On November 4, before the wave of Kobe's retirement letter incident had passed, the Pacers once again welcomed a difficult opponent on their home court, the Bucks. Last season, Kidd entered the Bucks and played an amazing basketball level with a group of rookies and prospective star players, and in the end, no one could have imagined that the Bucks re-entered the playoffs (or in the case of Parker's season reimbursement), and the Bucks after recovering from injuries in the new season seem to be ready for a good battle, many people say that this team is very similar to the Pistons during the top 5 years, but in fact, there is still a big difference.

Even if it only played half a season, the team was happy to win Parker by the top spot. The outside world has positioned him very accurately, it is Anthony. What are the characteristics of Anthony? The basic skills are good, and the offensive skills are many and solid. Parker is the same, all kinds of footsteps are flying. Helplessly, there is no Anthony's touch. But Kidd also understands that Anthony's best is to be a big forward in small-ball tactics. After Kidd found out that he couldn't shoot accurately, he directly gave the power forward position and let him show his footsteps in the position, and the shooting rate was as high as 70%. If other positions can be opened, Parker will not be far from Anthony, if not at the level of Anthony.

And then there's Brother Alphabet, who still hasn't shot in two years...... But it doesn't matter, he has excellent height and reach, athleticism. Directly as a sporty striker, the impact without the ball is enough to give the opponent a headache. Middleton, the new version of Battier, is very accurate from the outside, very good defensively, and has a high ball quotient, if he insists on playing like this for another season, he can challenge the top 3 3D players, McCarvey offense is still like that, but his passing, rebounding, height, size, and speed are all first-class. There is the shadow of Kidd's youth. This starting lineup is sure to give a lot of headaches. Plus they took Greg Monroe, a top-ranked interior singles player in the summer. And the team's substitutes Vasquith, Mayo, Henderson, Plumrey and others are all very practical players.

However, while their squad looks to be very good, there are some shortcomings, and the team still has no qualified rim protectors (except for Plumrie). Although Monroe is very good on the inside, it is a pity that he does not have the ability to protect the frame, and to be honest, his role is a bit repetitive with Parker...... With the team's future interior core already confirmed to be Parker, getting Monroe can only show that there is no better option in the summer! (Actually, it's best to snatch Chandler from the Pacers), and how much will Parker's injury affect? Also an unknown. The flanks on the bench are still a little weak...... Mayo, Bayless, and Vasquith can only play the No. 2 position at most, and the rotation of the No. 3 and No. 4 positions is very tight (especially the No. 3 position), which puts forward high requirements for the team's physical fitness and injury resistance.

The team's tactics are actually quite simple, the same collegiate tactics that Larry Brown played in the year the Bobcats first made the playoffs. Kidd understands that there are too many young players on the team to instill too complex tactics. He made the most of his team's strengths, especially on the defensive end. What are the advantages of the Bucks? The starting forwards are all swinging figures, and they can swing at least 3 positions.

You see, McCarvey 198, the defense can swing from the No. 1 position to the No. 3 position. Middleton from No. 1 to No. 4, Antetokounmpo from No. 1 to No. 4, and Parker from No. 2 to No. 4...... I have such a group of outside players who are very athletic and physical, and I have a direct substitution when I meet a pick-and-roll! When the opposite side found that after the blocking, he encountered a player with a small difference in size, height, and speed, and the idea must be that the dog is the day! The team made crazy substitutions on the outside and made mistakes. When you get the ball, you can directly rely on the speed and size advantage of the four people on the outside line to counterattack.

So judging from the results, the Bucks' rebuilding is basically a success, but there are still a lot of problems to be solved, the team is just improving, as a small market team, the Bucks must calculate every step, otherwise it is likely to be like Abdul-Jabbar back then, after the team played famous, they clamored to leave the team.

The game started soon, as a veteran strong insider, Chandler did not fall into the disadvantage in front of Monroe, and successfully slapped the ball into Ye Xuan's hands, Ye Xuan handed the ball to Rondo, and then slowly ran to the front court, defending Ye Xuan, it was Middleton, a 3D player who had a very good defense.

