Chapter 377: How Can It Be That Easy
"Audience friends, welcome to the live broadcast of the Eastern Conference Finals G1 brought to you by me and Irwin, today we are commenting on this game, as well as one of the greatest players in the history of the Pacers, Mel Daniels, presumably the fans at the scene, are no strangers to Myer, all three ABA championships in the history of the Pacers were won under the leadership of Meyer." When the starters of both teams all entered the court and began to warm up, several commentators who had been chatting for more than half an hour in the commentary bench began to get down to business, today's game, in addition to the pair of Michaels and Magic Johnson, ABC TV Network, also invited the Pacers' famous Myle Daniels as a guest commentator on the scene.
"Haha, Al, the Pacers are now an NBA team, and our honor in the NBA is still a blank." Although Michael Daniels was very happy to mention the Pacers' glorious history in the ABA league, in Mayr Daniels' view, no matter how many honors they won in the ABA, it didn't mean anything to the Pacers who had already joined the NBA league.
"The Nets' starting lineup in this game has made a lot of changes, compared to their lineup against the Pistons in the last round, there is a lot of change. In this game, Kenyon Martin appeared in the center position, the power forward was Keith Van Horn, Richard Jefferson, who had been the sixth man in the previous game, started this game as a small forward, and the two guards were Corey Kidders, and Jason Kidd, is Byron Scott ready to play a small lineup in this game? Magic Johnson, who held the starting lists of both sides in his hands, also sighed after seeing the starting lineup of the Nets, and it was obvious that Byron Scott's arrangement in this game was somewhat unexpected by Magic Johnson.
"Yes, the Nets have indeed changed a little, but the starting lineup on the Pacers' side has not changed in the slightest, the center is still Lorenzen White, the power forward Jermaine O'Neal, the small forward Meng Xu, the scoring guard Reggie Miller, and the playmaking guard Jamal Tinsley."
"The Pacers' tactics shouldn't have changed, their tactical core is only Meng Xu, so just hand over the basketball to Meng Xu, and the Nets, although there is only one core on the court, Kidd, but so far, there is really no way to judge, what tactics will they use in this game? Are they going to run and run? When the players on both teams began to warm up, Michaels and Magic Johnson, who had already announced their starting lineups for this game, began to speculate about the tactics that the Nets might use in this game.
"With the exception of Jamar Tinsley, the Pacers' lineup doesn't have any weaknesses against the Nets, and they're significantly stronger than the Nets on both the offensive and defensive ends, so I don't think the Nets are going to win here, no matter how they change." As a Pacers legend, Myr Daniels clearly has a lot of confidence in the Pacers.
"Meyer, basketball is round, you should know this better than I do, so I don't think the Nets will lose this game." As soon as Myr Daniels's words fell, Michaels refuted his remarks, although he was unwilling, but now Michaels has no way to turn back on the road of Meng Xu and the Pacers, for the sake of ratings and the needs of the show, Michaels can only lose his temperament, bite the bullet, and go to the dark one by one.
Of course, at this time, when the commentator on the field began to guess the tactics that the Nets might use, Larry Bird on the sidelines was also thinking about this problem, according to the Nets' starting list, in this game, Byron Scott obviously will not play a positional battle with himself like the regular season, because in the positional battle, the Nets do not have the slightest advantage, so this change of the Nets is actually a last resort.
"No matter how hard you struggle, you can't change the outcome of this series." Seeing that the warm-up on the field had been completed, all the players stood in their designated positions, and when they were about to jump the ball, Larry Bird looked at Meng Xu with his hands on his hips, and a strong confidence rose from the bottom of his heart.
"Jermaine is improving again." When the referee threw the basketball in his hand into the air, and Jermaine O'Neal successfully beat Kenyon Martin with a very fast bounce speed and no suspense, Magic Johnson nodded and said appreciatively. Compared with the regular season, Jermaine O'Neal, who has experienced the baptism of the last round of competitions, has made a very obvious progress, presumably the current Trail Blazers will regret it very much after seeing Jermaine O'Neal's performance, in order to deal with Shaq O'Neal and Duncan, the Trail Blazers have been collecting interior lines in previous seasons, and they know that Jermaine O'Neal has the potential to become a first-class inside, but they just don't give him a chance, and now they have only left the Trail Blazers for two seasons, and Jermaine O'Neal has grown into a first-class inside.
"Kidd pressed Jamal at the beginning?" At this time, the basketball that was dialed to the backcourt by Jermaine O'Neal was in the hands of Jamal Tinsley, and Jason Kidd, who was opposite him, immediately pressed Jamal Tinsley, who did not pass half the court, and after seeing the Nets' strategy after the opening, Michaels was also puzzled, what are the Nets doing?
Jamal Tinsley, who was pressed by Kidd, wanted to hand over the basketball to Meng Xu as usual after it was difficult to advance the ball across the halfcourt, but found that Meng Xu, who was without the ball, was already under the bag of the Nets, and Reggie Miller was also followed by Corey Kidders.
"Jamal, believe in yourself, you can do it." Meng Xu, who was sandwiched like a sandwich by Keith Van Horn and Richard Jefferson, has no room to catch the ball unless he retreats to the backcourt, and Reggie Miller's offensive ability with the ball is very weak, so now the Pacers can only rely on Jamal Tinsley to organize.
"Hmm." Jamal Tinsley, who heard Meng Xu's shout, leaned sideways on Kidd while trying to protect the basketball, while observing the running positions of other players on the court with the corner of his eye.
"Do you think you'll steal a victory?" After seeing the situation on the field, Lalibird first smiled, then gestured to assistant coach Lester Connell and sat directly in the seat behind him.
After Larry Bird sat on the bench, Lester Connell quickly took over the on-the-spot command, and after shouting a few times at the players on the field, Jermaine O'Neal, who was originally entangled with Kenyon Martin on the edge of the paint area, immediately rose to the top of the arc, Meng Xu and Reggie Miller also took their respective defenders and began to run without the ball, after Kenyon Martin was taken to the top of the arc by Jermaine O'Neal, Lorenten White, who cut to the basket, there were no defenders within three meters, At the same time, through Jermaine O'Neal's cover, and a series of changes of direction and feints, Jamal Tinsley finally got rid of Kidd's pressing and threw the basketball directly in the direction of the basket.
The unguarded Lorenzen White, lightly jumped up to receive Jamal Tinsley's pass, dunked with both hands, and scored the first goal after the opening for the Pacers, Lorenzen White does not have many offensive means, and he does not need him to score in the Pacers, so his role in the Pacers is purely a blue-collar, protecting rebounds and defense under the basket is his main job, which is why the Nets dare to let him go, but this does not mean that Lorenzen White is useless on the offensive end.
The Nets can restrict Meng Xu from receiving the ball and playing with Meng Xu, but the side effect of this is also obvious, that is, one of the other four players of the Pacers is always in an unguarded state, especially after the Nets' only interior Kenyon Martin is taken away from the basket by Jermaine O'Neal, there will be a large area of no man's land under the basket of the Nets. And it is not so easy to defeat the Pacers by wrapping Meng Xu and disrupting the Pacers' tactical system, Meng Xu's off-ball ability is even stronger than Reggie Miller, and this season's Pacers have also practiced Meng Xu and Reggie Miller's running and cutting tactics many times, and the power of this tactic is self-evident, when Meng Xu and Reggie Miller are running, even the defense line like the Pistons and Spurs will be torn apart by the Pacers, not to mention the Nets.
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