The Celtics played in the playoffs to the Eastern Conference Finals. If the results alone are just good, Celtics fans don’t think so. Compared to the rival Lakers’ promotion in the first two rounds, they were also optimistic, but they suffered a 6-game losing streak away. The Celtics have become a big joke in the league!

The first priority in front of the Bostonians is to break their away curse. If they cannot win away games, they will not be just a joke. I am afraid they will go home and watch the finals on TV. Maybe they will watch it with the Lakers. The progress of both sides of the "yellow and green war" that was agreed before the playoffs was not going well.

As the captain of the Celtics, Paul Pierce is stubborn. He thinks it's no big deal to lose a home game. They have the ability to win the Pistons away. Before the game, they licked their faces and said: "Don't worry about losing at home. This series has just begun. We have more games to play. The current situation is a challenge for us. We haven't won the away game yet, but I don't think it will have an impact on our psychology."

The reporter said in his heart: If you believe in your lies, there will be a ghost!

The reality is that for the Big Three Boston, this is only the first time they have reached the division finals together, and the Pistons have advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals for the sixth consecutive year. Their main lineup has experienced the test of countless battles together. The Pistons are a team that truly relies on team combat, and there are also many All-Stars.

Compared with Pierce, Kevin Garnett, the real core of the Celtics this season, is in a heavier mood, and the Wolf King's desire for championship is stronger than anyone else. As a superstar who relies more on his body to play, Garnett deeply knows that his peak has not been a few years since he was at his peak. It can be said that if the Celtics don't win the championship this year, it will only be more difficult next year! If Garnett wants to win the championship, he must seize the last little tail of his era, otherwise when the new generation of stars in the league grows, he will be beaten to death on the beach and will never have the chance to win the championship again.

The reality is indeed true. LeBron James has long been eyeing the East, Paul and Kobe in the West. There are even twin brothers with a speed of rise comparable to the Magicians. Garnett felt heavy pressure this season. Before the game, he admitted that the Celtics are in a difficult situation now: "It's time for us to win away games. You know, this is a difficult situation. We have to find a way to win away games no matter what."

The third game of the Eastern Conference Finals will be held on May 23. If the Celtics lose the third game, they will become the first team in NBA history to lose seven consecutive away games away from home.

Before the game, everyone was discussing that the Celtics had not won away. So can they win away today? This has become a focus, with Pistons head coach Philip Sanders responding: "We need to be more focused in the game. Our home fans will give us more energy, and they can't win at our home court."

On May 23, before the third game of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics gave up their team training and fully prepared for their first away game in the Eastern Conference Finals. After the myth of unbeaten at home was shattered, the Celtics needed rest and adjustments. Coach Rivers made the right choice. There was no problem with the Celtics' tactical execution, and all they needed was to get enough rest.

So, the Celtics, who had enough rest that night, finally got out of the vicious circle of fate. They won the away game for the first time in the 2008 playoffs. Boston fans burst into tears. It was too difficult!

The Pistons lost a lot of money in the third game. This game can no longer be used with adjectives such as "stalemate" used in the previous games. From the beginning, the Pistons were lagging behind...

After the end of the first half, the morale of the Pistons, who scored only 32 points, was almost exhausted. In the first half, the Pistons had all the data in addition to shooting percentage, but by the end of the fourth quarter, the Pistons lagged behind the Celtics in all technical statistics except free throws.

In the first game after returning to Auburn Hill Palace, the Pistons played their fierce defensive style, with 11 steals in the whole game, but the Pistons paid the price of a sharp increase in foul numbers, 8 more times than the previous game that won. The direct victims of their paying for the increase in fouls were Rashid Wallace and Elton Brand, who were responsible for the inside defense. The Pistons suffered from the increase in foul numbers and had limited playing time, so the Pistons lost the support of the inside. Without the inside, there was no capital to win in the playoffs.

Roaring Tianzun in this game, the shortest playing time in the Pistons' "new f4", was only 25 minutes; another defensive gate, Elton Brand, who beat the Warcraft in the last round, played for only 30 minutes. The direct consequence of this is that the Pistons' inside line has become a major point for losing points. In addition to being unable to resist Garnett's strong attack at the basket, the degree of breakthrough of the Celtic players in the inside line has been greatly strengthened, and the inside line has become the node for the Pistons to lose.

