One Guard

Chapter 855 : All want to rule the offense

After 13 points at halftime, Stevens had anticipated a lot of difficult situations before the game began. But he never expected that the Mavericks could take a double-digit lead in just half of the game.

The Celtics’ defense nearly collapsed in the middle of the second quarter. If Carlisle is willing to kill the main force, the Mavericks might be able to widen the point difference to 20 points!

The Mavericks offense has no focus, because everyone can become the focus. Even the much criticized guy Mudiay did a good job of scoring and defensive in the rotation time today.

The Dallas Mavericks actually had a lot of shortcomings at the beginning of the season, but many of the shortcomings have disappeared since the game.

This is the horror of the Dallas Mavericks. They are already very strong, but they are still evolving.

“Strictly implement man-to-man tactics, change defense as soon as there is a screen, don’t hesitate! The offensive end conducts more passes and takes the opportunity to shoot again! There is still half the game, we still have a chance! We are not facing this for the first time Circumstances, but we survived every time! So, don’t get discouraged, the Mavericks have not yet celebrated!”

When Stevens spoke, the locker room was quiet and no one said anything.

It was 13 points behind at halftime, compared to the Warriors 17 points behind in three quarters and the Rockets 18 points behind at halftime. Today is really not the toughest game they have ever encountered.

In half of the Celtics’ 15-game winning streak, they fell behind by a big score, and finally evened the score.

The reason is simple, because the Celtics do not have a pure point guard. Kelly guard is an attacking point guard, his style is more like Allen Iverson. You can let him score, but if you let him organize the offense like Yiyang or Kidd, it will be a bit difficult.

Without a pure point guard, it takes time for the young Celtics to integrate into the offense.

People usually see the Celtics play poorly in the first half, but turned the tide in the second half, and that’s why. Irving can often play incredible offenses in the second half of the game, and Jaylen Brown, Tatum and others will begin to find an offensive feel in the second half of the game.

Only today, the Celtics opponents are the Dallas Mavericks, who are known for their steadiness. Therefore, Stevens was extremely worried.

I don’t know if the Celtics have been living in the second half, will they save the team again today?

The intermission is not long, and the players have to step into the U.S. Airline Center arena again before they breathe well. Playing in this arena, every minute will not be easy. The Mavericks’ sense of oppression is something that no other team has.

In the third quarter, it was still the Celtics’ first attack. In the first half, in order to get his teammates into shape, Irving had to play more or less. But in the second half of the game, he almost has unlimited right to fire.

Irving’s dominance of the offensive end in the second half of the game is the key to the Celtics’ frequent reversal. But today, with the defender Yiyang, whether Irving can dominate the offensive end, it’s unclear.

Irving did not stick the ball, but let Brown handle the ball and run without the ball. By LeBron’s side, Irving has already developed a good offensive skill without the ball.

However, Yiyang is very knowledgeable about Irving. In the past four years, the Mavericks played the Cavaliers in the finals for three consecutive years. For three consecutive years, Yiyang’s opponent was Irving. Irving likes how to run, and when he might accelerate suddenly, Yiyang has long kept it in mind.

Irving felt as if he was facing his own shadow, because besides himself, Irving couldn’t believe that anyone could know him that way.

Seeing that Irving couldn’t run out for a long time, Jaylen Brown had to solve the problem by himself. However, Brown is not a perimeter who is good at shooting. If he wants to attack, he must be close to the basket.

Although he played a screen with Horford, Mitchell didn’t have to go around at all, but turned around and ran back. Because Mitchell knew that Jaylen Brown would not take a screen and shoot immediately.

Of course, as a rookie, Mitchell can’t be so smart. These were all Yiyang told him one minute before the start of the second half of the game.

“I’m responsible for fixing Kelly, you are responsible for staring Brown. His shooting is very unstable, let him shoot. If there is a pick-and-roll, don’t let Rudy make up the defense, you just shrink the penalty area. Do it well and we will soon win!”

It was this simple sentence that allowed Jaylen Brown to layup with Mitchell’s interference in the end. As soon as the third quarter came up, the Celtics failed offensively, which was undoubtedly a huge morale blow to the team.

This time, Yiyang did not slowly advance and grind the position with the Celtics. As soon as Gobert grabbed a rebound, Yiyang immediately clapped his hands for the ball. The Mavericks are going to speed up, and the thing Stevens fears the most is coming.

At this time, Jaylen Brown was still too late to react in the Mavericks penalty area, and Yiyang had already crossed the midfield line. There was no way, but Irving had to stop Yiyang. This is also the first time that Irving has faced Yiyang on the defensive end.

Yiyang did not slow down in the confrontation, and this is thanks to Mike Bibby’s special training for Yiyang. Yiyang doesn’t say how strong it is now, but at least a guard like Owen can’t directly force him to stop.

But even so, Irving did not give up. He has been close to Yiyang, constantly confronting him, and would rather force Yiyang to pass the ball than let him get close to the basket.

