Chapter five hundred and ninety seventh: Pacers with a different start
"I'm very excited! I rarely see such a scene of creating history in my commentary career. I don't need to discuss the unpopular historical data. This is as great as 73 wins and worth remembering." O'Neal's commentary career is not very long, but there have been many records in his career, but compared with this 16 consecutive wins in the playoffs, there are only about 73 wins.
Of course, the premise is that the Pacers can win this game. O'Neal also had only one failed playoff game. The 48 points of the Iverson God descended to earth allowed the 76ers to win in overtime. If Curry could finally play in the last game like Iverson, the Pacers would probably have to hate it.
The fourth game is a desperate battle for the Warriors, and for the Warriors fans, so no matter what, Warriors fans will not miss this game tonight.
Like the last game, all Warriors fans appeared in Oracle Arena wearing Warriors support T-shirts. They did not question the team's performance because the team fell behind 0:3. They were more willing to believe that the Warriors had physical strength problems due to schedule. One East Finals had a 4:0 early break, and the other West Finals played 7 games. This is why Warriors fans think that they were overtaken every time they played with the Pacers at a critical moment.
The word "Western is strong" and the east is weak" appears in the mouths of Warriors fans, but this does not stop the start of the fourth game.
This time, Warriors fans took it for granted at the beginning to think that they would have an advantage in this game as in the beginning as the airport game.
Lin Sen took the lead in jumping the ball and got the opportunity to attack first. The Pacers relied heavily on Lin Sen's performance on the front offensive end. This time, Lin Sen did not receive the ball at all in the first round, but just helped Gallinari complete a no-ball pick-and-roll. Then Oladipo's pass passed from behind Lin Sen to Gallinari's hand, who received the ball and made a three-pointer.
"It feels good. Danilo hit a three-pointer as soon as he got up, and Oladipo's pass was very fast and accurate. The Pacers were in good shape as soon as they got up tonight." Rachel was very happy to see the scene in front of him. The Pacers' good condition may allow Lin Sen to have a way to win in one wave when he exploded.
On the Warriors' offense was a bit abnormal at the beginning. Thompson, a player who saved the team at critical moments repeatedly, did not perform well at the three-point line tonight. He did not hit two consecutive shots with good positions but failed to hit. Although the Pacers would never give him a chance to take an open position, it would be a waste of opportunity if he missed the opportunity for two consecutive three-pointers, which would have a significant impact on the team's morale to win the game at the beginning.
After Gallinari hit a three-pointer, the Warriors felt a little uncomfortable. They relaxed a little bit of the attack on Lin Sen. Immediately, McGee was shaken by Lin Sen with his footsteps on the defensive end and made a layup on the left.
Warriors fans are not satisfied with the performance of many players this year. McGee is one of them recognized by Warriors fans. As a basic salary player, he is a good player to limit Lin Sen. Although he was beaten up in 1v1 every day, and the players who assisted in defense often get fouls, but it doesn't matter. None of these are important for him to defend Lin Sen.
They felt that if McGee hadn't limited Lin Sen in height, Lin Sen might have averaged 40 in three games now, although he has scored 110 points in three games, and has averaged 36.6 points per game.
This time McGee was shaken away one-on-one, jumping very high, but Lin Sen's layup on the opposite defense had no effect at all. Lin Sen didn't do much movements in scoring this time, and consumed much energy. It was just that a fake move in the inside line could complete an attack by easily making a layup.
Lin Sen tacitly gave the Pacers a very tacit start at the beginning of the game, and he had basically never seen such a start after the Eastern Conference Finals.
At this point in time, not only Gallinari's three-pointer was separated, but Oladipo's three-pointer was also good. He completed a top three-pointer in front of Thompson, a super shooter, and also hit.
It was 14:7 at this time. If this three-pointer made Warriors fans feel a little nervous, the Warriors' offense in the next round did not succeed. Durant's jump shot at mid-range was disturbed by Lin Sen. Lin Sen was hit by Durant at 1v1 at the last moment in the last game. If it weren't for the fairy three-pointer, Lin Sen would have become the person on the background board in the last game.
This time, Lin Sen was doing the work of assisting defense. The defense of 1v1 was indeed a bit difficult for Lin Sen to speed, but he could always do such assisting defense well. Durant's attack height is really much higher than that under normal circumstances.
After completing this interference, Lin Sen directly protected the rebound. In this starting lineup, Lin Sen not only needed to protect the rim, but also had to protect the rebound. Garlinari played as a small forward for a long time. At the fourth position, it was very good to open up space, but it was a little short of protecting the rebound.
So at this time, Lin Sen must protect his rebound as soon as possible after completing the assisted defense. After protecting the rebound, Lin Sen also quickly began to advance to the opposite half on his side. Lin Sen's dribble was not too big a problem. If there were some high-speed dribble attacks that might be pressed by the two opponents to complete the steal, but there was no problem with the slow advance this time.
Lin Sen's advancement was not fast, so the Warriors naturally did not push too tightly. The defense was too tight and Lin Sen had no way to stop it. This made the Warriors' defensive coach Mike Brown helpless. He never thought that he would slowly retreat against a center forward and press forward instead of pressing forward at a high position.
Chapter completed!