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Paul George's performance was not a flash in the pan, and his almost month-long super-performance earned him the almost booked Eastern Conference Player of the Month for the first month of the new season.

He swayed at the No. 3 and No. 4 positions, giving the Pacers a lot of possibilities. This, combined with his strong performances, has allowed the Pacers to win 10 of their last 15 games.

And surprisingly, the dramatically improved offense of the Pacers — which is now seventh in the league in points per game — isn't far behind on defense. While the new defensive system is still being perfected, the defensive capabilities are already being felt.

Although the Pacers have lost Roy Hibbert, a former interior defensive man, and power forward David West this season, the entire interior roster has almost been rebuilt. Today, the team is replaced by Ian Masimmi as the center forward. Although this took a toll on the team's defense, Masimmi played the best performance of his career, and the Pacers' losses on the defensive end were minimized in the context of the small-ball boom.

The lack of a defensive dip ensured that the Pacers were able to keep their opponents down in scoring. And the enhanced offensive ability makes them enough to send their opponents into the abyss of defeat. That's why the Pacers have a high team win rate today.

Ellis carried the ball to the front court, passed to CJ Myers, who came out around the three-point line, and then ran to ambush himself outside the three-point line in the bottom left corner.

As soon as Myers received the ball, he threw it to Paul George, who came out of the Lakers' interior pocket.

Randle was very positive defensively tonight, sticking to Paul George and sticking closely.

Paul George held the ball and watched the Lakers' defense for a while, then gave the ball to George Hill outside the three-point line at a 45° angle on the right.

Paul George then rounded the cover of Ian Masimmi, who was roaming near the free throw line, and went straight to the basket.

Randall was held back by Masimmi's cover, but he still pursued him.

However, Paul George rushed a few steps and actually turned around and ran back!

Randall didn't expect Paul George to actually turn back, and finally chased the distance between him and Paul George, but was immediately pulled away again. What made him even more helpless was that he had just bypassed the cover of Ma Simmi, and this thing came to stop him again!

Masimmi put another cover on Paul George from outside the free-throw line, giving him a straight open shot.

And George Hill, who had been standing outside the three-point line on the right side, raised his hands holding the ball high and made a look like he was about to pass the ball, so that Yi Feng had to stop. Keep an eye on what is going on behind you and what is going on behind you.

When George Hill found out that Paul George had an open spot, he immediately threw the ball into his hands.

Yi Feng was unaware for a moment and failed to intercept the pass.

Paul George took a pass from George Hill, stepped inside the three-point line at the top of the arc, and hit an easy jumper to open the scoring for the Pacers.

At 2:0, the Pacers in Los Angeles scored their first point since the start of the game.

George Hill made a direct pass to an assist, and it was against Yi Feng's defense, which made Yi Feng feel quite faceless.

After the switch between offense and defense, Yi Feng asked for the ball directly. He clearly wants to get back on the field with George Hill.

George Hill, who was drafted by the Spurs with the 26th pick in the first round in 2008, is only 1.88 meters tall, but his outstanding reach allows him to defend a shooting guard. Born in the Spurs system, he has honed his tough defensive ability.

Pacers head coach Frank Vogel put him at the No. 2 spot because he saw his stronger defensive ability than Monta Ellis.

The height advantage of almost one head failed to make Yi Feng feel relaxed. Because George Hill gave him a lot of defensive pressure.

However, this was not enough to hold Yi Feng back, because of the opponent's low center of gravity and excellent arm span, Yi Feng chose to attack with his back.

Although Yi Feng has a height advantage of more than ten centimeters, he weighs only one or two kilograms heavier than George Hill. Coupled with George Hill's lower center of gravity, Yi Feng's back-to-back attack didn't allow him to dig far in.

However, Yi Feng's style of attacking with his back has never been a hard chisel in--after two chisels, he jumps out, which makes people feel elegant.

The same was true for this attack, after two blows on the back of the right horn position, Yi Feng's back turned and jumped, and his body leaned back and floated out.

And George Hill jumped half a beat slower because of the strength of Yi Feng's back hit, and in the end, he was obviously powerless to do anything about Yi Feng's shot. Moreover, there was already a big height gap between him and Yi Feng.

