Chapter 621: Repeating the Old Trick
"The Grizzlies are in trouble, I now understand what Coach Z means, this lineup of the Boston Celtics is a lineup that specifically restricts the Grizzlies on the outside, especially the limits of all the offensive points on the Grizzlies outside except for Carter, the Grizzlies' interior offense is too poor, and the height is seriously insufficient, which makes Coach Z fully able to use Haslem and Kirilenko, the two fast-moving insiders, especially after Haslem stands up under the basket to resist Mohammed or Ben Wallace, The other Grizzly Bear inside line is even if Kirilenko swims out crazy to pounce on Terry, the let go of the inside line is basically impossible to shoot in the middle of the shot, and Kirilenko's co-defense speed is indeed fast, compared to him, Jermaine O'Neal did not do a grade at all in the first half, just take the first few times Terry's offense, in the first half when Jermaine O'Neal was halfway through the help defense, Terry had already shot, but in this quarter, Kirilenko was indeed able to arrive, Even if Terry deliberately increased the speed of shooting, but the shooting was also extremely reluctant, coupled with the speed of Arenas, it was already very difficult for Terry to get rid of him, although Arenas's defensive awareness and defensive skills were very average, but obviously, it was impossible for Terry to eat him like James Posey, and now the Grizzlies are in danger, or the Grizzlies are in danger from the outside, the Boston Celtics' lineup is too good to shrink, and the expansion is also very large, At this time, the Grizzlies must have an inside line to suppress the Boston Celtics' defense, otherwise whether it is Terry under the entanglement of Arenas or Billups under the entanglement of James Posey with the help of Kirilenko's side, it is estimated that it will be difficult for these two people to make a difference, if there is an accurate interior line like Rashid on the Grizzlies' interior at this time, I think Coach Z will definitely not use such a tactic."
Zhuang Fei's lineup in the third quarter is very strange, almost after this tactic is discharged, everyone on the scene wants to see what Coach Z wants to do, and when the third quarter plays for three minutes, everyone is basically clear, this is blocking the Grizzlies' outside offense, the Grizzlies' offensive method in this game is to use their own outside line to suppress the Boston Celtics by the way to open the situation, in this case the Grizzlies' outside line has been playing well in this game, and it is precisely because of this, This makes the Grizzlies have a lot of flexibility space, especially Carter has a lot of flexibility space, in this case Zhuang Fei wants to regain the initiative in this game must abolish the Grizzlies' other outside players who can help Carter, but although everyone can basically think that Zhuang Fei will come up with a way to abolish the Grizzlies' outside line, but basically no one will think that Zhuang Fei will be like this, at least no one will think that Zhuang Fei will put all his three cores on the bench at once.\\ So although Kenny Smith was clear about Zhuang Fei's intentions at this time, he also admired Zhuang Fei's extremely bold decision, but fortunately, at this time, although the Celtics who lacked the three cores did not attack Carter, Terry missed several times in a row and opened the difference again, and the substitute guard Arenas seemed to play more freely after the other three cores of the Celtics, and the offensive power of the Boston Celtics did not seem to have decreased at all. This is a surprising thing. I just don't know how long Arenas' excitement will last now.
"Although Coach Z wants to pinch the Grizzlies outside like this, it is not wrong for him to pull down Maddy and Jermaine O'Neal, especially Jermaine's top man and defense are much better than Haslem, I think Jermaine will be better on the court at this time."
Although Barkley on the side also saw Zhuang Fei's intentions, and also knew that Zhuang Fei removed Yao Ming for the team's defensive speed, and Maddie was removed to fully exert the energy of Arenas, but this does not mean that O'Neal needs to be removed, for now, in all aspects, O'Neal is completely Haslem, so for Zhuang Fei's employment, Barkley has always been a little puzzled, maybe Zhuang Fei has his own ideas, but Barkley does not agree.
"I think this is to completely release Arenas, I want him to be the first core of the Boston Celtics on the court, but Coach Z really trusts this defender, and it is bold enough to let him and James Posey lead the team's offense, and there is a Carter on the other side."
Kenny Smith said with a smile after listening to Barkley's question, if his guess is correct, the reason why Zhuang Fei removed Jermaine O'Neal was naturally to completely erect the position of Arenas' first offensive core on the court, although Jermaine O'Neal's tactical position on the court is not as good as Maddie or Yao Ming, but after all, this is the Celtics' nominal second leader, or third leader, in this case, even if Arenas really wants to play fully, he has some scruples, in Kenny Smith's guess, Maybe the Chinese coach thinks that this backup guard is enough to support the Boston Celtics' offense, but Kenny Smith doesn't know where Zhuang Fei's confidence comes from, Arenas's offense is really good, Kenny Smith is also very appreciative, maybe in the case of Carter not making a force, he can support the Boston Celtics' offense, but if Carter makes a force, then the situation is difficult to say, and in the current situation, the Grizzlies' outside-based tactics and completely can't be opened, It's clear that Carter is needed to attack, and if the Grizzlies let Carter take the lead, it's a big question whether the Boston Celtics or Arenas can hold up, and just when Kenny Smith thought that Carter might be in control of the game again soon, the TNT's ace commentator's heart chuckled again.
"Coach Z is still ready to consume Carter in the third quarter?!"
Suddenly Kenny Smith stared at the Chinese in front of the Boston Celtics bench with wide eyes, and didn't know what to say for a while, according to the current trend, Carter must step up again to preside over the situation when Terry and Billups can't open the situation, which is necessary, and this is also certain, and if the Grizzlies make this choice, then they will lose the initiative again. What is the initiative on the pitch? Quite simply, it depends on who forces who to make the only choice, in the first half, the Grizzlies used Terry to force the Boston Celtics to have to make the only choice to let Arenas play, which is the Grizzlies have the initiative, and now, the Grizzlies are facing the only choice.
