PJ Brown's appearance in the second half completely changed the Celtics' defensive landscape, and his ferocious defense, consistent rebounding control, and some ability to rebound in the front court brought a noticeable change to the team. Leon also has to admit off the court that PJ Brown is indeed a good player, his experience and ability are exactly what the Celtics lack, and Aine made a good trade, which will undoubtedly boost Ange's reputation with the Celtics.

Leon knows that now is not the time to worry about his position, but he knows in his heart that if he is stripped of his position one day, then this PJ Brown deal will be the beginning of everything, and it will be a big achievement for Angie with the Celtics. Brown's ability is no problem, and if the Celtics' results continue to soar to the next level, then Angie will get the first class credit; If Celtic's results drop as a result, then Leon is likely to become a scapegoat, after all, you can't use such a good reinforcement, who are you to blame?

Leon was still a little distracted when he stood on the sidelines for a while, thinking that Anji's move was really flawless, and it was the referee's whistle that interrupted Leon's train of thought, and he hurriedly returned his attention to the court. It was just a moment of distraction that Paul Pierce had gone straight to the basket from the backcourt, and the layup caused a foul on Rasheed Wallace, and now Wallace is tangling with the referees, chattering about the fact that he didn't foul.

"Where are your eyes? Is it on a whistle? I didn't hit his hand at all, not at all! I just touched him gently, lightly and I fouled? I just fouled like that? Why don't you just punish me! Wallace opened his mouth wide and complained hoarsely about the referee's decision, believing that he had no hitter, but just jumped up to block Pierce's offensive line, only to blow him for a foul when Pierce fell.

"Well, don't explain Rashid. You fouled, you did foul, I don't want to talk nonsense with you, if you talk nonsense again, I'll teach you a lesson. The referee explained as he stepped back away from Wallace's mouth. At this point, Pierce was already standing at the free throw line and preparing to make a free throw.

"I'm vertical, vertical! There's no downward movement, not at all, I promise in God's name, I didn't, that guy Pierce is a liar, he slowly bumped into me like an old woman and fell, so I fouled? It's an ordinary confrontation. Wallace was much quieter, and he and the referee were discussing foul scale near the touchline. Apparently Wallace is a hot-tempered and cunning guy. The league's king of technical fouls often eats technical fouls because he likes to yell at the referee, and his roar at the beginning will not only cause trouble for himself, but will also inadvertently change the referee's decision orientation. In the next game, the referee will think, is my blowing penalty too strict, Rashid is already like this, some minor problems have to be passed.

Wallace is an experienced player with a rugged exterior and a temperamental style. He is a good player from North Carolina who can feel the change in the Celtics after PJ Brown came on the court. He knows that the inside confrontation will be fierce in the next game, so he has to put some pressure on the referee and maybe he can get some advantage later.

The referee didn't want to get entangled with this guy anymore, and when he heard Wallace's words, he just nodded and said, "Don't ramble Rashid, I'll control the scale." 'The referee tonight is Joe De Rosa. He has been in the NBA since the 1989-1990 season, and is now in the prime of life, but he still has a feeling of lack of control compared to some of the most seasoned and famous referees.

Just when Rashid Wallace felt that his goal had been achieved and was ready to leave, he heard someone behind him shout: "You have committed a foul!" Your arms are pressed down, and you use your knees to push them up. A complete foul, don't feel guilty about your blowing, referee De Rosa. ”

Wallace turned around and found that the person who was shouting was the head coach of the Celtics, the young coach who suddenly appeared like a bamboo shoot after a rain. De Rosa also looked at Leon, he didn't speak, but Leon's words seemed to make him feel better, after all, few managers support the referee's decision, and they are never two people to the referee.

Wallace wanted to talk to Leon, but Pierce had already made a free throw, hitting two free throws to further close the gap between the Celtics and the Trail Blazers.

"You're just farting." Before returning to the half, Wallace spat an expletive word at Leon. Leon didn't reply, he went back to the bench, walked over to Chris Anderson, whispered a few words in his ear, Anderson nodded, he would listen to what Leon said.

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The third quarter of the game was extremely intense, the physical confrontation between the two sides continued to increase, with the play of PJ Brown, the Celtics bit by little eroded the Trail Blazers' lead, the Celtics' offense is like the Wing Chun boxing in southern China, there is no long pass that opens and closes, there is no counterattack that rushes forward, and there is no strong low-post attack, their attack is simple and regular, the pass is extremely fast, some small matches play extremely neatly, and the offensive end is mostly some medium and long-range jump shots, and there are few big empty spaces, But every player is comfortable with the position and feel of the shot.

