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Due to the temperless loss in the first game, Mike D'Antoni, whose coaching ability was seriously questioned, made a fuss about the starting lineup at the beginning of the second game.

Before the finals, Darko Milicic, who was considered the biggest weakness of the Suns in this round of the series, was directly removed from the starting list by D'Antoni after a bad first game.

Milicic is a substitute, who will play the center forward?

The answer is simple, Garnett played.

In fact, since leaving the Lakers, Garnett has no longer played a pure fourth position like he did with the Lakers.

During the Lakers period, Garnett had the experience of gaining weight and playing center. After coming to the Suns, with Milicic, Garnett usually does not need to play center, but he did not lose weight and play back to the full-time fourth position.

Garnett is very clear that only by playing the fifth position can he fully realize his potential.

Because the Suns cannot rely on one Milicic to deal with all centers.

The finals are such a stage.

Continuing to put Milicic on the court will only lead to Yao Yueban being beaten one after another. It is easy to stay in the fourth position and beat Gasol, but will that bring the Suns closer to victory?

Garnett doesn't think so.

Although Yao Yueban is not as flawless as Lu Wuxian for the Celtics, his ability to defend the basket on the defensive end is the reason why the Celtics can hold up Kirilenko's defensive system.

At the same time, Yao Yueban's half-court offensive ability without dead ends is also the dream of all teams.

The Celtics can spend the last period of the regular season without Yao Yueban, because the regular season is the regular season, and the playoffs are the stage for the real guys to fight the bayonet.

Garnett started as a center, and his inside partner was veteran Robert Horry.

Louie thought the Suns might start playing Garnett at the five at some point in the series.

That would be the turning point of the series.

Once Garnett plays the five, the intensity of the game goes up a notch.

Louis looked at Garnett's figure, which was not much different from his previous life in the late Celtics.

Maybe his upper body doesn't look like he can hold Yao Yueban inside, but his lower body is really strong, his thighs are as strong as a tree trunk. This is the difference between Garnett and Howard defending Yao Yueban. It was also the reason why he could fight against Yao Yueban.

Louie still remembers that Garnett held down the most terrifying low-post player Yao in 2009 in the regular season before he was injured in 2009.

Taking his ability to limit Yao in 2009 as an example, looking at NBA history, the only insider he can't really guard against may be O'Neal.

In this life, Yao Yueban has not gained as much weight as in his previous life, and the destructive power of his back body cannot tear the defense line like that of 09 Yao, but he has developed a modern insider-style kaleidoscope of pie-eating skills, coupled with his already quite basic back body Singles, in fact, this version of Yao Yueban is even more difficult to guard against.

Now, everything is a hypothesis, and the specifics will not be known until the game starts.

Since Game 1 was a no-brainer, the Celtics played the same starting lineup.

At the beginning of the game, Yao Yueban helped the Celtics win the ball, then went down the pick-and-roll to slam dunk, turned around, clenched his fist and gave a low shout.

He's off to a good start.

But... Compared with Yao Yueban, Garnett looks like he is several models ahead.

I saw that Garnett also ran down the pick-and-roll, and there was still room for an emergency stop and change of direction while holding the ball. He firmly nailed Yao Yueban's defensive center of gravity to the paint, and then accelerated and scored with a dunk. .

Subsequently, the two teams began to tacitly block the route.

There is no more chance to easily eat cakes, Yao Yueban and Garnett began a long and suffocating close hand-to-hand fight.

The two center forwards didn't even have time to take a good breath, but Gasol and Horry had a quiet time with each other and respected each other like guests.

Louis was very annoyed when he saw that Gasol was too lazy to attack Horry, and immediately scolded: "Paul, you are facing an old man who is almost 40 years old. I don't need to teach you what to do?"

However, although the strong point beats the weak point, Gasol does not have enough self-confidence.

Horry scored three goals in singles and only scored one goal?

Louis opened his mouth and wanted to scold, but he held back, because Paul is not a player with strong ability to withstand pressure. Although he played Horry three-for-one and Zhou Qi single-handedly played Ji Zhe, it was as outrageous as three non-sticks in a row⑴( True story), but he is not a player with a high offensive position in the Celtics team, even if he doesn't play well, it will not damage the overall situation.

