When everyone was still immersed in sweet dreams, the G1 battle between the Bucks and the Celtics was over, and it was thought that this would be a fierce confrontation of equal strength, but the Bucks always unilaterally controlled the rhythm of the game, and finally successfully defeated the Celtics 101-89 on the road, successfully taking the initiative into their own hands.
Throughout the game, the Bucks and Celtics are exactly like two teams of different levels and strengths, and the Celtics at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends can't find any rhythm to speak of, so let's review this showdown together and see where the Celtics' problems really are!
The Bucks showed their iron-blooded defense in the other way
The Celtics were able to catch up in the middle of the regular season, come to second place in the East, and swept the Giants 4-0 to the Nets in the first round of the playoffs, thanks to their excellent defensive ability. All the players are able to contribute their strength on the defensive end, and the team has the best defensive player in the new branch, Smart.
In the face of such a well-known defensive team, the Bucks directly "returned the other way and returned the other body" in G1, fully showing the young people what is the championship level of defense. The defensive end of the whole game of the Bucks is textbook, each player can fully devote themselves to the defense, the coach's intentions and tactical arrangements to the best, under the leadership of the alphabet brother, the Bucks' defense from the inside has a strong three-dimensionality, the inside players for the flank protection is very in place, the outside line and the defensive expert Holliday sits, directly and completely connect the team.
In the face of this sudden improvement in defense, the Celtics could not find a good way to target, after all, whether it was the regular season or against the Nets, they had never encountered such a problem, so the final solution ended in failure.
Tatum experienced Durant's pain, and the whole scene was carefully cared for
In the series against the Nets, the Celtics went all out to completely seal Durant's death scythe, allowing Durant to play the most humiliating and helpless series. And in today's G1, the Bucks will also let Tatum experience a completely replicated defensive experience. The Bucks are well aware that Tatum is the starting point for all the Green Army's attacks, so they closely defend him, and all kinds of tactics are directly thrown at Tatum's body.
And the Bucks have alphabet brother and Lopez on the inside line, once Tatum chooses to break through to create damage, alphabet brother will directly expand the defensive range to delay Tatum, alphabet brother height and arm span so that Tatum can not see the basket in front. Even if he was able to break through the alphabet brother's defenses, there was a Lopez at the innermost end who was waiting for the rabbit. This combination of three lines of defense inside and outside directly allowed Tatum to be broken.
Tatum only shot 6 of 18 in this game, and there is no way to connect the team's offense, under the Bucks' defensive tactics, his connection with his teammates was completely severed, and he finally experienced Durant's helpless and helpless state of mind in the first round.
The Green Army wants to do the same, but unfortunately Brother Alphabet is not alone
The Celtics tasted the sweetness in the first round, which prepared them to do the same for the tactics, and went all out to pinch the alphabet brother, so that he had no contact with his teammates. Unfortunately, Brother Alphabet has a number of helpers around him to help him relieve the pressure, and Holliday's excellent personal ability has become the first person to break the line.
As long as G1 brother encountered the bag clip, Holliday immediately stepped forward to start scoring and guiding the offense, and the Celtics could only lose one or the other on the defensive end, which allowed Holliday to successfully score 25 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists in G1. More critically, although the limit of the alphabet brother score did not go up to 30 points, but there is no way to stop him in rebounds and assists unstoppable, this game he got 24 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists of the triple-double data, completely revitalized other teammates, in the alphabet brother and Holliday's tandem, the entire Bucks offense has become unusually smooth.
The Celtics' first game tactics can be described as a direct encounter with Waterloo, which is entirely because Durant really does not have a reliable second point around him, and Irving has never been able to share the team's offensive pressure. But the Bucks are completely different, Holliday, a good player who integrates offense and defense, can make the pressure on the alphabet brother a lot slower, and other players can also stand up and score, this team is obviously very different from the Nets.
It is not easy to climb the mountain, and the Celts need to continue to cultivate
This is still the case of the Bucks losing a big player, and the Celtics have played very hard. And the whole process of the game can also be clearly felt, although the Celtic young people are full of energy and passion, but helpless to face the bucks of this old fritters, every punch they punch will be four or two pounds.
And the young rookie manager of the Celtics and the calculating Budenholzer obviously have no way to say the same day, and the Celtics are directly hit by the Bucks in terms of tactics and personnel status. This is actually a reflection of the gap in ability and experience.
The Celtics want to climb over this mountain, which is obviously impossible to achieve with what is currently shown, they still need more games to practice, and the road ahead is still very long.