From South China Tiger to NBA King

Chapter 103 Sipo doesn't understand tactics? ?The key goal of the big heart of the rivers and lakes.

After the press conference, the Celtics flew back to Boston overnight.

It was late at night when Jiang Hu returned home, so he immediately went back to his room to sleep.There will be back-to-back games tomorrow, and the players must try their best to recover their strength.

10 month 28 day.

At noon on the second day after the game against the Knicks, the media were still reporting the Celtics' great away victory, Jianghu's 40 points and death dunks, and Kanter's injury tracking.

The Celtics team has already set foot on the plane and headed to Miami.

The Celtics played back-to-back road games in this once-basically talented East Coast city, winning games they won at the last minute.

The Celtics feel terrible, their three-point shooting is extremely hip, Irving is 4 for 1, Jianghu is 6 for 1, Smart is 4 for 0, and Brown is 6 for 4.

Without the team's three-pointers, the Celtics and the Heat fell into a defensive battle that was almost like a meat grinder.

The regular starters for the Celtics at the start: Irving, Brown, Jianghu, Horford, Baynes.

The Heat's starting lineup is: Dion West and Goran Dragic partner in the backcourt, Josh Richardson, Taylor Johnson, and Hassan Whiteside partner in the frontcourt.

At the beginning of the first quarter, the Celtics took the lead with a jumper. The Celtics took the lead, and then the Heat's Dion West scored consecutively to help the Heat fight back.

At the beginning of the first quarter, the offense of both sides played well. In the half quarter, they played a 13-13 tie.

Jianghu and Rozier, Brown both got good three-point opportunities in the second half of the first quarter, but they couldn't grasp it.

On the Heat's side, Olynik, who came off the bench, was released to make a three-pointer, Josh Richardson ran back from the basket and dunked easily, and Dragic made a magical 3+1 from the outside.

The Celtics in back-to-back away games are generally defensive, while the Heat at home are scoring consecutive points through teamwork.

After the first quarter, the Celtics 19-31 the Heat.

During the timeout between quarters, Stevens told the Celtics players: Try not to shoot more three-pointers if you feel bad, and attack the basket more.

Entering the second quarter, Irving took a rest, Jianghu, Brown, Rozier, Smart, Tays, and the partner rotation lineup.

On the Heat's side is the rotation of Dion West, Wayne Ellington, Josh Richardson, Justise Winslow, and Adebayor.

Jianghu came up first, and in a pick-and-roll cover for Rozier, he faked a fax attack, turned around and took the ball to the basket to score a dunk.

The Heat attacked, and Winslow tried to play singles. Jianghu's withdrawal of the stool caused Winslow's mistake, and then passed the ball to Brown for a layup.

The Heat attacked again, Ellington tried again with a three-pointer, but failed to make a hit, Tays received the rebound, and Jianghu pressed the rhythm.

He was commanding the defense calmly at the top of the arc, and then broke through a shift and hit the basket with the ball, instantly attracting the defensive attention of Adebayor, Winslow, and Richardson.

Facing a three-person double-team, Jianghu passed the ball to Jaylen Brown in the bottom corner, Brown quickly passed it to Rozier at the top of the arc on the right, and Rozier shot a three-pointer with a bow.

In the two and a half minutes of the second quarter, Jianghu beat the Heat 2-7 through his own judgment on defense.

Then the Heat requested a timeout, and coach Spoelstra put up a three-two defense lineup,
As the name suggests, the three-two zone defense is the zone defense of the first three and the second two. One of the three defensive players stands at the top of the front free throw line, two stand within the 45-degree left and right three-point line, and two players stand on both sides of the three-second zone. Guard the basket.

This kind of three-two defense is a test of defensive tacit understanding. It is suitable for teams with no defensive leaders and mediocre physical fitness. Spoelstra likes to use this tactic after losing LeBron and Wade to lead the late civilian Heat.

Including the campus in 2020 in the memory of Jianghu, the Heat often put up a zone defense, and the Bucks and Celtics were defeated, and finally broke out of the Eastern Conference and entered the finals. Later, in the 2023 playoffs, the Bucks were hacked The main reason for the eight eliminations was that Antetokounmpo couldn't break through the Heat's zone defense.

The zone defense that Antetokounmpo did not break through was placed in front of Jianghu.

Jianghu thought about it carefully:
The advantages and disadvantages of the zone defense lineup are obvious. The advantage is that it can protect the front and side impact on the basket, as well as the three-point line on the left and right sides. The weakness is that the corner three-pointer can easily send excellent shooting opportunities.

Then he simply does not hold the ball, but comes out from the inside to catch the ball, and immediately handles the ball immediately, or immediately rushes, or directly throws, or directly passes. Anyway, as soon as the ball is passed, he immediately makes a decision, and does not give the opponent a chance to pinch. .

The first ball Jianghu came above the free throw line to receive the ball and was immediately double-teamed by Winslow and Richardson. Jianghu calmly passed the ball to Brown at the top of the arc on the right, and Brown immediately transferred it to the bottom. Rozier in the corner, unfortunately Rozier failed to make the shot.

