Chapter 655: Yao Ming
The Boston Celtics won, winning two games in a row, after the first big win over the somewhat unprepared and unprepared Spurs, in the second game, the Boston Celtics once again defeated the Spurs by 4 points with the advantage of home court, and this game is no longer like the first game The Spurs have no resistance, although the Spurs lost this game, but it is really the most real strength of the two teams, or the Spurs actually played all their strength, of course, the Boston Celtics naturally did the same.
Even in the last moments of this game, the Spurs still have a chance to overtake the score, if it weren't for Parker's failure to shoot a three-pointer in the last minute of the game when there were still 22s, if it wasn't for the Spurs being forced to play foul tactics, then the score would definitely not be as big as four points.
In fact, the two teams have been entangled in this game from the beginning of the game to the end of the game, the maximum point difference did not reach more than 3 points, and the two teams are extremely strange in a game alternate 26 times, even in the history of the NBA, such a situation is rare.
And the trend of this game is also completely fulfilled everyone's pre-game trend prediction of this game, this is a round of meat grinder-like game, no one knows what the two teams were wrenched into in the end, this game Boston Celtics won at home, but this is not something to start celebrating, because the format of the finals is 2-3-2, the Boston Celtics play two home games first, then three consecutive away games, and finally return to Boston to play the last two home games. If the game can hit a tie-break, then the Boston Celtics have a home-court advantage, but if they can't play a tie-break in this series? Then the Boston Celtics don't have the so-called home-field advantage.
Judging from the performance of these two teams in the second game, basically which team has a greater chance of winning at home, this is not to say that there will be black whistles or other things at home, but these two teams rely on making each other's fouls to kill opponents in the finals, in this style of play, the home team must be superior, such as these two games, whether it is Yao Ming or Xiao Ao of the Boston Celtics has not been brushed down by Duncan. In these two games, the NBA referee is more encouraging inside physical contact, so this is also the reason why the Boston Celtics can play normally in these two games, but even so, the Boston Celtics only won by 4 points in the second game, if the last two points are free throws for foul tactics, then the Boston Celtics only won the Spurs by two points, which is not a big advantage, and it can even be said that it is not an advantage.
In that case, anything could happen to the Boston Celtics on the road. This is definitely not alarmist if Spurs have won three games in a row on their home turf. If the final big score becomes a 3-2 lead, then let the Spurs and Popovich get the match point in the end, then the Boston Celtics may not be able to guarantee that they will be able to win both home games when they return home.
So, in this case, the Boston Celtics won two games in a row, and Zhuang Fei's Finals wins also became 10-0, when Zhuang Fei swept the Pacers in the Finals in 2000, and in 20001, he swept the 76ers, plus these two wins with the Spurs. Zhuang Fei also completed a terrifying Finals ten consecutive wins, which is also the first head coach in NBA history to complete this honor, of course, it may be an exaggeration to say that this is an honor, but at least this can be called a record that is almost difficult to break, but even if such a record is created, Zhuang Fei is not very happy after the second game.
"Stephen. Is that kid okay? Zhuang Fei looked at the team's assistant coach Stephen Green, who had just come into his office, frowned a little and asked, The next game between the Boston Celtics and the Spurs is on June 13, and there is no need for the Boston Celtics to leave two days in advance, so after yesterday's game. The Boston Celtics just did some recovery training today, but they also did some targeted tactical exercises.
For the winning side, the Boston Celtics, now they don't need to change too much when winning, even if there may be loopholes in some aspects, but in the case of winning, even the loopholes are generally not repaired, after all, no one knows whether these loopholes will help to win, in this case, the Boston Celtics players naturally cannot have big problems in the physical aspect, and Zhuang Fei's question is indeed not asking the player's physical problems. It's a psychological problem.
"It's very bad, although I can't talk about losing confidence, but the psychological fear is getting bigger and bigger, that's for sure, now his psychological state is not very stable" After hearing Zhuang Fei's question, the team's assistant coach also replied with some sighs, Zhuang Fei asked the player is none other than the Boston Celtics' central striker, the Chinese big man Yao Ming, and now the Boston Celtics' home inside line is indeed having some problems, especially after the last game.
In fact, for now, in the first time he participated in the Finals, coupled with his status as a sophomore rookie, in fact, his performance in the first two games of this series was not extremely good, but it was also very qualified, after all, for most NBA players, it is almost impossible to play a dominant game like the first time Magic in his rookie style, after all, it is a miracle that the Magic rookie season away center won the MVP of the Finals, and it may be an eternal miracle, No one would ask any player to be able to achieve such a performance, and Zhuang Fei naturally could not ask Yao Ming to play such a dominant performance in his first finals as a sophomore, which is very unrealistic, and in the same way, although it is not comparable to the miracle of the magician, Yao Ming is not a player of Duncan's level, Duncan was already one of the most dominant players in the league when he was a sophomore, and there are still not many players in the history of the league who can play such a performance as a sophomore.
