Chapter 613 1:0 Doctrine

There is a big difference in the style and strategy of the game between an offensive team and a defensive team.

When the offensive team takes the lead, their next goal is to widen the gap even further, until the opponent can't catch up.

After the defensive team has gained a certain lead, the main goal of the game is to hold this advantage until the end of the game.

The difference in basketball doesn't seem particularly big, but if you use football as an analogy, it will be obvious.

Some teams that pursue the 1:0 doctrine are typical representatives of defensive teams, and they start to defend with all their strength after gaining a little advantage.

In basketball games, the offensive and defensive transitions are relatively quicker, and the division of offensive and defensive responsibilities of players is not so clear.

But on the basketball court, there are also many teams that pursue the idea of ​​​​"1:0". The Pacers in the first two seasons and the former Spurs are typical representatives.

My offense is not very good, it is relatively rigid, but I make your offense worse, and you can't score goals.

After gaining an advantage of more than 5 points, they began to press the rhythm desperately, and the difference of 10 points was a natural moat that was generally insurmountable.

This style of play is of course unpopular with the fans. In the past two seasons, with the development and popularization of the three-point shot, there have been various changes in the rules. The "1:0" defensive style of play is about to be eliminated in the NBA. up.

Offensive and defensive balance, offense is stronger than defense is the mainstream of the current NBA.

The Spurs have made the transition, while the Pacers are still struggling.

It took more than five years for the Spurs to successfully transform, and the Pacers, this is their first transition season.

Many habits still cannot be changed, and some ideological and tactical things need to be corrected for a long time.

With the first goal at the opening of the third quarter, Sloan used continuous screens on the outside. When he had the opportunity to directly rush to the basket, he still habitually distributed the ball to Li Liang, who was in the corner.

Li Liang broke through the basket with the ball and was double-teamed. He passed the ball to McGee inside, but made a mistake and the ball was intercepted.

Sloan could attack this ball by himself, but because of Li Liang's pressure, he didn't want to be scolded like Finsen, so he passed it.

The Pacers team retreated quickly. At this time, the Spurs' starting lineup was different from that in the first half.

In the first half, Popovich used the combination of Diaw and Duncan, but the effect was not very good. Diaw can still play a better role on the bench.

So Popovich sent Bonner, hoping to use Bonner to open the situation on the offensive end.

As a result, Bonner caught the ball from the baseline and faced Li Liang who was defending him. He had no chance at all. Finally, he stumbled and passed the ball.

After Li Liang grabbed the backcourt rebound at the basket, he found that there was a chance in the frontcourt, and Sloan had already rushed through the half.

He immediately passed a long pass to Sloan accurately. Sloan caught the ball and shook off Parker, making an easy layup!

After scoring the goal, Li Liang said to Sloan, "Believe in yourself and attack more."

Sloane nodded, feeling encouraged.

As the backup point guard who replaced Hill as the starting point guard, Sloan's ability is very average. He is a 10-year undrafted pick and lacks talent.

Playing with a player like Li Liang, he is under a lot of pressure.

In fact, in terms of personal ability, he has the ability to attack independently.

Encouraged, Sloan opened up more in the subsequent games and became more aggressive. He hit two throws in a row, which made the Spurs dare not double-team Li Liang at will.

And the Spurs played very savagely when the offense was hindered.

Both Parker and Duncan made consecutive fouls and scored from the free throw line to tie the score, keeping the point difference at 10 points.

At this time, Stephenson began his performance.

He first rushed to the basket in the offense and got a big hat from Duncan.

Immediately after the Spurs counterattacked, he made casual moves in the defense, allowing Leonard to score 2+1.

Looking back, I want to give an answer ball, and throw a three-pointer when I get the ball. If nothing else, hit the iron.

One pass operation was as fierce as a tiger. Looking at the score, he was beaten 0:5.

The point difference was chased to 5 points, Li Liang had no choice but to foul when Parker pushed to counterattack, and then entered the official timeout.

"What are you doing? Why are you playing around by yourself again!"

At the end of the game, Li Liang slobbered at Stephenson again.

He was speechless, he played well in the first half, why did he suffer from intermittent mental illness again?

