"We need to change our tactics!" The assistant coach of the Trail Blazers said to all the Trail Blazers members in the locker room with a gloomy face, at this time the second quarter of the game has been played, and the Pacers played a wave of 34-26 attack in a single quarter, which stretched the Pacers' score by 7 points in one fell swoop, and at the end of the half, the Pacers scored as many as 59 points in the half.

The Trail Blazers scored 52 points, and in terms of offensive efficiency, the Trail Blazers didn't suffer much.

After all, Roy is not the kind of player who averages 30+ per game, after he was limited by Zhang Kong today, although the Trail Blazers are blocked offensively, but it has not yet reached the point of being unsustainable, Granger on the Pacers' side has been poor recently, he scored 8 points in the first half, but he shot 12 balls, the shooting rate was less than 30%, and the Pacers were not very easy to play without the cannon of Granger.

Fortunately, Deng Tai Jones and the others recovered their hand relatively quickly, so they didn't delay too much.

Coupled with Zhang Kong's breakaway ball, it can always help the Pacers find open space and take advantage of it.

If it was last year's Pacers, after Granger turned off the fire, the whole team would have collapsed, but when Zhang Kong joined this year, the entire Pacers' front was obviously much more stable than in previous years, and the high and low that the media expected did not happen to the Pacers, although they are still third in the East, but the game played well, and there was no losing streak or collapse in the case of poor play of the main team, Jim O'Brien and Larry Bird both know that this is due to Zhang Kong.

Having the Trail Blazers ahead at half the game is undoubtedly a very happy thing for Jim O'Brien.

But Zhang Kong's heart was faintly worried, he felt that the Trail Blazers would not give up this game like this, especially the assistant coach of the Trail Blazers, no matter how he looked like a bad guy, the bad guys were quite stoic...... Take the gray wolf, for example.

After the break, the Pacers and Trail Blazers continued to be on the court in preparation for the next game.

Because the jump ball was won by the Trail Blazers, the Pacers served, and after sending the ball to Zhang Kong's hand, Zhang Kong took the ball through the half court, looking at the lineup of the Trail Blazers in front of him, Zhang Kong's brows furrowed slightly, because the Trail Blazers changed formation.

The defensive tactics in the NBA are basically divided into three categories, joint defense, half-court marking and full-court marking, joint defense is common 2-3 joint defense or 3-2 joint defense, one is to stand three people in the interior line to defend, the main defense of the opponent's breakthrough, one is to stand in the interior line of two people to defend, and the remaining three main defense opponent's mid-range shots, joint defense to break those three-point shooting teams are quite useful, but if you face teams like the Magic and the Suns, 100% of them are shot to death.

Half-court marking should also be half-time man-to-man defense, the main focus is on the half-court position rotation, that is, the defense that we can usually see, if you watch football buddies should know, Italy's defense is called this chain defense, a person has been passed, and a person will be made up immediately, and half-court marking also has such a meaning, because the distance between them is relatively close, so you can always rotate to the defensive position for the first time, even if you are broken through one, you can continue to defend immediately.

The last is the full-court marking, also known as the full-court man-to-man defense, the main restriction is the opponent's outside line, so that the opponent's players are not easy to receive the ball, but as long as the opponent advances the half court and passes the ball to the inside, the side-like defense is not very easy to defend.

Because the general man-to-man defense is based on breaking the ball, the general interior line as long as it is in place in the depths, squeezing the opponent behind him, and only the basket is left in the face, such a defense is the main defense of the outside players, and the damage to the inside players is relatively small.

Basically, all the defensive lineups in the world basketball world have evolved from these three lineups, but now the Pacers' lineup is a little strange, some like 2-3 joint defense, but not 2-3 joint defense, there is only one Pulzbilla on the inside, and the remaining four people, including Aldridge, are standing in the area between the interior line and the three-point line, like an encirclement, and Purzbilla is detained inside, such a lineup is the first time I have seen it, even if it is magic, At most, they use this formation when attacking, Lewis still stays in it when defending, and he doesn't at least stay in it if he doesn't grab rebounds, but now Aldridge runs out, which makes Zhang Kong a little surprised, but since the other party has put such a lineup, Zhang Kong will naturally not be polite, and after making a gesture to Hibbert and Murphy next to him, he began to wander on the outside.

There is only one Purzbilla who is really standing on the inside, doesn't this make the Pacers brush the inside line infinitely?

While neither Murphy nor Hibbert are the kind of players who attack too strongly, they are not polite when faced with such an opportunity.

Seeing the two big men on the other side enter the inside, the assistant coach of the Trail Blazers on the sidelines couldn't help but sneer, is his tactic so easy to break? Just as Zhang Kong was about to hoist the ball into the inside line for the two, suddenly the Trail Blazers' side moved.

