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Chapter 258

Chapter 258

"Instead of asking me about Adelman, you might as well ask more about the Magic. The Rockets have already confirmed the championship team. Their players can get enough time to rest, and their coaching staff can be unscrupulous. Studying the tape, and we've got Game [-] to play."

Rivers then said that he doesn't want to talk too much about the Rockets now, he doesn't even know if he can show up, but judging from the melancholy on his face, he is not optimistic that the Celtics will win tomorrow .

"Kevin is too important to us. He is not only the defensive pillar of the team, but also the spiritual leader and the soul of fighting. Without him, we have lost a lot. If we want to go further, then we The other players have to contribute more, and they have to work together to make up for what we lost in Garnett's absence."

Doc Reeves' words are farting, and he probably won't believe it himself. The Wolf King is a power forward with a historical price, the same value as Duncan, and his role can be replaced by a few other role players?

But this can't be blamed on Rivers. What can he say as the head coach of a team, he can't say "We lost Garnett, oh, we are dead", right?What he can do now is to cook chicken soup to boost the morale of his players, but the effect is very limited, because no matter how good the chicken soup is, it is impossible to feed Davis into Garnett and Perkins Cheng Howard, this is already a matter of poor ability to qualitative change, otherwise if the chicken soup is so effective, what talent does the player have to look at, what kind of skills do they have to practice hard, just watch the two head coaches talk about it before the game, which one? Whichever team the coach speaks best wins, isn't that a good thing for the players?

The Celtics suddenly dropped from the favorite to win the championship to freezing point. The odds of winning the championship jumped from 2.01, which was second only to the Rockets, to 5.01. Even the odds of the Eastern Conference Finals dropped The price rose by 3 percentage points. Many fans went bankrupt this year to buy the Celtics to win. Fans lined up on the rooftop. The gaming company is not an insurance company, and will not refund your money because of a player's injury.

Totoro said in his heart that these people are doing death, small bets are fun, big bets are harmful to the body, although gambling is not illegal in some states of the United States, but there are people with great ability to do big things, and the annual salary like myself is several thousand Rich people with tens of thousands of dollars occasionally only play with tens of thousands of dollars. You, a working class with an annual salary of tens of thousands of dollars, also learns to play like this. Isn’t that courting death?

Moreover, I am still a person who goes to play in person, and I can control the situation of the stadium a little bit, and those gamblers and fans are really watching the sky, and they still make big bets like this. A group of gamblers are actually gambling their lives!

No matter how the Celtics face it, the set game schedule will not change. The Celtics still have to step down to the Amway Arena of the Magic. It's playing magic, like being blessed by some special magic, this is the only good news among the many misfortunes for the desperate Celtics players.

"I will try to lead the team to win. After Kevin was reimbursed for the season, we had an emergency player meeting. I believe you know what I mean. It's not over until the whistle blows. Have the opportunity!"

Pierce said this to the familiar media before the game, Garnett is not here, he is the soul and captain of the Celtics team, and the truth has dedicated the best time of his life to this team. From the core of the team to the current Uncle Pi, Pierce has been witnessing the development of the Celtics in the early 98th century and has never left him. If there is no accident, he should end his career in Boston, just like it started here. , and the Celtics will undoubtedly retire his jersey.

Pierce has an outstanding performance in every major game and important moment. He has an innate big heart, which is why he was given the nickname "Truth".

"Our team must be more focused, and our players on the bench must contribute. Now it's time for us to fight our backs. We must give everything to the team."

Ray Allen, the number two leader of the Celtics, said in an interview that when he was in the Supersonics, Ray Allen’s labels for fans were not only cold-blooded three-pointers, breakthroughs, dunks, and mid-range shots. They are all his scoring weapons, but now he has sacrificed the ball after coming to the Celtics. Now that the Wolf King is away, it is time for him to take out these dusty weapons.

But as the game started, the trend of the game was not as good as the two veterans said before the game. Like a tiger breaking free from a cage, the Magic kept attacking the inside of the Celtics with overwhelming momentum. Today It is their most important game. As long as they win, they may do what the young O'Neill and Penny Hardaway couldn't even do.

The Magic's perimeter was still inaccurate tonight, but when Turkoglu and a group of outside shooters missed a few three-pointers, they gave up three-pointers. You can imagine that when JJ Redick When the white shooter is holding the basketball like carrying a bag of dynamite to the penalty area, how crazy is this Magic team?

21 to 19. After the first quarter, the scores of the two teams were unexpectedly low. The Magic caused it because they didn't have a basket, and the Celtics were completely defended by the Magic.

Today, not only Howard, every player who was criticized by the media as a soft guy has also become tough. The most representative ones are Nelson Redick and Lewis. Nelson was criticized by experts for being too short, Redick was too soft, and Lewis was too easy to distract. The masters are obviously back on the defensive end. They are like a nail nailed in front of their defenders. As soon as others touch the ball, they rush up and entangle them like hyenas. Redick, who has always been polite, is the first. In the first quarter, he got two fouls for defending Ray Allen, but these were worth it, because the sharpshooter Ray Allen was only 5 of 1 in the first quarter. I was shocked when I saw it. If they were still so crazy in the finals, then they would not be the team that gave them the championship in my imagination.

However, there are also disadvantages for the Magic to play so desperately. Their high-intensity defense cannot last a whole game. Even if they have this intention, their physical strength will not allow them to do so in reality. It can be maintained for a while, and at most it can limit the Celtics' main lineup, but when the bench lineup comes up, the Magic is a bit powerless. This is an opportunity for a team with a deep bench lineup, because the Magic's bench players Not great.

