Yuav ua li cas Boston Celtics tau txais Momentum hauv East Finals

Boston Celtics yog ib kauj ruam ze dua los rub qhov no.

Thaum nce mus rau NBA Finals tseem yog kev sib ntaus sib tua nce siab xav tias lawv tsis tau yeej plaub qhov kev sib tw ncaj nraim txij li thaum nruab nrab Lub Ob Hlis, Celtics tau rov tshawb pom lawv tus kheej - qhov uas txhawb nqa lawv mus rau kev sib tw nyiam ib zaug No. 1 noob raug tshem tawm hauv qhov qhib. puag ncig.

Boston thaum kawg tau nthuav tawm lub tshuab tiv thaiv nws tuaj yeem nyob hauv lub sijhawm ntawd. Txawm hais tias lawv ua tiav thib ob hauv cov ntsiab lus tso cai rau 100 yam khoom thaum lub caij tsis tu ncua, Celtics tau ntsib qee qhov kev tiv thaiv qis thaum Joe Mazzulla tau los ua tus thawj coj. Lawv pom tseeb tsis nyob rau tib theem li xyoo tas los, thiab nws tau mus txog qhov tsis zoo tshaj plaws hauv Game 3 ntawm cov koob no piv rau Miami.

Rau thawj 16 qhov kev ua si ntawm playoffs, Celtics yog 8-8 nrog 113.5 tiv thaiv ntsuas - rau qhov kev xav, uas yuav tau nyob rau sab saum toj 10 thaum lub caij tsis tu ncua. Lawv tau tso cai rau lub tshav kub ua noj hauv txhua txoj kev xav. Boston lub ntsiab lus ntawm kev tawm tsam tiv thaiv tsis tuaj yeem nyob rau pem hauv ntej, lawv tau tso cov neeg tiv thaiv me me ntawm cov kob tawm tsam Jimmy Butler los pib ua yeeb yam, thiab lawv cov kev sib hloov ntawm ob pab pawg tau ua tsis zoo. Thaum Miami cov neeg tua neeg tau txais kev ntseeg siab tshaj plaws, tsis muaj kev ua rau lawv qeeb. Nws yuav luag zoo li cov lus "HEAT CULTURE!" tau raug qw txhua zaus lawv cia ib tug ya.

Dhau ob qhov kev ua si dhau los, Boston tau muab tso rau hauv qhov ua rau lawv muaj zog tshaj plaws thiab sib npaug hauv kev ntaus pob.

Lawv tuav Miami kom tsuas yog 108.3 cov ntsiab lus ntawm 100 cov khoom hauv 96 tag nrho cov feeb ntawm Games 4 thiab 5. Piv nrog rau qhov kub siab liab qhov kev ntaus nqi ntawm 124.4 hauv Games 1-3, nws yog qhov sib txawv staggering.

Lub tswv yim, Mazzulla tau thawb tag nrho cov nyees khawm txoj cai hauv ob qhov kev ua si kawg. Lub Celtics tab tom hloov ntau dua ntawm Butler thiab Bam Adebayo kev tshuaj ntsuam xyuas hauv kev sim ua si ntawm kev xaiv thiab yob ncaj nraim yam tsis xav tau kev sib hloov. Yog tias koj tuaj yeem tiv thaiv cov kev ua no "ob-rau-ob" yam tsis tas yuav tsum muaj cov neeg tiv thaiv tsis muaj zog tawm ntawm cov neeg tua, nws feem ntau yuav ua rau muaj kev phom sij rau cov neeg tawm tsam.

Nrog rau cov Celtics siv ntau qhov kev hloov pauv los txwv kev nkag mus, lawv yog (feem ntau) yuam Butler thiab Adebayo los daws qhov nyuaj, sib tw sim. Nws yog qhov nthuav tshwj xeeb vim tias lawv tab tom xaiv hloov chaw Al Horford thiab Rob Williams mus rau Butler ntau dua li ib txwm, ntseeg tias cov loj yuav tuav lawv tus kheej thiab tsis raug hlawv tawm ntawm lub dribble. Hauv Games 4 thiab 5, nws ua haujlwm. Hauv qhov xwm txheej Boston pom tau hais tias lawv nyob rau hauv qhov kev sib tw tsis zoo, lawv yuav coj ob npaug los ntawm qhov chaw tsim nyog. Nws yog tag nrho kev rau siab ua rau Miami cov thawj coj txiav txim siab me ntsis tsis xis nyob.

