The second day after the Thunder defeated the Lakers in the West, the Celtics also defeated the Magic 4-2 in the East.

The finals were determined like that, and the league immediately arranged the schedule, and the first game started at Ford Center on June 3rd.

Half an hour after the news was announced, the Thunder began selling tickets to the finals and sold out in two minutes.

Many fans who did not get tickets were purchased at a premium on Twitter and other platforms, and the VIP seats on the sidelines were once as high as 30,000 US dollars.

Su Yang got twelve reserved tickets from the ticketing center, all of which were close to the sidelines. He left one by himself, and all the others were transferred to Kyle Weaver and other three low-ranking rookies, encouraging the three to invite relatives and friends to watch the game.

After all, that may be the only chance for the three to reach the finals in their careers. If there is garbage time in the game, Su Yang is willing to arrange three rookies to play, and even design offensive tactics for the three to fully experience and leave beautiful memories.

On June 1st, the entire Thunder team resumed training.

Su Yang arrived at the base at 7 a.m. and as usual, he held the scout department, trainer team, and coaching team to hold a meeting.

Training team director Phil Handy first informed the players' health, and thirteen players in the team could play normally. Then scout manager Blachi introduced the basic situation of the Celtics, focusing on the frontcourt rebounding and retreating speed.

"In general, the current Celtics mainly rely on experience and spirit to win. They need to shoot more accurately, more stablely than their opponents, and focus more on some way, focus more on avoiding mistakes, be more collaborative, and more nervous..."

While Blachi was expounding, the four assistant coaches quickly read the scout report, while Su Yang nodded frequently to respond.

The Celtics in the 10 season have no difference in the defensive end compared to the 2008 and 2009 seasons. They still pay attention to overall linkage. They like to go online to attack and gorgeous rotation, and have excellent restrictions on outside ball holders. Therefore, LeBron was very troubled when he encountered the Celtics in the two playoffs, but the price was that he had to miss many defensive rebounds, and was forced to the seventh game by the Hawks.

But in terms of offense, in addition to using opponents to make quick attacks and counterattacks in the basic market, the Celtics used more mid-range jump shots in the 10 season. On the one hand, Garnett and Pierce have grown older and have won the championship. They decided not to be as strong as before when they hit the basket. On the other hand, the Celtics introduced players such as Rashid Wallace who like jump shots in the offseason, so jump shots naturally account for a larger proportion of offenses. Rondo and Pierce also prefer to avoid layups to rush to the basket.

"Now, this Celtic team can achieve almost perfect everything involving mental and experience, but they are old and lack muscle and impact, and their playing style is very tired and lack easy scoring, which is prone to scoring waste."

After Blachi said that, he raised his hand slightly and said, "Just prepare for the Celtics' characteristics. They should deal with it better than the Lakers. Be careful not to let Kevin? Garnett's trash words affect the players' mental state..."

Everyone was laughing, Garnett's trash talk was indeed awesome, and several Thunder players were quite sensitive.

"I'll start..."

Su Yang continued: "For Celtics' defense likes to hit the ball holder online, we can play more CHIN tactics and UCLA empty cuts to reduce the burden on Russell's handling, and give full play to Russell's speed and bounce advantages..."

With a few words, Su Yang designed a set of tactics based on the characteristics of the Celtics' defensiveness, which mainly uses high-level cover to protect the empty cut. If the empty cut is not successful, it will be converted to Durant launching a five-out pick-and-roll at the top of the arc.

The core of the tactic is to weaken the Celtics' linkage advantage, fight more local attacks, and try to pull Garnett outside the paint area.

Assistant Snyder then spoke, mentioning the tactics against the Celtics in the regular season and even the regular season last season. Anyway, the Thunder's lineup and player characteristics are more restrained by the Celtics, and the two losses are by no means tactical reasons.

Assistant coach Mark and Brooks spoke one after another, assistant coach Brian buried his head in recording, and the main strategy of the Thunder offensive was quickly determined.

"The defensive end is very simple. A large amount of contraction forces them to shoot mid-range shots. They use the shortcomings of Longduo's long-distance shooting deviations to assist in defense. When Ronduo enters the inside, they use his height disadvantages to double-team to limit his passing, and in addition, they are to defend fast attacks..."

Su Yang said, everyone was hilarious again, because the Celtics also focused on defending the Thunder fast attack.

The key is that the Celtics are the fastest team in the league to retreat to defense, which is due to Garnett and others who like to shoot in the middle. Unlike the Lakers' Double Towers, they try hard to get to the basket every time they attack. Once the opponent launches a fast break counterattack, there is no time to retreat to defense.

As the fastest team in the league to counterattack, the Thunder encountered the Celtics in the finals, which was a bit contradictory.

In short, the Celtics can play cards, and they can predict everything before the game starts. Doug Rivers will not play psychological warfare and gambling like Phil Jackson. Basically, you must be careful if you can defend. How to play reasonably is very textbook.

But even if the players have sufficient technical characteristics and know all the strategies, the Thunder still cannot say that they will win the Celtics.

The Celtics in the playoffs will become stronger. Rivers would rather give up his home advantage and help Garnett and Pierce rest. The purpose is to fight hard in the playoffs. Garnett might think Ibaka is easy to bully, so he gave up his iron-blooded jump shot and attacked the basket with all his strength.

During the discussion, the preparation meeting ended.

When he moved to the court, Durant and others had all arrived and were warming up the shooting, looking very excited.

Su Yang said hello casually, chatted about Hollywood star gossip, talked about the latest RAP, and solemnly invited Sefrosa to the sidelines: "Sabor, we want to change the team in the finals, and I hope you can serve as a substitute shooting guard..."

Before he finished speaking, Sefrosa nodded in agreement, without any embarrassment or dissatisfaction.

Su Yang still explained: "It's not because your three-point shooting percentage is low, but because Ray Allen's offensive style is very different from Kobe. It will be better for Wesley to defend, and you are better at singles in defensive positions. I will arrange for you to defend Paul Pierce in the rotation stage. You can limit him well. That's equally important to us. Do you understand what I mean?"

Sefrosa nodded immediately and agreed, with a hint of excitement in her eyes, as if she was greatly affirmed.

Su Yang smiled and encouraged, but he did not deliberately exaggerate Sefrosa's defensive strength. Because Pierce's offensive pace was particularly good, he wanted to limit Frosa's defensive footsteps to a limit. It was really average if he replaced it with a meat shield or a tall man.

Arrange the rotation and follow the tactical styles to the Thunder generals, and the practice speed is particularly fast.

The Thunder generals were training enthusiastically, and EPSN released the final results prediction of 21 commentators. The Thunder received support from up to 15 people to win. Compared with the previous dog-like attitude, it is the first time that it has been recognized by a large number of commentators.

ESPN also listed two data: First, since the establishment of the three-point line, 70% of the championships have been won by the ball with the home advantage in the finals; Second, Coach Doug Rivers has never won the playoffs without a home advantage.
Chapter completed!