Chapter 8: Bombardment
Fans didn't see the change on the court, because the team's basketball was running normally.
But Celtics head coach Doug Rivers was stunned, Vince Carter touched the ball too early, and it was not the original Nets center who caught the ball after covering him without the ball, but the simplest direct outside the three-point line.
Ricky Davis followed Vince Carter in the footsteps.
In the second game of the back-to-back game, everyone was tired, and at the beginning of the game, no one talked trash talk.
Vince Carter held the ball three threats, Jason Collins came out directly, stood on Carter's right side, and the two actually started to block high directly.
At this point, Jason Kidd fell to the bottom corner three-point ambush, and Richard Jefferson stood 45 degrees from the three-point line on the weak side to catch the ball.
Kostic, who has a soft 10-13 foot touch, pulls Reeve Florence out on the left elbow.
Vince Carter made a false swing and broke through to the right, and Ricky Davis "banged" and crashed into a wall-like Jason Collins.
The front of the body changed direction, and after two virtual shakes, Perkins, who was moving slowly, was already in a circle.
Before Ricky Davis could make up for it, Vince Carter made a direct jumper from mid-range.
"Huh!"
The basketball hollowed into the net, crisp and neat, and this wave of offense took less than 10 seconds!
Celtics head coach Doug Rivers' pupils suddenly constricted, and the Nets actually changed their usual complex Princeton tactics, the center seemed to have completed the transformation from the role of the playmaker to the role of the meat shield blocker, and Vince Carter actually became the main attacker in the opening game.
Vince Carter was originally the Nets' top scorer, but in order to partner with Jason Kidd, he didn't have much ball, and his playing style changed from the big open and close during the Raptors period to a gradual mid-range shot.
But the breakthrough at the beginning was extremely resolute.
The Celtics' offensive style is centered on Paul Pierce, Pierce faced the sturdy Richard Jefferson in the low post, dribbled the ball all the way to the top of the arc, and then passed straight to Ricky Davis 45 degrees to break in, but it was Jason Kidd who defended Ricky, and Jason Kidd, who cut off part of the ball in disguise on the offensive end, was more focused on the defensive end, and Ricky Davis broke through with his non-dominant hand, and was cut off by the quick-eyed Jason Kidd!
"Turnover, Jason Kidd's steal!"
At this time, Carter, who was at the top of the arc on the defensive end, launched a fast attack with the first step, and reacted extremely quickly when his condition improved, and instantly surpassed Delonte West.
Kidd dribbled with a long pass at a time, and Vince Carter received a long pass from inside the three-point line.
Behind the back, Delonti West couldn't catch up, and the whole audience stood up!
Everyone knows what's going to happen next!
Carter turned his head to look at Delonti West, two or three meters away.
After receiving the ball, he only dribbled for a while, and his left foot had already stepped into the free throw line, and his right hand grabbed the basketball that ordinary people could not hold, and raised it horizontally and slightly.
The calf muscles instantly erupted with a huge force and rose into the air.
Delonti could only watch Carter rise into the air, and there was no way to defend anymore, he simply couldn't reach it.
Vince Carter held his breath, gliding through the air and in graceful posture, as if a century had passed, and there was a noticeable amount of time in the air.
"Bang dang!"
The tomahawk in his right hand was buckled, his head was deflected, and he dodged the smashed basketball.
Landing on the ground, driving the motorcycle with both hands, the classic UFO pose.
"What a perfect stunk, what a classic dunk, he's back, he's Vince....... Carter! ”
The deafening cheers of the fans in the stadium, the climactic atmosphere that had not been seen for a long time, reverberated throughout the Lutheran Arena, and a back-to-back game, as if at the beginning, set the tone of the whole stadium.
Doug Rivers couldn't help it, stood up and shouted to the side, "Stay focused, don't make mistakes!" ”
Compared to the change on the offensive end just now, the Celtics' mistakes on the defensive end hurt him even more.
Fortunately, in this round, Reeve hit an inside hook on Kostic's head, and Doug Rivers took a breath and sat down.
On the sidelines, Frank beckoned Wang Tomorrow.
The king stood next to Frank tomorrow, and the two of them talked for a while.
"The tactics you've proposed have worked well, do you have any other ideas?"
Frank asked with interest.
"The Celtics aren't very good at defending the open cut, especially when two slow-paced interior players pull out, and it's even tougher, so try Scott Padget's ability to open up space and use it as a cover to help Jefferson and Vince Carter break through."
Scott Padgett is a three-point forward for the Nets, but other than that, he has little other ability, and last season, he was involved in the "Maddy moment" with the Rockets, and his three-point shooting percentage was close to 40%, and he was a stable battery from the outside.
Frank thought about it, Scott Padgett is a player with a thousand injuries and eight hundred self-losses, and when he comes on the court, it means that the team can have a better offense, but it also means that the opponent can easily score points on him, just like an ATM, and he doesn't have to lose the password.
"After Jason Kidd and Padgett blocked and dismantled, Vince Carter crossed with Jefferson directly on the right side, and the two of them ran out and cut to the basket in the air, which can form a greater tactical destruction."
As soon as Wang Ming's words fell, Jefferson singled out Delonte West on the court and turned around and missed the jumper.
"But if you can't make it, it's for nothing......." he thought to himself.
The Nets originally used man-to-man defense against the Celtics, but the man-to-man effect was not very good in the last game, and before the game began, Frank also made some minor adjustments on the defensive end, in addition to making Jason Kidd against Ricky Davis, he also insisted on using a switch strategy.
That gave the Celtics a three-pointer from the outside, and Paul Pearce hit a three-pointer.
Frank's face doesn't change color.
Jason Kidd started to control the ball, Vince Carter and Jefferson made a no-ball cover run with each other, Carter went all the way to the weak side from the bottom left corner, suddenly made a sharp stop, and then suddenly walked up to the line, wiped the prepared Kostic screen, and ran out of the three-point gap.
Kidd measured the pass with a second in advance, and Carter came out just in time to receive the ball and shot directly outside the three-point line.
Hit!
In the opening game, Carter scored 5 points in a row, and more importantly, in the eyes of the fans, Carter hit a three-pointer as Paul Pierce's "response ball", and the two sides tied 5-5.
Doug Rivers sat down with relief, and in less than 3 minutes, he stood up again on fire.
The Celtics didn't grasp the outside three-point opportunity, Richard Jefferson and Vince Carter scored points one after another, especially Vince Carter, who instantly returned to the top feeling, scoring was like picking up a bag, and the state became more and more courageous.
The Nets star's singles + air-cut tactics paid off, leading the Celtics by nine points at the opening 14-5.
Rivers was blown away by this wave of bombardment, and replaced Tony Allen, his favorite defensive giant, with Delonte West, who was used as an ATM.
At this point, the first quarter starts 5 minutes.