Chapter 103 Spoelstra doesn’t understand tactics?? Key ball for Jianghu’s big heart.

After the press conference, the entire Celtics team flew back to Boston overnight.

It was already late at night when Jiang Hu returned home, and he immediately went to his room to sleep. There will be back-to-back games tomorrow, and the players must try to recover as much as possible.

October 28.

At noon the day after the game against the Knicks, the media was still reporting on the Celtics' road victory, Jiang Hu's 40 points and death dunks, and Kanter's injury tracking.

The entire Celtics team has already boarded a plane and headed to Miami.

In this East Coast city that was once full of basketball talent, the Celtics played a difficult back-to-back away game, and they won the game until the last minute.

The Celtics' touch was extremely poor. Their three-point shooting was extremely difficult. Irving was 1 of 4, Jiang Hu was 1 of 6, Smart was 0 of 4, and Brown was 4 of 6.

When the entire team failed to score a three-pointer, the Celtics and Heat fell into a defensive battle that was almost like a meat grinder.

Celtics starting routine: Irving, Brown, Jiang Hu, Horford, Baynes.

For the Heat, Dion West and Goran Dragic partner in the backcourt, and Josh Richardson, Tyler Johnson, and Hassan Whiteside partner in the frontcourt.

At the beginning of the first quarter, Jianghu's jump shot gave the Celtics the lead. The Celtics took the lead, and then the Heat's Dion West scored consecutively to help the Heat return the favor.

At the beginning of the first quarter, both sides played well offensively, and in the middle of the quarter it was a neck-and-neck 13-13.

Jianghu, Rozier, and Brown all had good three-point opportunities in the second half of the first quarter, but failed to grasp them.

On the Heat's side, Olynyk, who came off the bench, was allowed to hit a three-pointer, Josh Richardson ran back from the basket and dunked easily and scored, and Dragic from outside made a magical 3-1.<

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The Celtics' defensive enthusiasm in back-to-back away games was average, while the Heat at home scored consecutive points through teamwork.

After the first quarter, the Celtics 19-31 the Heat.

During a timeout between sections, Stevens told the Celtics players: Try not to take more three-pointers if you feel bad, and attack more at the basket.

Entering the second quarter, Irving took a break, and Jiang Hu, Brown, Rozier, Smart, and Theis formed a rotating lineup.

The Heat have a rotation of Dion West, Wayne Ellington, Josh Richardson, Justise Winslow, and Adebayo.

Jianghu took the lead right away. During a pick-and-roll screen for Rozier, he faked a pass, turned around, held the ball, and went to the basket for a dunk.

The Heat attacked, and Winslow tried to play Jianghu in isolation. Jianghu withdrew his stool, causing Winslow's mistake, and then passed the ball to Brown for a layup.

The Heat attacked again, Ellington tried again with a three-pointer, but failed to hit. Theis collected the rebound and Jianghu controlled the rhythm.

He was calmly directing the defense at the top of the arc, then broke through a change of speed and hit the basket with the ball, instantly attracting the defensive attention of Adebayor, Winslow, and Richardson.

Facing a three-person double team, Jianghu passed the ball to Jaylen Brown in the bottom corner. Brown quickly passed it to Rozier at the top of the right arc. Rozier drew his bow and shot a three-pointer.

In the 2 and a half minutes of the second quarter, Jianghu used its own defensive judgment to beat the Heat 7-0.

Then the Heat requested a timeout, and coach Spoelstra put in a three-and-two defense lineup.

As the name suggests, the three-two zone defense is a three-second zone defense. One of the three defensive players stands at the top of the front free throw line, two players stand within the 45-degree three-point line on the left and right, and two players stand on both sides of the three-second zone.

Guard the basket.

This kind of three-two zone defense is a test of defensive understanding and is suitable for teams with no defensive elite and mediocre physical fitness. Spoelstra liked to use this tactic when he led the Heat in the late period after losing LeBron and Wade.

Including the 2020 park in Jianghu's memory, the Heat often put up a zone defense, and the Bucks and Celtics were defeated before they were defeated, and finally made it out of the Eastern Conference and entered the finals. Later, in the 2023 playoffs, the Bucks were hacked.

The main reason why eight were eliminated was because Antetokounmpo couldn't break the Heat's zone defense.

The zone defense that Antetokounmpo failed to break is placed in front of Jianghu.

Jiang Hu thought about it carefully:

The advantages and disadvantages of the zone defense lineup are obvious. The advantage is that it can protect the front and side impacts on the basket, as well as the three-point lines on the left and right sides. The disadvantage is that corner three-pointers can easily provide excellent shooting opportunities.

Then he simply does not hold the ball, but comes out of his pocket to catch the ball. The moment he catches the ball, he directly handles the ball, or breaks out immediately, or directly throws it, or directly passes it. Anyway, he makes a decision immediately as soon as the ball passes the hand, without giving the opponent a chance to attack from a flank.

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For the first ball, Jiang Hu came to the free throw line to catch the ball and was immediately double-teamed by Winslow and Richardson. Jiang Hu calmly passed the ball to Brown at the top of the right arc. Brown immediately transferred it to the bottom.

Rozier in the corner, but unfortunately Rozier failed to make the shot.

The Heat took possession of the ball, but their offense failed to succeed.

They use zone defense to limit the Celtics, but the Celtics have an absolute advantage in physical fitness. They only need man-to-man defense to limit the Heat's offense.