Rondo does not have any special advantage in the face of tall and long-arm McCarvey, so he can only hand over the ball to Ye Xuan to play, Ye Xuan's singles ability is indeed the strongest one in the team, but to force a single player with very good defensive skills like Middleton, Ye Xuan's physical strength will also be very large, fortunately, it has just started the game, so Ye Xuan also directly chose to play strongly, wanting to make a good start for the Pacers, after three consecutive large shaking, Ye Xuan successfully disrupted Middleton's defensive footsteps, and then Ye Xuan took the opportunity to take a step back after acceleration to completely shake the opponent away, and then pulled it up with a three-point shot, the ball hit.

This ball looks like Ye Xuan is playing very easily, but in fact, for Ye Xuan, it is also a burden, first of all, this action is very harmful to Ye Xuan's knee, and secondly, this kind of ball is also very large for physical consumption, so Ye Xuan rarely does his best to do this for a goal in the game, but this game, on the one hand, was stimulated by the news that his idol was about to retire, and on the other hand, it was also because the team had some contradictions within the generals, Therefore, Ye Xuan wanted to dilute the unhappiness before this game with a big victory, so he fought so hard.

Looking back, the Bucks immediately launched a counterattack, McCarvey controlled the ball and came to the front court and passed the ball to Brother Alphabet, who called Jabari Parker to help block and dismantle after receiving the ball, and then rushed directly to the inside line of the Pacers, and after successfully attracting Jordan Hill's attention, he passed the ball directly to Jabari Parker, who was waiting on the outside, Parker received the ball and made a three-point shot, although his three-point shooting rate was less than 35%, but he still threw the ball firmly in the vacant state.

The Pacers attacked again, and after Rondo controlled the ball and came to the frontcourt, he also called Pickle Pepper to block and dismantle, but after changing the defense, Brother Alphabet's defense made Rondo more uncomfortable than McCarvey, and Rondo had to pass the ball to Pickle Pepper and let Pickle Pepper play McCarvey alone, but McCarvey, as a qualified swing man, is also able to defend the player in the third position, so Pickle Pepper wants to play him alone, and the result is that after successfully delaying Pickle Pepper, the Bucks quickly changed the defense back, and the Pacers' tactics declared bankrupt.

There are 12 seconds left in the offensive time, Pickle Pepper immediately changed his tactics, waved his big hand to signal Jordan Hill to come out to block and dismantle, after the end of the block, the opponent immediately changed the defense, Jabari Parker's movement speed is also not slow, and he can still keep up with Pickle Pepper's footsteps, Pickle Pepper is still ready to force a shot, but seeing that the opponent is still stuck in the defensive position, he decisively coaxed, turned around and passed the ball to Jordan Hill who followed up, Hill received the ball and was about to use a layup to end the offense, who knows that Brother Alphabet is tall and has long arms, And the bounce ability is also very outstanding, plus the speed is already fast, so after coming back from the defense, he just slapped Jordan Hill's layup on the rebound.

Under the cap, the Bucks quickly put into the counterattack, McCarvey and Jabari Parker and Middleton three-way together, Brother Alphabet controlled the ball and quickly thought about the Pacers' half of the court, although the Pacers players were fast to defend, but they were still hit by the physical Bucks to hit the counterattack.

In fact, this year's Bucks team gives people the feeling that they are physically gifted, and they can adapt to more than one or two position changes, which made the Cavaliers, who had only played against the Bucks before, also suffered a big loss, but in that game, because the Bucks had a problem with the shooting percentage in the third quarter of the game, they gave the victory to the Cavaliers, and the Bucks said that they couldn't make this mistake in this game.

