First of all, thank you Eva Meteor for the reward.
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As soon as the Pacers' O'Neal came up, he successfully defeated Howard in two singles, but Edison did not change defense because of this, because it would only be worse for Josh, who was even suffering physically, to guard O'Neal.
In addition to being active on defense, Carlisle's Pacers also have another characteristic, that is, their offense is extremely time-consuming.
Now the Pacers are last in the league in terms of shots taken in every game, and they spend a lot of time in each round.
Like the Grizzlies, Heat, Rockets and other teams that spend a lot of time on offense, the Pacers have one thing in common with them, that is, they all play positional battles and advance very slowly in the half. But compared with those teams,
Walkers also have their own characteristics.
After the other teams are in position, their main offensive ideas are sent inside, so they have to wait for O'Neal, Yao Ming, and Gasol to get into position first. If the ball is about to arrive, give him the ball and then see if he can hit it. Shooting from the outside is not
There were particularly good opportunities, but they were really not in place. In short, time was wasted on the center.
But the Pacers are not. Although the Pacers also have O'Neal Jr. and he is the core of the team's offense, the Pacers' offense is not all designed around him. The reason why the Pacers play slowly is that the players like to hold the ball.
Whether it is guard Tinsley, Miller, Jackson, or Artest, they all like to hold the ball in a daze, and then pretend to organize it themselves. Even Harrington, who was replaced at the beginning of the season, also has this problem. So although the Pacers
Their offensive efficiency is very high, but most of the time their operations are not smooth, and the ball always ends up in someone's hands. This is in sharp contrast to the Spurs, who have no one else except Parker and Ginobili.
Never hold the ball for a long time.
But the Pacers' games are more exciting than the Spurs' games and are less boring. This is because the Pacers have a swingman-type player like Jackson who plays unreasonably and likes to shoot from three-pointers and one meter away. The same goes for Harrington in the past.
Because the Pacers play slowly, steadily, and are experienced, their own rhythm will not be affected by others, so the Magic are forced to start fighting with them.
But the Magic's positional battle is completely different now than it was at the beginning of the season.
At the beginning, the Magic was attacking with horns. Everyone stood in a V shape, and then watched how Nash distributed the ball. Whoever passed it to would attack. But now they are much more flexible. Although they still stood in a V shape at the beginning, once Nash left the arc
Yes, everyone else started to move, and their positions were scattered in an instant. The only thing that was the same as before was that even though the positions were scattered, people would not be crowded together, they would still spread out and try to occupy as much space as possible.
To paraphrase a common saying, the Magic's tactics have evolved from looking at mountains as mountains and water as water to looking at mountains as mountains and water as water. Everyone is mobile. Other teams can no longer do what they did back then.
It's so simple to defend against each other. This is also the result of the team's repeated grinding for 4 months. Everyone has thoroughly understood the horn attack routine.
As for the higher realm of looking at mountains or mountains, or water or water, magic is still far behind now. That kind of realm requires an incomprehensible superstar. You just need to surround him and fight him, or let him go far away.
Fight, clearly and clearly, so that everyone can see it at a glance. Playing at that level is a conspiracy, there is no falsehood, it is the simplest, straightforward, but you just can't help it, you just can't prevent it.
We have seen the Spurs in the past two seasons. They have played brilliantly and their offensive efficiency is astonishing. However, they have fallen to the second level and are ineffective when encountering strong teams. In the past, their games were not so complicated.
, very simple, but you can win...
The Pacers have strong individual abilities, while the Magic have a smooth team offense. Both teams are very efficient. At the end of the first quarter, the score was 21-20, with the Magic trailing by one point.
Although they were behind, the one-point goal was completely negligible, and Edison expected the main team to lose.
"We played well, but it wasn't good enough. We didn't put enough pressure on them. I'm not talking about defensive pressure. Everyone's defense today was very good, including Howard. But our offense
The Pacers are not aggressive enough. Although the Pacers are known as a strong inside team, they only have one O'Neal. Once something goes wrong with him, no one in the Pacers can help the situation. Moreover, O'Neal's foul control is not good.
Artest can very well serve as an interior barrier to protect O'Neal, but he can't play now. So we will strengthen our breakthroughs from the next round and attack the Pacers' interior. O'Neal's mentality is not strong enough.
, once he falls into a foul, his enthusiasm for defensive fighting will drop sharply, and this is our opportunity."
As he said that, Edison pointed at the Pacers' bench with his hand. It felt like he was saying, "They can't escape my grasp."
