The Whip of the God of Basketball

PJ-Brown's debut in the second half completely changed the Celtics' defensive situation. His fierce defense, stable rebound control and certain offensive rebounding ability brought obvious changes to the team. Leon must also admit off the court that PJ-Brown is indeed a good player. His experience and ability are exactly what the Celtics lack. reputation has been enhanced.

Leon knows that now is not the time to worry about his handsome position, but he knows in his heart that if one day his position is deprived by Angie, then the PJ-Brown deal will be the beginning of everything. A great feat. There is no problem with Brown's ability. If the Celtics' performance continues to advance to a higher level, then Angie will receive first-class credit; if the Celtics' performance declines, then Leon is likely to become a scapegoat. After all, if you can't use such a good reinforcement, who can you blame?

Leon stood on the sidelines for a while, still a little dazed, thinking that Angie's move was impeccable, it was the referee's whistle that interrupted Leon's thoughts, and he hurriedly returned his attention to the court. In just one distraction, Paul Pierce has gone straight to the hoop from the backcourt, and the layup has drawn a foul on Rasheed Wallace, who is now wrangling the refs, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

"Where is your eye? Is it on the whistle? I didn't hit his hand at all, not at all! I just touched him lightly, lightly, and I fouled? That's what I did Foul? Why don’t you just send me off!” Wallace opened his big mouth and complained hoarsely about the referee’s penalty. He thought he had no thugs, so he just jumped up to block Pierce’s attacking route, but Pierce fell down. Call him a foul.

"Okay, don't explain to Rashid, you fouled, you did foul, I don't want to talk nonsense with you, if you continue to talk nonsense, I will teach you a lesson." The referee avoided Wallace's big mouth Stepping back, he explained that Pierce was already standing at the free throw line and preparing to make a free throw.

"I'm vertical, vertical! No dips, not a bit, I promise in God's name, I don't, that guy Pierce is a liar, he's slow to hit me like an old woman and he's down , So I fouled? This is an ordinary confrontation." Wallace's voice was much lower, and he and the referee were discussing the scale of the foul near the sideline. Apparently Wallace is an irritable and cunning guy. The king of technical fouls in this league often gets technical fouls because he likes to yell at the referees. His yelling at the beginning will not only cause trouble for himself, but will also change the situation unintentionally. Referee's penalty orientation. In the next game, the referee will think, is my whistleblowing too strict? Rashid is already like this, and some minor problems can be muddied.

Wallace is an experienced player. Under the rough appearance and violent style, he is an excellent player from North Carolina. He can feel the changes of the Celtics after PJ-Brown came on the court. He knows the inside line of the next game The confrontation will be fierce, so he has to put some pressure on the referee, maybe he can get some benefits later.

The referee didn't want to tangle with this guy anymore. He just nodded when he heard what Wallace said, and said in his mouth: "Don't talk about Rasheed, I will control the scale." Tonight's referee is Joe DeRosa , He has been law enforcement in the NBA since the 1989-1990 season, and now he is in the prime of his life, but compared with some seasoned and famous referees, he still has a feeling of lack of control.

Just when Rasheed Wallace felt that he had achieved his goal and was about to leave, he heard someone shouting behind him: "You fouled! Your arm was pressed down and you used your knee to push it up. Foul, don't feel guilty about your calls, referee DeRosa."

Wallace turned around and found that the person calling was the head coach of the Celtics, that young coach who suddenly appeared like bamboo shoots after the rain. DeRosa also looked at Leon. He didn't speak, but Leon's words seemed to make him feel better. After all, few coaches supported the referee's penalty. For the referee, they will never be human.

Wallace still wanted to talk to Leon, but Pierce had already made free throws. He made two free throws, further narrowing the gap between the Celtics and the Trail Blazers.

"You're fucking farting." Wallace spat an obscenity at Leon before returning to the half-court attack. Leon didn't answer, he went back to the bench, walked to Chris Anderson, whispered something in his ear, Anderson nodded, he would listen to what Leon said.

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The third quarter was extremely fierce, and the physical confrontation between the two sides continued to increase. With the performance of PJ-Brown, the Celtics gradually eroded the lead of the Blazers. Wing Chun boxing, there is no wide open and close long pass, no hurricane counterattack, and no powerful low attack, their attack is simple and regular, the pass is extremely fast, some small coordination is extremely neat, and the attack ends. Most of them are mid-range and long-range jumpers, and there are very few open spaces, but the position and feeling of each player's shots are very comfortable.