The Heat took the ball and their offense failed.

They use zone defense to limit the Celtics, but the Celtics have an absolute advantage in physical fitness. They only need man-to-man defense to limit the Heat's offense.

The Heat's offense was passed back and forth, and there was no good chance when it was directed back and forth. In the end, Richardson could only take a mid-range shot and missed.

The defensive intensity on both sides is very high. After receiving the ball, Jianghu was double-teamed by Winslow and Richardson immediately. Just as Jianghu was about to pass the ball, Winslow slapped him on the hand. Lost control of the ball.

The referee watched with his own eyes, but did not whistle.

This is the advantage of the home team, and this is the necessity of the home team.

Jianghu did not go to the referee to complain, but also improved his aggressiveness on the defensive end and began to use a greater degree of physical confrontation.

Since the referee has given the scale of this kind of physical confrontation, your best way is not to complain, but to accept this scale and let yourself try your best to use your own advantages under this scale.

There is no doubt that Jianghu's advantage is his height and wingspan combined with his excellent flexibility. His size is a big killer on the offensive end, as well as on the defensive end.

Especially in the face of the Heat's mediocre physical fitness, who mainly rely on active defense and shooting to eat.

In the second half of the second quarter, Jianghu on the offensive end was basically only responsible for squatting in the bottom corner and mid-range catch and shoot. He focused more on the defensive end.

The gains from this are obvious. In the second half of the second quarter, the entire Heat team only scored 13 points and made 6 turnovers, of which Jianghu contributed 2 steals and 1 block.

The defender in front of him wanted to shoot him enthusiastically at the beginning, and then passed the ball directly when he saw him reach out in the end. The two attitudes were very different.

At halftime, the Celtics are 50 to 53.

After trailing by 12 points in the first quarter, the Celtics scored a wave of 31-21 in the second quarter, pulling the difference back to almost the same starting line.

As soon as the game started in the second half, Brown scored an open three-pointer from the outside and opened the curtain of the second half. The Celtics took advantage of the situation to even out the difference.
Then Spoelstra changed again. He took Hassan Whiteside and Taylor Johnson, and let the substitute insider Olynik and rookie Adebayor work together inside.

Both bigs have some range and both have some pass handling ability.

The outside line cooperates with Dragic, Richardson, Dion West and other shooters.

This lineup really caught the Celtics by surprise, because apart from the pure 3D player Richardson, the rest of the five Heat have the ability to control the ball and finish. object.

Stevens sent Jiang Hu to see Dragic and Smart to entangle Dion West. The Heat let the two play off the ball to attract attention, and started the offense from Olynyk.

The two ran like headless chickens, which completely disrupted the Celtics' defensive formation. If they didn't follow, they could launch an attack in a short time as soon as they received the ball.

In the middle of the third quarter, it became Olynik's performance time. He first faced Horford with a breakthrough hit with his sense of rhythm, and in the next round, he also had a mid-range attack and an assist from Richardson on the outside.

On the Celtics' side, seeing that the Heat got down to the height of the basket, Hassan Whiteside naturally hit the basket even harder.

However, only Jianghu and Irving are more effective in hitting the basket. The others either get blocked or make mistakes.

After three quarters, the two teams still tied at 75.

In the last quarter of the game, the situation on the court changed suddenly.

Spoelstra took Hassan Whiteside at the beginning of the fourth quarter and launched a violent attack against the inside line guarded by Theis.

Whiteside played extremely bravely during this period of time. He grabbed offensive rebounds over the head of Theis in a row, scored the second offense, and turned around and gave Smart a big cap, which interfered with the basket of Theis. Down the offense, forcing him to miss a layup.

In the first 3 minutes of the fourth quarter, the scoring efficiency of the two teams was not high. The Celtics scored 0 points, and the Heat only relied on Whiteside's second offense and free throws to score 5 points.

The Celtics beat the Heat 75 to 80.

At 8 minutes and 45 seconds of the last quarter.

The Celtics replaced Jianghu and Irving and returned to all the starters, while the Heat also replaced all the starters.

Back from the timeout, Jianghu tried to make a three-pointer from the outside and hit the iron.

The Heat passed the ball to Hassan Whiteside, who faced Horford's raised hands and missed a hook.

Looking back, Brown used Horford's cover to run to the bottom corner, Jianghu broke through to the basket and passed to Brown, and made a direct three-pointer, 78 to 80.

Looking back, it was Dion West who caused Irving's foul. He went to the free throw line and made one of two free throws, 2 to 78.

This time, Brown came to the front court to receive the ball directly from Irving's mobile phone, and faced the misplaced Dragic with the ball and made a three-pointer, 81 to 81.

At 6 minutes and 30 seconds of the fourth quarter, the Heat requested a timeout again.

After the timeout, the Heat took Whiteside again and replaced Olynyk.

Dragic ran a Spanish pick-and-roll with Olynyk and Adebayo, and Dion West set a hand-off screen for Richardson in the corner, and Richardson made a three-pointer Return color.

