The Celtics, who lost the first game, finally came out of the relaxed atmosphere of the first round, and the silence in the locker room after the game was not very painful, because it was only the first game, the series had just begun, and the players were not desperate. But that relaxed, cheerful atmosphere is absolutely gone without a trace.

Everyone silently cleaned up in the cramped away dressing room, Pierce was interviewed by reporters, in addition to the Celtic players mostly refused, Leon participated in the post-match press conference, he was as expressionless as ever at the press conference, and he also looked a little unconcerned, but after returning to the dressing room, his face sank.

"Everyone, gather at the training gym tomorrow morning at seven o'clock. Detroit is not a fun place to be, and I hope everyone has a good night's rest. Leon didn't criticize anyone, he didn't make any summings, he knew it didn't help to say more at such a moment. Waiting until tomorrow to train he will improve on the team's problems and hopefully improve in the next game.

In addition to the relaxation of mentality, poor form caused by too long rest, Celtic also have some tactical problems. After returning to the hotel, Leon stayed alone in his room after dinner to watch the game video, for Leon this is the most unbearable part of his job, obviously losing the game, but having to watch it again and again, the more he loses, the more he watches, this is undoubtedly a torture for competitive people.

However, such a review can undoubtedly reveal a lot of problems, first of all, the Celtics could not solve the Ben Wallace point, which was the key to the Celtics' first loss. Ben Wallace scored only six points in the game, but grabbed 17 rebounds, handed out five blocks, and had three steals, basically blocking the Celtics' outside breakaway and causing a lot of problems on the Celtics' signature counterattack.

This is a headache for Leon, in the regular season against the Pistons, Wallace is a problem for the Celtics, although he is only about 6-foot-7 tall, plus the explosive head is only 6-foot-9, but he plays center, has no talent on offense, and is an undrafted player. But he's got great physicality, bounce, strength, good blocks, speed, a lot of defense, and can keep up with a lot of defenders.

Defensively, Ben Wallace's biggest flaw is that his single defense ability is limited by height and lower handicap, and he can't deal with those heavy low-post tanks, but the problem is that the Celtics just don't have a low-post attacker, so they can't catch Wallace's pass point at all. On the contrary, Wallace's defensive strengths are all aimed at the tactical characteristics of the Celtics, with fast movement and strong defense, which makes the Celtics' fast and short pass coordination encounter a lot of problems.

Leon has thought about repeating the old trick and letting Arenas foul Ben Wallace, but this kind of strategy is difficult to work on the road, and in a game of this level in the playoffs, the coach is very well prepared, and the main players often foul the court early by accident, and it is quite difficult to deliberately achieve this effect.

Besides, Wallace, as the core of the Pistons' defense, has done a pretty good job of foul control, and Arenas's state is like that bird, maybe he won't be able to make fouls when the time comes, but he will be.

Leon watched the video of the game repeatedly, and then flipped out the video tape of the previous regular season to refresh the past, in which Wallace's defensive presence was extremely strong, and Pierce, who was in excellent form in the first round, was interfered with in the opening jumper, and then made an offensive foul, scoring only two points in the first quarter and scoring 17 points in the game. In the regular season wins, the Celtics used three-pointers to penetrate the Pistons' defense, and it seems that the Celtics' three-point shots must be opened.

But Leon doesn't think it's a good thing to pin all his hopes on three-pointers in the playoffs, and he must find another key breakthrough to deal with the Ben Wallace-centered Pistons defense.

Leon couldn't help but turn his attention to the Detroit Pistons power forward position, their starting point is Cliff Robinson, the old fritter, who is 36 years old this year, can still shine in the starting position, which has nothing to do with his style of play. In the '90s, when there were many muscular power forwards, he had the foresight to open up the role of the three-point interior lineman, and he relied on this kind of play that was not too fierce to gain a foothold in the league. According to his current state, he can fight until he is 40 years old.

However, he is indeed the weakest one in the Pistons' roster system, and Leon will have to work on him a little bit and by the way, Ben Wallace will need to stay on the bench a little longer.

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Early the next morning, the Celtics' players all arrived at the training hall on time, and defeat is sometimes the best motivator, and a solid defeat let the Celtics players know that no matter what the process of the first round is, it is a thing of the past, and now the two teams are on the same running line and start to move forward, and the Pistons are one step ahead.

