"Erwin, what's wrong with the Pacers' way of playing? Is Larry ready to change tactics in this game? The Pacers and Knicks game had only been playing for more than two minutes, and Michaels noticed that the Pacers were playing a game that was a little different from the regular season.

This season's Pacers, at the beginning of Meng Xu's joining, has always been Meng Xu as the organization forward, controlling the team's style of play, after continuous running-in, from the second half of this season, the Pacers have gradually formed a set of fixed tactical system, that is, the combination of blocking and breaking tactics. Compared with the Jazz's 10,000-year blocking, although Jermaine O'Neal does not have the stability of Malone's mid-range shooting, but because Meng Xu has stronger individual offensive ability than Stockton, and the Pacers also have a group of very good 3-point shooters, the Pacers' tactics are more diverse than the Jazz, and the facts have proved that the Pacers' tactics are indeed a very successful tactic, but in the first game of this series, the Pacers actually gave up the tactics they were familiar with.

"I think yes, it's not just us, you see, even Jeff didn't expect Larry to change lineup in this game." Magic Johnson first laughed, and then turned his gaze to Jeff Van Gundy on the sidelines, obviously like Michaels, in the face of the Pacers' change of formation without warning, Jeff Van Gundy was also a little confused at the moment.

From the beginning of this game to the present, in nearly three minutes, on the offensive end, Meng Xu only had two touches of the ball, and they were all the kind of quick catches after there was a vacancy, so Jeff Van Gundy racked his brains before the game, and the defensive strategy formulated by Meng Xu is now completely out of play.

When Jeff Van Gundy was still focusing on Larry Bird, hoping to see through what the hell Larry Bird was doing, the Pacers had already launched an offensive again, and when Jamal Tinsley advanced to the top of the arc with the ball, Lorenzen White was already in position on the inside, and Jermaine O'Neal was also waiting near the free throw line in advance, ready to cover and block for Jamal Tinsley at any time, while Meng Xu and Reggie Miller were directly pulled away on the left and right sides of Jamal Tinsley, near the 45-degree angle of the 3-point line.

Jamal Tinsley shook off Mark Jackson, handed the basketball to Jermaine O'Neal near the free throw line, and began to cut inside along the edge of the paint area, at the same time Meng Xu and Reggie Miller also started to move, Meng Xu ran along the 3-point line to the bottom corner, and Reggie Miller made a feint cut in after the run, immediately a reverse run got rid of Alan Houston, just after several players of the Pacers all moved, in less than 5 seconds, the Knicks' defense was completely torn apart, Mark Jackson, who was chasing after Jamal Tinsley, even almost collided with Alan Houston, who was thrown away by Reggie Miller.

"Nice 3-pointer, unguarded Reggie Miller hit a 3-pointer." After getting rid of Alan Houston very easily, Reggie Miller immediately received a pass from Jermaine O'Neal, and his hand fell with a knife, and in just three minutes of the opening game, Reggie Miller made all 3 shots and scored 8 points. Due to the arrival of Meng Xu, Reggie Miller's tactical position in the Pacers this season has been greatly reduced, and due to age and injury, Reggie Miller has only played 60 games in the regular season this season, playing less than 30 minutes, and the average points per game have dropped to the lowest point after the rookie season, only 13.6 points, but this does not mean that Reggie Miller is old, he is no longer good, he is still the key gentleman who makes all opponents tremble.

"Jeff, do you want to call a timeout." When Jeff Van Gundy watched the Pacers' flowing offense and his team's shattered defense, already a little overwhelmed, assistant coach Tom Thibodeau pushed him from the sidelines.

"Are the Knicks going to change their defensive strategy?" When the Knicks called the first timeout of the game, Magic Johnson looked at Larry Bird, who was still sitting on the sidelines, looking motionless but smiling. Larry Bird's change of formation after the opening did have a surprising effect, when the Knicks focused most of their energy on Meng Xu, Reggie Miller suddenly jumped out and stabbed the Knicks several times in a row. In the next game, Jeff Van Gundy will definitely make a targeted defensive arrangement for Reggie Miller, but if this is the case, then the Knicks will inevitably relax their defense against Meng Xu, thinking of this, Magic Johnson also shook his head, will Van Gundy really do this?

Van Gundy really didn't dare to relax his defense against Meng Xu, Ratriel Sprewell's defensive ability is relatively good in the entire league, but he is still very difficult to face Meng Xu alone, so Jeff Van Gundy will arrange Alan Houston to cooperate with Sprewell to pack Meng Xu before the game, and because of this, although Alan Houston is defending Reggie Miller, he has to be distracted to observe Meng Xu's position, which also leads to his defensive efficiency after the opening has not been high.

"What should I do?" Assistant coach Thibodeau was rearranging the team's defensive tactics, while Jeff Van Gundy was chewing gum and watching Meng Xu's back not far away. Van Gundy is really in a dilemma now, according to Dolan Jr.'s requirements, the Knicks not only want to sweep the Pacers to complete the Black Eight, but also humiliate Meng Xu throughout the series, so as to satisfy Dowlan Jr.

But Van Gundy knows that with the current strength gap between the Knicks and the Pacers, the hope of completing the first condition is very slim, so for the sake of his coaching career, Van Gundy can only make a fuss about Dolan's second condition, even if the Knicks are unfortunately eliminated by the Pacers, but as long as he can limit Meng Xu's score to less than 20 points or even lower in this round of the series, then he can barely complete the task.

"Larry, Van Gundy is so stubborn, the Knicks didn't change the slightest bit after the timeout." After the game restarted, Pacers assistant coach Lester Connell said with a frown next to Larry Bird after seeing the situation on the court. Before the game, Larry Bird had expected that the Knicks would focus on defending Meng Xu in this game, and the double package was a must, so Larry Bird made corresponding adjustments before the game began, and while catching the Knicks by surprise, he also hoped that the Knicks would take care of it and dare not boldly wrap Meng Xu.

At present, it seems that Larry Bird's strategy is obviously successful, originally according to Larry Bird and Lester Connell's assumption, after the Knicks called a timeout, they should change their defensive strategy, at least they should relax their defense against Meng Xu and tilt their defensive attention to Reggie Miller, but surprisingly, Jeff Van Gundy did not change in the slightest.

"Let's see how long he can last." Lalibird put his hands on his chest and looked up at the scoreboard with interest, 5-14, less than four minutes into the opening game, the Pacers had established a nine-point advantage, if Van Gundy could really endure and continue to implement the current defensive strategy, he would not mind giving him a big slaughter, but obviously, he couldn't bear it for long. Knicks owner Dowland Jr., sitting in the box of the Bankers' Life Arena at the moment, accompanied by Pacers owner Herbert Simon to watch the game, with Dowland's character, if the Knicks are behind by a large margin at halftime, this guy really dares to rush into the visiting team's locker room to "cut" Van Gundy.

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