Chapter 446: The Book of War
Li Feng also missed the shot, the Knicks and the Pacers are both strong defensive teams, and at this time Li Feng experienced the different defensive styles of the Pacers and the Knicks.
The Knicks' defense is aggressive, tough, and uncompromising. But the Pacers' defense is sticky and weak, and as long as you get involved in their defense, your offensive efficiency will be invisibly weakened.
Li Feng missed the shot, and when he turned back, the Knicks also slightly adjusted to the rhythm of the Pacers. Quickly come back to defense, and then use tough defense to keep the Pacers' outside coordination from playing.
The Knicks' outside defense in this round was finally successful, but after the Knicks played a round, they were not impatient or attacked.
Instead, at the last 3 seconds, he passed the basketball to West on the inside, and West faced Jones.
He had a huge advantage, so even though time was running out now, West was able to turn around and throw a turnaround jumper.
Although West is not tall and does not bounce strongly, he feels very good, and the shooting point is very backward, which makes West's turnaround jump shot almost incomprehensible.
Jones watched as West threw the basketball into the Knicks' basket in the last second of 24 seconds.
As soon as West's shot hit the ball, the momentum on the Knicks' side was suffocated. Before, the Knicks desperately defended the Pacers' fast break and the Pacers' small outside cooperation, but after doing this. The Pacers still hit the shot, and it was a second after 24 seconds.
This is a really big blow for the Knicks.
11-4, the Pacers stretched the difference to 7 points again, and the Knicks have been so suppressed by the Pacers today.
Suddenly when he came to the Pacers' position, the Knicks were a little anxious, Rose came up to the middle to break through by himself, and then actually threw the ball very outrageously.
The Knicks missed. Once the Knicks missed, the Pacers' revenge would come immediately.
Turning back to play West's low-post offense, Jones couldn't bear West and could only foul him.
West, who was fouled, hit both free throws at the free throw line, and the difference between the two teams continued to widen, and the Pacers had a nine-point lead over the Knicks at 13-4.
The Knicks once again faced a very poor start, at which point Tyberdeau had to call a timeout.
Before the game, although he knew that the Pacers were not easy to play, but now, he still underestimated the Pacers and overestimated himself. The Knicks won once against the Pacers the other day. This made Tyberdu make some misjudgments.
As a result, the Knicks suffered a serious blow all of a sudden.
The Knicks' players were back on the bench, and Tyberdeau wasn't angry at this time because his team was behind.
Because he saw that the team's backwardness was not because the players didn't work hard, or because the players didn't execute their tactics, but because the team was not familiar with the Pacers' tactics.
In this way, when Tyberdu arranged it for everyone, he said in an orderly manner:
"The Pacers taught us another lesson at the start of the day. What is called mature cunning, they are. In the game, they caught a lot of easy scoring opportunities. We can't let them do that anymore. ”
"In the next offense, we have to try to minimize mid-to-long range shots, try to hit the basket as much as possible, and we have to hit the basket either way. Players who have the opportunity to play under the basket should not be afraid of being blocked. Forcibly, create killing, create their fouls. ”
"If you miss, you can retreat quickly. Someone was going to interfere with one of their passes, someone was going to delay Hill. Put pressure on players who run off the ball on the Pacers and don't let them move around. ”
"Terrence, I allow you to foul West in moderation. But you'd better ignore West's big mouth. ”
Jones and the Knicks players nodded together, and several of Tyberdeau's tweaks at this time were not miracles. Offensively, the emphasis is on playing under the basket, in order to improve efficiency, and use the Knicks' excellent physical fitness to force the Pacers' good team defense. It's a stupid trick, but it's the best way to show the Knicks' strengths.
Defensively, Tyberdeau's emphasis on quick dropbacks and interfering with a pass is meant to delay the Pacers' quick offense.
The delay on Hill was meant to prevent the Pacers from playing that kind of fluid, unstable little fit. The need to be tough on the Pacers' off-ball defense is to prevent the Pacers from playing a good positional match.
After the last time, Tyberdo allowed Jones to foul West, which Tyberdu could see, Jones couldn't defend West's expectations, and Jones was blown up by West. It's better to send West to the free throw line with frequent fouls to disrupt the offensive rhythm of West and the Pacers.
Tyberdu was originally a manager with an average on-the-spot schedule, but now under strong pressure, he has also played an extraordinary on-the-spot performance.
The team was adjusted very organized, and Tyberdeau's on-court play was extraordinary, allowing the Knicks players to return to the court, and immediately stabilized the situation, and the Pacers could no longer play those smooth and rhythmic combinations.
Under the Knicks' tough defense, the Pacers are stumbling, and the Knicks don't have to be much stronger than the Pacers on offense. They use their physical strength and young body on the offensive end to force the Pacers to be sticky, and the defense with many obstacles will inevitably make the game extremely ugly.
The two sides stumbled together, and the game immediately became unwatchable, and under the tough defense, the game was immediately full of fouls, turnovers, and missed shots, and other ugly things in the basketball game.
