I'm not really a brutalist striker

Chapter 50 50. The First Battle Confers the Gods! (6K words)
"The Pacers' defensive efficiency is very good, but the team's main defensive players are all concentrated inside. Relatively speaking, the Pacers' perimeter defense is lower than the league average."

"Especially that Reggie Miller guy, he's already moving very slowly under his feet, so the team's main breakthrough point in the second half is the outside line."

Reaching out to pat the large tactical board in the locker room, Stotts frowned and said.

"Derek, in the second half of the game against Reggie, you can run more off the ball. The Pacers' defense focuses on the Vulture and Rasheed. Once the opportunity comes from the outside, don't be soft."

In this game, the Eagles' outside shooting percentage was scary. Throughout the first half, the Eagles' shooting percentage from outside the three-point line was as high as 57%.

Whether it's Derek Anderson or veteran Person, the two have basically seized every open opportunity.

Since Suter's air cut to the inside is very threatening, this also caused the Pacers' defensive focus to be basically placed in the penalty area, allowing the Eagles to seize the opportunity on the outside and play a wave of three-pointers.

Stotts concluded that although the Pacers will strengthen the perimeter defense in the second half, the main defensive focus will definitely be on Suter.

After all, Suter's performance in this game was too amazing. In addition to the two-handed dunks with empty cuts to the basket again and again, he also used his beast-like tearing power to send assists to his teammates many times.

There is no doubt that Suter has become an indispensable part of the Eagles' tactical system.

In this era, there is no team that will shoot three-pointers without thinking, and no team will use three-pointers to dominate the league. Even if the Eagles' three-pointers in the first half are very good, Carlisle still will not give up easily. defensive concept.

In addition, Reggie Miller is 38 years old. In addition to the still firepower on the outside, Reggie Miller on the defensive end has already become a well-known defensive black hole in the league.

Otherwise, Carlisle will not only give Reggie Miller 28 minutes of playing time this season.

Derek Anderson's shooting ability is very outstanding, but in addition to shooting, Anderson can also tear the defense with the ball.

Facing Reggie Miller's defense, Anderson has a very big advantage, especially when Suter alone can attract the defensive attention of at least two Pacers players. This point of Anderson will undoubtedly become the key to the Eagles opening up the situation in the second half.

Back in the second half of the game, the Pacers attacked, and Carlisle took advantage of the intermission to significantly change his offensive style of play.

The original Pacers' offensive method was either point guards Jensley and O'Neal to play pick-and-rolls, while Reggie Miller and Artest fell to the left and right sides, ready to catch the ball and launch a second attack at any time.

Either Artest and Jermaine O'Neal are two inside players who play pick-and-rolls. Regardless of whether the Eagles choose to switch defenses, both of them can use their personal advantages to complete the single-player.

But throughout the first half, these two styles of play failed to bring the Pacers too obvious advantages. The main reason was that O'Neal's offensive touch was cold, and he didn't play the game dominance that an All-Star insider should have in one-on-one.

In particular, as long as Artest wants to force Suter in the low position, the Eagles will immediately step forward to form a pincer attack.

Except for Reggie Miller, the Pacers' outside shooting ability is very average.

As long as the Eagles keep a close eye on Reggie Miller's off-ball shooting at this point, it will be difficult for the Pacers to cause damage to the Eagles from too far away.

Knowing this well, Carlisle simply changed the player positions, allowing Reggie Miller, Artest and Foster to stand on the strong side, while Jensley and O'Neal fell to the weak side. The starting point becomes the response point at this stage.

In this way, if Artest wants to play low post singles, the Eagles can only choose Rasheed Wallace in the penalty area or Derek Anderson who marks Reggie Miller on the outside to help defend.

It is difficult for others to transfer from the other side of the court to Artest's side to form a flank.

Since Jermaine O'Neal felt cold on the offensive end, Carlisle simply used Artest as the core, allowing Artest to use his weight advantage to eat Stephen Jackson alone, trying to drive the offense of other players.

Stephen Jackson's defensive ability as a swingman is not bad, but his weight is only 99 kilograms after all, and the strength of Artest's low-post defense is too great.

Facing Stephen Jackson's defense, Artest directly turned his back and fell to the low post, holding the ball and hitting hard twice, Artest turned around suddenly and wiped the board.

