Chapter 206: Strange lineup
The two teams moved to Portland the next day, and when the Clippers arrived in Portland, they were looking for a hotel to rest. www.biquge.info There are three days of rest for the players to have a good rest, and of course it is forbidden to go to nightclubs and other places.
Portland is not very far from New York, and Scarlett knew that Liu Su was coming to play, so she drove over to see him. She has just finished her role in "Midnight in Barcelona" and currently does not have any work, staying at home in New York.
Liu Su hadn't seen Scarlett for a long time, but for a while, they were affectionate, and the two were entangled for one night. Liu Su returned to the hotel to rest, and Scarlett continued to play in Portland, where she will stay for a while and watch all three games in Portland.
Speaking of Scarlett, Liu Su has to think about Alba, Alba's due date is just ten days away, if Liu Su can end the fight in Portland, maybe he can catch up with Alba to have a baby.
Liu Su has arranged the best hospital for Alba to ensure that Alba can get the best medical care.
After resting for two days, Liu Su's physical strength returned to its heyday. However, as soon as the game began, the Celtics caught the Clippers off guard.
The Celtics came in with a strange lineup, Garnett, Pierce, Posey, Tony Allen and West. It's not false to say that this lineup is strange, although Posey shoots accurately, but there is still a certain gap from the start, I don't know why Ray Allen was not allowed to play.
The Clippers are still the original lineup, and the old Dunleavy has only come out, and Garnett may continue to play center, so they sent Carman, David Lee, Artest, Liu Su and Rajon Rondo.
Originally, I wanted Artest to defend Ray Allen, but the Celtics only played one Posey, and this old Dunleavy felt like a punch was empty.
It's just this lineup, and it makes the Clippers suffer when it comes up. The other four pulled away, leaving Garnett alone on the inside to punch Man, and it will take some time for Carman to defend Garnett alone.
The other four all have some shooting ability, and Tony Allen is also able to make shots, which makes the Clippers defense passive.
Fortunately, the defense of this lineup is not good, and Rajan Rondo and Liu Su can easily block and dismantle with the inside. Just pay attention to when you miss the shot, don't get caught in the fast break.
The two teams were separated by one point in the first quarter, and the Celtics took a narrow lead, but West hit a mid-range shot at the buzzer.
In the second quarter, the Celtics lineup changed again, with Perkins Ray Allen and Eddie House, and Garnett, Posey and West replaced, and it was still a large lineup with four small.
Old Dunleavy only scratched his head! Celtic, are you going crazy? What's wrong with playing a big belt and four small ones? However, there was no way, the elder Dunleavy also had to adjust the lineup, he let Artest go down, Carman went down, Rajon Rondo went off, and replaced Noah, Capono and Cassel.
Eddie House is a speedy defender who has broken through Kassel in a row. Three minutes left the Clippers five points behind, forcing Dunleavy Sr. to make a substitution, replacing Kassel, replacing Rose, and letting Rose defend Eddie House.
However, Eddie House was a sign that he was about to break out today, and in the face of Rose's continuous breakthroughs, Rose's speed couldn't keep up with him.
The scary thing about a speed guard is that he makes a layup or splits the ball after breaking through, and if he can't defend his breakthrough well, it will be difficult to do a good job in subsequent defense.
With no choice, Liu Su could only switch defenses with Rose, and he would deal with Eddie House. Then Ray Allen went crazy, in the face of Rose's frequent shooting, Ray Allen's rate of fire is definitely the first in the league, no one is faster than him, even Liu Su, who is known for his reflexes, is not as fast as Ray Allen's rate of fire, which is Ray Allen's ability to survive in the NBA.
Ray Allen was held back for two games and finally started to make a difference in this game. Then old Dunleavy was dumbfounded, there is only one Liu Su, and he lacks skills! Eddie House and Ray Allen both need Liu Su to defend, how can this be played?
After thinking about it for a moment, Dunleavy Sr. set his sights on the bench to find a player who could help with his worries. Artest could, but Artest had just come off the field and was not suitable to replace him. It's the same with Rajondo, and it's not very suitable for changing.
But apart from these two people, there is really no one to help Liu Su defend. Shaking his head, it seems that he is going to fight for offense, the Clippers' offensive ability on the court is not weak, at least David Lee is on the court!
Liu Su and David Lee blocked and dismantled, Liu Su faced Pierce, and he couldn't pass for a while, Perkins was faintly outflanked, and he hadn't leaked out of Noah. Liu Su could only pass the ball back to David Lee, David Lee immediately shot, Tony Allen immediately interfered, David Lee shot wide, Perkins withstood Noah, Pierce stuck Liu Su and grabbed the rebound.
The defensive intensity of the Celtics made Liu Su have a bad feeling, just Tony Allen's defense had a bit of a desperate feeling, and it went directly to David Lee's face, and whoever shot was inevitably distracted.
Sure enough, the Clippers' offense reached a stalemate, and Liu Su had to attack on his own. However, Liu Su's hand today is not very good, Tony Allen is desperate, Liu Su faces a serious drop in his shooting percentage, and he is also afraid that Tony Allen will give him a slap.
When Liu Su was replaced in the sixth minute, the Clippers were already almost ten points behind, which was the first time this had happened.
But that's not the end, the Celtics changed their formation again, Perkins, Garnett, Posey, Ray Allen, West. That's basically the strongest attacking lineup the Celtics can put together at the moment. If Pierce doesn't need to rest, he's in the Celtics' usual starting lineup.
In the face of such a strong lineup, the lineup on the Clippers court is a little weak, Carman, Milicic, Ryan Gomez, Artest, Rajon Rondo.
The Clippers have a strong defensive ability, but the offense is really not very good, only Artest can score through his own ability, and it is not very accurate.
The Clippers trailed by fifteen points in the last game, and the Celtics continued to have a strange lineup in the second half, but these lineups were still able to take advantage of the Clippers' loopholes and focus on the Clippers' weak points.
The elder Dunleavy was a little at a loss, and he couldn't do anything about it in the face of such adjustments from the Celtics. This is also the shortcoming of the old Dunleavy, otherwise his results have been mediocre for so long as he coached, and it was not until Liu Su entered the Clippers that his record began to rise suddenly.
However, the elder Dunleavy also has an advantage, he is not superstitious about his own arrangement, and believes in the strength of the team more. Just like when he was in the regular season, he often went up and down, and the team was still able to win, in front of the team's strong strength, tactics sometimes played a really small role, and Dunleavy Sr. didn't use tactics.