Leon knows that the reduction in defensive pressure has allowed the players to play normally on the offensive end. When Antoine Walker slid a slippery turn into the interior in the offense and licked the basket lightly, the difference between the two sides had been narrowed to 2 points, and the deuce was within reach, and the hole dug in the first half was finally filled little by little.

Maurice Cheeks called a timeout, he was about to make personnel changes, and Leon, as usual, just let the players rest in such a timeout, and asked two questions by the way, this time he asked PJ Brown, he said: "How does it feel, is the offensive end still adapting? Isn't it fast. ”

Brown sat on a stool wiping his sweat, not quite used to the Celtics' timeout style, which made him feel like he wasn't playing a fierce professional basketball matchup, but a teaching game in high school. So he scratched his head and said, "Yes, I'm fine, no problem." "Brown isn't very good at words, he's a guy who likes to convey energy with action and anger.

He couldn't say anything on his lips, but he knew it in his heart. Fox Leon really had two brushes, and after only a few sessions, especially that off-the-ball simulation, he felt pretty good and almost quickly became familiar with some of the basic routines of the Celtics. None of these routines are complicated, they are all concise. But the combination is very delicate, and it doesn't take much insight and superb passing skills on the part of the players to master these routines.

Leon has cleverly broken down the intricacies of basketball so that each player only needs to understand what he should be doing in a certain position, and he only needs to manage the area in front of him to deal with a lot of changes. These changes are etched in the minds of every player in the off-ball simulation training, because without the ball, they have to be familiar with the routines in order to run and play the tactics.

PJ Brown takes a big sip of water. It's a great feeling to sweat on the pitch and play.

At this time, Leon also made personnel changes, he replaced Antoine Walker, replaced Chris Anderson, and took Arenas and replaced Steve Cole. On the other side, the Trail Blazers took Sabonis, hoping to use him to open up the team's offensive disadvantage, and by the way, let Sabonis properly suppress PJ Brown. And Leon's idea is similar to Cheeks'. He asked Anderson to go against Wallace, but he wasn't trying to suppress Rashid Wallace. It's about beating Wallace down.

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It's only Chris Anderson's second season, but he's grown up so fast and he's learned a lot from Dennis Rodman, a lot of things that he can't learn from a normal game and a normal player. During Rodman's season, he would take Anderson around every night and be merry in those ********. But once you get to the training ground. Rodman demanded more from Anderson than he did from himself, teaching him his own training methods, the kind of strength training principles that can maintain strength without losing flexibility, and how to be a man who can only defend.

But of all the skills, Anderson's most useful one is emotional control. Dennis Rodman is a moody and unpredictable person, sometimes he suddenly howls and cries, sometimes he wants to kill himself, and sometimes he feels like the king of the world. But instead of being crazy, Rodman became a successful basketball player because he controlled his own emotions when necessary, and even more remarkably, he could control the emotions of others.

Anderson had only scratched the surface, but he clearly had a talent for it, and when he was substituted, he began to attack Wallace's mental spirit.

"You fouled, you really fouled, the referee didn't blow the penalty wrong, you kept fouling, technical fouls, hitter fouls, hitting people with the ball, two dribbles, blocking fouls, physical fouls......" Anderson listed various fouls in front of Wallace like a tongue twister, which Leon taught him on the bench and said it once he got him on the court.

Anderson said it well, his face was expressionless, so that the referee could not see that he was talking trash talk, and at the same time his tone was very mean, and Rashid's anger was rising. The human psyche is wonderful, the little dispute between Leon and Wallace just now actually planted a small seed in Wallace's heart, and Anderson's trash talk was like sunshine and rain and dew, which made this seed sprout and bear the fruit of anger.

Without this seed, Anderson would have been taken as a fool by Wallace for going up and saying these words, and Anderson himself would have been discouraged; This seed alone will soon rot in Wallace's heart, but Leon wants it to grow, but Leon understands human psychology, but Wallace himself is a violent temper.

Finally, in a defense, Huarais couldn't bear it anymore, he pushed Anderson hard, Anderson fell to the ground, the referee's whistle sounded again, and Wallace fouled.

This time, Wallace's anger was gushing like a river that had burst its banks, mixed with his saliva spraying in the referee's face, and the Trail Blazers players had to pull Wallace from behind to prevent him from hitting the referee. The referee was not easy to bully, and directly made a T gesture, plus a "roll" gesture, and pronounced that Rasheed Wallace was sent off.

Wallace took off the headband from his head and angrily returned to the locker room from the players' tunnel.

Leon wants to prove to people that he is not afraid of anyone who plays yin. (To be continued.) )