Chapter 248: The Prelude to the Counteroffensive

"If you want to play throwing, you can't do it yourself!" Although the current Xiao Si is as high as level 89, Zhang Kong doesn't care.

In Zhang Kong's eyes, level 89 is not level 90 after all, and for his defense, only level 90 or above will be feared, in the face of level 89's conventional attack, even if he attacks more ruthlessly, Zhang Kong looks fearless.

After the basketball was filmed, Deng Tai Jones next to him immediately ran to the opponent's half with the ball, Jason Richardson's defensive ability is the same as Murphy, it looks like a tiger, but it is actually very poor, and it is easy for Deng Tai Jones to be deceived to the side, and then he hit an easy layup, 17-9 The score instantly made Zhang Kong and Deng Tai Jones chase 17-13, and next, the boss of the Pacers is about to start to exert power! Granger stepped up in the crucial moments, as Richardson missed a three-pointer from the outside.

The Pacers managed to find an opportunity to find the shot, Granger received a pass from Zhang Kong on the way, and the jumper heard it from 17 feet out, scoring two points, but then Nash took advantage of Frye's block and bluffed a ball to get a ball, which was embarrassing to pull the score away, but then Granger rushed into the interior and caused a foul on Stoudemire, which was already his second foul, two free throws and two free throws, scoring four points in a row, and then Zhang Kong broke into the interior again and forced Nash to win.

Scoring two more points, the four-point gap in the blink of an eye, has allowed the Pacers to pull back, and at this time, both teams have also replaced substitutes.

As soon as the bench players came on the court, the Pacers suffered a loss, and the bench players on the Pacers' side really seemed to be their main players, and they were slow to heat up after they got on the court, and they actually let the Suns take the lead in scoring, but fortunately, the Pacers' bench players, both on the board and in fact, were much stronger than the group of young people on the Suns' side, as the firepower of Mike Dunleavy and Al Jefferson slowly unfolded, at the end of the first quarter, the Suns led the Pacers by 4 points at 35-31 into the second quarter.

A score of 31 points is not too much for the Pacers, but allowing the opponent to score 35 points has to make Jim O'Brien angry, and the Pacers want to go further, so they naturally need a stronger offense, but the defense can't be lost.

For a team like the Suns to produce such a high score, in the eyes of Jim O'Brien, is definitely not a good thing.

So even at home, even in front of the audience, Jim O'Brien loudly 'reminded' the Pacers' players to pay attention to the situation on the court, to be sure to pay attention to the opponent's movements, and not to be disrupted by the Suns' offense.

After the start of the second quarter, the Suns' bench continued to advance, and the only main player on the court, Grant Hill, scored eight straight points on his own, while Barbossa also hit a three-pointer...... Seeing that the bench on the court was completely blinded, Jim O'Brien didn't want to surrender in the middle of the game, that is not what the first in the East should do now, so before the halfway point of this section, Zhang Kong, Deng Dexin, Granger and other main players all appeared, and only Al Jefferson was still on the court among the substitutes.

Hibbert was replaced, while Murphy was pushed to the center position, and Jefferson played power forward, facing directly against Smalls.

It's not that Jefferson hasn't played Xiao Si, both of them are 89 ratings, it can be said that they are half a pound and eight taels in terms of overall evaluation, Xiao Si has no way to limit Jefferson on the defensive end, and Jefferson is on the defensive end, and it is impossible to completely limit Xiao Si.

But that was when the Timberwolves were there, and now it's the Pacers, and when it comes to defense, the Pacers are definitely not bad.

As soon as the main force on the Pacers' side came on the court, the rhythm of the whole court completely changed...... Dunleavy, who has never felt very good, finally made a draw, and Zhang Kong also knew that the team's offense was unfavorable now, so he began to specifically pick the soft underbelly of the Suns to play.

Nash is not on the court now, it is Dragic who is on the court, and there is no pity for this man.

Dribbled the ball directly past him, if Xiao Si on the inside line made up for the defense, it would definitely miss Jefferson behind him, Jefferson is not in vain, the surname as high as level 89 is enough to show that he is strong, and Frye was pulled outside by Murphy, a big man who also likes to shoot from a distance, so that only Xiao Si and Jefferson, who are not tall in the original height, are left on the inside line, and are restrained by Jefferson, and the empty has more opportunities, after breaking into the inner line, Zhang Kong has a simple change of direction, shook Xiao Si, and then made an easy layup, not giving Xiao Si any chance at all.

And Dunleavy on the outside is also in the next round, received Zhang Kong's pass, three-point hit, and then Zhang Kong himself hit another three-point shot, two outside lines scored nine points in a row, and then Granger also made a layup again, in the second quarter of the game, the Pacers' defense has improved somewhat, but these improvements are not enough for the Pacers to completely defend the opponent, in the second quarter of the game, although the Suns did not say that they scored another 35 points, they also scored 33 points, and the Pacers scored 28 points, there is no way to bench and not give up.

