Chapter 229 A strong confrontation!

The player tunnel was already crowded with reporters.

Click!

As the Celtics players appeared, flash lights kept going off.

When Lin Yu came on stage to warm up, Jessica waved her hands at Lin Yu.

At the same time, he shouted loudly: "Come on! Lin Yu, you are the best!"

Lin Yu nodded and started warming up.

When Lin Yu and others came on the court to warm up, the Spurs players also entered the court one after another.

Then they received a warm 'welcome' from Boston fans.

"You Spurs trash! Boston will make sure you never come back!"

"The Celtics will beat you and tear you apart!"

"You sons of bitches can only beat the Celtics in your dreams!"

"..."

Facing the abuse and insults from Boston fans, Duncan remained calm.

His eyes were always on Lin Yu.

He is very clear.

With Lin Yu on the Celtics, they will never let the Spurs win the championship easily!
When the cardinal on the sidelines saw Duncan and Lin Yu, his eyes were filled with anticipation and emotion.

Both were players who made the Celtics give up all honors.

Now we meet in the finals...

At this time, Angie on the side said: "Teacher, why don't you start the floor trap in advance for this game?"

The Celtics' floor was also one of the contributions to their championship, as was the air conditioning.

When it comes to off-the-board tactics, there is no team in the entire NBA that can outplay the Celtics.

"There is no need. We must have confidence in Lin Yu."

Although the outside world is not optimistic about the Celtics, the Cardinal is very clear.

The Spurs fear the Celtics the most.

Although Duncan is an excellent help defense player, his scope is mainly inside defense.

The Spurs' outside players, led by Bowen, will not excessively seek to put pressure on the opposing ball handler.

Most of the time, they use positioning and footwork to prevent the opponent's ball handler from speeding up easily.

Also don't let the opponent break through the middle easily, try to "drive" the opponent to the side and bottom line to break through.

When the opponent breaks through halfway, he will find Duncan waiting for him.

At this time, there are Spurs players behind him and Duncan blocking the way in front of him, so there are only three options left.

The first is to break through and challenge Duncan.

Choosing the first method will most likely result in a missed layup or being blocked by Duncan.

The second is to transfer the ball to the weak side over a large area and reorganize.

Choosing the second defense, the team has to reorganize the offense, and the Spurs will first try to intercept in the passing lane.

The second step is to redeploy the defense, still using the strategy of "blocking the center and releasing the edges".

For a top-notch help defender like Duncan, it is really easy to move from the strong side to the other side to provide backup defense.

The third is to execute a quick stop mid-range shot.

The last option is the pull-up shot, which is actually the least efficient way to score in the NBA.

Big data shows that the offensive efficiency of the basket and three-pointers is higher than that of mid-range shots. The magic ball theory in the small ball era is based on this.

So the Spurs' defensive system is very scientific.

So what the Spurs fear most is Kobe, because Kobe is very good at mid-range pull-up jump shots.

The most typical example is the 08 Western Conference Finals, when Kobe played against the Spurs and his average shooting percentage in the series was over %.

When the defensive system doesn't work and you encounter a player like Kobe who can score explosively.

What should the Spurs do? Lin Yu and Pierce are both good at pulling up and shooting!

This is why the cardinal has confidence.

The Celtics, who can exploit the Spurs' weaknesses, will definitely not be the Spurs' opponents as the outside world says!
"Hello, everyone watching TV!"

"I'm Coach Zhang! I'm Yu Jia!" "Today we will be commentating on the first game of the NBA Finals for you!"

"Now that the warm-up is over, the game is about to begin..."

As Coach Zhang's voice sounded, the game was about to begin.

The Celtics' starting lineup: center Okur, power forward Lin Yu, small forward Pierce, shooting guard Battier, point guard Tony.

The Spurs' starting lineup: center Nazr Mohammed, power forward Duncan, small forward Bowen, shooting guard Ginobili, and point guard Parker.

Beep!
As the referee blew the whistle, Okur made a successful jump ball and the game officially began.

Although Lin Yu is a power forward, everyone knows that he is actually a point guard.

Lin Yu held the ball at the top of the arc, and O'Neal came to the left corner.

Duncan was pulled out of the penalty area by Lin Yu. This was not the first time the Spurs and the Celtics had faced each other.

Popovich knew very well that if Bowen was asked to defend Lin Yu.

Bowen lost his temper when Lin Yu could just pull up and shoot.

After Okur pulled Nazr Mohammed out of the penalty area, Pierce decisively cut in without the ball.

"Nice pass! Lin Yu passed the ball to Paul Pierce with an excellent pass under Tim Duncan's defense."

"Such an excellent pass reminds me of Magic Earvin Johnson!"

As the NBA Finals, the on-site commentary guests are also very luxurious.

In addition to Barkley and Smith, Pi Erye was also invited as a special guest. As Barkley's voice sounded.

Pierce received the ball in the low post and chose to back down Bowen.

Bowen is 2 meters tall and weighs only 01 kg.

Pierce is also 2 meters tall, but weighs 01 kg.

The 23KG weight difference cannot be made up easily.

bump!
Pierce forced Bowen to retreat step by step.

Duncan realized that something was wrong and had already returned to defense.

Pierce noticed Duncan returning to defense, and Lin Yu had already run from the top of the arc to the 45-degree three-point line on the wing.

Pierce passed the ball to Lin Yu without any hesitation.

It was too late for Duncan to defend Lin Yu at this time.

Lin Yu took a direct shot from outside the three-point line.

Swish!
The basketball went into the net, and the entire North Shore Garden was instantly filled with cheers!
It's the Spurs' turn to attack.

As soon as Parker crossed half court, Tony went straight forward and started to bite Parker, showing tight defense against Parker.

By the finals, the Celtics had no longer held back.

The first round was a bloody fight!

But Parker is Parker after all. Facing Tony, whose defense has not yet reached its peak, he still did not make any mistakes.

However, Parker still felt very uncomfortable facing Tony's biting.

With the help of Duncan's pick-and-roll, Parker got rid of Tony's defense and accelerated straight into the Celtics' penalty area.

But Lin Yu appeared in front of Parker in time.

Parker also had a headache when he saw Lin Yu.

There are very few defenders in the league who don’t have a headache when seeing Lin Yu.

His speed is comparable to that of a guard, and his height and wingspan are stronger than that of a guard. Such a player is a nightmare that all guard players do not want to face!
But Parker is the point guard who will often send the No. 1 point guard home in the future.

Although he would be restricted by Lin Yu, to say that his statistics were all zero because of Lin Yu is underestimating Parker.

Facing Lin Yu's defense, Parker passed the ball to Duncan in the high position.

Duncan received the ball and shot directly from the high position.

Tony's height was unable to interfere with Duncan at all at this time.

Swish!
The basketball goes hollow into the net.

Duncan's two-point shooting percentage this season is 44.4%.

It can be said to be very accurate.

(End of this chapter)