Yao Ming is an All-Star caliber player. This is just an All-Star level player, whether it is Magic Johnson or Duncan is a little far away from him, this is not too shameful thing, after all, people like Magic and Duncan are also one of the few in the entire history of the NBA, if Yao Ming can play the performance of these two in his second year, then the Boston Celtics are estimated to break the regular season winning record set by the Timberwolves in the regular season in the regular season, it will be easy, in fact, let this current ability value' Only a '89 center has to face Duncan, who has reached 98, and he can average 9.5 points and 11 rebounds per game in such a game, which is already very good, not to mention that he also averages 5 assists per game.
Although he didn't contribute much in terms of scoring himself, the team's offensive fulcrum was very good. It's just that for Zhuang Fei, Yao Ming's data this time is not a failure. In the current league, there are not many players who can get better data than Yao Ming under Duncan's crazy blow, and Duncan is really crazy to hit Yao Ming in this series, which is not a joke, this is the tactical basis and winning basis of the two teams in this series, in this case, Duncan is directly dealing with this Chinese center with the mentality of 'defeating' Yao Ming.
It's just that although Zhuang Fei thinks so, he doesn't think Yao Ming's performance is bad, but Yao Ming doesn't think so, this year's Chinese interior player is playing too badly in the playoffs. Almost since the first round, he's been facing some of the league's best interior players, especially defensive interiors. Mourning, Ben Wallace, Duncan, if you add the Timberwolves' Garnett and the Celtics' Xiaoao, the Chinese interior has encountered three of the league's top five defensive interior players, which is a very depressing thing no matter how you look at it.
In the last game, he only played 26 minutes of the game, and only contributed 6 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 turnovers and 5 fouls. This kind of performance can be said to be the most painful game of his career, and the reason why the Spurs can still hold on to the Boston Celtics in the end and even almost reversed is because he has too little playing time and contributes too little, under normal circumstances, this player is a 15+11+5 player, but his contribution in this game is only half of the usual, and it is precisely because of this that the Boston Celtics scored so low in the last game.
Although the Spurs are a good defensive powerhouse. But it wasn't easy to get the Boston Celtics to play a game below 95 points, knowing that the Boston Celtics scored more than 110 points in the first game because of Yao Ming's long break. Although the Boston Celtics can let Kirilenko and Haslem take turns to replace him, maybe they can be replaced defensively, but they can't be replaced on the offensive end anyway, for the Boston Celtics, Yao Ming is very important, especially for the Boston Celtics' offense, isn't the reason why the Boston Celtics are slightly stronger than the Spurs is the team's offensive balance and squad depth?
Yao Ming is not a genius, whether in physical talent or psychological will, perhaps in addition to his height advantage and Chinese identity, he is just an ordinary player who works a lot harder than ordinary NBA players, for such players although he will not have the melancholy that Maddie produces from time to time, and at the same time does not have Garnett's passion that erupts from time to time, these people's personalities are geniuses in the NBA, and Yao Ming is just an ordinary player, He has everything a normal player.
For example, in the case of abnormal performance throughout the playoffs this year, under the pressure of the media and public opinion that has been breaking out recently, the Boston Celtics center has begun to be a little autistic, and he has become less and less talking in recent training, and the communication with his teammates has become less, and he seems to be completely addicted to his own world and can't get out, which is the most common practice of ordinary people in the face of pressure, that is, to hide and close himself, It's just that for the Boston Celtics and Zhuang Fei, he doesn't want his home line to be so closed, if there is no Yao Ming's play on the offensive end, the Boston Celtics will not have any advantage in the face of the Spurs, and even be at a disadvantage.
This is also something that Zhuang Fei absolutely cannot tolerate.
"Looks like this big guy is really having a setback"
Zhuang Fei finally shook his head and said with a smile when he saw the helpless look on his assistant coach's face, in fact, since Zhuang Fei selected Yao Ming, this Chinese interior line basically did not cause him any trouble, this is a coach's favorite type of player, with excellent strength and no genius disease, but this time, this Chinese big man who has never had problems has collapsed a little at the most critical time of the team.
So after seeing Zhuang Fei's helpless look, the team's assistant coach Green also didn't have any way in the end, this is the player's heart disease, if Yao Ming can't really raise his eyebrows in front of Duncan, then he can't really cure this heart disease, so in this case, for the team's coach, all he can do is comfort, and in fact, Stephen Green is already doing all kinds of comfort to the Chinese big man, but no matter what Stephen Green says, the effect is not good, And at this time, if Zhuang Fei is replaced, it is estimated that it will make this center even more guilty, which is definitely an extremely tricky thing.
"Coach, how do you see us changing the way we play? Transferring the responsibility of Yao Ming to others" In the end, the assistant coach of the Boston Celtics also tried to make a suggestion, but after he made this suggestion, he immediately vetoed it himself, playing other teams The Boston Celtics can play a variety of tactics, such as all small forwards, such as one big and four small, but in the face of this Spurs, there is really no one who can replace Yao Ming's role.
It's just that at this time, even if the Boston Celtics can't solve Yao Ming's current problem, but the finals are not waiting for anyone, on June 12, the Boston Celtics also set off for the Spurs, because the third game of this round of the finals is also the start of the game that determines whether the finals have a turning point.
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