"Allen! You have to keep up with him. You have to learn to use your body to hit him when running. You can't let him catch the ball so comfortably. My son can do it in that kind of one and a half seconds without anyone guarding him.
Throw the ball in!"
"Paul, don't go inside and fight with Artest. He's consuming your energy. If you can't get in, move outside the three-point line to open up space for the inside and let the inside attract Artest's shot.
Double-team so you can get a chance to attack!"
"Dakone! Be tougher! Be tougher! Get closer to the basket. Don't think about using your footsteps and shooting skills to defeat them. You have to be like an American center and use your height and weight to bully them and attack the basket.
Basket, I want your hands to touch the basket every time you attack, no matter success or failure!"
"Gary! You are an old player. Don't let me remind you like this again. You have to pay attention to Tinsley's passing route. You can let him go inside or let him shoot three-pointers, but you can't let him do whatever he wants.
Miller or O'Neal fed the ball."
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After Rivers roared, it really worked. When the Celtics were attacking, Pierce moved to the 45-degree three-point line. Milicic wrapped his arms around O'Neal behind him and squatted down with his hips.
O'Neal sat on the crook of his thigh and held him firmly against his back. Although O'Neal's physical talent was outstanding, his strength could not be compensated by talent. O'Neal took two steps back, and Milicic stepped forward.
With one foot already in the three-second zone, Payton feinted and passed the ball to Milicic. Milicic took another step back, half-turned around to hold down O'Neal with one hand and dunk with the other.
Bender, who was just halfway through, had already jumped up. At this time, Milicic's hand holding up the ball behind him used a hook movement to hook the ball straight out, just flying to the other side of the basket.
Jefferson's chest, Jefferson received the ball and dunked.
Payton was a little embarrassed by what Rivers said just now. Last year, he was so suppressed by the Lakers that he couldn't even be called the fourth-leading player. He was even criticized by the Los Angeles media for being a starter because he couldn't make three-pointers.
His strength is far inferior to that of Fisher, which makes Payton a bit of a loser this season. But even though we can throw the blame ourselves, we can't be bullied by street players like Tinsley. Payton
He made up his mind and stopped working hard. He led the defense and stuck to Tinsley from the second half. Tinsley was not a player with amazing speed like Iverson. Seeing the old Payton sticking to him like this, he couldn't use his speed.
Shaking it off, he was also a little depressed. In anger, he used a street ball move to pass Payton beautifully. Tinsley used his most classic crotch pass, and the ball passed through Payton's crotch.
Unexpectedly, Payton was waiting behind his butt, and the ball seemed to be handed into Payton's hands.
After receiving the ball, Payton didn't wait for Tinsley to react. He swung forward and took a big step. By the time Tinsley turned around, Payton was already two feet away from Tinsley.
With someone on defense, Payton counterattacked and hit a layup.
The score was 4 points apart. The Pacers attacked again. Payton was still following Tinsley, but this old guy was no longer the same as before. Instead, he curled his mouth and said to Tinsley: "You
Was your mind a little empty just now, and you didn't know what to think about before you thought of getting past me? Let me give you some advice, you'd better put some shit in it, so that you can be more fulfilled."
"I think you should eat a little, it will make the taste in your mouth better." Although Tinsley did not show weakness, he did not dare to look down on this former All-Star at all. He honestly said
Dribbling the ball to the frontcourt, Payton really covered Tinsley like a glove at this time. He tried to pass the ball to Miller several times, but he never had a good time, or when he wanted to pass, Tony...
Allen is already in place.
When defending a pass, a gap naturally appeared beside Payton. Tinsley spotted this gap and faked a pass and dribbled directly into the gap beside him. When no one was guarding him, he stepped on the three-pointer.
A shot from the point line bounced out of the basket. Bender was held tightly by Jefferson. Although O'Neal's offensive rebounding ability is impressive, it is far from as scary as Foster, and he is small.
O'Neal's rebound control was not wide, which allowed Milicic to successfully receive the rebound.
Spotting Tony Allen who was running during the counterattack, Milicic threw a long pass across the court with both hands. After receiving the ball, Tony Allen took a step past Miller's defense and scored a slam dunk.
End this attack.
Pacers coach Carlisle stared at Milicic on the sidelines and said to himself: "This is the center I want. I thought you were ruined by Brown, but how can a little blow ruin a talented young man."
Milicic didn't hear Carlisle's praise for him, but he knew that his two assists helped the team close the score. Pierce turned back and looked at Milicic and nodded.
The Pacers' attack this time was that O'Neal received the ball with his back and pushed Milicic with his back, but he did not push away. However, the action was already done. O'Neal took advantage of the situation and turned around to shoot a jumper, and the ball was released.
It was a little higher, and after hitting the basket, it bounced a little further. Bender grabbed the rebound, took a step inside, held the ball with both hands behind his head, and was about to dunk, but at this time there was something in front of him.
A figure flashed out. After blocking O'Neal's shot, Milicic took off again to block Bender's dunk. Bender was bound to win the dunk when Milicic suddenly appeared.
As the action unfolded, Milicic's jumping was not much inferior to his. Coupled with the advantage of his wingspan, the height of their hands was almost the same, but their tonnage was not of the same level. 16 kilograms and the hanging height made Bender more capable in the air.
The confrontation was lost to Milicic. In this struggle across the ball, Bender was completely defeated by Milicic. Milicic blocked the shot in return, and Bender fell heavily to the ground.
Although Milicic did not commit a foul this time, Bender did fall to the ground firmly. Artest, the Pacers' thorn in the side, rushed straight towards Milicic and pointed with his finger.
Milicic's chest said: "Boy, do you really not want to play anymore? Then come to me!"
Milicic was a little guilty of Bender at first, but Artest aroused the fire in his heart. He pushed Bender hard and lay there pretending to be coward. Why do I pretend to be a hero? Milicic used all his strength with both hands.
With a push, the move was intentional, but Artest didn't take any precautions against the docile big white man and fell straight away.
Pierce was stunned: I haven't even said that I'm going to take action yet!
Artest was also stunned: Are you sure it was this guy who pushed me just now?
Stephen Jackson, the "Martial Saint" off the court, was stunned and faced Carlisle, trying to see in the head coach's eyes whether it was time to take action.
