Chen Jiyuan's first goal not only gave Chen Jiyuan the feel and confidence to shoot, but also made Thibodeau confirm one thing, that is, Rivers did change his defensive tactics in the Celtics.

This ball, Garnett appeared on Chen Jiyuan's offensive line at a very appropriate time, this ball, if Chen Jiyuan walked directly from the right side to the end, and hooked his hand in the run, Garnett might not come forward to wrap it, but Chen Jiyuan's speed was very fast, and his footsteps were so smooth to turn around, seeing that he was about to pass Perkins's ball, Garnett stepped forward to wrap it. Obviously, Rivers intends to use Perkins' ability to force up to Chen Jiyuan in strength, and then let Garnett use his excellent sense of defense to restrain Chen Jiyuan. And Thibodeau was in the latter and adopted a different tactic.

But this is also understandable, because when Thibodeau was in the Celtics, it was Chen Jiyuan's super crazy moment, last season's Chen Jiyuan was isolated in the Knicks, Crawford is still a star, but he is not the kind of star who plays super stable.

Since Sessions, Starkey has gradually grown up, and after trading for Stephen Jackson, now Love is playing quite well as the No. 5 rookie, and the Jordan rule may not be useful to the Knicks. Rivers thinks so.

Whether Rivers thinks is justified or not needs to be proved by practice, that is, it depends on the result of the game. However, at least, theoretically speaking, the offensive power of the other four people in the current Knicks out of Chen Jiyuan is not bad, so the Jordan rule does not necessarily work, the most important thing is that Starkey's storage zài makes Rivers believe that Jordan's rule does not work, because if Chen Jiyuan's single defense is crazy to score, and then when Starkey is single-defended, if he also clicks to score, at that time, the Celtics are not far from losing.

Everyone on Earth knows that Starkey has grown into a pretty good and excellent scorer, and if he scores 40 points in a single game, I believe there will be no surprise to many people, Starkey just needs to shoot and more time with the ball.

Most of the league still has a positive attitude towards this, of course, there are some people who feel that even if Starkey has enough shot power and ball time, the score will not increase, and this is already the top line of Starkey.

The head coach of the Knicks, Thibodeau, is a person who focuses on defense and light offense, so on the offensive end, he almost relies on the personal ability of the star, which Chen Jiyuan has brought in the Mavericks and has a little understanding, after all, the Mavericks were the best at that time, or the best thing is the star singles. So Chen Jiyuan also brought that set to the Knicks. It's just that on top of the star singles, something has been added. Because Sessions and Chen Jiyuan are okay in terms of organization, Chen Jiyuan's one should not actually be called organizational ability, but the ability to respond, but the vision of passing and the awareness of passing the ball are good.

It is precisely because the Knicks have a lot of star singles that Starkey's scoring will be successful in 20, this season, Starkey averaged 20.2 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.1 assists, and 1.6 steals per game. The number of jù still looks pretty good.

Stucky's number jù, this ability, at least makes other teams feel that Stucky is indeed growing very well, and people can't ignore this star. It makes people feel that this is the No. 2 star of the Knicks.

Rivers also took into account Starkey's single-handedness, so he didn't use Jordan's rule to defend Chen Jiyuan.

To be honest, Rivers' current approach to defending Chen Jiyuan is definitely the best way to defend under the conditions of the Celtics' current roster. made full use of the characteristics of his team's two interior players to effectively defend Chen Jiyuan, which can be said to be a very smart behavior.

Although Chen Jiyuan scored the first goal, it does not mean that Chen Jiyuan played easily, this ball Chen Jiyuan found Garnett's intentions, and then forcibly changed his offensive choice, forced a jump shot, very reluctantly, although the goal was scored, but if every ball was played like this, Chen Jiyuan would not only greatly consume the body, but also could not guarantee the hit rate.

But magical things often happen at this time, for example, in the first quarter of the game, the strategy of defending Chen Jiyuan should actually be quite effective, and it is also quite good, but the reality is that it has no effect at all, in the first quarter of the game, Chen Jiyuan shot 5 of 6 and got 10, although he did not get free throws, but this is also a helpless thing, because when Chen Jiyuan holds the ball on the outside, the Celtics will let Perkins defend Chen Jiyuan on the outside alone, and Perkins's footsteps suffer, shouldn't have defended so far, but there was Garnett on the inside to help defend it, so he dared to go so far to defend Chen Jiyuan's jump shot. However, the Celtics obviously forgot about Chen Jiyuan's passing skills, Chen Jiyuan passed Perkins with his feet three times in a row, and then easily passed the ball to Lefu on the bottom line, Lefu received the ball and simply made a small jump shot, so close to the basket, if Chen Jiyuan would definitely jump up and slap him, but that was not Chen Jiyuan, it was Lefu, Lefu's body was actually a little inadequate compared to Chen Jiyuan. And Lefu is also very content, knowing what style of play he is suitable for. It's good that you don't force it.

Lefou's easy layup or board shooting, although the defense of the goal is inconspicuous, but the goal is the goal, that is, two points.