"It seems that things are getting interesting now, in the last game, Coach Z used the Grizzlies to take advantage of the point that Grizzlies did not have Artest, which was to use Carter without the shield to protect him, Artest was the shield in front of Carter, and in this game, Coach Z used the point that Grizzlies did not have Rashid to punch and beat Grizzlies, Rashid is a spear of the Grizzlies in the penalty area, a spear that can threaten the opponent's throat all the time, and now that this spear is gone, Carter needs to make up for it on the offensive end, Maybe soon we will be able to see Carter appear directly on the No. 4 position again, the Grizzlies have no choice, only when Carter appears at the No. 4 position to attack, the predicament of Terry and Billups will be liberated, and Kirilenko can't be so unscrupulous to help defend "Kenny Smith looked at the court again and said with a smile, Zhuang Fei gave Jerry West a chance, and it was the only chance, after Rashid and Artest were no more, Carter has been making up for the vacancy of these two, In the last game, Zhuang Fei was caught to make up for Artest's vacancy, and Carter was also caught by Zhuang Fei again in this game.
"If that's the case, I'm curious how Coach Z will catch Carter this time, and will he have a wheel fight like the last game? Swapping Jermaine for Jermaine and the rest of the Boston Celtics' interior group to attack Carter? "Although Barkley's tactical literacy is not as good as Kenny Smith, he is a superstar retired commentator, when he is a player, he can rely on his own strength to despise any tactics, in this case he is naturally not as good as Kenny Smith, who retired as a role player, as a role player, if you can't understand the team's tactics, then it means that there is no chance to play at all, but although Barkley doesn't know much about tactics, it doesn't mean that his vision is poor, for now, Carter can undoubtedly contain the Boston Celtics' interior when he appears at the No. 4 position or on the inside, but if the Grizzlies' leading player really does this, it will not be easy to face O'Neal or Haslem, maybe Carter, who has been accumulating energy in the first half, needs to give more than half of his energy in the third quarter, and if it really happens, then the advantage of the Grizzlies in the fourth quarter may not exist. And the sword hanging from the head of the Boston Celtics may be taken.
"What a smart guy" Just when Barkley nodded secretly, at this time the Grizzlies called a timeout, obviously this is Jerry West is arranging his team's new tactics, in the three minutes of calculation, the Grizzlies were beaten by the Celtics 9-2, and suddenly from only one point behind to 8 points behind, which is a point difference that people can't continue to watch anyway. And when the timeout between the two sides ended, Barkley and Kenny Smith confirmed their conjecture when they saw the lineup of the game on the court, after the game was over, Haslem was removed, Jermaine O'Neal played, and the Grizzlies on the other side removed Mohammed and replaced Terry, allowing Carter to appear in the No. 4 position, which is a completely small lineup, or that both teams are now all small lineups
Carter played very depressed in these two games, really depressed, and it was not easy to be led by the nose by the person he knew best and knew him best, especially in many times he basically didn't have any choice, as a superstar in the league, he had enough energy to decide the trend of a game, but when he felt that he was caught by his mentor, he has always had a feeling of powerlessness, just take the last game, although he was still able to score 8 points in the fourth quarter, he was still able to score more than 30 points in the whole game, But it's clear that this is not the usual time, and this game is also very simple if he wants to score thirty points, but this is also not his usual rhythm, his mentor is clearly not letting him take over the final game in the most comfortable state, but for all this, Carter and Grizzlies head coach Jerry West knew, but he had to be led by the nose again, just like the last game, but this game is slightly different is that the Grizzlies also played the half-court initiative, It's just that for now, the initiative in the first half may have come to naught, and it won't have any effect on the rest of the game.
"Vince, I'm looking forward to how you hit me now" O'Neal Jr. looked at Carter in front of him with a smile, when the third quarter restarted, he got only two orders from the head coach, one was to pester Carter on the defensive end, try to give him physical contact, but it was obvious that Carter knew this, so after getting the ball, he was always half a step away from Xiao Ao's body and did not lean on his back to play, but it would be tragic to face Xiao Ao directly at such a distance, after all, it was covered, If he exits the basket at this time, then soon, Xiao Ao will immediately change from a big forward to a center, and the Russian will immediately follow, in this case, there will be 8 players gathered on the periphery, and even because Ben Wallace has no offensive power, perhaps most of Xiao Ao's attention is still on the outside, in this case for the offensive side is a four-on-five situation, although Carter is conceited that he can still succeed in one or two, but this may be more physically demanding than directly hitting Xiao Ao.
"You'll know soon" Just when Xiao Ao looked at Carter with a smile on his face, the Grizzly Bear's leading player suddenly started to lean on Xiao Ao, and just when Xiao Ao was about to push Carter, Carter made an extremely flexible half-turn, and any hand poked out from under Xiao Ao's armpit, the Grizzly Bear's leading player almost completed a very beautiful half-turn probing hand under the stunned Xiao Ao and the audience, and the basketball flew out of his hand when it was directly hollow into the pocket, Xiao Ao was not given any time to react at all, and Xiao Ao, who is usually extremely flexible, seemed a little clumsy at this time.
"Beautiful" After reacting, Xiao Ao himself couldn't help but be a little admired, there are not many players who can play him like this in front of him, not to mention that he is still an outside guest player on the inside, no wonder almost all media experts in the United States are now saying that this guy can play directly from the No. 1 position to the No. 5 position, at least there is no problem on the offensive end.
"It's just that it's interesting to wait a while for you to defend," Xiao Ao looked at Carter's back, smiled slightly in his heart, and remembered another order from Zhuang Fei, Carter defends against whoever attacks. (To be continued)
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