At halftime, the Suns led the Pacers by a full nine points at 68-59, almost 10 points, and if it wasn't for Granger's last-minute rush inside and desperately hit a shot with an injury, the margin would have been 11 points.

The offense on the Pacers' side is completely out, even Jim O'Brien knows that the Pacers lack that kind of offensive outburst surname, the strongest of the Pacers is the continuous surname of the offense, because of the empty reason, so the shooting percentage is constant, it is not easy to change this constant shooting rate, and the offense with the continuous surname is obviously more like a king.

But the offense of the Outbreak is also very important, and the current style of play of the Suns is the offense of the Outbreak Surname.

They can feel nothing in an instant, or they can shoot a dozen three-pointers in an instant, which is the fear of the outburst surname.

Sitting in the team's locker room, Jim O'Brien walked in circles, he was trying to figure out how to limit the Suns' offense, although the Pacers' offense was a little slow, but just look at the score, 59 points, as far as the current situation is concerned, the Pacers' offense is no problem at all, as long as the Suns' offense is limited, it will be much easier.

But it's not easy to come across such a group of unlucky pitchers and try to limit their offense.

"Coach, I don't know if there's a way!" Zhang Kong, who was sitting in the locker room, looked at the frowning coach in front of him, and couldn't help whispering, and after hearing Zhang Kong's words, Jim O'Brien suddenly looked up.

Zhang Kong's recent games will put forward some small opinions whenever the team encounters difficulties, although not every time it is useful, but sometimes it can break the current unfavorable pattern of the Pacers, many times the Pacers win by Zhang Kong.

In Jim O'Brien's eyes, Zhang Kong doesn't know much about regular basketball, after all, he hasn't received too orthodox coaches since he was a child, he didn't have high school, he didn't have junior high school, and he didn't go to college at all, and even cuba's college basketball students know more than Zhang Kong, although in recent years, Zhang Kong has been working hard to learn basketball knowledge, running, and offensive and defensive routines.

But the effect is not obvious, at a glance, you can see that Zhang Kong belongs to that kind of action, you let him study while playing here while playing, it may be better, if you let him study there, it is estimated that he will not be able to survive for half a day and it will be over.

However, such a half-tone player can always ask some key questions, which is like the old saying in China, the authorities are confused, the bystanders are clear, Zhang Kong does not understand basketball, then he is a bystander on the court, and he can always ask key questions.

"Tell me about it!" Jim O'Brien sat on the chair, looked at Zhang Kong carefully, and asked carefully.

"I feel that in the second half of the second quarter, we played well, in fact, we can play according to this style of play, the Suns play run-and-shoot, we can also play run-and-shoot, and concentrate a large number of pitchers on the field, since our hand is not very good in today's game, then why bother to compete with the opponent to defend and limit the opponent? As long as the outside offense on our side is played, after the opponent's needs to increase the defensive pressure, they should be bothered! Looking at Jim O'Brien in front of him, Zhang Kong thought about it and said.

His words weren't unreasonable, and as soon as he said them, Jim O'Brien suddenly remembered the start of the season.

Murphy was injured, and then at that time the Pacers had played a big and four small, I still remember at the beginning of the season, that style of play was good, otherwise it would not have been possible to win streak at the beginning of the season, after hearing Zhang Kong's words, Jim O'Brien hesitated, and he also felt that this proposal was similar in his heart, and finally decided to use Zhang Kong's method.

"The second half is about to start, huh? The Pacers changed the lineup, they replaced Al Jefferson off the court, Hibbert was not on the court, Murphy was on the center position, Gran was the big forward, Dunleavy was the small forward, Zhang Kong actually appeared in the scoring guard position, and the point guard was Earl Watson, a big and four small? This time the Pacers' battle formation is a little strange! "The Pacers haven't played such a big and small formation since the inside line was thick.

If they don't fight, it doesn't mean they can't play, and their change of formation has also put the Suns in a state of misery.

Nash's body is too poor, even if he doesn't need Zhang Kong to play against him, the short Watson can also use his own strength to bully him, and after Zhang Kong stands in the position of scoring guard, he directly faces Richardson, the most stable scoring point on the outside of the Suns, the existence of Zhang Kong, so that Richardson has no chance at all, and Dunleavy can also give full play to the characteristics of his good shooting against Hill, as for the inside line, Murphy pulls out, and Frye has to pull out.

And Granger pulled out, Xiao Si had to follow, Granger's three-point shot and mid-range shot, neither he nor Gentry dared to underestimate it, but after Xiao Si pulled out, the interior defense was empty! The Pacers' side changed and became a five-perimeter lineup.

Even the craziest warriors don't dare to say that they play five outside, and the current Pacers are such a routine.

(To be continued)