Stephenson replied: "Then why did you encourage Sloan to attack?"

Li Liangdao: "That's because he needs encouragement, do you think you need encouragement?"

It turned out that Stephenson saw Li Liang encouraging Sloan to fight by himself, so he felt that he could also fight, but he didn't know that he made various mistakes when he was in a hurry.

Stephenson thought for a while and said, "I think I need it."

God, you still need encouragement, you need to accept a little criticism and blow, okay?

As soon as your brain gets hot, you have all kinds of confidence. As far as your level of offense with the ball is concerned, are you worthy?

Stephenson's advantage is still one step after receiving the ball, and the air cut under the basket.

He has a certain ability to attack with the ball, but he must not be the main attack point or dominance point, but an auxiliary attack point, an X factor.

The reason why he was able to absorb a lot of ball possessions in the Pacers at the beginning was determined by the Pacers' lineup structure and style of play.

Granger is seriously injured, Paul George's ball-holding ability is insufficient, David West is old and inside, the Pacers need an outside ball-holding explosive point, relying on personal ability when the team's offense cannot be opened Open up the situation.

From this point of view, Stephenson is actually rushing the ducks to the shelves, with a nerve knife, sometimes he can play excellent performances, and sometimes the choices he makes make people scratch their heads.

It's just that the Pacers' "1:0" doctrine gave Stephenson enough fault tolerance, allowing him to play with the ball recklessly.

Anyway, if you miss the offense, you can get it back in the defense.

Because of this, the Pacers have never been able to beat a real championship team.

Now that Li Liang has this point, Stephenson is not allowed to squander the ball at will.

Not only because Li Liang is more confident in holding the ball, but also because the Pacers' tactical system has changed from "defense to assist offense" to "offense first, defense second". His behavior of squandering the ball is harmful to the situation. is great.

Li Liang repeatedly emphasized and taught Stephenson this, he listened to it a little bit, and then forgot it.

Because playing habits are really hard to change.

During the timeout, Larry Bird also reminded Stephenson to pay more attention to the use of the ball. As a result, Finsen's face was not good-looking and he was not very happy.

He's an emotional player, and it's really hard for him to control his emotions.

Bird knew Stephenson best. He didn't say anything more, but he had a solution in his heart.

After the timeout ended, the Spurs outside Danny Green missed a three-pointer.

The score has not been further narrowed, and the Pacers can breathe a sigh of relief.

Li Liang seized this opportunity to organize the offense with the ball in a high position. At the moment Leonard was distracted, he shot a three-pointer directly from the outside and hit it!

The home fans really took a deep breath.

There is no way, last season's Western Conference Finals was really scared by Li Liang's vote.

But who in the entire NBA is not afraid of Li Liang's vote?

A three-pointer reopened the point difference to 8 points.

Once this three-pointer was made, the overall offensive feeling of the Pacers was found again.

Next, JR-Smith also received a point from Li Liang in the counterattack and hit a three-pointer.

And Stephenson succeeded in stealing in the defense, and then suppressed his desire to attack and passed the ball to Li Liang.

Li Liang hit the ground with a super long pass to Sloan at the basket.

Sloan turned around and made a layup after receiving the ball again!

In the third quarter, the Pacers played another offensive climax, opening the point difference to as many as 14 points in one fell swoop.

At the end of the third quarter, the score of the two sides had become 86:72, and the Pacers had an absolute lead.

I have to say that the Pacers are still in very good condition tonight.

Li Liang, as the core of the team, played very stably. As long as Sansha had a normal mind on offense, defense, and assists, and followed the procedures he arranged, the Pacers would perform really well on the field.

Larry Bird sighed on the sidelines, this guy is really talented, he can knead his teammates together so quickly to play combat effectiveness, almost catching up with me back then.

The Spurs were in a bad state, especially Leonard, when he was facing off against Li Liang, he always felt that he was not playing right and couldn't use his strength.

However, the game isn't really over yet.

There's still time in the final fourth quarter.

14 points, if placed in 2004, this would be an insurmountable difference.

86:72 should even be the final score.

But in 10 years, many things have changed.