Nelson Sr. didn't expect Fox Leon to send Wang Zhizhi as a starter, which kind of disrupted Nelson's arrangement for the opening. He sent Nahura to start mainly to put Nahura against Antoine Walker, the strong and brave Mexican who could cause big problems for Walker.

Nowitzki, according to the original starting arrangement of the Celtics, should be opposite Tony Barty, Barty is characterized by the middle distance near the free throw line on the offensive end, and for Nowitzki, defending Barty will not be a burden, and he can focus more on the offensive end.

But Wang Zhizhi is not the same as Barty, although Wang Zhizhi is not as good as Barty in terms of comprehensive strength, but he is stronger than Barty, that is, his attack range is wider than Barty, and his shooting skills are more delicate than Barty.

In the Celtics' system, Barty was primarily positioned near the free-throw line, providing cover for perimeter offensive players and waiting for opportunities to cut inside and grab rebounds in the frontcourt. This position is relatively low pressure for defenders, after all, Barty lacks enough ability to carry the ball and eat alone.

However, after Wang Zhizhi was promoted to the starting lineup, although he replaced Barty's starting position, he did not replace Barty's position on the field. Leon let Walker come to the free-throw line to act as a stopover, and then let Wang Zhizhi go to the small triangle on the left and threaten the Mavericks in the deeper three-second area.

The Celtics' basic offensive formation can be divided into two triangles, one is the big triangle on the right, which consists of Reed from the bottom corner of the right side to 45 degrees, Arenas with the ball, and the screen player - Walker or Barty, and the left side will be a small triangle. It is made up of Pierce near 45 degrees on the left, a player who can attack from the left mid-range, plus a screen player. The screen player is the common apex of the two triangles. When Barty is the apex of this community, Walker and Pierce will be in the small triangle on the left side, forming the Celtics' most powerful side of firepower, and the two will be a big threat whether they are exchanging low singles or attacking the basket directly through a pass and cut cover with Barty.

And the big triangle side is the quintessential side of the Celtics' rapid secondary attack, a small coordination of the rapid attack. After opening up the space, they can quickly attack and simply break through the ball, and their ability to grab points is first-class. Meantime. The position of the players in the two triangles is not fixed, nor is the size always the same, but the players need to be able to retract and release according to the situation on the field.

In the first attack of the opening game, Pierce and Arenas switched places, allowing Arenas and Wang Zhizhi to complete a beautiful blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation. This set combines the sense of position and distance of the triangle attack. and a swift, concise tactical routine of a quick secondary attack. Even Don Nelson found it ingenious.

Therefore, as a master tactician, Nelson feels that he has found a weakness in this set of tactics, that is, Barty's point, as the apex of the two triangles, his personal ability is undoubtedly not enough to support the center of these two triangles, which also makes some of the Celtics' positional offenses seem too simple and jerky. Nelson hopes that through the matchup between Nowitzki and Barty, they can break this point on both ends of the floor.

But now, Wang Zhizhi's starter. Walker and Barty swapped places, putting Nelson's plans in ruin. When Walker came to this pivotal point. Everything is getting a little different, Walker's projection ability, offensive ability with the ball is not comparable to Barty. As a hand-to-hand coolie forward, Nahura is not suitable for blocking this kind of pivot point, and he is more suitable for fighting in the three-second zone and doing some dirty work, rather than exerting both brain and physical strength to deal with Antoine Walker, who is located in the most complex area of the basketball court.

Nowitzki had to go higher and deeper, in fact, Nowitzki's single defense was not bad, and he would never be eaten in the face of Wang Zhizhi, but the problem is that as a power forward, his co-defense is really bad, subject to physical fitness and awareness, his lateral movement is relatively mediocre, and the block is even worse, but there is no way to effectively assist in such a deep position, although Nelson does not pay attention to defense, he also knows that this is very bad for Nowitzki and the Mavericks.

In the opening 1:15 seconds, Steve Nash missed an outside three-point jumper, and the ball fell far away, and Walker got the rebound in the backcourt and began to dribble quickly with small steps. The Celtics' quick counter-attacking formation was orderly, with Reid and Walker sure to be up front, one straight through the middle, the other on the outside of the wing, ready to catch the ball and throw three points. Pierce is a freelance type, he can assault, he can follow up. Arenas, on the other hand, will push at a moderate pace if he has the ball, and if he doesn't, he will keep a distance of about 12 feet from the ball carrier. The interior screener is faster than the others, occupying the position near the left of the free throw line as quickly as possible, and always doing a good job of covering without blocking the assault of his teammates.

Walker dribbled the ball and found out that he was a cover man today, and he panicked a little, Nahura followed him very closely, this guy is very clingy. But Walker knew the point guard must be close to him, so he turned around, passed the ball to Arenas, and ran to the left of the free-throw line himself. Arenas didn't stop to adjust after receiving the ball, he picked up the ball and accelerated, passing Nash in one fell swoop, and then went straight to the basket.

"Super discipline and strict formation, I really don't know if this is a fast attack team or a positional team, or if they are a fast attack positional team?" Nelson, who was sitting on the sidelines, sighed a little, although it was just a pass and starting speed, but Nelson, who had watched the Celtics' multi-game videos, knew that the Celtics' quick counterattack was very disciplined, and it was by no means the kind of open offense of the general fast-break team. From Walker's turnaround pass, it is clear that Leon must have strict control over the position of everyone's running, the distance between them and their teammates, and the direction. Nelson just wondered if his control was due to talent or experience.

