"It's a really interesting game, although this season, neither of these two teams is the top offensive team in the league, these two teams are slightly worse than the Kings and the Wizards or the Mavericks on the offensive end, but even so, these two teams have shown absolutely strong offensive firepower in the first three games, and many times it is easy for both teams to score 100 or even 110, There are just too many talented players in these two teams. It's just that what no one expected was that these two teams played a completely different kind of defensive basketball in this game, which was completely different from the previous three games."

In the commentary seat of the General Motors Arena, Kenny Smith looked at the two teams on the court a little helplessly, now these two teams are anxious, it is the kind of anxiety in the full sense, and the scores of the two teams are extremely low, compared with the previous games on 100 at every turn, this game has not scored more than 40 points at the end of the half, in this case, as long as there is no accident in the second half, it is impossible for these two teams to score more than 100 points in this game, Even 90 points may not be able to surpass.

For these two teams that are almost the best in the East at the moment, and perhaps the best in the league, both of these teams are good enough on both the offensive and defensive ends, and both of these teams are the kind of top-level all-round teams, and in this case, when the defense on both sides can just choke the opponent's offense, the game is scorched, just in the first three games, for these two teams, Whether it is the Celtics' Maddy, Xiao Ao and Yao Ming's internal and external connections or the Grizzlies' Carter Rush, these two teams have no way to choke each other's offense, at least they can't completely hinder the opponent's offense, in this case, it can be seen that although these two teams are known for their comprehensiveness, whether it is the Boston Celtics or the Vancouver Grizzlies, they are more inclined to attack, these two teams are considered to be stronger teams in offense than defense, and it is precisely because of this, When these two teams suddenly showed more defensive than offensive characteristics in this game, Kenny Smith in the commentary box was surprised.

"Obviously, this must be the reason for the lineup substitution of Coach Z" After hearing Kenny Smith's exclamation, Barkley on the side pouted his mouth and said, the reason why this game turned into a hand-to-hand fight, just like Kenny Smith thinks, these two teams are suddenly able to defend each other, for the Vancouver Grizzlies, the lineup and bench rotation of this team are the same as before, in this case, the offensive and defensive level of this team is naturally on the horizontal line and has not changed much.

The reason why this situation occurred was naturally because of the Boston Celtics, because the Boston Celtics' defense suddenly became stronger and was able to defend Carter, and this team was able to choke Carter while also letting its offense be choked by the Grizzlies.

Yao Ming's long-term absence allowed Ben Wallace to come over and pounce on Maddie very calmly, and when Maddy's pass was forced to transfer from the inside to the outside rotation, the Vancouver Grizzlies used their size and excellent defensive rotation to make up for Jackson, who pulled out to shoot three points at the power forward position, plus Prince's shooting rate on the court was really low, the rookie's offense was very unstable, and the Grizzlies' defense was more calm in this case. The Grizzlies rookie didn't have many shooting opportunities in a season with Arenas, and Arenas wasn't the kind of person who was willing to pass the ball, not to mention that the object was just a rookie player, and in some cases, Arenas would rather pass the ball to Haslem than share the ball with the likes of Prince and Barnes, and in his opinion, it might be better for him to make these rookie shots from the perimeter who are not much sure.

In this case, it is unrealistic to expect the Boston Celtics to attack, but if the Boston Celtics meet the Grizzlies in the first three games today, then the Boston Celtics are estimated to be disarmed in the first half, but it is very strange that Coach Z, who looks a little brainless, really choked Carter, and it is naturally impossible for a player like Carter to completely limit his scoring, but for today's Boston Celtics, But no one will say that they didn't choke Carter, because this game of the Boston Celtics showed everyone the most embarrassing Carter of the season, the first man of the season to completely abandon the breakthrough offense that was required in the previous game under the defense of Prince and Jackson of the Boston Celtics.

"I really didn't expect the rookie's footsteps to be so agile, Carter's first step can't get up, when he can't get up at the first step, the Boston Celtics can quickly wrap up and then quickly make defensive substitutions so that Carter is in a state of stopping the ball and can't extricate himself, or pass the ball or directly pull up and shoot, this is a very strange rhythm for offensive players, Carter is extremely uncomfortable"

Kenny Smith also nodded, being able to make his offense worse and being able to defend Carter is the reason for that Chinese, especially this Chinese actually really pinched Carter, this is definitely the biggest news in the NBA after this game, and this Z coach is not a simple bag, for Carter, the bag is useless, his passing is too good, and the awareness of passing is also excellent, in this case the bag is a price, The defensive tactics used by the Boston Celtics in this game were layered defense.

Prince is the first line, restricting Carter's start, when Carter can't get up at the first step, Jackson quickly rotates from the inside, when Jackson comes here, Prince needs to leave Carter immediately, and let Jackson stick to Carter, this is a stationary situation, even Carter is difficult to do when facing Jackson, especially when leaving Carter, Prince has been standing on the route he needs to break through to the inside, the Boston Celtics' strategy is to let Carter pass the ball to the inside.

It doesn't matter if it's passed to Muhammad or Ben Wallace, as long as these two people are not under the basket, there is no threat, and if these two are all under the basket, then Prince on the other side will quickly recycle the temporary cameo power forward, although his movement speed is not as fast as Kirilenko, but it is still too late to deal with the Grizzlies, who don't have many offensive skills and need to stop the ball at any time. In this case, Carter is left with very few options, either to pull up and shoot by himself, or to force Jackson and go directly to a place closer to the basket to actively be trapped, or finally pass the ball to the inside, or if it can't be passed, he can only pass to Billups on the other side.

It's just that these choices make it impossible for the Grizzlies' leading player to get close to the basket and attack, and it would be better if Ben Wallace or Muhammad came out to cover him and block him, and the Boston Celtics just let Jackson let Wallace go or Muhammad just wrapped him up. It can be said that the Boston Celtics and the Grizzlies are pinching each other's offense in the entire first half, in this case, these two teams did not play the basketball they should have at all, but this is slightly advantageous for the Celtics, at least this game did not open the score, although the Boston Celtics were still 34-38 behind at the end of the half, but this score can be said to be very good compared to the previous game.

"Although this tactic seems simple, it requires Jackson and Prince to have excellent defensive awareness and strong defensive timing ability, which is not something that ordinary teams can do, at least ordinary teams will not have two defensive players like Prince and Jackson, as long as there is any mistake in the connection between the two, with Carter's ability, it is completely able to get rid of the defense and kill the basket again, and it is not easy for the Boston Celtics to do this, Or it's not easy for Coach Z to be able to do this."

"Coach, it's really useful, but if we can't play a beautiful offense in this game, it's still difficult to win" From the beginning of this game to the present, the assistant coach of the Boston Celtics has been very excited, this game of his own head coach's seemingly idiotic tactics worked, although he has always been very confident in his head coach, but he still feels that it is difficult for the head coach to succeed in this arrangement, and this game is a surprise for everyone in the Boston Celtics.

"Was it successful? It's only half now, if Jerry West is willing to gamble, our offense will naturally be solved, and we can win in the end" After hearing Green's words, Zhuang Fei shook his head with a slight smile.

Jerry West's Choice? Zhuang Fei's words made Green confused again, but at this time, the referee on the court blew the whistle of the first half of the game, 36-40, the Boston Celtics fell behind by 4 points, the difference was not big, and the victory or defeat was also difficult to distinguish. (To be continued)

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