One, three, four, encounter old teammates
As soon as the game started, it was as if the Pacers and Nets were two world teams.
The Pacers, on their side, are solid defensively and tough on offense, with West and Hibbert on the inside as the core and a group of shooters on the outside waiting for an opportunity to shoot three-pointers.
Compared with the Pacers, the Nets can't hold the inside line, and there is no discipline on the outside, and they come up to open the rhythm of being beaten.
In the first 3 minutes of the game, the Pacers led the Nets by 7 points at 12:5, and at this time, the young general did not hesitate to replace Lopez.
Lopez was angry when he was replaced, and when he thought that Horn's performance had been so poor recently, he should have given himself more playing time! But now that the team is so far behind, the junior general still puts himself on Horn, which makes Lopez puzzled.
Lopez also didn't want to think about why the junior general couldn't replace him because he couldn't defend against Hibbert at all, and he didn't pose a threat on the offensive end.
Lopez also won the name of Duncan Jr. when the Nets were short of people, but in terms of strength, the gap between him and the league's first-class power forward is many streets away. Hibbert isn't the league's top-notch interior either, but it's still too easy to play Lopez.
Horn was back on the pitch when the New Jersey home stadium was filled with exclamations, and there have been too many rumors about Horn lately.
At this time, David Pash also saw Horn and said, "Horn is finally out, hahaha!" Let's hope the Pacers force Horn to play in the low post, and let's look at Horn's botched low post offense. The effect of this guy playing low post is really laughing to death! ”
While David Pash was laughing at Horn, Jonathan, who was far away in Denver, also said to his fans: "Horn is playing. Ha ha! This guy's weakness has been dug up now, and his appearance can only be to make a fool of himself. I really don't understand, why would the little general let someone who can only make a fool of himself come up and play! ”
The commentators all said so, and the fans also came up with all sorts of wonderful teasing witticisms to satirize Horn.
At this time, everyone was counting on the Pacers to use the trick invented by the bulls to stop Horn, but Vogel did not take special measures at this time.
In Vogel's view, there is no need to change the situation first if the Pacers still have the upper hand, and changing the situation first may destroy the team's chemistry, so it is better to wait for a while, Vogel is very disappointed not to force Horn to play in the low post.
In this way, Horn seemed much more comfortable, and Williams came up although he didn't want to pass the ball to Horn.
But he can't play himself, and if he can't play, he has to pass the ball to others, and others will naturally pass to Horn's hands.
Because Horn is top-notch except for not being able to play in the low post.
Horn got the basketball, and it was Horn's old friend West who came out to defend him, and the two old comrades faced each other.
West smiled evilly at Horn, and Horn also understood that his old brother was a deep character, and he immediately responded to West with a smile.
After laughing, Horn's body shook and immediately broke through to the right, Horn opened a triple attack, one step past most of West, and then one step to resist, and the last step to score 2 points directly on West's head.
Horn directly used his sharpest scoring means on his brother, and West was also beaten by Horn and had no power to fight back.
Being hit by Horn, West was not angry at all, but showed a smile.
West was also happy for his brother at this time, and he felt that Horn's breakthrough was sharper.
When he was on the same team with Horn before, he knew that although Horn's speed was fast, the confrontation was not very good, and when the other party guessed the route, Horn's breakthrough would be more difficult, but he clearly guessed Horn's route, but he didn't be able to carry Horn when he was in the instant confrontation.
This made West a little puzzled, why did Horn look so soft in the low position if he could resist in the breakthrough!
West, this is certainly unexpected, Horn has only used a triple attack when breaking through before, and he can't think of using a triple combo when defending.
Horn came up and scored two points, and Joan Barry immediately said: "Horn's breakthrough is still very sharp, and this is his most consistent scoring method this season. If the Pacers didn't use special defense, Horn would play very well! ”
Horn scored when he came up, and Lopez, who was sitting on the sidelines, also felt very depressed, although Horn played like in the low post, but Horn had a great grasp when attacking from the high post.
Vogel watched from the sidelines as Horn hit such a ball, and he didn't feel like anything should change because of one ball.
The Pacers, on the offensive end, have made a big difference in their style of play this season, with danger at the core.
Hibbert came up first, Wester pulled up to the high post, and the rest of the players spread out, and the players on the same side as Hibbert took the defense away.
Horn defended behind Hibbert at this time, although there was a gap in height and size, but Horn was not very weak. Because Hibbert is not a strong type of player, he is a tall technical player, and there is a way to deal with this kind of player, Horn.
Hibbert's side didn't feel any pressure on Horn at first, and he felt that Horn's defense was nothing more than that, so I just abused him.
Hibbert thought so, dribbled two steps, turned back a hook hand, Horn saw his quasi-god, opened a triple hit small step rubbing step, the second step was an afterburner collision, Horn's strength plus the collision effect provided by the triple hit suddenly made Hibbert's hook hand deviate.
Horn turned around and grabbed the rebound, and he took the ball and flew towards the Pacers' halfcourt, although the Pacers were a team dominated by the interior, but they were very quick to retreat, because Paul George and Lance Stevenson were very physical.
Horn rushed over and saw that George was already in front of him, George is now playing small forward, but he is not short, and the confrontation is not bad, and he suddenly let or slow down slightly.
Horn slowed down slightly, the Pacers thought it was blocked, and when they were a little sluggish, Horn made a pass from the back of his head, directly to a visual dead corner, and Williams took the ball in an empty position in this position, and there was no one in front of him 2 meters.
Williams, though jealous of Horn, doesn't mind shooting an easy three-pointer.
"Brush!"
Williams hit a three-point shot, and Horn played a breakthrough and an assist to help the team score five points in a row, rewriting the score to 12:10, and the difference was suddenly not so big.
At this time, David Pash, who was waiting for Black Horn, also had to admit that Horn was great: "If we ignore Horn's poor performance in the low post, he is really a big man who can revitalize the whole team." I think Vogel is a little bit more confident, and forcing Horn to play in the low post is something that has to be done! ”
Pash is Horn's sunspot, but he must also acknowledge Horn's abilities.
The little general also looked at Williams at this time, and he wondered, Horn has this ability, do you still insist on replacing his core position?