The Pacers' four-big lineup lasted only three minutes, and in a dead ball state when the ball went out of bounds, O'Brien chose to make a substitution, and he replaced Stephen Jackson with Fox inside, so that the Pacers returned to their normal lineup, with Fox as center and O'Neal Jr. back at power forward. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

But the three minutes were not meaningless, resulting in three turnovers for the Celtics to score twice, and their half-court tight defense and completely open space for three-point shooting disrupted Leon's tactical setup in the opening game, and the Pacers also led the Celtics by four points at 9-5. They undoubtedly overwhelmed Celtic in momentum and took the tactical initiative.

Leon didn't do much to respond, he's still watching, watching the Celtics' starting form to decide what to do next. Now he's learned to let the players solve problems on their own when they're in the face of difficulties, rather than calling a timeout to change formations or coaching right away. It's a young, very learning team, and Leon wants them to develop chemistry and team spirit in the process of solving problems. This is not achievable in daily training.

However, he also felt that the Celtics were not in particularly good shape tonight, and it was clear from their several shots that Garnett was clearly disrupted by Stephen Jackson's defensive around the front, and Pierce also struggled against Artest, who had improved his defensive skills over the summer.

Against Reggie Miller, Reed focused more on the defensive end, and Reed wasn't the main point of attack in the first quarter, so the team's offensive pressure shifted to Arenas' shoulders.

Arenas's opponent is Tinsley, a street-born, short-headed guy who plays a game with a good set of skills, and he has the advantages of Alstom, but lacks an important flaw - poor defense. Tinsley's defense isn't great, but it's definitely above par among point guards. This is due to his strong body, and he is rarely eaten alone in one-on-one situations, as long as there is no problem with his attitude.

His main problem on the defensive end is still a lack of team defense awareness and a lack of defensive vision, which is also a common problem of street players.

After the substitution, Arenas didn't rush to force the attack, and after three minutes of playing against Tinsley, he felt that this guy was not so easy to deal with, and his touch was not particularly outstanding tonight. Leon's lesson to him flashed through his mind, "A good point guard should be able to make the best choices based on the situation on the court, not necessarily complete assists." ”

Lately, Arenas has been thinking more and more about what Leon said to him, and he wonders why he couldn't understand or listen to these things before.

Just now Jackson was on the court, Arenas tried to pass the ball to Garnett, which was undoubtedly right, allowing Garnett to play Jackson in a misplaced position. But the Pacers obviously thought of this, so they let Jackson defend around the front at any cost, and Arenas didn't dare to drop the ball rashly, so several offenses didn't go well.

Now that Jackson is off the court, Foster is on, O Jr. is starting to play against Garnett, and PJ Brown is facing Foster, and Arenas thinks this will be an opportunity.

Arenas took the throw-in on the sideline, and he made a "two, five" gesture towards Reed, which was fast, but Reed had already seen it, and he nodded slightly to show that he understood what Arenas meant. Several other players also understood that it was a 25 match-up strategy, with Reed at the No. 2 position at the bottom of the basket and Brown at the top of the arc at the No. 5 position. Pierce stood a little outside on the left and Garnett a little inside on the right. When the referee blew the whistle, Reid began to run inside out, Brown cut inside, and the two made a cross switch at the free throw line.

At this point, Garnett stepped up and gave Reed a cover close to Brown, so that Garnett and Brown both slapped the goal and squeezed Miller away, and Reed was able to circle around the bottom right corner to free up space to shoot.

At this time, the Pacers' defensive attention was attracted by Reed, Foster saw that Reed was about to run out of an open position, and had to follow Reed to prepare to make up the defense, but the essence of this tactic was not to run out of the open position at the point guard, but to let the center quietly cut to the basket while covering.

Arenas made a close-range pass, Brown received the ball and scored a powerful one-handed dunk to give the Celtics an easy two-pointer.

"It's going to be three seconds later, this guy is still a little hesitant............ Leon looked at this pass from Arenas, in order to fool the Pacers' defense, he had to make a gesture to pass the ball to Reed, which undoubtedly delayed some timing, Brown had been standing under the basket for a while, and if he hesitated a little longer, he would be blown for three seconds.

Although Leon said this, he was still very happy in his heart, after all, being able to grasp that little bit of time without violating the rules is enough to prove that Arenas has begun to have a score in his hands, and this attack is still commanded by him. He took advantage of Tinsley's lack of team defensive awareness, and also took advantage of Foster's lack of team defensive awareness, and took advantage of the Pacers' p.J. Brown's ignorance to play a beautiful game.

Seeing the performance of the players, Leon decided not to call a timeout for the time being. In this first quarter of the game, although the Celtics were a little blinded by the Pacers' one-big-four-small tactics at the beginning, the Celtics players quickly gained a foothold and began to regain the advantage little by little. Until the end of the first half, the Celtics and Pacers were tied at 41:41, and the shooting percentage of both sides was not high, and the game was quite exciting.

At the start of the second half, O'Brien didn't start with a big four and returned to the regular lineup, and it looked as if he had abandoned this unconventional lineup. However, midway through the third quarter, the scores were still scorching, and O'Brien called a timeout when Paul Pierce hit a mid-range shot to put the score two points ahead of the Pacers. He made another lineup change, and this time they came up with a big four again, but this is different from the big four in the first half, they put out O'Neal Jr., Al Harrington, Anthony Johnson, Stephen Jackson plus Ron Artest.

A lineup that is intimidating just by looking at the name, with O'Brien and Vogel standing on the sidelines with a look of ambition, apparently asking the players in this lineup to give their best during the timeout, knowing that when they do their best, it can be quite scary.

Four of the five players are fierce all-around forwards, plus a veteran, solid point guard Anthony is in control, and that's the Pacers' true big four, and Al Harrington doesn't suffer at the power forward position. The reason why Larry Bird kept Harrington was to listen to the advice of Vogel and O'Brien, and he gave up the more standard interior Bennard to renew the contract and gave Harrington, a power forward who likes to shoot threes, a new contract.

This is a lineup that the Pacers have not used since the beginning of this season, this is the killer weapon that O'Brien and Vogel left to the Celtics and Leon, the big and four small in the opening game are just a temptation, this is the real killer horror combination.

On the Celtics side, Leon was replaced by Wang Zhizhi to replace PJ Brown's center position, and Garnett was also replaced by Leon, and then he called Boris Dior from the bench - this rookie who has only played 16 minutes this season, he was still in a daze when he was called, and he didn't expect him to be able to play in non-garbage time.

"It looks like the Pacers have put out a terrible lineup, and it feels like the ultimate version of Pitino's press-and-three-point strategy......" Carlisle watched the Pacers' five big black men come onto the court, and a huge pressure pounced on them from dozens of feet away.

On the Celtic side, Wang Zhizhi still looked dumbfounded, while Dior drooped his eyelids, as if he had just woken up from the bench.

O'Brien and Vogel both felt that Leon was committing suicide, and in the face of the Pacers' strongest killer weapon, they actually took down the two King Kongs on the inside, allowing a soft Chinese and a lazy Frenchman to support the scene on the inside.

O'Brien was on the verge of saying "tear them apart" to the players, and the fans at the stadium were sure that the Celtics would be torn apart in the third quarter. (To be continued.) )