The Green Shirts played the playoffs to the Eastern Conference Finals, if you look at the results alone, it is quite smooth, but Celtics fans don't think so, compared to the first two rounds of the Lakers, who were also favored, they were also favored but suffered 6 consecutive defeats on the road, and the Green Shirts have completely become a big joke in the league!

The first task now for the Bostonians is to break their away curse, if they can't win on the road, they won't just be a joke, I'm afraid the next thing is to go home to watch the Finals on TV, or watch it with the Lakers, and the "yellow-green battle" promised before the playoffs is not going well on both sides.

As the captain of the Celtics, Paul. Pierce is a dead duck and thinks it's not a big deal to lose at home, they have the ability to take the Pistons on the road, licking his face before the game: "Don't worry about losing at home, this series has just started, we have more games to play, the situation is a challenge for us now, we haven't won on the road yet, but I don't think it will take a toll on our mentality." ”

The reporter said in his heart: If you believe your nonsense, there will really be ghosts!

The reality is that for the Boston Big Three, this is only the first time they've teamed up to reach the division finals, and while the Pistons have advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals for the sixth year in a row, their main roster has been tested by countless battles together, and the Pistons are a team that really relies on teamwork, and there are also many All-Stars.

Compared to Pierce, Kevin. Garnett, the real core of the Celtics this season, has a heavier heart, and the Wolves have a stronger desire for a championship than anyone else, as a superstar who relies more on his body than Duncan to play. Garnett knew he was at his peak for a few years. Suffice it to say, if the Green Army doesn't win the championship this year, it will only be more difficult next year! If Garnett wants to win the championship, he must hold on to the last little tail of his era, or wait until a new generation of stars in the league grows up. He could only be slapped to death on the beach after this wave, and he never had a chance to win the championship again.

And that's true, LeBron. With James already eyeing the East, Paul and Kobe Bryant in the West, and even twin brothers who are rising as fast as Magic, Garnett is feeling the pressure this season. Speaking ahead of the game, he admitted that Celtic are in a difficult situation right now: "It's time for us to win on the road, you know, it's a difficult situation and we have to find a way to win on the road anyway. ”

Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals will be played on May 23. If the Celtics lose Game 3, they will become the first team in NBA history to lose seven straight playoffs on the road.

Before the game, everyone was talking about the fact that Celtic haven't won on the road yet, so can they win on the road today? This has become a focal point, and Pistons head coach Philip Brown. Saunders replied: "We need to be more focused in the game and the fans at our home stadium will give us more energy, they can't win at our home stadium. ”

May 23, before Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals. The Celtics forwent in-house training to prepare for their first road trip to the Eastern Conference Finals. After the myth of an unbeaten home game shattered, the Green Army need to rest and adjust. Coach Rivers made the right choice, the Celtics have no problem executing their tactics, all they need is a good rest.

As a result, the Celtics, who had been well-rested that night, finally came out of the circle of fate, and they won the playoffs for the first time on the road in 2008. Boston fans burst into tears about this, it's not easy!

The Pistons lost a lot in Game 3. This game can no longer use adjectives like "stalemate" used in previous games, from the beginning. The Pistons are just behind......

By the end of the first half, the Pistons' morale, which had only scored 32 points, had been almost depleted. In the first half of the game, the Pistons were able to tie the Celtics in all the numbers except for the shooting percentage, but by the end of the fourth quarter, the Pistons were behind the Celtics in all technical statistics except for free throws.

In their first game back at Auburn Hills Palace, the Pistons played their fierce defensive style, making 11 steals in the game, but the Pistons paid the price for a significant increase in foul counts, eight more than in their last winning game. The direct victim of their rising foul bill was Rashid, who was in charge of the interior defense. Wallace and Elton. Brand, the Pistons' two interior players suffered from the rising number of fouls throughout the game, and their playing time was limited, so the Pistons lost the support of the interior line, and there was no capital to win without the interior in the playoffs.

In the Pistons' "new F4", the game of Roaring Tianzun had the shortest playing time, only 25 minutes; Another defensive gate, Elton, who beat Warcraft in the last round. Brand also only played 30 minutes, and the direct consequence of this was that the Pistons' interior line became a heavy place to lose points, in addition to being unable to resist Garnett's strong attack under the basket, the Celtics players' hole breakthrough on the interior line was greatly strengthened, and the interior line became the node of the Pistons' rout.