49:42
In this defensive round, neither Wallace nor Anderson dared to rush to assist in the defense. The Pacers opened up a lot of space on the field, and rashly assisting in the defense is likely to lead to missing people and make it easier for the Pacers to score.

Artest is not a star with particularly explosive scoring ability, but in this era, Artest is as fierce as a tiger. Few small forwards can block Artest's low-post attack in one-on-one.

In fact, until he joined the Kings, Artest's main offensive method was to use strength to play in the low post. If it wasn't for the hard work of three-pointers after joining the Lakers later, it would be difficult for Artest's career to be associated with the word 3D.

After all, before joining the Los Angeles Lakers, Artest did not have a season in which the proportion of three-point shots accounted for 30% of the total shots per game.

In the first season after joining the Lakers, Artest's three-point shot ratio reached 43%, becoming one of the most reliable helpers around Kobe at that time.

The Eagles attacked. McGinnis had a high pick-and-roll with Suter after halftime. Basket's determination was firm.

Standing in front of Pacers center Jeff Foster, followed by All-Star power forward Jermaine O'Neal, Suter's aura is like knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, and he is biased towards the tigers. fear.

Taking advantage of the impact of going straight to the basket after the pick-and-roll, Suter got up after receiving the ball under the double-teaming of Foster and O'Neal, and created a defensive foul by Jeff Foster through tough physical confrontation.

At present, Suter's off-ball cutting ability is also considered efficient in the entire league. Compared with breaking through with the ball inside, McGinnis only needs to be able to steadily send the ball to Suter after the pick-and-roll, and Suter hits the basket. The efficiency is still very impressive.

Even if he can't get a chance to dunk, Suter can still win free throws through physical confrontation.

Before McGinnis joined the Eagles, Suter's style of play was more like "Rain Man" Kemp, but with the addition of McInnis, Suter's current style of play is more like "Small Overlord" Stoudemire.

After the pick-and-roll, he directly cuts to the inside without thinking. As long as he can receive the pass from the point guard, he basically chooses one of four dunks, free throws, caps and turnovers.

The reason why the simple-minded Stoudemire was able to average 26 points per game in his peak season, at least half of the credit should be attributed to point guard Steve Nash.

After all, Stoudemire averaged 9.9 free throws per game that season, which was even more exaggerated than "Lone Hero" Allen Iverson and "Porcelain King" Corey Maggette, ranking first in the league.

As a jumping man who only needs to cut down the air without thinking after the pick-and-roll, Stoudemire was selected to the best team five times, thanks to Steve Nash.

Just as Chris Paul can send pure blue-collar center Jordan Jr. to the All-Star starter, as long as he can receive a pass from the point guard after the pick-and-roll, what a beastly insider like Suter needs to do is to move forward bravely.

Regardless of whether the ball can be dunked or not, first of all, it must overwhelm the opponent in terms of momentum.

At the free throw line, Suter made two free throws and one, but the offensive rebound was grabbed by the tall and long-armed Rasheed Wallace.

Wallace, who grabbed the offensive rebound, immediately distributed the ball to Derek Anderson outside the three-point line.

53:42
In this offensive round, the Eagles were equivalent to scoring four points at one time. Pacers coach Rick Carlisle was so angry that he roared loudly at the court, constantly yelling to protect the backboard.

The Pacers attacked, and Artest continued to fall to the low post, trying to use his weight advantage to continue to eat "Wu Sheng" alone.

However, as the saying goes, one learns one's wisdom, Jackson is not as brainless as a certain "Polish celebrity".

When Artest fell to the low post, Jackson, who knew his strength was at a disadvantage, chose to go around to defend, stuck in front of Artest, raised his hands above his head, and kept swinging back and forth. Trying to stop the Pacers guard from lobbing Artest.

Jackson's defense around the front is a test of the defender's passing skills. Under this kind of defense, the defender can only take the risk of sending it to Artest through a lob.

Once the basketball can be passed to Artest, the latter can basically score with an empty basket.

As a downside to the huge rewards, this kind of lob is very prone to turnovers, especially for a defensive player with excellent physical fitness like Stephen Jackson, who can easily destroy this kind of pass by bouncing.

