In the finals of the midseason, thick eyebrows scored 41 points + 20 rebounds + 4 blocks, and the identification component was, monster.
If I say that I am not surprised at all that thick eyebrows hit such an ungodly data sheet, then I must be pretending to be b. In any case, you should be shocked by the 40+20 ancient beast-style play.
However, after the shock, I still think of these situations:
The Pacers threw 60 in the paint area in 100 rounds1 point, the most in the league;
The Pacers put opponents to the free-throw line 277 times, 1st in the league. In losing games, the Pacers conceded an average of 31 free throws per game3 pcs.
The Pacers are a team with a very weak interior defense, and it is impossible to consolidate the interior defense regardless of the configuration limitations or Carlisle's defensive philosophy.
When the Pacers meet the Lakers, there is probably no way to prevent it. The Lakers not only have a strong ability to break through head-on, but also have a strong ability to make balls to thick eyebrows, not to mention that thick eyebrows also have a secondary offensive threat of rebounding. With a diversified offensive basket here, the Pacers can't get past the Lakers by defense. In the whole game, the Lakers only scored 2 three-pointers, but in the paint area, they were pounded, exploded, and turned the sky upside down, and the scene was cruel.
Therefore, the real highlight of this game, and the key to the decision between the two sides, can only be on the offensive end of the Pacers and the Lakers defense. If the Lakers can withstand this section, the Pacers will have no chance.
Will the Lakers' defense blow up?
Prevented the Suns from making 9 mistakes in the first quarter, prevented the Fat Tiger from doubting his life, and also made the Pacers, who ranked No. 1 in the league in offensive efficiency, scored 109 points in the whole game, and made the most beautiful boy in the midseason, one of the best offensive players this season, Haliburton, almost became a Muggle from the Great Magister.
If you only talk about strategy, the Lakers are not doing anything too special. Like the Suns, the Lakers' basic idea is to choose to let "the puzzle player outside the main player beat me", and pinch Haliburton on the line to make him hand over the ball.
But at the execution level, the Lakers are very rebellious. The intensity of the thick eyebrows alone is suffocating, and if he sweeps in the back line, the coverage goes without saying. He can cover the open spot after protecting the basket and then return to the basket to take Brown. The defensive radius is against the sky.
If he hits from the top, it will also interfere with Harry's way of getting on the ball. Combined with the efforts of other defenders, even with the most passable commander and Carlisle's finely tuned offensive system, every point the Pacers score is still in danger.
It's understandable that a team without a point guard can't break the Lakers' pinch.
Why can't Harry's team break it?
Let's take three rounds and see where the Pacers have trouble breaking the Lakers' pinch.
In the first round, Harry played the ball to Turner, who went down, and was tackled by James, who was stabbing in the diagonal stab.
It was a replay of the midseason game against the Suns, with James stealing Booker. Rounds like this are important, and the signal to Harry is not to go too deep. The Lakers are very protective of the backline, and they will pinch the connection between Harry and Turner. As a result, Harry and Turner were slightly conservative in their selection of straight through the middle in the following rounds, and Turner received the ball high.
In the second round, Harry gave Turner a pick-and-roll, and Turner missed a three-point break.
It was the case at the start of the third quarter, with Turner squandering back-to-back chances and not being able to respond to open spots.
Turner is shooting 32 from three-point range this season2%, in fact, even if it is a little higher, it will not affect the Lakers to just care about his downflow and ignore his dismantling. And if he can't hurt the Lakers with an outside pick-and-roll, he and Harry will have one less multiple threat to block the pick-and-roll, and the predictability will be reduced again.
In the third round, Harry gradually adapted to the intensity of the Lakers' pinch attack in the game, and was able to change freely before the ball, increase the ball feints, and did not follow the Lakers' wishes to send the center, but could find a bottom corner shooter. But the Pacers shooters couldn't shoot, or didn't dare to shoot.
In this game, the Pacers made 10 of 41 three-pointers, and it was cold in the hand. You really can't force a bo1 final where the projection of the puzzle players doesn't fluctuate. As a result of the inaccurate shot, the Pacers will turn some of their usual resolute choices into fixed-point breakouts. Although the penalty blowing in this game is tight, and it is easy to get free throws by attacking the basket, it is unrealistic to want to beat the Lakers who are stronger on the inside by impacting the paint area under the Lakers' defensive rotation.