At this time, the only thing that can decide whether this ball is missed is Yi Feng's own feel.

Fortunately, after experiencing the explosion of the hand against the Warriors and the cold feeling against the Trail Blazers, after Yi Feng returned to the home court, the feeling finally returned to normal, and the ball hit steadily.

2:2, Yi Feng also scored the first point after the opening for the Lakers.

Masimmi serves from the baseline and Ellis advances with the ball.

Ellis dribbled past half court and threw the ball directly to Paul George, two meters from the three-point line.

Now the Pacers, who have switched to small ball, let alone Paul George at the No. 4 position, and even Masimi at the No. 5 position, have not entered the interior to settle down.

The Pacers have five on the court, all outside the three-point line!

Paul George took the ball and moved to the right, and Masimmi went up to Jean to cover. It's a cover that happens outside the three-point line and makes the Lakers' defensive options a little awkward.

Randle was blocked by Masimmi's screen, but Masimmi withdrew the cover and cut down the inside.

That's when Hibbert was embarrassed. He played aggressively tonight, trying to follow Masimmi to the inside in order to contain him; Paul George, who wanted to take a step up and follow Randle to pick up the ball.

After hesitating for a moment, he chose to wrap Paul George. Perhaps it's because as a former teammate, he knows Paul George's threat deep down and is the biggest of the five Pacers players on the court.

However, Randle and Hibbert, as real interior players, are not as fast as Paul George, who is a temporary No. 4 position in terms of movement speed and nerve reflexes, but is actually an outside player at heart.

He grabbed the gap between the two and distributed the ball to Masimmi, who was down.

The Lakers are near the three-point line on both interior lines, and who else can stop the tall Masinmy?

Yi Feng, who made up for it, didn't stupidly go up to block the gun's hole, and he didn't succeed in cutting the ball with his lower hand, so he dodged away immediately. Masimmi makes an easy layup.

At 4-2, the Pacers led by two points.

The offense and defense switched, and the Lakers did not show weakness, with Clarkson scoring a layup in the air, and Kobe Bryant assisted.

At 4:4, the scores of the two teams were tied again.

The Pacers attacked, and Ellis held the ball high post.

Paul George and Masimmy double-screened CJ Myers in the left and right corners, and Myers used the two men's cover to cut from the left wing to the right wing, pretending to receive the ball and making a feint.

In this offense, Paul George, as the boss of the Pacers, took the initiative to cover for his younger brother, which really surprised the Lakers players. Even so, they were deeply wary of Paul George.

After discovering that Ellis didn't pass the ball to CJ Myers, the Lakers' defense played even more up. Randle was worried that Paul George, who had done the cover, cut straight to the basket, so he took a step back and blocked the route beforehand.

Unexpectedly, Paul George still stood still and didn't move, but Masimmi suddenly went up to the three-point line and covered Ellis!

In this way, Ellis directly got an open shooting opportunity outside the three-point line, and after receiving the ball, he adjusted his breathing and made a decisive three-point shot.

Swish!

out of three.

Clarkson, who squeezed under Masimmi's armpit, was not only entertained by Masimmi's armpit with a strong manly taste, but finally couldn't catch up in time to interfere with Ellis's shot!

It's really sad.

At 7:4, the Pacers are shooting 100 percent from the field so far. With such a hot hand, it is natural to be able to lead the Lakers on the road.

After the Pacers decided to keep up with the trend of the times and play small-ball tactics, Masimmy was promoted to starting center. As a center in a small-ball lineup, Masimmi plays a blue-collar role on defense and rebounding most of the time, stretching from the bottom of the box to beyond the three-point line.

In addition to contributing on the defensive end, on the offensive end, his role is to be a moving wall of flesh - constantly providing cover for his teammates. Judging by the Pacers' just a few goals, Masimmi did his job well.

Head coach Frank Vogel has nothing to say about his protégé Masimmi: "Ian is a player who can defend the box and is very athletic in the centre-forward position. He's always improving, and he's lucky to have such a flexible, well-rounded big man. He's one of the best interior defenders, able to delay opponents, protect the box, and move fast to disrupt opposing three-point shooters. ”

Clearly, the Lakers players are already suffering. Clarkson, in particular, has a deep grudge against Masimmi.

