In the first game against the Cavaliers, the Celtics won 25 points, which is the 19th time this season that they have won 25 points against their opponents in a single season. It should be a historical record.
Today, the Celtics lost 24 points, which seemed to be the first time since 1991 that the playoff team scored a single game record.
From 25 points won to 24 points lost, the world is turned upside down.
It seems that it's the feel of the three-point ball—— Celtics hit 18 of 46 three-point shots in the first game, and hit 8 of 35 shots today.
It's also about strategy.
Half a minute before the end of the first half, a ball was very obvious: Jay Brown broke through the dunk, when the Cavaliers defended the ace Mobley outside the three-point line, replacing Derek White, who was short of him:
You can go in and score three points.
Later in the third section, Cavaliers hit 7 out of 10 3-pointers, 36 points in a single quarter, Celtics hit 0 out of 8 3-pointers ——Three of the eight three-point goals were shot by Hoford after he was released. Tatum and Jay did not have a three-point goal.
This is the defense method of today's knights: it's OK to burst inside, and Mobley is waiting for you inside; If you move Mobley by changing defence, the three-point ball can be left open for Hoford to shoot, and others are not allowed.
Celtics hit 8 of 35 three-point shots.
The Cavaliers themselves also used their minds: Mitchell, who shot 111 baskets and scored 150 points in the past four games, had six shots but five assists in the first half today. He was very proud after the game, "I didn't shoot very much, and in the early days I let my teammates integrate!"
The first half was Mobley's stage. 15 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, including two long passes. Lewell and Ocelo benefited from this and rushed to the basket. The Celtics probably didn't expect: Mitchell didn't shoot, and Mobley played the main role?
Then came the sudden change in the third section.
Mitchell and Garland started the third quarter with two three-point shots. Then it was Tatum who was pressed by Mobley in the defense change, and Ocelo's lightning dunk stopped the Celtics; After the pause, Jay broke through, Mobley blocked, rebounded in the backcourt, and pushed himself forward. Mitchell fed Mobley an empty dunk.
The Celtics found that Mobley could not be opened by attacking the basket, so they had to bet on the three-point luck of Hoford and White. However, Hofford failed to enter the vacancy, and White was chased by Garland and went straight to double digits. Mitchell struck while the iron was hot, and when he fell into the well, he dropped the stone, 16 points in a single quarter.
At the end of the third quarter of Hoford, he was still saying "we should play good defense in the fourth quarter", but Mitchell was crazy. Facing Hoford, he had seven consecutive points to stop the Celtics. After the difference reached 16 points, it was almost over.
Cavaliers will lock Celtic's three-point ball, which is probably not surprising. The Celtics have encountered similar defense methods in the past.
But Mobley attacked first, Mitchell left his strength to take over in the third quarter. The Cavaliers attacked and defended against the counter attacks, and attacked all the lines , is today's winning point. The Cavaliers had more than six players scoring in double figures, and Mitchell had only 29 points - not high for him - but the highest eight assists in a single game in this season's playoffs.
Because Mitchell fed the ball, Mobley played a career masterpiece, 21 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 blocks, 5 screens, and interfered with 15 shots from the opposite side In the third quarter, the Celtics were successfully stopped by continuous counter attack.
In that part of Mitchell's performance, especially after Mobley blocked+rebounded, Mitchell waited for him to fall down and gave him an empty dunk, which was a mature operation.
Among Mitchell's eight assists today, Four to Mobley 。 Mobley scored 11 points in the first quarter.
Extraneous remarks: In the last season of the Jazz, Mitchell gave Gobel 39 assists, ranking fifth in the team. At that time, his passing was mainly for Bogdanovic and Royce O'Neal.
And“ Give priority to feeding the team's elders ”That's the game secret Conley knew when he was in the Grizzlies. In this season's regular season, Conley fed 114 Downes, 77 Goebbels and 77 Edwards in the Timberwolves. Edwards' attack power is certainly far above Goebbels', but Conley knows that we should feed more people. This is not, Gobel's state has been fed.
Mitchell gave 80 assists to Cavaliers center Garrett Allen this season, ranking first in the team. In the playoffs, he fed Mobley and Allen the most.
Probably, two years after leaving Jazz and Goebbels, Mitchell has been able to deeply understand: How can it affect the game after feeding the captain.
The lone ranger won at home in Russia - the last time he lost here was a month and a half ago.
It can be simply summed up as "Dallas threw three pointers" - today PJ Washington threw seven three pointers, and the team hit 18 of 37 shots.
