In the last round, how could Payton, who didn't get a minute of playing time, play at such an important moment for the Knicks?

Larry Brown frowned deeply as he watched the Knicks become a small lineup, watching Mill's first move in this round.

said that the Knicks are now a small man lineup, in fact, in terms of Ben's height, the Knicks are corresponding, but the Pistons are very difficult to defend, although Payton's three-point ability is slightly worse, can it be said that there is no, especially under the premise of open three-pointers, can the Pistons ensure that Payton does not break out?

Four small men played, not to mention the rest, the Knicks' lineup became extremely troublesome for the Pistons, the breakthrough Knicks.

As long as there is enough distance, the Knicks' breakthrough becomes extremely easy, and no matter how the Pistons change their defense, it is not too good to let Ben go to Payton, no matter what, Ben is playing inside, grabbing rebounds, and assisting in defense are very good, but let Ben go to the three-point perimeter to defend an outside player? It was really a great test for this two-meter-old 'giant'.

Payton was very active after he came on the court, since the Knicks don't need their strong contribution in the offense, then Payton will contribute to the Knicks with his strong defensive ability, and Payton's defense is not on the outside, but Ben.

Has Ben ever met a top-tier perimeter defender in his life who played a tough close defense against him?

In terms of Ben's dribbling skills, once he encounters Payton's defense, it is really a food for Payton, and if Ben wants to use his own defense, neither Chauncey nor Hamilton can easily break through Payton, who immediately changed defenses.

After seeing this, Larry didn't have the slightest way to arrange the tactics, this is the strong strength of the Knicks themselves, of course, seeing that there is still one minute to enter the rotation lineup, Larry thought about it and still didn't make adjustments.

After it was time to come off the bench, Larry found himself very surprised, the Pistons sent Arroyo and McDyes, replacing Chauncey and Rasheed Wallace.

The Knicks directly replaced all the main players, replacing Bow Peak, Bosh and Battier, and the Knicks did not replace Payton and Jay off the bench.

For the first time, Larry felt like he was underestimating the Knicks' abilities.

Battier defends Ben, and Payton changes to defend Arroyo this time, according to the normal game, Arroyo and McDyce come on the court, the Pistons will play a pick-and-roll lineup, and Hamilton's off-ball running will start to work.

But in the first quarter, Hamilton faced Ray Allen, who suppressed him in all aspects, and in the playing time of the substitute, Hamilton faced the defense of his old teammate Gong Feng, which was still very uncomfortable for Hamilton.

Prince's ability is undoubtedly reflected in defense, even if it can't interfere with Hill, Prince's strong defensive ability is indeed an existence that anyone on the Knicks' side will care, but now Prince is facing Jay.

Prince can't beat Jay, unless he is in an excellent position in the three-second zone, but even if such a score exists, it has been offset by the Knicks' rotation position, and the sporadic points that cannot be used as an effective scoring method are very small for the final result of the game.

Arroyo, who was originally thought by Larry to be a possible X-factor, was completely restrained by Payton after Arroyo scored two points with a pick-and-roll.

But with such a lineup, the Pistons have become as if they can't defend, just because Payton and Bosh are playing blocking.

In terms of Knicks players alone, who is most suitable to partner with Payton inside, there is no doubt that it will be Bosh, from Rain Man Kemp to Wenbaker, Bosh is the most similar type of player, and the three points of other players on the bench are not something that the Pistons can give up, and it is McDyce who defends Bosh, his pace and speed can no longer be compared with his peak, after being broken through by the combination of Payton and Bosh three times in a row, Larry finally had no choice but to let Ben go to the opposite Bosh.

Ben's ability to defend the basket alone is very poor, but it is not bad, and if Bosh is not successful in his singles, it is really difficult for the veteran who has suffered a serious knee injury to let McDies go beyond the three-point line to defend the perimeter player.

Larry Brown was completely confused in the face of the 'tactics' that the Knicks had not used again!

During the time when the Knicks were on the bench, Larry Brown originally wanted to rely on this time to grab points, but who knew that the Knicks did not send Korver and Dior to play in this game, and the sweat of the warm-up of the two was seen by Larry......

A game carefully prepared by the Pistons was led astray by the Knicks like this, and Mil was really a natural director, and all the players except for Payton were deceived by Mil.

Payton used one season plus a round of playoff 'performances' to completely make Larry ignore this important role, and Payton, who came off the bench, did not live up to Mill's trust, playing 34 minutes in the first game, scoring 15 points, 6 assists and 6 rebounds.

Just like Mir said in private after the game: "Lao Tzu has not defined himself as a tactical coach since he was born, but what can be done to keep a hand is a key quality necessary for a steady businessman, and not being led by the nose by any coach or player is what I need to do as a coach!" ”

The addition of Payton is not a matter of one plus one equals two, but it is a change in the tactical core, especially the reduction of Battier's playing time, Allen's time in the main team has been greatly extended, and Hill has begun to consciously take over the game, in fact, some things in the Knicks' regular season cannot be used in the second round of the playoffs.

In the first round of the game with the Bulls, the Knicks didn't even use seven points of strength, and all the playing styles still belong to the regular season play, but against the Pistons, they still want to rely on the regular season play, and the Knicks will inevitably die a miserable death.

In the regular season, Dio was the core player on the interior and Korver was an effective shooter off the bench, but in the game against the Pistons, the two were weaknesses that the Pistons would exploit.

It's like Mill once asked his subordinates to discuss the construction of the future Knicks, so it is obvious that Korver, who has the right to jump out of the contract next season, is not an important rotation for the Knicks in the future, just because his role is too similar to Allen, and in terms of ability, Korver is a little worse than Allen.

Larry? Brown has no way to really limit the amount of time in one day, and with Payton joining the Knicks, even on this day, the old man did not sleep more than five hours on two nights combined.

Payton now has the ability, physical strength, and energy to win his own good state, especially seeing that he is still welcomed by the Knicks as a whole and is valued by the coach, some depressed knots in Payton's heart will naturally open up.

In the second game, the Knicks' main force did not change, but the Pistons' offensive mode began to change, and Rashid, who held the ball in the high position, did not beat Yao Ming at the beginning, but became a strategy and organization in the high position.

Chauncy also began to force a breakthrough layup in the face of Gong Feng's defense, and the Pistons played very imposingly as a whole, but the problem for the Pistons did not come from the offense, at the end of the first game, the Pistons scored 95 points is a good proof of their own offense, but allowing the Knicks to score 104 points is the root cause of the Pistons losing the game in the first game.

In this game, after Gong Feng was inspired by Chauncey, he also began to play a two-line running strategy with Ray Allen, which is the Knicks' reserved tactics and an important magic weapon for the Knicks to win the championship last season.

The off-ball running of the two has become extremely unpredictable under the premise that their teammates have a strong ability to open up space, and Hill's strategic breakthrough singles ability is also a point that the Pistons must guard against.

With only a few games and a few abilities, the Pistons have no way to have effective measures against this tactic. (To be continued.) )