Chapter 297: Defense and Offense
Zhang Yu saw that the killer Ray had predicted in advance, blocking in front of him and delusionally trying to make his own offensive foul, he smiled in his heart, he was not LeBron. James, with a dashing turn, easily got past Ray Allen and accelerated to the Celtics half-court dribble.
At the moment when Zhang Yu and himself staggered, Lei Allen performed a rare fake fall, as if he was hit by Zhang Yu, and fell straight backwards to the floor.
Killer Grenade did not perform well this time, but the referee decisively blew the whistle in his mouth and sentenced Zhang Yu to foul someone!
"Damn, looking for a sentry again?"
Of course Zhang Yu knows what's going on, this damn referee feels that the last sentence was light, and this is to get it back from him.
Ray Allen was pulled up by Pierce, and the Celtics players stepped forward to pat Ray Allen's head, this defense, Ray Allen figured out the referee's mind, so he was able to succeed even if he was not a good performer, which was a triumph of experience!
Two offensive fouls, this is too costly!
Zhang Yu was too lazy to complain to the referee, D'Antoni called a timeout to calm the Knicks players' mood, two consecutive fouls will have a negative impact on the players' psychology, this time the defense must be prevented, otherwise they are more than 5 points behind, and this game will be difficult.
When the pause was made, Zhang Yu vs. Tony was still playing back on the big screen. Allen's foul, the Celtics fans have not stopped abusing him in the past few minutes, but the little rabbit on the battlefield has become accustomed to this, and he has long been able to turn a deaf ear.
"Everybody calm down, this time the defense beware of their outside threes, Relaren is in great shape. At this time, he must not be allowed to run out of the air and shoot three points. ”
D'Antoni's poor defense doesn't mean he can't tell the situation on the field. At this critical time, the most threatening thing is a killer like Ray Allen.
The Knicks took a timeout this timeout. The three-point defense against Ray Allen was specially arranged, and the killer Ray could not be allowed to add a fire to the grim situation.
The timeout ended, and both teams returned to the field.
Zhang Yu did not leave Lei Allen an inch, he believed that with his defensive ability, he could choke this killer, not only that, but he also had to take revenge for the offensive foul just now.
Garnett fed the basketball to Pierce, the Celtics captain dribbled to the top of the arc to attack, and Ray Allen quickly moved to the opposite corner. Away from the basket and teammates, the offense looks like a point of traction from the outside, rather than a main offense.
Zhang Yu doesn't care so much, it's his task to prevent Lei Allen, and he doesn't care about others this round.
Lei Allen took advantage of Zhang Yu's turn of his head to glance at Pierce's kung fu, and immediately ran along the bottom line, going around the bottom line and running towards the other side of the bottom line.
Zhang Yu hurriedly pulled his legs to catch up, but was blocked by Garnett's off-ball cover.
"You're trying to stop me?"
Zhang Yu faced Garnett's off-ball cover and made a Z-shaped run. Relying on his faster speed, he still followed Ray Allen, and he was not completely thrown away, and he could catch up with the opponent in a few more steps.
Perkins made another off-ball screen for Ray Allen under the basket, and the Celtics center has a generous build. This time, Zhang Yu was finally blocked.
"Change the guard!"
Zhang Yu shouted at Anderson, the birdman, who immediately turned to chase Ray Allen.
Birdman Anderson is fast enough, but Ray Allen is faster. Running to the other side of the baseline while receiving the Pierce ball, Killer Ray did not hesitate. Immediately raise your hand and throw the basketball......
"Huh!"
Anderson has already made a block and is just a finger away from blocking this shot. This kind of defense is already a very good defense, but Killer Grenade is different from the average shooter, unless his shot is covered, the impact on him at critical moments is limited, not enough to make him miss the shot.
This is the killer, a sword to seal the throat at the critical moment!
D'Antoni slapped the thigh on the pitch, and they defended it well enough, but lacked a little luck.
With a score of 85:92, the Celtics have led the Knicks by 7 points through Ray Allen's three-pointer.
"There's still a chance, there's seven minutes left in the game."
Zhang Yu clapped his hands to encourage the team's morale, the Knicks were not so fragile after two rounds of playoff training, and the players still maintained enough fighting spirit to believe that they could recover the score.
The Knicks attacked, and Zhang Yu chose to dribble and break through in order to play a success rate this time.
The Celtics' three-dimensional defense, Ray Allen's first layer is not difficult to break through, Zhang Yu can use his speed to break through to the interior line relatively easily, and then Garnett and other Celtics players are the most difficult link.
Zhang Yu dribbled to the free throw line and immediately hit Garnett, and Ray Allen behind him was not completely thrown away, as long as he was slightly delayed by the wolf king, he would fall into a double trap.
David. Lee pulled on the inside, and Zhang Yu hit the ball and passed the ball to David Lee.
The Celtics defense quickly shrank, Perkins stepped in to defend David Lee, Garnett found Anderson, and Pierce quickly wrapped it up...... At this moment, the Celtics' entire defensive net shrank to the inside, which was resilient enough to pose a threat to any breakaway player.
