The Whip of the God of Basketball

?On January 22nd, there was a heavy snowfall in Boston, which gave the visiting Milwaukee Bucks players a feeling of home, because at this time Milwaukee had long been Covered with thick snow. Since the beginning of January, the cold wave from Canada has met the Great Lakes with abundant water vapor and enveloped the entire central region in white.

A few days ago, the Celtics fell to the icy Milwaukee. Without Walker and Reid, they were lame on offense and defense, especially on offense, Kay lacked strong attack points and important outside shooting points. The Alt people seem a bit stretched in tactics.

Since Walker missed the game due to injury, Leon has been thinking about various issues. For example, tactics. The advent of injuries made Leon feel that the Celtics' tactical system still lacks sufficient thickness, relying more on the unique abilities of certain players in the team. Once a certain piece is missing, the team’s original simple and smooth tactical system It collapsed immediately. For example, emotional management, he can clearly feel that when victory and failure come together, the mood of the players is obviously not as surging as it was during the winning streak at the beginning of the season.

Fortunately, the timely return of Reid and Walker gave Leon a bottom line for tonight's game, but injuries are unpredictable and inevitable. Leon wants to come and he still has a lot of work to do. For example, how to cope with fatigue, coping with injuries, coping with the mental distress caused by frequent and tiring matches, and holding the passion that passes away with the depth of the season is the enemy that young teams must be vigilant.

The lights of the North Shore Gardens went out at around 7:00 pm and re-lit after the audience sang the national anthem. The 42nd game of the Celtics this season began. This number of 42 means that the team has completed half of the schedule and began to enter the second half of the season. They have experienced a soaring sky at the beginning of the season, smooth progress in the middle and recent small twists and turns, and overall they did a good job.

Leon stood on the sidelines. Wearing a decent suit and spotless vamp, he looks completely different from what he was many years ago. He has become more and more like a coach who has been in NBA for many years. Appears steady and refined. Only if you look closely at his face. The slight scars on the nose and the corners of the eyes have not faded with the passage of time, on the contrary, some marks have become deeper. This gave Leon a nickname-(Scarface).

Especially when the news about his criminal conviction was raging some time ago, his nickname became even louder, and he was even admired by many fans at one time. He believed that a person with such a legendary experience should not be criticized but praised. Praise him for his inspiration and hard work.

So in the North Shore Garden Arena tonight. Leon glanced at the auditorium and could see that some fans holding signs posted Al Pacino's back portraits from the movie "Scarface", and then drew a cigar on his mouth. , To support and encourage Fox Leon, which also made Leon feel a little warm. No matter what kind of doubts there are, there will always be sincere and enthusiastic fans watching and supporting him. Sometimes he feels that this is a very happy place to be a coach or a player. Of course, the initiator of the negative news has now entered the trap designed by Leon, and he is waiting for the time to close the net.

With all cranky thoughts, the game has already begun in the whistle of the referee.

This is the second time the Bucks and Celtics have met this season. It was also a second game in a week. The last defeat at the Bradley Center made Leon watch a full three-hour video of the game after returning to the hotel. He summarized the three reasons why the team lost, first. The perimeter defense was penetrated by the Bucks, allowing the opponent to shoot 50% of the three-pointers. Second, the terrible mistakes. The Celtics, who have always had fewer mistakes and smooth offense, made 22 inexplicable mistakes in this game; Thirdly, it is also a hidden point, that is, the average running distance of the team has declined.

The first two points are mistakes that many teams make. After all, the defense is lax, and a lot of mistakes in concentration are inevitable in a long and tired season. But the third point can only be seen by ghost eyes like Fox Leon. The players' motivation for running has decreased.

As a coach who understands the importance of space, this decline is unbearable. But Leon did not tell the players to run more before the start of the game. If oral lessons are useful, the world does not need police and violent agencies.

Five minutes into the first quarter, the two sides tied 10:10. The Celtics' offensive speed was obviously not fast enough. Walker scored six points in a row, but the Bucks have back and forth, Ray Allen’s. The state is quite good. Facing the return of Michael Reid, he continuously used the breakthrough to hit the mid lane to throw or stop the jumper, and also scored eight points in a row. The other players seemed to be frozen by the heavy snow, and they have not yet performed their proper state.

Because the game went smoothly, there were no fouls or mistakes on both sides, and both sides were evenly divided, and neither side called a timeout, so the official timeout was quickly entered, and both sides took a break to adjust.

Leon looked at the players walking off the court, pointed at Pj-Brown, who was panting, and said to him: "Pj, come down for a while, Chris, come on." Then he pointed at him again. Reese Anderson, motioned him to take off his jacket and prepare to play.

