Chapter 136: Confrontation with Arenas?
"Oh! I'm really worried that one day, my opponent will study me thoroughly.
Dio looked at the newspaper in his hand and suddenly sighed.

Pierce on the side said with disgust: "Don't worry, Boris, you don't have much team research."

Dior: ???
Rivers also took the opportunity to add: "Boris, if you work hard to become a starter, your opponents will spend more energy to study and target you."

what! ?
Become the first...

Dio looked at Lin Yu and Pierce, and he felt that it was a long way off for him to become a starter.

Although many people believe that Dio is a player who can play from position one to position five in the future.

But there is actually a big problem.

Even Garnett and Magic Johnson claim to be so, but both of them have their own problems.

At his peak, Magic Johnson weighed only 98 kg, which was lighter than O'Neal.

It doesn't matter if you play one or two games occasionally, but if you ask Magic to play for a whole season, he won't be able to handle it.

Garnett's biggest problem is that his lower limb strength is insufficient and his ability to defend in the low post is insufficient.

This is why Garnett needs to be paired with a meat shield, blue-collar center like Perkins.

Even NBA historical stars like Garnett and Magic Johnson have various problems.

Although Dio is also known to be able to play from position one to position five.

With a weight of 112KG, it is easy to imagine that it would be difficult for him to defend a speed guard like Iverson.

As for the center position, although Dio can play it, in reality, Dio's height is somewhat of a disadvantage, after all, Dio is only 2 meters tall.

In general, he is more suitable to be a swingman at positions three or four.

At this time, Pierce said: "It's not a problem that Lin Yu was voted in for research, but Gilbert is not so easy to deal with!"

'General' Gilbert Arenas!

Ranked seventh in the scoring list this season.

He averaged 25.5 points, 5.1 rebounds and 4.7 rebounds per game.

The Celtics' biggest problem right now is perimeter defense.

Coach Lu is too short, and he has no way to defend against a top guard like Arenas who has strong upper body strength and excellent explosive power.

After all, Hardaway is too old and his pace is indeed slow.

Although West and Tony are okay, they are too young and lack defensive experience.

Especially the latter, who is currently suspended.

Pierce's words gave Rivers, the head coach, a headache.

The Celtics' current backcourt defense can basically be said to be the worst in the NBA.

When encountering a fast and tall defender, he will be outnumbered.

They have to rely on Lin Yu to clean up the mess for Coach Lu, Hardaway and others.

But Arenas is different.

The man has one of the quickest pull-up jumpers in the league off the dribble.

Moreover, the fake moves are realistic, the bounce speed is fast, the shot is high and extremely smooth.

Lin Yu’s assisting defense is not teleportation after all.

Once Arenas noticed Lin Yu's help defense, it would be easy for him to complete a pull-up jump shot before Lin Yu's help defense arrived.

The most important thing is that Arenas' scoring explosiveness is also terrifying!
At this point in time, Arenas and Kobe had not yet competed for 60 points.

But Arenas' explosive scoring ability has already been revealed.

It is not impossible for Arenas to score 40 or even 50 points in a game.

A guard with explosive scoring power, fast speed and excellent physical talents.

This is the type that the Celtics are most afraid of right now!

If they are not careful, the Celtics' five-game winning streak will really be ended by the Wizards.

This is not to say that the Wizards are stronger than the Pistons and Pacers, but that their style of play is too restrained by the Celtics.

Although Billups was the third pick in the draft, his career-high single-game score was only 39 points.

The scoring explosiveness is average.

Arenas is a player with explosive scoring power.

In this era where the average score is around 90 points per game, an outburst of 50 points, not 60 or 40 points, is enough to take away a game!
And this is not the most important thing.

The most important thing is that the Wizards' configuration at this time is similar to a double gun in the backcourt.

In addition to Arenas, there is also Larry Hughes.

When it comes to Larry Hughes, many James fans know him well. The Cavaliers gave him a big contract to dig him out from the Wizards.

Although Larry Hughes was not very good during the Cavaliers 1.0 period, he is now definitely a fierce guard.

He averaged 5 shots per game and made 41.3% of his long two-pointers.

He can make three-pointers with a shooting percentage of 34.1%, averaging 1.3 per game.

The shooting percentage at the basket is as high as 67.8%.

At the end of this season, he will be selected into the All-Defensive First Team with an average of 2.9 steals per game.

It can be said that Larry Hughes was very disappointing in the 1.0 period, but Larry Hughes, who is about to face his contract year, is definitely one of the top guards in the East!

A guard who can shoot and penetrate with two shots is the Celtics' biggest nemesis in the East! Facing the 76ers, at least the Celtics still have Coach Lu.

Facing the Wizards...

And this is not the entire fighting power of the Wizards.

During the offseason, the Wizards traded with the Mavericks for last season's best sixth man, Antawn Jamison.

Although Antawn Jamison is the best sixth man, his defense is definitely up to standard.

This season he averaged 19.6 points and 7.6 rebounds per game.

And the shooting can cover beyond the three-point line, helping Arenas and Larry Hughes to open up the offensive space.

Facing such an opponent.

How can the Celtics win?
This problem gave Rivers a headache! This is not the first time Lin Yu has come to the MIC Center.

Tony also returned to Boston at this time due to suspension and did not travel with the team.

It was here that Lin Yu defeated the Huskies team that had Roy in the first game of March Madness.

"I wonder how Roy is doing? We can consider signing Roy next. Oh, and there's also Paul."

Lin Yu came to the MIC Center Arena and became Boss Lin again.

Start thinking about the development of the next "choice".

However, Lin Yu did not think about it for too long.

Because in the locker room, Rivers has already started drawing up tactics.

"Our tactics this time are also very simple, Lin, although it may not be appropriate for a head coach to say this."

"But if you are not physically fit enough, I can allow you to reduce your help defense against Gilbert Arenas and Larry Hughes in this game.

Hearing Rivers' words, many players present were a little surprised.

The Celtics' defense has been pretty good this season.

But in general, the Celtics still rely mainly on Lin Yu.

If Lin Yu is not helping in defense, the Celtics' defensive efficiency will at least drop by half!
Pierce and others looked at Rivers with confusion at this time.

Although Rivers was helpless, he still spoke very calmly.

"In this game, all we have to do is attack!"

(End of this chapter)