David Lee didn't have a chance to shoot, so he could only jump up and pass the basketball to the outside.
Gerrard. Wallace received the ball, and Ray Allen had already let go of Zhang Yu at this time, and Rondo sandwiched the Knicks' defensive stalwart on the outside.
Garnett moved to the middle to block the passing route, Zhang Yu had obviously run to the weak side and was unguarded, but the basketball could not be passed directly to him, Wallace only had a pass to be cut off by the wolf king The chance is very high, and the Knicks have been cut off by the Celtics in the middle several times in this game.
As soon as the Celtics break the ball, they will immediately launch a counterattack, and the Knicks will lose two points if they can't score.
Gerrard. Wallace passed the basketball to the top of the arc, Crawford received the ball, Garnett made up again, the wolf king really worked defense today, his positivity drove the team's defensive enthusiasm, the Celtics' defense is like playing with life, and this momentum alone is enough for many weak teams to drink a pot.
Crawford passed Zhang Yu again, and the big baby Davis made up again.
The Knicks didn't have enough time to attack, and Zhang Yu had already seen the Celtics' rotation hole wide open. But there was not enough time for him to pass the ball again and he had to shoot immediately.
That's how the NBA battles offense and defense. Finding the Celtics' holes before the Knicks run out of offensive time was a successful offense. Conversely, the Celtics before the end of offensive time. Not allowing the Knicks to find open shots is considered a successful defense.
It was clearly the Celtics who won the contest and they didn't rotate until the last minute of 24 seconds, revealing a gap that the Knicks didn't have time to exploit.
In order to prevent being covered, Zhang Yu could only increase the arc of his shot this time, but the basketball smashed on the neck of the basket and bounced high, and the Celtics retracted the basket to compete for rebounds.
Birdman Anderson is under the basket. He grabbed the position, but Garnett took the basketball first with a pair of long arms, and then the Celtics relied on the crowd to protect the rebound.
Charles. Barkley laughed: "Anderson is not tall enough, remember how many rebounds His Majesty Superman of the Magic team grabbed under the basket last round?" ”
Kenny. Smith analyzed: "The Celtics' defensive system is easy to be grabbed by opponents under the basket and lose rebounds, and their rebounds rely on Garnett's personal ability, but once they encounter a rebounding monster like Howard, the old wolf king can't parry." ”
Charles. Barkley continued: "We onlookers know that Bunny can actually break into the basket with his pure speed if he can have Wade's counter-attacking ability. You can shoot against Garnett's defense. ”
Kenny. Smith disagreed with him, retorting: "I think the best weapon to crack the Celtics' defensive system is to use the outside three-pointer, and the three-point shot is not easy to get hurt, and he has this three-point shooting ability." But I don't know. Why didn't he shoot as many three-pointers after the first half? ”
Zhang Yu doesn't shoot three-pointers in order to score more efficiently, and they urgently need to increase their points now, and the three-point shooting rate is only 40% no matter how high.
However, his breakthrough did not have much effect. He doesn't have the body of Wade to open up defenders under the basket. Forcing a shot to be blocked by Garnett, now he only has the option of shooting three-pointers.
Garnett on the offensive end. Another turnaround jumper widened the gap between the two teams to nine points, and the Knicks were almost double-digit behind the Celtics.
The Knicks attacked, Zhang Yu dribbled and stopped at the top of the arc one step away, he was hesitating how to choose this offense?
The Celtics' defense against the Knicks from the first game was biased to the outside, and Coach Rivers was not stupid, he knew that even if he let go of the interior defense properly, the Knicks' interior offensive ability might not be able to do much damage to them, and they could afford the price of this choice.
Garnett stepped on the free throw line to defend, this position is more inclined to 212 joint defense, and the Wolves can become 23 joint defense and 32 joint defense at any time, and now the Celtics are undoubtedly a defensive formation that is more inclined to 32 joint defense, mainly defending the Knicks' outside three-point shots.
Whether it is international basketball or the NBA, the best way to deal with the three-two defense is to use a breakthrough, but Zhang Yu has already tried, and his breakthrough effect is not great.
"But you don't have to break through, people are clearly defending three points, isn't this jumping in knowing that there is a trap?"
Zhang Yu's heart hurt, and he raised his hand to make a shooting feint at Lei Allen.
Ray Allen stepped forward and reached out to block, but he was not fooled.
Zhang Yu hesitated slightly, but still didn't dare to force the throw, and made a blocking gesture to David Li.
David Lee pulled up to block the demolition, Zhang Yu broke through again with the cover, David Lee did not follow down after the cover, but pulled to the flank to prepare to catch the ball and shoot the middle distance.
Zhang Yu distributed the ball more quickly this time, and David Lee received the basketball to face the Celtics players to make up the defense, and quickly distributed the ball again.
Crawford received the basket in the corner, and he had a chance to shoot in the open spot, and the Knicks' best sixth man didn't hesitate to shoot immediately......
"Bang!"
The Knicks had an offensive opportunity this time, but Crawford missed the shot this time.
D'Antoni's eyes lit up on the sidelines, and his heart was thoughtful. (To be continued......)