Lawv xav tau koob hmoov me ntsis hauv cov txheej txheem, tau kawg. Gabe Vincent, leej twg tua 38% los ntawm peb ntawm ntau tshaj rau qhov kev sim hauv ib qho kev ua si hauv playoffs, yog tus neeg saib xyuas Miami tshiab tau raug mob. Nws pob taws pob taws ua rau nws tsis nyob hauv Game 5 thiab nws tseem muaj lus nug txog Game 6. Muaj ib tus neeg tua neeg tsawg dua los txhawj txog yeej ua rau muaj kev tswj hwm ntau dua rau Boston thaum lawv pab tawm ntawm ib puag ncig thiab xa lub cev ntawm Butler.

Nrog Kyle Lowry qhov poob qis thiab qhov tsis muaj qhov tsis txaus ntseeg tiag tiag ntawm kev tsim tawm hauv pem teb, Heat's halfcourt kev ua txhaum yog ib qho kev txhawj xeeb loj thaum nws los txog rau lawv txoj hauv kev kaw qhov rooj ntawm cov koob no.

Lawv tau tsav lub pob 40 zaug hauv Game 5, ua rau 41% tua ntawm cov khoom ntawd (tsis zoo txaus) thiab tsuas yog ob qho kev sim pub dawb xwb. Hauv thawj peb qhov kev ua si ntawm koob, Miami nruab nrab 47.7 tsav ib qho kev ua si ntawm 49% kev tua thiab yim mus rau txoj kab foul.

Kuv xav tias yuav pom cov phiaj xwm zoo sib xws rau Boston hauv Game 6. Lawv yuav txo qis hauv pem teb, muab kev pab ntawm tus ntsia thawv txhua lub sijhawm Butler sim tawm tsam nruab nrab, thiab qhia lawv cov neeg saib xyuas kom khawb rau ntawm Adebayo lub ntsej muag lossis xa ntawv. -up khoom thaum tseem ntseeg tias lawv tuaj yeem rov qab mus rau cov neeg tua.

Hauv Kev Ua Si 5, Celtics yuam Miami mus rau 19.8% qhov feem pua ​​​​ntawm cov nyiaj tau los. Nws yog qhov thib plaub-qhov phem tshaj plaws ntawm Heat's tag nrho lub caij (100 ua si).

Credit rau Celtics 'kev tiv thaiv kom tsawg kawg teb lub tswb. Nws tsuas yog siv qhov kev nyuaj siab tshaj plaws uas ntaus pob tuaj yeem muab tau, tab sis ... zoo dua lig dua tsis tau?

Raws li Jayson Tatum tau hais tom qab lawv txiav cov nyiaj tsis txaus rau 3-2, qhov no tau yog Celtics 'MO ib pliag.

"Rau qee qhov laj thawj, txawm tias xyoo tas los, peb ib txwm zoo li ua rau nws nyuaj me ntsis rau peb tus kheej," Tatum hais tom qab Game 5 yeej. "Tab sis qhov kuv paub yog tias koj tuaj yeem pom tus cwj pwm tiag tiag ntawm ib tus neeg, ntawm pab pawg thaum muaj xwm txheej tsis zoo, thiab peb lub peev xwm los sib sau ua ke, txheeb xyuas cov khoom thaum nws tsis tas yuav saib zoo rau peb. Nws tsis zoo li txhua pab pawg uas kuv tau ua - xyoo no thiab xyoo tas los, tsuas yog pawg tub ntxhais hluas tuaj yeem teb tau. "

Tsis muaj pab pawg twg tau nyob hauv txoj haujlwm zoo dua los ua 3-0 rov qab los thiab nkag mus rau hauv cov ntawv sau cia.

Qhov no tsis yog 2003 Trail Blazers, uas nyob rau qib 13 tiv thaiv (tseem muaj zog) thiab taug kev mus rau hauv kev ua si nrog qhov ntsuas + 2.9 net. Qhov no tsis yog xyoo 1994 Nuggets, uas nyuam qhuav muaj cov ntaub ntawv yeej thiab yog ib qho kev ua txhaum loj tshaj plaws uas ua rau cov playoffs lub caij ntawd.

Cov no tsuas yog ob pawg hauv lub sijhawm niaj hnub los yuam kom Game 7 tom qab taug qab 3-0 hauv ib qho kev sib tw. Tsis muaj ob pab pawg muaj txaus nyob rau hauv lub tank kom dhau lub hump. Tab sis lawv kuj tsis muaj Game 7 nyob rau pem hauv ntej ntawm lawv tsev neeg coob coob.

Boston, tam sim no ib qho yeej los ntawm kev ntxiv rau daim ntawv teev npe luv luv, yuav yog tsiaj sib txawv kiag li.