Standing outside hesitantly, Jensley dared not pass the ball for a long time. Finally, when Reggie Miller used the off-ball pick-and-roll to run out to catch the ball, Miller almost used a drifting outside shot to hit the iron.

"boom!"

With the help of Rasheed Wallace, Suter, who was desperately stuck, protected the backcourt rebound. This was also Suter's ninth rebound in this game. As long as he grabs another rebound, Suter will double double.

The Pacers retreated quickly, and the Eagles failed to seize the opportunity to defend and counterattack. However, the Pacers' defensive formation was a little loose in the chaos, and the left area was blank.

Seeing Suter turning around without warning, McGinnis had an instant understanding, and directly threw the ball high into the sky. Suter took off with all his strength and dunked the ball into the basket hard!
55:42
"Beautiful! The Vulture once again seized the Pacers' defensive loopholes and completed an alley-oop with guard Jeff McInnis!"

"I can't remember how many times this is the air connection between Vulture and Jeff. There is no doubt that the cooperation between the two is very tacit."

"If you want to select the most entertaining team from the 29 teams in the league this season, the Eagles, the city of lobs, can definitely be elected!"

Seeing Souter turn around without the ball again and get a lob dunk, Jermaine O'Neal was so angry that even his hands began to tremble.

"hateful!"

"This is obviously the performance I should play!"

In this current scene, if it is the first time for fans to watch the NBA, they will definitely think that Suter is the insider who has been selected as an All-Star, while Jermaine O'Neal, who has been reduced to the background board many times, is more like a rookie who has just arrived.

The Pacers attacked, and the frustrated O'Neal directly chose to ignore Rick Carlisle's tactics, and the weak side asked for the ball to play Suter in a post-up single.

With two hard pushes with his shoulder, O'Neill turned over and shot a jumper, but was interfered by Suter's take-off with amazing bounce speed, and the ball went out of the basket without any accident.

O'Neal felt too cold in this game. If there is a fire inside the arena, there is no need to call the fire department. O'Neal only needs to put his hands on it, and the flames will cool down naturally.

The rebound was protected by Stephen Jackson on the side. Jackson is a player who likes to play counterattack very much. After taking off the backcourt rebound, the first thing Jackson did was to look up the frontcourt.

Seeing that Suter had already run to the middle circle of the half court like a crazy beast, Jackson didn't even think about it, he just rounded his arms and threw a long pass.

After receiving the pass, Suter sped up and was about to pass the defense of Jensley in front of him, but he was taken carelessly by Artest behind him, causing this fast break opportunity to be missed by the Pacers Destruction, and added a mistake.

"hateful!"

"The D+ level ball control is really too low, and counterattacks with the ball often make mistakes."

"Currently playing without the ball and playing with the ball are completely different performances. It seems that the ball-handling attribute must be upgraded as soon as possible, otherwise even the passion and rage will be limited."

Couldn't help cursing inwardly, Suter turned around and went back to the backcourt to defend.

The Pacers used this steal to counter a wave of fast breaks, but was caught by Stephen Jackson, who was lazy and stayed at the basket. Facing Reggie Miller's layup, Jackson made a slight interference in the air and picked it up. Backboards.

In just a few seconds, Stephen Jackson got two backcourt rebounds angrily. This kind of good thing is only because Stephen Jackson was lazy and didn't participate in the fast break immediately after passing the ball. Instead, he stood in the penalty area with his hands pinching his waist. As if wanting to watch Suter fast-break dunks with his own eyes.

As a result, he didn't see the fast break dunk, but he turned his head and got another rebound. This feeling made Jackson extremely happy!
"Damn it! Cool!"

Falling into position, Suter continued to pick and roll for McGinnis. Of course, it is not so much a pick and roll as a formality.

Throughout the pick-and-roll process, Pacers point guard Jensley hadn't touched Suter's body, and Suter accelerated to the basket and started an air cut.

Seeing Suter's feint shot, McGinnis tacitly passed the ball with a hit to the ground and sent it to Suter's hand through the gap.

The latter received the ball and only dribbled it. Facing the defense of center Jeff Foster, he almost forcibly took off and smashed the ball towards the basket!
"boom!"

"dudu~"

This "Griffin-style" dunk was not scored, but it once again caused a defensive foul by Pacers center Jeff Foster.

When Suter made two free throws from the free throw line, commentator Bill Walton praised: "The way the Vultures play now is becoming more and more threatening."

