The Pacers mainly rely on three people to score, and the Knicks are similar, the Knicks' starting lineup today is point guard Goran Dragic, scoring guard Derrick Rose, small forward Li Feng, power forward rookie Terrence Jones, and center Cousins.

Monroe, who didn't play in the last game, was very unlucky, injured in training, sprained his ankle and needed to rest for about a month, and will not be able to return to the court this season. So the Knicks could only get Jones to the power forward position at this time.

Offensively, Jones won't be too bad, but defensively, Jones and Monroe aren't on the same level. And today Jones has to play against West, which is also a tricky position for the Knicks today, which is also a strange move for Tyberdeau, because he can change Li Feng to play power forward, I don't know what Tyberdu did not do, but sent Terrence Jones, a rookie who barely played in the previous game, in such a critical game.

Although Hill is not a veteran, he has a very steady rhythm in possession of the ball, not impatient or impatient, and sees Paul George and Hibbert making cross-covers at 45 degrees.

He suddenly passed the ball to Paul George, who was pulled 45 degrees away from the three-point line, and Paul George took the ball and directly hoisted the basketball to Hibbert, who was in the main position of the inside line.

The Pacers opened the game to play Hibbert, which is also a tradition for the Pacers, although Hibbert has poor offensive power.

But the Pacers hit him at the beginning, but on the one hand, they put pressure on the opponent inside, and on the other hand, they expressed an attitude. We're a tough team that wants to attack the interior, and the Pacers are really unique in terms of building momentum.

When Hibbert received the ball, the Indiana fans also cheered collectively and cheered loudly for Hibbert.

Hibbert isn't Indiana's best player, but Hibbert is the best player for Indiana.

Tough, fierce, cold, furious. This big man, who has rough offensive skills on the inside, represents a kind of soul of the Pacers on a certain level.

Hibbert didn't have any particularly handsome and difficult movements to take the ball, he took the ball and dribbled vigorously and turned around, raised his elbow and threw the basketball towards the Knicks' basket.

Hibbert took the path of great strength, and his opponent Cousins happened to be the same today, and Cousins was stronger than Hibbert. The basketball that Hibbert threw was thrown off the rails and fell into the hands of the Knicks.

The Knicks got the rebound in the backcourt, Goran Dragic possessed the ball past half court, and Jones and Cousins immediately formed a double screen at the free-throw line.

Li Feng pretended to run towards the bottom corner at this time. Suddenly rolled over and got out of the middle of Jones and Cousins' double cover.

Goran Dragic safely handed over the basketball to Li Feng at this time, Li Feng took the ball up and pressed it towards the right side, and the Pacers' defense immediately looked at each other, and the two people came up to block Li Feng, and West fell behind him to make up for the defense at any time.

The opening Pacers' defense was not very fierce to come up and press, but a dense web of weaving, setting up obstacles layer by layer. Let Li Feng advance and retreat. At this time, Li Feng can indeed force his shot, but the effect of his shot must not be ideal.

The Pacers' defensive beauty is here, not to keep you from shooting, but to force you. Let you shoot in the most uncomfortable way.

Li Feng bumped into the Pacers' net, immediately turned around, and asked Cousins for a cover, wanting to use the cover to test the Pacers' defense.

Li Feng used Cousins' cover to dodge Granger who was defending him at once. But Hibbert, who was behind Cousins, suddenly stepped up and stuck to Li Feng's body.

Hibbert was very hard, which made Li Feng's speed slow down all of a sudden, and West moved very quickly behind Hibbert. Hill on the elbow also waved his claws to interfere with Li Feng, and the Pacers' defense really moved his whole body.

At this time, Li Feng took advantage of the situation to play the basketball to Jones on the baseline, Jones took the ball and projected, and West immediately moved sideways to the baseline.

This time West interfered with Jones, and Jones missed his shot.

In the first shot of the opening game, the Pacers made a deep impression on the Knicks, and the Pacers did achieve a certain level on the defensive end. This realm is not crazy but depressing, not seamless but definitely allows you to shoot in the most uncomfortable way.

In this situation, the Knicks' ball is like a fly that has broken into a spider's web, and once it hits it, it will stick to it and it will not be able to pull it open.

Jones missed the shot, West grabbed the rebound, and the Pacers' offensive rhythm suddenly picked up.

At this time, the Pacers' offensive rhythm does not look like an old team at all, but it is very sharp.

Hill rushed up all the way, trying to beat the Knicks to gain a foothold. In this case, Tyberdu was prepared before the game, and Goran Dragic and Li Feng came up to harass and delay, which suddenly suppressed the Pacers' fierce offense.

The Pacers' first goal was to beat the Knicks, but the Pacers quickly adjusted.

The half-court position settled instantly, with Hill and Granger passing the ball and sharing the pressure of possession. At this time, West and Hibbert were covering in the waist position, and West suddenly stuck in the waist position.

After having a position, Hill immediately hoisted the ball into West's hands, and West took the ball and turned over directly to break through the bottom line.

