Legendary star

Chapter 540

"In the second quarter, we need to change our defensive strategy and strengthen the defense against the No. 0 player of the Wizards. Meng, this task is entrusted to you. At the same time, our defensive strategy has also changed from zone defense to man-to-man defense. James, you And Jermaine should pay attention to defending for others." Since Marbury is the core of the Wizards' tactics, Rick Carlisle did a lot of work against Marbury in the defensive arrangement of this game, but in this In the first quarter of the game, Marbury was indeed successfully restrained, but the Wizards' other two outsiders, Arenas and Butler, broke out.Therefore, judging the situation, Rick Carlisle also needs to change his defensive strategy a little bit. Butler has James Posey, so there must be no problem. As for Arenas, Reggie Miller goes without saying. Tyshawn Prince was replaced in the second half of the quarter, but defending such a strong player is not what Prince is good at, so when James Posey wants to defend Butler, Li Carlisle had to arrange for Meng Xu and Prince to switch positions, and Meng Xu would defend Arenas himself.

"No problem." After listening to Rick Carlisle's arrangement, Meng Xu nodded at him. It can be seen that after entering the playoffs, the head coach Rick Carlisle is obviously more cautious. It was in the regular season, and Rick Carlisle would never make such arrangements and adjustments at this time.In fact, this kind of caution is understandable. Although Rick Carlisle had a very good record when he was coaching the Pistons, it is still very different from the Pacers this season. When Rick Carlisle took over the Pistons, the Pistons The management's requirement for Rick Carlisle is only to return to the playoffs, while the Pacers' requirement for Rick Carlisle is to defend the title. In addition to the regular season 74 wins and 8 losses, 35 consecutive victories, such a brilliant record , if the Pacers' performance in the playoffs is not good, you can imagine what Rick Carlisle will be sprayed by angry fans and melon-eaters.

Now almost all fans who support the Pacers, even those media with ulterior motives, are constantly advocating the Pacers and their dominance, especially in Pippen's sentence "If you can't win a championship, you can't win 80 wins." Use!" After the provocation, for the supporters of the Pacers, the Pacers not only want to win the championship this season and create their own dynasty, but also show their dominance in the playoffs. Slap Pippen in the face fiercely, and Rick Carlisle has the same idea now, so for Rick Carlisle, every game in the playoffs cannot be missed. He was sprayed with a hemiplegia.

"This game is a bit interesting. The Pacers actually changed their formation ahead of time, and the Wizards obviously adjusted the team's tactics after the timeout." At the beginning of the second quarter, both the Pacers and the Wizards were sent. From the running positions of the players on both sides when Marbury advanced with the ball, Magic Johnson saw the changes between the two sides after the start of the second quarter.

The first is the Wizards. Eddie Jordan removed an inside and replaced small forward Jarvis Hayes. When the inside was weak, Eddie Jordan simply gave up the inside, leaving only Brandon Heywood is an insider, playing tactics of one big and four small. Anyway, it's a gamble, so bet a little bigger. If you win the bet, you will become famous. It doesn't matter if you lose. Anyway, the difference in strength between the two sides is so big , It is normal to lose.

As for the Pacers, Reggie Miller was still sitting on the sidelines, and Prince, who replaced Reggie Miller, took over Meng Xu's task after the start of the second quarter to defend Marbury. Meng Xu, who defended Marbury in the middle, went to defend Arenas. Although it was only a small change, the signal released by Rick Carlisle's change was very obvious.

"Steve, play well." Eddie Jordan knew he was right after seeing Prince defending Marbury. When Arenas broke out in the first quarter, Eddie - Jordan was guessing whether Rick Carlisle would strengthen his defense against Arenas, and once the Pacers strengthened their defense against Arenas, Marbury must relax a bit, so during the timeout just now, Eddie Jordan specially made some arrangements for Marbury, allowing him to strengthen his offense after Meng Xu switched to defending Arenas. Arenas' performance in the first quarter has already played the role of a surprise attack , and the next step is to look at Marbury's performance. If Marbury can successfully attract the Pacers' defensive attention again, then Arenas will be more relaxed in the following games.

"Yes, that's it, pass him, pass him!" At the beginning of the second quarter, Marbury, who was advancing with the ball, was obviously different from Prince's defense in the first quarter. After the feint and change of direction, Marbury got rid of Prince's close defense.

However, the Pacers' defensive rotation is very good. Although Marbury got rid of Prince, James Posey, who was closest to Marbury, posted it in an instant, but after James Posey defended Marbury, The Pacers' defensive rotation also has a small gap. Since the Wizards are now a large and four small personnel, Jermaine O'Neal must leave the basket and extend his defensive area as far as possible. After James Posey went to defend Marbury, the Pacers' basket inevitably exposed a large gap.

"Steve, here!" Brandon Haywood, who had already taken a position under the basket, also clearly discovered the gap of the Pacers.

At this time, Marbury wanted to attack the ball by himself, but after seeing James Posey who had been blocked in front of him, Marbury still gave up his plan to make a shot, and moved a small step laterally. After that, he put the basketball in his hand straight to the basket and went to find Brandon Heywood.

"Beautiful!" After Brandon Haywood received the ball, Eddie Jordan yelled directly. The Wizards' cooperation just now was absolutely excellent. Marbury's breakthrough, Arenas and Butler's Running off the ball, they successfully tore through the Pacers' defense. If the Wizards can continue to play this kind of cooperation, then they will continue to get various opportunities, such as Marbury's through ball, although It hasn't been converted into a score yet, but whether Brandon Heywood attacks by himself or passes the ball after attracting the Pacers' defense, it is an excellent scoring opportunity.

Brandon Haywood, who had already put Mutombo in the back, obviously chose the former after receiving a through ball from Marbury, because Brandon Haywood, who was facing the basket sideways, only You need to complete a turn in front of Mutombo, and the next step will definitely be a dunk. Brandon Heywood, who was bullied by Mutombo and Jermaine O'Neal in the first quarter, how is it possible now? Give up this great opportunity for revenge.

As Brandon Heywood expected, he dribbled the ball and sat down hard behind him, and then turned around forcefully to the left side of his body. Brandon Heywood could already see the empty basket beckoning to him Don't think too much, after turning around, Brandon Heywood stepped forward in one step and rushed towards the basket.

"Brandon be careful!" Just after Brandon Heywood raised the basketball with one hand and jumped up only two meters away from the basket, Brandon Heywood vaguely heard his teammates calling him voice, but Brandon Haywood, who had already felt the thrill of revenge at the moment, simply couldn't care less about it.

Just when Brandon Heywood was about to smash the basketball into the hoop, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Meng Xu flying from the side. With a sharp pain in his wrist, Bu Langdon Haywood realized that the basketball in his hand was gone.

Looking at the basketball caught on the backboard by Meng Xu, Eddie Jordan, who was still excited for the team's exquisite cooperation just now, fell to the bottom of his mood at this moment, and was still muttering: "Why? ?t why is he here?"

　It's really getting watery now, hey.Originally, I wanted to end this season quickly, but some games just couldn't stop.

　　Thank you for the monthly pass of dream. Thank you.

　　Thank you for Pinker's two monthly tickets, thank you.

　　
　
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