Chapter 363: McGee playing at the rim
However, on the second day of training, they had already arrived in Oakland. After Lin Sen calmed down his mentality, he also started to do something else, and the direction of training began to change, and he was more used to improve the Spanish city wall among the three latest skills. In the last game, he should use the pick-and-roll to help the team more, but he did not do it. As for the defensive leader in the other two skills and Zhang 200's perpetual motion machine, it is not possible for training to work.
The game was the next day, and the Pacers also held a training match on this side. Lin Sen's pick-and-roll was also good in the past, but it was even more because of his excellent scoring ability.
Being able to score quickly and be able to take action from a long distance makes the offense selective after the pick-and-roll, and naturally gives their defenders more opportunities. However, this is helping players with the ball pick-and-roll. Now Lin Sen is training in another direction, that is, the pick-and-roll without the ball.
The first point of the off-ball pick-and-roll is to give the Pacers a chance! Hill and CJ Myers are all good players without the ball, but they cannot ignore the defensive players in front of them like Curry and Thompson. There is a player and no player in front of them. For the Pacers' two shooters, the gap will be huge.
The second point is to give full play to Lin Sen's role as a second pass after receiving the pick-and-roll. This role will be the best way to make up for the gap in strength between the two teams.
After the last highly anticipated game, I didn't expect that in this battle of Tianwang Mountain, the big-name audience did not give up the battle of Tianwang Mountain because of the fatigue of the journey, and they all followed Auckland to prepare to watch the critical fifth game.
"Hey! The audience off the stage is more eye-catching than the players on the field! Is this appropriate?" O'Neal was a little depressed. Whether on the court or on the commentator's seat, O'Neal was used to being one of the most shining people, but in two consecutive games, it was hard to say how important it was. At least now, the big guys such as Xiao Hua and Jordan are much bigger than his big names.
The worst thing is the referee. In the last game, everyone put each of the referee's penalty under the magnifying glass to watch. On the big screen, a controversial action will be played under the big screen again and again. This is the treatment tonight, but this also shows that the penalty in these games will definitely not be too biased towards any team.
The Pacers' game started as they did before the game. The offensive end was not started by Lin Sen. Although he did not slow down in the next few games, for the Pacers' offensive setting, they hoped that Lin Sen would put his scoring ability in the second half.
Gordon held the ball and faced Thompson who made various three-pointers on his head in the last game. He was a little dissatisfied, but Thompson was higher and had excellent defense. The pair of long arms that enveloped his head did not give Gordon a chance at all. He had to use the help of his teammates, such as Linson's pick-and-roll.
He and Lin Sen did not simply carry the ball with the pick-and-roll, but instead the reality shifted the ball to George, and George's sudden pass was given to Gordon who was running to the position. This time Gordon's running position was made with Lin Sen's cover, and the quality of the cover was very high. Thompson, a strong shooting guard, did not squeeze through the pick-and-roll in the first attempt. When Gordon was in front of him, Gordon had already completed a three-pointer.
The first goal was to hit the Warriors' best three-pointer at Oracle Arena. In this game, the Pacers didn't want to give in and couldn't give in. They showed their attitude from the beginning. Gordon didn't think he would lose to Thompson, he also wanted to carry a game. Just in time, he was the main finisher of the Pacers at the beginning of the game.
Linson focused more on the defensive end, just as the Pacers put Al Jefferson and Brooks on the bench. On the other hand, the Warriors have not allowed Pachuria, the center who is the main player of the Warriors, to play almost rarely except for the first game. They would rather use time bombs and the five embarrassing signature McGee as the starting lineup than use him.
Because McGee is at least half a pit and half a god, and when facing the Pacers, Pachuria may have the only pit.
McGee's lack of attention did not exist at the beginning. After all, the game has just begun, so it is not easy to lose his attention. He is still in very good condition because he is now paired with four other superstars of the four-star Warriors. During the offense, these four superstars can fully help McGee attract Lin Sen's attention.
Lin Sen's eyes clearly saw McGee's empty cut, because his defense was more focused on Curry who broke through with the ball. Curry was in good condition tonight, and the first tentative move in the three-point line hit the ball and gave Gordon an answer. Next, Curry, who was in good condition in three-pointers, began to rush into the middle distance to help his teammates.
Lin Sen's assisted defense allowed Curry to pass the ball directly to McGee behind him. He received an all-time job. Curry's pass was very high, but the opponent's jumping ability of the runner-up in the dunk competition was not a joke.
This dunk is just a microcosm of McGee on the offensive end. He began to be active on the rebounds and fly in the sky to play. This is McGee's favorite rhythm. He doesn't need to hold the ball by himself to face the best defensive player, he just needs to feed those superstar players the cake next to his mouth into the basket.
In the past few minutes, McGee played very well, or as the fifth player in the starting team, he played very well. Didn’t he let the Pacers’ 32-unit defense play very well in the last game? Lin Sen mentioned that the free throw line made him have a larger defense range on the defensive end, but it is an indisputable fact that the control of the penalty area has weakened.
McGee, who played at the basket, would not give Lin Sen a chance to defend and return like other players. The receiving ball was an all-time catch. The Pacers' first three-pointer was their first lead, and then they were equalized by Curry's three-pointer. Unexpectedly, this was also their only lead in the first quarter.
Chapter completed!