Just when Arenas threw off Nash and broke through the inside line, Wang Zhizhi had already come to his position, and Nowitzki had to let go of Wang Zhizhi again to make up for Arenas. If it's a super defensive interior lineman, he'll drive Arenas to the baseline. Forcing Arenas to slip the baseline while blocking his lane to the line, forcing him to pass the ball from the baseline. At this time, teammates on the line can come over to make up for the defense. However, Nowitzki didn't have time to push Arenas to the baseline, and his pace was not fast enough, giving Arenas space to jump directly to the basket. He had to jump up and try to block at the same time as Arenas jumped, at this time Arenas made a change of hand pass, and Wang Zhizhi, who was let go, came up to meet him, and after receiving the ball, he jumped violently under the basket, and slammed the dunk with both hands!

After scoring the goal, Wang Zhizhi clenched his fists and yelled at himself. How long has it been since he came to the NBA to complete a hearty dunk in a game? He thought he had lost the skill, but he didn't, when he had the chance. He still wanted to smash the ball into the basket.

Although Wang Zhizhi's dunk was not exciting, the audience still yelled with Wang Zhizhi as if they had eaten stimulants, as if they had won the jackpot.

Leon didn't say anything from the sidelines, just nodded slightly. I think Wang Zhizhi's handling of this ball is quite neat. If the upline's defense comes over, whether he has the ability to distribute the ball to Walker in time, Leon can express doubts, he still put the ball in early to reassure.

However, the Mavericks' counterattack came quickly, and they served quickly in the backcourt, and Michael Finley took advantage of his unpreparedness, received a long pass from Nash, and burst into the Celtics' interior with the ball. A beautiful turn shook off Pierce and made a layup. At 4:6, the Mavericks' offense was no less impressive than the Celtics. Because they have Nash, as the Mavericks' backcourt engine, he has vision and passing skills that Arenas does not have, and the Mavericks' quick offense is often initiated by Nash's long passes, which can tear apart the opponent's defense with the fastest speed.

The offensive speed of both sides was amazing, Finley had just made a layup, Pierce did not get the slightest frustration, but immediately served from the baseline, and Arenas stepped out of his little thin leg to start a quick half. However, this time the Mavericks were prepared defensively, and the players fell into position early, staring at their opponents, and did not give the Celtics a chance to gain a foothold. Arenas had to slow down, and the Celtics fell into position to attack.

Arenas and Walker made a pick-and-roll on the line and then passed the ball back to Walker, who cut outside and held the ball head-on to face Nahoola, as a team that lacks an inside attacker, once the Celtics fall into the position, there are not so many ways for the Celtics to do so. Nahura elbowed Walker near the three-point line, and while the handcheck was still not canceled, the handcheck outside the free-throw line made it impossible for the ball carrier to accelerate the break. Walker lowered his head and put the ball on the back side as if he was about to attack, but Nahura didn't show any flaws.

At this time, Wang Zhizhi suddenly pushed Novitzki open with his arm, and pressed Novitzki sideways to the three-second zone with a stride, the front of the basket. A fleeting opportunity, Walker chose a through ball, a very dangerous through ball, but still escaped Finley's block and came to Wang Zhizhi's hands. Wang Zhizhi made a feint of shaking his shoulders after receiving the ball, pretending to turn left, this slight action was so realistic, Nowitzki was completely deceived, and his center of gravity moved.

But Nowitzki forgot that Wang Zhizhi is a left-hander, and if he turns left, he will have to use his right hand to complete the attack, but he is still more accustomed to using his left hand. After deceiving Nowitzki, Wang Zhizhi turned right and completely got rid of Nowitzki, and then added a basket with his left hand, and the ball was inquiringly hit into the basket.

The North Shore Garden Arena was boiling, and Wang Zhizhi scored six points in a row in the opening game! Although the game has just begun, although everything is too early, the first two minutes of tonight's game belong to Wang Zhizhi.

"Oh! Wang Zhizhi! This Chinese young man from the other side of the Pacific has completed the most beautiful goal completed by an Oriental so far in NBA history, like Kevin McHale, like Hakeem Olajuwon, like ...... Who else? Tell me, what other center is like that, Tom. Bill Wharton saw Wang's goal, described it with his exaggerated rhetoric, and questioned his partner Tom Tolbert.

Tolbert replied; "I know, and Bill Wharton, the great center, Bill Wharton."

"That's right, like Bill Wharton!" Wharton himself laughed when he said this.

After scoring a goal, Wang Zhizhi's left index finger pointed to the sky, which is a common action he has after scoring a goal, and his expression is still calm, because he is mature, he is a professional player. Although the Celtics bench has long been fried, the black boys on those benches are bouncing up and down like monkeys one by one.

Leon pressed his hand like a bench, and the bench immediately calmed down. He turned his head to look at Don Nelson, who was also standing on the sidelines and still looked quite appreciative, and thought to himself, you can use all the means.

The battle between the two coaches has just begun. (To be continued.) )

PS: I don't think I can change the chapter number if I fill in the wrong chapter number