Compared with the previous game, the Pistons' performance was completely reversed. The team only had three players in double digits, with a terrible shooting rate of 38.4%. In the case of poor passes, they could only play singles, but still stubbornly chose to take action from the outside, without making any adjustments based on changes in the situation, or losing the two inside lines, they couldn't make too many adjustments.

The defeat in this game of Motor City has nothing to do with strength. The root of the mistake lies in the inappropriate tactical choice. When the Celtics changed their lineup, Pistons coach Sanders still used the tactical routine of the previous game, and dominated the shooting from outside. In this game, the biggest change in the Pistons in offense was the decline in the pick-and-roll effect. After the Celtics narrowed their defense range, the Pistons' running effect without the ball decreased, making it difficult to form an effective pick-and-roll, but it still did not change the offensive method. In the absence of shooting space, the shooting rate declined is almost a foregone conclusion.

The Celtics' greatest success is not defense, but breaking the Pistons' defensive trap. Although the offensive failure, the Pistons' defensive arrangement in this game was not a mistake. The defense began in the serving stage, which greatly increased the Celtics' turnover rate, but Doug Rivers made targeted changes in offensive strategy.

The one-day suspension ensures the players' physical fitness recovery and the dispersion of their firing rights, which alleviates the offensive pressure and physical energy consumption faced by the Big Three. The inside attacks that have been successful in the past two games have been further strengthened. The benefit of the increase in the inside attack effect and passing fluidity is the increase in the outside space. The Celtics not only have been tough in defense, but also regain their feelings in offense.

The game is won by defense, but the final victory depends on the offense. The greatest significance of the Celtics' winning is not to regain the home advantage, but to finally defeat themselves and defeat the curse of being unable to win away. This made their always-suppressed confidence explode. In the fourth quarter, their performance was better than the first three quarters. I believe that the Celtics have the probability of winning streak in the next game.

"We controlled the game and got our first away victory," Kevin Garnett said after the game, brief but revealing deep joy.

On May 24, the Clippers vs. Lakers, the fourth game of the Western Conference Finals is about to start. The two teams are currently leading 2-1 in total. Today's game will play a watershed. If the Lakers win away, then the two teams will return to the same starting line. If the Clippers defend their home court again, the Lakers will basically fall into the abyss, because when they are behind 1-3 and the opponent has a home court, it is basically an impossible task to turn over again. Therefore, if the Lakers want to survive, they must win today, and they have no way out.

Before the fourth game of the Lakers against the Clippers' Western Conference Finals began, in the narrow visiting team's locker room, media were crowded together to find the scapegoat for the last loss. Kobe unbuttoned his clothes and announced loudly that he was the target they were looking for: "Come and I am willing to take full responsibility for the loss in the field."

While tidying up his protective gear, Kobe was also worried about his performance on the court: "I couldn't accept it when I played like that in the last game. I knew I had done something wrong. I had to play better today." When Pan returned home in the last game, he finally began to wake up, and then turned into a video maniac and began to watch the third game video repeatedly.

Just as the Zen master expected, Kobe would act impulsively in the game and would not listen to other people's opinions after the game. When he is lost, as his coach, don't try to teach Kobe how to do it, just let him find the reason by himself.

Kobe can criticize himself, but he will never let anyone point fingers at him. This is Kobe, a crazy and speechless collection of contradictions. The Zen master believes that he has serious schizophrenia. When one of them makes a mistake, the other will criticize himself.

The reporters also interviewed Kobe's old teammate Fisher. Obviously, "Old Fish" was in a much easier mood. He also knew Kobe better, knowing that Kobe would solve the problem by himself, and said with a smile: "The Kobe in the last game was absolutely not good, but do you know? This is why we keep improving, because everyone will reflect on themselves, no one pointed at them, everyone is looking for the reason on themselves, I think he has found the reason."

If the Lakers finally top the top and win the championship as they wish, Kobe's playoff confession may become a good story.

Gasol and Odom were relieved when they saw Kobe attracting most of the firepower for them. They were more and more fooled in the first three games, and the last game was even more defeated by the twins. Odom may not have a strong sense of humiliation. This is a problem of the Lama's personality. But Gasol, who won the world championship, felt a little ashamed. He has repeatedly gained the upper hand against Yao Ming, who has been famous for a long time in the international competition. Even in the NBA, he will only lose to Garnett. How could a beast-type insider like O'Neal not be able to deal with two Asian insiders? And these two Asian insiders are still two first-grade rookies? (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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