Leon knows that the reduction in defensive pressure has allowed the players to start to perform normally on the offensive end. When Antoine Walker made a slippery turn and smeared into the inside line in the offense, and licked the basket lightly, the point difference between the two sides has been narrowed to 2 points, and the tie is within reach. The hole dug in the first half was finally filled a little bit. on.

Maurice Cheeks called a timeout, he was going to make a personnel adjustment, and Leon, as usual, just let the players rest in such a timeout, and by the way, two questions, this time his question is PJ -Brown, he said: "How does it feel, is the offense still adapting? Is it very fast."

Brown sat on a stool wiping his sweat. He was not very used to the Celtics' timeout style, which made him feel that he was not engaged in a fierce professional basketball confrontation, but a teaching game in high school. So he scratched his head and said, "Yeah, I'm fine, I'm fine." Brown isn't very good with words, he's a guy who likes to convey energy through actions and anger.

He couldn't say anything, but he knew very well in his heart that Fox Leon really has two brushes. He only participated in a few training sessions, especially the off-ball simulation exercise. He felt quite good and almost quickly Familiar with some basic routines of the Celtics. These routines are not complicated, they are very simple, but they are very delicate when combined. It does not require players to have keen insight and superb passing skills to master these routines.

Leon cleverly decomposed the complicated basketball tactics, so that each player only needs to understand what he should do in a certain position, and he only needs to manage the area in front of him to deal with many changes. These changes are engraved in the minds of every player in the simulation training without the ball, because without the ball, they must be familiar with those routines in order to run and keep the tactics running.

PJ-Brown drank a big sip of water, and the feeling of sweating on the court was really great.

At this time, Leon also made personnel adjustments. He replaced Antoine Walker and replaced Chris Anderson. At the same time, he took Arenas and replaced Steve Kerr. On the other side, the Blazers took Sabonis, hoping to use him to open up the team's unfavorable offensive situation, and let Sabonis properly suppress PJ Brown by the way. And Leon's idea is similar to that of Cheeks. He asked Anderson to face Wallace, but he didn't want to suppress Rasheed Wallace, but to beat Wallace down.

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This is just Chris Anderson's second season, but he has grown very fast. He has learned a lot from Dennis Rodman, many things that cannot be learned from ordinary games and ordinary players. During Rodman's season, he would take Anderson around every night, having a good time in those **** places. But once he came to the training ground, Rodman had stricter requirements on Anderson than he did on himself. He taught Anderson his own training methods, the kind of strength training principles that can maintain strength without losing flexibility. , And how to become a person who can only defend.

But among all the skills, the most useful thing Anderson learned is emotional control. Dennis Rodman is a moody person. Sometimes he will cry suddenly, sometimes he wants to commit suicide, and sometimes he feels that he is the king of the world. king. But Rodman did not become a lunatic, but became a successful basketball player, because he can control his emotions when necessary, and even more amazing, he can also control the emotions of others.

Anderson had only scratched the surface, but he clearly had the talent for it, and when he was brought on, he began to attack Wallace mentally.

"You fouled, you really fouled, the referee didn't make a mistake, you kept fouling, technical fouls, punching fouls, charging with the ball, double dribbling, blocking fouls, unsportsmanlike fouls..." Anderson seemed to say Like a tongue twister, he listed all kinds of fouls in front of Wallace. This was taught by Leon on the bench, and he was asked to say these after he played.

Anderson put it well, with a deadpan face so the referees couldn't see he was talking trash, and at the same time his tone was mean, and Rasheed's anger was building. Human psychology is very wonderful. The little dispute between Leon and Wallace just now actually planted a small seed in Wallace’s heart. Anderson’s trash talk is like sunshine and rain, making this seed germinate. Out of the fruit of anger.

If there is no such seed, Anderson will only be regarded as a fool by Wallace when he goes up to say these words, and Anderson himself will be ashamed; this seed alone will soon rot in Wallace's heart, but Leon wants to let it grow, But Leon understands human psychology, but Wallace himself has a bad temper.

Finally, Wallace couldn't bear it any longer in a defense. He pushed Anderson hard, and Anderson fell down on the ground. The referee's whistle blew again, and Wallace fouled.

This time, Wallace's anger was like a broken river, mixed with his saliva and sprayed towards the referee's face. The Blazers players had to pull Wallace behind to prevent him from hitting the referee. The referee is not easy to bully either. With a T gesture and a "roll" gesture, Rasheed Wallace is sentenced to be sent off.

Wallace took off the headband on his head and angrily walked back to the locker room from the player tunnel.

Leon wants to prove to people that he is not afraid of anyone who plays tricks.