Milicic has already hit two goals on the Pacers' interior line, both of which are mediocre inside-crushing style. The first time was against O'Neal. After all, O'Neal is a power forward.
In terms of strength, he is a little worse than the center, but Foster was still squeezed in by Milicic in the inside, which shows Milicic's skill.
As Milicic opened up the inside, the Celtics also began to rely more on the outside. Unknowingly, they replaced the lineup with the strongest outside attack power, with point guard Derek Fisher and shooting guard E.
Dee Jones gave Pierce a break at the small forward position and replaced him with Darrell Wright, who was more focused on three-pointers and fast breaks. The inside was still an offensive and defensive combination of Milicic and Chris Anderson.
Milicic once again asked for the ball inside. When Tinsley came over to interfere, Milicic handed the ball to Fisher on the outside in time. Fisher tried to make a three-pointer, and Fred
Jones quickly came over to cover the defense, but Fisher calmly threw the ball to Eddie Jones, who was dropped by Fred Jones. After receiving the ball, Eddie Jones opened his hand and hit a three-pointer.
After several times of crushing and coordinating attacks, Milicic began to run out of breath despite his youth and strong physical strength. Rivers saw Milicic's fatigue and replaced it with Al Jefferson and Kostic's.
On the Pacers side, Jonathan Bender replaced Jeff Foster. Milicic's physical strength was depleted quickly, and Foster was not much better. Although the big guy didn't speak. But he
He knew in his heart what kind of opponent he was defending.
Due to the emergence of Milicic, history has changed a bit. Jonathan Bender doesn't know which incense he burned. He did not receive the season-ending injury that greatly affected his career.
Despite the injury, he is still able to play vigorously.
Milicic didn't know much about Jonathan Bender's technical skills, but he still watched the NBA at the time, and he still had some impressions of the few talented men in the league who had never realized their potential, just like the pioneers.
Miles of the Chicago Bulls, Swift of the Grizzlies, and Jonathan Bender of the Pacers. These guys almost have Hall of Fame-level bodies, but it’s a pity. They really don’t know what to do with these bodies.
use.
Swift is okay, at least he can almost die, but Miles and Bender have been tortured badly by injuries, and players who rely on talent to make a living once their bodies fail, it will be difficult to achieve all skills. Just like Mike
It's like Grady's pull-up jump shot. At best, it's an offensive skill. At worst, I can jump higher than you. I take off first and you take off later. You can't beat me in jumping height. You can't make many complicated shots.
It can be treated as an open shot, but after his surgery, his bounce was not as good as before. His pull-up jump shot has since disappeared.
Compared to Foster, Bender's offense is better because his abnormal body can capture some opportunities, and many opportunities that are not opportunities can also turn into dunks in his hands. Foster and Bend
Bender has two people, one is a master at protecting backcourt rebounds and the other is a master at grabbing offensive rebounds. Now Bender has replaced Foster. Coupled with the talented Jermaine O'Neal, it can be said that the Pacers
Ahead of the Celtics in talent.
After Darrell Wright hit a fast break counterattack, the score reached 21 to 11. The Celtics took the lead and led by 10 points. At this time, Carlisle just wanted Reggie Miller to prepare to come on to restore the decline.
Little O'Neal walked to the sideline with a serious face, shook his finger, and said, "Let me take care of them! Reggie needs to ensure that he has enough physical strength."
The Pacers' strategy at the beginning was that if Reggie Miller could perform at a super level, he would take the Celtics away in one wave. If things didn't go particularly well after the start, they would use Reggie cautiously in the first half.
Le, under the leadership of O'Neal Jr., tried to keep the score as close as possible, waiting for Reggie Miller to come out for the final blow.
Since O'Neal Jr. said this, he naturally has the confidence and strength to defeat the opponent.
For this ball, O'Neal leaned against Al Jefferson and asked for the ball. The ball passed through Tinsley and Stephen Jackson and was given to O'Neal. O'Neal held the ball and flashed to the right. Al Jefferson felt it.
O'Neal's center of gravity was moving and he hurriedly lowered his center of gravity to the right. But at this time, O'Neal used his left foot as the axis and feinted when turning to the right. In fact, he turned to the left. He made a slightly tilted fadeaway shot.
, the ball entered the basket steadily.
After the ball entered the basket, O'Neal Jr. pointed at Milicic who was sitting on the sidelines and resting. This was a provocative move.
Bill Walton praised O'Neal's technical moves: "This guy's inside skills are very solid. I dare say that no one on the court can match Jermaine's inside skills, including Milicic."
, if Jermaine had more perseverance and determination in his character, maybe he could reach the next level."
As soon as the Celtics served here, Tinsley suddenly ran out and intercepted Derek Fisher's ball. However, Tinsley did not look anxious as if he was lagging behind.
When he had little chance of winning, he forcefully attacked the basket, but controlled the rhythm and waited for the other four members of the team to get into position before starting to try to attack. This decision at this moment made Rivers admire the Pacers' ability to control the rhythm.
He is very competent, but Fisher here is more like an average point guard and a legendary shooter, and is still some distance away from the ideal point guard in his mind.
Here, Tinsley still handed the ball to O'Neal, who was already open. O'Neal took the ball and said to Jefferson: "Weren't you convinced by that shot just now?"
Before Jefferson could react to what O'Neal wanted to say, O'Neal began to crush him in. Even with Jefferson's huge body, he was still squeezed through.
O'Neal Jr. took a step forward, rushed in with two steps, and then hit a fierce dunk.
After the ball was scored again, O'Neal didn't even look at Jefferson. He looked directly at Milicic and said: "This guy is not interesting. You are okay. Come up quickly. I am waiting for you!" (To be continued!)
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