On the contrary, it is the sun that makes people surprised again and again.

Garnett, who is at the fifth position, is not the focus of attention, because his main strength is on defense, rebounding and consuming Yao Yueban.

Yao Yueban, a super giant whose rank is higher than Yao Yueban, is willing to lower himself as a **** in hand-to-hand combat, making Yao Yueban uncomfortable. I have to say that Garnett is the teammate everyone wants on the court.

Garnett disappeared in the wave of hand-to-hand combat, and the Suns' offensive end focused on the connection between Penny and others.

Penny's play became a top priority.

In the last game, Penny's performance can only be regarded as quite satisfactory. After the opening game tonight, he exerted his strength.

Penny first took a tentative step to retreat from the impeccable defense, and then rushed to hit a three-pointer with a poor space.

Then, the Celtics responded with a three-pointer from Ginobili.

In the offensive round of the Suns, it was Penny again. He ran off the ball, picked up a screen, and was misplaced against Gasol. A hand-held layup solved Yao Yueban's supplementary defense and scored 5 points in a row.

At this point, Penny's performance finally attracted Lu Wuxia's attention.

Although the outside world has been looking forward to his matchup with Penny before the game, he himself did not take this matchup seriously.

Because Pence is not young anymore, a veteran like him is basically past the age of fighting on the court. Due to his limited physical strength, he will not come up with full firepower.

But tonight's Penny didn't spare any physical strength, and he was about to knock down the Celtics in one go.

After seeing the performance of the sun, Louis knew a thing or two about their thoughts.

Weaken the offensive position of the inside line, and use Garnett's defense to suppress Yao Yueban's performance, and at the same time put the offensive pressure on his outside line.

Therefore, Penny can't play an average non-stick performance like the last game. He has to dream back to the top and show the level of the mid-to-late 1990s.

After Penny showed his power, Lu Wuxia also needed to show the same level to compete with him on the scene.

However, it's not just Penny that the Suns are seeding, but also Iguodala and Hamilton.

Iguodala is mainly a defensive burst.

He was originally a defensive champion, but he showed a super-high level of performance. He squeezed through the pick-and-roll twice in a row to follow Lu Wuxia and Ginobili, making it impossible for the Celtics to fully display their tactics.

Since the tactics could not be played, the Celtics could only let the stars play singles.

Singles has its own unstable side.

The Celtics failed to score several passive singles due to tactical failure.

The defensive rebounds caused by the missed singles were accepted by Garnett one after another, followed by Garnett's first pass, Penny received the ball and passed it to Hamilton, who was going down quickly, and the masked man scored a fast break.

Halfway through the first quarter, the Suns led by 7 points, and the Celtics requested a timeout.

Louis has a serious expression, and all problems can be said to be counterpoint problems.

Compared with the Celtics, the Suns have a clear division of labor in the starting position. Due to the lack of manpower at the small forward position, the Celtics often adjust according to the opponent, either to let the second position be on top, or to let Kirilenko be on top. .

And such an arrangement is not so effective for Iguodala who is on the sun.

The start of the second game was suppressed by the Sun's perimeter ~www.readwn.com~ because the Celtics focused on a balanced offense inside and outside, and the Suns let Garnett play center to suppress the Celtics' interior offensive.

Lu Wuxia and Ginobili, who wanted to take care of both the inside and outside, were tied up, and it was difficult to let go of their hands and feet to do their best.

Thinking of this, Louis had an adjustment plan in mind.

He turned to look at the players and said, "Mike, you go to the third position, Andre, you go to the fourth position, David (Lee), you play the fifth position."

Yao Yueban and Pau Gasol, the Celtics' two major insiders who dominated the Eastern Conference, were replaced.

Louis reduced the height of the team's lineup, turning the inside line from a balance of power to a disadvantage, but enhanced the team's position flexibility, making the offensive weight shift from inside to outside.

Before the timeout ended, Louis looked at Wuxia and said, "Don't be compared by the old man."

(end of this chapter)