king of defenders

Chapter 1270 The Most Anticipated Showdown ([-])
"Our defense has always been a problem." The Celtics coach sighed.

This has always been his worry. There is no problem with the team's offense, but the defense is a problem. It was exposed when he faced the Raptors before.

Now facing the Heat, this problem has become more and more obvious.

Meng Yun has no solution to this point, and the breakthrough is particularly sharp. The Celtics have Horford and Morris on the inside. There is really nothing that a terrible player with fast speed can do.

At this moment, the head coach of the Celtics also found that his previous thoughts were a little taken for granted. He thought that Durant should defend Meng Yun, limit Meng Yun's shooting, and force him to break through. Horford and Morris can make up defenses, at least not Let Meng Yun score too easily.

But now it seems that Horford and Morris can't do much to face Meng Yun even if they are inside, and they can't cause trouble for Meng Yun, after all, they are a little shorter.

It would be nice to have a center like Whiteside.

Of course, the head coach of the Celtics can only think about it. It is impossible to give all good things to the Celtics. It is already lucky to have Durant joining, and he wants a center like Whiteside. If so, how can other teams play?
Wasn't the original Warriors weak inside?

Everyone knows this, but they still can't improve. The team's salary space is limited, and there are already tens of millions of players. How can they sign a strong insider?

What's more, other teams are not fools. No one will give a center like Whiteside to the Warriors, and other teams will not look at it.

For example, Whiteside will become a free agent next season. The Celtics would rather pay the luxury tax and want to sign him, but it is also impossible.

Because competitors will not watch you form an "invincible lineup". If you offer Whiteside 5000 million, they dare to give 7000 million. With a lineup like Whiteside + Horford, how else would we hit the championship?
The NBA is a business alliance. Whether it is considered from a commercial point of view or from a competitive perspective, the many rules of the NBA are doomed to not have an absolute "one-size-fits-all".

The championship is all booked, who still watches the game?
on the field.

The head coach of the Celtics has made personnel adjustments. The starting lineup has a sharp offense, but there are indeed problems with the defense. They played 7 minutes, but failed to gain the upper hand. Instead, they fell behind by 3 points.

So he replaced Hayward and Morris Qiqi, and simply replaced Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum, and changed to the "five small lineups".

The so-called "five small" actually does not mean that the five people on the field are small and short, but refers to their positions and roles.

The small thing is that five players can play in the "small ball era", can handle the ball by themselves, have outside shots, especially three-point shots, move quickly, and can switch defenses in time and make up defenses
It really has nothing to do with height.

To give an example, if the five members of a team are Anthony Davis, Antetokounmpo, Durant, James, and Thompson, then their average height is actually more than 205 centimeters, which is really not considered "little". ", but it is indeed a "five small lineup".

At this time, the five players on the Celtics field are Horford, Durant, Brown, Tatum, and Irving. They are indeed "five small", but in fact, the average height is not short. All are above 200 cm in height.

This keeps them from being too disadvantaged in height.

"It's changed to a five-team lineup." Coach Spoelstra raised his eyebrows, hesitated, and made adjustments, replacing Whiteside and Wade with Green and Lu Wei, who are also a five-team team. line-up.

Originally, the opponent offered a "five small lineup", and the Heat would have a greater advantage in the interior, but the interior scoring could not match the opponent's scoring efficiency.

The "five small lineups" of the Warriors have obvious shortcomings, that is, they are weak inside, but they can still win because of their offense. You have an advantage inside, and you only need two points if you score one, and they earn a three-pointer. One point, you are still at a disadvantage.

This is not unfounded worry. The "five minors" of the Celtics are all capable of three-pointers, and Xiang Long is okay for the Heat, but Whiteside's speed is too slow.

As long as the Heat can't score, the opponent will immediately counterattack. If Whiteside can't keep up, it is easy to form a 5-on-4 situation, giving the opponent a chance to score three points.

So after thinking about it, Coach Spoelstra still chose to make a substitution.

Now the Heat are also the "five small", Xiang Long is playing against Horford, Gay is playing against Durant, Green is playing against Brown, Meng Yun is playing against Tatum, Lu Wei is playing against Irving, and the fans in the audience are watching They were all dumbfounded, because the offensive and defensive rhythm on the field was too fast, and the people watching were dazzled.

I saw that Irving held the ball and advanced to the frontcourt and immediately gave the ball to Durant. Durant took the ball non-stop and scored suddenly, passing it to Tatum, and Tatum made a three-pointer.

The goal missed, Xiang Long took the rebound, Meng Yun launched a quick counterattack, and after coming to the frontcourt, he also scored a sudden point, passed to Xiang Long, Xiang Long passed to Lu Wei, Lu Wei scored suddenly, passed to Green, and Green made a three-pointer. points hit
"It's another three-pointer, and the game has turned into a three-pointer."

"Otherwise, they are all 'five small lineups', with such a fast offensive and defensive rhythm, it must be mainly outside shooting, especially three-point shooting."

"This rhythm is too fast, it's like a confrontational battle, and there is no defense."

"How to defend? They have to fight fast counterattacks, and they have to be fast-paced. There is no time to set up a defensive position, and there is no half-court battle. There is no way to defend."

In the auditorium, the fans discussed.

This game style has completely changed, and the difference is very big. Although the offense of both sides was also very sharp before, especially the Celtics, who mainly played offense, but it is not like it is now, and the defense basically disappears.

Now the pace of the two sides on the court is dizzying, and in a blink of an eye, the score is rising rapidly, which makes people jittery.

Throw out three-pointers one by one, don't recover them at all, basically run away after throwing, because maybe the teammates may not have time to grab the rebound, and if they don't return to the defense immediately, the opponent's counterattack will arrive.

While the fans watching this situation were stunned, the coaches of both sides were frowning. It is definitely not a good thing to fight like this, because the pace is too fast, there will inevitably be confusion, and the game will lose control.

(End of this chapter)