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Chapter 478
The first Eastern Conference semifinal game between the Celtics and the Miami Heat was definitely a crazy night, but such a crazy night did not brew a disparity in points. The Miamis just used 101 on their home court: The score of 89 won the final victory, and the gap of only 12 points did not make those crazy fans happy, although their shouts lasted from the first second to the end of the game.

But Spoelstra obviously doesn't want his main players to run on the court for too long. Including the absolute core of Lin Yi and Wade, the average playing time of each player is also controlled within 35 minutes. Inside, and the guys on the bench got enough playing time, but even such a large-scale rotation was enough for them to completely wear down the Celtics after three quarters.

Too many fouls made the Celtics have to constantly rotate their personnel, but the contribution of the substitute players under the Big Four on the field is really limited, and the absolute gap in strength makes these substitute players completely useless on the field. Being weakened, the bench miracle that Rivers could expect did not happen. Instead, this rotation disrupted the order of the entire Celtics on the field, and they began to gradually fall into a bad situation with more and more fouls.

In fact, the referee of this game did not give Miami any preferential treatment at home. He even called Lin one or two offensive fouls for the first time in terms of active offense, which almost aroused the roar of the entire American Airlines Arena. How terrible are the curses and invectives?Just ask the hapless referee, possibly the most unpopular guy in the game, surrounded by the voices of the fans threatening him.

Spoelstra did not join the ranks. After all, when the Miami Heat have completely controlled the game, there is no need to pester those side branches. Save it for him to moisten his throat. You must know that this crazy guy shouted the entire game with his own loud voice. When it came to the post-match press conference, he couldn't open his mouth to speak.

Controlling the game on the field does not mean completely destroying the game. Spoelstra kept letting his substitutes take turns to play. He always kept the rhythm to suppress the Celtics. The full-court press almost ran through the first three quarters. They used this kind of oppressive defense to break down the Celtics' offensive organization. Rajon Rondo almost lost the opportunity to control the ball in the second half of the game. .

Wade has the strictest marking on this core point guard who may represent the future of the Celtics. His open hands completely cover Rondo's inward cut route. The most important thing is that Rondo faces With Wade's fierce press, he couldn't hit the breakthrough shot that he is best at. Every time he tried to use speed to cut to the bottom line in the game, Wade's lightning footsteps would be blocked one second earlier. Die the line he cut into.

The absolute advantage in speed allowed Wade to pinch the core of the Celtics. The Flash's way of dealing with this young guy is very simple. It hurts, and Wade relies on this to dare to let this guy wait and see near the three-point line. As long as Rondo tries to break through directly with the ball, Wade's strong body will definitely get stuck on his breakthrough route.

Garnett tried to set Rondo a high pick-and-roll screen several times, but he apparently forgot how the Miami Heat dealt with the situation. When Garnett switched out to screen, Miami's basket It will be handed over to Millsap or Da Ben, and Lin Yi will follow the wolf king to move to the high position very quickly. When the Celtics' outside pick-and-roll coordination is played, Garnett will naturally get stuck and chase Rondo's Wade or Old Bell, but the point guard of the Celtics holding the ball and preparing to cut in quickly will definitely see a guy who is more terrifying than meeting Wade in front of him.

Lin Yi's lateral movement ability guarantees how dominant he is in breaking such pick-and-roll coordination. Whether Rondo is at the top of the arc or at the bottom corner, he can't completely get rid of Lin Yi or Wade's entanglement. One of Firth's biggest headaches is that their point guard can't play the role of integrating the team at all. They are completely forced to expose their worst offensive ability to the opponent. Lin Yi allows Rondo to shoot, but he will never let him Breakthrough, Rondo made several successful cuts throughout the game, but what greeted him was either Lin Yi's big slap, or a ghostly hand that appeared behind him at any time.

It may be the first time that Rondo counted more than ten turnovers in a game, but the Miami people let him experience what it means to make mistakes again and again. In the entire first quarter, Rondo directly sent five turnovers. Under the pressure of Wade and others, the lowest-level mistakes were made consecutively, which made the fast break of the Miami people flourish. Rivers even had to replace him to be calm and calm, but this did not actually help .

