The Whip of the God of Basketball

"Kevin, why are you in such a hurry..." Leon frowned as he watched the first goal conceded on the field. On the first goal, Garnett got anxious and wanted to expand outward to press Parker. The tactics hadn't even started yet. Being too aggressive will undoubtedly leave your opponents vulnerable.

Leon knows that Garnett is not such an impatient player. He has been in the league for eight years and often feels passionate, but in fact he is a sophisticated and cunning guy. With rich experience, he knows what to do at different stages of the game. What kind of thing.

From the performance of today's first ball, it seems that the public opinion before the game did have an impact on him, but Leon has no idea what he is thinking.

The game continued. Michael Reed broke through the middle with the ball and hit Ginobili's throw. However, the referee blew the whistle first and Reed was sentenced to a pushing foul. There were boos at the scene, but it was clear that Crawford would not be disturbed by these boos and he insisted on his penalty. Reed, a good guy on the court, just shook his head and ran back.

Leon was a little angry. He knew Crawford's tactics. He was a referee who had a strong control over the game. Obviously, he wanted to use his whistle to give the players some warnings at the beginning of the game. Such a warning would be given to the home players. It could not be better. Firstly, it will not appear to be partial to the home court and there will be a home whistle, and secondly, the effect of killing the chicken to scare the monkeys will be more obvious.

"I'm CNM!" Leon said a national curse at Crawford. Crawford looked back at Leon and didn't know what he said. He hesitated but didn't blow the whistle. After all, it was TD North Shore Garden. , need to be restrained.

The Celtic bench didn't understand what Leon shouted. Only Wang Zhizhi sat there and snickered, his big mouth grinning particularly brightly.

The scolding was enough, but it had no impact on the game. It was the Spurs' turn to attack. This time Tony Parker once again relied on Duncan's screen to shoot a mid-range jumper inside the three-point line. The ball went hollow into the net and the Spurs scored two more points.

The quality of Tim Duncan's screens was indeed very high. Both times, he created sufficient room for Parker to move. It seems that Popovich's pre-game tactical arrangement was also very clear, to give full play to his advantages, to be concise and clear on the offensive end, and to establish advantages as soon as possible. It's hard to be behind at the start of an away game.

Popovich has always given people the impression that he is a master of tactics, but Leon does not think so. After playing against Popovich last year, Leon could feel the richness and flexibility of Popovich's offensive tactics. It's not necessarily better than Fox Leon. However, Popovich is an excellent manager and a very smart operation master. His Spurs have a feeling of "with my operation, the rest will be A."

The Celtics were beaten to death by the Spurs. The Spurs seized Duncan's super strength in last year's finals. Everything revolved around Duncan, starting with Duncan and ending with Duncan, attacking Duncan and defending Duncan, no matter what Leon was doing on the tactical side. No matter what tricks come up, the Spurs will be defeated ten times with one force, so I will use Duncan.

After Parker's goal, the Celtics launched a quick second attack. Arenas quickly broke through the half court and was intercepted by Duncan in the middle. He had to circle back to the three-point line and pass the ball to Pierce, Pierce forced a step back against Bowen and missed.

The Spurs retreated and formed very quickly, like an efficient ant colony. They did not need to communicate verbally. They only needed to move their tentacles to spread the scent to find their position in the defense.

This kind of precise and accurate defense, every point is average, and it is difficult for you to find a breakthrough. Therefore, what the Spurs' defense fears most is a sharp knife, the kind of guy who can tear a line apart by himself. Kobe Bryant was, is, and will always be a nightmare for the Spurs, and the person who plays this role for the Celtics is Arenas.

As Pierce missed the shot, the Spurs used a counterattack to score again. Duncan received a pass from Ginobili during the counterattack, received the ball from the middle and dunked.

But the Celtics did not slow down their attack. Arenas once again launched a second fast attack. This time he did not choose to break through, but relied on PJ Brown's solid pick-and-roll outside the three-point line. Direct fire from outside!

The hot ball burned through the net and finally ignited the first flame in the North Shore Garden!

Gilbert Arenas raised his arms, no matter what restrictions Fox Leon gave him, but this right to pull up and shoot from outside the three-point line, Leon will never restrict him.

