Chapter 428: A Perfect Start
(Ask for a commuter pass)
"We haven't won against that Chinese for many years, right? Today is an opportunity though."
"yes, they seem to be a bit chaotic now, hopefully they keep going like this"
On December 28, 2001, the energy arena in Salt Lake City, where the game is now being played is the Western Conference powerhouse Utah Jazz against the Boston Celtics who are the first in the East, and in this game, the Chinese head coach of the Boston Celtics is the most hated coach in this place. []
If the player most hated by Salt Lake City fans is Jordan who defeated them twice in the Finals, then their most hated coach is Zhuang Fei, who defeated them in the second round of the West in 1999, in 1999, the first year of Jordan's retirement, the Utah Jazz were the most likely to win the championship, and the team's performance was also extremely good, and even occupied the first place in the league at the beginning of the regular season. Until finally dragged down by the Timberwolves led by Zhuang Fei so that in the playoffs it was easily defeated by the Timberwolves led by Zhuang Fei, that is, from that season, the Utah Jazz team was bound to lose every time they met Zhuang Fei, and even at the end of the first two seasons, there was a home kill by Ginobili, it can be said that the Chinese became the nightmare of this place, if there is any team in the league that is more unlucky than the Jazz, then only the Sacramento Kings, this team has never won when it meets Zhuang Fei, and even some Kings fans and players have habitually lost to Zhuang Fei. It's just that although the Jazz are a little better than the Kings, but the good is limited, as a team with its own history and legend, Jazz fans can't accept this fact like the Kings, and the Jazz played well at home in Boston in the last game of the season, these fans also hope that the team can get back in this game, and for now, the Utah Jazz still have a little advantage in this game.
Zhuang Fei's tactics in this game were a little different from the past. Prior to this match, Boston Celtics' main tactic was singles. Give the ball to Yao Ming for singles, or give the ball to Xiao Ao for singles, and if it doesn't solve the problem, give the ball to Maddie. It doesn't matter if Maddie takes the ball or organizes the team to attack. So the Boston Celtics are the simplest and most brutal of all the top-ranked teams in the NBA right now. For this team, which is obviously different from the previous Z coach style, everyone is actually slowly getting used to it, as long as the team can win, it doesn't matter how it plays.
Just in this game. The tactics of the Boston Celtics have undergone a lot of changes, this team is no longer playing that kind of simple and rough basketball today, but has begun to pass the ball, and even the big man of the team has begun to try to respond to his teammates' offense, you must know that the most impressive thing about this Chinese big man after coming to the NBA is their offense, whether it is the basket foot, the basket hook, or the mid-range shooting, etc., there are not too many shortcomings, this is a player with strong offensive ability. As for his playmaking ability, few people really remember.
But in this game, this inside line actually sent the ball from the back of his head several times in the face of the Jazz team with Malone, and his interior axis is important, although he is a little immature in this game, but it also leaves a strong impression.
"It's a completely different style of a Celtics. This team is emulating Wake Forest. Whether it's the offensive style or other aspects, it's imitating Wake Forest, and it's clear that Coach Z is building a triangle offense for the Boston Celtics. It's just that from the current point of view, whether it is Maddie or Yao Ming, it is much worse than Carter and Duncan of Wake Forest, and the traces of deliberate imitation by the Boston Celtics in this game are too heavy, and the tactics do not have the slightest aura at all, too stereotyped, such an attack is ugly, but for the Boston Celtics who are just starting out, it is very good that they can do this now" Michaels, the ABC commentator in the fan stands of the Energy Arena, looked at the performance of the Boston Celtics on the court and nodded with a smile, for him personally, he really hopes to see Zhuang Fei copy the tactics of Wake Forest to the NBA, you must know that many experts and even fans are now extremely looking forward to the 'Zhuang-style triangle offense' and 'Jackson-style triangle offense' who is strong and who is weak, this issue has been debated for more than five years now, but it is a pity that Zhuang Fei is beginning to meet the expectations of these people today. …,
"Yao Ming's back pass this time is very beautiful, it can be seen that his passing and vision are good, but now the passing speed is not good, too slow, there are problems with timing, it is easy to be broken by mistake, and for the triangle offense, Maddie is now a little too sticky, if there is no chance, he must pass the ball, the instigation point and the offensive point are not very good, and the running position of other Boston Celtics players is also wrong, especially the dead space is a little unopen" Michaels is a fan of Zhuang Fei, He has an absolute understanding of Zhuang Fei, and he is naturally very thorough about Zhuang Fei's tactics in college, and as a professional ABC basketball commentator, he is not bad than some professional basketball coaches in terms of basketball tactical literacy, so the ABC commentator in this game is a cameo role as a tactical commentator or a tactical evaluation master, and will always point out the various deficiencies and deficiencies of the Boston Celtics in the game. It's clear that the ABC commentator has entered a different mode.
