“Unlocking the Secrets of Heat’s Signature Defense and Offensive Troubles in Eastern Conference Finals against Celtics”

2023-05-31 14:24:21

Compared with the signature defense, problems on the offensive end may require more trouble from the coaching staff. Playing with an ankle injury and experiencing seven battles, Butler’s offensive state is obviously not as good as the previous two rounds.

From the absolute lead of 3 to 0, it was evened by the opponent in three consecutive cities, and G7 was held in Boston once more. The balance of momentum seems to be gradually tilting towards Celtic.However, the Heat showed strong resilience, relying on their signature defense, only let theCeltics scored a season-low 84 points including regular season and playoffswon the desperate victory in the away game.

Counting from 2006 when the team won the first championship in team history, this year isThe Heat advanced to the championship for the seventh time in 17 years, the team that has advanced to the finals the most times during this period。

Zone defense collocation “All Switch」 Heat beat Celtics in two moves

The Heat’s zone defense has done well in this series.According to data from SynergyIt shows that in 78 rounds facing the Heat’s zone defense, Celtic’s team shot only 37% and scored an average of 0.85 points per round. The round scored 1.07 points. Making good use of the zone defense is also the main reason why the Heat were able to overcome the double-digit lag in the fourth quarter of G6 and almost completed the reversal. The Celtics faced the Heat’s zone defense in G6, and the team made 7 shots.

There is no need to wait until the decisive moment, the Heat put up a zone defense early in G7, and following the timeout in the middle of the first quarter, they put up a zone defense. Moreover, the Heat’s zone defense is varied. In addition to the basic “2-3”, the recent two games have also increased the ratio of “1-2-2” or “2-2-1” positions. The defense was used alternately, making Celtic at a loss.

The most successful adjustment of the Heat’s G7 zone defense is to replace double-teaming with “All Switch” to avoid double-teaming by the current row of defenders like in G4 and G5, while missing the outer space on the far side, or forming a local two-on-one unfavorable situation.

For example, in the video below, although the defense switch makes Max Strus, who is poor in defense, have to defend Jayson Tatum, but the other Heat defenders are distributed around the penalty area, leaving Tatum with little room to cut in, forcing him to jump from the outside.

Tatum averaged 28.8 points, 9.0 rebounds and 5.3 assists in G7 in the playoffs before the game, and his shooting measurements were 48%/50%/81%.. In this battle, he made 5 of 13 shots and only scored 14 points. His ankle capsized in the first round of the game, which really affected his performance, but the Heat’s zone defense with “All Switch” strategy also contributed a lot.

The same defensive strategy worked once morest Jaylen Brown, who shot less than 35 percent from the field and scored 19 points with a career-high eight turnovers. Especially in the end, the more I played, the more impatient I was, and I rushed in before I stepped on my feet, which led to repeated mistakes.

In fact, it’s not just G7, Brown’s performance in the Eastern Conference Championship is not too ideal.Points and rebounds are even behind Heat forward Caleb Martin, who has only started 2 games in 7 games.。

Poor on-the-spot response The Celtics coaching staff can’t escape the blame

The most criticized part of Celtic’s campaign is that it took too many outside shots. Although the team’s three-point shooting rate was only 21.4%, they tried as many as 42 times from the outside, accounting for more than half of the total shots.

view the content of the game,Celtic had a smooth transfer of the ball in the early part of the game, and most of the shots from the three-point line were empty, purely because of poor grasp. But entering the second half, Celtic began to have some dry-land plucking following singles, and the choice of shots was unreasonable.

Looking back at G6, the Celtics also did not feel good on the outside, with only 20% of their shooting percentage. However, they changed their combat strategy, challenged the penalty area strongly, and won a series-high 34 free throw opportunities to make up for the decline in outside shooting power. On the other hand, Celtic did not respond in time in G7. Part of the reason may be that the referee’s judgment was loose in this game. Well, it is still an indisputable fact.

Celtic missed a lot of three-point shots, which increased the occurrence of long rebounds. In addition, the Heat frequently changed their defensive formations, resulting in Celtic’s passing errors, which gave the Heat more opportunities to switch offense and defense. The 17 to 8 advantage is one of the reasons why the Heat won this battle.

Second only to Butler in scoring average Hidden “MVP” Caleb Martin

Although he missed the MVP of the Eastern Conference Finals in the end, Martin is undoubtedly the hidden version of the MVP of the Heat. Not only did he contribute 26 points and 10 rebounds in this battle, he averaged 19.3 points per game in the Eastern Conference championship game, and he was only behind Jimmy Butler in the Heat. His shooting measurements were an exaggerated 60.2%/48.9%/87.5%. The battle takes the lead.

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