Chapter 427: It's a dog
Both Rondo and Carlisle are dissatisfied with the situation on the court at the moment, the game played half a quarter, Rondo's assists still stayed at 1, and Li Yang has sent 7 assists, the score of the two teams is 11:17 at this time, and the Mavericks have not been able to further narrow the difference after preventing the difference from being stretched to double digits. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The Celtics' tradition is to focus on defense, and the young Stevens did not lose this tradition, in fact, his ability to adjust the defense of players during his college coaching period was recognized by many people, and in training camp, Stevens's defensive training made Li Yang, who came out of a team with excellent defense like the Spurs, a little surprised.
Of course, Li Yang also agrees very much, as an important part of the Spurs' two consecutive championships, Li Yang is very clear about the importance of defense in the game.
Therefore, the current Celtics may still have a little lack of tacit understanding on the offensive end, and the defensive cooperation is not so in place, but the enthusiasm of the defense is extremely high.
Rondo was entangled by Smart, who he completely ignored before the game, and it was almost impossible to break through to the basket, which made his passing power a lot less, and the rest of the Mavericks' players were almost completely entangled by the Celtics players, even if Rondo passed the ball, it could not be directly converted into assists, but needed multiple rounds of transmission to get opportunities.
On the other hand, the Celtics' organizational forward tactics made the Mavericks not very adaptable, they agreed before the game that as long as they choked Li Yang's score, but after coming to the court, Li Yang didn't have too many shots at all, Li Yang continued to use his ability to break through with the ball and cut without the ball to attract the Mavericks' defense, and then pass the ball to his teammates to score.
At Carlisle's signal, the Mavericks also began to change their tactics to shrink the defensive line at this time, they no longer care whether Li Yang is attacking with the ball or cutting without the ball, in short, they just hold on to one point, that is, to stick to the inside, so that it will be difficult for Green and Sullinger to follow up on Li Yang's assist offense.
As for the outside, in the Celtics' lineup, the outside line is undoubtedly a weakness, Li Yang passed the ball outside the three-point line twice in a row after the Celtics shrunk the defense, but neither Bradley nor Smart could hit the ball.
The Mavericks, on the other hand, seized the opportunity to score a goal to narrow the gap between the two sides to 4 points.
Stevens called a timeout immediately after seeing the team's offense frustrate on the field.
At the timeout, on the Mavericks' bench, Carlisle told his players: "The opponent should start to change tactics, note that Li Yang will start to attack, Tyson continues to shrink on the inside defense, and Parsons pays attention to his mid-to-long-range shots after running without the ball." ā
The Celtics' offense at this time was no longer effective, and Carlisle judged that the opponent would switch to Li Yang, the team's first attack point, to break the deadlock.
On the other end, Stevens didn't plan to do so, he changed the lineup, Smart was replaced at this point with Marcus Thorton, and Sullinger was also replaced with Kelly Olynyk.
Stevens replaced the Celtics' two relatively stable three-point shooters inside and outside, and pressed the team's only two point guards to the bench at the same time, and the Celtics played a lineup with no point guards at all.
Carlisle was also a little stunned when he saw the Celtics' lineup, he frowned slightly, and vaguely felt that the tactics he had arranged before did not seem to be too appropriate, but at this time the game had restarted, and it was the Celtics attacking, and Carlisle couldn't call a timeout to adjust.
Carlisle didn't even remind the players to pay attention to the outside defense, when the coach must not be determined in the layout of the tactics, before figuring out whether the Celtics' substitution is to attack the perimeter or just to confuse the Mavericks to create space for Li Yang, Carlisle chose to let his players continue to implement the tactics just arranged.
"You must not let this guy give away assists again!" Rondo, who walked on the court at this time, was no longer as calm as the previous pause, originally he did listen to Carlisle's words and was ready to use assists to show his value, but there was no harm if there was no comparison, his assists stayed at 1, but Li Yang's assists had risen to 7.
