"The Celtics didn't play their character at all in the first fifteen minutes, and while I don't know what their character was yet, my gut told me that this Celtic team wasn't supposed to be like this. "Bill Wharton saw the Celtics trail by eight points, and Leon called a timeout and shook his head at their performance.www.biquge.info

Obviously, in the first quarter, the Celtics didn't play the momentum of the game before they played, and it seemed that the winning streak made the players less mentally excited, and they played a mediocre offense and staged a mediocre defense. Garnett tried to cheer the team on the offensive end, but tonight Brad Miller's old fritter made Garnett very bad, and he tried several low-post singles without success, and it was clear that Kevin didn't feel too good.

It's not a good sign, the motivation and concentration of the players in the game are very important, and they may even be more important than the technical tactics, and if a team player is not 100% committed in the game, the victory will abandon him.

"Sorry I made a mistake, how can we wander around the North Shore Gardens like a zombie, and I've been like a zombie so far!" Leon started with a little self-criticism during the timeout, and there was no doubt that something was distracting him before the start of the game, and it was undoubtedly a mistake for him to give up on the change and choose to accept it in the face of an old stubborn like Adelman.

Leon quickly made a change, first replacing Brown with Anderson to add to the team's interior dynamics, and he asked Anderson not to give up a chance to grab a rebound in the frontcourt. He then brought on Posey, replaced Pierce, and brought on Malik Ciri for Reed, while keeping Arenas on the field.

"Your substitution is really confusing." At the end of the timeout, Carlisle couldn't help but say to Leon.

"The pattern of Fox's substitutions is that there is no pattern." Dave Cowens took a sip of Gatorade and crossed Erlang's leg and said, Cowens's words amused Sigfried, he was still discussing with Reed about the performance on the court just now, Cowens's words made the old man couldn't help laughing.

"There is an old Chinese saying that there is no trick to win!" Leon replied with an old saying that came out of nowhere, and instead of sitting on the bench, he squatted on the sidelines and threw himself into the confrontation.

The duel between the substitutes is the most testing moment for the depth of the team, the tactical use of the coach and the morale of the team, and after the main line-up clashes, both sides will want to continue or improve the situation on the field through the substitute lineup. Therefore, the rotation and tactics of the substitute lineup will be targeted, and the impact on the situation is often immediate.

The lineup sent by Leon in this game is completely different from the bench against the Pistons, facing the Pistons Leon is to hope that Carlisle will go to Alstom, let Reed and Pierce take charge of the outside offense, and use small twin towers to protect the backcourt rebounds on the inside; In the face of the king, the situation is diametrically opposed, Leon believes that Alstom cannot be allowed to go up and let the team and the opponent grind the attack, and must use a violent way to break the dull situation!

As a result, Arenas became a key player in the bench lineup, but in the first quarter against his old senior, Mike Bibby, Arenas always felt a little powerless. In college, he has always played Bibby's hand, and when he arrived in the NBA, he was always said to be following Bibby's path, strong upper body, outstanding strong shooting ability, Arenas has never been able to get rid of Bibby's second evaluation.

"Whether a point guard can control the team's game or not is not determined by the coach, but by his performance and strength. Do your job, Gilbert. Arenas remembered what Leon had said to him, and he tried to make himself forget about his affair with Bibi and devote himself more to the game.

However, on the first offense after the timeout, Arenas made a mistake and hesitated after completing the block with Garnett, only to have the ball broken by Christie. Masenberg was on a fast break with the ball, but just when he thought he could easily score a layup, Chris Anderson fell from the sky, jumped straight from inside the free throw line, and slapped Masenberg's layup from behind!

Ciri, who was keeping up, got the ball and immediately passed to Arenas, this time Arenas didn't hesitate anymore, he quickly counterattacked and advanced to the top of the arc, then slowed down, and then suddenly hung up and made a strong break, and went directly to the inside to score an easy layup.

One defense and one offense, the Celtics instantly returned to blood, and on the King's side, looking back, Miller passed a good ball in the high post, Bobby Jackson received the ball under the basket and made an empty layup, at this time Anderson came out of nowhere, jumped two meters away from Jackson, and his fingers slightly grazed the ball, but this was enough to make Jackson's layup miss.

Garnett took the ball into his arms, he turned around and observed, Arenas ran on the fast break road again, Garnett handed the ball to Arenas with a long pass!

"Middle, flank, small shifts......" Arenas resounded in his head what Leon had taught him, so he ignored Posey's hand-raising on the bottom left and took a slight look at the movement of nearby players, with Malik Siri following up.

Arenas made a solid close-range pass, and Siri caught the ball and jumped on his legs, which were no longer bright, dodged Christie's take-out and made a right-handed layup!

"I don't think Mike Bibby will be able to pass the ball like that in a quick counter-attack, maybe he will choose the bottom corner, maybe he will shoot directly, but he will not have a delicate hand-to-hand pass like Arenas, which is the style I had back then." Bill Wharton continues to be cheeky in his comments, in fact, he is not bragging, after all, Wharton's passing is super top among centers.

Arenas scored and passed the ball once, and Anderson made two blocks to completely rekindle the Celtics' momentum. Garnett, who was a little sluggish before, when his teammates were able to rise up, he was like dry wood in a fire, exploding faster than anyone else!

Looking back, when Bibby tried to find an opportunity through a block with Miller, Garnett stepped forward like a panther out of the cage to defend in a biting manner, and Bibby was caught off guard and fell into a dead-ball state.

Bobby Jackson stepped forward to answer, Bibby wanted to give the ball to Jackson, but Garnett copied the ball directly despite losing his balance, and then lay on the ground and handed the ball to Arenas.

This time Arenas didn't rush without brains, he rushed through the half court at a uniform speed, observed the situation, Posey returned to the bottom corner on the right side, continued to attract and pull away the defense, Garnett fell to the ground, so Anderson followed, Ciri went down the middle from the side, this is the most basic Celtics second fast break routine, and has practiced countless times in the daily Leon off-ball simulation training.

For a moment, Arenas had the feeling that after the poor student had done dozens of sets of mock training questions according to the stupid method given by the teacher, he came to the examination room and suddenly found that all the questions on the test paper had been seen and done, which was simply comfortable and refreshing.

Sure enough, Ciri's route was blocked this time, but Anderson, who was following him, immediately came around to make a pick-and-roll cover for Arenas, and then he fell to the top of the arc - where Garnett was supposed to stand, just as he got up and ran back.

Arenas sped up to the inside with the help of cover, and Siri had already vacated his position. Arenas tore apart the Kings' defense, he attracted three people, but instead of going straight to the basket, he went around in a circle in the three-second zone, and then a through ball passed the ball out and into the hands of Garnett, who was already following!

Anderson rushed forward like a wall to block Masenberg, who tried to interfere with Garnett, Garnett hit a steady mid-range shot from the 20-foot position, and scored another 2 points, and the Celtics played a 6:0 to narrow the gap to 2 points!

At this time, in Leon's heart, the Celtics were already ahead, and after a struggling effort at the beginning of the season, Arenas finally began to shine in this game.

"Beep!" At this point, the referee's whistle blew and Adelman called a timeout, and it looked like he was going to make a substitution.

However, Leon guessed with his toes and could guess what kind of lineup Adelman would pose. (To be continued.) )