When the game is ugly and the average fan finds it difficult to watch. Ao Fat, who was in the commentary seat, said the opposite at this time:
"Tyberdu's timeout was really good, and you can see that the game is full of uncertainties when you come back from the timeout."
"The Pacers couldn't get any points before, and the Knicks started to stabilize the situation. The contest is now fun! ”
Ao Fat thinks that the games that are getting more and more ugly now are interesting. and the person who holds the same point of view with him, as well as Yu Jia, a basketball commentator on the domestic side.
Yu Jia also clearly saw the mess on the court at this time, but where he looked at his little book excitedly and said:
"Tyberdu's pause is really wonderful."
"You see, before this timeout, it was a very good game, but it was all for the Pacers. The Pacers completely dominated the court, but after this timeout. The game was ugly, but the ugliness was that both the Pacers and the Knicks were ugly. In this way, the Knicks finally stopped the downward trend. ”
"Tyberdu's pause is magical!"
Yu Jia is here in the spirit of serious study. There is a time to praise Taberdu's coaching approach.
On the court, both the Pacers and Knicks were quick to get fouls, and the two teams began to get into a phase of frequent free throws.
The two teams remained deadlocked until 6:49 of the first quarter, when Pacers head coach Vogel watched from the sidelines. The scores of the two teams are still not moving, 18-10, although the Pacers' side still has a score advantage.
But the momentum is not as smooth as the beginning, and playing physical strength with the Knicks like this is not the rhythm that the Pacers should have, so if they continue to play, it must be the Knicks and their young people who have better physical strength to take advantage.
Vogel also called a timeout and stopped playing physical with the Knicks. The most valuable thing for a walker is experience and understanding. They should fight these things, not fight with a bunch of stunned young men.
When this pause was called, Ao Fat said with a little complaint:
"Vogel's timeout should have been called a long time ago! It's too late to call this pause. ”
When the Pacers called a timeout, Tyberdu was not idle here, saying to his players:
"That's how we fight! Don't waver, our biggest advantage against the Pacers is physical strength. ”
"So we just have to fight to the death, and we don't hesitate to consume more physical strength of the walkers. Now that the game is in its final stages, it's time for us to dominate the game. ”
The timeout is over, and it's the Pacers' ball to come back. At this time, the Pacers really found a way not to fight with the Knicks.
Hibbert kicked off the ball and passed it directly to West, who was 45 degrees, and West took the ball and fired directly at Jones's head, who was half a head shorter than him.
The ball is in!
West's mid-range shot consistency. It has never changed. The Pacers simply scored two points and played more concisely, just not giving the Knicks a chance to entangle.
The Pacers want to play the game more concisely, but the Knicks want to torture the Pacers' old arms and legs to the maximum. As soon as the West ball hits the ground. The Knicks, for their side, immediately kicked off the baseline quickly.
Rose raced to the Pacers' three-point line and pressed all the way to the free throw line.
Only then did he pass the basketball to Gorandragic, who was on the side, and Miller took the ball and forced a breakthrough forward. A man pressed into the Pacers' restricted area like a cannonball before throwing a throw at it.
Goran Dragic's throw was simply a shot without gaps, and he had two defenders from the Pacers in front of him.
He came to play for the sake of playing strongly, and the effect is naturally not good, and the basketball jumps out of the way.
The ball didn't hit, but it didn't matter for the Knicks, who are playing physical basketball right now.
The whole team was squeezing the basket at all costs, rushing for rebounds, and Goran Dragzic didn't throw the basketball. Jumping to Li Feng's side, Li Feng flew up and flicked his hand in the air, putting the basketball on Cousins' side.
Cousins got up to dunk the basket at this time, and dunked the basketball into the Pacers' basket at once.
The Knicks called a timeout and made the game ugly. Now Vogel called a timeout, but it turned the game for the better.
Both teams started scoring in a field battle, but Vogel simply didn't want to see the Knicks play this kind of morale-damaging dunk.
Vogel understands that the Knicks must not be allowed to play on fire, and once the Knicks are on the momentum, it will be difficult to control.
Turning around, the Pacers took the ball very quickly and rushed to the Knicks' position, and the Knicks' defense was very tough, and the main defender of the Pacers was stuck. But it took Hill a big step away near the three-point line.
In fact, Hill's shooting was not bad, but this made it subconsciously hesitate, but after hesitating for a moment, Hill immediately pulled up and threw a mid-range.
All of a sudden, the basketball simply fell into the Knicks' basket.
With Hill's shot, many fans in the audience raised Hill's big head cards.
This season, Hill has played very well, and Hill's fans have exploded in Indiana.
Hill ran back quickly. Johnson also saw the doorway, and he said on the side:
"Since Vogel called that timeout, the Pacers have been much more determined on offense. As long as they have the opportunity, they can make a quick move and no longer hesitate. This makes it difficult for the Knicks to pester the Pacers with physical strength. ”
Ao Fat still said with a strong subjective color at this time:
"Vogel is long overdue for this. The sooner you adjust, the sooner you can beat your opponents. It's a lot of time to let children pester. ”
The Knicks turned around and attacked with physical strength, only for the reckless Jones to miss. Coming back, Paul George made a trademark step-back jumper and scored two points.
