Chapter 555: Rule the paint area
At the beginning of the second quarter, Collison led the Pacers' substitute lineup to play vividly. He only said that the point guard was the best one for the Pacers, so his playing time was basically staggered with Lin Sen, and then paired with Turner, which was the Pacers' offensive and defensive focus in the second lineup.
Gallinari is more of an offensive top end point. Even in the second lineup, it is difficult for the team's lineup to play for the starting point.
The Pacers' second lineup played well, and Collison and Garlinari had a good understanding on the offensive end. It should be said that Garlinari and any player who can create shooting space for him are good.
But this time, the score did not be closer as the Pacers thought. Instead, the second lineup on the Celtics was led by Irving Brown to score a 14:3 climax, which further widened the gap by 16 points.
The difference of 13 points is not small, while the Celtics fans are even more overkill, hoping to play a massacre at their current home court to avenge the massacre that was routinely slaughtered this year.
If you continue to fight in this state, not to mention that it is almost a historical record like that, there is no problem in winning more than 20 points.
But the fun of basketball is that you never know how many points you lead you will be able to win the game. 8.9 seconds 8 minutes, 35 seconds 13 minutes. If you don’t give up, you will be miracles. What’s more, in this situation, in the long river of NBA history, there are countless such turnarounds, not to mention that their ace Lin Sen is still sitting off the court.
After this timeout, Lin Sen finally returned to the field. The 16-point disadvantage was temporarily resisted by his shoulders.
McMillan learned his lesson and used the starting lineup again, but this time it was paired with Lin Sen's offense.
The ball was still handed over to Lin Sen to play in the first half, and the opponent still used the big center to defend and assisted the outside. When Lin Sen passed the ball to the outside, Horford also defended the first time.
Now, the Pacers want to play such a game more cumbersomely. They don’t need a simple pass to take action. After the first pass from the outside, when the opponent was still double-teaming Lin Sen, they need teammates to run as a whole to help the team find opportunities.
Oladipo quickly hit the ball again and sent it to Grant, who cut from the bottom line, and did what he should have done well instead of doing it in the first half.
Grant's position was already very good, but the Celtics' defense replacement was even more beautiful. They started to double-team Linson's players back to the position, blocking Grant's breakthrough position.
However, for the Pacers' offense this time, they might just need the opponent to defend like this, and Grant once again passed the ball to Lin Sen's hand.
This whole tactic is for Lin Sen to complete 1v1 again at the low post. All the previous passes are for Lin Sen's attack to lay the foundation. Obviously, this preparation is very successful.
After facing Baynes again, Lin Sen completed a turn and picked the basket without having time to attack the opponent.
In the middle distance, Lin Sen couldn't help the team score points every time with a difficult attack. Now they are too behind, so they need to use relatively stable scores to narrow the current gap.
1v1 like the inside is undoubtedly the best offensive method for the Pacers, because Lin Sen can always complete the attack faster than other methods in the inside, and is extremely efficient.
As an inside player who takes the ball and attacks, instead of only having a cake, such as Jordan Jr. and Capela, Linson's shooting percentage in the penalty area is as high as 67%. In NBA history, players like Olajuwon and O'Neal who have absolute dominance in the inside are also difficult to reach this level.
All the Pacers' tactics are now serving Lin Sen's single-handed challenge in the inside. Unless there are absolutely open three-pointers on the outside, each run is just to allow Lin Sen to receive more balls in the penalty area.
One of the reasons why the Celtics played as big center Baynes was to push Linsen out of the three-second zone and then double-team it. Linsen was not easy to catch the ball comfortably while fighting with Baines' body.
The Pacers now have to go through the outside transfer every round, so that their teammates can run away from Lin Sen's first defender, and then let Lin Sen catch the ball for the second time in the penalty area.
This offensive method maximizes Lin Sen's offensive ability in the inside line. This is a tactical game between the two sides, and the focus of the game lies in Lin Sen.
The Celtics just don't let Lin Sen attack in the inside, while the Pacers want to do everything possible to let Lin Sen complete his one-on-one challenge in the inside.
It is obvious that Lin Sen and his teammates made them complete these tasks very comfortable. Baynes' turn around in the inside was too slow. Lin Sen was not good at forcing him to eat him in the front, and even the sky hook was not easy to use. He was strong and had a high frame protection height. However, once Lin Sen attacked from the side, he caught Baines off guard every time. More importantly, the speed of receiving the ball and completing the attack was too fast.
The advantage of 16 points is shrinking with Lin Sen's super high success rate at a speed visible to the naked eye. Lin Sen's offensive efficiency is too high. Even if the Celtics did not have any major problems on the offensive end, they even hit two three-pointers within a few minutes, and there were several mid-range distances.
"Don't let him pass, why can Lin get the basketball so easily in the inside?" When he was leading the score, Pierce smiled so happily, praising Stevens' tactics so rare that it was difficult to find on the ground. By the way, he also questioned Lin Sen's performance in the first quarter.
But such excitement allowed Pierce to maintain a break. In the second half, Lin Sen's successive single-handed fights were almost swollen.
加内特作为2008年凯尔特人总冠军成员和当年的最佳防守球员,他恨不得亲自上场教会贝恩斯怎么去单防林森,就算当年他成为最佳防守球员也不是因为单防而闻名,可他认为他自己上完全没有问题.
In the middle of the third quarter, Lin Sen started running outside so that Baynes did not follow him at all, and Lin Sen made a three-pointer very easily.
Continuously dominating the paint area, everyone forgot that Lin Sen is still a three-pointer with range, and this three-pointer hit brings the score back to single digits.
Chapter completed!