Both pj-Brown and Chris Anderson are a little confused. This is the first official timeout. Generally speaking, it will take about the ninth minute of the first quarter before Chris Anderson will come off the bench, and it depends on the opponent's situation. Does he replace Brown or Walker. Sometimes Leon would send Wang Zhizhi to hold Anderson on the bench. Now that Anderson replaced Brown in the field this morning, everyone was a little confused.

Brown sat down heavily on the bench, drank water with staring eyes, Dick Hart leaned in front of Leon and asked, "What's the matter with Fox, it's not good to change the rotation order casually, this is not a playoff... …Pj played very hard."

Leon just nodded. In his first year of coaching, Dick Hart was a good teacher for Leon. This experienced assistant coach gave Leon a lot of skills, tactics and command. Relying on knowledge and cleverness cannot be learned for a while, because that is decades of accumulation. For example, how to soothe players’ emotions during a timeout, how to deal with referees, how to resist interference from fans on the road, and other useful things have benefited Leon a lot in 41 games. .

But this time he has his considerations. He still replaced Pj-Brown on the field and replaced Chris Anderson early. This surprised the commentators on the sidelines. How could a good starting center like Pj-Brown be surprised? Suddenly he was replaced.

In terms of strength, Anderson is indeed inferior to Brown. First of all, Anderson is certainly inferior to Brown on the defensive end. Without Brown's steady and cautiousness at all, he flies at a basic point. I saw him bounce like a spring in the three-second zone. go with. On the offensive end, Brown has a very good mid-range, which has basically completely replaced Tony Barty’s role, and has a certain low offensive ability. If necessary, he can steal one. In addition to grabbing a rebound, Anderson dunks or supplements. Basketball, there are basically no other effective offensive techniques.

However, the situation on the court has slightly changed. The Bucks are still in the situation where Ray Allen is alone in supporting the overall offensive situation. Only Sam Cassell has recovered slightly, throwing one in the middle distance. On the Celtics side, Anderson didn't touch the ball several times after he came on the court, but he stirred the sardines alive like a catfish. His one beautiful block and two offensive rebounds made for his teammates. There was a chance.

More importantly, when Anderson is on the court, no one considers passing or making the ball to him, and he has no idea of ​​attacking at all. He just keeps running, jumping, running and jumping. This is the case in a basketball game. When there is a guy in the team running non-stop, others will run with it, not to mention that the Celtics are a team that has been strictly trained by Leon. It's one ring after another.

Perhaps some runs are meaningless, but when these meaningless runs are combined and accumulated, they often become meaningful and useful. Relying on a sudden rise, the Celtics launched a 20:12 offensive after the official timeout in the first quarter. They suddenly resumed the high-speed offensive of fast running and archery on horseback.

"Do you know why I replaced you?" After the first quarter, Leon said to Pj-Brown. At this time, the score between the two sides became 22:30.

Pj-Brown looked a little embarrassed. He felt that Leon was criticizing him. He was aiming at him. He curled his mouth and thought for a while* and said, "Maybe Chris is more suitable for the team."

The other players also noticed the conversation between Leon and Brown. Dick Hart wanted to stop, but he didn't know what to say. It would be terrible if the old players in the team quarreled with the coach.

"No, pj, you are the better one. You learn quickly, and the game is very hard and dedicated. You also integrated into our tactics very smoothly. You also carried the team when Walker was injured. Inside. I admit that you are better than Chris, but you are missing one thing that Chris has and that thing is very important~www.readwn.com~That is passion." Leon patted pj-Brown on the shoulder and said , At this time the break between the festivals is almost over.

"I still remember the last time against the Trail Blazers, you guarded the team like a King Kong, because I abandoned you throughout the first half, you want to prove something with performance. But after a few games, you returned to ten In the program of the year as a day, you are conscientious but not emotional. But I think, pj, you should be more passionate than anyone else, because our goal is the championship." After that, the second quarter started, Leon Signals Pj-Brown to play.

At the same time, Leon pointed to Michael Reid again and said: "Sit down Michael, you played enough in the first quarter, come down and adjust."

"It's okay, I don't want to rest too long." Reid was very hungry tonight and wanted to play.

"No, sit down and think about it, think about what you are going to do, it's not too late to play." Leon said. Some people need more passion, while others need calmness.

Therefore, the coach has to be like fire for a while and ice for a while. This may be like Leon's appearance. The calm and gentle appearance can't hide the enthusiasm under the scar. (To be continued.)