NBA: No. 1 Forward

Chapter 516: The old and strong of the 3 giants

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The Timberwolves even announced at the post-match press conference that Andrea Bargnani will miss the game for one and a half months due to injury.

Good guy, as soon as he arrived in the Timberwolves, Andrea Bargnani gave their management a big gift.

I really don't know whether the Timberwolves management should cry or laugh.

And Lian Dao knew that Andrea Bargnani's injury journey had just begun.

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"The East is not the Knicks' world. If they want to defend their title, they must at least pass us first, and the great Celtics will not let them do so. The North Shore Garden Arena will make the Knicks hate it."

On February 5th, North Shore Garden Arena.

After the Boston Celtics defeated the Toronto Raptors by a big score, they defeated the Charlotte Bobcats and Memphis Grizzlies successively.

The above words are what Celtics starting forward Paul Pierce said when he was interviewed by reporters after the game.

Everyone thinks that the Celtics are getting old and the Big Three are getting older. Garnett can no longer fly into the sky and escape from the ground. Although Pierce is still outstanding, he is not the same as before. · The conflict between Allen and Rondo.

But with this Celtics, how many strong teams in the East and West have fallen into their hands, the Heat, Mavericks, Clippers, and Grizzlies.

Especially the Celtics have also played a wave of four consecutive victories recently.

If the Eastern Conference most wants to get rid of the Knicks, the Celtics are definitely one of them.

From the encounter between the two teams in the Eastern Conference Finals in 2010, the Knicks and the Celtics fought 7 games before the real winner was reached, to the Celtics' disastrous defeat in the semifinals in 2011.

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Especially last season, the Big Three of the Celtics seemed to be particularly deflated every time they faced Lian Dao, which also made them, the old guys, very unwilling.

Although heroes will always be late, no hero would rather admit that he is old.

This is the case with the Celtics Big Three, especially this season, the more they encounter strong teams, the more they have to prove their strength.

Facing the defending champion Knicks, they are of course no exception. Paul Pierce's words naturally represent the meaning of the Celtics' Big Three.

Lian Dao returned to the locker room after the game with the Jazz and immediately saw what Paul Pierce said in an interview.

At first, Lian Dao didn't care much.

The Big Three of the Celtics are a group of proud old guys. They don't want to admit that they are old, but the Knicks beat them again and again, trampling their pride, which makes the Big Three very fond of the Knicks. hostile.

As the defending champion of the Knicks, Lian Dao has long been used to being hostile. He and his team have defeated the Celtics countless times.

Lian Dao believes that there will be no accidents this time.

However, when the game on February 7th really came, Lian Dao really felt the old and strong of the Celtics' Big Three.

And Pierce is not just talking to the media.

The Celtics really want to overthrow the defending champion Knicks!

14 wins and 10 losses, this is the result of the Celtics so far this season. Even in the relatively weak Eastern Conference, the Celtics' record is not dazzling.

However, no team in the entire league dares to underestimate the Celtics, who have a poor record.

Because the Celtics are characterized by playing dead in the regular season and breaking out in the playoffs.

It's not that they can't win some games, but many times the Big Three pretended to be dead in the regular season, and they were in a state of not working hard.

The Big Three no longer need regular season data to prove their strength, they only need to ensure that they can get a place in the playoffs.

But this doesn't mean that these old comrades are easy to bully, they just don't want to spend a lot of energy in the regular season, and it's not that they don't have strength.

If a team is targeted by them, they will lose their skin even if they are not dead!

Unfortunately, the Knicks were the team they were targeting.

Even if the Knicks had an exaggerated record of 21 wins and 3 losses, even if the teams in the league were particularly afraid of the Knicks, the Celtics were still fearless.

On the contrary, they are more eager to play against the Knicks than any other team in the league!

Last season, the Knicks' humiliation to the Celtics is still vivid.

Especially in the playoffs, the Celtics broke out team conflicts.

Some media reported heavily, and it was even rumored that it was the Knicks and Lian Dao who broke up the Big Three of the Celtics.

All these let the Celtics Big Three silently keep in mind.

Therefore, in today's game, the Big Three of the Celtics temporarily put aside all grievances, and they wanted to unite to overthrow the Knicks and complete revenge.

Although the Celtics are jokingly called a star nursing home by the league and fans, there is a saying that a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.

Although their average age is relatively old, when everyone let go of the gap and unite as one, the fighting power of this group of old guys must not be underestimated.

The Celtics have never been known for their offense. They are known for their superb defense, positional warfare, and extreme teamwork.

Due to O'Neill's retirement, Perkins was traded to the Thunder, and Angie wanted to dig inside but couldn't.

The Celtics were forced to push Garnett to the center and introduced players such as Bass. The height of the Celtics dropped, a bit like a big and a small.

On the basis of the previous year, the Celtics played a complete offensive system.

On the offensive end, this system is still based on Rondo + Garnett pick-and-roll, Ray Allen running off the ball, and Pierce flanking.

Especially recently, Garnett's state has recovered. Not only can he score in the pick-and-roll, but he can also score in the low post to make up for the lack of height inside.

Due to aging and declining scoring ability, Ray Allen's strategic position has declined, and he even became a substitute for Bradley in the later stage.

The Celtics' tactical system this season is very similar to last season's. Due to the aging of the Big Three, the team created easy scoring opportunities through screens, pick-and-rolls, running positions, conduction, and counter-running.

On the defensive end, there are fewer meat shields such as Perkins and Da'ao, and this system has produced new features.

In fact, the Celtics' defensive system was left behind when Thibodeau was an assistant coach, so until this season, the Celtics' guiding ideology is still to maintain high pressure on the ball holder in Thibodeau's era.

However, due to the lack of meat shields, this system requires every player to have good defensive ability and mobility.

Emphasis on high-speed rotation and dislocation defense, emphasizing assistance in defense and supplementary defense; emphasizing the layering of defense, implementing two or even three layers of defensive traps for breakers; emphasizing the destruction of passing space to achieve steals; To break the internal and external connections.

Garnett is still the core of the Celtics' defense. He can defend five positions by switching defenses to achieve scissors defense.

The Celtics' defensive system is very similar to the current Heat and the future Warriors system, and it has shown the flavor of the future basketball system.

And Lian Dao knew that in the original history, it was this system that caused a huge crisis to the 12-year championship Heat, and the Heat finally got through the danger by relying on the child of James' death.

So when the game was going on, Kenny Smith's words fully reflected the horror of the Celtics.

"The Boston Celtics played the ultimate team basketball at home!"

The ultimate team basketball, if you describe the Celtics like this before Garnett is not injured, it will definitely make people sneer.

The Big Three formed in 2008 are at the peak of their tails, and the offensive end is in the process of running in. Although there are many team games, they are still based on the top singles of the Big Three.

However, after Garnett was injured ~www.mtlnovel.com~ his athleticism and scoring ability declined greatly, especially the low singles decreased, and he began to rely on high jump shots. This situation forced the team to formulate a complete team offense.

The characteristic of team basketball is that he can maximize the advantages of each player and cover up the shortcomings of each player.

There is another team in the league that plays the ultimate team basketball like the Celtics, and that is the San Antonio Spurs.

For now, even if the Spurs' physical talent is not the worst in the league, it is definitely at the bottom of the league.

If the game can only be played one-on-one, the Spurs may not be able to beat more than half of the teams in the league.

However, there is such a Spurs in history, basically a frequent visitor to the playoffs.

Moreover, the Spurs have reached the Western Conference Finals this season in history.