Chapter 619: A Contradiction That Needs to Be Reconciled
"This guy is really tough."
In the North Shore Garden of the Boston Celtics, James Posey looked at Terry who was holding the ball in front of him and thought a little speechlessly, for him, with his physical condition and technical ability, after Zhuang Fei transformed him into the No. 1 position, he was almost able to beat most of the No. 1 players in the league, just like the Byron Davis of the Hornets, although he didn't think his offense was as good as Byron Davis, but on the defensive end he always thought that he would not be the team's defensive black hole, just in the playoffs this season, James Posey has actually been extremely depressed, in great contrast to the current prosperity of the Boston Celtics is that his performance in this year's playoffs is not very good, or a little embarrassing, maybe just like last season's playoffs Maddie met Hardaway and Jordan and Carter in a row, in this year's playoffs, James Posey's opponent is Iverson, Mike James and the current Terry, three players in a row are the type he hates the most, In this case, the Boston Celtics' starting No. 1 position is now extremely tangled, especially now that he needs his teammates on the inside to constantly move to the side to fill in when defending his opponent, which is also a big blow to James Posey, who has always been extremely confident in his defense.
"It seems that I'm really only suitable for defending the second and third positions" James Posey finally glanced at the little O'Neal who kept looking at him diagonally behind him, and then thought of his current situation The Boston Celtics' No. 1 position felt a little emotional, this is Zhuang Fei's request for him, although as far as he is concerned, such a position transformation always makes him a little difficult to adapt, but he can only obey Zhuang Fei's decision now, and the current Boston Celtics do not have a No. 1 position that can be handled, Even at present, the entire league lacks excellent No. 1 players, and in this case, he can understand Zhuang Fei's choice, but this year can only be regarded as his own bad luck, and he has only encountered a speed-type offensive guard once before. Now it's all at once.
Now James Posey is a little distracted, and just when James Posey lost his mind, Terry in front of him moved, and almost in an instant, the Grizzlies' little guard wanted to overtake James Posey directly, which was absolute confidence in his speed and absolute contempt for James Posey.
"Damned" was a little distracted for a while, but James Posey was able to block some of Terry's breakthrough lanes with a good defensive anticipation, although he suffered completely in terms of speed. It is also extremely disadvantageous in terms of flexibility. But for Terry's almost humiliating rubbing shoulders and forced overtaking, the Boston Celtics' No. 1 position was a little angry, just when James Posey slightly blocked the position, and Xiao Ao on the inside also came out to make up for the defense. It seems that the Boston Celtics' defense against Terry is about to succeed this time, but who knows that the Grizzlies guard is directly a step back, before Xiao Ao comes out. Directly leaned back to face James Posey, and pulled up a jump shot directly at a step inside the three-point line, the Grizzlies guard did not look at Mohammed who asked for it on the inside, nor did he look at the other teammates next to him, but attacked directly, after seeing Terry pull up from in front of him, James Posey was speechless for a while, although he also jumped up, but he couldn't block the ball. When James Posey looked back and saw that the basketball that had been thrown by Terry had been smashed twice on the basket and still rolled into the basket, the Boston Celtics' No. 1 almost wanted to vomit blood. For this Terry. It's not his speed that hurts him the most, but if this is just a speed-type breakaway defender. He is really able to deal with it with the help of his teammates now, but this guard is not like this, this is a man who can break through and can also shoot, and what is even more speechless is that the more difficult the shot, the higher his shooting percentage, in this case, the Boston Celtics inside Xiao Ao is almost as depressed as James Posey, he is ready to come out to help defend the delay, but the Grizzlies guard did not give him a chance at all
"Beautiful shooting, Terry's performance today is really good, this game Boston Celtics completely did not have the feeling of momentum in the last game, for now, the Grizzlies' tactics are successful, they successfully grasped the initiative on the court, now Boston wants to attack Carter that point is impossible, maybe they need to think about how to deal with Terry now"