Looking back, Li Feng found an opportunity to vacate the seat. As a result, the three-point jumper missed, and the Pacers won the rebound in the backcourt and immediately attacked quickly, and Hill rode in the middle and suddenly passed back to Hibbert who followed up under the basket. Hibbert follows up and scores a layup!
After the Pacers changed their tactics, they didn't grind their teeth with the Knicks, but scored 8 points in a row extremely sharply. Changing the score to 26-14, the Pacers led the Knicks by 12 points.
A margin of more than 10 points is a barrier for two defensive teams.
By this time. Li Feng couldn't hold it back, and in the previous game, Li Feng was looking for cooperation with his teammates. Li Feng wants to play the overall feeling when he played the 76ers, but the current situation clearly does not allow the Knicks to continue to run in.
Li Feng knows how to do it, as the arrow figure of the team. It's time to stand up for yourself.
Back in the Pacers' halfcourt, this time the Knicks played a very open position. Li Feng and Rose were in ambush in the two corners, and Cousins and Jones stood in the horns at each end of the free throw line.
Dragic held the ball at the top of the arc, and the Knicks were in such a position that completely stretched the space apart.
After having the space. Dragic immediately passed the ball to Jones, and the moment Jones got the ball, Li Feng ran towards the top of the arc. Cousins went down to cover Li Feng, and Li Feng came out just in time to receive the ball.
Li Feng, who took the ball, looked down at the court, and the space in the restricted area of the court was not filled, so Li Feng felt a heartbeat, and the whole person shot straight into the Pacers' basket like a cannonball.
Li Feng's shot was too fast, too sudden, and the Pacers' West couldn't do it even if he wanted to return to defense.
Li Feng arrived at the Pacers' basket as if it exploded above the Pacers' basket like a cannonball.
"Bang dang!"
Li Feng slammed the basketball into the Pacers' basket with a slam dunk. After the dunk, Li Feng immediately turned around and yelled at the Pacers players.
This roar was Li Feng's roar of declaring war, and it was also Li Feng thinking about his teammates reminding him. I'm still here, and the team won't lose.
The Pacers were yelled at by Li Feng, and West's eyes suddenly turned a little red.
Granger also looked at Li Feng and licked his lips, and Paul George crossed his waist and looked at Li Feng seriously.
The two teams have played against each other so far, and they have all played fairly cleanly, and it is also a process of testing. Now Li Feng was the first to be impatient and took the lead in issuing an invitation to the Pacers, and the Pacers were all enthusiastic.
They lost to the Knicks once a few days ago, which has always been a thorn in their hearts, and now Li Feng took the initiative to invite the battle.
They were more than willing to pay it back.
The Pacers opened the baseline ball again at this time, and the rhythm slowed down all of a sudden, not the same as the storm like Fang Cai, step by step, step by step, the rhythm that the other party couldn't adapt to.
Instead, it was like a rainy day today, and the black clouds were slowly pressing down.
Hill dribbled the ball very slowly, and he dribbled from the three-point line, but the Knicks shrunk up near the box.
At this point, the Knicks seemed to be a hard stone, and it was difficult to open any gaps from the outside. It was at this point that West stepped up to the free-throw line to make a cover for Hill.
With such cover, Hill twisted his body and rushed towards the Knicks' basket, and Hill sprinted for a short distance. Just when the whole Knicks team was shrinking in the middle of the line, a ghostly figure deftly avoided the sight of everyone in the Knicks from the bottom line, and actually touched the basket at once.
As soon as he arrived, Ciel's ball slipped through the crack. Granger caught the ball and easily wiped the board to score two points.
When the Knicks were fully armed and ready to fight Hill's short-distance sprint head-on, the Pacers quietly opened a backdoor for them.
This ghostly blow made Li Feng itch at all, but there was nothing he could do about the other party's cunning.
The Pacers played hard and cunning at this time, and the Knicks came back and played a similar tactic as Fangcai, still hanging in the bottom corner, and the two stood parallel to the free throw line, completely pulling the space under the basket.
However, at this time, Goran Dragic broke through the middle directly, and then suddenly turned around and passed the basketball to Li Feng.
Li Feng took the ball at the free throw line, he directly resisted Granger in one step and knocked Granger to the basket, and Li Feng got up and threw a throw.
Under the Pacers' basket, there are two monsters, West and Hibbert, Li Feng threw half of the shot, and the two of them arrived, hitting left and right. Coming up to West to cover Li Feng's head, Hibbert put his hand on Li Feng's face.
Under the double interference, Li Feng missed the throw, and Li Feng threw the ball too short. But it didn't matter, the basketball wiped the rebound and fell into Li Feng's arms. (To be continued......)