The success of Miller's first defense seemed to interrupt the Pacers' rhythm to some extent, and Milicic asked Miller very meanly when he was defending Miller: "Uncle Mi, let's do it next time."
When do you start counting after you score a goal? Your action of trying to fall down just now makes me lose all my mathematical knowledge."
Miller was filled with hatred, but that's how it is on the court. It's fine to talk about other people when you're going with the wind, but when you've been insulted by someone's actions on the court, it's all a bit useless. Talk trash.
There are probably countless people who are better than Jordan and Bird, but why they talk trash so much is because of their good performance on the court. If a person who performs like Bastard or the Great Sage, no one will care about what they say.
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However, Reggie Miller is a veteran, and he is adjusting his mentality. Generally speaking, players who can perform at a high level in the NBA for more than five seasons have a good set of skills and can withstand other people's tactical scrutiny.
He does have some special skills of his own, and Miller has been doing it for almost 20 years, which is even more extraordinary. Especially his self-confidence and mentality adjustment can be said to be top-notch in the NBA.
Many people will have fear and uneasiness when facing the legendary Jordan, but this does not happen to Miller. Although this guy may look thin, he is definitely a first-class fighter. He also once said that he has no
Reasons to respect Jordan, and in Jordan's career, the person Jordan was least willing to play against was this skinny, small, untalented guy.
Miller asked everyone not to panic on the court, and then attacked again step by step. Sure enough, the Pacers started the players' positions, and Miller still seemed to be walking through the jungle, but what is more surprising is that Milicic
He even started running. Originally, the screen for Miller would usually bump into the defender slightly to slow down the defender. However, Stephen Jackson used this screen for Miller. When his body was in contact with Milicic,
When they collided, it felt like being run over by a tank. They were squeezed away. Miller ran faster and his movements were more flexible. Milicic's movements were slow and slightly sluggish. But Miller was like
A flashing motorcycle was turning in the alley, and Milicic was moving forward like a big truck collapsing the wall. So although Milicic was slow, he disrupted the Pacers' position.
In the pick-and-roll, Milicic is like a ghost in a horror movie. It looks like he has escaped, but in fact he is not far away from you.
Miller finally got an open opportunity after a pick-and-roll by Foster. Here, Tinsley immediately handed the ball to Miller. Miller opened his hand and shot a three-pointer, but what he didn't expect was that although Milley
Xic is slower, but his speed in getting out of pick-and-rolls is much faster than those of smaller players, because those big players have similar bodies to Milicic and cannot act as a wall.
Although Milicic was some distance away from Miller, he judged that Miller would take action immediately, so he jumped over. As expected, Miller's action was very decisive, but at such a close distance from Milicic, with his height,
In terms of wingspan and bounce, even Jordan's fadeaway jumper has difficulty avoiding blocks.
Sure enough, Milicic fanned the ball out hard, and there was an obvious movement in the air, which Miller really can't compare to.
The ball flew directly to the auditorium. After landing, Milicic looked at Reggie Miller coldly and said: "You probably only have these tricks. It's not that no one can block your shot.
It’s just that guards don’t have shot-blocking skills like mine. If you have the ability to break through to the basket, I believe you will be able to experience it.”
After that, Milicic shouted loudly: "First one!"
The tone and tone were exactly like Miller's, which made Miller even more angry.
Rivers on the side was slightly surprised in his heart, but it was completely invisible on his face. He was showing off his pretense to the extreme.
Even the best actor would be impressed by this look. Carlisle, who was opposite him, felt that Rivers was not a simple guy. Carlisle and Rivers were less than two years apart in age. They were both well-known young coaches in the NBA, and they had both before.
He had achieved good results, so the two of them had been secretly competing with each other. Seeing Rivers's behavior, Carlisle also felt a little uncomfortable. He knew this guy's tricks before, but who knew that this guy was not going his way recently?
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However, Carlisle did not immediately call a timeout to adjust, and allowed the tactics to continue to revolve around Miller, indicating that everyone should calm down, because it was just two consecutive missed goals, and the sky would not fall.
Stephen Jackson sent a sideline ball and wanted to throw it inside, but it was directly intercepted by Pierce. When the Celtics formed a strange formation, everyone only saw how ridiculous this lineup was, but forgot that it also had a
The great advantage is that the overall height has increased a lot.
Milicic is 2.16 meters tall, Al Jefferson is 2.08 meters tall, Chris Anderson is 2.08 meters tall, and Paul Pierce is 2.01 meters tall. All four players in a team are over 2 meters tall, which in itself will make it difficult for the passer to pass.
There is some pressure on the ball because the area they cover becomes larger due to height and wingspan.
After Pierce intercepted the ball, he dribbled directly into the frontcourt. Seeing that there was no chance for a fast break, Pierce also slowed down the rhythm. You have the internal and external combination of Miller and O'Neal, and we also have a three-high lineup.
I saw Al Jefferson and Chris Anderson holding down O'Neal and Foster on the left and right of the basket. Milicic was one step inside the free throw line preparing to catch the ball, even though Stephen Jackson came over.
Switching defenses, but it is not difficult to catch the ball. With a light lob, Milicic jumped up and grabbed the ball directly. After getting the ball, he raised it above his head, directly used his left foot as the axis, turned to face the basket, and seemed to be passing.
Just like the ball, just when Stephen Jackson was thinking about how to defend, Milicic shot directly in that posture.
At this time, everyone suddenly realized that this guy can shoot with a straight arm, and the action of holding it high after grabbing the rebound is not to prevent the smaller guy from stealing the ball, but to directly prepare to shoot.
Just like this, with almost no interference, Milicic faced the basket and shot a straight-arm shot from mid-range. The ball fell into the basket very lightly. The Pacers had been preparing for various rotations for a long time, but they did not expect to be defeated so easily.
One of the offensive methods collapsed, and morale suddenly dropped a lot.
Carlisle couldn't sit still at this time and quickly called a timeout.
