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Jiang Dalin's timely defense suffocated the Pacers.

At the end of the first quarter, their team's shooting percentage was not even 40%, and although the Wizards' shooting percentage was not high, it was still above 43%.

Relying on defense, the Wizards took an 8-point lead!

This is something that many experts and fans did not think of before the game started.

The Pacers are the team that really relies on defense to win.

Even the chemical reaction produced by their unity and cooperation on the defensive end was also applied to the offensive end.

This is also the reason why so many people in the entire Pacers team score in double figures.

Compared to them, the Wizards more often rely on ferocious offense both inside and outside.

However, in this first quarter, the Wizards showed unparalleled dominance on the defensive end.

The entire Wizards defensive system with Jiang Dalin as the core made all members of the Pacers feel very uncomfortable when attacking on the court.

Including Reggie Miller, who used to be absolutely open shooting options many times, but because he faced Jiang Dalin, he became a not-so-good choice.

He made 1 of 4 three-pointers in the first quarter even though he was full of energy. It was because of this discomfort.

When Michael Jordan was wiping his sweat off the court, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Jiang Dalin several times. He also felt that Jiang Dalin was more invested in the defensive end tonight than he was before.

but……

Who would have thought that this guy would actually win the "Best Defensive Player Award" due to his less dedicated defensive attitude.

Really, perverted!

Only then did Jordan realize that his vision was really too poisonous!

Jiang Dalin's expression still showed no change.

He just wiped the sweat with a sullen face, then threw the towel to the bench and continued to play.

Upon seeing this, Scott also changed the Wizards' defensive mode: "Everyone has remembered it for me. Stick it up. Don't be afraid of being broken through by your opponent. Trust the orders behind you!"

Everyone on the Wizards team obeyed and did as they were told.

When Artest, who was holding the ball, discovered this, his whole body was entangled with Michael Jordan. He had no choice but to squeeze in with force.

But in terms of pure strength, Michael Jordan is not inferior to him.

After two hard shots, near the free throw line, Jordan put Artest in. Jiang Dalin had been waiting under the basket for a long time. He could clearly see Artest's breakthrough route after being forced.

"Crack!"

With a powerful block, Jiang Dalin landed and rushed towards the Pacers' penalty area.

Billups immediately controlled the ball and used all his strength to hold the ball, and finally managed to keep his position about two or three positions in front of Jiang Dalin.

Then when he was about to reach the basket, he threw the ball toward the basket.

In fact, the Pacers' O'Neal Jr. and Tinsley were not slow to return to defense. When Billups threw the ball, they were right next to him, but when the ball flew over the basket, their feet were rooted to the ground.

It sprouted and grew on the ground, and I didn’t dare to step forward.

because……

A beast devoured the basket!

"Boom!"

A huge explosion sounded.

Jiang Dalin pulled the basket hard to release the remaining strength.

"Sell higher next time, man!"

What he dunked was not satisfactory.

Billups:...

I didn't throw it high enough!

Your head hit the frame.

Your shoulders have to be parallel to the basket to be tall, right?

This dunk sparked cheers from the audience. Returning to the defensive end, Jiang Dalin once again regained his previous seriousness.

The Pacers also seem to realize that the Wizards' current defense is mainly about close defense, forcing them to rush inside.

Tinsley used his trick. When Billups was moving forward, he suddenly took a big step and rushed past him. Then he threw the ball before the free throw line was reached.

A small throw perfectly solves the problem of inside defense!

No matter how much you jump, you can't stop me...

Forehead……

Before Tinsley could finish the thought in his mind, he saw a figure as tall as a hill rise up in front of him, soar into the sky, slap the ball hard and send it flying away.

Fake, fake right?

I must have smoked too much weed...

Tinsley denies reality.

But O'Neal's action of going to the side to serve again told him that what he saw was not fake. There was indeed a giant beast flying into the sky in front of him just now, and then gave him a big ear-scratcher!

My head is "buzzing"...

The rest of the Pacers didn't look calm either. Jiang Dalin's shot just now was indeed a bit inhuman. Playing with a guy like this would inevitably feel too much pressure.

"Bang!"

In the end, O'Neal hurriedly took action, and the Pacers' offense ended in a blacksmith.

Rick Carlisle had to call a timeout.

The Pacers are obviously too afraid of Jiang Dalin's supplementary defense at present.

This is not normal.

"Hey guys, if you run the ball faster, he won't always be able to keep up. He will also make mistakes in judgment. Now what we have to do is to add more changes. Come on, guys,

Let’s use our teamwork to make the ball move faster!”

Rick Carlisle encouraged everyone and said important things twice, asking everyone to pass the ball faster.

This timeout call was quite timely.

The Pacers are no longer so panicked.

Rick Carlisle was right. When they let the ball move faster, Jiang Dalin no longer seemed so ubiquitous.

However, moving the ball so fast caused another problem to occur...

That is, their number of turnovers when moving the ball has obviously increased a lot.

There's nothing they can do about it. Their ball speed is already very fast, which is the fundamental reason why they can create space for shooting.

But the problem is that if they run faster, it will be beyond their capabilities. This is inherently prone to mistakes, not to mention that they are still transferring the ball with such intensity, so the possibility of mistakes is even greater!

In the second half of the second quarter, the Pacers had problems with the ball movement one after another and made three consecutive mistakes. The originally stable 8-point difference also expanded to more than 12 points at this time.

The Wizards ended the first half of the game with a 58-46 lead.

Jiang Dalin only scored 12 points in the entire first half, which was completely different from his previous playing style.

But he got 4 blocks and 10 rebounds in the first half, of which the Pacers didn't grab a single offensive rebound in the second quarter.

Kenny Smith seemed to understand what Jiang Dalin wanted to do tonight.

"Darling wants to use defensive methods to prove that the best defensive player can also have a regular season MVP-level game influence, but you can't not give me the regular season MVP just because!"