The start was unfavorable, and the players of the Pacers team were also a little anxious, especially in the pickled pepper that did not take advantage of the slightest advantage on the offensive end, and at this time they were also a little scratching their heads, but fortunately, Ye Xuan stood up, as a point that was still in an advantageous position on the offensive end, Ye Xuan immediately stood up and carried the offensive banner of the Pacers, and after coming to the front court, Ye Xuan immediately called Tyson Chandler to block and dismantle, using the boxing king's off-ball cover, Ye Xuan successfully went around from the inside line and came to the 45-degree angle on the left side, and Rondo's pass also arrived immediately, After Ye Xuan received the ball, he turned around and made a shooting action, and the alphabet brother who was defending pickled pepper on the side immediately flew over to block it, but Ye Xuan's ball was just a false shot, and after shaking the alphabet brother away, Ye Xuan rushed directly towards the opponent's inner line, and the pickled pepper side immediately followed, Ye Xuan didn't think much about it, and Jabari Parker, who rushed up to make up for the defense, was about to force a shot, and Jabari Parker naturally wouldn't give Ye Xuan a chance, but unfortunately Jabari Parker's experience was still not rich enough, After Ye Xuan made physical contact in the air, he directly pulled the basketball back from the air, and then sent it from Parker's waist to the hand of the following pickled pepper, after the pickled pepper received the ball, no one on the inside line could stop him, and the one-handed split dunk completed the attack.

After seeing such a wonderful cooperation, the audience also began to cheer enthusiastically, and after Pickled Pepper dunked the ball in, he posed, and then came back and high-fived Ye Xuan to express his gratitude. This goal did inspire the rest of the Pacers, and in the next few rounds, although they still couldn't find any good opportunities on the offensive end, they also managed to contain the Bucks on the defensive end, and the score between the two teams was still tied at 5:5 for three and a half minutes into the game.

The dull game made everyone drowsy, and Coach Frank was not ready to continue to let the scene go on like this, so he decisively called a timeout, and then replaced Jordan Hill, a point that did not contribute much on the defensive and offensive ends, and replaced it with Myles Turner, a rookie who performed relatively well in the previous games, and was replaced with Jordan Hill, as well as Rondo, who had a short offensive range, and after replacing Rondo with Solomon Hill, Ye Xuan returned to the point guard position.

At the end of the timeout, the Pacers' lineup has been renewed, and personnel adjustments were made less than 4 minutes into the game, which is relatively rare for the Pacers, but as soon as this lineup is replaced, the situation on the court suddenly opens, and the Pacers' outside firepower has been well supplemented, Solomon Hill's range is obviously much better than Rondo's, and Myles Turner's attack distance is obviously not comparable to Jordan Hill, so such a substitution, although the interior defense has dropped a little, but the Pacers' firepower can be said to have increased by leaps and bounds.

In the first round after the pause, the Bucks were caught off guard by Ye Xuan and Solomon Hill, and after Ye Xuan controlled the ball and came to the frontcourt, he once again shook Middleton in front of him with a continuous change of direction (although he became a point guard, the opponent still used Middleton to defend Ye Xuan. Then, when McCarvey habitually came to wrap up, a behind-the-head pass sent the ball between McCarvey and Middleton to Solomon Hill, who took the ball and hit a three-point shot.

However, in retrospect, due to the decline in defensive ability on the inside, it was also Jabari Parker who used his feet to eat Myles Turner, who had little experience. After the Pacers made substitutions, both sides broke the deadlock and began to make gains. This kind of thing is what Xiao Hua wants to see the most, no one wants to watch the defensive battle, only the offense is the most attractive place for fans, which is why the league is now more and more supportive of small balls.

In the next few rounds, the Pacers continued to use their offensive range advantage to tear apart the opponent's defense, which has always been the Pacers' forte, and the indiscriminate change of defense that the Bucks have always relied on to survive has a very embarrassing situation in the face of the Pacers, that is, after the change of defense, the people they changed over were still passed by Ye Xuan in two steps, and if it was for Brother Alphabet to change the defense of Ye Xuan, then no one could restrain the pickled pepper. As a result, the Bucks originally made others uncomfortable after changing defenses, but now they are not having a good time.

Fortunately, this scene did not last long, and after seeing that there was no way to target all opponents on the defensive end, Kidd decisively took advantage of a dead-ball opportunity to replace Middleton and replace O.J. Mayo to strengthen the threat on the offensive end.