Thaum lawv qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb tau ua rau mob taub hau rau ntau tus, cov ntaub ntawv txheeb cais tau qw muaj lub sijhawm rau qhov txuj ci tseem ceeb. Boston yog tus thib 2 pab pawg hauv kev tawm tsam thiab tiv thaiv kev ntaus nqi thaum lub caij tsis tu ncua, thiab coj NBA hauv kev ntaus nqi tom qab All-Star so.

Tom qab ntawd, ib ntsia ntawm qhov kev txhaj tshuaj profile rau cov pab pawg no thiab nws paub meej tias leej twg muaj qhov zoo tshaj plaws.

Hauv tsib qhov kev ua si nkaus xwb, Celtics 'kev ua txhaum tau ua rau 77 qhov kev sim los ntawm 3-point ntau yam nrog tsawg kawg yog rau taw ntawm qhov chaw, raws li NBA taug qab. Qhov ntawd yog 15.4 ib qho kev ua si, thiab lawv tau tua 40.3% feem pua ​​​​ntawm cov zoo li ntawd.

Lub caij no, Lub Caij Ntuj Sov tsuas yog siv 46 peb nrog tsawg kawg yog rau taw ntawm qhov chaw, tua 56.5% ntawm cov sijhawm ntawd. Boston muaj ob peb lub laj thawj los ntseeg tias lawv tuaj yeem yeej qhov kev sib tw lej hauv txhua qhov kev ua si uas lawv ua si.

Tab sis dhau ntawm lawv cov ntaub ntawv keeb kwm yav dhau los, pawg no tau yeej xya qhov kev tshem tawm ncaj qha hauv Eastern Conference playoffs. Hauv tag nrho xya qhov kev ua si, lawv tau tuav tus neeg sib tw hauv qab 100 cov ntsiab lus:

• 2022 Thib Ob, Game 6 @ Bucks: 13-point yeej, tso cai 95 ntsiab lus
• 2022 Thib Ob, Game 7 vs. Bucks: 28-point yeej, tso cai 81 cov ntsiab lus
• 2022 Conference Finals Game 7 @ Kub: 4-point yeej, tso cai 96 ntsiab lus
• 2023 Thib Ob Kev Ua Si 6 @ Sixers: 9-point yeej, tso cai 86 ntsiab lus
• 2023 Thib Ob Kev Ua Si 7 vs Sixers: 24-point yeej, tso cai 88 ntsiab lus
• 2023 Conference Finals Game 4 @ Kub: 17-point yeej, tso cai 99 ntsiab lus
• 2023 Conference Finals Game 5 vs. Kub: 13-point yeej, tso cai 97 ntsiab lus

Yog tias lawv tau rov qab los thiab mus txog qhov kawg, nws yuav ua rau tag nrho cov lus piav qhia uas peb tau hnov ​​tom qab Game 3 txog lawv yog pab pawg "kev puas siab puas ntsws".

Ntawm no yog qhov khoom, ho. Qee txoj hauv kev, nws nyuaj rau kev txiav txim siab seb nws puas yuav yog ib yam dab tsi rau Boston txaus siab rau ... lossis kev ntxhov siab vim tias lawv tso rau ntawm qhov tsis tsim nyog ib mais kom tau txais los ntawm pab pawg tsawg dua. Koj tawm tsam hais tias 'ua tsis tau zoo' pab pawg vim muaj kev cuam tshuam Miami txoj kev sib sau ua ke, hustle, thiab lub cev muaj zog thaum pib ntawm koob.

Tag nrho cov xwm txheej no tseem ceeb hauv lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav. Cov pab pawg tsis tuaj yeem mus rau qhov kawg tshwm sim nruj raws li kev txawj ntse thiab kev muaj peev xwm tua. Nws yuav tsum tau khwv tau nrog qee qhov kev tsis txaus siab, thiab txawm li cas los xij Heat tsis muaj nyob rau hauv ib sab ntawm kev sib piv nrog lawv tus nrog sib ntaus, lawv tshem tawm txhua tus hauv chav haujlwm ntawd.

Cov koob no yog piav qhia vim li cas playoff basketball yog qhov nyuaj heev. Tab sis kuj coj txawv txawv.

