harleyscars Chapter 208 Prejudged the opponent
Chapter 208 Prejudged the opponent
"Shh!"
The wonderful sound of brushing the net sounded, and the 'Gentleman Sword' made a steady three-pointer from the bottom corner!
As the best three-point shooter in history, Ray Allen will definitely make his opponent pay the price once he is given a chance.
Someone once made such an evaluation of him, no matter how many balls Ray Allen misses, he cannot let go of his defense, because maybe his next shot will give you a fatal blow. The horror of the 'Gentlemen's Sword'.
The scorer flashed, 16:15, after the timeout, the Celtics immediately overtook the score.
Looking back, the Cavaliers' offense, Long Rui quickly led the ball across the half court.
He observed the Celtics' defense. Although the opponent's defensive formation hadn't changed, he noticed that Garnett, the 'Wolf King' inside, had deliberately reduced the defensive area.
His purpose of doing this is obvious. If Long Rui continues to break through and attack their inside line, Garnett will almost immediately come to help defend and flank with Rondo.
"As expected."
Long Rui sneered secretly, Rivers' defensive changes had already been anticipated by him in advance.
Seeing this, Long Rui changed his mind, and fortunately he decided to plan.
He continued to signal his teammates to pull away, and then directly initiated a breakthrough.
This time, Rondo, who was in charge of defending him, cooperated and deliberately opened a way for him. He wanted to wait for Long Rui to rush in and catch the turtle with Garnett.
When Long Rui rushed near the free throw line, Garnett immediately let go of Varejao and came over to attack.
However, at this moment, Long Rui suddenly threw the ball to the left, and it just fell into Curry's hands.
After catching the ball, Curry immediately raised his sword and made a three-pointer!
At this moment, Rondo and Garnett were a little dazed, neither of them knew why Curry would be emptied.
According to common sense, even if Long Rui made a breakthrough and scored the ball, it should be passed to Varejao who was emptied. How could it be in Curry's hands again?
The two of them were too focused on defending Long Rui, so they naturally didn't know what happened on the other side just now, but Coach Rivers on the sidelines could see it clearly.
It turned out that when Garnett was going to double-team, Varejao quickly pulled to the outside, went to set a screen for Curry who was running, and completely blocked Ray Allen, which gave Curry a Open shot opportunities.
"Hey! This cooperation is really in place!"
"Seeing that Long Rui rushed in and was about to hit the full set set by the Celtics, but suddenly turned around, the design of this goal is really beyond imagination."
"And looking at Long Rui's calm expression, it seems that he did it on purpose!"
In the live broadcast room, Zhang Weiping couldn't help being very surprised after seeing the ball.
"Could it be that they had predicted Coach Rivers' intentions during the timeout just now and made adjustments?"
Su Qun questioned.
"Then this is too scary. If this is the case, Coach Firth is completely played with by the applause."
Zhang Weiping couldn't believe that the Cavaliers could do this. He would rather believe that it was just a coincidence.
But the next round made him change his mind.
Long Rui still pushed Rondo into the inside line, and Garnett still came over to attack.
At the moment when the two formed a pincer attack, Long Rui passed the ball behind his head again, this time to Yi Jianlian.
After receiving the ball, Ah Lian also unceremoniously took a long two-point shot, and the basketball hit again!
It was no coincidence that he scored the same goal twice in a row, not to mention that this time Long Rui passed the ball without even looking at his position.
This is completely a tactic that has been arranged in advance, otherwise he would never know that there is someone standing in that position.
The cooperation this time is exactly the same as the previous one, except that Varejao changed another person to cover and gave Yi Jianlian a chance.
"Director Zhang, what do you think now?"
Su Qun said with a smile.
Zhang Weiping also smiled awkwardly: "Now I can be sure that they have indeed arranged it in advance."
"Coach Rivers has to make adjustments again. Their offense has never had any problems, but the defensive end has been led by the nose by the Cavaliers."
"If the Celtics want to win, they must find a way to establish a certain advantage first."
"Because their core players are old after all, they seem to be in good shape now, but it is difficult to guarantee that they will be in this state throughout the game."
"Once their physical energy is depleted, their offensive efficiency will drop."
"But the Cavaliers are not afraid of this. Their core is very young, and they are not afraid to engage in a war of attrition with you, because their physical advantage will be more obvious in the end."
"If the Celtics can't establish an advantage in the first three quarters, then in the fourth quarter, they must be inferior to the Cavaliers."
"Unless the Cavaliers are in a bad state, which is rarely the case."
In the next few rounds, the two sides began to fall into a tug of war.
Under the tandem of Rondo, the Celtics played very smoothly, and the veteran Big Three also played well.
As for the Cavaliers, it became Long Rui's solo show.
Once the Celtics use flanking tactics, he will immediately divide the ball and assist his teammates to complete the score. If the opponent does not apply flanking tactics, he will continue to use his personal ability to forcefully break through and cause damage.
In the last 2 minutes of the first quarter, Long Rui personally scored 15 points and sent 4 assists.
Scoring 15 points in the first quarter of the playoffs is also Long Rui's personal scoring record. In the previous two rounds of the series, there has never been such a situation.
It can be said that he completely relied on his own strength, and it is not an exaggeration to kill through the Celtics' defense.
At this moment, the two sides began to enter the rotation stage.
The Celtics kept Rondo and Pierce, and replaced the other three, while the Cavaliers only left Long Rui, which is also a commonly used rotation lineup for the two teams.
"When the two starting lineups are playing evenly, the second lineup is even more important."
"Judging from the quality of the second teams of the two teams, the Cavaliers obviously have the advantage."
"Their characteristic is that they score a lot. Whether they are starting or rotating, they are never short of scorers."
"In contrast, the Celtics are not so rich, and they don't have any outstanding scoring points on the bench."
"This is why Coach Rivers kept Pierce on the court, so that at least one strong point of attack can be guaranteed. With Rondo's series connection, he can still perform well."
"In a short period of time, there may not be any big problems. Let's see how long the Celtics' second team can last."
"If during this period of time, the point difference is quickly opened by the Cavaliers, then for them, the situation will become very dangerous."