[外電] Rivers throws down gauntlet on C's

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作者:By Chris Forsberg | ESPNBoston.com


Well, Tuesday night in Cleveland just got a lot more interesting.

Celtics coach Doc Rivers essentially threatened his team after Sunday's
103-88 loss to the Pistons at The Palace of Auburn Hills. After winning a
season-high six straight while rebuilding its confidence, Boston has lost
three in a row to dip to 20-20 overall, and Rivers said a potential shakeup
awaits if his team does not start playing with more intensity and
consistency.

"I think this team wants everything easy," Rivers said. "They want the easy
way out. They want to win easy. And I told them the only way you're going to
win easy is you're going to have to play hard. The harder you play, the
easier the games become. We're taking the wrong approach. I've got to either
find the right combination, the right guys, or we're going to get some guys
out of here. It's the bottom line. Because this group right now, they are not
playing right. It's in them to play right. But right now they haven't been --
either because I'm not getting to them, or they are not getting to each
other. But at the end of the day, either we've got to do that, or we've got
to make changes."

So here's Boston's conundrum: When the Celtics play to their potential, they
are pretty damn good. But, as Rivers stressed in his postgame outburst, the
Celtics really have only strung together three consecutive solid efforts this
season while beating playoff-caliber opponents in the Pacers, Hawks and
Knicks to start the six-game winning streak earlier this month. Boston
endured maddening lulls in play against the Suns and Rockets before topping
the gritty-yet-woeful Bobcats to close out that stretch last Monday.

The Celtics promptly regressed amidst the hoopla surrounding Father vs. Son
against New Orleans on Wednesday, then improbably coughed up a winnable game
while falling to Chicago in overtime on Friday. While Detroit has played
better basketball lately than its record might indicate, the Celtics came out
flat, digging themselves a double-digit hole 4½ minutes in on Sunday. Boston
rallied from an 18-point second-quarter deficit to tie the game before
intermission, only to let Detroit race away.

And that left Rivers fuming.

"[The start of game] was awful, we are playing awful," he said. "I'm clearly
not doing my job with this team. And I'm serious, I'm not trying to take a
bullet for the team. And I told them that. I said, ‘We've got to find
something where, every night, all 12 guys play the same way.' We did it for
three games in a stretch. I told them that games 4 and 5 in that [six-game]
winning streak were garbage; we just won the game. I've got to figure that
out. I told the guys that, I've got to figure it out. Because I don't think
the guys are honest with each other. I just don't think we have committed to
being a good basketball team."

The Celtics seemingly navigated their rockiest waters while closing out the
2012 calendar year. Boston got pummeled in losing three games by at least 18
points against the Clippers, Warriors and Kings as part of a stretch where it
lost eight of 10 to slide three games under .500 at 14-17. Rivers and Celtics
president of basketball operations Danny Ainge preached patience and seemed
to be rewarded with inspired play that coincided with the return of Avery
Bradley at the start of the month.

And now, essentially one month away from the Feb. 21 trade deadline, the
Celtics are forced to once again consider if they have the right pieces to
make another postseason run.

Rivers was quick to clarify on Sunday that he wasn't sure "if we need
changes." But his rant essentially put it on the players: Start playing a
better brand of basketball, or the decision-makers in Boston will have no
other choice but to break up the band.

All of sudden a seemingly innocuous Tuesday night visit to Cleveland got a
little more intriguing. Boston absolutely must put a better foot forward,
particularly with a national TV rematch with the Knicks looming Thursday.
That kicks off another pivotal three-game stretch against a trio of
playoff-caliber foes with a trip to Atlanta on Friday before a visit from the
Heat on Sunday at TD Garden.

No pressure, boys.

Clearly Rivers' preference is to simply get more inspired and consistent play
from his team. Bradley's return ratcheted up the defense more than just a few
notches. The Celtics got back to playing the sort of defense that had been
their calling card during the Kevin Garnett era. Combine that with better
bench play and Boston looked like a true contender again.

But Sunday's lackluster effort wasn't exactly the exception for this team.
Boston has had a propensity to play down to the level of opponents and
sometimes expects to beat those teams by simply showing up. Particularly in
Detroit, where The Palace has been an absolute house of horrors in recent
years, the Celtics absolutely should have known it wouldn't be that easy.