Before the start of training, Leon sent the whole team to the video room to watch the video clips of the previous game, which mostly showed the team's offensive failures, how to make mistakes, how to be disrupted, and how to foul. Every ball was like a pinprick that made the Celtic players feel uncomfortable.

"First of all, I want to ask you guys, where did your three-pointers go, 4-of-18, I can change the way the team plays, but I can't help you throw three-pointers into that damn basket. If you don't solve your shooting problems, everything else is in vain. Leon first mentioned the shooting problem, and after the video was over, the whole team began a morning of shooting practice.

Sigfried corrects every player's shooting movements like a schoolboy, shooting is a technique that needs to be practiced and consolidated, the so-called fist does not leave the hand, and no matter how good the pitcher is, he must keep training to get stable muscle memory and good shooting feeling. During this time of rest, everyone slacked off.

In the afternoon, the whole team conducted tactical exercises, mainly training how to handle the ball more efficiently and concisely in quick counterattacks, as well as a small-scale rotation strategy on the defensive end. After the training, Leon asked Antoine Walker to have dinner alone in the hotel's cafeteria.

Walker hasn't had a good time lately, and a lot has happened this season, first of all, Walker's number one star has been replaced by Pierce, and secondly, as Leon continues to plan to win Kevin Garnett next season, Walker can feel that his days in Boston are one day less. In the first round of the game, compared with the star-studded Pierce, Walker averaged only 19 points per game, although he was still the second scorer in the team, but he was no longer at the same level as Pierce in terms of tactics.

Walker also thought about resisting, after all, he is the highest-paid person on the team, but in the face of the strong Fox Leon, and the rapid increase in his prestige in the team after the All-Star break, plus Walker found that the so-called Ange, who has a conflict with Leon, still wears a pair of pants with Leon in the final analysis, because they are both Auerbach's protégés.

Walker, who has an unruly personality, is too lazy to fight for anything, anyway, with more than 100 million assets in hand, Leon has never deliberately lowered his tactical position and does not allow him to shoot, and he himself has no heart to fight, the most fundamental thing is that he is a little afraid of this coach in his heart, from the first day he became the head coach to start the training session, Walker was worried about whether he would be beaten in the jaw by his punch one day.

However, Walker was not surprised that Leon invited him to dinner with him, anyway, Leon would find one or two players to eat and chat with on match days, and convey his requirements for the players by the way. So Walker sat down and said bluntly, "Coach, what do you want me to do in the next game?" Throw the damn three-pointer in, or defend well? “

Walker said, munching on the turkey salad on his plate, while Leon plucked an orange and said, "I'm going to ask you to beat Cliff-Robinson." ”

Walker smiled and said: "Coach, you know, in the NBA, you can't beat anyone you want, that guy Robinson is an old fritter, it's not easy to deal with him." ”

Walker still has a trace of dissatisfaction with Leon in his heart, after all, he has been suppressed everywhere since he came, and in the end he has to leave, and now that he is playing in the playoffs, he wants to contribute by himself, so he comes to him and asks him to blow up whoever he wants, and he is not happy in his heart.

"So, so you're willing to be blown up by Robinson like you did last year?" Leon stuffed the oranges into his mouth and said vaguely. The two teams met in the Eastern Conference semifinals last year, and in the same opening game, Cliff Robinson scored 30 points and hit six three-pointers to completely blow up the opposing Walker and help the Pistons win easily.

Hearing this, Walker was clearly reminded of the bad memories and said, "But in the end we won, we won the series!" 4：1，4：1！ ”

"But you gave Cliff Robinson an average of 15 points per game and 10 blocks in five games, do you know how many of them were given to you? And you don't have even a single block, and you don't have as many rebounds as Pierce. Do you know how old he is? 36。 What about you? 26。 He's older than me. Leon said to Walker in a serious tone, wiped his mouth and left, eating only one orange.

"I'm going to blow him up, I'm going to blow him up in minutes! Peel him like an orange, and then unload it! Walker shouted at Leon, ignoring the strange stares of his teammates, who didn't know what had happened to Walker, who had always been happy. (To be continued.) )