Chapter 475: The Positioning of a Mature Team
"Larry, Yao Ming's role in this game is a little different from the last game."
On May 8, 2002, three days after the Celtics defeated the Wizards in the last game, the Boston Celtics once again welcomed the challenge of the Wizards at home.
Especially after the end of the last game, many bookmakers and media believe that Yao Ming in this line of play will lose his previous role in the Celtics, this round of the series and even this year's playoffs The Chinese big man will be extremely difficult, but in this game, Zhuang Fei's approach is to make many media bookmakers who have various remarks before the game extremely hot, because Zhuang Fei not only used Yao Ming but also used it in this game. It's just that Yao Ming's role in this game is different from the last one.
"Yes, in this game, Yao Ming's offensive position is closer to the low basket, and the way of offense has also changed, no longer a variety of shots, but directly sitting on Jordan's basket to dunk, although Jordan does not suffer in all aspects of defensive awareness and technology and even strength, but when such a giant comes to the basket, the player who is only 1.98 meters no matter how hard he tries, it is impossible to stop his score, this game is obvious that Coach Z is strengthening Yao Ming's low attack, Presumably, he also wanted others to know that his players could play like this in addition to shooting, but now Yao Ming has clearly given up the responsibility of organizing and responding like in the last game. Although the Celtics' offense in these two games was dominated by the inside, the main point of attack has changed," Larry Bird said with some concern after hearing Michaels' doubts.
"That's how it should be" Michaels also smiled and nodded after getting his own answer, but to the commentator's surprise, Coach Z had obviously found a way to deal with Jordan, why was the Celtics celebrity still so worried? So the commentator glanced at Larry Bird and then asked, "Larry, do you think there is a problem with Coach Z's solution now, I know that Yao Ming still has a big problem defending Jordan now." But the young centre-forward is doing a lot better now than he did in the last game, and I think he's handled the inevitable well."
Upon hearing Michaels' question, Bird also sighed again, and then shook his head.
"For Jordan and the Wizards. There is no problem for Coach Z to move Yao Ming's attack area to the basket, and Coach Z is doing the right thing to do, which is also the best decision. Because the Wizards' interior is too thin, Jordan's height is too short, but what if such a strategy meets the Grizzlies again? At that time, the Grizzlies' interior line is not Jordan, not Marion but Ben Wallace, Rashid and Olajuwon, and now Yao Ming is completely unable to resist these people in terms of strength, and his offensive method today will suffer a lot from these people, and if he doesn't use today's offense, the Grizzlies don't use Carter's shot to directly let Ben Wallace defend him like Jordan, Ben Wallace is the best defender of Yao Ming now" Larry Bird shook his head again when he said this. Michaels next to him was a little dumbfounded, he didn't know what to say at all, his partner had already considered the next round, and it was obvious that the Celtics legend decided that the Wizards couldn't win against the Celtics, and he also decided that the Heat couldn't stop the Grizzlies.
"In my opinion. Coach Z still hasn't solved his team's problems, Yao Ming still hasn't been able to solve this point, so the current Celtics will have a hard time meeting the Grizzlies, a team without an inside fulcrum is impossible to defeat the Grizzlies, the Grizzlies' defense is too good, if Yao Ming can't kill the Grizzlies. Can a Jermaine O'Neal carry the Celtics' interior banner? It's really tough"...,
Larry Bird subconsciously looked at the Celtics bench when he said the last sentence, although at this time the Celtics took the initiative on the field, although the Celtics fans on the scene are now excited about their team's advantages, but Larry Bird knows that the Chinese's current mood is the same as he thinks, it must be very complicated, because now Larry Bird absolutely believes that the Chinese must also know when he knows. In this case, it would be strange that the Chinese could still be happy.
"Is it true that the Celtics don't have the strength to compete with the Grizzlies? There's not much difference between them in terms of rankings," Michaels asked with some disbelief after hearing Larry Bird's words, although in his heart he wanted to believe that Larry Bird's analysis was correct, but he still couldn't believe it.
"It's not just the Celtics who can't compete with the Grizzlies or the Lakers right now, the same is true for the Wizards, who have had one of the most fatal flaws of the season, in addition to their respective players and rosters, as well as the team's positioning," Larry Bird said.
"Location issues?" Michaels, on the other hand, was curious again.
