"Infinite Shifts?"

Before the game started, Doon thought that he would be subjected to Jordan's rule tonight, but he didn't expect the Pacers to put on a man-to-man infinite change of defense.

Doon gets the ball in front, and Artest goes straight to death entanglement.

Since the referee didn't blow the whistle, the intensity of Doon's game tonight should not be much less than that of Kobe Bryant in the opening game.

In order to reduce the trouble, Doon immediately called Tyson Chandler to cover for him, not wanting O'Neal Jr. to come forward and delay, while Artest switched to Tyson Chandler.

If Tyson Chandler has O'Neal's ability to score and Doon passes the ball, Doon's mission is done this round.

It is precisely because his teammates do not have such ability that Doon can only play small and big, relying on his feet to shake off O'Neal Jr. and then burst to the basket.

No, Doon really changed his rhythm and dribbled and looked for an opportunity to break through, and Artest suddenly let go of Tyson Chandler.

O'Neal Jr. tried to put pressure on Doon, but only bluffed, Doon took a step back, and O'Neal Jr. immediately retracted to the inside and re-targeted Tyson Chandler.

What is a profession? It's called professionalism! The speed and discipline of the Pacers' change of defense really impressed Doane.

"Want to cut me off from my teammates? It's kind of interesting! ”

After only one round, Doon understood the Pacers' defensive strategy tonight.

The Pacers made it clear that it was okay to be shot by Doon, but they did not allow Doon to string up the team and activate other teammates.

Normally, this defensive strategy is to limit the stars who are good at blocking and breaking through and have no shooting ability.

However, Doon's passing organization is too strong!

In the first two regular season games, Doon didn't score much.

But the passing alone led the Bulls' rookies to score a lot of easy shots to help the Bulls take the lead in scoring and win the game.

It can only be said that the Bulls' way of winning is somewhat one-sided.

Carlisle only looked at the eight preseason games and three regular season games that the Bulls have played this season, and immediately understood that the Bulls can win because of Doon's drive.

After finding the key to the Bulls' victory, it won't be a problem to beat the Bulls.

After all, Doon can't be a one-five or a one-man scorer to kill the game.

This season's Bulls, although they have beaten many seemingly strong teams, are still essentially a team that is rebuilding, needs time to grow, and is not competitive.

The Bulls have a large number of inexperienced rookies, and as long as they can keep Doon away from them for a while, the Bulls will turn into a messy lottery team that doesn't know how to play.

The Pacers' defensive strategy tonight is to cut off Doane's connection with the rest of his teammates in order to bring the Bulls back to square one.

Doon also knew that he couldn't fall into a trap deliberately laid by the Pacers.

Although he had the physical strength to shoot forty or fifty times in the game, he was not sure that he could lead the Bulls to victory by shooting alone.

Moreover, Doon's best scoring method now is not to float outside and shoot three-pointers, but to burst to the basket to complete the finish.

And breaking through this offensive means often consumes much more physical strength than shooting.

The Pacers' defensive strategy is similar to that of the Pistons, the defense outside line is man-to-man infinite change of defense, and when the opponent breaks through to the inside, it will inevitably take multi-person pinch attacks.

In other words, once Doon starts to shoot and is forced to score inside and bite the point difference, the game is out of Doon's control.

By the time Doon consumes a lot of physical strength because of the sudden inside line, as the game progresses, Doon will undoubtedly get more and more tired, and there will be an embarrassing situation on the court where Doon can neither rush in nor throw.

In order to break the game, Doon continued to call his teammates to come forward to block and pick-and-roll, but this time he called two blocks in a row, and the second was a cross-cover with Ben Gordon.

While attracting the defense, Doon put the ball in the hands of Ben Gordon, who took the ball and made a three-point shot without saying a word!

Brush –

Ball in!

Ben Gordon's shot was good, and so was Doon's passing.

Carlisle's strategy against the Bulls and Doon is correct, but the infinite change of defense is a great test of the player's execution and judgment.

Although the quality of the Pacers' forward group is very good, they want to defend against Doon and prevent the Bulls from Doon's tandem.

Then, at this moment of Doon's sudden shot combination and the distribution of the ball, there are too many judgments to make.

Carlisle did make it clear to the Pacers players before the game that Doon was allowed to shoot, but it was important to strangle Doon's connection with the rest of his teammates.

However, there is also an emphasis on interfering with Doon's three-point shot and scoring under the basket.

To put it bluntly, Carlisle really put Doon to shoot the most efficient long two-point, which is also an area that is difficult for any defensive tactic to take into account.

Therefore, when Doon makes offensive intentions outside the three-point line, even if there is no ball in his hand, the Pacers' forward players will be subconsciously attracted to Doon.

It's clear that Doon has opened a hole in the Pacers' defensive system.

However, the Pacers are not only strong defensively, but also not weak offensively.

The Pacers immediately switched offense, and Flow's offense was impressive, quickly scoring two points under the basket.

