Legendary star

Chapter 738 Take Off
With the bald referee Crawford throwing the basketball in the air, the fourth game of the finals between the Spurs and the Pacers officially kicked off. In today's jump ball, Tim Duncan was very easy on Jayme In - O'Neal's head off the basketball, helping the Spurs get the first chance to attack.

"Jermaine, are you okay?" Meng Xu, who was not far from Jermaine O'Neal when he saw Jermaine O'Neal jumping the ball, asked with concern when he retreated. In a word, in the last game, Jermaine O'Neal was injured in a collision with Tim Duncan, but in order to win the game, Jermaine O'Neal persisted until the end. In today's game, Jermaine O'Neal Maine O'Neal also did not follow the advice of the team doctor to take a rest, but chose to continue playing the game.

"I'm fine. It was just a moment of negligence just now." Jermaine O'Neal, who heard Meng Xu's question, backed off and shook his head with a smile at Meng Xu, indicating that he was fine.

"It's fine, don't hold on." After nodding to Jermaine O'Neal, Meng Xu ran to take care of his defensive target, Bruce Bowen. Bruce Bowen's ability to attack independently Weak, but his open three-pointer is still very strong, but in these few games against Meng Xu, Bruce Bowen's scoring data is almost negligible. Of course, Popovich has never Didn't expect him to score many points.

After the start of this game, the Spurs, who took the lead in attacking, quickly showed completely different tactics from the previous games. Tony Parker, who brought the ball to the frontcourt, cooperated with Robert Hawley in a pick-and-roll. Get rid of Tony Allen's defense, and then Tony Parker handed the basketball to Tim Duncan who was already waiting near the free throw line.

After Tim Duncan got the basketball, Jermaine O'Neal and James Posey immediately double-teamed Tim Duncan, and Tim Duncan also handed the basketball to Manu on the wing for the first time - Ginobili, Manu Ginobili on a pass from Tim Duncan, drives to the hoop for a layup.

From the first attack after the opening and the positions of the Spurs players, it can be seen that after Manu Ginobili started, the Spurs' tactics have undergone great changes. The one-center four-shooter tactic used in the first game has been completely abandoned. In the previous games, when Tim Duncan encountered double-teaming after getting the ball, Tim Duncan would pass the basketball to the Outside, the player who has the opportunity to shoot from outside the three-point line, and in today's game, what Tim Duncan did first was to take the defensive player away from the basket, open up space for his teammates to break through, and then catch the ball After attracting the Pacers' double-team, it created a chance for Manu Ginobili's breakthrough.

Although Rick Carlisle didn't quite know what changes the Spurs would make, Rick Carlisle still formulated the tactics of this game in advance according to his own ideas, especially replacing NN Hillary with James Posey Austria's first appearance sent out a very obvious signal, that is, the Pacers are going to play fast today.

Therefore, after Manu Ginobili scored a layup, Tayshaun Prince, who followed Manu Ginobili to the basket, immediately picked up the basketball on the ground and quickly sent out the baseline at the baseline The ball, and Jermaine O'Neal, who received a pass from Tyshawn Prince near the free throw line, made a long pass directly to the frontcourt as soon as he received the ball, looking for the ball on Ginobili. After hitting the basket, Meng Xu ran towards the frontcourt.

"Ervin, have you calculated how long it took the Pacers to attack just now?" Seeing that the Pacers only passed the ball three times, Meng Xu made a fast break and scored a layup. Barkley, who did not enter the state, subconsciously looked up at the timer on the backboard. The Suns that Barkley played for back then can be said to be the pioneer of small ball tactics. Shooting in the shortest time is the eternal change of small ball tactics. The current Suns and Warriors are still following this law. It is generally believed that completing an offense in 7 seconds is already the limit of small ball tactics, but the Pacers’ offense just now definitely did not take 7 seconds. , and Barkley, who looked up at the timer, was surprised to find that after Meng Xu's layup, the timer was frozen at 19.6 seconds, which means that the Pacers' attack just now took only 4.4 seconds. Playing ball, this is simply flying on the court.

And the SBC Center, which was still celebrating Manu Ginobili's first goal in the opening game, fell silent instantly after Meng Xu scored a fast break. But let them applaud and cheer for Meng Xu after Meng Xu scored a goal, they can't do it.

"Very beautiful counterattack and fast break. The Spurs' tactical coordination in the first round was very good, but the Pacers' counterattack was equally good. The Spurs need to respond appropriately to the Pacers' counterattack." The Spurs and the Pacers today The changes are very targeted. In order to break the Pacers' double-teaming of Tim Duncan, the Spurs changed Tim Duncan from an offensive point to a support point, and used the Pacers' double-teaming of Tim Duncan to take advantage of the trend. Create scoring opportunities for other players, while the Pacers gave up playing positional battles with the Spurs and accelerated the speed of advancement, hoping to use the method of speeding up the game to drag Tim Duncan down. It can be said that whether it is the Spurs or the Pacers , Their tactical changes are all around Tim Duncan.

"Now it depends on whether the Spurs can slow down the Pacers." In the ensuing game, the Spurs still resolutely played positional warfare, using the gap left by the Pacers to double-team Tim Duncan. Lilai opened up the situation, while the Pacers were crazily speeding up and counterattacking the Spurs non-stop. In this case, whoever can let the opponent enter the rhythm he is comfortable with first will undoubtedly take the lead .

"The pace of the Pacers' advancement is too fast." After Rick Carlisle replaced NN Hilario with James Posey in the starting lineup, Magic Johnson had a hunch that the Pacers might speed up today, but let the Magic What Johnson didn't expect was that the Pacers were able to increase the speed of advancement to such a point, even the Suns and Warriors who were professionally running and bombing, it was nothing more than that.

"This hateful guy." The speed at which the Pacers were almost flying made Magic Johnson and others on the sidelines commentary look mesmerized, but Popovich, who was standing on the sidelines, was now sitting on pins and needles.

Popovich is very familiar with running and bombing tactics. The Spurs have encountered the Suns in the playoffs many times. Although the Spurs have the last laugh, but in detail, the Spurs have not found To crack the Suns' strategy of running and bombing, especially in the Western Conference semifinals this season, the Spurs were even dragged into the rhythm of the Suns to fight against the Suns. It's not certain that you can't pass the test of the sun.

So when the Pacers also started to use running and bombing tactics to deal with themselves, Popovich's head instantly grew bigger. Facing the crazy double-teaming and pressing of the Pacers, Tim Duncan's physical exertion was great. And now, the Pacers are trying to expedite the consumption of Tim Duncan's physical strength by speeding up the pace of the game. Although the Spurs still have the upper hand, once Tim Duncan's physical strength is exhausted, what will the Spurs do to win? ball?Counting on Tony Allen and Manu Ginobili?Without Tim Duncan's restraint, the two of them would definitely be locked up by the Pacers.

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