king of defenders

Chapter 1273 The Most Anticipated Showdown ([-])
Swish!
With a soft sound, the ball goes in.

"This guy is not only excellent in strength, but also abnormal in jumping and staying in the air." Durant narrowed his eyes. He defended well this time, but he was still a bit unwilling to be scored by Meng Yun.

But soon Durant was relieved.

Meng Yun is the champion of the two-time slam dunk contest. His jumping and staying in the air need not be said much. It is completely at the historical level. He can make a lot of moves in the air, such as avoiding his defense, and even waiting for him to start falling before shooting. , which is not surprising.

It's just that it seems really difficult to restrict Meng Yun.

After two consecutive hits, Meng Yun found that the back-up was really good against Durant, but soon he found that the opponent responded. When he was about to play Durant again, the opponent had Assisted defense.

"After playing twice, the opponent responded and started to assist in the defense. The reaction was really fast." Meng Yun secretly said, and quickly passed the ball to Xiang Long on the outside.

"Not good." Both Durant and Horford's hearts jumped.

Because he came to help defend, Horford shrunk inward, which gave Xiang Long a chance to shoot a three-pointer from the outside. Now it is too late for him to jump over.

I saw that Xiang Long received the ball without any adjustments, he was already prepared, and Meng Yun's pass was very good, very comfortable, and he could shoot directly.

Swish!
This is the rhythm that Xiang Long likes. He raises the knife and drops it, turns around and walks away. There is a soft sound behind him, and the corner of his mouth rises, revealing a slight smile.

Now the Celtics are a little depressed.

When Meng Yun comes up, it is difficult for Xiang Long to limit this point, because the defensive focus is on Meng Yun. But Meng Yun restrained two people, so the defense against other Heat players, especially Xiang Long, would naturally decline.

In this way, Xiang Long opened.

A three-pointer was just the beginning, and soon Xiang Long scored again, Meng Yun restrained the defense, Xiang Long received the ball from the outside, feinted a bit, then broke through, went inside and scored a dunk.

With Xiang Long scoring 5 points in a row, the situation began to deflect to the Heat.

On the Celtics side, Durant looked serious. After coming to the front court, he rushed to his teammates for the ball, and then played singles. Now Green is defending him. The two are not on the same level. Durant easily passed Green, and then a The iconic jumper hit and scored two points.

Not only Durant, but Irving and Tatum also played singles, and the results were good. After all, where the strength lies, Irving did not fight Meng Yun directly, but used the pick-and-roll to get rid of Meng Yun. For him, as long as If you don't fight Meng Yun directly, you will be out of position if you face other people. It is not difficult to score.

But after a few minutes, the second quarter was nearing the end, but the Celtics found that they were 8 points behind.

"What's going on?" Even the fans were surprised, "I think the Celtics played pretty well. Durant, Irving, and Tatum all scored. The Heat can't limit them, but why did the Celtics Still trailing by 8 points?"

This is puzzling.

But this is just a fan. In the eyes of the Celtics coach, this is not impossible. With technical statistics in his hand, his eyes fell on the "assists" item, his brows were frowned, and he said to himself: "We There is almost no sharing of the ball, it is all individual singles, although the players are strong, but the efficiency is not as good as the opponent."

Why the Celtics fall behind is because there are too many singles.

It seems that Durant, Irving, and Tatum can all score, but if you look at the data, you can know that Irving's shooting rate is just over 50%, and Tatum's shooting rate is even less than 50%, only 40.00%. Te's hit rate exceeded 50%, reaching 60%.

The Celtics scored almost all of them in these few minutes, and almost all of them scored in singles, with an average shooting percentage of less than 55%.

In the past few minutes, the Celtics team has only 1 assist.

The Heat pass a lot of balls here, the team has 5 assists, and the team's shooting rate is as high as 60%. Obviously, the efficiency is higher than the Celtics, so it seems that the Celtics are also playing well, but the score The Heat led by 8 points.

"Hey," the Celtics coach secretly sighed.

This is also the trouble of too many star players under him. The players' personal abilities are too good, so they habitually play singles, share the ball, and put tactics and other things second.

Of course, players can score, and they look good. There are always people who can stand up and score points, but because of few passes, few assists, and not many tactical points, the overall efficiency is not high enough.

The Heat don't have this kind of trouble. Meng Yun is centered on Meng Yun in everything on the court, including Xiang Long. Everyone is very clear about their tasks and roles, and they perform their duties. They share the ball more and assist. There are more tactical points, so the efficiency is higher.

You must know that tactical scoring is often the most stable and successful scoring method.

For example, the Warriors' "elevator door" tactic, two people pick and roll for Curry or Thompson, and Curry or Thompson pulls out to catch the ball and shoot.They have a high hit rate on such a ball, because everything is planned, completely in rhythm, just like usual training.

Another example is the pick-and-roll cooperation between Meng Yun and Xiang Long on the Heat side. Xiang Long picks and rolls. Meng Yun breaks away from the defender and breaks through. The ball goes out and returns to Xiang Long. Xiang Long shoots a three-pointer.
This kind of ball dragon has a high hit rate.

There is also the free throw line pick-and-roll cooperation with Whiteside in the past, passing back to Whiteside to shoot from the free throw line. Whiteside's mid-range is not good, but with this cooperation, his free throw line shooting rate exceeds [-]%. , This is the role of tactical coordination.

"Let me tell you something." The head coach of the Celtics said in a deep voice: "In the second half, we must pay attention to passing the ball more, play more tactics, and let everyone participate in the offense."

The players nodded one after another, and they also knew the problem.

However, it is hard to say whether this problem can be improved on the court. After all, once some things become habits, it is difficult to get rid of them.

Here, the Heat players gather together.

Coach Spoelstra smiled and was very satisfied with the performance of the players. He is now really a little thankful that the team did not sign an All-Star forward last summer.Look at the Celtics. There are many star players and a gorgeous lineup, but there are also many problems.

It's still good for the Heat.

Coach Spoelstra expressed a feeling in his heart, and said: "We played well in the first half, and we must continue to work hard in the second half. The 8-point advantage is too little."

(End of this chapter)