The Heat's attack was passed back and forth, with no good opportunities. In the end, Richardson had to take a shot from mid-range and missed.

The defensive intensity of both sides was very high. On the next ball, Jianghu was double-teamed by Winslow and Richardson immediately after receiving the ball. Jianghu was just about to pass the ball when he was slapped on the hand by Winslow.

Lost control of the ball.

The referee watched with his own eyes, but did not make a call.

This is the advantage of the home team, and this is the necessity of home court.

Jianghu did not go to the referee to complain, but also improved its aggressiveness on the defensive end and began to use a greater degree of physical confrontation.

Since the referee has given the scale of this kind of physical confrontation, your best way is not to complain, but to accept this scale and try your best to exert your advantages under this scale.

There is no doubt that Jianghu's advantage is his height and wingspan combined with his excellent flexibility. His size is a huge weapon on the offensive end, and the same is true on the defensive end.

Especially facing the Heat, who have mediocre physical fitness and mainly rely on active defense and shooting.

In the second half of the second quarter, on the offensive end Jiang Hu was basically only responsible for squatting in the corners and catching and shooting from mid-range. He focused more on the defensive end.

The rewards of doing so were obvious. In the second half of the second quarter, the entire Heat team only scored 13 points and made 6 turnovers, of which Jianghu contributed 2 steals and 1 block.

The defender in front of him enthusiastically wanted to shoot him at the beginning, but finally passed the ball directly when he saw him reaching out. The two attitudes were very different. In the final analysis, it was because he suffered a loss from Jianghu.
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At the end of the half, the Celtics beat the Heat 50 to 53.

Trailing by 12 points in the first quarter, the Celtics went on a 31-21 run in the second quarter, bringing the point difference back to almost the same starting line.

As soon as the game started in the second half, Brown made an open three-pointer from the outside, kicking off the second half. The Celtics took advantage of the opportunity to even the score difference. The performances of Jiang Hu and Irving helped the Celtics maintain a slight lead.

Then Spoelstra changed the lineup again. He took down Hassan Whiteside, took out Tyler Johnson, and let the substitute inside man Olynyk and the rookie Adebayor work together in the inside team.

Both insiders have a certain shooting range, and both have some passing support capabilities.

The outside is coordinated with Dragic, Richardson, Dion West and other shooters.

This lineup really caught the Celtics off guard when they first came out, because except for Richardson, a pure 3D player, the rest of the Heat's five players all have the ability to dominate the ball and finish, and they can score and play without any defensive focus.

Object.

Stevens sent Jianghu to see Dragic and Smart to harass Dion West. The Heat let the two play off the ball to attract attention and started the offense from Olynyk.

The two ran like headless chickens, completely disrupting the Celtics' defensive formation. If they didn't follow, it wouldn't work. If they didn't, the two of them could launch an attack in a very short time as soon as they caught the ball.

The middle of the third quarter turned out to be Olynyk's performance time. He first used his own rhythm to break through and hit Horford. In the next round, he also had a mid-range hit and passed to Richardson on the outside for an assist.

On the Celtics side, seeing the Heat's Hassan Whiteside reach the basket, they naturally attacked the basket harder.

However, only Jiang Hu and Irving are more effective when attacking the basket. Others either get blocked or make mistakes.

After three quarters, the two teams were still tied at 75.

In the last quarter of the game, the situation on the court suddenly changed.

Spoelstra picked up Hassan Whiteside at the beginning of the fourth quarter and launched a fierce attack on the inside guarded by Theis.

Whiteside played extremely bravely during this period. He continuously grabbed offensive rebounds over Theis's head, scored in the second attack, turned around and gave Smart a big block, and interfered with Theis's basket.

The next attack forced him to miss a layup.

In the first three minutes of the fourth quarter, neither team's scoring efficiency was very high. The Celtics scored 0 points, and the Heat only relied on Whiteside's second offense and free throws to score 5 points.

Celtics 75-80 Heat.

8 minutes and 45 seconds of the last quarter.

The Celtics replaced Jiang Hu and Irving, getting everything back, while the Heat also got everything back.

After returning from the timeout, Jianghu tried an outside three-pointer and struck the iron.

The Heat passed the ball to Hassan Whiteside. Whiteside faced Horford's raised hands and missed the hook.

Looking back, Brown ran to the corner with the help of Horford's screen. Jiang Hu broke through to the basket and passed to Brown. He made a three-pointer directly, 78 to 80.

Looking back, it was Dion West who caused Irving's foul and went to the free throw line and made 1 of 2 free throws, 78 to 81.

This time, Brown came to the frontcourt and directly received the ball from Irving's mobile phone. Facing the misplaced Dragic, he held the ball and made a three-pointer, 81 to 81.

At 6 minutes and 30 seconds of the fourth quarter, the Heat requested a timeout again.

After the timeout, the Heat took down Whiteside again and replaced him with Olynyk.

Dragic, Olynyk and Adebayor ran a Spanish pick-and-roll, and Dion West provided a hand-off screen for Richardson in the corner. Richardson finally hit a three-pointer.

Return color.

The tactics this time were very complicated, but the Heat played it very clearly without any confusion. Everyone performed their duties and knew what their tasks were.

As a defensive participant, Jiang Hu couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he watched this round:
To be continued...