Rebirth of Yidi Legend

Chapter 613 Winning over the Pacers

The New York team still has the home court advantage. Facing the challenge of the Pacers, this game is easily reminiscent of their first encounter this season. The Pacers team was full, and in their eyes at the time, this Pacers had a strength that no one knew, and they looked great!

Even though they lost at that time, judging from the dominance of the New York team in the entire league, the Pacers' performance was not the worst. There is no competition.

So although they lost that game, most of the fans believed that this team could take a step closer and continue to challenge the possibility of this New York team in the future.

But the result was that the main player Grant was injured. With the season's reimbursement of the ace on the offensive end, the team suddenly lost hope of going any further.

Fortunately, this team is strong enough this year, which allows this team to still occupy the top four positions in the Eastern Conference.

It even killed the Eagles in the first round of the playoffs.

The second round of the playoffs!

Unknowingly, this team has already played their best results in several seasons.

But everyone knows that their journey this season is over!
"No one can guard Yi, that's for sure, and when the Pacers can't be as good on the defensive end as they have always been, then their offensive shortcomings will be highlighted."

The experts said so before the game.

The first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals also fully interpreted this point.

The Pacers gritted their teeth and resisted in the first half, relying on defense to only fall behind by 5 points at the end of the half.

This point difference is something the 76ers failed to do in the first round of 4 games!
It can be seen how good the Pacers are on the defensive end.

Speaking of which, this is why this Pacers team could have become the Heat's most troublesome opponent. They are really tough!
It is also tenacious enough.

But starting from the third quarter, this team no longer has the ability to bite the Knicks tightly, and the characteristics of this team's lack of offensive ability began to appear.

No one in the team could score, especially during the period from 6 minutes to 8 minutes of the third quarter, the entire Pacers team suddenly fell into a scoring drought.

"This is the playoffs, and that's why we keep saying that we can't go far without star players! Because the intensity of the game determines that star players should stand up at this time and help the team break this embarrassing situation. It's just now , obviously, they miss Danny terribly!"

Speaking of which, this team could have become the Heat's sufferer, and another very important reason is Hibbert's performance!

"Black version of Yao Ming" can always gain a huge advantage in the interior against the Heat, averaging 20 plus 10 per game is no problem at all!

The original Hibbert also won a big contract by virtue of his outstanding performance when playing against the Heat!
It can also be seen from this how weak the Heat's inside line is. A player like Hibbert who is tall, heavy, and has a little bit of autonomous offensive ability can do whatever he wants inside. If Yao Ming hadn't retired, he would definitely become The great sufferer of the "Big Three" period of the Heat, with his ability, it is not impossible to average 30 plus 10 per game against the Heat!
However, Hibbert was able to play an All-Star insider-level performance against the Heat, and he was only facing the Heat. When facing other teams, he would not have any advantage.

The Pacers began to fall behind, and in the following time, the difference in points gradually increased. By the end of the third quarter, they had fallen behind by more than 10.

In the 3 minutes of the fourth quarter, Yi Jianlian took over the game and scored 5 consecutive points in 9 minutes. With these 9 points, the New York team led the score to 15 points.

With the last 4 minutes left in the game, the 15 points ensured New York's victory.

The Knicks successfully won the game.

The big score in the second round of the playoffs was also rewritten to 1-0.

Yi Jianlian scored 40 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in this game.

It is worth mentioning that this is his first triple-double in the playoffs this season.

In 4 games in the first round of the playoffs, he averaged 36.5 points, 10.5 rebounds and 7 assists per game, without a single triple-double.

Speaking of which, this season, his record of averaging triple-doubles for two consecutive seasons has also been broken. Yi Jianlian's assists this season are much less than last year. He is still the most important point for opponents to pay attention to. The abilities of other players have also improved. Now no team dares to double-team Yi Jianlian as brazenly as last season. Now, as long as anyone dares to double-team Yi Jianlian, the other players of the Knicks will definitely make them pay contempt. cost.

It is also because of this that Yi Jianlian's chances of assisting are much less.

It must be pointed out that Yi Jianlian is not a traditional point guard. To put it bluntly, all his assists are based on his strong offensive ability.

When opponents don't dare to double-team him unscrupulously, he will be much less selective in passing, which also makes his assists drop a little.

This is why Allen Iverson averaged 7.5 points per game but did not say that he has a strong passing ability.

Of course, Yi Jianlian's ability is here, and not being double-teamed is also relative to last season!Many times the opponent has to double-team, which also keeps his assists at a higher level.

And although these statistics have dropped, Yi Jianlian's efficiency has improved a lot. He has maintained a shooting percentage of more than 50% in the regular season. You must know that he can score more than 40 points per game this season. Naturally, he also takes more shots like this. Yi Jianlian is indeed the player with the most shots in the league in the regular season, but at the same time, among players with more than 1000 shots, his shooting percentage is the highest!

At the same time, his three-point shooting percentage is also above 45%.

As the player who made the most three-pointers this season, such a shooting percentage is also among the top three among players who have hit more than 150 three-pointers. Even Stephen Curry's three-pointers are below him.

As for Ray Allen, needless to say, as a star player, the defensive intensity he suffers is even greater. Coupled with the increase in age, Ray Allen's explosive power has declined, which has made his three-point shooting rate drop a bit. .

This is why the Celtics went home in the first round this season.

Ray Allen is no longer suitable as a core player on the court.

For him now, a more suitable position for him should be a puzzle.

Plus a 90% free throw percentage.

Yi Jianlian's efficiency this season exceeded the "180" club by a lot.

And it is when his data is still so exaggerated.

(End of this chapter)