Ntawm ib sab, nws yog lub sijhawm zoo tshaj plaws ntawm lub xyoo nrog qhov kev xav phem tshaj plaws hauv lub tsev hais plaub. Nrog rau tus nqi ntawm cov kev ua si niaj hnub ua si (kwv yees li 20 ntau dhau), nws tsis muaj tseeb lossis ua tau rau cov neeg ncaws pob ua si nrog rau qib kev ua phem no, rau ntau feeb, txhua xyoo. Tsawg kawg tsis yog tsis muaj kev raug mob ntawm txoj kev. Muaj kev sib tw zoo rau cov neeg ua si thaum Lub Kaum Hli mus txog Lub Plaub Hlis, nrog cov kws qhia thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm kho mob saib xyuas lawv cov haujlwm. Yog vim li cas cov playoffs xav txawv heev. Muaj qhov xwm txheej ceev, tsis muaj lub hau tiag tiag ntawm feeb, thiab lub siab loj heev txhua hmo.

Tab sis nrog kev sib xyaw ua ke ntawm kev tiv thaiv nruj thiab cov kev txhaj tshuaj niaj hnub (hom kev txhaj tshuaj ib pab pawg tab tom nrhiav), peb kuj pom tias ntau npaum li cas cov kev sib tw ua si tuaj yeem ua viav vias ntawm "ua lossis tsis nco qab pab koomtes" txoj cai. Shooting variance yog dab uas tuaj yeem nqa lossis tawg pab pawg txhua lub sijhawm. Yog tias koj pab pawg muaj kev vam khom rau cov neeg dhia dhia, thov Vajtswv rau cov vajtswv ntaus pob ncaws pob yog qhov tsim nyog nyob rau hauv lub sijhawm pregame locker chav.

Hauv qhov kev sib tw East Finals no, peb pom nws zoo li cas thaum pab pawg tseem ceeb hloov pauv txaus siab rau qhov kub kub. Miami tua 47.8% los ntawm qhov tob los ntawm thawj peb qhov kev ua si, yuav luag 19 feem pua ​​​​ntawm cov ntsiab lus siab dua Boston thaum tseem tig nws dhau cuaj tsawg zaus. Hauv Celtics 'qhov kawg ob yeej, lub pendulum tau hloov. Boston tua 40.5% los ntawm plawv nroog thoob plaws ob qhov kev ua si, ze li 10 feem pua ​​​​cov ntsiab lus siab dua Miami, thiab muab nws dua 12 tsawg zaus.

Kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm kev txhaj tshuaj zoo thiab qhov sib txawv ntawm qhov sib txawv yuav tau haunt ib qho ntawm cov pab pawg no txhua lub caij ntuj sov.

Ntawm chav kawm, qhov sib txawv ntawm yeej los yog poob hauv playoffs ntau ntau nuanced. Kev hloov kho tswv yim tseem tseem ceeb. Toggling ntawm cov phiaj xwm tiv thaiv, paub thaum twg yuav nruj lossis nthuav dav, thiab saib cov yeeb yaj kiab los txheeb xyuas ntau txoj hauv kev rau koj cov players zoo tshaj plaws los tawm tsam hauv lub tsev hais plaub - txhua yam tseem ceeb.

Rau cov yeeb yaj kiab tshwj xeeb no, txawm hais tias nws yuav zoo li txo qis, nws zoo li yog qhov tseem ceeb yuav yog seb Boston cov hnub qub tuaj yeem txuas ntxiv tsim qhov zoo nkauj, thiab yog tias lub luag haujlwm cov neeg ua si tuaj yeem ua rau Miami them rau kev tso cai rau lawv qhib qhov chaw.

Rau cov koob, Boston tau sim 43 ntau peb, tab sis tsuas yog ua plaub ntau. Txawm hais tias qhov tseeb nyuaj rau Celtics, qhov qhab nias tsuas yog cuaj tag nrho cov ntsiab lus:

Qhov ntawd txhais tau li cas?

Ib tug series uas (feem ntau) hinges rau sab nraum shooting.

Qhov tseem ceeb tshaj, nws yog qhov qhia txog ib pab neeg uas tau tso siab rau cov txheej txheem kev tawm tsam thiab tsis tau hloov nws cov style txawm tias qhov txias txias woes tom lawv lub sijhawm tsis raug.

Los ntawm Tatum qhov kev ua si zoo dua - nyiam ob lub pob thiab ntaus lub qhov hluav taws xob tam sim ntawd, tsis yog ua si hauv pawg neeg - Celtics tuaj yeem siv Miami cov kev tiv thaiv tiv thaiv thiab tau txais lawv lub luag haujlwm hauv kev sib dhos.

Derrick White yog tus thib peb tau txais txiaj ntsig, drilling rau ntawm nws yim qhov kev sim los ntawm dhau lub arc hauv Game 5.

