The Basketball Court Swordsman

Richard Hamilton's worries are not superfluous, because he did not score any more throughout the first quarter. Even, did not get any chance to shoot.

Stephenson always stares at this guard who is accustomed to wearing a mask to play games with his mentally retarded eyes, and then uses his tenacious will and strong body to defeat him.

No matter how Hamilton ran, Stephenson followed him. Henson Joe's "torture plan" was implemented from the first quarter.

Until Thibodeau was very "reluctant" to change the main lineup, the Bulls did not successfully narrow the points difference. The Pacers used a particularly tough defense from the start and achieved an 8-point lead!

"At the end of the first quarter, the Bulls trailed by 8 points. This is not a good sign. The Pacers seem to have improved their defense to the playoff level. The Bulls are still competing with it in the regular season! "Kenny Smith immediately found the difference between the two sides in the game. The Bulls players are not ready for the playoffs, while the Pacers have treated this game as a playoffs. A preview of it.

"Coach Thibodeau wants his players to be tough at the playoff level, but the problem is that his team does not have this physical basis. You know, coach Henson's Pacers, but it has been on and off for nearly a month. Well. Their players are eager to fight, and they are still very tough fighting!"

At this time, T.NT's commentary basically used words of beauty on Henson. This kind of thing last season is absolutely incredible.

It can only be said that Henson used another season's performance to fully prove his ability.

After the start of the second quarter, the Pacers' tough defense remained. Henson "intensified" replaced Green and took on Leonard, who has improved tremendously this season.

As a result, Rose and Lor Deng, the two most dependent scoring points of Thibodeau, were almost misfired. The Bulls' offense can only be supported by Noah and Boozer for a time.

Noah and Boozer are not incapable of scoring, but if a team has to rely on these two guys to score, how bad their offense would be to make this choice.

In fact, it’s not that the Bulls’ offense is bad, but the Pacers’ defense is really good!

Rose's breakthrough will always be predicted and stopped by Paul. Even if he breaks through successfully, the Pacers' inside line will make up for the first time. Unless a foul is committed, it is impossible for Rose to get any scoring opportunities.

Lor Deng is even more miserable. Originally as a tall three position, he has a very obvious advantage in height and wingspan, and he can often perform good games as a striker.

But in front of Leonard, Lor Deng's advantage instantly vanished. Those big hands always cover his sight all the time, making him even unsure where the basket is. And a pair of long arms, like a rope, tied the British to immobile.

Thibodeau drew a lot of offensive tactics for Lor Deng, but Lor Deng did not run out under Leonard's entanglement.

The offensive tactics can not be implemented, Rose can only play singles. And when Rose's singles didn't work, his only choice was to break through to attract the defense and then divide the ball to Noah or Boozer.

But Henson doesn't care about Noah and Boozer's dunks again and again, these two guys are defensive insiders, and their offense is unkillable. As long as Ross or Lor Deng can be contained, Coach Thibodeau’s offense will be no threat at all!

"Henson, do you want to call a timeout to let Eldor pay attention to the penalty area?" Seeing that Noah received another pass after Rose broke through and dunked easily, Vogel leaned to Henson's ear and whispered a reminder.

As a defensive expert, Vogel's philosophy is to prevent everyone from the opponent from scoring as much as possible, rather than preventing the opponent's top star from scoring. So seeing Boozer and Noah dunk easily again and again, Vogel must be a little hairy. To put it bluntly, Vogel's defensive philosophy makes him pursue perfection.

Henson waved his hand, "Don't worry, the Bulls is not an offense, it can only be regarded as a leak. Have you seen anyone who can win a game by leaking? It's about to be replaced."

Henson is different from Vogel. He does not seek to make the other five people unable to score, but only seeks to make the opponent's offensive point unable to score. Because Henson has always believed that only the main points of a team can kill the game.