Because the first quarter of the game completely failed to prevent Chen Jiyuan, the Celtics quickly fell into the disadvantage, and at the end of the first quarter, the Knicks led by five points at 25:20. The Celtics seem to be in a predicament in defending Chen Jiyuan, but this is also normal, Chen Jiyuan's scoring ability is indeed a headache for every team, when the Celtics meet the Lakers, they will also have a headache because of Kobe's scoring ability, especially when Kobe Bryant finds his own touch, how to throw it, it is called a hundred times more heart. I can't prevent it.

However, the Celtics are an old powerhouse with a background, and naturally they will not be defeated by such one or two stars. The Celtics didn't care about Chen's high scores, but instead focused on strengthening their defense and how to score more points. As long as they get more points than their opponents, then the team can win, and victory is the goal of the players.

At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, the two sides sent substitute players, and the Celtics' bench lineup really had to rely on Eddie House to support, and Rivers chose to let the main players and substitute players mix with the game, and incompletely sent substitute players to the court, when Rondo went down to rest, let the Big Three rely on their scoring ability to play, and the Big Three took turns to rest, one person went down to rest for a while, Rondo organized the remaining two giants on the court to attack, Rondo is now gradually growing up, Of course, what grows is organizational ability, and I don't know what life can only be practiced in shooting ability.

When Kobe Bryant was in the finals, Rondo dribbled near the free throw line, and Kobe let go of that big step. Rondo didn't dare to throw, and in the end he was forced to run out of moves, so Rondo made one, and then the result was that the ball didn't go in.

There are always some point guards who are born with a shot that is incompatible, and they just can't practice it. It's both frustrating and a headache.

In the second quarter of the game, the Celtics quickly chased the score back. At the end of the half, neither side had a favor. The score was 44 draws.

The Celtics' side scored the most points with Ray Allen, and Ray Allen felt really good today. Ray Allen made 4-of-5 three-pointers from the field and scored 16 points. Pierce, as the boss of the team, is also a fairly mature person, and the relationship between the Big Three is very good, whoever has a good hand will get more opportunities to shoot, and the Big Three are also tacitly acquiesced to this. Rondo would have passed the ball like that. When it doesn't, of course, the team's leading scorer, Paul Pearce, is on the list.

Pierce scored seven points in the first half today. Although Garnett spares no effort when defending Chen Jiyuan, he can also participate on the offensive end, Garnett's high-level jumper is also very accurate, and the shooting point is also very high.

Today, Garnett had 8 points and 5 rebounds in the first half of the game.

The biggest headache for the Celtics is the Knicks' Chen Jiyuan, Chen Jiyuan's performance today is very good, with 19 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists in the first half of the game. At the same time, Chen Jiyuan also had 4 blocks. This trend is like going to four pairs.

But it's not that simple. After the start of the third quarter, both sides were full of main lineups,

The Celtics attack first, Rondo holds the ball, and organizes the offense on the outside, although the Celtics' Big Three are all well-known figures in the league, but the Celtics have a point guard who can press the line, and it should be more that Rivers' coaching ability is very good. Rivers can hold these three guys.

Rondo suddenly passed the ball to Ray Allen in the bottom left corner, and Ray Allen successfully got an open opportunity in the left bottom corner with the help of Garnett's cover, and Rondo's pass arrived immediately, which is a combination that Celtic often plays. 44:47。

Ray Allen didn't hesitate at all after receiving the ball, and shot a three-pointer directly, and when Starkey arrived, Ray Allen had already completed the action, and Starkey did not complete the interference. This ball, Starkey still doesn't stick it tight enough. Otherwise, there would not be such a big chance. Thibodeau, who is familiar with the Celtics' offensive routine, is very dissatisfied with this defense, because Thibodeau has repeatedly explained that as long as Starkey can completely defend Ray Allen's offense, it will be a great achievement. Now Ray Allen is almost not attacking with the ball, and almost all the opportunities with the ball are given to Pierce. So what Starkey had to do was keep Ray Aaron on his to. Just don't give Ray Allen a chance to shoot.

But Starkey did not complete Thibodeau's explanation, which made Thibodeau very dissatisfied.

Thibodeau told Starkey that when Ray Allen is attacking, his routine is basically to cover with Garnett or another interior player in the low post on the left or right. If the defender is close to the basket and stands, Ray Allen will run out, Garnett will block the defender, so that Ray Allen has a three-point opportunity, and if the defender is in the direction of Ray Allen's close to the outside, Ray Allen will also take advantage of Garnett's cover to go inside, don't forget Jì, Ray Allen is not a guy who can't shoot anything, Ray Allen is a veteran scorer who has averaged no less than 20 points per game for many years.

Thibodeau's strategy for defending Ray Allen was to let Starkey let go of Ray Allen's inside line and follow up on the three-pointer opportunities from the outside. Put pressure on Ray Allen's hit rate and you've succeeded. The matter of rushing into the inner line, Xibodeau was going to hand it over to Chen Jiyuan.

The ball Starkey is in the wrong position, so Thibodeau will be unhappy.