Bradley and Rajan. Rondo teamed up to defend Yiyang, and before the game began, perhaps no one believed that Stevens would be able to successfully complete the defense with the players in his hands. However, in the first leg after the start of the game, the Celtics did just that.

Tony. Allen doesn't have the range to speak of, and that's one of the reasons why Stevens dared to let Bradley have the audacity to wrap it up. Bradley Rajan. Even if Rondo and the two are taken out alone, they are both defensive giants in the No. 1 position.

If the two of them team up to defend a point guard, the power is evident.

In less than a minute after the opening, Yiyang experienced the power of Stevens. Yiyang knows that Stevens is a coach with a lot of emphasis on teamwork. Teamwork isn't just about the offensive end. Defensively, it also takes the players to work together to do their best.

There's no doubt that Stevens brought the same style he had when he coached at Butler to Boston. Thankfully, there are no absolute superstars on the Boston roster, and Stevens has been able to follow through on his coaching style.

made a mistake at the beginning, which did not discourage Yiyang, but made him full of energy. If the Celtics can be eliminated so easily, it will be too much to live up to his expectations. This kind of strength is exactly what Yiyang's appetite is.

Yiyang regained possession of the ball and came to the Celtics' guarded half, and Bradley was already on the move. As soon as Yiyang breaks through Rondo, he will immediately make up for it, and he can't slow down for a second. Because of Yiyang's speed, even a second's margin for error will not be left for the defenders.

Yiyang couldn't help but sigh that the two mountains in front of him at the beginning, one Bradley and the other Rondo, would now join forces to deal with him. In college, Bradley's defense was the toughest Yiyang had ever seen. When he first entered the league, Rondo's defense also made Yiyang very aggrieved.

But now, even if these two guys want to defend themselves at the same time, Yiyang is no longer afraid. Three and a half seasons, I didn't stand still.

Yiyang walked unhurriedly to the three-point line, and both Rondo and Bradley tensed their nerves. However, Yiyang didn't take a single step. He hoisted the ball high into the penalty area, and the arc was even a little abnormal.

Stevens specially deployed Sullinger to defend Nowitzki in a forward way today, and although Sullinger's talent is mediocre, his big ass is as practical as Barkley's. Under the "devastation" of Sullinger's big ass, Nowitzki actually struggled to catch the ball when he was wound forward.

But Yiyang's pass was very, very high, making Salinger keep stepping back in an attempt to intercept the pass.

Just as Sullinger was staring at the basketball and retreating, Nowitzki suddenly leaned on the little fat man and turned around, but stuck in front of Sullinger, and instantly cracked the front defense!

The basketball just fell just right, and Nowitzki didn't even have to look back at the frame after receiving the basketball, and directly retreated and shot independently!

Nowitzki's raised knee made Sullinger afraid to lean up. In fact, even if he leaned up, his height would not be able to interfere with Nowitzki.

The basketball hollow into the net, Yiyang assisted beautifully. Stevens knows how to play to the strengths of the players, and Yiyang knows it too. Nowitzki's obvious height advantage on the inside line was well used by Yiyang.

Seeing Nowitzki score, Stevens smiled instead. Yiyang, this guy, has the passing reached the point of being superb?

After the goal, the Mavericks players quickly retreated. The entire Celtics team, from the guard line to the interior line, is at a height disadvantage. Carlisle believes that positional warfare will be the best way to play to his height advantage!

Brandon is 2.03 meters tall. Bass mentioned that the high post blocked for Rondo, and the strong Bass still had a very soft touch in the mid-range position. Nowitzki did not dare to sit idly by and only keep up with the defense.

While Bass doesn't have a standard interior stature, the quality of his pick-and-rolls is surprisingly high. Being blocked by the strong Buzz like this, Yiyang found that he had no way to get out of cover quickly!

At this time, Rondo had already borrowed cover to get rid of Yiyang. Nowitzki has no choice, the change of defense is formed in an instant!

It's not easy for Rondo to single out Nowitzki, not to mention that he didn't think about scoring himself from the beginning. During the march, Rondo used his waist and abdomen to drive his arms and shook them violently! The basketball returned to Buzz at such speed that even Yiyang didn't have time to reach out and steal.

It stands to reason that a power forward who shoots the basketball over the head of a point guard should not have to worry about being distracted. But Buss' shot met a result that was more terrible than being interfered with.

I saw that Yiyang jumped almost at the same time as Bass, but the bounce height and speed of the two sides were not at the same level at all. This situation is very fatal when height does not have a huge advantage.

Bass shot, but Yiyang has already covered the Celtics' starting power forward! The basketball flew out not far before it was directly fanned back by Yiyang!

"Brand. Buss's shot was blocked by Yiyang, and the Celtics' tactics were completed very beautifully, but unfortunately the end was not played! "Mike. Brin shook his head, Bass's height had no advantage to take advantage of in front of Yiyang.

