swing striker

Chapter 59 Preseason (Part [-])
In the early morning of October 10, Beijing time, the Celtics defeated Kevin Garnett's parent team, the Timberwolves, 11-92 in London, England.

After all, it is a team that has played for ten years. Garnett didn't have much desire to score against the Timberwolves. He only scored two points in the first half and scored nine points in the whole game.

This may be Garnett.

Ray Allen performed well in this game, scoring a game-high 28 points.

At the end of this game, the Celtics returned to the United States from Europe, and their first destination was their home stadium, TD North Shore Garden.

It was the first time for the new lineup to play at home, and they gave the fans a big victory with more than forty points.

After the end of the third quarter, the Celtics had already led by 31 points, and the entire fourth quarter became a carnival time for the substitutes.

Facing the Knicks' main force who couldn't find the game state, they expanded the lead to 11 points.

Shi Lei, who played 16 minutes in this game, scored 9 points and 7 rebounds.

In the game against the Nets, the two sides only played halftime.The game was played at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts, which was originally the home of a hockey team, but after halftime, the ice under the floor began to melt, and the floor became so wet that the game could not continue and had to be cancelled. .

On October 10, Beijing time, the Celtics continued to face the Philadelphia 21ers at their home court.In this game, Garnett and Pierce took turns to rest, and their replacements were Shi Lei and Posey.

At this stage, the Celtics' main force does not have a fixed strategy. Everything depends on the adaptability of the three star players. Pierce's main task is to break through the outside line and increase the pressure on the opponent's inside line. Exactly, Shi Lei is now the best player , That is, to score from the basket.

At the beginning Shi Lei did well. After three consecutive breakthroughs, he made a layup and helped the team lead the 14ers 7-76.

However, the 76ers changed their defensive strategy afterwards, making it difficult for Shi Lei to break through the basket. When he tried to move the basketball outside, he made two mistakes because he was not familiar with his teammates' running habits.Let the 76ers take the opportunity to overtake the score. By the end of the first half, the Celtics had fallen behind their opponents by 10 points.

In the third quarter, Ray Allen, who performed poorly in the first half, reduced his three-pointers and responded frequently after Shi Lei's breakthrough. In 5 minutes, he played a wave of 17-5 attacks. The score was rewritten to 56-54.

The 75ers changed their defensive strategy again. Shi Lei's breakthrough was restricted. They lacked another reliable breakthrough player. They lost all three points. Pulled double digits.

第四节开始后，凯尔特人6投仅1中，76人打出10-3后，以83-66取得17分的优势。凯尔特人此后未能缩小差距。

Pierce scored 29 points and 8 rebounds for the Celtics, Garnett 17 points, Ray Allen 12 points.All three played close to 40 minutes.However, they still lost to the Knicks!

In this game, the Celtics began to reduce the number of players on the bench. Except for Shi Lei, Tony Allen, Posey, and House, the rest did not get a chance to play.

The game against the Nets was completely different from the game against the Knicks. The "Big Three" were all rested in this game, and Shi Lei, Tony Allen, and Posey started the game.

The Celtics lost again, but the good news is that Shi Lei scored 21 points and 6 rebounds.

The Celtics faced the Cavaliers in their final preseason game. In this game, Shi Lei started instead of Ray Allen.

In the playoffs, Shi Lei limited James' breakthrough very well. After matching White, Shi Lei played better against James. In the whole game, he only allowed James to score 17 points, although he himself only scored 9 points. [-] points.But he did share a lot of pressure for the team's inside line.

In the end, the Celtics easily won 114-89.

The Celtics' preseason games are all over, and the record should be considered good. However, various problems that were exposed during the game made the public criticize the team gradually more and more.

Too many star singles, bad reviews.

Unable to connect the inside and outside, bad review.

Poor understudy, poor review.

Perkins who can't control the foul, bad review.

Substitute center Patrick O'Bryant's habit of stealth is bad.

And Shi Lei, the American media treated him extraordinarily harshly.Xia Tian's high-profile signing, and Anji's deliberate manipulation, made Shi Lei still the subject of many media discussions.

The previous ones were doubts, ridicule, and the difference between an undrafted player getting a contract comparable to Oden's. Then when Shi Lei finally appeared on the stage and showed his immature skills, the attacks from the media really came.Even in a game in which he had 21 points and 6 rebounds, it didn't make people easy on him.

What Shi Lei was most worried about happened, he didn't even dare to read the domestic reports on him.

Criticism is everywhere and every game is accompanied by huge boos.

The booing was so frightening and flustering, and the criticism was so irritating.

Every time he played, Shi Lei told himself: "We must fight back."

So he focused on the game, tried his best to protect the rebounds, and sent every basketball, no matter what kind of predicament was ahead, to the basket.

But those voices are still there, one after another, as if telling him: "It's not enough!"

On October 10th, after the end of the game against the Cavaliers, the Celtics got a week of adjustment time. During these few days, Rivers repaired the team's problems based on the team's leaks in the preseason. tactics.

It is mainly a substitute tactic. As for the main force, they don't need to adjust, they just need time to let them get in touch with each other.

In the Celtics' bench lineup, the insiders couldn't take on the offensive task. Shi Lei's breakthrough and Posey and Eddie House's three-pointers were the team's main means of scoring.

During the preseason games, Shi Lei often encountered opponents laying down a line of defense one step ahead of him. Usually, Shi Lei would pass the basketball to House, and he would reorganize the team's offense.

Here is Rivers' adjustment. He asked one of the two insiders to pull out to pick and roll for Shi Lei, creating a breakthrough path for Shi Lei. After the breakthrough, whether to shoot or pass depends on the thickness of the opponent's defense.Then there are Posey and Eddie House, the two of them must intersperse after Shi Lei's breakthrough, at least one of them must run out of position, and then wait for Shi Lei to make a decision.

The last point is to do a good job of controlling the rebounds inside.Although Rivers himself has little confidence in them.

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