"That's right, it's a matter of the team's positioning" Larry Bird glanced at Michaels and continued: "We all know that the Celtics and the Wizards are the teams that have been rebuilt this year, the former boss of the Wizards was Juwan Howard, and now he has been sent to the Suns, and the boss of the Celtics is Anthony Walker, and now in the Warriors, after sending these two away, the boss of the Wizards is Nash, of course, you may think it is Jordan, but in my opinion, Nash has a lot more responsibility in the Wizards than in the Timberwolves, When he was in the Timberwolves, he was just one of the many options under Coach Z, Coach Z would play run-and-shoot in the Timberwolves but sometimes he wouldn't play run-and-shoot, so Nash had a lot of roles, he wasn't the most important person on the team, but after coming to the Wizards, he was the most important person, this is a completely different role, this kind of role Nash actually adapts very well, but the rest of the Wizards may not be the same. For example, Marion and Hamilton, Marion is not the No. 3 man on the same team in the Cavaliers, and Hamilton was not a role-type player before, which is why the Wizards now seem to have no problem with their tactics and are very smooth, but they are forced by Coach Z to make mistakes again and again, and these people have not really fully integrated like the Timberwolves before"
"The Wizards didn't quite fit into their position, and neither did the Celtics. Maddie had never tried to play such an important role in a team with such good results before, and his recent calm and slump is the reason for this, and he is hesitant now. He can help the team in any way, he can attack, he can defend, he can score and assist. But because of this, he doesn't know what to choose, he doesn't know what he should do as the boss of such a team, so he is still waiting for the transformation after clarifying his positioning, that is to say, he is still looking for his own ' Dao', like Garnett of the former Timberwolves, and others such as Xiao Ao's transformation from a role player to a core player and James Posey's transformation from a team boss to a role player and even Yao Ming's transformation from a rookie directly to a regular season Chapter 484 in the middle, although the Celtics now have an advantage, but the advantage is not obvious, the game will immediately enter Chapter 484, for the Celtics, it is time for the team to make waves, and it is best to solve the current Wizards in Chapter 484 in a wave.
Just after Zhuang Fei nodded, the assistant coach of the Boston Celtics quickly made a substitution decision, Yao Ming and Xiao Aoxia, Arenas and Kirilenko, this time Zhuang Fei once again sacrificed the small lineup that the Wizards forced in the last game to make mistakes. …,
And at this time, watching the Boston Celtics substitution on the other side, the Wizards head coach D'Antoni was speechless for a while, his former teacher was determined to pinch the weakness of his team's current weakness, although the Celtics' tight one-on-one marking is impossible to use all because of the great physical requirements, but now it is used at this critical time is also to suffocate the coach's heart, originally he thought that the Celtics would not use it in this game since they found a way to use Yao Ming, Obviously, he underestimated Zhuang Fei and Green's 'vision'.
"Hey, these people are too rigid" Looking at the running position of Marion and Hamilton on the court, this demanding running master felt depressed again, if only he could be given a little more time, then the Wizards will definitely not have such a problem, and naturally they will not be choked by the Celtics like now.
The Celtics and Wizards, who were evenly matched just now, immediately underwent a huge change after the Celtics substitution, and the Boston Celtics immediately took the initiative on the court, and completely suppressed the Wizards, originally in the first two and a half quarters of the game The Celtics only led by a total of 5 points, but after the end of the game in Chapter 484, the Celtics' lead quickly came to more than 10 points and reached 12 points, so to speak, it can be said that after a few minutes like this, this game will enter garbage time.
Sure enough, after the start of the chapter 484 game, the two sides maintained the lineup that ended in chapter 484 and played another half quarter, and then when the Wizards trailed by 20 points, the two teams switched to their respective bench lineups. This also declares that the winner of this game has been decided.
"The Washington Wizards and D'Antoni have met their nemesis, and the Boston Celtics have won another game," ABC commentator Michaels said with a smile after watching the two teams play off the bench for a while.
"Huh?! Who is that person?! Just as Michaels was wrapping up the game that was coming to an end, Larry Bird on his side set his sights on the tallest white interior player on the Celtics' bench. The glittering former Celtic superstar thought of Smiters at this point.
And the final result of this game was that the Celtics defeated the Wizards 104-87 on their home court, which also made the Wizards, a team that only scored like chopping melons and vegetables in the regular season, score below 90 in two consecutive games, it is obvious that the Boston Celtics are completely choking the Wizards' neck, and the best player of this game is also awarded to Maddy, who has been controversial recently, this player scored 16 points, 10 assists and 8 rebounds in this game with a quasi-triple-double data, Even so, the player still feels a little lost, and Jordan on the other side still didn't live up to his promise of scoring more than 40 points against the Celtics and winning. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )