The Eastern Conference semifinals G1 between Celtics and Bucks ended in the early hours of this morning, and the Celtics, who swept the Nets 4-0 in the first round, suffered a black opening in this game, temporarily trailing the defending champion Bucks by a big score of 0-1.
Uduka's opening strategy is very aimed at the alphabet brother, Horford has become the first line of the top soldier against the alphabet, the Celtics will be arranged in a very layered position, suppress the starting speed of the alphabet, with players of his similar size for the defensive end of the shroud, can hold the ball to shoot, but do not give the opportunity to break through, if the letter in the box, resolutely use the bag clip, protect the basket.
There's nothing wrong with the strategy, and the letters are also tangled.
But as the defending champion, the Milwaukee Bucks matched the Celtics' defensive intensity in only half a quarter, and the Celtics apparently thought the Bucks were too simple.
Aside from White, the other guy who was at a loss defensively all game was Jaylen Brown.
Brown was overwhelmed by strong defensive players, not to mention that when the Bucks took off in the first half, Jaylen faced a defender who was FMVP alphabet brother, which made his size not dominant on the offensive end, and also made him impatient in the handling of offensive choices, and many opportunities to shoot in the middle distance became to kill the basket and hesitate to play. It is also strange that every time Brown finishes the letter brother when he plays against the Bucks, the team will come to a standstill...
Let's talk about these points in general:
1. Connaughton is a backline for the Bucks' overall defense
The Bucks' counterattack is to start from the defense, first of all, they have a good defensive size, although Middleton is not there, but allen, Carter, Connaughton and other people's pounces are very fierce - even if the opening is Horford and others to shoot three-pointers, the Bucks defenders are also prioritizing pressure on the ball side. Derrick White became the Bucks' first entry point, in one round, Portis let go of Horford, who had just shot a three-pointer, and chose to grab White, while Allen, who had been defending, was stuck on The Pass line of Xiaobai, and Connaughton on the weak side was also promoted in time as the third defensive insurance - he has always been the third line of defense for the Celtics this game, the weak side goes around the cover, and the early step stuck in the pass position makes you uncomfortable. These data are completely incomprehensible, but the presence of the stadium is perfectly presented with Aaron's ferocious pounces.
And then defensively, the Bucks know a lot about how to defend Tatum's type of striker, so they put two super pendants for Tatum — Connaughton and Matthews — and put Holliday, a very strong and very stable high-back, as the main defensive point in the positional battle, so we have to understand at this time: the Bucks know very well what they want to do, and he knows what the Celtics will do. Take a look back at one of Tatum's few strong images! At that time, Holliday was the team's main defensive point, when Tatum called for cover, the Bucks contracted extremely quickly, and Dalo made one of the few expansion delays to avoid Tatum using cover to throw three points, so Tatum chose to break through, but even if the tall man on the inside has been lifted, the alphabet can still take on the task of guarding the frame, and finally the letter brother of the weak side completed the cover of Tatum.
2. Connaughton, Allen, Portis and Matthews are the four major outside points, and they are more accustomed to scoring assists
The Celtics have done a good job - that is, they mentioned at the beginning of the article, they only scored 14 points and spent 13 shots after halftime, I have no disrespect to the Bulls, but this shot is in the first round, and the letters have already got 20+.
But Brother Alphabet, a big geek, point guard, he can pass the ball.
Alphabet's shot was fast and accurate, with seven assists directly letting the Bucks throw in 10 three-pointers at halftime, Two for Holliday, one for Matthews, two for Portis, and three for Allen directly in the second quarter.
Without exception, all of them scored with assists, and Connaughton, Allen and Portis all received more than 80% of assists, which was still played without Middleton and only alphabet brothers.
So you choose, give priority to the shooter or let the alphabet brother himself strongly solve the 40 points? It's all poison.
3. Holliday leads the second team
Holliday came up with his own performance, Holliday in the time point of leading the team alone focused on the third quarter, this time should have been the stage of the Celtics chasing points, but obviously the team did not expect Holliday to be able to revitalize the team during this time, Middleton's absence made the Bucks lack the second organizational offensive point, Holliday may not be able to say "can shoot can pass", but he can still use his body advantage to play unsteady - Holliday in the third quarter ate Horford first and then top Smart with his size (although Smart had the intention of creating an offensive foul). This is simply fatal for the Celtics, especially Jaylen has a miserable performance today, without the number two star, no one can stand it.
In the end, the Celtics threw 50 three-pointers and threw 18.
I roughly calculated that there were nearly half of the empty shots, more than 20 forced shots, and of the 22 goals that were lost, there were also 13 forced shots, and at least 5 shots were directly pushed back by the Bucks after smashing the frame, and 3 times they did not grab offensive rebounds.
This is completely acceptable for the Bucks, you throw so many three-pointers and don't shoot the majority, at least prove that your strategy is not a big problem, and there is a fundamental difference between a court common sense that "you can break through and shoot three points" and "you can't break in at all and be forced to shoot three points" is fundamentally different.
So this ball can be said to have shattered the illusion of some fans to pass the level quickly, but it is not to say that the Celtics have no chance at all, after all, the game is going to be played one by one, how to adjust the Celtics who have already taken away the home advantage?
Is to believe in their own G1 strategy, bet that the other party can not be so accurate every game and they will not be so unaccustomed to the intensity of the game, or Uduka to take the experience, the team to see the video, the players less with the referee angry, set the right mentality to find deficiencies and even try other defensive strategies.
The day after tomorrow, after all, G2 is already a backwater battle for the Celtics.
(Edogawa Kabei)