If Boston cannot turn things around, there's no shortage of underperformers
at the moment. Brandon Bass, who inked a three-year, $19.4 million extension
this offseaosn, hasn't been anywhere near as effective as he was last season
-- at either end of the floor. Bass picked up two fouls in the first three
minutes on Sunday and played a mere 10:20 overall. Missing all three shots he
took while finishing with 0 points and 2 rebounds, he was a minus-14 in
plus/minus. Boston used its one big offseason chip -- the mid-level exception
-- to ink Jason Terry to a three-year, $15.7 million deal this summer and
he's struggled to find his shot and settle in as leader of the second unit.

You can't help but wonder how far Rivers and Ainge would be willing to go to
overhaul this team if it can't get itself right. With players struggling,
Boston doesn't exactly have a lot of desirable assets to bring back
superstar-caliber talent, unless the Celtics are willing to move core
players.

The guess here is that the team would have to bottom out before that is
considered, but Rivers' message shouldn't fall on deaf ears. The decision
about where this team goes from here is completely on the players at this
point, and Rivers will let their play determine what this team does moving
forward.

And it starts Tuesday in Cleveland, turning a ho-hum midweek matchup against
a non-playoff team into must-watch basketball and a bit of a must-win game
for Boston.

Celtics players must decide if they want the easy way or the hard way. Rivers
is hoping that, for a change, they chose the latter.


個人感想：
在六連勝之後的三連敗,Bass & Jet 危險了！
隨著交易大限漸漸逼近,河流的耐心看來已經用完
球隊陣容出現變動看來勢在必行！
就讓我們繼續 看 下 去～