Just when Yiyang hit the three-point line, Dallas One suddenly pulled his hips back and stopped!

Due to inertia, Owen rushed over. He must re-force it immediately. Yiyang’s emergency stop jumper has been a headache for all defenders since his rookie season.

However, Yiyang waited for Owen to pounce back. Taking advantage of Owen’s center of gravity, Yiyang, who had stopped abruptly afterwards, got up again!

Owen knew that he had been deceived, but his body was unable to fight against inertia, so he could only watch this Yiyang pass by him.

At this time, Horford has rushed back to the basket. But Yiyang easily made a throw and scored the basketball without even confronting Horford.

Stevens was sweating profusely, not because of being too hot, but because of nervousness!

He could see that the guy Carlisle had almost the same idea as his own! After successfully mobilizing everyone’s enthusiasm in the first half of the game, in the second half, that bald head intends to let Yiyang rule the offensive end!

This is definitely not good news for the Celtics! Once Yiyang turns on the scoring mode…

Stevens did not dare to continue thinking, he only hoped that Irving could respond as soon as possible!

The Celtics attacked for the second time in the third quarter. Irving made a clear three-pointer against Yiyang’s defense from beyond the three-point line to stop the team’s bleeding in time.

“Kelly can score one or two goals like this, but it is never possible to win the game this way. To make a comeback, the Celtics must play more patiently!”

However, Owen’s goal did not make Kenny Smith more optimistic about the Celtics. How many can Irving make in the second half of this giant planet that shoots with defense?

Yiyang did not interrupt his rhythm because of Owen’s goal. The last time he attacked with the ball, he taught Owen, the master of dribbling. This time, Yiyang let Owen see what an off-ball offense is.

Hayward went to the top of the arc of the three-point line and received a pass from Yiyang. Stevens frowned. He was too familiar with this position and passing.

In the past at Butler University, Yiyang and Hayward used this trick to kill how many strong teams! ?

Yiyang didn’t stand stupidly after handing over the ball, but quickly cut in! As soon as he entered the three-second zone, he immediately braked and reached the mid-range position with an anti-runner! Just after Jaylen Brown came up, Yiyang moved again. This time, he cut along the bottom line. Brown had just turned around and was about to chase him back, but he and Gobert smashed into a solid collision without the ball to cover!

At this point, Yiyang ran out of neutral. Although Hayward does not organize an offense, his passing ability is very good. He pushed hard with one hand from beyond the three-point line, and the basketball quickly leaped into Yiyang’s hands with the afterimage of the basketball, extremely accurate!

At this time, Horford followed Yiyang as much as possible. Jaylen Brown was stopped, and Yiyang had to be chased by Horford himself.

However, Yiyang didn’t regard Horford as a threat at all, it was not that he looked down on Horford’s ability, but when the offensive player broke through the bottom line, it was useless to pursue and defend without blocking.

Yiyang used a beautiful drawbar to layup and opened Horford with the help of the rim barrier, and the basketball scored into the net. Across the basket, even if O’Neal comes, he can only choose to foul.

After two consecutive offensive successes, Yiyang’s performance in the first half was tepid. But in the second half of the game, he has repeatedly broken the Celtics defense.

After the attack, Jason Tatum’s three-pointer was also crooked. The 17-year-old Tanhua doesn’t seem to feel very good today He fired three shots at the bottom corner today, but none of them hit. Compared to Tatum, Mitchell and Kuzma performed better than the two low-draft rookies.

The basketball slammed out of the box, and before the Celtics players had time to regret, the Mavericks’ offense like a tide hit again.

Yiyang was riding a thousand horses, and had already entered the penalty area before the Celtics’ defense had been released. The Celtics are a little messy, but their proud defense seems extremely fragile at this time.

Yiyang held a basketball like a dynamite bag and went to the basket to kill. Jaylen Brown was anxious and directly used his strong body to put Yiyang down.

Yiyang has completely lost his balance in the air, and it seems that he just throws the ball to the basket casually. However, even when the body was almost parallel to the ground, the basketball that Yiyang threw out just fell into the net without fail!

“Take three points! Hit three points! This can make progress, and it fully shows us what a real personal ability is!”

After Yiyang scored, Carlisle sat back on the bench in peace.

“I was completely crazy in the second half.” Armstrong laughed.

“Yes, so there should be no problems with this game.” Carlisle stretched.

An additional penalty hit, a 17-point difference weighed heavily on the Celtics. Jaylen Brown is still too immature in front of Yiyang, no, Brown is actually not to blame. In this alliance, can anyone really stop Yiyang?

Stevens was stopped again, stopped by his most proud student.

In the first half of the game, everyone was all soldiers to reduce the pressure on Yiyang, and in the second half, Yiyang ended the game with little consumption. The Dallas Mavericks’ tricks are to greet the key points.

Stevens only feels lucky now, but fortunately, Boston is not on the West Coast.