Chapter 614: One: Zeroism

There is a big difference between the offensive team and the defensive team in the style and strategy of the game.
When the offensive team takes the lead, their next goal will be to further widen the point difference, all the way to the point where the opponent cannot catch up.
After a defensive team has achieved a certain lead, the main goal of the game is to defend this advantage until the end of the game.
The difference in basketball does not seem to be particularly large, but if you use the metaphor of football, it will be obvious.
Some teams that adhere to the 1:1 doctrine are typical representatives of defensive teams, and have achieved a little advantage to start full defense.
In basketball games, the offensive and defensive transitions are relatively quicker, and the distinction between players' offensive and defensive responsibilities is less clear.
But on the basketball court, there are also many teams that pursue "1:0" ideology, the Pacers in the previous two seasons, and the Spurs used to be typical representatives.
My offense is not very good, it is more rigid, but I make your offense worse and can not score.
Having achieved an advantage of more than 5 points, he began to desperately beat the rhythm, and the score difference reached 10 points, which is generally insurmountable.
This kind of play is of course not popular with fans. With the development of three-pointers in these two seasons, there are various rules changes. The "1:0" defensive play has been eliminated in the NBA. Too.
Offense and defense balance, offensive and stronger than the defense is the mainstream of the NBA.
The Spurs have made the transition, and the Pacers are still in a difficult transition.
The Spurs transition took more than five years, and the Pacers, this is their first transition season.
Many habits can't be changed. Some ideological and tactical things need to be corrected for a long time.
In the first goal of the third quarter, Sloan used a continuous screen from the outside. In the case of the opportunity to directly rush to the basket, he still habitually scored the ball to Li Liang.
Li Liang was caught by the ball and broke into the basket. He scored the ball inside for McGee. The result was a mistake and the ball was blocked.
Sloan could attack this ball by himself. It was just because of Li Liang's oppression and he didn't want to be scolded like Finsen, so he passed.
The Pacers quickly retreated, and the Spurs' lineup was different from the first half.
Popovich used a combination of Dior and Duncan in the first half, and the effect was not very good. Dior still played a better role on the bench.
So Popovich sent Bonner, hoping to use Bonner to open the situation on the offensive end.
As a result, Bonner received the bottom line to face Li Liang who defended him. There was no chance at all. In the end, he stumbled and passed the ball. Parker reorganized the attack and passed Duncan to barely hit the middle distance.
After Li Liang grabbed a rebound in the backcourt and found a chance in the frontcourt, Sloan had already rushed through the half.
He immediately gave a long pass to Sloan accurately, Sloan received the ball and flicked Parker, easily layup!
After scoring, Li Liang said to Sloan thousands of times, "Trust yourself and attack more."
Sloan nodded and felt encouraged.
As a backup point guard to replace Hill, Sloan has a very general ability. He is a 10-year lost draft and lacks talent.
Playing with a player like Li Liang, he has a lot of pressure.
In fact, in terms of personal ability, he has the ability to attack on his own.
Encouraged Sloan was more open in the subsequent game, becoming more aggressive, hitting two consecutive shots, causing the Spurs to refrain from arbitrating Li Liang at will.
The Spurs played very veteran while the offense was blocked.
Both Parker and Duncan made fouls in a row, scored on the free throw line to bite the score, and kept the difference between the points at 10 points.
At this time, Stephenson began his performance.
He first attacked the basket and attacked Duncan with a big hat.
Immediately after the Spurs counterattacked, he started casually in defense, making Leonard 2+1.
Looking back, I want to give an answerball. When I get the ball, I throw three points.
One pass was as fierce as a tiger, and when he saw the score, he was hit 0:5.
The point difference was chased by 5 points, and Li Liang had no choice but to choose a foul when Parker pushed back and then entered the official suspension.
"What are you doing? Why are you playing blind yourself!"
At the end of the game, Li Liang was drooling again at Stephenson.
He was speechless. He played well in the first half. Why did he suffer from intermittent cerebral disability?
