Chapter 453: Encountering a Strong Enemy Again (Part II)
But it's also strange to say that the shooting percentage of the Pacers suddenly dropped after switching to the main team, is this the result of the point guard not having a basket? I have to say that when Rondo is on the field, the opponent will be jealous of his defense, when will the opponent be able to put himself in three steps when he holds the ball?
I don't know what the reason is, although Rondo has consulted Ye Xuan many times, but he still hasn't been able to practice the basket, and the shooting rate is still the same, it seems that his career is destined to be only a triple-double geek like Kidd, and he can't become a superstar like Oscar Robertson who is also dominant on the offensive end.
As the Pacers replaced the main players, the Pelicans also replaced their main forces within two minutes, and coincidentally, the difference between the two teams was now completely smoothed out, so the two teams inadvertently returned to the same running line again, this time the Pacers will not be like the last game, crazy iron, although the opponent still put Rondo two positions to let him shoot, but the Pacers' tactics have changed, and they began to let Ye Xuan come up to help block and dismantle, There are a lot of pick-and-roll offensive options on the outside, which also makes Holiday and Gordon, who are not very able to defend the outside of the Pacers, bigger, and after a few rounds, the Pelicans are beaten into a sieve.
Fortunately, the Pelicans' interior line is not weak, Ryan Anderson seems to be trying to prove that he is worthy of a big contract, so this year's contract year ushered in a wave of explosions, including this game, which was no exception, when he was frustrated on the outside, and Anthony Davis on the inside was also caught in constant hand-to-hand combat and the shooting rate was not guaranteed, it was Anderson who stood up, received passes from teammates in various places one after another and hit the ball, and it was basically three points, Although the Pacers have two players with a very high shooting rate on the outside line, Pickled Pepper and Ye Xuan, they still don't have such a perverted shooting rate as Anderson, and this kind of convulsive shooting rate also made the Pacers a little unexpected.
With 2 minutes left in the second quarter, Anderson hit a three-pointer one step away from the three-point line while Pickle Pepper sealed his hand on his face again, and the Pacers officially fell behind by 10 points, no one thought that the rhythm of this game would be like this, Anderson played 7 minutes alone in the second quarter, hitting 8 three-pointers crazily, and now the second quarter of the game is not over, he has a good chance to break Ye Xuan's record of shooting 10 three-pointers in a game.
The Pacers have been called two timeouts by the opponent's convulsive touch, and the first timeout, Frank Vogel replaced Jordan Hill and replaced Myles Turner to defend the opponent, hoping to use flexible footwork to keep up with and defend Anderson, but Anderson is simply 82 points Ye Xuan possessed today, how to shoot, how to shoot, and he didn't pay attention to Turner's defense at all. Then the Pacers had to call a timeout again, replace Turner, - Smith, and then let Pepper go to defend Anderson, the effect of this change is not bad, Anderson failed to hit the first shot after the timeout came back, but then there was the scene just now, Anderson ran from the backcourt and received the basketball more than two steps from the three-point line, and then ran a step forward and pulled it up directly, although Pepper reacted very quickly, However, he still couldn't interfere with the opponent's shot, and he hit the eighth three-pointer of the game.
In fact, the Pacers' offense in this quarter of the game has done a good job, but they still can't suppress the opponent's firepower, but because of the frequent substitutions later, their offensive rhythm was disrupted, and the opponent led by as many as 10 points with two minutes left in the second quarter. Fortunately, Anderson's hand felt a little lower next, probably because of a large number of shots, which caused his physical strength to be a little unable to keep up, so at the end of the second quarter of the game, he only hit 9 three-pointers and scored 27 points in a single quarter, failing to break Ye Xuan's record, and the Pacers also chased a wave of points in the last two minutes, narrowing the difference to 5 points left.
Back in the visiting locker room, the Pacers players were a little sullen, mainly because the shooting percentage that the opponent showed was so abnormal, which made them feel like 'I lost to providence, not the opponent'. This kind of emotion is not a good thing for a team that is trying to win a championship, because it means that they hold themselves high, and if they lose all the games, they will not be able to identify their problems and improve them, which is not what a championship team should think.
Sure enough, in the second half, the Pacers' attitude to the game was still no different from the first half, at the beginning of the third quarter of the game, although Anderson did not continue to exert power, but the person who made the power became someone else, the Pelicans' outside firepower was originally a rare grab in the league, and after strengthening Anthony as a small forward, it became even stronger, and the result was that the five of them floated on the outside and shot wildly, including Anthony Davis, they were able to shoot three points, and the Pacers' defensive attitude was not particularly good, the speed of rotation is also a little slow, and as a result, I can only watch other people's three-point shots bombard their baskets one after another.
Originally, the last time they met, the two teams still played back and forth, and in the end the Pacers won the game, but in this game, the Pacers have been pressed and beaten by the opponent, and there is no chance to fight back, in fact, the main difference in the middle is still at Ye Xuan's point, the last time Ye Xuan was in a very good state, and he also dared to break through with the ball, and all kinds of single fouls were called a wind and water, but in this game, Ye Xuan has always been in a state of playing soy sauce, The main reason is that he is bent on how to brush the data and how to completely repair his injuries and hidden dangers, so he has no idea of fighting with his body and winning, and the result is naturally much worse.
