Chapter 501: The positional battle that gave the Nuggets a headache
"What are the Nuggets thinking? They didn't pass the defensive man in two consecutive pick-and-rolls. The offense in this position is unprecedentedly bad." The Nuggets team relies heavily on two offensive methods in positional battles.
The first is two small defenders and Jokic, and Millsap, two inside players with range, playing pick-and-roll, and then using their speed and shooting ability to switch defenses on the opposite side to play big.
The second type is to start running with Jokic as the pillar, allowing him to use his abilities to drive his teammates to intersperse running and off-ball shooting. This relies heavily on Jokic's back-to-body ability and legendary ability, which is completely different from dealing on the top of the arc.
In the first situation just now, the Pacers were obviously very effective in defending the defense. When Gordon was shouted several times by McMillan on the sidelines, he also made the defense more stable, without any gambling steals, and this situation also made the Nuggets' first positional battle difficult.
The Pacers' offense is very cautious. They reduce individual breakthroughs with balls, but instead make more shots and cuts, so that they can quickly return to defense when the basketball is not scored. Both guards basically solve the problem at the three-point line and mid-range.
This forced the Nuggets to fight on the position, and Jokic began to hold the ball and find opportunities on the offensive end. How strong he is, it wouldn't be, but he is really heavy, and the chassis is his advantage.
Lin Sen gave Jokic room to catch the ball in the first round of defense, but Jokic, who received the ball in the penalty area, clearly showed his explosive penalty area ability.
The fat man directly hit Lin Sen. This ability to fight is not weak at all compared to the Pelicans's suit named Cousins. The barrel is also as large as a barrel. In any case, the weight of this volume is placed here. After Lin Sen was pushed a step away, he still kicked the floor with explosive power and pounced on it to complete the cover.
Jokic immediately scored a goal with a throw-over palm. This goal fully demonstrated his European player's soft feel at the basket and even mid-range. He is not a top offensive player himself, and his ball-holding ability is also distributed within a range of about 10 feet.
Lin Sen made quick adjustments on the defensive end, after all, he is the biggest candidate for the best defensive player. When his defense line is in the penalty area, he cannot give enough pressure to the opponent Jokic, then now he wants to use another way to stop the opponent's attack.
Since receiving the ball, Jokic's ball-holding offensive ability made Lin Sen clearly feel that he was even stronger than last year. Last year, Jokic only talked about ball-holding offensive ability, which may be just an excellent starting offensive ability, but now he has obviously reached the ability of a quasi-All-Star, which also helps him better revitalize the offensive of their entire team.
This time, Lin Sen no longer let him catch the ball, but instead went around the front to defend and prevented Jokic from easily receiving the ball from the inside. He passed a high lob directly from Lin Sen's air defense height?
Who is the best player in the Nuggets team who passes the ball is known to the whole world, Jokic, and the question now is, who will pass the ball to him, Harris Murray? These two buddies are the kind of guys who let me score the ball without any problem. I'm sorry, don't make things difficult for me.
Jokicka was not on the front. In this round, the Nuggets could only rely on Millsap, a former All-Star, to complete singles. Garlinari's defense was very hard, and Millsap on the opposite side obviously deteriorated in his ball-holding ability. He was no longer a double-core inside with Horford's Hawks. This goal was always controlled by Garlinari on the outside, and his shooting was interfered by Garlinari's fastest-progress defense in the Pacers.
The Nuggets' counterattack was a little unmatched. Jokic received the ball at the top of the arc to prepare for dealing. Lin Sen had already seen Green's dealing level. In the last game when the Warriors' double defender was absent, Lin Sen was not sure how many cards Green played at the top of the arc were confiscated by Lin Sen.
Of course, Jokic is much stronger when dealing cards, concealment, strength, and accuracy of dealing cards. These are Jokic's advantages. Wilson Chandler's counter-running was very fast, but Grant's defense was not satisfied at all. This is being trained to defend Durant, George, and James in the future. Whether facing the ball or not, it cannot be too bad. Players of Wilson Chandler's level do not have the ability to get rid of him.
Jokic's ball was not passed at all. It was almost time to make a three-pointer in 24 seconds and instead he was forced to make a three-pointer, Lin Sen's extremely fast steal and the racket was dropped. This was Jokic's second mistake in less than half a quarter.
"The Pacers' running position did not give the Nuggets any chance at all. Lin did not stand in the penalty area, but was leading Nikola Jokic, but their entire formation was still as perfect as the ancient Greek city wall." Barkley himself did not defend well, but relatively speaking, he liked teams with good defense.
The Nuggets had a good offensive rhythm at the beginning. They had played offensive basketball for more than ten years. In the early 21st century, all teams advocated defense very much, but it was not without offensive teams, Suns and Mavericks, all of which were of this type. Even though the Nuggets had Marcus comparable to the best defensive player in 2007, their defense was still very weak. On the contrary, whether it was the period of golden double guns or Billups' stay in the Nuggets, this was the most glorious era in the 21st century, and at that time, they were also attacking first.
But once such an offensive team is severely restricted by others on the offensive end, they will have a hard time playing. In front of them, although the Pacers, the number one in the league, performed on the offensive end due to altitude sickness, almost 70% of the 10-foot shots were hit by Garynalli. There is no way, who made Garynalli stay in the Nuggets for so many seasons, and returning to Pepsi Center is like returning to their own home, with no interference at all.
Chapter completed!