The opening three-pointer in basketball

Players from the Timberwolves, Heat, and Bulls teams are all cheering for their teammates.

Most of the current players in the league are not involved in this matter. After all, everyone will still meet in the future.

If you stand up and take the initiative to wade into troubled waters at this time, no matter who you support, you will offend the other two fans.

However, there are also Hanhan who feel that they are strong enough and do not need to care about such trivial details.

Paul George supported James in an interview with reporters and believed that Bai Yi was not strong enough and Rose was not stable enough.

The reason why he made such remarks was naturally because he was really stimulated.

Just like what Kenny Smith said, the Timberwolves will face several strong teams next, but Kenny Smith actually ignored the Pacers.

In fact, the Pacers are currently ranked third in the Eastern Conference. Although they are not as high as the Bulls and Heat, they are still a team in the top half.

Why is it being ignored?

As the Pacers boss, George couldn't stand this kind of thing.

He felt that Kenny Smith and the others were ignoring Paul George when they ignored the Pacers.

Kenny Smith values ​​the Timberwolves and Bulls, so he has to play the opposite tune.

At the same time, he also secretly vowed to defeat the Timberwolves in the next round of the Pacers' away game against the Timberwolves and completely crush Bai Yi's MVP dream.

The Pacers can be said to be very successful this season, beating the Knicks and Celtics in the Eastern Conference.

You must know that the Celtics have the Big Three, and the Knicks also have All-Star players like Anthony, Stoudemire and Chandler.

At the beginning of the season, the Timberwolves challenged the Pacers away from home.

The Pacers lost that game.

George still remembers that game clearly.

At that time, Bai Yi was not as famous as he is now, but he was as annoying as he is now.

But the Pacers at that time were actually not as mature as they are now.

The Pacers are a defensive team, and their defense will get better and better as the season progresses. This is the Pacers' advantage.

Now the Pacers are better defensively, and Vogel is a very good defensive coach.

Under Vogel's targeted training, the Pacers performed even better on the defensive end.

For the next game against the Timberwolves, the Pacers also plan to make targeted defenses. They will learn from the Spurs' experience and focus on defending the connection between Bai Yi and Reggie.

Because the Timberwolves only have Reggie and Rubio who can play the ball.

But Rubio's defense is too bad and he is easily called out on the court. Generally speaking, the Timberwolves will not arrange Rubio to play now.

In this case, Reggie's passing route is mainly blocked, so Bai Yi needs to dribble by himself and create opportunities.

Such an attack will undoubtedly be more difficult and consume more energy.

George has carefully thought about the Pacers' defensive tactics, and he thinks they are very good. As long as they perform normally, they will definitely embarrass the Timberwolves.

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In Chicago, Rose was also practicing defensive tactics with his teammates.

Similar to the Pacers, the Bulls' head coach is Thibodeau, who is also a defensive coach.

But in terms of players, the Bulls' defensive resources are actually not as good as the Pacers'.

The Bulls don't have West or a top defensive player like George.

However, the Bulls also have their advantages, and Rose is the Bulls' biggest advantage on the defensive end.

None of the Pacers players could keep up with Bai Yi one-on-one.

Russell's burst of speed is enough, and he can keep up with Bai Yi one-on-one.

This is the advantage of the Bulls.

Like the Pacers, the Bulls also want to use their defensive advantage to defeat the Timberwolves.

Now Thibodeau is training the defensive abilities of Bulls players.

The game between the Timberwolves and the Bulls is very important.

The Bulls cannot lose easily now, otherwise, they may be overtaken by the Heat.

Moreover, Rose and Bai Yi are still competing on the MVP list.

Once Rose loses, he will probably be overtaken by Baiyi like Durant.

So this game is really important, and neither Rose nor the Bulls can afford to lose.

This is why Thibodeau prepared early for the game against the Timberwolves.

Rose naturally understands his coach's thoughts, so he is training very hard at this time.

Thibodeau couldn't bear to see Rose risking his life like this.

Rose is very fast and often makes sudden stops and changes of direction, not without the ball, but with the ball. In such a situation, it is very taxing on the body.

In fact, sports experts had warned Rose a long time ago, telling him that this was very dangerous and that his knees were likely to be injured due to the force of the force.

But after all, he is young and frivolous. As the leader of the new generation, how can Rose be willing to play honestly?

Furthermore, his characteristic is a very rapid impact that slows him down, then Rose will have to completely change his style of play.

This can even be said to be a career-ending approach.

After all, his current impact is unmatched by anyone in the league except Westbrook.

Westbrook can't turn, but Rose can change directions and turn, and his ability to rush the frame is even better than Westbrook.

Changing the style of play to focus on shooting requires at least two or three years of practice.

Ross is naturally unwilling to change.

Thibodeau also understands this truth and is inevitably a little worried.

He sometimes wonders why Bai Yi changes directions so crazily without the ball and averages such a high running distance per game. Is he really not worried about knee wear?

Later he felt that such a thing was natural.

As a defender, they really have to pay more to compete for the highest honor in the NBA.

Just like Kobe, keep running.

Jordan was the same, running crazy and defending crazy.

James and Durant actually have better physical talents.

Especially Durant, those who are taller than him are not as fast as him, and those who are faster than him are not as tall as him. Anyone he hits will be out of position.

And James, he charges like a tank, and no one else can stop him.

And Rose, like Bai Yi, can only rely on speed to get rid of defenders.

It's easy to overexert yourself and end up injured like Wade.

Rose has performed well this season and led the team to first place in the Eastern Conference. This is the best opportunity to compete for honors. It is really understandable that he does not want to slow down.

Thibodeau is naturally willing to fight for Rose.

He had carefully studied the Timberwolves' games, and he found that Bai Yi was really strong at this point, and he was worthy of being a strong player averaging 45 points per game.

Bai Yi's three-pointer should be a few levels ahead of everyone else. After a few levels, it's people like Ray Allen and Reggie Miller.

Others, such as Jones and Battier, are completely incomparable to Bai Yi's three-pointers.

In addition, Bai Yi is very fast, so it is very difficult to restrict Bai Yi.

But no matter how good Bai Yi is, it is not easy to get 60 points.

If you can limit other people from getting points, then maybe there will be an opportunity.

So the focus is to limit the connection between Roregui and Pekovic. This is Thibodeau's idea.

He wants to isolate Bai Yi and allow Bai Yi to score equally, but not easily allow others to score.