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Chapter 115 Gobert's worth soars
Pacers offensive round.

The Pacers now say that the leader is actually quite vague. On the surface, it is obviously Paul George.

But in the playoffs last season, Hibbert played the best seven games against the Heat's Big Three.

Hibbert played at the level of a super center.

Now who is the boss of the Pacers is actually quite vague.

In particular, George is not a person who likes to fight for power. If he can win, he is very willing to be the second master.

After Hill dribbled the ball past halftime, Hibbert sat Gobert in the low post and reached out for the ball.

Hill glanced at George, who had squatted on the wing to open up space after realizing that Hibbert wanted the ball.

George obviously gave up the ball, and Hill passed the ball to Hibbert.

After all, Hibbert's performance in the playoffs last season also proved that Hibbert has this strength.

Hibbert's core strength is strong. Facing Gobert, who is not strong in core strength, Hibbert sat down twice in a row and pushed Gobert inside.

Seeing that the position was in the right place, Hibbert was about to turn around and hook, but Gobert stretched out his long arms to interfere without jumping.

And when Hibbert shot, Giannis Antetokounmpo's help defense had come.

The two pairs of long arms inside the Timberwolves interfered, but Hibbert's shot was still interfered, and the ball jumped out of the frame with greater strength.

That's what Giannis Antetokounmpo does on the court, sweeping defense.

At the same time, there is the existence of Covington, the top defense. The Timberwolves don't play any 1V1 man battles with the Pacers at all.

After Giannis Antetokounmpo completed the help defense, he jumped high and grabbed the rebound.

It's hard to imagine that Giannis Antetokounmpo, as a long man, can still maintain such athletic ability in the NBA.

This is not to blame for his nickname at the beginning, he was called Xina Monster.

After Giannis Antetokounmpo got the rebound, he launched a fast break directly.

He's very fast, and he's got really big strides.

Some people have calculated that in actual combat, Giannis Antetokounmpo only needs six steps to complete a fast break across the court.

It is naturally impossible for the Pacers to catch up with the two insiders.

There are only three backcourts that can return to defense in time.

But with Giannis Antetokounmpo's ball-handling speed, Hill, as a guard, couldn't catch up at all.

At the same time, the rest of the Timberwolves are also following up, with Butler and Covington chasing after them.

George didn't get stuck in the front of Giannis Antetokounmpo, he could only interfere from the side,
However, although George's figure is already a full-size striker figure, there is still a gap with Giannis Antetokounmpo, and there are Butler and others behind him.

George didn't dare to jump up to interfere, maybe he was hit 2+1 by the opponent.

Giannis Antetokounmpo made a three-step layup and put the ball in!
Timberwolves 5:0 Pacers.

Today's Timberwolves are very handy in fast breaks and counterattacks. Whether it is Giannis Antetokounmpo or Butler, they are both very capable of running.

Although Luoer Deng's positioning is 3D, Luoer Deng also played the All-Star role at the peak, and now he still has a good offensive ability on the tail of the peak.

Luoer Deng's offense just can't be used as a master, but if Luoer Deng is used as a secondary attacker, then Luoer Deng's offense will still make people feel very troublesome.

After Vogel saw it, he called a tactic on the sidelines.

The Pacers' defense is already in the upper reaches of the league, but the Timberwolves' defense seems to be even stronger.

Pacers offensive round.

This time George borrowed a cover to catch the ball, but the Timberwolves chose to switch defenses directly, and it was Gobert who defended George.

Hibbert became Giannis Antetokounmpo defending, George also signaled to let go, and he was going to single out Gobert.

Gobert chose to defend George with half a step. As a big center, it is still difficult for him to keep up with George.

However, the Pacers' inside Hibbert has no shooting ability, so Giannis Antetokounmpo can help him defend, and because David West's range can't reach the three-point line, so can Luol Deng. Double-teamed in in an instant.

George's three-pointers are not stable, even in the later Clippers George's three-pointers are still worse than those first-class guards.

This is not the era of small balls. It is not particularly common to single-handedly shoot three-pointers with the ball.

Gobert still has certain defensive skills to be able to win dpoy consecutively. He is not a guard who is particularly accurate in three-pointers, and he may not really be able to use Gobert as a scope.

