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The NBA game continues, as there are no NBA games between March 1 and March 4 due to labor negotiations, and on the night of March 4, the Celtics will challenge the Jazz on their home court.

The Jazz are a team that is greatly affected by the new collective bargaining agreement, with Karl Malone and John Stockton both having contracts ending next season, while the contract of another core player, Jeff Hornacek, expires this season.

With the Utah Twins getting older, this season for the Jazz may be their last glory, although Karl Malone and John Stockton are both in great form.

The last game with the Jazz was at the home of the Jazz, and this game was naturally changed to the home court of the Celtics, but even at home, the Celtics did not have the confidence to win, and the Jazz were too strong.

The Celtics were still playing with all the main force in this game, but they only fought with the Jazz for two quarters, and after a little bit of meaning in the third quarter, they surrendered because they were already behind by a large score.

Having chosen to give up the game, Rick Pitino's brows were also furrowed, and he lost again, and the Jazz seemed to have become the nemesis of the Celtics, no matter what state the Celtics played, they just couldn't win against the Jazz. Of course, there is indeed a gap between the team's lineup and the Jazz, but the two matchups between the two teams this season are both losses for the Celtics without suspense, which is still rare for the Celtics.

Even the Bulls have never beaten the Celtics so badly. But if you think about it carefully, you can understand that the Jazz have a way to deal with several scoring points on the Celtics' side, such as Derrick Coleman being crushed by Karl Malone, and Chauncey Billups also has to face a seemingly poor defense. John Stockton's defense, which was actually very well defended. And Jonny has to face one of the league's best outside single-defense players, Brian Russell.

On the defensive end, the Celtics couldn't prevent the Jazz's pick-and-roll offense, so the Celtics lost both of the two meetings this season. It's easy to understand.

It's Jonny, who feels a little helpless, he was in the Magic last season, but he killed the Jazz alone. But now that I think about it, the Magic lineup was indeed very strong at that time. It's more than a notch better than the current Celtics, and it's understandable that it can win.

Now Jonny doesn't have a player who can help him open up space in the Celtics, so he can only play with his head bored, which is naturally much more difficult.

After losing the game against the Jazz, the Celtics defeated the Wizards at home, and then traveled to face the Pacers, this time losing to the Pacers' crazy outside three-pointers, losing two games in a row, but it wasn't over. On March 11, the Celtics, who returned to their home court, lost to the Atlanta Hawks by 5 points at home, and the consecutive losses actually made the Celtics' originally solid second, which was directly snatched away by the Pacers.

The Celtics had no choice but to quickly adjust themselves, and then summed it up, the losses in these games were actually lost to three-point shots, the Jazz's blocking and splitting three-pointers, the Pacers' several outside three-point shooters went berserk, and the Hawks' Steve Smith and Murkey Blaylock went berserk, which made the Celtics lose the game. So that means the Celtics have some problems with their perimeter defense.

The Celtics quickly made adjustments, studied for a few days, and finally found that the team's defensive tactics were wrong, and they put too much emphasis on interior defense. Excessive compression of the interior resulted in the team's perimeter defense becoming very loose, and as a result, the opponent was given an opportunity to take advantage of.

The defensive style of emphasizing interior defense and compressing the formation is still the style of play set after the All-Star break, which Rick Pitino has just adjusted, and as a result, he has just finished playing a road trip to the West. The problem arises.

At this time, the Celtics can only be glad that the problem was discovered in time, otherwise it will definitely be bad.

After playing the Hawks, the Celtics lost to the Pistons again, losing 4 in a row, which is a situation that the Celtics have not seen this season, but fortunately, the team's defense has gradually adjusted back, but Jonny began to doubt Rick Pitino, this season, Rick Pitino did very well at the beginning, and the fast-play and fast-break tactics made the Celtics win a lot of games.

However, in the second half of the season, Rick Pitino began to have a lot of problems.

The first is defense, not only because of the defensive problems that led to a four-game losing streak, but also because Ben Wallace was not fully used by Rick Pitino. The last time the Celtics played the Lakers, Silver Fox Del Harris once said that Ben Wallace was a defensively strengthened and rebounding weakened version of Dennis Rodman, and he felt that Ben Wallace could prop up a team's defense.

This made Jonny interested at the time, and discussed it with Rick Pitino for a while, but nothing was discussed, and Jonny also felt that Ben Wallace was just blown by Del Harris, but then the Celtics played the Spurs, Yankuai Vic also said the same, and Yankuai Vic also said: "I envy the Celtics, they have three really good defensive players, each of them can support a team's defensive system alone." ”

Jonny thought about it for a moment, he knew that Yankuai was talking about himself, Bruce Bowen and Ben Wallace, and Yankuai said: "Celtic should not be underestimated, they could become a super defensive team at any time!" Even the iron-blooded Pistons may not be able to compare to this Celtics team defensively. ”

However, what makes Jonny feel helpless is that Rick Pitino is still not interested in building a tough defensive system, and this time Jonny knows that Rick Pitino is just an offensive head coach, and it is impossible for him to adjust and coach defense.

However, Jonny repeatedly emphasized the defense, and Rick Pitino made this change, which resulted in a four-game losing streak for the Celtics.

In addition to defense, Rick Pitino's other problem is that he is not very good at using young players, Chauncey Billups has not been able to find a suitable position in the Celtics team until now, and Anthony Parker, Eric Washington, and Mark Blunt on the bench are also the same, Jonny has played with these players, and generally knows that these players have a skill.

For example, Anthony Parker is a typical 3-and-D player, Eric Washington can shoot threes, and Mark Blunt also has some faceframe attack, but unfortunately, Rick Pitino can't use it, which may be one of the reasons why Jonny always feels like he doesn't have a helper - the coach won't use it.

The defensive tactics were adjusted again, returning to the previous defensive tactics, and the Celtics challenged the Hawks on the road again, and this time the Celtics won back and avenged the loss in the last game. (To be continued.) )