One step past Jones half a body, and then a strong basket, at this time, West has a huge advantage over Jones in terms of height, confrontation, and jumping.

Jones couldn't take it at all, allowing West to easily score two points from the baseline.

When West scored two points for his team, there was a cheer at the Consec Arena.

At this time, Jones, who was teeing off at the baseline, suddenly passed a long-distance pass, and the basketball moved the baseline into the hands of Rose in the middle line.

Rose broke through the middle, and the Pacers' defense immediately came up, but at this time, Rose passed to Li Feng, who broke through on the right.

Li Feng had no one in front of him when he got the ball, so he got up directly and aimed at the Pacers' basket with a one-handed split.

The Pacers and Knicks scored two points each in the opening game, but the way they scored was very different. The Pacers were seeing that the Knicks didn't have Monroe at the big forward position was a hole, so they used West to play to the death.

On the Knicks' side, it is obvious that the Pacers' half-court defense is too sticky and tough. Therefore, he focused on playing fast break, and attacked the Pacers' basket with almost the fastest speed in the opening game.

Li Feng dunked, and what greeted him at the Consec Arena was not cheers, but boos and curses.

Even with the connivance of the home security staff. Li Feng saw many fans stretching out their middle fingers towards him on the sideline and scolding him.

At this time, the pitched floor of the course is completely filled with the smell of the wild hustle and bustle of the 70s.

The Knicks played very fast, and they were very anxious to get two points, and after losing points, the Pacers kicked off again on the bottom line, but they were not in a hurry.

The team pushed forward slowly, Hill controlled the ball without a hurry at a position two steps from the three-point line, Hibbert moved towards the horns without hurrying, and Paul George came over to cross cover with Granger at the waist position.

Both men have three-pointers, and Granger is still a killer. When the two men staggered slightly, the Knicks' defense nervously chased Granger, but at this time Paul George ran a cunning off-ball run.

He took a big step towards the bottom line, and then suddenly ran back, and at this time, Hibbert's cover also came up, blocking Li Feng tightly at once.

Paul George, who was outside the three-point line, received a pass from Hill and simply shot a three-pointer.

"Brush!"

The three-point score, the Pacers' coming over this round completely explains what offensive tactics are.

The offensive tactics that the Pacers just played were not complicated. There are no difficult movements, how to fight to the death on the limbs. It's two runs, one cover, and the last shot is made.

This one doesn't seem to be difficult. But being able to grasp opportunities on the pitch and run just right off the ball is an accumulation of experience. Being able to do the right time and cover tightly, this is the rigor of training.

Something simple and effective. It's often all honed.

With Paul George's three-point shot, the Pacers led the Knicks by three points at 5-2.

The Pacers were able to play such a skillful offense, and the Knicks got to the Pacers' half. But there is a feeling of hitting my head on a spider's web.

Gorandragic came over and passed the ball to Li Feng, Li Feng took the ball and was pushed by Paul George with his shoulder, and he immediately passed the ball to Rose, who cut into the penalty area.

As soon as Rose got the ball, he wanted to attack, but he was immediately caught by the Pacers' Granger and Paul George. Rose then dribbled and retreated, retreating near the three-point line.

West turned around and went back to defend Jones, so that the slightest chance was not given to the Knicks.

Rose looked at the baseline and had no chance to pass the ball, and he immediately took the ball himself and shot it out from a distance.

As a result, he missed the shot and lost the rebound. Hill grabbed the rebound under the basket and immediately turned and ran towards the Knicks' half.

Before, the Pacers' defense was sticky and slow-paced, but as soon as the basketball was in Hill's hands, the tempo suddenly became faster.

The Pacers advanced to the Knicks half almost instantaneously, and during that time Hill's pace was overwhelming Goran Dragic.

While everyone's attention was on Hill, Hill sent the basketball to Granger with a simple horizontal pass.

Granger started with a quick two-pointer and scored two points, and the Pacers added two more points, and the Knicks had five points from 7 to 2.

The style of today's Pacers game is particularly obvious, and it is not obvious. Hit one under the basket, a three-pointer in the half-court, and a fast-break grab, and suddenly led the Knicks by 5 points.

In this game, you must know that the Pacers and the Knicks are both defensive teams, and it will certainly not be easy to score points between each other.

Now that the Pacers are so easily given a five-point lead, it will definitely leave a hidden danger for the Knicks.

At this time, scoring is extremely important to prevent the Pacers from pulling the difference apart. But when the Knicks arrived at the Pacers' half, they still played very sticky, and no matter how the ball passed to that point, it couldn't effectively tear apart the Pacers' defense.

The Pacers can often make the Knicks' ball stop all at once, and the ball can't be passed, so that Li Feng is still the most individual single on the Knicks' side.

Li Feng faced West and threw a high throw to the basket, but Li Feng was not only affected by West, but also had bad luck.

The basketball smashed out at once and missed the shot.

At this time, the Pacers got stuck in the backcourt to rebound the ball, and then immediately passed it to Hill, who took the ball and rushed towards the Knicks' half.