But after the game, Coach Kidd stressed that the team“ After beating PJ Washington on the back for a while, I think that inspired him.
you bet. The first goal in Dallas is Washington's Backfight Attracts Sandwiching , Garford cut in for a layup.
And then Washington's back play attracts a pinch shot and assists Luca with a three-point shot 。
I have a sense of participation. I'm no longer a tool player in the corner shooting, right—— In the first section, PJ hit three pointers and three shots.
He and the cavalry next door let the chief defender Mobley score 11 points in the first quarter, which is similar:
The shooters watched from the bottom corner and mechanically caught and shot the ball. It was a robot: after all, the game was played by people who had feelings of passion and desire to participate.
There is another person with a similar sense of participation: Owen.
We all know his scoring ability. However, today, with 41 points and a half and eight shots ranking fifth in the team, he had the highest 11 assists, 2 steals and the highest 2 blocks in the playoffs.
He has come to help Luka find the bottom corner of the pick and roll and cut out the positional warfare; Cover and steal the ball, and the defensive end is active. What scores do you usually excel at? Washington and the Hadawis do it.
In such a way, PJ also carried his back, Owen also shared the ball, the team's attack also changed, and Luca became more comfortable.
Today's two sides+/-, the most interesting comparison: here in Dallas, Lefri shot 1 in 7 minutes, 2 points and 4 rebounds, but+18.
Oklahoma City's Gideon made 3 of 6 shots in 10 minutes, 8 points and 2 rebounds, but - 20.
The intensity of the game, the elimination of the opposite people - this is the key to Dallas today's rhythm.
Jidi watched Lucas throw a three-point ball on the defensive end, and Dallas ignored him on the offensive end: when he was present, Dallas dared to directly put 2-3 joint defense, blocking Alexander in the front, "Jidi is at the bottom line? Ignore him".
In the third quarter, Giddie pretended to be clever and tried to hit the ground pass, but Owen cut him off. The five point difference of that wave of thunder changed by 11 points.
Old topic: Gideon may be the best passer of Thunder, and also has the potential of a tall commander, but Thunder has Alexander and Javert, and the ball holding resources are overflowing; In the fourth quarter, Gideon is always replaced by Isaiah Joe/Aaron Wiggins/Wallace, and the notice "Our team needs a Makanin/Little Murphy" is almost posted. Jidi's attack is awkward, and his defense is gentle. It's not surprising that he can reach - 20 in 10 minutes when encountering Dallas.
On the other hand, as a cake eating blue collar, Lefrie made one shot in seven, four rebounds in 20 minutes, but+20 -- three screen assists, eight interfering shots, one rescue, three detentions to let teammates catch the rebounds, and the advantage of the data is indescribable: his crazy fill, so that the Thunder usually "spread a big vacancy" It has repeatedly become "a small vacancy is spread out, and you can't throw directly, just pass more, and then the lone ranger will fill the position".
When the rhythm comes up, there is less room for aura.
Today, Chet and Javert hit 11 of 29 shots, especially Javert: Jervis, who has a 54% shooting rate in the regular season, has made 13 of 32 shots in the past two games 。 Chet has a wonderful three-point pass at the super long buzzer: he stands out from the crowd without confrontation; But the meat mountain in Dallas made him uncomfortable.
Today, the Dallas team covered 28 points for 12 times, and the Thunder covered 14 points for 6 times.
Finally The offensive side can be blocked solidly and the defensive side can control the restricted area Our side won.
Chert: After all, our team is really long - they really have two
Luca's defense against Chet in the fourth quarter today had something else to say: after half time, it was called super-high screen, and then a three-point shot and a mid-range shot. The most interesting thing was that when Gafford came out, Luca walked to the free throw line, and confirmed that Gafford had held Chet down, that was, he was one-on-one with Dot's free throw line - a jumper.
It's better to rely on more meat.
Today, Luca made 21 shots, only two of which were really under the basket. At the third minute, he threw Giddie, broke through and dodged Chet. By the fourth quarter, he had not forgotten his original intention, which made PJ Washington hit Dorsal body Eat Alexander.
In the fourth quarter, Thunder Jaway and Chett scored 6 points from 9 shots - basically by making up and fast break, and Jaway even threw a shot at Leffley without touching the basket.
In this way, Dallas had more tricks on the offensive side, scattered the ball right, and maintained the strength on the defensive side, killing off the thunder. The meat mountain flooded the basket, and finally the thunder reached the fourth quarter, which could only rely on Alexander.
It can't be blamed on Javert. After all, he and Dort can't shoot, but they can still fight hard on the court.
Is it really impossible to fight on this hand to hand combat stage?
Today, in the fourth quarter, Jidi didn't play for a minute.
