O'Brien and Vogel are remembered as the same silent guard two years ago who lurked in ambush to shoot three-pointers in the bottom corner and then desperately blocked opponents on defense. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 After all, in the team framework designed by Fox Leon, Reed is indeed the character who is not easy to shine, acting as a pull and feint in offense, doing dirty work in defense and defending arrows, and Reed is too low-key and inconspicuous compared to the confident and wild Arenas in attack, or the kaleidoscope Pierce, the team's boss.

Although Reed had several three-point outbursts in the regular season, other teams also had such nerve knives and exploded in some games, so Reed's performance still didn't attract attention. In fact, since Sigfried became the shooting coach of the Celtics, Michael Reed has never stopped honing his shooting skills.

This season, Reed can clearly feel that his shooting is more freewheeling, especially long-range three-point shots, which can greatly reduce the interference caused by the opponent's defense. This is inseparable from Siegfried's diverse training style and Reed's hard practice.

Although the shooting percentage in the regular season was not obvious, in the high-intensity games of the playoffs, the effects of years of efficient training began to appear, and in the first two rounds of games, Reed's average points per game was not high, but the shooting percentage was quite amazing. It's just that the opponents in the first two rounds were not strong enough, and Reid didn't have many opportunities to perform, and he didn't attract the attention of O'Brien and Vogel.

The Pacers mainly focused on the three sharp knives of Garnett, Pierce and Arenas, especially after Reed came off the bench in the first half to no avail, Vogel even thought that Reed was not worth investing too much defensive energy, and hoped that Stephen Jackson would project more attention on Pierce.

As a result, Reed used his knife-like three-pointer to make the Pacers feel the sting of being hit in the heart.

After calling a timeout, O'Brien rearranged the team's defense, and he demanded that his players must pay more attention to the outside line, especially to follow Reid closely, and not give him a chance to catch the ball.

On the Celtics side, Leon knew that the Pacers would strengthen their defense on the outside, but he still asked the players to increase their outside firepower.

"I think the opponent will definitely step up their defense from the outside, but that doesn't mean we have to change our attacking strategy, passing, shooting, passing, shooting, not stopping your attack. Remember, there is no way to solve the problem substantively, and in the third quarter, I gave you the task of crushing them with a long shot from the outside! There is no excuse, no retreat, no second option, which is to throw them down! "Leon made a rare tactical death order to the team at the timeout.

Leon has always been good at making tactical changes and adjustments, avoiding the real and making the false, attacking the enemy unprepared, and playing beautiful targeted battles.

But in tonight's battle, Leon was like a stubborn general, insisting on an attack on the opponent's strongest fortress. Because he knows that as long as he pulls out this fortress, then the rest of the game will be smooth sailing, and if he bypasses the fortress, even if he wins, the confidence of the Pacers will still be there.

The Pacers' toughest fortress is the one-on-one defense they rely on to survive, and in such a defense, it is difficult to fully play the three-point shot, which relies on open positions and conduction.

Leon is going to show the Pacers players today, and let Larry Bird understand how fruitful he has been in systematically training the team for three years.

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When the game restarts, when the score is behind, the Pacers' offense is obviously a little sluggish, and under the pressure of the point difference, the players tend to have no touch at all, and this is when the superstar needs to step up or make a fuss on the inside.

Jermaine O'Neal picked up the load again as he picked up Garnett in the low post on the left and turned inside to hit a turnaround jumper for a difficult goal.

"Jermaine O'Neal's jumper, a very crucial goal, stabilized the Pacers' situation, and the score was further reduced, so you can imagine how much pressure it will be on the Pacers if this goal is not scored."

But as soon as Stockton's words fell, the Celtics had advanced through the halfcourt, and Arenas faced Tinsley with a feint and crossover, leaving Tinsley aside, and then took a step back, stepped back to the three-point line, and made a direct three-point shot.

"A bold move...... The ball went into ......"

Stockton couldn't imagine that Arenas could shoot directly in this position in such a way, and it was even more inconceivable that the goal was scored, and after the goal, Arenas raised his arms high before trotting back into the defensive half.

"Gilbert has always had that ability and was in his range just after half-time. It's just that their coach has been controlling him, and it seems that Leon has let go of his restrictions. "Kerr knows Arenas' abilities quite well, and when he was off the bench, he watched Arenas train his three-point shot like a madman.

This goal undoubtedly hit the morale of the Pacers, they wanted to find a disadvantage outside the three-point line, but Stephen Jackson missed a three-point shot, Kevin Garnett alone withstood two Pacers inside, and Pierce grabbed the backcourt rebound - Pierce completely became a feint point and interior meat shield in this lineup, which is also Leon's improvement of this lineup, which directly led to the Pacers' defensive confusion.

Until O'Brien or Vogel found out about this problem, there was no way for the Pacers to contain the Celtics' offense, and of course, it was their fiery touch that supported the Celtics' offense.

The Celtics launched a counterattack, Arenas chose to force from the front this time, Tinsley handcheck grasped the direction of Arenas' breakthrough and was not passed, but Reed came out of the line and had a small chance at 45 degrees with Garnett's screen, Arenas passed the ball to Reed.

Reed catches the ball and jumps up and shoots quickly, all in one go, he barely has time to look at the basket, everything depends on the feeling in his hands.

The ball hollows into the net.

"Incredible three-point ......" Stockton didn't know what to say.

But it wasn't over, the Pacers fought offense, with Foster getting the frontcourt rebound, Artest slamming inside to make a foul, and scoring a point on one of two free throws.

Looking back, Garnett began to organize the offense, he held the ball in the high post, the Celtics ran a fold offensive routine, Reid cut inside, Pierce came over to block, the two quickly made a cross switch, Reed suddenly cut into the three-second zone, and Pierce ran back to the 45-degree three-point line.

Garnett passed the ball to Pierce, which was a good three-point opportunity, but Artest and Jackson both came to make up for it, and Junior Ao inside also came to make up for it. Suddenly, Reed, who crossed into the three-second zone, made a reverse run to the bottom corner outside the three-point line, Pierce passed the ball to Reed, and Reed received the ball and made another three-point shot.

Reed didn't even have to look at the trajectory of the ball and whether it was in the basket or not, he just ran back when it landed, because his hand told him that the ball wouldn't go anywhere else.

"Huh!" The ball hollows into the net again.

The North Shore Gardens were in a frenzy, and the Pacers players felt like a small boat in a storm, staggering and unable to hold on.

When the wind is good, the sea is calm and beautiful, like your own bath; And once the storm blows, the waves will destroy everything, they will destroy faith, they will destroy faith.

The Pacers are a tough team, but in the face of such a situation, even the toughest players will ask themselves from the bottom of their hearts: Are we and our opponents on the same level? After all, it looks like the Celtics are still not going all out.

At this point, the leading Celtics called a timeout, and they had stretched the deficit to 13 points, while Leon decided to make a substitution.

He replaced Pierce with P.J. Brown and then Arenas with Ragabel, and the Death Guard finally appeared in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Since you want to win, you must simply win it neatly, and since you want to die, you must let your opponent die happily. (To be continued.) )