Basketball Fanatic: Genius Is on the Left

The big score was 1-1. The Knicks still failed to bite all of them in the first two games of the Eastern Conference Finals, and their home field advantage was also lost. This is also the first time the Knicks have lost home field advantage in the first two games of this playoffs.

The wind of public opinion has naturally changed. Many people began to think that this round of the series would not end easily, and those media who scorned the Celtics also began to tout their defense...

In this regard, Zuo Li was speechless: "So, it's very strange. They only lost one point in the first game. How did they think that the Celtics would not be able to do it?"

"Is it just because they didn't block me? That's too hasty."

Zuo Li was saddened by the brain circuits of some media, because they couldn't understand the game at all.

Although they did not block themselves, they blocked others. In fact, Zuo Li felt that although the Celtics lost the first game, they defended others better than the second game.

The reason why the Knicks lost in the second game was the injured middle finger, otherwise Zuo Li would be sure to win.

But I have to say that the Celtics' defense against others is really good.

This may be the Celtics' defensive style. They don't just target the opponent's core. Their defense of the opponent's key role players is what has made them so far.

In other words, the Celtics' defense is all-around, not just against one person, but all opponents.

Historically, in the first round of the playoffs this season, Wade, who was still single-core led at the time, faced the Celtics’ high-intensity defense. Although he won the data, he still lost the series and was eliminated within 5 games. He was out, but Wade averaged 33.2 points per game. In the second round, he faced the Cavaliers with James, the first in the league, and eliminated the Cavaliers in 6 games. James averaged 29.7 points per game.

So in fact, the Celtics have not always targeted superstars. The superstars can be played because they are strong enough, but ordinary players will show their true shape under the Celtics defense.

For example, Jamison, a two-time All-Star who claims to be able to score consistently in any system. Not to mention Garnett's explosion, after facing the Celtics' iron barrel-like defense, he scored in single digits in three games (only 5 points in the Cavaliers g6 life and death battle), and the shooting percentage in the series was only 25.6 % is down 20% from the regular season.

There is also Xiao Mo, who averaged only 13 points per game in the playoffs and shot only 40% from the field. What is even more irritating is that the opponent Rondo ushered in an outbreak in this round, averaging 20.7 points and 11.8 assists in 6 games in the series. Among them, he scored 20+10 in three games, and in G4, he scored 29 points, 18 rebounds and 13 assists.

Therefore, the Celtics' defense is strong, and it is strong and balanced. Not only is it super giant, but every position can feel enough pressure.

For example, Curry, Ke Liu, and David Lee have all fallen off a cliff, especially Curry. As a rookie, he now estimates that he can appreciate how abnormal the Green Army's defense is.

Randolph can understand, after all, he sacrificed a lot for the Knicks, and it is precisely because he gave Zuo Li more opportunities in the interior and containment, so he and Zuo Li were the only two normal players in the Knicks’ first two games. .

In fact, the Knicks' defense is also hard enough, otherwise they won't just lose so much, just look at the Cavaliers, you can't defend well, and the Celtics can rush you 120 points.

It's just that the outside world can't see so much. They only know that except Zuo Li Randolph, no one else can do it, so various criticisms began to appear.

However, because it is only 1-1, it is still somewhat restrained. After all, although it is the home court, 1-1 is normal.

Only three days later, after the finals G3 was over, the media completely exploded.

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Three days later, Boston, G3 of the Eastern Conference finals came to the Devil's home to continue.

Zuoli couldn't get rid of the influence of the finger guard, and the injury to the finger seemed to be more stubborn than expected.

Although Zuo Li himself knows that his recovery speed is much faster than that of ordinary people, the swelling has completely subsided, the stiffness of the shot has been much lighter, and the impact on the shot has become small enough. Much stronger than the previous one.

But this time, in addition to the left standing finger injury, the Knicks also encountered other problems.

That is the mentality of young people.

Questions from the outside world inevitably affect them, although this is not the first time, but for a young team, this is very reasonable.

But the Knicks players are not afraid, but strongly want to prove themselves!

They want to win so much!

No matter from which aspect, this G3 is extremely important, so they hope to break the Devil's home court through their own efforts and regain the lead for their team.

This kind of thinking is good or bad, but there is one thing, too much thinking about winning will sometimes make the players carry a burden and feel tight.

At the beginning of the third game, the Knicks showed a different defensive state. In the first round, the back line formed by Curry and Belinelli actually locked Rondo, letting the latter play the ball in 20 seconds, and Pierce threw it casually. Strike the iron, the Knicks counter-attacked and scored two points.

This goal gave Knicks fans the hope of winning. However, afterward, although the Knicks guaranteed an excellent defensive intensity, the offense was delayed due to the consumption of too much physical strength.

Especially Curry, his first two three-pointers were outrageous one by one, and even threw air balls, while Belinelli failed to score in a row. The Knicks made 0 of 6 three-pointers in the first quarter, and the two sides scored 18-18. Get a low score.

Don't look at the score, but as Barkley said: "This rhythm is what the Celtics like!"

The Celtics want you to play defensive battles with him, this is the rhythm he is good at!

So in the second quarter, the Knicks only scored 14 points, while the Celtics scored 20 points.

The half-time 6-point deficit seems small, but the rhythm has been firmly grasped by the Celtics.

Zuo Li tried to change in the second half, but Curry’s physical strength had a problem. The consumption in the first half made him unable to maintain a threat on the offensive end. Dragic was ordered to fight with Zuo Li.

But unfortunately, without the outside threat, the Celtics continued to shrink their defense and left standing alone in the interior. D'Antoni simply changed a bunch of people to defend with the Celtics.

However, defense is not what the Knicks are best at after all~www.readwn.com~ A very low score game, and it is also the first time the Knicks scored less than 80 points in a single game this season.

4 points disadvantage and lose another game, the total score is 1-2 behind!

Zuo Li scored 28 points, 17 rebounds, 7 blocks and 4 assists in the game. However, the shooting percentage of the whole team was too low. Except for him, only Randolph scored 14 points, and the others were top double.

Although the Celtics did not score high, Pierce scored 18 points, Garnett 14 points, Rondo 8 points and 15 assists, Ray Allen 10 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists...

"The Knicks are standing on the edge of the cliff now." Yu Jia said.

This is the first time the Knicks have fallen behind by a large score in two seasons. After losing this game, the Knicks encountered the biggest crisis in the playoffs in two years!

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