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→ rayensighner:不知道為啥我覺得河流是講給豆子聽得...XD
推 ihx00       :Bass & Jet確實是越打越糟了...
推 chatwuss    :看來接下來的一周很關鍵
推 alanlinee   :已經過了1/15了...還不覺悟嗎
→ rubyyl0701  :阿豆今天雖然進攻大當機 但他要做的事也太多了
→ rubyyl0701  :要組織要進攻防守還要兼搶籃板..
推 permoon     :看上場時間，我也覺得是Terry跟Bass
推 aeCynzia    :Roc強調球員們想要easy way out, easy win 有可能是
→ aeCynzia    :說有人不想跑或跑不起來DOC複雜的戰術嗎?
→ aeCynzia    :打錯  是Doc，不是Roc....ORZ
推 Timon1025   :這幾場球的流動很差 感覺戰樹跑不出來 進攻也就當機
推 viking0518  :對照之前KG PP感覺到隊上有人打混..
→ viking0518  :打成這樣,防守爛成這樣真的是誇張
推 jerry213    :最近哪有啥複雜戰術 @_@
→ jghs121     :Bass也不用交易，就冰起來就好了以免Sully背傷復發
→ jghs121     :(交易有哪隊對Bass有興趣嗎?)
推 kgii        :Bass的效率跟上季真的差太多了 簽了大約就擺爛
→ kgii        :拜託用Bass+Terry去換個有高度防守的禁區苦力
推 Troy1986    :TERRy該離開了  老實說這裡沒啥他的位置
→ david760615 :講一堆 軟豆打得爛就讓他休息 一堆後衛可以搶分好嗎
→ david760615 :比起把人弄走 反而希望冰河調度聰明點 他太迷信軟豆
推 hankchildren:怎麼感覺一輸球..Rondo打不好的論點就會出來= =
→ hankchildren:最近三連敗..他表現的不差阿= =
→ piercepaul  :輸球當然要抓個人出來鞭一下啊~
→ piercepaul  :而且Rondo要接下C's領導人的位置 當然就鞭他阿
→ piercepaul  :想當初PP也是被幹得昏天暗地
推 sport0472001:hankchildren 今天RR真的很爛
→ sport0472001:9失誤 是真的要微大四喜嗎? 有些我確定他可以自己上
→ sport0472001:他又傳回來 或是阿雷U給別人 是因為看別人一直阿雷U
→ sport0472001:手癢 也不是這樣....
推 gaiaesque   :bass也不是擺爛啦..她的上場時間被分割..外加這一季
→ gaiaesque   :中距離沒有上一季穩
→ david760615 :鞭bass漢JET真的不大公道 前者今天止上10分 後者老了
推 sin6565     :希望可以補強到強而有力的禁區！
推 xdd1524     :有看比賽就知道Bass為啥今天只上10分鐘
推 sin6565     :看今天禁區被裝猛飛來飛去，真的很難過！
→ sin6565     :要是臭臉還在的話，也不會這麼慘
推 fascinated  :不交易沒關係 把melo召回來練 我們需要禁區球員
→ fascinated  :交易不可能撿到好貨 誰會要bassJET 所以不如不要交易
→ fascinated  :然後多使用x factor---barbosa!!!!!!!!
推 dixongossip :Rondo雖然在場上要做的事情很多，但是今天連本行都沒
→ dixongossip :做好，光第三節就看到了連續三次切進去傳出來失誤，
推 hankchildren:輸球感覺是整隊的事..我沒說不能鞭..但鞭這有啥意義=
→ hankchildren:整隊狀況不好..命中率不高..去鞭一個控衛@@"
→ hankchildren:若要他接下球隊老大可以..那就圍繞他建軍..現在這樣.
→ hankchildren:只是輸球鞭他而已..沒啥意義= =
→ dixongossip :不過這季明顯的進步是隊上有得分乾旱期時，Rondo
→ dixongossip :都會跳出來止血，我覺得這是他在改變的地方，然而留
推 tiberian    :Rondo爛還是交易吧  省的天天領麻繩  季後重建省心
→ dixongossip :下二老的目標如果是要衝擊18的話，Rondo要進步得更快
→ dixongossip :不然就是要再找Josh來，即使把人都丟光也沒關係，反
→ dixongossip :正那些約真的是簽的又大又長，能丟出去就已是萬幸
→ dixongossip :不然依照現在的薪資，這暑假也只能看不能吃。
推 dixongossip :最後，不得不說Doc真的把這群後衛用得很爛，組織、
→ dixongossip :中距離投射、衝擊籃框幾乎都還是要Rondo一手包辦，
→ dixongossip :Rondo根本比鐵人還鐵，幸好有犯規跟T讓他休息...
推 NLchu       :Terry是還不會用吧，不能老不讓他持球阿
→ kyoxzxyx    :老鷹剛好LOU威報銷,推銷後衛海配巴斯換賈詡?!
推 BlackWhite55:每次不都這樣~連輸怎樣的都是鞭Rondo~要習慣~
→ YuCheN131   :我比較想鞭DOC!!!
推 g1cheerfor  :乾脆把DOC裁掉吧@@
推 OnlyTD      :Ainge:閃開,讓專業的來(Doc:...
推 maiyan      :把Doc裁掉? 有能管好Rondo+二老的口袋人選嗎?
→ maiyan      :在帶心方面 Doc好歹也是球員票選最想效力教練第一名
→ maiyan      :Doc的確有該批評的地方 但裁掉他絕對是個很笨的做法
→ maiyan      :如果只是想抽福袋換手氣 LAL的例子就在眼前
推 myde        :鞭Doc的點在哪?除了冰Barbosa之外，每個人都有上場
→ myde        :後衛除了Terry表現不佳，Lee和AB都能夠融入戰術
→ myde        :現在就是禁區被完爆，沒人能頂
推 dixongossip :鞭Doc的點在於他對於場上的調整永遠慢一拍，照理說
→ dixongossip :哪個球員狀況不好應該教練最知道，但是當Jet不準時
→ dixongossip :不換，Rondo失誤腦充時不換，他有自己偏愛的用人方式
推 dixongossip :這無可厚非，但是不能把球隊唯一的後場優勢發揮出來
→ dixongossip :這是最重要的缺陷，因為我們除了這個沒其他優點了
推 BlackWhite55:去年不是有一場對山貓~一開始被碾~ 結果DOC發飆~
→ BlackWhite55:幹譙完就不理其他人了~ 根本高中籃球~
→ BlackWhite55:然後球員就開始集合討論戰術~ DOC真的統率點滿~
→ BlackWhite55:這樣的教練實在難能可貴~
→ david760615 :統率力點滿  調度力0還是很慘阿
→ david760615 :再強的明星都有低潮時 何況是軟豆 還讓他9失誤不換下
推 dreamaker1  :AB下場=不會打球 有KG也沒用 去年就這樣了
推 cgchris     :我非常愛KG和PP..只是真的花太多錢在這兩個老頭上了
推 garnett05   :請問山貓那場是什麼時候 我想找一下高光看一下
→ kattte      :Bass跟上繼真的差太多了 令人失望