Subsequently, the two sides fell into a back-and-forth offensive and defensive battle. Duncan's performance was as stable as ever, playing a huge role on both ends of the offense and defense; Arenas became an out-and-out super engine for the Celtics, facing Parker. He has advantages in speed and strength, and his unparalleled confidence allows him to continuously hit difficult mid-to-long-range shots. He scored 13 points in the first quarter.

However, Popovich insisted on having Parker and Arenas one-on-one in the first quarter and not allowing anyone to double-team. Popovich believes that since Arenas couldn't beat Parker and the Spurs one-on-one in the Finals last year, he can't do it today either.

Indeed, it is not enough to have Arenas on his side. At the end of the first quarter, the Celtics trailed the Spurs by 4 points, 21:25. They did not do a very good job of restricting Duncan and Ginobili on the defensive end. , there were many openings for Spurs players to shoot. The Spurs' tactics are extremely slick, and they don't accept hard or soft tactics. If you want to suppress them, you must have 100% offensive and defensive performance.

The one person who failed to achieve 100% of the starting five was Kevin Garnett.

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After the first quarter, Garnett sat on the bench panting. It was obvious that he did not relax and play casually in the first quarter. On the contrary, he tried his best, but everything seemed to be unfamiliar to him.

He was led by Duncan on several defenses, which resulted in big holes for other Spurs players. He also fell into a disadvantage in one-on-one offensive and defensive confrontations with Duncan. His post-up skills are one level behind Duncan's. He can only turn over and lean back in fixed movements, and his face-to-face penetration is even worse by two levels. In short, regardless of offense and defense, Garnett was in a quagmire tonight.

Sweat was dripping down Garnett's nose. He didn't listen to a word of the tactics Leon laid out. His mind kept thinking about a comment he once saw: "Duncan will stay with the Spurs forever and bring key points to them." , and Kevin Garnett, even if he goes to the Celtics and wins 10 championships, he will not reach Duncan's level."

This evaluation stung Garnett not only because he didn't have a championship, but because he couldn't compare to Duncan. What made it even more unbearable was that he was no longer the No. 21 of the Timberwolves. In his view, no matter what achievements he made with the Celtics, they would never be as good as Duncan, who played for the Spurs from beginning to end.

Unless he can really win ten championships and truly have a long and great career with the Celtics like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar... But that is too far away, and he thinks too much. These complex thoughts affected his performance.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Leon sent Dalembert to let Garnett sit on the bench to rest. After only three minutes of rest, Popovich sent Duncan again, and Leon immediately put Garnett on the field. At this time, the score between the two sides was 31:35, and the Spurs still led by 4 points.

As soon as the Celtics came on the field, the Celtics attacked. Garnett received the ball at the top of the arc. This was a standard double triangle tactic. Arenas circled the bottom, Reed cut outside, Pierce walked to the bottom corner, and Garnett opened the ball. I chose to have a one-on-one duel with Duncan in the middle of the lane!

He shook his shoulders and dribbled the ball from the right to break through, trying to use his speed to get rid of Duncan and go straight for a layup!

But Duncan adjusted his steps and followed Garnett...

"This ball is going to end..." Leon thought badly. Garnett didn't start the ball at all and couldn't get rid of Duncan, but he insisted on a layup.

"Bang!" Duncan took a big risk and knocked down Garnett's layup. The ball failed to leave Garnett's hands. He carried the ball and was pushed to the ground by Duncan's huge force.

"Beep!" The referee blew his whistle and made a gesture to fight for the ball.

Leon finally couldn't bear it anymore. He called for a short pause, then waved to Garnett, dragged him in front of him, tugged on his clothes with his hands, slapped him on the face, and asked him face to face. Said: "Tell me who you are."

"I...I am...who." Garnett was a little confused.

"Tell me who you are!" Leon began to roar, eyes wide open, completely ignoring the other players.

"I'm...I'm Kevin Garnett." Garnett replied.

"Louder, tell me who you are!" Leon's roar even shocked the referee.

"I'm Kevin Garnett!" Garnett finally roared out. After the roar, he took a deep breath and looked up at the sky above the arena.

"Okay, I think you should know who you are and how to play. OK, there are still ten seconds left, I want to design a tactic."