king of defenders

Chapter 1268 The Most Anticipated Showdown ([-])

Originally, because the Celtics' lineup was too gorgeous, the Heat seemed to be at a disadvantage compared with them on the books, but when Monroe came back, the situation would change somewhat.

Fans are talking about it right now.

Some people think that this is not a good time for Monroe to come back at this time, some people are excited, and some Celtics fans are either secretly nervous, or cynic, and so on.

Some people are too one-sided, but some people see the way.

Letting Monroe come back at this time is of course not random, but a decision made by Coach Spoelstra after careful consideration. It seems that the timing is not very good, but because Monroe's recovery progress is just in time for the playoffs , so it is the best way to let Monroe come back at this time.

The warm-up is over and the players return to the sidelines.

"Let me talk." Coach Spoelstra gathered the players and looked at Meng Yun. "I guess the opponent may let Durant guard you."

"Huh?" Meng Yun frowned.

Coach Spoelstra said again: "Irving is at a disadvantage against you, it is difficult to guard you, and all teams know that if you want to beat us, you must first limit you, at least you must be limited. One aspect of that, it's either the drive or the outside shot."

After saying this, Meng Yun understood.

Just like the previous game against the Bucks, Antetokounmpo was simply replaced by Antetokounmpo to defend him in the last game. The purpose is to limit his outside shooting, because it is impossible to completely limit Meng Yun, and Meng Yun's speed is the best. In the league, it is almost impossible to limit his breakthrough, so he can only send a player with height, wingspan, and flexible movement to limit his outside shots, especially three-pointers.

Antetokounmpo is this person. Now that they are replaced by the Celtics, Durant and Tatum are probably the only ones they can send. Tatum is a substitute, so most of them will use Durant to match up. Meng Yun.

"I see." Meng Yun said.

This kind of situation is actually not unfamiliar. When the Celtics played against the Celtics in the regular season, the Celtics also used Durant to defend Meng Yun, so Meng Yun was not nervous.

Then coach Spoelstra continued to arrange: "The opponent's starting lineup is very strong, we have to base ourselves on defense. Korver, you come off the bench today, Wade, you start. Gay, you have to guard against Durant, Keeping up with him and mostly limiting his shots."

"Yes."

"clear."

Wade and Gay have promised.

The opponent's No. 2 is Hayward, Korver is a pure shooter, defense is weak, and Hayward has considerable scoring ability, after all, he is a former All-Star player, so Coach Spoelstra Let Wade start and let Wade defend Hayward.

And Durant, like Meng Yun, is an unsolvable player. It is impossible to completely limit him, so coach Spoelstra chose to limit his shooting.

Of course, Durant's breakthrough is also very strong, but the Heat have Whiteside and Xiang Long as barriers inside, and there will be some restrictions on the opponent's breakthrough.

And finally the inside line.

"Whiteside, Xiang Long." Coach Spoelstra said: "You have to protect the rebounds. In addition, we have an advantage in the interior. You have to play more proactively."

"Ah."

"Yes, coach."

The two agreed.

at the same time.

Not far away, the Celtics coach is also making arrangements.

He looked at his players, and he was in a good mood. With such a lineup, he was not afraid of any team, but he couldn't help frowning when he thought of the Heat. Everyone else was easy to say and had a way to deal with it, but that guy Meng Yun It's really tricky.

"Kevin." The Celtics coach yelled, "Wait, you are responsible for defending Meng Yun."

"Yes." Durant agreed very simply.

Then there was another arrangement, mainly on the offensive end, because the biggest advantage of the Celtics lineup is still on the offensive end, so unlike the Heat, their first priority is to play a good offense.

Soon, the game begins.

The starting players from both sides came to the field, and the Heat played Whiteside, Xiang Long, Gay, Wade, and Meng Yun.

The Celtics' starting lineup is Marcus Morris, Al Horford, Kevin Durant, Gordon Hayward, and Kyrie Irving.

"Snapped!"

With a soft sound, the basketball was photographed by Whiteside in the backcourt, Meng Yun advanced with the ball, and Durant greeted him when he came to the frontcourt.

"Sure enough." Meng Yun thought secretly, called for a pick-and-roll, formed a switch, and became Horford defending him, Meng Yun accelerated and made a breakthrough.

For a while, Horford retreated, and Durant also bypassed Xiang Long and chased him.

Meng Yun passed the ball back to Xiang Long at the top of the arc. Xiang Long shot a three-pointer directly, and the basketball was hit steadily, which gave the Heat a good start.

The Celtics fought back.

Owen looked at Meng Yun in front of him, and his mood was really complicated. He had already let go of the rivalry with Meng Yun, but every time he met Meng Yun, he was always a little depressed. Score until Meng Yun appears, this guy is like his nemesis.

"Whoosh."

Irving didn't play and passed the ball directly to Durant.

Now it is Gay who is defending against Durant, Durant has the advantage, and the Celtics' first scoring point is Durant, of course they have to start from him.

Seeing Durant taking the ball, Guy immediately posted it, and rushed closer, not giving Durant an easy shot. Durant immediately broke through and made a big change to pass Guy, but White was still behind Seid.

Durant glanced at the position of his teammates, but decided to do it himself, jumped up against Whiteside, and scored the ball with a fadeaway jumper.

Whiteside can only look at it and sigh. Durant is tall and long, and he has a fadeaway jumper, so he can't help it.

The two sides came and went, and several rounds passed in a blink of an eye. No one was able to take advantage of it, but both sides had a high hit rate, and the score rose all the way.

"Pick and roll."

Meng Yun asked for a pick-and-roll, took the opportunity to break through, threw off the defender, went to the inside, and then passed the ball out to Xiang Long. Xiang Long made a gesture to shoot, and Hayward rushed to defend.

At this time, Xiang Long split the ball and gave it to the left. Wade made an air cut from the left and caught the ball with both hands.

"Bang!"

There was an explosion, causing the fans to scream.

Although Wade is in his thirties, his state has declined greatly, and he has reached the end of his career, but his body is actually very good. Dunking is still a trivial matter for him.

The head coach of the Celtics on the sidelines began to frown, and his face was not very good. The offense he asked for was played very well, but the players on the defensive end did not do well, allowing the Heat to score too easily up.

(End of this chapter)