The Celtics fielded the same starting lineup as they did in the preseason: point guard Rajan. Rondo, shooting guard Ray. Allen, small forward Pierce, power forward Garnett, center Perkins.

The Knicks' starting lineup today is different from the last game: point guard Ty. Lawson, scoring guard Zhang Yu, small forward Gerrard. Wallace, power forward Channing. Fry, center Yao Ming.

D'Antoni has always admired Channing. Frye, hopefully, can use his current stronger athleticism than Garnett to limit Garnett on the defensive end while causing physical attrition on the offensive end.

However, after the start of the game, D'Antoni's wishful thinking clearly fell through.

Athleticism, it doesn't mean that if you are strong, you will definitely have an advantage, Garnett can use every bit of energy to use it where it should be, Channing. Frye is young and powerful, but he never uses his strength in the right place.

QIAN Ning. Frye wasn't unhelpful, and halfway through the first quarter, Yao Ming only got one foul. QIAN Ning. Frye had to go off the court for two fouls, and the number of fouls he had to draw suggests that he was typically using his power where it shouldn't be.

At 14:10, D'Antoni called a timeout.

In the first half of the first quarter, the Knicks still focused on Yao Ming, and they wanted to try to use Yao Ming's low-post offensive ability when he was sufficient; The other is that I am worried that I will not use it now, and in case I fall into a foul crisis in a while, I won't be able to use it when I want to......

Yao Ming sat on the sidelines and said to Qian Ning. Frye thanked him. The young man is still good, he consciously covered for him on the court, and these two fouls also had something to do with Yao Ming.

The little giant has 6 points and 2 rebounds, and Zhang Yu has 2 points and 2 assists.

D'Antoni saw it. Rivers on the opposite side obviously played the same idea as the Jazz pair last time, but although today's referee was away from home, he did not obviously favor the home team, and the penalty was still fair.

After the timeout, D'Antoni replaced Yao Ming and Tai. Lawson, Zhang Yu and Gerald. Wallace had gathered his strength in the first half of the quarter, and it was time to see them.

The game resumes. Both teams have made some changes in their lineups.

The Knicks were dispatched: Chris. Du Hong,Zhang Yu,Carl. Landry. Kenyon. Martin, Birdman Anderson.

Celtic discharged: Rajan. Rondo, Tony. Aaron, Paul. Pierce. Rashid. Wallace. Glenn. Davis.

Tony. Allen's injury has recovered by this time, and the Celtics, a defensive screwman, have improved their defensive ability this season, but he has faced a battle with Rajan. Rondo is just as embarrassed, the defensive No. 2 is sad offensively, barely raising his three-point shooting percentage to 30% all season, and the only offensive means left is a slam dunk after the fast break.

But Tony. Allen's slam dunk ability makes the Celtics coaching staff even more sad, and every time he gets injured is related to his slam dunk.

Zhang Yu experienced the progress of this old opponent today. Tony. Allen's interference before he receives the ball is more difficult, and his judgment of the ball path has become better with more experience. Always interfere with his long arm on the line where he catches the ball.

After the game restarted, the Knicks attacked this time and basketball in Tony. Alun's interference did not pass to Zhang Yu to his hand, Chris. After Dujon broke through, he passed the basketball to Gerrard on the wing. Wallace, who used his breakaway to draw a foul on the Celtics basket and get two free throws.

Zhang Yu felt Tony. Allen brought him pressure to let his teammates send the ball directly to him next time, and the Knicks' off-ball cover was much worse than the Spurs', relying on him to get rid of Tony with a counterrun. Allen's defense, it's not impossible, but it will consume unnecessary body, and he would rather be a little tired and bring the ball to the front by himself.

On the offensive end of the Celtics, this season they have reduced their singles and added set-ups, counter-run screens, and empty-handed cuts.

These are all necessary changes, in the first two seasons they can use their star singles to score more directly, but this season they have to use some complex tactical coordination to create open shooting opportunities, and eventually become more like the Spurs in the West, these two teams are getting older at the core, and the tactics are becoming more and more complex, reducing the number of players to use team play to win the opponent.

When the Celtics are on the floor with Garnett, they are more of a threat on the offensive end, and without an interior line who is good at playing, many tactics can't be played.

Rashid. Wallace's ability to adapt is not bad, but when compared to Garnett, the gap becomes obvious.

Rondo and Rashid. Wallace blocked and handed the basketball to Roaring Celestial, who was obviously supposed to pass the ball into the box according to the Celtics' tactics, because the big baby had already inserted the Knicks' interior after the off-ball screen, Rashid. Wallace only needs to hand the ball into the hands of the big baby at the moment, and the large tonnage of the latter can easily cause damage to the Knicks players.

But the ball didn't reach the basket, and in the end the tactics didn't work. Wallace could only force his shot from mid-range......

"Bang!"