Stevens is also helpless about this, his tactics are fine, but no matter how good he is, things like height and weight, Stevens can't give players.

A basketball coach may be able to teach you everything, but the hard indicators of the body cannot be learned.

Buss was blocked by a point guard, which undoubtedly gave the Celtics a demoralizing boost. Then the Celtics sent a sideline ball to re-attack, but Bradley's three-pointer came out of the frame again, and his shot selection was a little too hasty, which is also the point that he is most criticized by fans at the moment.

Seeing this, the Celtics players immediately reflexively retreated, and they took the initiative to give up the offensive basketball scramble to prevent Yiyang's quick sneak attack. In fact, with the height of the Celtics' group of players, even if they wanted to compete for offensive rebounds, they couldn't grab them.

Bowler handed a long pass directly to Yiyang, who slowed down the pace through the half, and didn't seem to want to break through.

Nowitzki ran over slowly, and just when everyone thought that Yiyang wanted to wait for Nowitzki to settle down before passing the ball, Yiyang kicked his right foot and "catapulted" himself violently.

Rondo, who reacted quickly, immediately moved sideways, but knocked down the human wall formed by Nowitzki. It turned out that Yiyang was not waiting for Nowitzki to fall into position, but waiting for him to block and dismantle!

Bradley didn't expect Yiyang to break through suddenly without warning, so his defense was a beat slower. When he left Tony. When Aaron came over, Yiyang had already grazed him and galloped past.

Sallinger, who is 2.06 meters tall, doesn't look like an inside line at all in Yiyang's eyes. If it weren't for his fat body, Yiyang would definitely treat him as a small forward.

So, Yiyang jumped directly against Sallinger. Salinger himself is short in jumping and short in height. This time, he was directly pressed by Yiyang, and his palm had no possibility of touching the basketball at all.

Although there was a physical confrontation in the air, Yiyang still stabilized his center of gravity and put the ball into the frame.

4-2, the Mavericks' offense was easy. Stevens frowned, even with Bradley and Rondo teaming up, it would be difficult to limit his play. And on the field, their height is really too bad.

Just 20 seconds later, the Celtics' offense took another hit.

This time, Rondo's breakthrough attracted the Deimpoter defence. While Rondo is averaging just 11.7 points per game this season, it's always unsettling once the guy hits the three-second zone.

Just as Durham Porter was raised, Rondo sent the opportunity to Sallinger, who was unmarked under the basket, with a crotch-piercing pass.

Salinger has just been blocked by Yiyang, and now he is suffocating all over his body! He was about to jump on the spot and dunk hard, but was tragically injured by Durham Porter.

Obviously, Durham Potter was still a few steps away from Sallinger, but due to Sullinger's huge disadvantage in height and bounce, Damham Potter was stunned to catch up and complete the block.

The moment he blocked Sallinger's dunk, the Haitians themselves were stunned. So easy, and the capping was successful?

"Coach Stevens' lineup is too short, although this is an era when the inside height began to be generally short, but the height of the two inside lines is under 2.10 meters, which is too short!" Mike. Brin shook his head, and he could see that Stevens had a good idea, and the coach blurred the division of the five positions on the basketball court, simply dividing the positions into three guards, forwards, and interior lines. This approach allows him to be tactically versatile and to get the most out of his players' strengths, stepping out of positional constraints.

What if he were given a center forward and Horford, who was only two centimeters taller than Salinger? Or give Stevens a Cameron. Anthony went to play the No. 4 position, and maybe the Celtics' offense wasn't what it is now.

The biggest problem for the Celtics right now is that the ability of this group of players simply can't meet Stevens' tactical requirements! And this kind-hearted coach blamed all the mistakes on himself. As a result, the media will always think that Stevens's tactical arrangement is wrong.

Salinger was blocked for two consecutive rounds, which created favorable conditions for Yiyang to play defensive counter-attacks.

Yiyang quickly advanced with the ball, and the strong Bradley followed closely behind. Everyone couldn't help but exclaim, it turned out that Bradley could keep up with Yiyang's speed!

However, the speed of light is useless, and when Yiyang jumps, Bradley is obviously a head shorter than Yiyang. Although he was choked by Bradley in the air, Yiyang stabilized his upper body and shot the ball, but he won a three-point opportunity!

"See? Although we all say that height is not everything in basketball. But there is no doubt that this is also an important factor. Bradley's defense is already very good, but the difference is in height! "Mike. Brin couldn't help but sigh that Stevens had nothing to do in the face of the height disadvantage of his players. After all, he doesn't make magic to make the players instantly raise 3 to 5 centimeters.

In this way, the Celtics completely fell into passivity after a flash of inspiration at the beginning of the game.