George also didn't intend to shoot Gobert directly with a three-pointer, but made a shot threat and immediately accelerated to pass Gobert.

When George passed Gobert, Luol Deng and Giannis Antetokounmpo both shrank to the basket. It is still difficult to break through the basket and face the defense of these two.

George directly chose the mid-range dry pull.

The ball, Lol Deng predicted that George would be in the middle distance, and jumped towards the place where George pulled.

This ball did not cause much interference from Luol Deng, but George still hit the iron. Giannis Antetokounmpo stuck Covington in and grabbed the rebound.

After Covington grabbed the rebound, the Timberwolves were all on the fast break.

Although Gobert's fast break is slow, he is at least faster than Hibbert.

Covington gave priority to Giannis Antetokounmpo and let him dominate the fast break.

Giannis Antetokounmpo dribbles the ball forward while others run.

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored a fast break on the last goal, and this time all the Pacers' energy was on Giannis Antetokounmpo, moving closer to him.

With this ball, Giannis Antetokounmpo directly hit the ground and passed the ball to Butler who ran from the wing.

After receiving a pass from Giannis Antetokounmpo, Butler scored the goal relatively easily when the defenders were attracted.

Timberwolves 7:0 Pacers.

beep!
After being beaten 7-0 at the beginning of the game, Vogel couldn't bear it anymore and called a timeout directly.

The Pacers have become one of the favorite teams to win the championship this season, not only because they reached the tiebreaker with the Heat last season, but also because they are a strong defensive team.

But in the opening round like this, the Pacers did not show the strength of a strong defensive team at all.

On the contrary, the Timberwolves seem to have been defending a strong team, which is unbearable for Vogel.

If it weren't for the fact that the Timberwolves won 16 consecutive victories in this game and would use them as the background board, Vogel didn't even want to take it seriously.

For the Pacers, the Timberwolves are such a weak team in the West, and the two sides are teams that have no intersection at all.

The Pacers' opponent is only the Heat in the East.

But now that the Pacers are serious about being beaten like this by the Timberwolves at the beginning, what confidence do they have to compete with the Big Three of the Heat?
After this adjustment.

The Pacers moved a little closer to normal.

Although they were beaten [-]-[-] in the opening game, the Pacers did not collapse, and they still relied on their good tactical qualities to bite the score.

Vogel also discovered that although the Timberwolves are not playing zone defense, they are shrinking their defense as a whole, so the Pacers will shoot more shots next.

There are three-pointers on the outside, especially Hill's three-point ability itself is very accurate.

The two inside Vogel didn't dare to replace, after all, the opponent's average height is too high, and they must have frame protection.

West mainly focuses on mid-range shots. Although Hibbert doesn't have the ability to make three-pointers and long-range mid-range shots, he can still make closer shots.

Although the Minnesota's defense rotation is very fast, it has the fetters of a striker and has added a lot of attributes.

But the shrinking defense will always miss some shots. This is the shortcoming of the shrinking defense, otherwise the entire league will play shrinking.

At the same time, on the defensive end, the Pacers also carried out a contraction defense like the Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves' lineup is indeed very lacking in three-pointers.

However, Su Chen did not replace Gobert because of insufficient three-pointers, but replaced Muscala to give Giannis Antetokounmpo singles space.

Giannis Antetokounmpo gained space for singles and can indeed hit everyone on the opposite side. West is slow, and George is not a top defender.

From the data point of view, George is very bluffing.

But in fact, George has a bit of Covington's attributes, and his ability to assist and switch defenses is top-notch.

But the ability of single defense can only be said to be okay, but it is far from reaching the top level.

George seems to have ample height and wingspan, but George's weakness is his small feet, which makes his center of gravity relatively weak.

Many defensive players have such things as background boards, but why are there so many of them?
It is precisely because his center of gravity is unstable that sometimes even if the opponent is not a top singles player, his own center of gravity will be unstable if he makes a wrong judgment.

George has been able to enter the defense many times, and the defensive data is indeed terrifying.

But if you only look at the data, you will think that this is a defender with a very fierce defense, not a striker.

