The world of basketball

Chapter 171 I Seem to Know How to Guard You

The other two games in the East are the Bucks against the Pistons and the 76ers against the Pacers. After the Bucks got Cousins, they added an unsolvable Antetokounmpo and a group of high-quality rotation players, such as Middleton Brad So and so on, let them have the lineup strength to play well in the East. After the Pistons got Thomas Jr., the lineup strength, especially the backcourt lineup, has been further improved, but they still have some restrictions after all, so they can only This is not the same.

This is already the second season of coach Casey as the head of the Pistons, but the team is still only a strong team in the playoffs and cannot go further. This has worn down the patience of the Pistons' management, but they also Need to get further signings.

The 76ers are still the same. Most of their main lineup is chosen by themselves, such as Simmons, Emperor Embiid, Saric, Fultz and so on.

Their biggest surprise this season is the growth of Fultz. This omnipotent scorer who called the wind and rain in college was pushed to the bench in the first season. This season he also accepted his status as a sixth man. a setting.

Yes, he is a character who needs the ball to be able to attack autonomously in his own hands, not a 3D player who is a catch-and-shoot player like Covington Saric. The change in Fultz's mentality has given the team and He himself was very surprised. He averaged 18 points per game when he came off the bench, shooting 48% from the field and 39% from the three-point range. He is a very good scorer.

If it weren't for Louis Williams' father being too perverted, he would probably be the Super Sixth Man this season.

The 76ers' starting lineup is very strong, but their bench lineup was relatively weak last season. This time Fultz can play the role of the sixth man, which undoubtedly greatly improved their offensive firepower on the bench.

The Pacers retained most of the lineup this season, such as their Oladi Posinis Young Turner and so on.But their lineup looks more like a grassroots facelift, because apart from Oladipo, they don't seem to have any All-Star players, but they have reached No.5 in the East this season, and they can reach the current ranking. It all depends on the team's toughness and defensive ability.

However, relying on the team's toughness and defense alone will not go far. There is an old saying in the NBA that offense wins tickets and defense wins championships.This sentence is a bit biased, because this sentence is like those teams that win the championship, just relying on defense to win.

This is not true. We can find that every team that wins a championship must have an offensive pivot, core and end point, which is very important.

In the past two years, the Warriors naturally don’t need to say much. They are more than an offensive transition core and offensive arrow, and the Cavaliers don’t need to say too much. Although Love was in a downturn that year, the combination of James and Irving’s offensive talents and talents naturally need not be too much explain.How about further?It is the old Spurs, although Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili of the old Spurs are already very old, and their Leonard has not fully grown up, the rest is Dio Belinelli Zhang Tielin moves very well 3d player.But their offensive system is also very strong.

Going forward is the Heat's two consecutive championships, and the Heat's two consecutive championships. Needless to say, their offense is the Big Three of James, Wade, and Bosh.

Further forward is the Lone Ranger and the Celtics, each of which has its own offensive core.

If we talk about the real grassroots championship winners, the first thing everyone thinks of is probably the Pistons back then.

But although the Pistons Five Tigers are known as grassroots civilians, how can there be very grassroots?Can the internal and external combination of Chauncey Billups and Big Ben be called grassroots?
Facing the 76ers with a very talented lineup, the Pacers played very difficult in the first game, but at the last moment, with Oladipo's outstanding performance, they won the game and stole a victory at home in Philadelphia .

What You Want Amidst the tsunami of fans, the second game of the first round of the playoffs between the Spurs and the Mavericks began. The two sides jumped the ball, and Mu Xiaobei successfully won the ball for the Spurs first.

At the top of the arc, Aldridge made a ball-holding pick-and-roll for Jeremy Lin. Jeremy Lin accelerated and went around the basket on the left. Mu Xiaobei's right waist made an off-ball pick-and-roll for Kuzma. Running outside the line, Jeremy Lin hit the ground and passed the ball to Kuzma who was running. Kuzma caught the ball and faked a shot, shook Matthews away, then dribbled the ball to the basket, and then hit the ground The pass was passed to Mu Xiaobei, and Mu Xiaobei scored with a throw, scoring first for the Spurs and taking the lead.

It can be seen that Carlisle spent a lot of effort before the coaching game. He brought Dennis Smith to the bench again, and put Powell in the starting lineup to play the fourth position in the starting lineup to fight against Aldridge.

Yes, at the beginning of the last game, due to their height disadvantage, the Mavericks really suffered a lot in controlling rebounds.In addition, Aldridge's consecutive singles against Doncic succeeded one after another, giving the Spurs an opening lead and giving the Mavericks an initial disadvantage.

But Popovich seemed to see that Carlisle was about to make a lineup change, so he changed his style of play first.

It stands to reason that in a general game series, the team with a big lead will not take the initiative to change its lineup, because this will disrupt the rhythm of winning, but who is Popovich?The so-called Zhuge Weiqi, whose wisdom is close to that of a demon.Popovich is a very bold and confident person. He believes in the judgment of the head coach of Carlisle as an old opponent for many years, and also believes in the advantages of his own style of play and the system he has formulated.

Sure enough, the opening tactic made Powell very uncomfortable, and the opening tactic was successful. Mu Xiaobei was used as the end point, not as a support point. His defensive focus seems to be a punch full of strength, but it hits the air, which is very uncomfortable.

The Lone Ranger's offense is still playing pick-and-rolls, pick-and-rolls with the ball, and pick-and-rolls without the ball. They have the best pick-and-roll ball handler Kemba Walker and pick-and-roller Jordan in the league. Qiqi, the essence and core of all their tactics starts with the pick-and-roll.

Walker used Jordan's pick-and-roll to get to the basket in one step, and Jordan cut outside the three-point line, launching tactics very similar to the Spurs.

Then Kemba Walker hit the ground and passed the ball to Jordan. Mu Xiaobei rushed over and got stuck in front of Jordan. The moment Jordan made a shot, his fingers could be seen shaking. Sure enough, the ball track was crooked, and Ade pressed Powell grabbed the rebound.

(End of this chapter)