Chapter Forty-Eight: Young Fat
"This guy is really tough. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info "After Meng Xu topped Pierce, this guy turned his back to him, turned left and right, and this kind of action that seemed to be real and false made it difficult for him to distinguish between them.
Just after Pierce held the ball and made a left turn posture, Meng Xu subconsciously took steps to block, almost in an instant, Pierce's body turned to the right, Meng Xu made a mistake in prediction, Pierce wiped Meng Xu, directly stopped on the spot, hit the shot, and also caused a foul on Samaki Walker.
"Beautiful breaks, good shots." Pierce's 2+1 also made Bob Cousy on the commentary seat excited. From the beginning to the present, the Celtics have been pressed by the Spurs, especially the big man of the team, Anthony Walker was the rookie opposite, and the defense could only shoot from the outside. After Pierce scored this goal, he scored 8 points in a row, and the Celtics, who were originally demoralized, gradually gained momentum. After Paul Pierce hit a free throw, he scored nine points in a row, and the gap between the two teams was narrowed to six points.
"Meng, don't let him break through, force him to the outside, and let him shoot 3 points." At the time of Pierce's free throws, assistant coach Mike? Budenholzer pulled Meng Xu, who was on the sidelines, and conveyed the instructions of head coach Popovich.
"yes, I see." As a rookie last year, Pierce's status in the team is not as good as Anthony Walker, but compared with Anthony Walker, Pierce is more calm and plays more reasonably, although the defense is not outstanding, but it is still much better than Anthony Walker. Pierce's shortcomings are also obvious, that is, the mid-to-long-range shooting is inconsistent, after the 3-point shooting rate exceeded 40% in his rookie season, the 3-point shooting rate this season has dropped by 10 percentage points, and the decline is staggering. Pierce may have noticed this, too, and has begun to consciously or unconsciously reduce the number of 3-point attempts in recent games.
It was the Spurs' turn to attack, Duncan directly held the ball from the flank to break inside, and when Vitaly Potapanko stood up in advance of the position, Duncan made a half-turn jumper, not only hit a 2-point shot, but also caused a foul by Vitaly Portapenko, and after scoring this goal steadily, the difference between the two sides widened to 9 points again.
The Celtics' possession of the ball this time was not handed over to point guard Kenny Anderson, but Paul Pierce personally controlled the ball, Kenny Anderson didn't care about it, or didn't dare to care, Pierce is now the team's 2 leader, after Anthony Walker left the court, Pierce is the tactical core of the court, and for Anthony Walker, he prefers to shoot rather than possession, and Pierce has always played very reasonably, so now this Celtics, Paul Pierce has the most ball.
After seeing Pierce personally control the ball and advance to the middle circle, Meng Xu, who had been prepared, quickly posted it, although the last defense was given by this guy, but Meng Xu didn't think that he could get rid of himself every time, although his defense still has a big flaw now, but it's still no problem to withstand Pierce. Pierce's height is about the same as Meng Xu's, his body is a little heavier, and the current Pierce is not the fat skin he was later, and his body is still very slim.
After being entangled by Meng Xu, Pierce shook twice in a row, Meng Xu didn't eat his feints, and at this moment, Meng Xu stared at Pierce intently, quickly judging his next move in his mind.
After discovering that he couldn't get rid of Meng Xu, Pierce called Kenny Anderson to make a cover for himself, and then advanced directly to the position near the 3-point line on the right, but just as Pierce was about to break through to the inside, he found that Meng Xu had appeared in front of him.
"That's a lot of movement." Although he was very shocked, Pierce did not relax in the slightest, and after making a feint of stepping back and then cutting to the baseline, Pierce chose to shoot directly.
However, Pierce's feint did not hide from Meng Xu's eyes this time, just as Pierce jumped, Meng Xu jumped up after him, and at the same time sacrificed his blindfold defense, at this moment something surprised Meng Xu happened, Pierce moved sideways as much as half a meter in the air in order to avoid Meng Xu's block, although he had the advantage of arm span, but Meng Xu could only look at the ball, and watched Pierce complete this shot.
Fortunately, this ball did not hit, although he successfully dodged Meng Xu in the air, but the timing of the shot was not too good, and the basketball shot was a little short, even so, it still surprised Meng Xu in a cold sweat.
As a fan of Jordan, air drifting can be said to be one of Jordan's stunts, according to the magician, Jordan will hold the basketball under his arm after jumping, and then wait for you to land, shooting the basketball, although the description of fever is a bit exaggerated, but it also shows that Jordan has a terrifying air and body balance. And the unattractive kid in front of him can even sit in the air and drift.
Although the goal was not scored, many fans still applauded Paul Pearce.
"That kid has a great defense, it's been a long time since I've seen an outside player who is so good defensively." In the box of the North Shore Garden Arena, Bill Russell continued to praise Meng Xu in front of everyone, and his eyes showed his appreciation for Meng Xu. As a player with top-tier defense but average offense, Russell instinctively favors players who are good defensively.
Pierce hesitated. Seeing Pierce, who was holding the ball outside the 3-point line and was a little undecided, Bob Cousy also shook his head. Popovich, who was on the sidelines, nodded with satisfaction. After the first two minutes of explosion, Pierce's shooting percentage also plummeted.
At this time, Celtics' head coach Rick Pitino can be said to be helpless, the current Celtics can be said to be a team that wants to have an inside line without an inside line, and a team with no outside line, the team's inside line is a mess, as long as it encounters a team with an All-Star inside line, it will be blown up, and the shooting rate on the outside is also a mess, and the team can shoot 3 points There are many players, but most of them are Anthony Walker's type, the outside shooting is extremely unstable, and the overall shooting rate is always hovering around 30%, And it's the kind that gets more and more iron at critical moments. The team's current tactics are mainly Anthony Walker singles, Pierce singles, and he has coached the Celtics for 3 years, and Rick Pitino has not created his own tactics.
"Mr. Pitino has been in charge of the team for three years." Seeing that the situation on the field is getting more and more difficult, and Rick Pitino is a little helpless, the cardinal also loses patience with the head coach he has personally chosen.
"Yes, teacher." The celebrities behind the cardinal heard his voice and made a small calculation in their hearts.