In the media commentary booth of North Shore Gardens, TNT's ace commentator Kenny Smith looked at the changes on the court and said with a smile, the Grizzlies will reuse Terry in this game, which is an obvious thing, but what is unexpected is that Terry's role in this game is so big, completely containing the outside line of the Boston Celtics and completely allowing the Grizzlies to reverse the passive situation in the last game, In fact, in the last game, Zhuang Fei was able to calmly hack Carter in the third quarter and seal off Carter's energy in the fourth quarter, the biggest reason is that this team has gained a lot of advantages in the first two quarters, not only the advantage in the game but also the huge advantage in the score, in this case, Zhuang Fei can rest assured that the score is exchanged for the consumption of Carter, because although the Boston Celtics have a very good back ability, but in the face of Carter's defense, their success rate is still very low. At least not as good as the Boston Celtics who play a triangle offense at regular times, in this case, although Carter is constantly being consumed, but the score has been shrinking, but no matter what, as long as they have a score advantage, even if they are from a dozen points ahead to only one point ahead, but being able to consume Carter is also a victory for the Boston Celtics, but in this game, the Boston Celtics have no such capital to play back to attack Carter, and they have no advantage on the field now, There is also no advantage in the score, in this case, the Grizzlies are now on their own path, and the Boston Celtics are a little lost, although the difference between the two teams is still not too much difference, but if it really drags on, at the last moment, the Grizzlies will inevitably hand over the final decisive moment to Carter, and the Boston Celtics are also bound to need to find a character who is against Carter in the fourth quarter, although in the league, Timberwolves' Ginobili can occasionally win with Carter once or twice in the fourth quarter, although in the last round of the series Crawford also broke out against Biao and won Carter, but for now, the Grizzlies' leading player is still the league's best fourth-quarter player and the key player with the highest shooting percentage, and this Grizzlies is also the league's best fourth-quarter team, and more importantly, in the current situation, Carter, who has not been consumed, will fully explode in the fourth quarter No one can know, In such a situation, although the Boston Celtics are very anxious about the score and the Grizzlies, they have always had a deadly sword hanging over their heads.
"Maybe Coach Z can try Arenas, Arenas has a good way of dealing with a guard like Terry, doesn't this guy often be able to cause six fouls for the Spurs' French guard? Although his defense is only average, at least it should be better than James Posey, although James Posey's defense is good enough now, but he still looks clumsy in the face of Terry" Barkley looked at the Boston Celtics who were in some trouble on the court and suggested that as far as the current Boston Celtics are concerned, they still have a lot of hole cards, just like in the last game he was looking forward to the direct battle between Arenas and Ginobili and Terry who would win, Now, if Zhuang Fei is replaced by Arenas, he may be able to change something.
"If Arenas can really succumb to playing under Maddy's system, this is the best choice, but some time ago the New York Times didn't come up with an analysis, when the core of the triangle offense is Maddie, Arenas and Maddy's offensive efficiency on the court at the same time is the lowest, Maddy's offensive efficiency will decline, Arenas's offensive efficiency will also decline, of course, the same is true for the Boston Celtics, but as far as the current situation is concerned, the Boston Celtics' triangle offense does not seem to be able to use Yao Ming as the core, The same No. 5 tactic can't be used," Kenny Smith listened to Barkley's suggestion and then looked at Yao Ming, who was entangled with Ben Wallace on the court, and said with some emotion, to a certain extent, he really agreed with some comments from the New York Times, from a very objective point of view, the Grizzlies are indeed the nemesis of the Boston Celtics, because this team has the league's two best players in the tactical core of the Boston Celtics.
"It seems that the Boston Celtics are indeed in trouble now" Barkley also shook his head and said with a smile, it is good to be in trouble, because every team will be in trouble, and he is now somewhat looking forward to how the Chinese will solve this trouble.
And just when the Boston Celtics and Grizzlies were playing intractable, the first half of the game also ended with Jackson's ultra-long-range three-point miss, and the final score of the first half of this game was that the Boston Celtics led the Grizzlies by one point at home 52-51 into the second half.
Looking at the scoreline, it seems that the Boston Celtics are still ahead. (To be continued)
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