Jeremy Richardson, Courtney Lee, Anthony Johnson, Michael Pietrus and Polish Hammer Gortat are the strongest starters that Van Gundy can send now, but here Lee is just a nerve knife , Jeremy Richardson is not Quentin Richardson's quasi-All-Star player who can shoot suddenly, and Anthony is not the melon of the Western Nuggets but a 35-year-old old PG who can't run fast. However, Pietrus and Gortat also played fairly well, but they only performed well against weak teams as substitutes, and they still couldn't do well against strong teams.

If you meet the Rockets, the time when the opponent is on the bench is definitely the time for them to make a big fuss, but looking at the Celtics' bench list, Reeves sighed, they will be fine if they don't get shitted by the opponent I am worthy of myself.

Eddie House, Poway, Glenn Davis, Tony Allen, Marbury, O'Bryant, Moore's Brien, Bill Walker, Giddens, Pruitt, Scarbrian, this In the long list, only Marbury, Tony Allen and Eddie House are famous, but Lao Ma, a person who is infinitely close to the CBA, has long lost the All-Star demeanor of the lone wolf. Tony Allen can only defend But the offensive ability is infinitely close to zero. Eddie House can only attack but the defense is a big colander. Other players are marginal players in the NBA who have never even heard of it. Why do you let the Celtics fill the hole like this?

Under the brilliance of the Big Three, it is easy for anyone to ignore the fact that the overall strength of the Celtics is not strong this year. Any team that forms a Big Three will have their salary space locked up. They don't want to, It's not that he is reluctant to pay the luxury tax, but that there is no room to use those players who should play to fill the depth of the bench, especially in the special period of the playoffs when everyone is doing their best. , In 5 minutes, I was going to laugh like crazy. This is the normal mode of most teams.

But one of the absolute main players has fallen, who do you ask to take the top?Let those little-known and inexperienced players on the fringes of the league go to the top? There are many examples of grassroots players becoming famous in the NBA, but there will never be many such examples. Otherwise, what is the pick in the draft?

The Celtics' substitutes complained to the sky. Originally, they were just an overused team. Now that they are suddenly formed into the main force, no one will be mentally prepared, and their tasks on the field have also changed. Originally, Reeves warned them not to lose too many points. They are water drinkers. The main players have already opened up the point difference and let them go. But now Reeves teaches them to go on the court to chase points. That's okay?They have only learned how to dig holes but have not learned how to fill them?

The result is conceivable. The glass man Bill Walker defended Kotney Lee into Kobe, and the double Ent combination of O'Bryant and Moore Bryant made Pietrus and Gortat become O'Neal and Olajuwon. The Magic's substitute can no longer be said to be the substitute of the Celtics. It is simply rubbing against the floor. A light breakthrough can cause a foul. Yang Yang can make a shot with his hands. The point difference between the two teams is It was expanded to 2 points in just 10 minutes.

In desperation, Reeves had no choice but to replace the main players who had only rested for 2 minutes. During this period, they had time to take a sip of Gatorade and wipe the sweat off their faces with a towel. Some of them didn't even have time to put on their team jackets. , but it's easy, you don't have to take it off if you don't put it on, right?

The Celtics began to regain their touch in the middle of the second quarter. Of course, this was also due to the fact that the Magic's outside line was always misfired. Reeves put up a strange formation with three highs on the court, combining two big babies and O'Brien They put them all on the court, let Pierce drop one position to play shooting guard, and let Ray Allen drop one position to play point guard. The average height of this lineup is infinitely close to 2.05, and the moving speed on the court is even slower. It's frustrating, but it works wonders.

Doesn't the Magic feel bad and can only play inside?Then I will be full of blue-collar players in the interior, Davis and Perkins alone are enough to fill the entire three-second zone, leaving a backup power forward O'Briant to keep sweeping outside the three-second zone, We don't need outside lines. If you have the ability, you can kill me?

The offensive-end strict teacher doesn't talk about some tactics. All the basketball is handed over to Pierce and Ray Allen. Let these two buddies play by themselves. There has always been a saying that true superstars cannot be guarded to death. No matter how many people double-team, whether they use points or assists to help the team, they can always play in line with their one-year salary. Performance.

Now is the time for Pierce and Ray Allen to prove whether they are super giants. They were the heroes of Boston last year. This year it depends on whether they can continue the title of heroes!

And the two veterans did not disappoint Reeves. If they didn't have a champion's heart in their hearts, they would not have spontaneously sacrificed to form the Big Three last year, and they would not have worked hard to reach the Eastern Conference finals this year. Another crown for his peak tail!While I can still play now, let my position in the Hall of Fame move forward in the future.

On the other hand, the Magic, this is the best time for their three-point team to play, but they dare not shoot. In this kind of game where one shot can affect a lifetime, they hesitated in their hearts!

They don't want to lose the game, and they don't want to take the blame for losing the game. Although this is the most inappropriate state of mind for NBA players, it is also human nature. Redeeming a person who earns several million dollars a year should not take on such a responsibility. No matter how you look at it, this should be the moment when the core of the team with a salary of more than ten million is performing?

Howard yelled MMP in his heart. He wanted to use his performance to save the team, but he couldn't shoot a three-pointer and how could he break it!

(End of this chapter)