"Kuv xav tias peb nyuam qhuav tau zoo li qub," White hais rau hnub Thursday. "Peb muaj peev xwm tawm mus thiab khiav, ua qhov kev hla ntxiv. Thaum koj tau zoo li ntawd, nrog cov neeg tua peb muaj, peb yuav ua rau lawv ntau dua li nco. Tsuas yog txuas ntxiv ua qhov hla ntxiv thiab nrhiav tus txiv neej zoo. "

Rau nws lub ntsiab lus, Boston yog lub tshuab thaum lawv nkag mus rau hauv cov dej ntws zoo li no.

Tam sim no Celtics tau ua si 100 tag nrho cov kev ua si xyoo no. Xws li cov playoffs, lawv yog 38-2 thaum ua tsawg kawg yog 40% ntawm lawv 3-pointers. Tsis tsuas yog cov ntaub ntawv zoo kawg nkaus, tab sis nws tseem ceeb heev uas ze li ib nrab ntawm lawv cov kev ua si tau nthuav tawm xws li cov neeg tseem ceeb tua cim:

Thaum Boston tua qis dua 40% los ntawm qhov sib sib zog nqus, lawv ua tau qis dua .500 xyoo. Tsuas yog yim pawg tau tswj hwm cov ntaub ntawv yeej hauv cov xwm txheej ntawd, taw qhia tias ntau npaum li cas ntawm ib cheeb tsam-hnyav pab koomtes nws tau dhau los:

Kom meej meej, nws tsis yog qhov phem rau ib pab neeg los ua qhov kev cia siab ntawm kev tua sab nraud. Nws tag nrho los rau yuav ua li cas koj mus rau qhov txhaj tshuaj ntawd.

Yog tias qhov no yog James Harden thiab Mike D'Antoni Rockets, txhua yam tuaj yeem ua rau qeeb qeeb hauv ib qho thaum feem coob ntawm cov 3-pointers tawm ntawm dribble. Nws yog ib tug taxing style ntawm kev ua si.

Nrog Boston, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog tias Tatum tab tom txiav txim rau qhov kev txiav txim hauv pob-cov ntxaij vab tshaus thiab rub tawm cov neeg tiv thaiv tsis muaj zog, Celtics zoo siab dua los ua neej nyob nrog cov txiaj ntsig yog tias lawv khaws qhov huv si zoo tshaj plaws hauv cov pab koomtes.

"Nws tsuas yog kis peb tawm, tso cai rau peb tsim cov txiaj ntsig sib txawv, thiab tso cai rau peb khiav qee yam khoom sib txawv," Mazzulla hais txog Tatum txaus siab tso siab rau lwm tus thiab dhau lub pob thaum ntxov ntawm cov khoom. "Qhov ntawd tsuas yog mus rau kev sib txuas ntawm cov txiv neej muaj."

Peb yuav pom yog tias qhov ntws mus txuas ntxiv thaum Boston mus ntawm txoj kev, dua, rau lwm qhov kev tshem tawm kev ua si.

Yog tias Miami tau pom nws tus kheej ntawm qhov tsis ncaj ncees lawm ntawm keeb kwm hauv koob no, kuv xav tias qhov kev tawm tsam tom qab lossis kev sib tham yuav xav tau qee qhov kev xav thiab nuance. Rau kuv, nws yuav tsis yog "tshuab 3-0 coj."

Nyob rau hauv ib txwm social media lus, qhov ntawd yog li cas nws yuav hais. Tab sis nws tsis tuaj yeem pom li ntawd. Qhov no yog chav tsev kub kub uas raug mob, siv lub cev, thiab twb tsim nyog qhuas kom tau txais qhov ze. Raws li yim lub noob nrog qhov tsis zoo ntawm qhov sib txawv ntawm lub caij, tsis yog South Florida cov neeg nyob hauv xav tias pab pawg no yuav yog ib qho yeej los ntawm theem loj tshaj plaws.

Miami tseem yuav tau txais txiaj ntsig los yeej qhov koob no. Momentum yog qhov tiag tiag uas ua lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv cov kev sib tw no, tab sis cov uas twb tau los ua Boston yuav tsum nco ntsoov dab tsi Jimmy Butler muaj peev xwm thaum nws pab neeg ua ib qho tsis ntseeg.

White hais tias, "Nws yuav yog kev sib tsoo," White hais. “Lawv yuav rov qab los thiab ua si zoo. Lawv pawg neeg yuav nyob rau hauv, yog li ntawd nws yuav tsis mus rau sab hnub tuaj. Nws yuav siv sijhawm 48 feeb ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua, khawb, clawing, thiab peb yuav tsum nrhiav txoj hauv kev los yeej. "