The Bulls relaunched the offense under Doon's tandem, but this time the replaced Martial Saint Jackson changed the defense a little faster, and Doon just handed the ball to Ben Gordon, who was already covered.

Ben Gordon didn't hit hard, but passed the ball back to Doon, and Doon could only pull it out and continue to call for pick-and-roll and reorganize the attack.

Because the Pacers' defense is good and the offensive time is limited, Doane blocked and switched to Jamal Tinsley, and directly relied on his personal strength to pull out a three-point shot without saying a word.

Jamal Tinsley was too short to be blocked, and Martial Saint Jackson flew forward, but he was still a beat slower.

By the time Martial Saint Jackson pounced in front of Doon, Doon had already relied on his personal strength to hit a three-point shot.

However, Doon also knows that if he keeps playing like this, his shooting percentage will definitely drop rapidly, and he can't be so efficient all the time.

And constantly holding the ball to block and dismantle, dribbling and then calling blocking and dismantling, and constantly trying to connect the team, this will also consume a lot of physical strength because of excessive ball control.

The Pacers' Flow offense was particularly fast and fierce, obviously trying to double Doon's physical strength with the fast attack.

For this reason, Doon can only hand over the ball first and let Ben Gordon and others try to see if they can have any effect.

As soon as the Pacers saw Ben Gordon get the ball, they immediately adjusted their defensive strategy and used Martial Saint Jackson and Jamal Tinsley to wrap Ben Gordon together.

Ben Gordon passed the ball to the empty Rohr Deng, but as soon as Rohr Deng burst to the basket, he was intercepted by the Pacers' human wall.

Deng tried to make a layup with talent, but was distracted and couldn't score.

Seeing this, the rest of the Bulls immediately stepped back to defend and shrank as far as they could, but Jamal Tinsley threw in a three-pointer.

The point difference was caught up, and Doon could only call for blocking and dismantling to change defenses, and first singled himself to stabilize the situation.

Regarding Doon's attitude towards outside singles, the Pacers are relatively normal, and they do not wrap up, but the forward players step forward to block individually.

As long as Doon doesn't play Jamal Tinsley in a pick-and-roll misposition, that's perfectly fine.

After playing a few balls, Doon also began to shoot unsteadily due to the decline in physical strength, and he was unable to do so.

At this time, you can only hand over the ball to your teammates first, and run to the bottom corner to smoke for a while.

The Pacers were too well prepared on the defensive end in order to beat the Bulls.

Ben Gordon and others are indeed just rookies, they have not grown well, their personal strength needs to be enhanced, and their on-court performance is also very unstable.

In order to break the Pacers' blockade of Doon as soon as possible, Scott Skeles transferred Dio to the court early to help Doon share the pressure of part of the tandem team.

No, Carlisle also studied Dio and put Dior directly to shoot.

Although Dio has been practicing three-point shooting at Doon's request, he has not been able to practice three-point shooting yet.

Although there are middle distances, they are relatively average.

Dior's main scoring still comes from the inside, and of course Dior himself prefers to pass the ball to his teammates on the inside.

With Dio on the court, the Bulls' offensive space became smaller, and the situation of the game instantly became very unfavorable for the Bulls.

In an extremely passive situation, Doon stepped up and made a few shots, while also encouraging Dior to give it a go, and then the score was overtaken by the Pacers.

In order to be able to win, Doon tonight can't be said to have worked hard, but the Bulls' foundation is too thin, and the lineup as a whole is too empty!

After all, basketball is a team sport, and Doon does not have a decent helper around him, and he can defeat the weak team by leading the team alone, but he can't beat a strong team like the Pacers, which has both offense and defense.

Just like tonight's game, starting from trailing in the first quarter, the Bulls didn't find any possibility of overtaking the Pacers in the next three quarters.

Doon shot 12-of-26, 7-of-16 from three-point range, and 5-of-5 from the free-throw line, scoring 36 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, which was quite a good statistic, but still couldn't help the Bulls win.

89-101, the Bulls had just won three in a row when they suffered their first regular season loss of the season at the Conseco Arena in Indianapolis.

However, in the eyes of Doon's fans and Bulls fans, Doon has done enough, and losing to the Pacers is not a shame.

Overall, Doon's performance in this battle can be described as the Bulls lost and Doon did not lose.

Two days later, league officials expressed a similar attitude - Doon won the first Eastern Conference Player of the Week honor with a 3-1 record and an average triple-double of 29 points, 10.75 rebounds and 12.5 assists per game.

I have to say that the advantage of the team boss leading the team alone lies in this.

Even if you don't have a complete winning record, as long as the data is good enough and the results of leading the team are relatively good, it is easy to win individual honors such as the best of the week and the best of the month.

In other words, although Doon has already won the Player of the Week, the Player of the Month has not yet been awarded.

Maddie led the team to a four-month best, Doon had such good data at the beginning of the season, and the team's record was okay, so I think there is a chance to brush the best player of the month.

You know, the Eastern Conference bonus is not only the regular season record and playoff results, but also a big piece of personal honor.

(End of chapter)