God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 458

After observing several games, Chang Wei found that the Pacers did have merit.Especially the old Miller, his three-pointer made Chang Wei think of Ray Allen and Ginobili who entered the end of their careers in the previous life. Perhaps many teams have such a veteran, even if he is in the first 47 minutes of the game. You have been invisible for minutes, but as long as you seize the opportunity, you can kill with one blow.

In addition to Miller, Artest on the outside is also worth noting.Although Prince has grown into the league's first-class perimeter gate, Artest's core strength is quite amazing, and his style of play is also very simple and rough. If he crushes all the way with his strong physical strength, relatively speaking Prince, who had lost more than a lap, really couldn't guard him.

As for Jr. O'Neal inside, to be honest, Chang Wei didn't take him seriously. Even if he averaged 20.1 points, 10 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game during the regular season, he would definitely not be able to hold the big and big inside. Thomas for two.It doesn't matter if Jeff Foster is on the sidelines, Ben is enough on the defensive end to make them feel ashamed.

Brown also thinks so. Chang Wei knows the Pistons players very well, and he is not bad. In his opinion, the Pacers' starting lineup only needs to focus on Artest and Miller, and O'Neal and Foster. The inside combination is still worse than Big Ben and Thomas, and there is no need to worry about Tinsley in the first position, he is basically a soy sauce existence.

However, some things are different on live TV than in the real matchup. Brown has tried his best to estimate Artest's level as high as possible, but he didn't expect this guy with a thick body to improve so much compared to the regular season.In the first round, the Pacers did not find O'Neal on the inside, but gave it to Artest in the elbow area. Seeing this, Prince quickly stepped forward to defend, and Thomas on the inside was also paying attention to the situation here. Prepare to make up the defense, and leave the task of protecting the rim to Ben.

As a result, before Thomas came to help defend, Artest easily turned around and pushed Prince away, and hit a mid-range shot without any interference.Seeing that Prince was almost knocked to the ground, Brown smiled helplessly, and said to Chang Wei: "Artest is really a killer in this position, isn't it too foul for him to play small forward? "

Chang Wei was amused by the worried look on the old man's face. He really didn't want to tell Brown that Artest was just the beginning. Another small forward with more strength and strength is still training in Cleveland. If there is no accident, he will become The Pistons will have to face a strong enemy in the next many seasons, if Brown still stays in the Eastern Conference to coach.

As a last resort, Brown asked Hamilton to come forward to help defend, coupled with Thomas who was ready to defend at any time, it was equivalent to the Pistons using three people to limit Artest on the defensive end.But the latter is not stupid, he decisively gave the ball to the outside after holding the ball in the low post to attract the defense, allowing the team's spiritual leader and epic shooter Miller to shoot a three-pointer.

Because of Artest, most of Miller's shots were absolutely open, but this made him feel very uncomfortable.In any case, he was also an inextricable existence with Jordan, and the Pistons actually let him shoot. Isn't this contempt?Miller is old and doesn't want to talk much about trash, but he can still prove himself with three-pointers.

One at the top of the arc and one at the left and right bottom corners. Miller seems to be determined to show his shooting skills in front of the younger generation.Three consecutive 12-pointers helped the Pacers start to a 4-40 start on the road, leaving Brown feeling ashamed.Before the game, he more or less underestimated Miller, a nearly [-]-year-old veteran. Although he also made demands on restricting Miller, the main thing was to let the players pay attention to the threat of Artest on the offensive end. However, Miller Slapped him hard with a three-pointer.

Brown quickly called a timeout. In addition to interrupting the Pacers' offensive, he had to rearrange his tactics.Now it seems that Miller is an object that must be focused on, but Artest can't let it go, which means that the Pistons may have to empty two people-Tinsley and Foster, which is actually acceptable to the Pistons Yes, as long as he can pinch Jermaine O'Neal, Miller and Artest, that's all. If it doesn't work, he can give up Miller. He doesn't believe that Miller can maintain his touch throughout the game.

Facts have proved that the Pacers' elimination of the Raptors is justified. Just defending Artest and O'Neal made the Pistons feel tremendous pressure and had to leave Miller with open shots in some rounds.In Miller's three-point rain, the Pistons trailed 25 to 37 in the first quarter. Miller scored 5 points on five three-pointers alone.

Brown looked ugly during the break, but he didn't blame the players. No one expected Miller's sudden outburst. He averaged only 10 points per game in the regular season. The sudden outburst in the playoffs really surprised many people. expected.Fortunately, his physical fitness cannot support him to play three or four 10 minutes per game. This time, the explosion at the beginning of the game may be because the head coach Carlisle hopes that the team can control the situation in the first quarter, so Miller can get such a More mobile phone opportunities.

Sure enough, Miller did not appear on the court at the beginning of the second quarter. His outstanding performance in the first quarter still consumed a lot of energy. For an old guy who will be 40 years old next year, this is definitely a heavy pressure.In addition to letting O'Neal continue to lead the bench on the field, Carlisle replaced all the other four positions with substitute players.

Still, the Pacers' rotation can't compete with the Pistons.Under Brown's instruction, Haywood completely gave up the offense, and he was single-mindedly holding O'Neal in the paint, preventing the latter from easily receiving the ball in the paint.Wade simply let Diaw control the ball, and he can do empty-handed cuts and catch-and-shoot. Of course, if the team is in trouble, he will still take over the ball. In fact, Wade's breakthrough is already The most concise and effective tactic used by the Pistons rotation lineup.

When Jermaine O'Neal was trapped by Haywood's defense, the Pacers basically could only rely on Ellington's mid-range shot to score.But the offense of the Pistons is in full swing. Wade's catch and shoot can be said to be under the tutelage of Hamilton. At that time, the Pistons had basically tied the score, only trailing 44 to 47. This is the power of their bench lineup!
(End of this chapter)