king of defenders

Chapter 961 My opponent is not you

After a calm warm-up, the two sides returned to the sidelines.

The Celtics not only changed players on a large scale this summer, but also changed the head coach. They fired Brad Stevens, who had coached the team for 4 years, and signed Jason Kidd. .

It is worth mentioning that the Celtics and the Bucks have almost exchanged head coaches. Jason Kidd was the head coach of the Bucks before.

Last season, the Bucks were defeated in the first round of the playoffs. Although they won the seventh game with the Heat, it was the Heat who were absent from Wade, Whiteside, and Monroe. Meng Yun provoked the leader alone.The Bucks management almost had to celebrate in advance, but was defeated by the Heat.

After that, the Bucks management had the intention of changing the coach, but there were still some controversies.

Until coach Brad Stevens was fired by the Celtics, the Bucks immediately fell in love with coach Brad Stevens, thinking that he would do better than Jason Kidd , After all, everyone can see that Coach Brad Stevens is purely blamed this time, and it is not his fault to be fired, so they decided to fire Jason Kidd and hire Brad Stevens. Vince is the new head coach of the Bucks.

The irony is that the Bucks recognized the ability of Brad Stevens coach and believed that he was fired as a blame, but did not realize that Jason Kidd, who was fired by them, was actually a "blame man".

What's even more ironic is that the Celtics fired coach Brad Stevens, traded Xiang Long, and then sent away Thomas Jr., Bradley and others to form a trio with Irving, Hayward, and Horford. After the new lineup with man as the core, he even signed Jason Kidd and hired him as the head coach of the Celtics.

This wave of operations is confusing. People don't know whether the Bucks hit the Celtics in the face, or the Celtics hit the Bucks in the face, or both. yes.

In short, now coach Brad Stevens has gone to the Bucks, and Jason Kidd has become the current head coach of the Celtics.

"Let me talk about it." Kidd spread out the tactical board, while drawing tactics, said: "On the offensive end, we must move as much as possible, pass the ball quickly, and open up space. Once an opportunity arises from the outside, we must shoot decisively. Yes, let me emphasize one point, don’t stick to the ball too much, don’t dribble alone for too long.”

After coming to the Celtics, Kidd realized that the players are a little sticky to the ball. Whether it is Irving, Smart, or Rozier, there is a problem with the ball. He likes to dribble alone for a while. Only in this way can we find the feeling.

Hayward and Horford did a good job of this.

"Then it's defense." Kidd said again: "Meng Yun must be guarded, he is the key. Irving, keep up with Meng Yun. In addition, other people should also pay attention to it. If necessary, double-team him for me."

"Yeah." Owen nodded.

"Yes."

"clear."

Others also responded one after another.

Here, Meng Yun and others surrounded Coach Spoelstra.

Coach Spoelstra said calmly: "The opponent is very strong, but we are stronger, so we can just play as we usually do. Well, pay attention to guarding against three-pointers from the outside."

Is this over?

Everyone was stunned.

Spoelstra smiled and waved his hand: "Come on, this is our home court, our territory, even if the Cavaliers and Warriors come, we are not afraid, let alone the Celtics. "

"Correct."

"This is our home court."

"on!"

Everyone's eyes glowed.

Meng Yun, Wade, Green, Monroe, and Whiteside walked to the court.

"beep"

The game officially begins.

The starting lineup sent by the Celtics is Aron Baynes, Al Horford, Gordon Hayward, Jayson Tatum, and Kyrie Irving.

It was a jump ball first, Whiteside slapped the ball to the backcourt, Meng Yun quickly grabbed the ball, and then started to advance. Just after passing the center line, Irving greeted him with open hands and a serious expression.

Meeting Owen's eyes, Meng Yun just smiled lightly, and did not directly play singles, but passed the ball out to Wade's hands. Wade made a breakthrough after receiving the ball. Tatum quickly retreated, and suddenly Wade De made a sudden stop and raised his center of gravity. Tatum subconsciously raised his center of gravity, planning to jump.

The next moment, Wade bent over and rushed past Tatum with an acceleration. Whiteside and Monroe had already pulled people away early, and Wade scored two points with a light layup.

"It's still inexperienced." Kidd sighed secretly, but he wasn't angry. "After all, he's still a rookie. This is his first season, and it's normal."

Tatum is the third overall pick in this year's first round. To be able to enter the top three, there is no need to say much about his talent. He performed very well in the previous preseason games and several regular season games.

It's a pity that he is still a rookie after all, and his experience is still somewhat lacking. Especially against an experienced player like Wade, it is not surprising that he was fooled and suffered a disadvantage.

2:0, the Heat went first.

Celtics attack.

After Owen came to the frontcourt, he asked for a pick-and-roll, a change of direction to get rid of Meng Yun, and pulled to the low post on the right side. Facing Monroe who switched past, Owen made an emergency stop jumper with a little fallback.

Swish!
Also enter, 2:2.

"Good shot! Irving's desire to score is very strong today. He attacked from the beginning."

"It also feels good."

In the auditorium, some Celtic fans' eyes lit up.

Owen turned around, glanced at Meng Yun, and then ran towards his own half.

Meng Yun didn't respond, he took the ball in the backcourt, and Owen posted it after reaching the frontcourt. His face was still serious, he defended very seriously, and he was very aggressive. He stretched out his hand again and again, trying to get the ball.Of course, Meng Yun would not let him succeed. He firmly protected the basketball and did not compete with Irving. He gestured to his teammates. Whiteside stepped forward to pick and roll. Meng Yun threw off Irving. Chasing Meng Yun, at the same time Baines also came forward to delay.

Whoosh.

Meng Yun passed the ball back and gave it to Whiteside. Whiteside stepped on a position slightly outside the free throw line. The catch was a jumper and he made a steady hit.

For Whiteside, scoring away from the basket will become difficult, but the jumper from the free throw line has greatly improved this difficulty. He has adapted to this pick-and-roll and then returns the pass to shoot.

The hit rate is not bad.

A moment later, Owen entered another one, and looked at Meng Yun again, with a provocative taste, without any concealment, even the fans in the auditorium could notice it if they paid a little attention.

Meng Yun shook his head and laughed. He didn't intend to respond. He just looked at Owen's back and whispered to himself, "My opponent is no longer you."

(End of this chapter)