a wave of 7:0 small climax, with the help of this wave of climax The Pistons established an 8-point lead in the first half, And kept it until half-time.

Carlisle took two timeouts to try to make adjustments, but it still didn't change the situation on the court, 51:43, 8 points disadvantage, the Celtics suffered their first bad game since the start of the new season. A great deal of pressure began to appear on Carlisle, and at this point he finally remembered the trick that Leon had given him, and there was only one sentence - Upper Alstom. (To be continued.) )