Roy, who had been standing in front of Zhang Kong, instantly started to complete a change of position with Aldridge next to him.

This time Aldridge came to defend Zhang Kong, Zhang Kong saw that the person in front of him had changed, and he had no choice, because he had already picked up the ball with both hands, and if he shot again, it would be a false example of the second move, Aldridge relied on the advantage of height and arm length, and directly cut off the passage between Zhang Kong and the inside line, and the inside Murphy and Heber were already in a good position, but because of Aldridge, Zhang Kong had no way to pass the ball at all, and other outside players had no way to come to find Zhang Kong.

The rest of the Trailblazers were also staring at them at the same time, and there was no choice but to have Murphy come out to answer Zhang Kong.

Zhang Kong and Murphy made a cooperation, and after receiving the ball, Zhang Kong dribbled again, but now it was Roy who came to defend him...... This is obviously to prevent his own breakthrough, if he holds the ball again, needless to say, Aldridge will definitely come to defend, and at this time Murphy and Hibbert on the inside are entangled by Pullsbilla alone, this white man has a height advantage and is not fast, but the deterrent is still there, and today he broke out, and he was entangled with the two interior lines on the Pacers' side.

Of course, this is mainly because of these two big inside lines, one has a soft ball style, and the other is stunned.

For a while, the walker fell into a strange circle, Zhang Kong's brows couldn't help frowning, he finally understood the other party's routine, this is a trap! Tell you clearly, we have time inside, but if you want to pass the ball, it is very unwise, no matter how powerful Zhang Kong is, he is only 1.98 meters tall, and after holding the ball in both hands, he wants to throw Aldridge two meters away, this is not an easy thing, it is not easy to make mistakes, and if there is a mistake, it will be scored! That's what the assistant coach of the Trail Blazers has come up with right now, but there's a weakness in this defensive lineup.

If the Pacers have the ability to score from the outside, they can tear apart the opposing defense.

But it's a pity that the Pacers are on the books, and they really don't have any outside scoring ability, Granger doesn't feel cold, Deng Tai Jones shot three three-pointers today and didn't score, Mike Dunleavy shot four three-pointers today, and now he is still sitting off the court, the most three-point shots today seem to be Zhang Kong, Zhang Kong now shoots six three-pointers, but unfortunately only the two in the first quarter, and the two three-pointers shot in the second quarter are off, which shows that luck is not always around Zhang Kong.

"Well, play this set! Hey, then I'll shoot a three! Looking at the defensive lineup in front of him, Zhang Kong smiled.

He shot 2-of-6 from three, which isn't a good thing, but on the flip side, it's not a bad thing either.

Zhang scored four out of ten three-pointers, of course, this means that when the defense is not very strong, if he faces the defense masters in the league, his three-point shooting percentage may go down, but Roy is not among the people he fears.

Looking at Roy in front of him, Zhang Kong jumped up directly without warning and gently sent the basketball in his hand out.

"Oh, it's not good, Zhang Kong started to come by himself, the Trailblazers changed formation, and the Pacers who really hit it were very uncomfortable, with Zhang Kong's all-hit rate today, this ball was hanging! Oops...... Entered! Before the commentator finished speaking, the basketball went directly into the net, and as soon as the ball went in, Zhang Kong couldn't help laughing, this goal was very comfortable.

"Oh, who's special! Shit-lucky guy. The head coach of the Trail Blazers next to him thinks he has studied Zhang Kong thoroughly.

Zhang Kong has not had an outbreak, he has scored more than 20 points, and in the last game, Zhang Kong also broke out!

But Zhang Kong's shooting rate, he has not taken it to heart, in his impression, no, it can be said that in the minds of most head coaches in the league, Zhang Kong's offensive means are extremely poor, and his most threatening is the ability to pass and defend.

Sometimes you can play a good offense, but the shooting percentage is just that!

In the last game, Zhang Kong gave their wave of people a wake-up call, but they didn't take it to heart, so Zhang Kong can't be blamed.

Thirty seconds later, Zhang Kong made a comeback, still in the same position, still facing Roy, Zhang Kong still shot without warning, and the basketball still flew over Roy's head and hit it directly like just now...... After two consecutive three-pointers, after scoring six points in a row.

The assistant coach on the Trail Blazers' side suddenly darkened his face, and he sensed that something was not right.

He called a timeout as soon as his team dribbled past halftime, and less than a minute and a half into the game, he had already called a timeout, and the Pacers also returned to their bench, and Jim was happy to see Zhang Kong's performance.

"The next game will be played with Zhang Kong as the core, and your kid's hit rate has increased very quickly recently! I'll give you unlimited firing rights! ”

(To be continued)