If this continues, Li Yang will get 10 assists in a single quarter, if this is the case, how embarrassing it will be, and assists have always been something he is proud of.
Rondo followed Thorton, his eyes staring at Li Yang. At this time, Li Yang was rushing into the three-point line with the help of Olynyk's blocking, but when he rushed to the three-second zone, Li Yang suddenly slowed down and looked at Olynyk who stayed outside the three-point line.
"He's going to pass the ball beyond the three-point line!"
When he saw Li Yang's move, Rondo immediately made a judgment in his heart, at this time Li Yang attracted the defense of Parsons and Chandler, leaving Olynyk free outside the three-point line, and he knew that Olynyk could shoot three points after staying in the Celtics.
Without hesitation, Rondo quickly moved his steps and rushed towards Olynyk.
At the next moment when Rondo moved, Li Yang really passed the ball outside the three-point line with a flick of his arm, however, the ball did not fly to Olynyk as Rondo thought, but flew to Thorton!
The basketball flew towards Thorton, who was vacated by Rondo.
"Damn!" After seeing this, Rondo, who had just rushed halfway through, was busy rushing back towards Thorton, but don't say that his speed is no longer top-notch, even if he is at the top speed, he can't be faster than basketball.
By the time Rondo was one step away from Thorton, the basketball had already flown into Thorton's hands, and as a pitcher, Thorton instinctively jumped up and down while receiving the basketball.
"Whew!" is the Celtics' most consistent shooting point outside the three-point line now, and Thorton's three-point shot made a solid three-point shot, allowing Li Yang to get his eighth assist.
"FUCK!" After seeing Thorton's goal, Rondo couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth, but he couldn't do anything except burst a foul sentence, the judgment was his own judgment, and choosing to defend Olynyk was also his own choice, who could he blame, blame Li Yang's pass too well, or blame Thorton's shooting too accurate?
In the end, Rondo blamed himself for not jumping to conclusions and acting rashly, so when Li Yang once again broke through and rushed forward with the help of Olynyk's blocking, Rondo chose to follow the running Thorton closely, and he no longer wanted to see Thorton receive Li Yang's pass and score to help Li Yang complete an attack.
And Thorton was indeed watched by Rondo in this round, but what made him collapse was that Li Yang still completed the assist.
It's outside the three-point line again, this time, Li Yang really passed the ball to Olynyk, after attracting the defense of Chandler and Parsons, Li Yang sent the ball to Olynyk outside the three-point line again, although Olynyk who received the ball shot slower than Thorton, but it was also decisive, and it was also a big vacancy, and the result was consistent with Thorton's shot.
"Whew!" three points, and then hit!
Stevens' substitution effect was extremely obvious, the score of the two teams instantly became 15:23, the difference was widened to 8 points, and Li Yang's assists also soared directly to 9.
"My 9th assist, Li Yang is about to get a double in a single quarter of assists, oh, Li Yang steals ......"
Yu Jia's words of praising Li Yang's 9th assist did not fall, and then shouted again.
After the Mavericks launched an attack, according to the tactical arrangement, Rondo handed the ball to Parsons, Parsons just wanted to make a move after getting the ball, but he didn't want Li Yang's eyes to be fast, the huge palm poked out like lightning, and directly cut the ball from Parsons's hand and stealed!
The Spurs launched a counterattack, and Li Yang passed the ball to Thorton for a layup...... The first quarter of the game is not over yet, Li Yang has already got his 10th assist!"
"Coax!" Thorton hit a layup, which made the scene erupt in cheers again, and the difference was widened to 10 points at this moment.
At this moment, Rondo's face on the field is how ugly and ugly it is, and he remembers every assist from Li Yang, so he knows it for the first time when Li Yang gets 10 assists.
Thinking about Li Yang's 10 assists, and then thinking about his own 1 assist, Rondo almost wanted to vomit blood.
That's really ...... It's a dog!