"In the second quarter of the game, we need to change our defensive strategy and strengthen the defense of the Wizards' No. 0 player, Meng, this task is handed over to you, and at the same time, our defensive strategy has also changed from zone defense to man-to-man defense, James, you and Jermaine should pay attention to helping others defend." Because Marbury is the tactical core of the Wizards, Rick Carlisle did a lot of work against Marbury in the defensive layout of this game, but in the first quarter of this game, Marbury was indeed successfully limited, but the other two outside lines of the Wizards, Arenas and Butler, broke out. So judging the situation, Rick Carlisle also needs to change his defensive strategy a little, Butler has James Posey, there must be no problem, as for Arenas here, Reggie Miller needless to say, Rick Carlisle replaced Tyshawn Prince in the second half of the first quarter, but defending this kind of physical player is not what Prince is good at, so when James Posey wants to defend Butler, Rick Carlisle has to arrange Meng Xu and Prince to change positions, It was up to Meng Xu to defend Arenas in person.

"No problem." After listening to Rick Carlisle's arrangement, Meng Xu nodded at him, it can be seen that after entering the playoffs, head coach Rick Carlisle is obviously much more cautious, if it is in the regular season, Rick Carlisle will not make such arrangements and adjustments at this time. In fact, this kind of caution is understandable, although Rick Carlisle's record in the Pistons coaching is also very good, but compared to the Pacers this season is still very different, when Rick Carlisle took over the Pistons, the Pistons' management only asked Rick Carlisle to return to the playoffs, and the Pacers' requirements for Rick Carlisle is to defend the title, plus the regular season 74-8, 35 consecutive wins, such a brilliant record, if the Pacers do not perform well in the playoffs, One can imagine what Rick Carlisle would be sprayed by the angry fans and melon-eating crowd.

Now almost all fans who support the Pacers, even those media with ulterior motives, are constantly advocating the Pacers and advocating the dominance of the Pacers, especially Pippen's sentence "If you can't win the championship, 80 wins are useless!" After the provocation, for the supporters of the Pacers, the Pacers not only want to win the championship this season and create their own dynasty, but also show their dominance in the playoffs, in order to slap Pippen in the face, and Rick Carlisle now has the same idea, so for Rick Carlisle, every game in the playoffs cannot be missed, if you stumble along the way, you will definitely be sprayed half-fatally.

"It's a bit of an interesting game, the Pacers actually changed lineup early, and the Wizards obviously adjusted the team's tactics after the timeout." At the beginning of the second quarter, both the Pacers and the Wizards fielded their main lineups, and from the movement of the players on both sides when Marbury was advancing with the ball, Magic Johnson saw the changes between the two sides after the start of the second quarter.

First of all, on the Wizards' side, Eddie Jordan removed an interior line and replaced it with small forward Jarvis Hayes, in the case of a weak interior line, Eddie Jordan simply gave up the interior line, leaving only Brandon Haywood an inside line, and played a big and four small tactics, anyway, it's all a bet, then bet a little bigger, and if you win, you will become famous, and it doesn't matter if you lose, anyway, the difference in strength between the two sides is so big, it is normal to lose.

On the Pacers' side, Reggie Miller is still sitting off the court, and Prince, who replaced Reggie Miller, took over Meng Xu's task after the start of the second quarter to defend Marbury, and Meng Xu, who defended Marbury in the first quarter, went to defend Arenas, although it was only a small change, but the signal released by Rick Carlisle's change was very obvious.

"Steve, behave well." After seeing Prince, who defended Marbury, Eddie Jordan knew that he had guessed right, when Arenas broke out in the first quarter, Eddie Jordan was guessing whether Rick Carlisle would strengthen Arenas' defense, and once the Pacers strengthened Arenas' defense, then Marbury would inevitably have to relax a little here, so when he was suspended just now, Eddie Jordan made some arrangements for Marbury to strengthen his offense after Meng Xu switched to Arenas, Arenas' performance in the first quarter has already played a role in sudden attack, and the next thing is to see Marbury's performance, if Marbury can successfully attract the Pacers' defensive attention again, then Arenas will be more relaxed in the rest of the game.

"Yes, that's it, past him, past him!" At the beginning of the second quarter, Marbury, who was advancing with the ball, faced Prince's defense in a noticeably different way than in the first quarter, and after a series of feints and changes of direction, Marbury got rid of Prince's close defense.

However, the Pacers' defensive rotation is very good, although Marbury got rid of Prince, but James Posey, who is closest to Marbury, was posted in an instant, but after James Posey supplemented Marbury, there was a small gap in the Pacers' defensive rotation, because the Wizards are now a big and four small personnel arrangement, so Jermaine O'Neal must leave the basket and extend his defensive area outward as much as possible, after James Posey went to make up for Marbury, The Pacers' basket inevitably reveals a large amount of space.

"Steve, here!" Brandon Haywood, who was already in position under the basket, also clearly spotted this gap for the Pacers.

At this time, Marbury, although he also wanted to attack this ball by himself, but after seeing James Posey, who had been sealed in front of him, Marbury still gave up his plan to shoot, but moved sideways for a small step, and then stuffed the basketball in his hand directly under the basket to find Brandon Haywood.

"Beautiful!" After Brandon Haywood received the ball, Eddie Jordan shouted directly, the Wizards' cooperation just now is absolutely very good, Marbury's breakthrough, Arenas and Butler's off-ball run, successfully tore apart the Pacers' defense, if the Wizards can keep playing such a cooperation, then they will continue to get a variety of opportunities, such as Marbury's through ball, although it has not yet been converted into a score, but then whether it is Brandon Haywood's own attack, Or get the ball out after engaging the Pacers' defense, and that's a great scoring opportunity.

Brandon Haywood, who had already put Mutombo behind him, obviously chose the former after receiving Marbury's through ball, because Brandon Haywood, who was facing the basket sideways, only needed to complete the turn in front of Mutombo, and then it must be a violent dunk, how could Brandon Haywood, who was bullied by Mutombo and Jermaine O'Neal in the first quarter, give up this excellent opportunity for revenge now.

As Brandon Haywood expected, first dribbling the ball and slamming it behind him, and then forcibly turning towards the left side of his body, Brandon Haywood could already see the empty basket beckoning to him, and without much thought, Brandon Haywood stepped out directly after turning around and rushed towards the basket.

"Brandon be careful!" Just after Brandon Haywood held the basketball high with one hand and jumped up just over two meters from the basket, Brandon Haywood faintly heard the voice of a teammate calling for himself behind him, but Brandon Haywood, who had already felt the thrill of revenge at the moment, couldn't care so much at all.

Just when Brandon Haywood was about to smash the basketball in his hand into the basket, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Meng Xu flying from the side, and with a sharp pain in his wrist, Brandon Haywood realized that the basketball in his hand was gone.

Looking at the basketball that was photographed by Meng Xu on the rebound, Eddie Jordan, who was still excited about the team's exquisite cooperation just now, quickly fell to the bottom at this moment, and at the same time was still muttering: "Why? Why is he here? ”