So if you really want to talk about Muscala and let Giannis Antetokounmpo solve the problem by himself, it is not impossible.

After all, no one in the Pacers can match up with Giannis Antetokounmpo.

However, Muscala's defense and rebounding are still far behind Gobert. Although Hibbert has declined rapidly this season, he is still not a match for Muscala.

Gobert can match up with Hibbert no matter in rebounding or defense, and Muscala's effect on the defensive system will also be reduced.

the most important point is.

Gobert played today, that is to give Gobert a statistic.

Throughout the first quarter, Su Chen arranged a lot of pick-and-rolls about Giannis Antetokounmpo and Gobert.

Giannis Antetokounmpo can change his offensive strategy according to his defensive strategy after relying on Gobert's pick-and-roll. He can throw his own shot or layup to let Gobert grab a rebound and play a second offense.

You can also attract the defense and give Gobert a high throw to let Gobert complete the lob.

At the same time, if the Pacers' defense comes up, Giannis Antetokounmpo can also find open space on the outside by virtue of his height and vision.

The three outsiders are all enjoying the fetters of the striker. They all have a certain three-point ability, and with 10% attributes, they are still very stable in shooting open three-pointers and slightly disturbing three-pointers.

This set of tactics is the tactic that Ingles and Gobert often played in the season when the Jazz won the first place in the Western Conference in the regular season.

As for McCollum, when he played Mitchell in that tactical system, McCollum scored by himself and didn't care about Gobert.

The first quarter is over.

Timberwolves 28:20 Pacers.

Although Vogel's strategy temporarily allowed the Pacers to bite the score, they did not catch up with the score.

In the first quarter, both sides played a stronger defensive intensity than the regular season.

The reason why there are still so many points is because now due to the early modification of the league, the offensive rounds have obviously become more than before.

It's just that it hasn't reached the point where "integrity is mutual brushing" later.

The league has now revised the vertical jump defense rules in advance, and the defense that Hibbert is proud of now seems a bit untenable.

On the other hand, an insider with long arms and excellent height and size like Gobert can interfere with the basket very well in many cases without jumping.

This is simply the defensive answer of the new version of the inside line!

At the same time, when Giannis Antetokounmpo attracted him to the defense, Gobert also won the cake many times, or grabbed the rebound and won the second offensive opportunity.

Of the Timberwolves' 28 points in the first quarter, Gobert scored 12 points alone, which was great.

At the same time, he also grabbed 8 rebounds.

Gobert scored 12+8 in the first quarter alone.

When Giannis Antetokounmpo is willing to assist Gobert, most of Gobert's data is actually sucked from Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Ingles and Li Kell, who later partnered with Gobert, and Giannis Antetokounmpo at this level are simply happy to make cakes for him.

Not to mention Gobert, even if Muscala is assisted by the future MVP level of Giannis Antetokounmpo, it is not difficult to score 10 points in a single quarter.

The most is rebounds, which may be less than Gobert.

Now that everyone doesn't have a clear understanding of Gobert, just looking at the first quarter of the game, Gobert is simply an inside behemoth.

Offensive rebounds and defensive grabs!

Especially Hibbert, who was against Gobert, performed sluggishly against Gobert in the first quarter, only scoring 0 points and 2 rebounds.

这点苏晨看到没有觉得什么好奇怪的，希伯特已经在开始朝着五零中锋在发展了，就算不是戈贝尔防守希伯特也经常能拿下0分0板0助攻0抢断0盖帽的豪华五零数据。

But it's different for outsiders. Last season, Hibbert was the presence of the Heat's Big Three, and almost led the Pacers to overthrow the Heat in the tiebreaker.

But what do they see now.

Gobert, a rookie, actually put last season's super center Hibbert on the ground in a friction-like trade.

Even if Su Chen didn't brag about it at this time, his worth was still rising, and it had even alarmed the management of many teams.

Gobert played well in the first few games before, but there were many weak teams before, so the scouts just kept watching.

But playing the Pacers today, the Pacers are obviously serious today, and they can't be the background board for the Timberwolves.

But even when the Pacers were serious, the Pacers' inside line was directly rubbed by Gobert on the ground.

(End of this chapter)