Without Rondo's desperate running on the court, the Celtics can only rely on Pierce to control the ball. Maybe such a strong guy can stabilize the form on the court. After all, you can't let the guy who just came from the New York Knicks The team transferred Nate Robinson to control the rhythm, unless Rivers was crazy, but the Celtics were forced to use Pierce to control the ball and the result was even worse. Spoelstra dealt with this The "truth" of being good at making fouls is to use a tough guy like Millsap to push him away from the three-point line, "follow him, don't let him have any chance to shoot comfortably, stick to his body, let him Stay away from the shooting point.", Facts have proved that Spoelstra's approach is very effective, Pierce's possession of the ball began to affect his offensive efficiency, the only guy who can still score points completely lost his rhythm in the first three quarters .

It can only be said that Rivers once tried to stabilize the rhythm of the game. His team must follow the Miami people from beginning to end, or you will watch the opponent desperately attack your defense line like this. Or you have to move your old body to follow the opponent back and forth. The Miami attack is to pass back and forth from the inside to the outside. Defense, you can also find the opponent's loopholes from such back and forth passes, and more importantly, it can consume a lot of stamina of these old guys.

The tactical analysts of the Miami Heat had already done a detailed scouting work before the start of this series. Together with Spoelstra, they were thinking about the habits of every player and even every small movement of these Bostonians. Will not let it go, the seven battles between the Celtics and the Eagles provided them with too much material, and when Rivers is used to replacing which players are also within the grasp of the Filipinos.

What's more, those old guys in Boston are really too tired. They only have one day to rest after the seventh game. They didn't even go back to Boston for a rest, so they had to fly directly to Miami to prepare for the second round of the playoffs. This is their punishment for being dragged down by the Eagles until the end to decide the winner. Under the crazy impact of the Miamis, they only lasted for three quarters, and the last quarter was basically reduced to garbage time.

Regardless of whether Rivers is willing or not, the result of this competition is that he is completely at a disadvantage in the confrontation with the Filipinos. From the opening layout to the chaotic changes, every move of his chess has not played a key role, and even more so. Most of the time he is just forced to make changes, and it is difficult for his team to get rid of the passive situation, but the Filipino can make all his players move, forcing the opponent to start to retreat.

Maybe you could say it's because Spoelstra has a bunch of good players on his staff that he has so many chances to squander, but you can't deny the kind of quality this guy brought to the Miami Heat in the game. In the passionate moment, his roar on the sidelines seemed to be the horn that urged the Heat to attack. If one day you see this guy start to misfire, then you really have a feeling of not being used to it.

"Can bring a group of tough guys out of the bandit temperament, this is the most creative part of that kid." Pat Riley was sitting in the VIP seat, and he admired the game without saying a word, maybe he Is copying the changes that happened on the court, trying to imagine what would happen if I sat in the head coach's position, but it is obvious that the smile on the corner of his mouth says it all, the guy he chose did not let him down .

Spoelstra did it perfectly, and it can be said to be very good. He faced a coach who had won a championship, but he was not afraid of facing such an opponent. He even hoped that he could Fighting against such a guy, only by defeating such a person will he have the opportunity to challenge the last old fox. Although he doesn't know if he will still meet those Los Angeles people this year, he really wants to defeat that Zen master.

"The coach's courage comes from the players? NO, he comes from the accumulation of victories in the game. When a person wins many victories, he can have enough confidence to command a crucial game. The confidence of the players, there is The time comes from the coach." Pat Riley once said to Spoelstra that he hoped that the kid who took over from him could understand the truth of this. The coach always speaks by winning .

Now the facts have proved that the old fox did not choose the wrong person. He chose a guy with strong nerves for this unformed Miami dynasty. He has made up his mind since last year's finals, especially Seeing that kid dared to think about changing his tactics on the spot when facing the Zen master, that kid was more courageous than himself at the beginning. Perhaps only such a person can always lead Miami forward.

Spoelstra didn't know that his boss was thinking about these things around him, and he didn't have time to think about such issues. All his energy had been devoted to the game, changing players, arranging tactics, shouting loudly, reminding The player pays attention to the rhythm of the field and does not easily make mistakes. He even argues loudly with the referee about the penalty just now. These things have consumed him too much energy, but he does not feel tired.

For Lin Yi, the arena is a place to unleash his courage, but for Spoelstra, the arena is a huge chessboard, on which he freely arranges all the pieces, in order to checkmate him in the end At the moment of the opponent, he enjoys this feeling, and he also likes this kind of game of brains with the opponent. The game is a confrontation of physical strength for athletes, and a confrontation of wisdom for the head coach. Spoelstra can He didn't want to lose rashly to that chubby Rivers in a competition of intelligence, not to mention that the person he wanted to beat hadn't shown up yet.