If someone else were coaching the Celtics right now, this game might be like this. The Mavericks will go all the way to victory, and then the Celtics will silently accept the fate of ending the winning streak. But Stevens didn't give up easily, and after his team trailed by eight points, a simple tweak changed the game.

Stevens Jean Jeff. Green appeared at the power forward position, which made Nowitzki struggle defensively.

Jeff. Green is 2.06 meters tall, but he has the mobility of a small forward. In the old days, this kind of "non-trivial" player was the least popular with coaches. But Stevens just likes this kind of panacea that can play multiple positions.

Green's offense extends from under the basket to beyond the three-point line, and running with Green throughout the half of the court quickly drained Nowitzki of energy.

Not to mention not doing a good job of defending the task, it also affected the stability of the offensive end.

With this switch, the Celtics had a midway point in the second quarter to tie the score. Jeff. Green has shone in Stevens' hands, and in fact, he has been Jeff this season. Green has had his best year in seven seasons in the league.

In college, Stevens made Yiyang and Hayward a blockbuster, and his ability to turn stones into gold has long been amazed by the world. It's just that people didn't expect that this guy could actually make Jeff. Older players like Green, who don't have much potential left, "turn waste into treasure". Jeff. Green can be the Celtics' leading scorer this season, and Stevens has been instrumental in his right use.

Even Carlisle was amazed by Stevens' ability, and if it were him, he would certainly not be able to accept such a thing as blurring five positions on the basketball court. But Carlisle must also admit that sometimes breaking the mold can be very effective.

It's just a pity, Jeff. Green was still Jeff. Green. No matter how good Stevens is, he can't make Green turn into Anthony.

Green did bring some trouble to the Mavericks, but the terrifying firepower played by the Mavericks under the leadership of Yiyang is not at all comparable to Green alone.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Mavericks worked the offensive end and completely stabbed the Celtics' paper-like defense.

Gobert repeatedly played an empty tie with Yiyang today, and it was clear that he would bully you that the Celtics' interior couldn't touch the ball. While the Frenchman leaped high and spread his arms, the Celtic players were really just standing and watching.

Eight minutes into the third quarter saw the Mavericks establish a 12-point lead. Stevens then wanted Bradley to seek a shot through a pick-and-roll. But it's a pity, Tony. Allen stifled Bradley's illusions of saving the team.

The huge difference in strength between the two sides is obvious, and Stevens gave everything he had, changing one move after another. But in the face of Yiyang's steady organization and the Mavericks' impregnable defense, all his tricks were useless.

Yiyang did not disappoint Stevens, scoring 27 points and dished out 13 assists in the game. In the case of scoring Rondo, the number of assists is also 3 more than Rondo.

Three minutes before the end of the game, Yiyang was replaced by Carlisle. Because by then, the game has already entered garbage time.

On the one hand, Stevens is very pleased that Yiyang's ability to control the game is even better than he imagined! But on the one hand, he was also very uncomfortable, and it was really not easy to watch the team lose and not be able to do anything about it.

In this way, the Celtics opened the game at home with thunder and rain, losing to the Mavericks by 11 points.

102-91, the Mavericks won five straight at the North Shore Garden Arena. Had Carlisle not stopped early at the last minute, the margin might have been even greater.

"Your team is great and your tactics are amazing! It would be even better if they had been a few more years! After the game, Carlisle took the initiative to shake Stevens' hand and show his respect for the opponent. And he didn't forget to complain about Stevens's short and exaggerated lineup with humor, which can be regarded as giving some advice to this junior.

If Carlisle had known in advance that a year from now, a point guard who is only 1.75m tall will shine under Stevens, how would he feel?

Subsequently, Yiyang also came up to hug the most important coach in his life. Yiyang can see Stevens's good intentions, and his tactical arrangements are very exquisite. If he had been the one who had stormed the city for Stevens today, the outcome could have been very different.

"Hey, your contract expires this summer, are you interested in joining forces with me?" Stevens suddenly asked with a smile as if he could read through Yiyang's mind.

Yiyang was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that he would seriously consider this problem!

"Hahaha, just kidding! Today you did a great job, they were right, dwarfs don't deserve to play basketball. Stevens didn't forget to laugh at himself, relieving the atmosphere that had inexplicably become serious.

However, seeing Yiyang's serious expression in the face of that "joke", Stevens was still very pleased.

Both Yiyang and Hayward will be restricted free agents this summer. In other words, the re-teaming of the three is no longer just a simple fantasy.

Yiyang looked at Stevens's distant back and was fascinated. Why does that guy always have this inexplicable attraction.

"What are you doing?" Nowitzki patted Yiyang on the shoulder, bringing Yiyang back to his senses.

"Nothing." Yiyang shook his head, how could he have such a terrible thought?