Stephenson replied: "So why did you encourage Sloan to attack?"
Li Liangdao: "That's because he needs encouragement, do you think you need encouragement?"
It turned out that Stephenson looked at Li Liang to encourage Sloan to fight on his own, and he felt that he could also fight, even if he knew he was anxious and made various mistakes.
Stephenson thought about it and said, "I think I need it."
God, you still need encouragement, you need to accept a little criticism and crack down, OK?
As soon as your brain gets hot, you have all kinds of self-confidence. Based on your level of offense, are you worthy?
Stephenson's advantage is still a step after receiving the ball, and the empty cut in the basket.
He has a certain ability to hold the ball, but he must not become the main point of attack, the dominant point, but an auxiliary point, an X factor.
At the beginning, the reason why he was able to digest a lot of rights in the Pacers was because of the Pacers' lineup structure and style of play.
Granger was seriously injured, Paul George had insufficient ball-holding ability, David West was old and inside, and the Pacers needed an outside ball-holding burst point, relying on personal ability if the team could not open the offense Open the situation.
From this point of view, Stephenson is actually catching the duck on the shelf, nerve knife, sometimes can play an excellent performance, and sometimes the choices made people scratch their heads.
It's just that the Pacers' "1:0" doctrine gave Stephenson enough fault tolerance so that he could play the ball freely.
Anyway, the offense does not hit, you can get back in defense.
Because of this, the Pacers can't beat the true championship team.
Now with Li Liang's point, Stephenson is not allowed to squander the ball at will.
Not only because Li Liang is more confident in holding the ball, but also because the Pacers’ tactical system has changed from "defense assisted offense" to "offense-based, defense-assisted", his squandering of the ball's right is harmful to the situation It's great.
Li Liang repeatedly emphasized and taught Stephenson these things. He listened a little and then forgot.
It’s really hard to change because of the habit of playing.
In the timeout, Larry Bird also reminded Stephenson that he should pay more attention to the use of the ball. As a result, Finson's face was not good-looking, and he was not very happy.
He is an emotional player, it is really difficult for him to control his emotions.
Bird knew the most about Stephenson. He didn't say much, but he had a solution in his heart.
After the timeout, Spurs outside Danny Green missed a three-pointer.
The score was not reduced further, and the Pacers can breathe a little bit of relief.
Li Liang seized this opportunity and organized the attack with a high ball. In the moment when Leonard was distracted, the outside shot directly three points and hit!
The home fans really took a breath.
No way, Li Liang was really scared of the Western Conference finals last season.
But who in the entire NBA is not afraid of being voted by Li Liang?
A three-pointer pulled the difference back to 8 points.
The 3-pointer made a 3-pointer and the Pacers' overall offensive feeling was found again.
Next, JR-Smith also received Li Liang's score in the counterattack and made a 3-pointer shot.
And Stephenson succeeded in stealing successfully in defense, and then suppressed his desire to attack the pass to Li Liang.
Li Liang made a long-range long shot to the ground and gave it to Sloan.
Sloan regained a layup after catching the ball again!
In the third quarter, the Pacers replayed an offensive climax, pulling the difference to 14 points in one fell swoop.
At the end of the third quarter, the score of both sides has become 86:72, the Pacers have achieved an absolute lead~EbookFREE.me~ I have to say that the status of the Pacers tonight is still very good.
Li Liang played very stable as the core of the team. Offensive, defensive and assisted, as long as the three silly minds are normal, follow the process he arranged, the Pacers play really well.
Larry Bird felt emotionally on the sidelines. This guy is really talented, so quickly he can bring his teammates together to play fighting power, and they are almost catching up with me.
The Spurs' condition was a bit bad, especially Leonard, when he played against Li Liang, he always felt that he was not playing right, making him feel powerless.
However, the game is not really over yet.
There is also time for the last quarter.
14 points, if placed in 2004, this would be an insurmountable difference.
86:72 should even be the final score.
But in 10 years, many things have changed.