Chapter Five Hundred and Eighty Eighth: The Hardest 5 Minutes
As soon as the Warriors came up, they gave the Pacers and saps. It was easy to see the Pacers' lineup on the field. Their offensive core was placed on the two most efficient pitchers who were partnering with Lin Sen.
Garinari and Boyan Bogdanovic played in excellent form this playoff, making everyone feel that the Pacers, plus Oladipo and Linson, both inside and outside, have become a quad-core team like the Warriors.
However, at this time, Oladipo and Linson were not on the court, which made it very uncomfortable to shoot with both guns. In the Eastern Conference playoffs, Garynalli, who showed good ball holding ability, was very uncomfortable to defend by Greene. In the first round, Greene cut the ball directly from his hands.
He is taller, and although swinging in the third and fourth positions makes his dribbling ability better than most four positions, he is still a little uncomfortable when facing Green, who can compete with Linson for the best defensive player on the defensive end.
Bogdanovic is not much better either. He has ulterior motives when facing Thompson when defending him, and the defense effect is surprisingly good.
So at the beginning of the game, the European double guns, which were hoped for scoring by McMillan, began their successive iron-smashing performances. In the Oracle Center, such iron-smashing sounds are no less than an intoxicating symphony for Warriors fans.
But this does not mean that no one of the Pacers can stand up to help the team. At such a critical moment, veteran Collison stood up again.
The efficiency of using the pick-and-roll is very high, and the mid-range shot after the pick-and-roll is very stable. Compared with the Splash Brothers, the Tsunami Brothers' three-pointers that are always dead, such a central shot may not allow the Pacers to complete a wave of attacks at a time, but it is still feasible to barely maintain the Pacers' condition.
Moreover, Collison is a typical double-season guard, able to score and pass the ball. At this point in time, the pass ability that has been ignored has become a key to the Pacers' opening up. In any case, you cannot ignore such a defender who once assisted in double-double games on the Pelicans substitute Paul.
The European double-guns at the beginning made Warriors fans feel that these two people are no longer in shape, but Collison's mid-range time allowed the Warriors to switch defenses several times. For a team that is quite strict in tactical execution, such a switch is the most likely time to have an empty space.
Collison's height of 185cm makes him break through after pick-and-roll on the offensive end. His speed and figure are disadvantages on the defensive end, and it is also an advantage on the offensive end. He breaks to Gallinari at the bottom corner. Here, whether it is Linson, Oladipo, or Collison who is now passing the ball to him, as long as it is an open position, he can find a way to throw the ball into the basket.
"Daniro is the top five off-ball pitcher in the league. As long as there is an opportunity to open, he will punish the opponent." Rachel was very excited at this point in time to get back the feel.
Lin Sen stood up and waved the towel for this three-pointer! Seeing that the score difference was about to be widened to more than 10 points again, it is very likely that Lin Sen would have to play in advance to help the Pacers stabilize the score. At least when Lin Sen chose to play in the middle of the third quarter, the score difference was close to 20 points.
The five minutes at the beginning of the third quarter were very difficult for the Pacers. There were no outstanding ball holders, no top frame guards, no tactical cores, and they were not even playing the tactics they used in regular time. At this time, they had to face the Warriors' most familiar and outstanding, and the Warriors' five small players who were known as invincible in the third quarter.
There were not many people behind, but they scored 11:16 in 5 minutes, and the score difference reached 6 points. It is hard to imagine that they got 11 points in 5 minutes just by piecemeal.
Although I lost 5 points in these 5 minutes, the entire uniform group and the commentary on the stage believed that the Pacers could fully accept it.
"I don't think this lineup will allow the Warriors to play the next wave of the flow, that's the Pacers' victory. I'm not worried about their defense. They have created a very difficult shooting environment for the Warriors."
"Indeed, even without Lin Sen, the Pacers' defense is their defense. They are not relying on Lin Sen alone to maintain the league's first defense, that is not enough. They rely on their system."
In these few minutes, O'Neal, Barkley, Rachel, and Mark Jackson praised the Pacers' defense.
Lin Sen really didn't know that his teammates could be so strong. Seeing that Lin Sen had taken off his shirt next to the technical table, it seemed that he was planning to play. The Warriors who were pushing with the ball wanted to complete an attack. When Lin Sen couldn't change the ball without a dead ball, he took the opportunity to further open the score.
Curry's advancement is not slow, and as a point guard, he is not to be outdone. Everyone only sees Curry's super three-pointers and super scoring ability. They always get used to ignoring Curry is a double-energy guard and a point guard player.
He accurately used a pass to find Durant who was running in the front. If he didn't shoot three-pointers in the counterattack, Durant was almost their best choice, dribbling, speed, impact, and ability to shoot and break. These are combined to make an excellent fast attacker.
In the counterattack, the only player who can keep up with Durant in height is Turner. He may be very fast at the No. 5 position, but Durant is the No. 3 position. Turner's efforts to recover and want to complete this block, but he doesn't like to fight, which does not mean that he doesn't want to protect the frame. 1.2 of the first blocks in the Pacers' league are contributions from Turner, and his playing time is only 15 minutes per game. This frame protection is very efficient. For the defender who breaks through the defense, his effect is very good.
However, this time it was Durant. Even though Turner's return to defense was very fast, when he just stood there, Durant had already taken three steps, and it had become impossible to make an offensive foul. Turner's bullet speed and impact force were not as good as that, and his confrontation was not an advantage, but he still met.
Chapter completed!