"From the initial fast-break counterattack, to the later dunks with an empty basket, and now after the pick-and-roll, almost every round has faced difficulties."

"The Condor's current style of play has become more and more mature, and it is gradually growing from a dunk to a leader."

"This is already the sixth free throw made by the Vulture in this game, setting a new career high."

"I believe that after this game, no one dares to underestimate Vulture's air cuts after pick-and-rolls. After all, apart from dunks, Vulture can also use free throws to cause damage!"

After making two free throws, the Eagles beat the Pacers to an 8:2 spurt in a very short period of time, widening the point difference to 15 points.

And these few rounds are like the epitome of the third quarter. Suter used the pick-and-roll to cut the basket again and again, and his heroic and fearless spirit looked like a fighter!
Regardless of whether he can score after hitting the basket, Suter rarely complains to the referee, but just tries to maximize what he can do.

With Suter getting hotter and hotter, Carlisle double-teamed Suter from the second half of the third quarter.

Once Suter and McInnis go to the pick-and-roll, the Pacers' first task is to flank Suter and let McInnis shoot from outside the three-point line.

McInnis is not a good three-point shooter, but faced with this half-open opportunity, McInnis still responded with 5 of 2 three-pointers in a single quarter.

The most deadly thing is that when the Pacers put too much defensive focus on Souter, the Eagles shooters who had been standing on the outside and staring at each other instantly ushered in a recovery.

First, Derek Anderson hit two consecutive three-pointers to beat the Pacers with more than two minutes left in the third quarter, and then veteran Personn killed the Pacers in the fourth quarter. Feeling raised.

At the same time, at the end of the fourth quarter, facing O'Neal, who was suffering from severe physical loss, Suter decisively turned on his skills of passion, fury and precision. In just 2 minutes, O'Neal almost collapsed.

Until being replaced by head coach Rick Carlisle with a look of dissatisfaction, Jermaine O'Neal didn't understand why Souter, who had just shown a tired posture, would suddenly become alive and well!

Whether it's explosive power, speed or take-off height, it seems to be more terrifying than at the beginning of the game!
Who would have believed that a player who has played high-intensity games for nearly 40 minutes can still perform flat-frame dunks!

If someone said that to O'Neal before, O'Neal felt that it must be nonsense.

But now, Jermaine O'Neal just wants to pull the hem of coach Rick Carlisle and swear to God with sincerity.

"I swear, Coach! That guy is a real beast!"

111:98, the Eagles beat the No. [-] Pacers in the Eastern Conference in an away game.

Suter played a total of 39 minutes. Facing the defense of All-Star power forward Jermaine O'Neal, Suter won a total of 36 free throws. The amazing data of assists, 16 steal and 5 blocks! !

In one game, Suter broke many historical records in a row. Not only did the two data of scoring and rebounding set a new career high, but the data of 35+15 can also be regarded as one of the most dominant performances among rookies in the league!

Suter's battle can be regarded as the first battle to become a god in the true sense!
In addition, Suter was able to play a large double-double of 36 points and 16 rebounds in this game, and the performance of point guard McGinnis also contributed.

麦金尼斯出战37分钟，11投5中，三分球6中2，罚球1中1，得到13分2篮板14助攻2抢断，其中14次助攻刷新麦金尼斯单场助攻纪录，与苏特共同迎来生涯里程碑。

Just looking at the data, we can see that McInnis and Souter staged multiple double connections throughout the game. Souter was able to play so fiercely in the penalty area guarded by O'Neal, thanks to McGinnis' precise pass delivery.

The only fly in the ointment is that Suter made as many as five turnovers throughout the game, which also set a career high.

These five turnovers were basically intercepted by the Pacers players when Suter was attacking with the ball, especially Artest, who had an excellent defensive awareness, and Suter was accidentally pulled out by Artest.

It turned out that Artest turned out to be the kind of person who always likes to reach out and dig out people's back doors!
Every time there is a mistake in the breakthrough with the ball, Suter will be very annoyed and swear in his heart that when the fury value of this game is settled, he must raise the damn D+ level ball control to a higher level.

Otherwise, once the defender can't deliver shells for himself, it will feel like a punch on the cotton. Even with the blood and fury, he will still be bald like a fool.

(End of this chapter)