"Second, we grabbed points in the second quarter. Diaw and Hill came on, and Iguodala and Josh came off. Although the Pacers have a strong main force, their substitutes are not good. Tinsley can score points in the organization, but Miller is too old. He
Each game can only play 20 minutes, and these two cannot play as substitutes. Originally, Jackson was the sixth man on the bench, but now with Artest's suspension, he is forced to be mentioned as a starter. Although the Pacers
The main force's firepower was maintained, but there was a gap in the substitute's scoring. So we must seize this opportunity, give him a good shot, expand the score advantage, and prepare for the final decisive battle. Do you understand?"
After speaking, Edison glanced at Hill and Dio.
The bell rang and the players on both sides came on the court.
As Edison expected, Miller and O'Neal both went down and were replaced by Austin Crosier and Fred Jones.
Austin Crohill is a typical white center, versatile inside, with a long range and can even shoot three-pointers. Fred Jones already introduced him when he last played with the Pacers. He is the king of dunks and has a certain ability to hold the ball.
ability.
Comparing the players played by the Magic, the gap is immediately obvious.
Boris Diaw is an atypical black insider, versatile in the game, and his shooting range really reaches the three-point line. And Hill is an All-Star player in the league, with superb offensive ability with the ball.
The Pacers' original idea was to let Tinsley mess up the rhythm and play in a street ball style, and then let Jackson and Jones perform, but the Magic are stronger.
Moreover, Jackson is unreasonable and bullies the weak. If he scores a three-pointer, if you don't score, he can score another immediately, which is very domineering. But if you bite the score, he may not be able to score again.
So the Magic first overtook the score, and then gradually widened the gap.
Carlisle saw that this was not going to work, so he sent out O'Neal in advance. Seeing O'Neal come on, Edison replaced Marion and replaced Iguodala, then whistled and gestured, "Go there.
Li Tu".
So Hill and Iguodala started taking turns playing singles. After two months of competition, Hill was no longer afraid of injuries and could move freely. He used various techniques to dazzle Captain Jack, and then attacked O'Neal Jr.
Facing Jones, who was shorter and lighter than him, Godara also charged in unreasonably.
Iguodala's offensive ability with the ball is actually very strong, but his skills are relatively rough and he can't change hands, so he is very rigid and it is easy for the defense to judge his ball path. But now Iguodala is playing in Eton LaVine
With training, my breakthrough skills have become much more dexterous. Although I have not reached the snake-like state, I have begun to join in the cross steps to dazzle people...
Under the alternating impact of the two people, O'Neal Jr. received two fouls within 5 minutes.
Just like Edison said, without Artest, the Pacers' defensive intensity is obviously at a higher level.
Is Stephen Jackson a good defensive player? Absolutely, he is very active in fighting, and as a swingman, he can find a way to defend big or small men, but he has never gone through a defensive lineup. Why? Just
Because he can't protect the inside line.
When we look at the league's best defensive players, there are only 5 who are not inside players: Moncrief, Alvin Robertson, Jordan, Payton and Artest. These 5 people have one thing in common, that is
Tough defense.
In fact, many players who are good at perimeter defense have similar single defense and assistance defense capabilities to the above people. This is the reason why they are not as good as them in terms of achievements. For example, when we talk about perimeter defenders now, we will definitely not be able to bypass Bowen, but
Bowen has never won the title of best defensive player. In addition to the reputation factor, another important reason is that he is not tough enough.
We are talking about Artest. Do you think the individual defense and help defense capabilities of Prince, Kirilenko, Battier and others are worse than Artest? Not bad.
But Artest's outside defense is tough, and the biggest characteristic of being tough is that he can push offensive players outward to protect the inside.
In fact, to put it bluntly, we all know that the core of basketball defense is always the inside line, and the outside line is only the auxiliary. Under normal circumstances, the most likely to be sent off for fouls on a team is the inside player, and when the inside line is defending a smaller player head-on,
It is the easiest to foul, so every team will have a tactic of forcing a frontal attack to cause a foul. And a defensive player like Artest can do his best to avoid frontal contact between offensive players and his inside line, even if he breaks through.
He was also pushed to the bottom line, and as long as the inside line didn't make mistakes (but some people often did), it was impossible for players who blocked shots from the side to slide toward the bottom line to commit fouls.
This protects the inside and reduces their fouls. Therefore, while completing their essential work, they additionally help their defensive core and share their pressure. This is why they can become the best defensive players.
Bowen and Prince can't do this. Some tough players can knock them away and face the team's inside line. This is why I say Iguodala's defense is better than Luol Deng's.
Reason, he can also protect the inside.
O'Neal Jr. fouled three times in less than two quarters. Of course Carlisle couldn't let him play, so he replaced him. But Jackson is also a human being. You can't let him play all the time. He is not James, so he played
After a while, Jackson also took a rest.
Now it's completely a world of magic.
38-49, the Magic defeated the Pacers by 12 points in a single quarter.
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I didn't get home until after 8 o'clock. Now I'm drunk, so I can only update once today. Sorry.