Of course, such defensive thinking does not apply to all teams. For example, the Indiana Pacers themselves. Because the Pacers started with five people, all are the main points!

"Substitution?" Hearing Henson's words, Vogel turned to look at the bench in the other half. Sure enough, Thibodeau is already anxious to substitute players to prepare for the technical stage!

"Thiebodeau needs offensive points and more offensive points. Then, Frank, the defense can be as you wish."

Finally, when Noah's basket attack was interrupted by Horford and failed to score, the Bulls' "life-saving straw" seemed to suddenly disappear.

Horford made a long pass from the backcourt, and the Pacers counterattacked very quickly. The exhausted Bulls were exhausted, and in desperation had to use an early foul to interrupt George's impact.

The ball was dead in the game, and Thibodoo really changed! He used Korver to replace Lol, who was tortured so fast by Leonard, and so on, used Brewer to replace the ineffective Hamilton, and Gibson to replace Boozer. These three people have one thing in common-they are the best scorers on the bench for the Bulls!

"Look, Thibodeau also knows that they can't rely on Noah and Boozer to score. So, he changed to three points in one go." Henson was quite proud, because he predicted the other side's ideas again!

"So..." Vogel's eyes shone, it's time to show the strongest defense!

"Next time you call, the tactics will be handed over to you. You know what to do, Frank." Henson and his assistant smiled, of course, that kind of smile can't talk about sunshine.

After one round, the Pacers suspended the game. It was discovered that Henson Joe was still sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, while the team's assistant coach Vogel took up the tactical board to write and paint the players.

After a brief pause, the Pacers also changed. The outside lineup remained unchanged, Vogel replaced David West with "Birdman" Anderson. What can the Pacers bring to the Pacers when Horford and Anderson, a soft and a strong center, play at the same time? Henson has shown it more than once in the previous game.

Horford will no longer suffer a loss in height when he defends the fourth position.

A lineup with top-notch single defensive abilities in five positions was placed in front of Thibodeau, who loves to play defensively. A coach obsessed with defense, but eventually had to face a desperate defensive configuration.

Thibodeau's heart "cocked" as if it had fallen into a trough. Irony...really irony!

Doug Collins made a cup of coffee for himself, held it in his palm, but couldn't swallow it.

It's not that the coffee doesn't taste bad, but he doesn't feel good about it at this time.

Although for the 76ers, tomorrow is the last day of their regular season. But whether or not to play tomorrow's game will have no effect on the 76ers. Even if Ming wins, the 76ers will not be able to surpass the Knicks. The eighth in the East is the 76ers' final ranking this season.

As the 76ers can reach the playoffs, Collins, as the head coach, is naturally very happy. But before he was happy, he realized that the 76ers opponent in the first round seemed destined to be the magical Indiana Pacers!

The original imaginary enemy of Lins has always been the Bulls, and he also tried to use the lack of physical strength of the Bulls players to create a miracle and create a black eight miracle!

But now, watching the Bulls completely locked up by the Pacers' defense and Thibodeau can't come up with any solution. Collins knows that Chicagoans are just too bad. Of course, the Philadelphia 76ers' playoff prospects have also been cast a shadow.

As a basketball player who entered the game in 69, played in the NBA, participated in the Olympics and served as the head coach, Collins can be said to have witnessed the evolution and growth of the basketball game over the decades.

Basketball's defensive tactics gradually became clear from the 1980s to the formation of the defensive genre in the 1990s. Until now, defense has occupied an increasingly important tactical position just like offense.

Originally, basketball was just a game that scored more goals than anyone could score. But now, many coaches are very loyal to turning it into a game of "more goals than anyone can make."

And tonight, the Pacers made this game the ultimate, leaving the Bulls nowhere to go!

Collins simply turned off the TV and stopped watching the game. Because the longer he watched, the more he would have an illusion that "all the 76ers are tortured on the court".

As for the dream of the black eight miracle...this season, I am afraid it is unlikely to be realized...