The tactics this time were very complicated, but the Heat played very clearly without any confusion. Everyone performed their duties and knew what their mission was.

As a participant in the defense, Jiang Hu couldn't help but sigh in his heart watching this round:

Who said Spoelstra didn't understand tactics? ?
This fucking is obviously a master tactician, okay?How can you not understand tactics? ?
Who put this big black pot on Si Bo's head, this is simply a strange injustice through the ages! !
Looking back, Jianghu received the ball, and the Heat set up a three-two defense again, but this time Jianghu did not choose to pass the ball, but directly held the ball to kill the basket.

In this period of time, every point is crucial, even if you can't make a shot, it's fine to draw a foul.

Jianghu rushed to the basket, stared at Adebayor's defense and hit a 2+1, and the two sides tied again at 84.

Afterwards, the two sides on the field once again tacitly entered the iron-strike mode, and neither side scored in the face of high-intensity defense.

Jianghu played back-to-back away games for the first time, and he was also a little tired. Both mid-range shots hit the front of the basket.

On the Heat's side, Dragic threw himself in the air, but the referee allowed the intensity of the confrontation and did not call fouls twice.

The strike time between the two sides lasted for 3 and a half minutes, and during these three and a half minutes, neither side scored any sports battles.

In the last 3 minutes, the Heat requested a timeout again.

After the timeout came back, everyone opened up, and Dion West singled Owen.

Continuous post-up singles, and then turned back jumpers, whether it is posture or rhythm, West's shooting is worthy of the word chic.

Looking back, Irving swayed the ball continuously, swaying West and scoring 2 points with a jelly layup.

In the last 2 minutes and 15 seconds, the two sides were 86 to 86.

This time it was Horford who made a contribution on the defensive end and caused Olynyk's offensive foul.

Looking back, Owen pressed time continuously, broke through the basket, and missed a layup.

Jianghu shot out from the diagonal stab without a word, grabbed the offensive rebound, and passed from Olynik's armpit to the left corner, where Jianghu cooperated with Jaylen Brown the most. Jaylen Brown went up and down and scored a three-pointer.

At 1 minute and 39 seconds, the Celtics beat the Heat 89 to 86.

The Heat requested a timeout again.

After the timeout, the Heat still used the Spanish pick-and-roll Garwest's hand-to-hand cover. The Celtics still didn't defend well and gave Richardson an open spot.

But fortunately: Richardson did not hit this time.

At 1 minute and 19 seconds, the Celtics requested a timeout.

After a timeout, Irving held the ball at the top of the arc, then gave the ball to Jianghu, and stood outside the three-point line on the right.

Jianghu held the ball at the top of the arc and passed Richardson in front of him, and went directly to the basket to challenge Adebayor and Olynyk.

The two jumped up high, with their arms stretched out to defend the rivers and lakes.

Jianghu took off vertically, and then gave the ball to the left corner again by feeling in the air. The person standing there was Jaylen Brown.

Brown, who just hit a ball, attracted everyone's attention, and he lived up to expectations and was ready to shoot.

Just as Brown raised his hand, Dion West, who was facing him, immediately took off to defend nervously...

It was a fake move, he swayed West, came to the middle distance, and almost everyone's attention on the Heat was on him.

He looked at the basket and looked like he was about to make a shot. The hearts of all the Heat players were about to jump out...

Brown jumped high, Adebayor rushed over, and Richardson also rushed over...

This shot was greatly disturbed.

Suddenly, he saw a familiar figure reaching out for the ball at the top of the arc.

He knew who that guy was, and he knew it was a cold-blooded guy.

In the air, without any hesitation, Brown passed the ball to Jiang Hu, who was unguarded at the top of the arc.

"Jiang, received a pass from Brown, unguarded, shoot!!!"

"Enter!!!"

"92 to 86, the point difference widened to 6 points!!"

"He made 5 of 0 outside shots all night, and he took the most crucial shot."

"This is Mr. Key, this is a cold-blooded killer, this is a player with a big heart, as long as you give him your trust, he will definitely reward you handsomely!!"

"With 58 seconds left, if the Celtics don't make a fatal mistake, they will take away a precious victory away!!"

"Jianghu, who hit the key ball, was extremely excited. He and Jaylen Brown celebrated with a chest bump. The 6-point lead came from the two of them. They attracted each other's defensive attention, and then sent an assist to each other. They cooperated with each other and complemented each other! !"

With the failure of the Heat's tactics after the timeout, Dion West shot a three-pointer against Horford, and the Heat almost sentenced themselves to death.

After the timeout, Stevens replaced Rozier, and the Heat made a tactical foul. Rozier and Owen didn't give the Heat any more opportunities to take advantage of.

96 to 89, the Celtics finally won this hard-won victory away.

江湖19投8中，三分球6投1中，罚球3中3，他的投篮命中率来到了生涯最低的一次，不过他的得分还是维持在了20分以上，全场依旧是拿到了20分12篮板6助攻的数据。

(End of this chapter)