Chapter 558: Against the Pacers

The injuries and absences of the three main players made the team a little uneasy, but in the next games, Chen Jiyuan was still full of confidence and still firmly believed that his team would win the game.

On Nov. 18, the New York Knicks take on the Indiana Pacers on the road.

For this game, the Pacers didn't have much to think about, after all, the current Pacers rely on Danny Granger to play alone. Roy Hibbert on the inside is growing, and although it will take some time, it is not bad now. It's just a little flawed on the offensive end.

If it was the original Knicks, then winning this game would be like playing. But now that the three main players are missing, things have become suspenseful.

Against the Pacers, Thibodeau decided to make Jamal Crawford the team's starting point guard. Then Stephen Curry was the team's starting point guard, and Thibodeau hesitated for a while in both positions, but finally decided to play like this first, and if not, the next game will be adjusted. As for the starting power forward Thibodeau, Serge Ibaka will definitely choose Serge Ibaka, although Ty Gibson is also good, but when the two are compared, Serge Ibaka is more in line with Thibodeau's heart.

The Knicks vs. Pacers game is about to begin.

The Knicks' starters were Chen Jiyuan, Andre Iguodala, Jamal Crawford, Stephen Curry, Serge Ibaka,

The Pacers' starters were TJ Ford, Roy Hibbert, Dundee Jones, Danny Granger and Brandon Rush.

The loss of three main players has a considerable impact on the strength of the Knicks, and the impact of this incident on the team's morale is even more frightening than in the hard power.

However, there are also guys who have not been affected by this incident. That's Chen Jiyuan.

Soon, Chen Jiyuan, like all the players, showed his lifelong determination.

The first ball, Chen Jiyuan and Roy Hibbert jumped the ball, Chen Jiyuan dialed the ball to Stephen Curry, after all, it was his rookie season, the first start, Stephen Curry was still somewhat excited. This first ball, Stephen Curry may have wanted to attack by himself, but Chen Jiyuan stuck Roy Hibbert, and then stretched out his hand to signal for the ball, Stephen Curry looked at it and passed the ball to Chen Jiyuan, this ball, Chen Jiyuan's position to receive the ball is not very comfortable, if Sessions passes the ball, Chen Jiyuan sometimes can choose to directly catch the ball and turn over for a jumper. The direction and movement of the ball is very good, very powerful. And Stephen Curry still needs time to work out.

Chen Jiyuan adjusted a small drop after receiving the ball, and then singled Roy Hibbert in the frame, Roy Hibbert's footwork is relatively slow, and it is still difficult for Roy Hibbert, who lacks explosiveness, to defend the opponent's strong and physical center on the defensive end.

Chen Jiyuan poked his right foot to the right, Roy Hibbert was unmoved, Chen Jiyuan accelerated directly, walked to the right, and had the advantage in speed, so that Chen Jiyuan successfully squeezed Roy Hibbert out of the best defensive position, and then, directly before Roy Hibbert was in place, he rounded his arm with one hand and directly dunked it. 2:0。

came up and Chen Jiyuan came up with a super morale-boosting goal.

The Pacers attacked, and after Danny Granger received the ball from outside the three-point line, he shot directly himself, and the ball was deflected.

The Knicks attacked again, and after Chen Jiyuan received the ball, he poked his right foot, a very simple feint that was not a feint, and then jumped directly and threw a shot. Once again, the ball went firmly into the hoop. 4:0。

Scored 4 points in a row.

The Pacers attacked, this time, after Danny Granger took two steps with the ball, he passed the ball to Brandon Rush, Brandon Rush received the ball and shot a direct three-point shot, "dang", the ball popped out of the frame, the rebound of this three-point shot collapsed far, and Andre Iguodala grabbed the rebound by Andre Iguodala on the outside, Andre Iguodala grabbed the ball and ran straight forward.

After halftime, Danny Granger has also completed the retreat, and TJ Ford is also preparing to assist in the defense on the other side, Andre Iguodala stabilized the ball, waiting for his teammates to settle in the process, Andre Iguodala saw Chen Jiyuan in the middle at a glance, and then directly waved his hand and gave the ball to Chen Jiyuan in the middle, Chen Jiyuan received the ball and strode to take off, but TJ Ford also saw Chen Jiyuan who followed up in the middle and got the ball. So he quickly came to the middle of the route, stood in a good position, and wanted to cause Chen Jiyuan's offensive foul, but Chen Jiyuan also saw TJ Ford's behavior in advance, so this ball, Chen Jiyuan forcibly adjusted his center of gravity, slowed down the speed, not directly rushed up to dunk, but a European department, in the process of moving forward, forcibly kicked the ground with his right foot, and then leaned his body to the left, and avoided TJ Ford who was standing, and made a low-handed layup with his left hand, and put the ball into the basket. 6:0。

Scored 6 points in a row.