Speaking of which, here is a brief summary:
The Lakers thrashed the Pacers' weak paint area, filling the Pacers' defense with high basket shooting, a lot of front boards and walking to the free throw line, and thus suppressed the Pacers' rhythm of pushing for transitions
The Lakers forced Haliburton to play the ball and let the role players solve the problem. Tenara's crotch, failing to punish the Lakers defense. The shooter is not accurate enough to give an effective response.
It was a game where both offense and defense were on the spot.
OK, the strategy is right.
However, if the strategy is right, can it win?
Apparently not. The Pacers are the kind of team where they can put you in for a layup, then a quick baseline shot behind you and a quick response. Even if you keep them under a 10-point lead, the Pacers have the ability to explode with 2-3 minutes of three-pointers, erase the gap, and even build the lead. This is a commonplace in their regular season this season. Those opponents who were full of rotation speed, they kept a close eye on Harry's every move, but there was no guarantee that they would be pierced by the air cuts that his eyes squinted.
The Pacers really aren't that easy to defend.
Where the Lakers really exploded was that they had the absolute ability to execute the strategy in place.
Walkers push conversions?
As a center, thick eyebrows can run diagonally from the baseline position, and retreat to the basket on their side to complete the basket;
Harry spotted his teammate who was cutting the bottom line
The thick eyebrows moved from the top of the arc** to the basket to form a disturbance.
Thick eyebrows with angry eyes, like djinn, like ghosts, shadows flashed behind the attacking players, focusing on surprise and fright. This kind of coverage is fundamental to the Lakers' ability to pull up defensive aggressiveness. Coupled with the few "little ghosts" cruising around - the Lakers front group - to fill in the gaps, for the Pacers, the opportunity in the absolute sense is about equal to non-existent.
In three consecutive midseason games, the Lakers flexed their muscles with their defense to the league's top contenders. Muscle congestion doesn't last forever, and the Lakers' regular season focus is on switching between defense and release. But how exactly to deal with their oppressive force must be something to consider for all potential playoff competitors who may face them in the future
The offense-first Pacers can't do it;
Booker + Durant can't do it;
What is the comparison of the cards in your own hand?
For the Pacers, losing the midseason finals was probably not too much of a surprise. Their absolute strength is there, and it is a bit too legendary to want to beat three championship teams in a row. However, being able to encounter the offensive and defensive oppression of the James Lakers in the early days of Harry's take-off should still have some inspiration for the Pacers' team building ideas. The current Pacers are a single-core team, and Harry + Turner, as the first starter, has no problem beating most teams in the regular season, but after Turner encounters thick eyebrows, it has become a matter of comparing goods and throwing, and people eat compared to people, which is completely not enough to see.
In fact, when it comes to the defensive high-end game, no matter how good the ball-holding core's ability to play the ball is, how good the team's space is, and how good the finisher is in peacetime, it is inevitable to face such a situation in the end - after the ball is forced out of the hands of the main player, can others solve the problem. In terms of follow-up ball handling, the Pacers have done a decent enough job to press the team to 8The 6% turnover rate shocked the Warriors by watching the crying Suns.
But the player's ability to score goals is really not good. The effective hit rate that usually looks good is the result of the optimization of the distribution of magic balls. When the opponent's rotation is full and his shooting confidence declines again, the test is the real kung fu.
At the end of the day, the Pacers still have half of their players poached from the second draft of another team, and there are no players other than Harry who can really be called stars. In this league, it is difficult for a team with a single starting point, especially after the initiation point is out, and the team with only finishing value at the first receiving point is difficult to reach the top level, not to mention that the Pacers have not yet defended.
After happy basketball, people will always be dissatisfied with a little bit of achievement at the moment, and seek the possibility of continuing to improve. Sooner or later, the Pacers will upgrade the configuration around Harry, and they will also evolve from a single-core explosive suit style that pursues quick damage to a mode that takes into account both offense and defense and has many initiation points.
The world is realistic.
So, I'm sorry, Mr. Kitano, we already have a lot of them, but want more.