The pacers picked up the pace again. This is also a characteristic of the Pacers' offense, although the Pacers are an older team, they are very fond of taking easy offensive opportunities between offense and defense.

Hill took the ball and shook off Dragic in two steps, then advanced directly to the basket and forced himself to make a layup.

Rose and Li Feng came over at the same time to block him, Hill missed the fast break, but the basketball bounced back and fell into the hands of Hibbert, who followed up.

Hibbert took the ball and stepped in, set up an elbow and stuck it on Li Feng's head, so that Li Feng had nowhere to use his strength and couldn't use his moves. Then the guy brushed the ball towards the rebound with his right hand. The basketball is clean and hits again.

The Pacers are 9-2 and 7 points ahead of the Knicks, which can be a rather dangerous point difference.

At this time, Johnson also said:

"While the average age of the Pacers isn't huge, we've seen the cunning of the Pacers and the lack of experience of the Knicks. The Pacers now took some easy scoring opportunities to stretch the gap away from the opening game, and the poor Knicks are still looking for ways to restrain the Pacers' solid positional defense. The young Knicks made some directional mistakes in the opening stanza. ”

Ao Fat said with a somewhat smug smile at this time:

"Experience comes from this moment of life and death. People can't know what to do until they go through some moments. Now these things are setbacks for the Knicks. But this time next year, these things will be valuable lessons for the Knicks. ”

The Pacers opened by seven points ahead of the Knicks, and the entire Conseck arena was cheering.

In the midst of the cheers of the audience, the Knicks took the ball and headed towards the Pacers' half again, and the previous experience of many offensive failures. Told the Knicks that just hanging around the Pacers' perimeter couldn't open up the Pacers' sticky defense.

If you want to make a hole in the Pacers' sticky defense, you need to be sharper offensively.

With this preparation, Li Feng came over and fell directly to the position of the Pacers' bottom line. Wait until Rose passes the ball to Li Feng. Li Feng didn't make any feints at all, and forcibly broke through directly along the bottom line.

The baseline is a position with a certain amount of independence, and the Pacers' chain defense seems to be a big net. And the bottom line is the edge of this net. Walking on the edge, giving and benefit are directly proportional.

Li Feng's edge is used well, and it can pierce the opponent's big net, but if it is not used well, it may be divided.

Li Feng suddenly stabbed into the Pacers' basket like an awl, and Granger and West hurriedly formed a defensive defense under the basket. This kind of defense can not only block most offensive routes, but also easily intercept passing routes.

But Li Feng flew unusually high at this time, and he rose to the top of West's head, and then threw the basketball to the top of the arc at once.

Goran Dragic, who had the ball at the top of the arc, habitually pressed forward, and then suddenly passed the ball to Rose on the baseline.

This time Rose didn't disappoint his teammates, as his mid-range shot simply fell into the Pacers' basket. The score was rewritten to 9-4, and the difference was shortened from 7 points to 5 points.

As soon as the Knicks scored, the Pacers still pushed back at a very fast pace.

The Pacers advance very fast, and if you run a little slower, they will play a fast break. This time the Knicks ran fast enough, but they landed on the ground and got their position.

The Pacers' positional coordination came up, and Paul George infiltrated the horn position a bit, waiting for Hibbert to come running. He immediately pulled away and ran outside the three-point line, taking advantage of Hibbert's cover, and he jumped from the free-throw line to the three-point line.

Rose was completely blocked by Hibbert's generous body, and Paul George made a quick shot from outside the three-point line and threw another three-pointer.

The Pacers' offensive two shots, the pace of each step is different from others, once the Pacers get the backcourt rebound, they quickly advance to find a fast break opportunity, once the opponent is in a good position. They use simple coordination to make changes first when the opponent's defense is unstable. Disrupting the opposing defense, they are still in an advantageous position.

Therefore, the Pacers are ahead of the opponent every step of the way, and every step is changed in front of the opponent's change, and this rhythm is not well-trained, and the team with strong psychological quality cannot adapt to it at all.

The Knicks are quite well-trained, but their mental quality is far worse than that of the old fritters.

Now they are a little confused by the Pacers' unusual rhythm, but thankfully Paul George's three-pointer missed.

Under the perfect tactics, Paul George missed the shot at the last time. That gave the Knicks a chance to fight back.

Jones, who grabbed the rebound, passed to Goran Dragic on the halfway line, and Miller passed again to Li Feng near the Pacers' restricted area.

The Knicks advanced fast enough, but as soon as Li Feng got the ball near the penalty area, all three Pacers players returned.

At this time, the difference between the Knicks and the Pacers appeared, when Li Feng got the ball in the restricted area, no one came up to pick up Li Feng, and the Knicks could not play in the fast break.

Li Feng could only fall into the singles, turned around and jumped directly. At the moment of Li Feng's jumper, Granger came to seal Li Feng's eyes, Hill harassed and squeezed Li Feng's body on the weak side, and West sealed Li Feng's shooting path on it.

The Pacers' defensive moves were not fouls, but they weakened Li Feng's combat effectiveness to the greatest extent. (To be continued......)