The opening game was a small climax of 6:0. Chen Jiyuan alone created this wave of climax, which made the team's morale low because of the lack of three main players, which was a bit of a head-up.

The Pacers attacked again, and after TJ Ford dribbled the ball through the half, this time Danny Granger and Roy Hibbert played a pick-and-roll combination, and Thibodeau's defensive arrangement at the beginning was to defend Danny Granger, so once Danny Granger made a pick-and-roll cooperation, then the reaction was naturally to pack the ball carrier.

Danny Granger passes the ball back into the hands of Roy Hibbert, who catches the ball in the high post, and while Roy Hibbert has the ability to shoot a high jumper, he is not particularly accurate. The ball, Roy Hibbert, deflected wide.

Sergi Ibaka on the inside protects the rebound.

The Pacers' current lineup, the team's height is very short. Once Roy Hibbert goes on the offense, it's almost a dream for everyone else to grab the rebound in the frontcourt.

And the rest of the Pacers didn't waste that meaningless body to scramble for the rebound, and just quickly retreated.

Serge Ibaka gave the ball to Stephen Curry's injury, Stephen Curry dribbled the ball across the halfcourt, this time after halftime, Chen Jiyuan once again singled Roy Hibbert in the face frame, this time Chen Jiyuan has not started the speed, and the bag from Danny Granger is surrounded, but the Pacers' height defect is reflected at this time.

All Chen needed to do was throw the ball over Serge Ibaka. If Serge Ibaka, who is 10 centimeters taller than everyone else, can't get the ball, I'm sure he will be despised by all the fans.

Serge Ibaka jumped up, caught the ball, and then didn't defend it at all, just putting it in the basket. An attack was played so simply, 8:0.

Pacers head coach Jim O'Brien was able to keep his composure. In this way, it is not called a timeout, and there is no change of tactics. Nor do they change people. Still let the current players continue to play.

The Pacers attacked again, this time TJ Ford burst inside, broke through and split the ball, and gave Brandon Rush, Brandon Rush directly bypassed Jamal Crawford, who was defending himself, and then held the ball with a one-handed layup, but Serge Ibaka waited for this opportunity early, and came up with a slap, directly fanning Brandon Rush's layup. Fan out of bounds.

The Pacers' current lineup flaws are too obvious, breaking into the interior, Sergi Ibaka and Chen Jiyuan are both masters of supplementing defense, and their blocking ability is also first-class, which is very dangerous for players who break into the interior. If you shoot a three-pointer from the outside, Danny Granger still has a certain amount of three-point accuracy, as for the three-point shots of Dundee Jones and TJ Ford, you can almost ignore it, and Brandon Rush, who is still a good three-point shot, seems to be a little lacking in touch.

This led the entire Pacers offense to a halt.

The Pacers sent a throw-in, Roy Hibbert covered Danny Granger, who received the ball and shot a three-pointer. Finally, it was the embarrassment of breaking the zero eggs. 8:3。

The Knicks attacked again, this time Chen Jiyuan singled Roy Hibbert with his back, as expected, Danny Granger came forward again to wrap up, and Chen Jiyuan this time was a turnaround jumper, Danny Granger came from the free throw line, Chen Jiyuan turned to the baseline defensive line and made a jumper, Roy Hibbert's height allowed him to do quite a bit of interference in the face of this kind of offense.

However, Chen Jiyuan's ball turned over and didn't jump at all, his wrist was forced, there was no arc at all, the ball flew directly to the basket, and near the basket, there was also a person who jumped up directly without any defensive pressure, received the ball, and pressed the ball into the basket with one hand with his right hand. Completed a perfect air relay. 10:3。

The Pacers obviously don't have a good way to defend Chen Jiyuan.

The Pacers attacked again, and Brandon Rush hit a three-pointer from the outside, but the ball was deflected.

The rebound was grabbed by Chen Jiyuan, and the Pacers were not at all active in the scramble for offensive rebounds.

After Chen Jiyuan grabbed the rebound, but it was very unlikely that he wanted to launch a fast break, and the Pacers retreated quickly.

Chen Jiyuan gave the ball to Stephen Curry, let Stephen Curry slowly dribble the ball through the half, when Stephen Curry dribbled the ball at the top of the arc, Chen Jiyuan directly blocked Stephen Curry, Stephen Curry saw that Chen Jiyuan blocked and dismantled himself, and directly used the block to shoot. TJ Ford, who thought that Stephen Curry wanted to run on the other side and had already run in advance, did not keep up with the ball defense, and Stephen Curry made a dashing shot, and the ball went directly into the basket. 13:3。

The difference was in double digits, and this time Jim O'Brien couldn't bear it. Asked for a pause.