Chapter 261: The Eastern Conference Finals Without Suspense
The current style of play of the Pacers generally starts from the inside, through the passing of Tinsley, a rookie from '01, and begins to guide the scoring on the inside, and then after the interior player attracts the bag, Reggie Miller on the outside begins to exert his power.
Larry Bird and Carlisle's team building ideas belong to the traditional team building thinking, which belongs to the combination of internal and external team building methods, plus strong defense and co-defense on the front line, if possible, it is best for the front line to have a certain projection ability.
From the day Larry Bird was appointed as the general manager of the Pacers, O'Neal Jr. that Bird was looking for was found according to this idea of building a team, and Carlisle was the head coach of the Pistons from the day he became the head coach, or from the day he was the head coach of the Pistons, it was to build a new Pistons team with Jerry and Ben Wallace as the dual core, but Carlisle had just unfolded his team building vision, and the team was most deserving of results, and the Knicks were successful in the black seven, and there was no way to continue the glory of the Pistons.
In addition, Carlisle and Larry both belong to the Celtics department, and the Celtics department that spread the most in the league at that time was the Celtics department, and even the current Spurs department could not catch up with the glory of the Celtics department at that time...... The cardinal has been strong all his life, but he has not chosen his successor, even Larry Bird has not really entered the eyes of his old man, and even the Celts would rather use a famous head from the university!
Of course, in terms of the environment at that time, the strength of one team could not resist the strength of the entire league, and the NBA did not let one league at least rely on only two teams to support the league in any case.
The Pacers were completely weaker than the Knicks at the beginning, and Artest had no effect in the face of Hill's strong crushing, although Hill seemed to be the type with a weak body, and the real muscle collision was slightly worse than Artest, but it would not reach the point of being completely crushed.
Now Artest plays like a big calf, and his technical level is slightly worse, but the indomitable momentum at that time, in terms of the front line, who can stop him at that time is really rare, in the past year or two, Artest's strength is similar to the peak of LeBron's rookie after the end.
But what the Knicks are not afraid of is this style of play, from the Knicks against rookie LeBron, this characteristic has been reflected, in any case, the strength and intelligence of the front line, coupled with the ability to protect the frame on the inside, this is definitely the best level in the league.
As for the other strong point, O'Neal Jr. is facing Malone's defense, but Malone's at this time has not been affected by a knee injury, and O'Neal Jr.'s style of play is too dependent on his own talent and ability.
Of course, you can't be wrong by relying on natural ability, but when you rely on the bounce brought by young talent, rely on the strength of your body and the vitality brought by youth, and do not have too good basic ability as the foundation, then all the success of O'Neill Jr. is easy to get, but it also means that it is very easy to lose.
didn't say that O'Neal Jr.'s basic skills are poor, but there is really some distance between him and a real star, and the difference is not talent, height, or playing style, but the blood and arrogance that a superstar should have!
For example, in this game, the first one to play with the ball was Artest, not to mention that O'Neal Jr. has no good position, other players can't help him, pull away, and who is the defender he is facing.
In the dark rules of the teams in the league, one thing that is recognized by everyone is that O'Neal Jr. has never really worked hard again, even if such an interior player has strong talent, he cannot be regarded as a superstar in the league, even if the era of O'Neal Jr. is already an era of real interior players.
An inside player can not have a very good talent, but he can't do without a fighting heart, Nowitzki's touch is not available to everyone, and O'Neal Jr. is a real floating style of play on the outside.
It can't be said that O'Neal Jr.'s style of play is too weak, because his current defense is indeed very strong, and now he is not injured, and it is very difficult to resist in terms of offense, but as the youngest person who entered the NBA at that time, he is really too willful in his style of play, and his average shooting rate is less than four out of five per game, which is really not very high among the top interior players!
The outside defense of Miller is also Gong Feng, which is already a major consensus of the Knicks when defending, not only because Gong Feng's judgment is very accurate, but also because Gong Feng's performance is worse than Allen when facing strong breakthrough players.
Tinsley, as one of the rookies who entered the NBA with Gong Feng, has now shown his excellent ball passing skills, this streetball player's ability to break through is considered to be the league's first-line, but compared with his excellent ability to break through and back, his outside shooting ability is too poor, which is also a big reason why the Pacers allow, or let O'Neal Jr. float on the outside, the Pacers really lack outside shooters or scorers on the outside.
If Miller is still at his peak, this is not a big problem, but the problem is that after Jordan retired, Miller is already one of the oldest players in the league, even if his three-point shooting is still so sharp, but you can't expect him to perform well in a series, Miller's physical fitness cannot be compared with Malone and Jordan.
Carlisle looked at the situation on the court and quickly knew that his defense could not strangle the Knicks' offense, and his own offense was easily cracked by the Knicks transformed by Thibodeau.
Watching the score on the court gradually be pulled away by the Knicks, Carlisle called a long timeout with a wry smile in his heart!
The current strength of the Pacers is a little different from the Pistons that got Rashid, let alone the Knicks, who have an absolute advantage over the Pistons to win?
Carlisle didn't deliberately arrange any tactics in this game, first of all, because the strength of the team is like this, and it is really difficult to completely change the Pacers, and the Pacers need to strengthen a little more.
The second is to tell the management of the Pacers that I have led the team to play so far is a real limit for me, and if the Pacers want to beat the current Knicks, they must give me more options, otherwise there is only one Harrington on the bench who is strong and weak in offense and defense, and the Pacers can only go to this field at most!
Carlisle is a coach who can determine the lower limit, an extremely good coach in the league, and can even be said to be the head coach, but he can't turn decay into magic!
The Pacers have a 12-to-1 probability of winning in the outside betting market, which is a desperate probability comparison, and although all the Pacers players are extremely unconvinced, the real comparison of the team is so realistic.
Walkers who didn't work this year can't do it again next year! Because the quality of the Pacers' players, their ability, and the age of their players already determine the future of the team...... The Pacers don't have any more tomorrow to look forward to another good day for themselves.
A team like the Knicks is a completely different team from the Pistons, and the Pacers can't add a role player to the point where they can compete with the Knicks, that is, the Pistons are facing new choices, either to strengthen their bench, to play another game with the Knicks, or to face the fate of a second rebuild.
If the Knicks win the championship this season, then the East and the West will even have a series of reactions because of the Knicks' strength this season.
However, if the Knicks want to beat the Pacers, they have to take their time step by step, although the overall core of the Knicks is not proud, and they can maintain their humble attitude in the game, but in any case, none of the Knicks have experience in the finals except for the two core players!
Gerald doesn't count! Because at that time, he could only be regarded as an X-factor existence, and his functionality was also very simple.
Fortunately, the team controlled by Gong Feng definitely does not have to worry much about this, and in the face of Tinsley's defense, Gong Feng seems to be at ease.
Carlisle did more adjustments on his own side in this game, player adjustments, small tactical adjustments, very neat hair, and the whole game on the bench without stopping, and also completely showed his handsome temperament.
However, Carlisle faced the combination of Gong Feng and Hill, and the ability of the two to organize the team completely invalidated some of Carlisle's tactical small means. (To be continued.) )