God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 459
Seeing that Carlisle changed to the main lineup, Brown sat firmly on the Diaoyutai. He wanted to see if the bench players on his side could compete with the opponent on the offensive end. If not, it would not be too late to replace the main players.In fact, Brown still had some thoughts in his mind. He grabbed Wade on the sidelines and muttered a few words, asking him to interfere with Miller as closely as possible on the defensive end.

Miller's shooting is indeed very strong, but physical confrontation is not his strong point. For him, a strong will is what he relies on most when shooting.If someone interferes by the side, his shooting percentage is likely to be affected. After all, as he grows older, willpower is not as effective as before, and physical fitness is a major weakness.

After the game restarted, Miller quickly felt the pressure. Wade was almost inseparable on the defensive end. Even if Artest needed to help defend the ball, he would directly ask Dior to cover it, and he just stared at Miller. .Under Wade's defense, Miller barely made two shots, but each shot was ridiculously crooked. In one round, Diaw seized the opportunity to throw a long pass across the court, allowing Simmons to easily counterattack and score a dunk. Only then did Le realize that it was difficult for him to play the performance of the first quarter.

After losing the scoring point of Miller, the Pacers' offense was almost all on Artest, which also reduced the Pacers' offensive rhythm in disguise.If it is the main lineup against the Pistons, there is no problem, because if both sides play slowly, they will not be affected too much, but standing in front of them now is the Pistons bench bandits known for their indiscriminate bombing.

Artest's every attack seemed very difficult, but the Pistons' offense was like quicksilver, forcing the Pacers players to run on the defensive end.Forget youngsters like O'Neal, they can keep up with their opponents relatively easily, but veteran players like Miller are very painful, and their physical strength begins to be exhausted on the defensive end.

After several rounds of running back and forth, Miller's complexion became ugly. Sweat continued to slide from his forehead like a gate had been opened. Tester had to choose between Wade and Crawford, he couldn't guard two opponents alone.In his indecision, the Pistons opened up the score bit by bit, and also consumed the physical strength of the Pacers players, which was also the goal Brown set for them from the beginning.

Seeing that most of the Pacers players began to show signs of exhaustion, Brown mercilessly beat the dogs in the water, replaced the main lineup of the Pistons, and let them continue to attack aggressively after they played.Carlisle watched the Pistons change to the main lineup, his face was as black as the bottom of the pot. He can't let the main players under his command go to rest now, otherwise they will definitely be blown up by their opponents, but they won't be able to get enough rest if they don't end Time, this is very tangled.

In fact, this is also a difficult choice that most head coaches in the league must face when facing the Pistons. Who made the Pistons' bench lineup so abnormal?They can go to a weak team to play the starting role!But they can only curse the extravagance of the Pistons, no matter how extravagant it is, they must find ways to get the team out of trouble.

It's a pity that it is difficult for them to come up with a countermeasure, because their lineup depth is far inferior to that of the Pistons. They can use the substitutes to wear down your main force. If you start at this time, few teams can compete with them.Now that the Pacers are also in such a predicament, Carlisle can only let Miller down to rest first, hoping that Artest and O'Neal can withstand this wave.

Fortunately, these two people have good physical fitness and relatively sufficient physical fitness, but the Pacers' lineup is only two of them who can compete with the Pistons. Tinsley can only be counted as half, and the rest of Foster And Anthony Johnson can't keep up with this rhythm of the game.I have to say that the Pacers management's vision is very accurate. Artest and Jr. O'Neal forcefully limited the point difference to single digits, but it is absolutely impossible to continue to narrow it to an acceptable range. Not caught.

At the end of the half, the Pistons led by 62 points 55 to 7, which was largely due to the small climax played by Wade on the court, and then the main lineup of the Pistons defended with their good defense Advantage.For the team's performance in the first half, Brown is very satisfied, but he is very clear that after the intermission, the Pacers will definitely make a comeback in the second half, so the most important thing for the Pistons is to survive the opposition in the third quarter. Crazy counterattack.

In the visiting team's locker room at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Carlisle did not rush to arrange the tactics for the second half, but let the physical trainer and team doctor hurry up to restore the players' strength.In his opinion, physical fitness is the biggest advantage of the Pistons, otherwise they would not be able to maintain high-intensity play for a long time, and the Pacers were reversed by their opponents precisely because their physical fitness could not keep up.

It is too late to talk about physical training now, so we can only let the main players recover as much as possible during the intermission, so as to cope with the second half of the game.Among these people, Carlisle is most worried about Miller. Although he scored 15 points in a single quarter in the first quarter, he hit all 4 shots in the second quarter and only used free throws to score 2 points. An important reason for being tied or even overtaken by the opponent in the second quarter, Carlisle does not want this to happen again.

Therefore, he also gave priority to arranging the trainer to give Miller a massage. The rest of the Pacers have no objection to this. Even Artest, the usually hot-tempered thorn, didn't say anything. This is the treatment Miller deserves.After the trainer finished his work, Carlisle walked over and asked in a low voice, "Reggie, can you handle the second half?"

Miller nodded, then shook his head, with a hint of hesitation in his eyes.He thought for a while and then said softly: "Now I feel much better, but if the Pistons still have people to mark me closely in the second half, I don't think I can last long. Especially the No. 3 among their substitutes, He wasn't skilled in defense, but he caused me a lot of trouble."

Carlisle sighed and said: "There is no way to do this. Even if you use running positions to avoid their defense, it still consumes a lot of energy. In my opinion, you should try to save as much energy as possible during the game." Well, in case it gets to the crunch time in the fourth quarter, we're counting on you to save the world with your [-]-pointer!"

(End of this chapter)