"It's a pity, if this ball can be pulled away earlier, maybe this ball will be an absolute vacancy, which will not leave Malone time to make up for it, but Maddie's timing this time is much better than before," Michaels looked at the court with some regret and said, for a team that has just begun to build a system, there will always be a lot of regrettable mistakes or mistakes.
It's just that unlike Michaels, Zhuang Fei on the sidelines did not have Michaels' disappointment and regret, on the contrary, he and his assistant coach Stephen Green were a little happy, because the performance of the Boston Celtics in this game was completely unexpected by them, before this game, the Boston Celtics only had one day to learn and practice the triangle offense, and in this game, Zhuang Fei in order to fulfill his promise to Stephen Green, the tactics of this game are also triangle offense.
For Zhuang Fei, Michaels can clearly see the problem, he can naturally see it very clearly, from a mature perspective or a more harsh point of view, the tactics of the Boston Celtics in this game are like shit, if it was such a game in the previous Wake Forest Zhuang Fei would replace all five players on the court, and then reprimand them fiercely, but today the Boston Celtics can play such a game today is surprising enough.
This team now has no way to run out of the triangle offensive tactics very clearly, this is inevitable, Zhuang Fei gave this team a month to slowly run out of tactics, although this team can not run out of tactics completely, but it can play some eye-catching 'semi-finished products' in many times, although only some' Semi-finished' but it is enough to make Zhuang Fei happy, originally he thought that in this game he let the Boston Celtics use the triangle offense in the face of the Jazz can only hold on to 1 quarter of the game at most, if the first quarter collapses Zhuang Fei will use conventional tactics, although Zhuang Fei promised Green to use and run in the triangle offense in every game, but as for how long to use it is not determined, this game Zhuang Fei's heart is set for a quarter of time, but in the end the Boston Celtics insisted on a full three quarters, and after three quarters, it was only less than 10 points behind。
"Coach, they are really a group of competitive players, I didn't expect them to be able to do this, especially Yao Ming, how come he didn't have such a beautiful back pass and pass during training" Stephen Green was also very excited and shouted next to Zhuang Fei, you must know that Yao Ming, who was the tactical core of the team, performed very poorly when the team was training, but he didn't expect to be able to play at a super level in the game, and when Yao Ming's core became better, the team was able to play. It's no surprise that the half-finished 'triangle offensive' is no surprise. …,
"However, they still have a lot of shortcomings, so after this game, you have to change them more strictly," Zhuang Fei also said with a smile, while Stephen Green on the side also nodded.
After the start of the fourth quarter of this game, Zhuang Fei began to change his regular tactics, although the game fell behind by 8 points in the first three quarters, but before Zhuang Fei changed the lineup, the team tied the score under the leadership of Kirilenko and Arenas, especially the Russian teenager Kirilenko, he and Jazz head coach Sloan have a big In Kirilenko's heart, it was the Jazz head coach who delayed his agreement with Stephen Green for 2 years, so this game was extremely both the defensive and offensive ends. In the 25 minutes of the game, he played 12 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks in an all-round performance, and the Boston Celtics also defeated the Jazz 105-100 in this game, which also made the Boston Celtics regain the rhythm of victory after losing to the Lakers, and also allowed the Boston Celtics to consolidate the first place in the East with a 25-5 record.
At the end of this game, Zhuang Fei was obviously able to see Jazz head coach Sloan's eyes looking at him a little unkindly.
It is clear that the head coach regrets his decision to send Kirilenko to Zhuang Fei.