Chapter 555: The Strongest Shield
Today is the Pistons vs Celtics Tianwang Mountain battle, the first four games of the two sides are tied, each holding their home court. However, Chang Wei didn't plan to watch ESPN's live broadcast tonight, and his research object was the first four games.
If it was in the previous life, this matchup can be said to be quite boring, but with the help of Chang Wei, the Pistons are no longer the pure defensive team in the previous life, and the number one star Wade and a role player with excellent scoring ability have kept their offense in the top ten in the league. But the Celtics are not much different from their previous life, and after forming the Big Three of Garnett, Pierce and Ray Allen, they have conceded the second highest points per game in the league and are a thoroughly defensive powerhouse.
From the previous four games, it can be seen that both sides have low scoring, the Celtics did it intentionally, and the Pistons were forced to do so. Chang Wei thought for a while, found Wade's statistics in these four games, and stood up in surprise as soon as he glanced over, almost knocking over the noodle soup in front of him, is this really Wade's personal data?
Although he still averaged 22.7 points, 5.2 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game, he shot only 42.1% from the field and 31.3% from three-point range, which is obviously not Wade's true level. After working together with the Pistons for three seasons, Chang Wei has a very deep understanding of Wade, a top big-hearted player, and he will definitely not be nervous and not play poorly in the game.
Then there is only one explanation for Wade's report card: he was limited by the Celtics' defense.
This discovery made Chang Wei feel alarmed, it seems that the idea of hoping that the Celtics would advance was still too naΓ―ve, and the defense was strong enough to limit Wade's offense, and now Roy and Wade are still too far apart. In the event of a match against the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals, how to crack their defense is the first problem the Bobcats will face.
Of course, the Bobcats can also use endless running and fast offense and defense to drain the physical strength of Celtics players just like they did against the Cavaliers, especially the Big Three, if they run out of energy, it is a simple matter for the Bobcats to win. However, the Celtics' defense is not actually based on the individual ability of the players, strictly speaking, it is a system defense driven by players with super individual ability.
For the Bobcats, it is useless to simply conquer one or two people, and in order to advance, their entire defensive system must be dismantled, but this is simply difficult to climb to the sky, otherwise other teams would have done it a long time ago, and it would not be the turn of the Bobcats to show off.
Chang Wei shrugged and began to watch the video of the game, believing in Brown Sr.'s ability and hoping to see something out of it. The time of the night passed quickly, Chang Wei finished watching the first two games won by the Pistons, he rubbed his dry eyes, and opened another page, according to the time calculation, the battle of Tianwang Mountain should be over at this time.
After the page was refreshed, Chang Wei unsurprisingly saw a score that was also not high, and it was the Celtics who won on the road, they only allowed the Pistons to score 87 points in the whole game, but they themselves only scored 94 points. But to Chang Wei's surprise, Wade only scored 18 points in the game, which was also his new low in the series.
To be able to make a guy like Wade who can break through sharply and shoot three-pointers only score 18 points in a game, the defensive intensity of the Celtics can be imagined. Chang Wei's expression was a little solemn, and now it seems that the Celtics are likely to beat the Pistons to advance to the Finals, which is a very serious test for the Bobcats, and the offense may be miserable at that time.
Chang Wei shook his head, turned off the computer and went straight to bed, but he couldn't sleep. In fact, the Bobcats were able to reach the Eastern Conference Finals by surprise to many, but who wouldn't want to go further? However, now it seems that the difficulty of advancing to the finals is quite high, Chang Wei believes that the Bobcats have a hope of qualifying, but the Celtics led by the Big Three are tantamount to a mountain.
When he got up the next day, Chang Wei found that he had two big dark circles under his eyes, he couldn't sleep last night because of the Celtics, and today is like this. After arriving at the arena, Jackson was startled by his languishing appearance, and then asked narrowly, "Chang, you shouldn't have run to do something shady last night, right?" β
Chang Wei waved his hand and said helplessly: "What is the shady thing?" I was working on another set of Eastern Conference semifinals videos last night, so I didn't sleep well, so you can throw away those dirty ideas for me, okay? β
Hearing Chang Wei say this, Jackson's expression became serious, and he asked in a low voice, "Then what did you research?" β
"It's not very optimistic, but in the end we have to wait until they decide the winner, so let's do our best first!"
Chang Wei does not plan to share his conclusions, because this will greatly damage the morale of the team. Besides, no one knows what will happen before the series ends, although the Celtics won the battle of Tianwang Mountain, but the Pistons still have the possibility of reversing the promotion in two consecutive cities, so let the players recover well with a vision for the future.
At half past nine in the morning, all the Bobcats players gathered in the arena on time, and it was clear from their facial expressions that they were still excited to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. Chang Wei silently pinched a sweat for them next to him, the Eastern Conference Finals are not easy to play, in case they meet the Celtics, it would be good if the Bobcats' players were not prevented from breaking down. However, Chang Wei still arranged the training content for them step by step, mainly focusing on recovery, and the five games against the Cavaliers were really a double consumption of physical and mental.
After the recovery training, Jackson had everyone do another hour of tactical training, and that was the end of this morning's course. Chang Wei was about to go to dinner, Jackson came over again, he grabbed Chang Wei's shoulder, and asked in a low voice: "Chang, don't talk and say half a sentence, can you tell your conclusion?" When I first trained, my heart was like a cat scratch. β
Chang Wei said helplessly: "Please, are you the head coach of the team?" Can you not be so curious? Of course, you really want to hear it, and I can tell you privately, but are you sure you won't be hit by my conclusions? β
After hearing this, Jackson swallowed a mouthful of saliva, gritted his teeth and said, "If you dare to speak, I will dare to listen!" β