Compared to the previous game, the Pistons' table was completely reversed, with only three double-doubles on the team, and a miserable 38.4% shooting rate, in the case of poor passing, they could only play alone, but they still stubbornly chose to shoot on the outside, and did not make any adjustments according to the changes in the shape, or lost the two major interior lines, and they could not make much adjustments.

The rout of Motor City has nothing to do with strength, the root of the mistake is the improper choice of tactics, in the case of the Celtics change lineup, Pistons coach Sanders still follows the tactical routine of the last game, dominated by outside shooting. In this game, the biggest change in the Pistons in the offense is the decline in the blocking effect, after the Celtics shrank the defensive range, the Pistons without the ball running effect decreased, it is difficult to form an effective blocking and pick-and-roll, but still does not change the offensive mode, in the absence of shooting space, the shooting rate is almost a foregone conclusion.

The Celtics' biggest success was not in defense, but in breaking the Pistons' defensive trap, and despite the offensive loss, the Pistons' defensive set-up in this game was not a mistake. The defense, which began on serve, allowed the Celtics to significantly increase their turnover rate, but in terms of offensive strategy, Doug . Rivers made targeted changes.

The one-day suspension of training ensured the recovery of the players' physical fitness, and the dispersion of the right to fire, so that the offensive pressure and physical consumption faced by the Big Three were alleviated. The interior attack, which has been successful in the past two games, has been further strengthened, and the benefit of the increased interior attack effect and passing fluidity is the increased space on the outside, and the Celtics have not only been resilient defensively, but also regained their sense offensively.

Defense wins the game, but the final victory depends on the offense, the biggest significance of the Celtics' win is not to regain the home court advantage, but that they finally won over themselves, overcoming the curse of the away winless, which made their pent-up self-confidence explode, and their fourth quarter was better than the first three quarters, and I believe that the next game Celtics have a chance of winning a streak.

"We took control of the game and got our first away win," said Kevin. Garnett said after the game, short but with deep joy.

On May 24, the Clippers vs Lakers, the fourth game of the Western Conference finals is about to start, the two teams are currently leading 2-1 in the total score, today's game will play a watershed role, if the Lakers win away, then the two teams will return to the same running line; If the Clippers hold on to their home court again, the Lakers will basically fall into the abyss, because with 1-3 down and the opponent still has a home court, it is basically an impossible task to turn the game around. So if the Lakers want to survive, they have to win today, and they have no way back.

Before Game 4 of the Lakers' Western Conference Finals vs. Clippers began, the cramped visiting locker room was crowded with large and small media, looking for scapegoats for the last loss. Bryant unbuttoned his shirt and loudly declared that he was the target they were looking for: "Come to me, I'm willing to take full responsibility for the loss." ”

While Kobe Bryant was sorting out his protective gear, he was still angry about his performance on the court: "It's really unacceptable to play like that in the last game, I know what I did wrong, I have to play better today." Peter Pan came home from the last game and finally began to come to his senses, and then turned into a video maniac and began to watch the third game video repeatedly.

Just like the Zen master expected, Kobe Bryant will be impulsive and brutal in the game, and he will not listen to other people's opinions after the game, and when he is lost, as his coach, he must not try to teach Kobe how to do it, just let him find out the reason himself.

Kobe Bryant can criticize himself, but he will never let anyone point fingers at him, and this is Kobe, a maddening and speechless collection of contradictions, the Zen master thinks he has a strict schòng personality split, and when one of them makes a mistake, the other will self-criticize.

The reporters also interviewed Kobe's old teammate Fisher, obviously the "old fish" was in a much more relaxed mood, he also knew Kobe Bryant better, knew that Kobe would solve the problem by himself, and said with a smile: "The Kobe Bryant in the last game is absolutely not good, but do you know? That's why we're constantly improving, because everybody is self-reflecting, nobody is pointing fingers, everybody is looking for reasons in themselves, and I think he's found the reasons. ”

If the Lakers finally make it to the top and win the championship, Kobe's playoff repentance may be a good story.

Gasol and Odom were secretly relieved to see that Kobe Bryant had attracted most of the firepower for the two of them. In the first three games, they were cheating on each other, and in the last game, they were completely blown up by the twins, and Odom may not have a strong sense of humiliation, which is a problem with the lama's personality. But Gasol, who won the world championship, feels a little embarrassed, he has repeatedly gained the upper hand in the international competition against the long-established Yao Ming, even in the NBA, he will only lose to Garnett and O'Neal such a beast-type interior line, how can he not deal with two Asian interior lines? And these two Asian insiders are still two first-year rookies? (To be continued) R655