Such a hasty shot, naturally it will not hit, Birdman Anderson grabbed the rebound and immediately passed to Zhang Yu, and the Knicks launched a quick counterattack

Tony. Allen made a good delay to Zhang Yu, which affected the speed of the bunny's dribbling, Zhang Yu finally did not shoot by himself, and after dribbling into the opponent's three-point line, he hit the ball to the ground and passed it to Gerrard, who was following him. Wallace, the Knicks' three-man who received a flying dunk from the basketball, made the Celtics understand that once they can't attack, they may be beaten by the Knicks into a seven-second fast break.

In last season's playoffs, the Knicks' quick counterattack didn't work as well as it should, but now, the Big Three's defense has become slower than last season's, and their fast break has naturally become more threatening.

Compared to the Celtics, who relied on constant coverage and interspersed to get shooting opportunities, the Knicks' tricks on the offensive end were much simpler. They basically rely on the individual ability of the star after the pick-and-roll to attack, Zhang Yu and any teammates on the team cooperate with the pick-and-roll tactics, and the opposing team has to send at least two players to wrap the bunny. Covering players can easily get open shots.

Of course, the Knicks' lack of variety, if there is an excellent interior line on the opposite side, such as Garnett at the peak, there is no need to use two people to wrap the bunny, and the Knicks will not have many options.

In this regard, Thibodeau is much better than D'Antoni, who can only use fast attack. Despite being only an assistant coach, Thibodeau has a lot of positioning and covering tactics in his playbook every night, as well as interspersed tactics around their inner and outer cores. If these can be played, only then can the true strength of the Knicks' two stars inside and outside be truly brought into play.

Why does D'Antoni keep coming home in the playoffs? It's because he doesn't change enough on the offensive end, and every time he plays to the end, his team's offensive path has been figured out by the opponent. In the end, there was naturally no singing.

Zhang Yu and Ken Yang. Martin is on the line for a pick-and-roll. Rashid. Wallace's pace was so slow that it looked like his teammate, the big fat man of more than 300 pounds, was a little more agile than he was. After Zhang Yu broke through to the inside line, the last line of defense was indeed Glenn. Davis is on defense.

Zhang Yu is not as strong as himself, and when the Celtics bench can't defend the inside, the foul is usually very vicious, and with a flick of his wrist, he passes the basketball to the unguarded Birdman Anderson. The latter jumped a close-range shot to score two points with ease.

Pierce hit back on the offensive end. The Celtics can still finish in the top four in the East this season, relying on their blocking and dismantling cover, giving the Big Three a one-on-one opportunity, and Pierce and Garnett can still dominate most opponents this season in a one-on-one situation.

Rivers has also put together some more interesting tactics this season, such as his penchant for Pierce to take advantage of opponents in the low post and use the truth as a low post player.

Cal. Landry's physique is supposed to be able to defend against Pierce's low-post singles, but it's another thing that can be done in theory, but in practice it's far from it.

Pierce is skilled in the low post and has a variety of tactics, such as feints after turning, step-back jumpers, and even some back steps from interior players, making it look less like an outside player.

In fact, it is also true, Rashid, who should have been on the inside. Wallace, at this time, ran to the outside line, roaring at Tianzun's involvement on the outside line, so that the Knicks did not dare to wrap Pierce on the inside.

At the end of the first quarter, the score was 27:25, Zhang Yu's outside shooting in the second half of the game declined, but Pierce's low-post offense had a very high shooting rate, and the two teams were evenly matched in the first quarter.

Zhang Yu had 8 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Yao Ming had 6 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block, and Wallace had 5 points and 2 rebounds.

Spurs' Popovich never seemed to have forgotten D'Antoni, and the Knicks' winning streak in the eyes of the Spurs coach was not about the team's tactics, and there was only one reason for the winning streak: the younger Big Three plus a group of powerful players formed a hard power suppression. As for their head coach, if you find two high school coaches in the United States, I believe that the record will not be worse than now.

D'Antoni's tactics in these dozen games, or rotation, are almost immutable, they replaced Yao Ming in the middle of the first quarter, and then replaced Yao Ming at the beginning of the second quarter.

It's not that D'Antoni's approach is wrong, it's a balance that Mustache has made between his run-and-gun and Yao Ming, and it's impossible to get D'Antoni to give up his run-and-gun tactics.

In the eyes of domestic fans, D'Antoni's approach is not a bad thing, and now if Yao Ming does not fall into a foul crisis, his playing time will basically not exceed 30 minutes, such playing time will make his efficiency higher on the court, Yao Ming's shooting rate this season has reached 59.5%, which is a very, very high shooting rate, setting the highest shooting percentage in Yao Ming's career.

This season, Yao Ming averaged 28.6 minutes per game, 18.6 points, 9.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.8 blocks, shooting 59.6% from the field and 88.5% from the free throw line.

If converted to 36 minutes, then Yao Ming's count would be 22.1 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.2 blocks.

Yao Ming has averaged nearly five fewer minutes per game this season than last season, but he has scored only one point less than last season, and the rest of the game is roughly similar to last season.

There is only one reason for this, and that is that his shooting percentage is much higher than last season. The Little Giants shot 54.8 percent from the field last season and 59.6 percent this season, and their teammates attracted a lot of defensive pressure, making Yao Ming's offense easier and making his already excellent shooting even better. (To be continued......)