Now Ye Xuan's role in the team has actually decreased a lot, although he can still contribute 20+5+5 data per game, which seems to be very effective, but his current assist rate has changed from the original 15% to the current 55%, which has increased so much at once, and the main reason is that he has changed his positioning into a top shooter, rather than an offensive point with the ball.
This is also the biggest problem of the Pacers now, they have not yet adapted to this change, although they have won several games in a row after Ye Xuan's comeback, but it is all because the strength of the team is excellent, and those teams are not really able to danger the strength of the Pacers, so this problem has not been exposed, and now they still haven't reacted, their team has now been reduced from the original three ball-holding offensive points to two, and Rondo's point can actually only be counted as half, Because his shortcomings are very obvious, it is a little difficult to let him pass the ball and let him come by himself.
But in any case, this game is basically unsavevable, because the Pelicans have re-expanded the point difference to 10 points shortly after the start of the third quarter of the game, and this point difference is still expanding, although the shooting rate on the Pacers' side began to rebound, biting the point difference tightly, but it also blocked the opponent's internal and external flowering, taking turns to fire. By the time the television was timed out in the third quarter, the Pacers had gone from trailing by five points to trailing by 15 points.
Frank Vogel was very angry, he really wanted to win this game, after all, after the last game, the media praised him, if he lost this game immediately, then he didn't fall off the altar in an instant? However, he couldn't find any way to win this game, unless Ye Xuan suddenly broke out at this time, otherwise it would be too difficult to win the game.
After a few minutes of the third quarter of the game, the main players of the Pacers were more and more unenergetic, although Ye Xuan was still frantically brushing the data on the court, but because the defensive attention of his teammates began to be inconcentrated, the point difference was not able to be recovered, but was continuously expanded by the opponent, until there were 2 minutes left in the third quarter of the game, the Pelicans replaced all their main forces, and the Pelicans hit 10 three-pointers again in this quarter, of which Gordon hit 3, Anthony also scored three points, and his super high score of 41 points in a single quarter also expanded the difference to 18 points in an instant.
The benches are still more dominant than the Pacers, but the main forces are not strong, digging such a deep hole, - Smith they can't catch up no matter how they chase it, shortly after the start of the fourth quarter of the game, the Pelicans replaced the main force again, not ready to give the Pacers benches a chance to chase points, Coach Frank can only helplessly replace his main forces, at this time the Pacers are still 12 points behind the opponent, although the benches narrowed the difference, However, they were still down by double digits, which did not affect the outcome of the game.
Ye Xuan also knew at this time that the Pacers basically had no chance of winning in this game, because the morale of his teammates was very low, and it was obvious that he was a little absent-minded, so Ye Xuan simply let go of brushing data, and he was not modest after coming to the front court, and he shot directly after receiving the ball, and stopped passing the ball at all.
Ye Xuan's data is very high, and the other players on the Pacers' side are even more unenergetic, they are originally running back and forth, so gradually, the score was pulled to more than 15 points again, and at this time, the Pelicans finally replaced all the main forces, and the Pacers also replaced the main forces and announced their surrender.
At the end of the game, the Pacers lost to two Anthony-led Pelicans on the road, and lost by 16 points in one loss. Although the Pacers' offense in this game did not have any problems, but the Pacers, who have always ranked among the top in the league in defense, actually allowed the opponent to score 135 points in this game, which is simply a mockery of the Pacers players, you must know that they have only conceded an average of 101 points per game this season.
After all, Anderson scored 27 points in the second quarter, but Anderson did feel good in this game, scoring a total of 44 points in the game. The rebounding king is Anthony Davis, the offensive rhythm of both teams is very fast, so the number of offensive rounds is also very much, so Anthony Davis has a lot of backcourt rebounds, and the thick eyebrows in this game gave away 24 points at the same time, but also grabbed 18 rebounds, and the strength of the monster's interior line is really worthy of its name.
Little Melon's performance today is relatively average, mainly because he is basically not playing against Pickled Pepper or against Solomon Hill, when he is against Pickled Pepper, his offensive efficiency is very low, and when he is against Hill, although he can use low back to score points, but in this kind of game with such a fast offensive rhythm, the efficiency of low post attack can only be hehe. So he only got 21 points and 4 assists in this game.
In comparison, Ye Xuan, who has a good relationship with him, has much better data today, Ye Xuan, who has played 33 minutes, has a very good data today, not to mention the 32-point score, although 9 points are thrown in garbage time, followed by 7 assists and 9 rebounds, in fact, Ye Xuan has always wanted to brush his rebounds into a double at the end, but there is no way, first, the opponent's shooting rate is really high, and his rebounds are basically all backcourt rebounds, Where can I find a backcourt rebound when the opponent's shot hits? The second is that Anthony Davis's frontcourt rebounding ability is a bit too exaggerated, once Tyson Chandler helped him grab the rebound in the main position, but the thick eyebrows were very faceless, and flew out directly from the side to grab the rebound twice in a row, and finally used his bounce speed to grab the rebound, and also completed the second offense, which made Ye Xuan's rebound not be able to get a double in the end.
After losing the game, the players of the Pacers were very depressed, but it can also be seen that they are still a little confused about losing, they still haven't found their shortcomings, so they are still blaming the loss on the opponent's bursting hand, in fact, whether the opponent's hand feels good or not, the Pacers' own defense has problems This is a clear thing, and at the beginning of the second half of the third quarter, the mentality of the Pacers players was obviously unbalanced, so they behaved like shopping. They still haven't reflected on this, which also laid the groundwork for their later defeat.