Maybe Rivers didn't realize that this was a battle between him and the Filipinos. He has been trying to tell his players how to win the final victory, but it is clear that everything on this night is not under his control, whether it is on the court or not. The situation, or the noisy environment around them, everything has caused fatal damage to these tired Bostonians. Their shooting percentage has always been suppressed by the Miami people at about [-]%, and occasionally one or two people can contribute their own shining performance. , But soon these bright lights will be directly buried by the fierce counterattack of the Heat, which is very desperate.

Maybe Rivers' counterattack at the last moment wanted to prove to everyone that the Celtics were not defeated by the Miamis, but everyone has seen what happened on the field, when Wade, Lin Yi, Iverson Are you expecting these Miami guys to save you any face when Johnny and Millsap are both back on the bench?They have already put the towel on themselves, and the last twelve minutes have been their time to appreciate the game.

Although Spoelstra has replaced his main attacking group, this does not mean that the group of desperadoes on the field have lost their attacking power. On the contrary, those guys like Bunche Wells will open fire more recklessly. Lin Yi, what they defeated was the most tenacious old guys of the Celtics. The firepower output of the remaining Celtics was really limited. Only Glenn Davis won the game before the end of the game. To score in double figures.

The only thing guys like Nate Robinson and Tony Allen can do is foul Miami, and the entire Celtics bench only scored 21 points, but Miami's crazy rush has The contribution of more than [-] points came from the bench. Lin Yi and his team's early charge just made the game favorable to their own side. Under the continuous impact, Miami's average attack point began to exert the most powerful offensive effect.

Everyone is scoring, and everyone can score. This is the scariest thing about the Miami Heat. You don’t dare to let go of any of his offensive points on the court. He brought an average of close to [-] points per game. You can imagine how terrifying the current Miami Heat team is. With the involvement of insiders, the entire Miami has become a sophisticated offensive machine.

Lin Yi may be the most eye-catching guy in the whole game, but his scoring has not changed much. Except for the few minutes in the opening stage, he went into a point-grabbing state crazily, the rest of the time this guy prefers Concentrate on building his own control around the rim, and when all the Miami people are obsessed with scoring and oppressive defense, this guy is behind them plugging hole after hole for these people.

Rebounds, blocks, supplementary defenses, and even high-post screens that rely purely on the body, sometimes Lin Yi desperately takes a position in the low post of the opponent's interior, just to keep the space for Wade and Iverson to cut into the interior. The frenzy at times is just the purpose of this guy swearing to everyone that he exists. Most of the time, he uses his smile to communicate with every teammate. He seems to be very happy to do these dirty jobs that others hate.

His scoring ability is strong, and even Garnett seems unable to stop this kid when he is defending against the point, but the most terrifying thing about Lin Yi is his ability to understand the game. His strong attack is to compress the Bostonians. The open shots after running around the perimeter and the quick counterattack after defending the position are the sharpest offensive weapons of the Miami Heat. Such a high success rate is based on Lin Yi's control of the basket.

Rivers also had to admit after the game that his team lost the most important opening stage, and the Celtics, who were forced to catch up throughout the game, lost their own rhythm, and all this was caused by Lin Yi's strong attack on the inside, his continuous singles directly destroyed the Celtics' defensive plan, and too many fouls directly suppressed the ability of the Celtics to protect their own inside. Lin Yi's existence completely defeated the Celtics. The deadliest factor for the Boston Celtics, although Rivers said that this is just the first game of the semifinals, and they still have a chance to come back, but not many Bostonians will expect miracles, no one can completely They're always on the verge of holding that big man down.

Compared with a guy like Rivers who is stubborn about dead ducks, Spoelstra's speech after the first game is much more practical, "This is only one of seven games, and the Miami Heat Our mission is to win four games and advance to the next round with our heads held high. What we want is to enter the finals, so now we must beat any opponent, including the great Celtics. I am a A person who respects history, but in the NBA world, I hope I can write history instead of remembering it.”, simple, direct, and ruthless enough, this is the speaking style of the Filipino, he is not afraid of offending those Boston media, Since you are going to crush you, why do you need to save face in public?
The Miami HEAT won't stop, with eleven more games to go, and when they win, the Miami Heat will be at the top of the NBA!Spoelstra thumped the schedule after the game, and a red line has run through the entire playoffs, "There are still eleven games left, so I grit my teeth and bite out like this. A piece of the victory puzzle! The final winner can only be our Miami Heat!!!”

This is a declaration of victory. . .

(Tragic Germany, damn Spanish referee...)
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