After the attack was successful, the Pacers' players returned to defense quickly, not giving the Lakers a chance to sneak up at all.

Yi Feng advanced with the ball, and after reaching the front court, beckoned Hibbert to come out as a cover.

Tonight, Hibbert seemed to be walking much brisker, and the speed of covering was much faster than usual. George Hill was blocked by Hibbert, and Yi Feng bypassed Hibbert's cover and cut straight inside.

Ma Simmi tried his best to block Yi Feng's breakthrough, but he was a good movement speed among the interior players, and he was not worth mentioning in front of Yi Feng.

Like a gust of fresh wind, Yi Feng swept past Ma Simmi's side as soon as the smoke slipped away.

Seeing this, Paul George hurriedly made up for it, but Yi Feng moved faster with his hands, kept at his feet, and made a low-handed layup to put the ball into the basket.

7:6, the scores of the two teams have been scorching.

The Pacers attacked, and after a series of runs, CJ Myers went around the cover and got a shot. After receiving the pass, Myers made a decisive three-point shot.

However, under Kobe's interference, CJ Myers' shot was ironed, and he contributed the Pacers' first iron.

The Pacers offense didn't work, but on the other hand, the Lakers did well - Kobe Bryant met CJ Myers' eye-sealing defense and hit a hard shot.

At 7:8, the Lakers took the lead for the first time after the opening.

Next, CJ Myers made another pass error, and a cross was seen through by Yi Feng, and he stabbed his pass in a diagonal stab, and got a chance to ride a fast break.

Behind him, Ellis, Paul George and others chased after him, but they couldn't close the distance, and in the end they could only watch Yi Feng dunk easily.

At 7:10, the Lakers scored 4 points in a row to extend the score to 3 points.

The Pacers called a timeout.

Head coach Frank Vogel interrupted the Lakers as they were about to take off, and made personnel changes and tactical deployments.

He replaced CJ Myers and Paul George returned to his preferred No. 3 spot, with this year's No. 11 rookie Myles Turner at the No. 4 spot.

At the end of the timeout, Paul George stood out of bounds to serve.

On the strong side (the side with the ball is the strong side, and the strong side changes with the movement of the ball) Myles Turner made a down screen for George Hill, who cut around the screen and took away his defender Yi Feng.

After doing the cover, Myles Turner took advantage of the gap after George Hill and Yi Feng went out, cut into the low post to get to the position, and then reached out to Paul George outside the bounds for the ball.

But Myles Turner on the strong side is not the real catch, the real catcher is on the weak side.

Marcinmi, who was on the weak side, covered Ellis in the bottom corner, and Ellis took the opportunity to get rid of Clarkson's close defense and come to the top of the arc to catch the ball outside the three-point line.

After receiving Paul George's throw-in serve, Ellis first passed the ball to the horned Masimmi, and then the strong side looked for a quick hand-to-hand cut into the score.

At this point, Paul George, who served on the weak side, went to cover Myles Turner in the low post and block Randle.

Because Randle's attention was drawn to the strong side, Paul George's cover completely blocked him, and Myles Turner moved to the other side to receive a pass from Masimmi, misplaced to face Kobe, and scored an easy pick-and-roll.

After the timeout, the Pacers' first offense perfectly restored the tactical setup of head coach Frank Vogel.

Being able to be deployed by Frank Vogel as the No. 1 offensive option after the timeout is proof enough that Myles Turner has earned the head coach's approval.

The quality of the 2015 rookie has been recognized by more and more industry insiders, and the champion Xiu Yifeng has played a triumphant song all the way, a series of youngest records, and a unique ride on the scoring list, which can be called a standout among the rookies in this class.

It's not that other rookies can't do it, but Yi Feng can't continue to be in the ranks of rookies and compare with other rookies. Even compared with people who are a generation older than him, Yi Feng can not fall behind; If you compare him with other rookies, it will be a bit of a "big bully".

Top-eyed show Carl Anthony Downs, scouting show Jahir Okafor, etc., all exceeded expectations. Even the No. 11 pick, Myles Turner, is very good. He has great athleticism and is very capable of blocking; And it also has a three-point range and the ability to score in the low post, and it has a soft hand. (To be continued.) )