There is a big difference between offensive teams and defensive teams in terms of game style and strategy.

When an offensive team takes the lead, their next goal will be to further expand the gap, until the opponent cannot catch up.

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

The difference in basketball does not seem to be particularly large, but it will be obvious if football is used as a metaphor.

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

In basketball games, offense and defense are relatively faster, and the players' offense and defensive responsibilities are not so clear.

But there are also many teams that pursue the "1:0" ideology on the basketball court. The Pacers in the first two seasons and the former Spurs are typical examples.

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

After gaining an advantage of more than 5 points, I started to fight hard to suppress the rhythm. The difference between the scores reached 10 points was even more insurmountable.

Of course, this style of play is not popular among fans. With the development and popularization of three-pointers in the past two seasons, various rules have changed. The "1:0" defensive style is about to be eliminated in the NBA.

At present, the mainstream of the NBA is to balance the offense and defense, and the attack is stronger than defense.

The Spurs have achieved transformation, while the Pacers are still in a difficult transformation.

The Spurs' transformation took more than five years, and the Pacers, this was their first transformation season.

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

In the first goal at the third quarter, Sloan used continuous covers from the outside, and when he had the opportunity to directly rush to the basket, he still used to pass the ball to Li Liang, who was in the horn position.

Li Liang broke through the ball and was double-teamed at the basket, passing the ball to McGee in the inside, but the ball was blocked by mistake.

Sloan could attack this goal by himself, but because of Li Liang's oppressive force, he didn't want to be scolded like Fenson, so he passed it.

The Pacers quickly retreated, and the Spurs' starting lineup was different from the first half.

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

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

As a result, Bonner received the ball from the bottom line and faced Li Liang who was defending him, and he had no chance at all. Finally, he stumbled and passed the ball out. Parker reorganized the attack and passed it to Duncan, barely making a mid-range shot without a hit.

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 gave Sloan a long pass accurately. Sloan received the ball and threw away Parker and easily made a layup!

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

Sloan nodded, feeling inspired.

As a substitute point guard who started with Hill, Sloan is very average. He has been out of the draft for 10 years and lacks talent.

He is under a lot of pressure to play with a player like Li Liang.

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

Encouraged Sloan made more effort to make the game more aggressively, making two consecutive shots, causing the Spurs to no longer double-team Li Liang.

The Spurs played very hard when the offense was blocked.

Parker and Duncan both made consecutive fouls, scoring on the free throw line to keep the score in check, keeping the score difference at 10 points.

At this time, Stephenson began his performance.

He first broke the ball under the basket while attacking and got a big hat from Duncan.

Immediately afterwards, the Spurs counterattacked, and he took action casually in defense, allowing Leonard to score 21.

I turned around and wanted to give an answer                                                           

The operation was as fierce as a tiger, and when I saw the score, I was beaten 0:5.

The score difference was chased to 5 points, and Li Liang had no choice but to choose to foul when Parker pushed back and then enter the official timeout.

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

When the situation ended, Li Liang srooped at Stephenson again.

He was speechless. He played well in the first half. Why did he get intermittent brain-deficiency again?

Stephenson replied: "Why did Sloan encourage him to attack?"

Li Liang said: "That's because he needs encouragement. Do you think you need encouragement?"

It turned out that when Stephenson saw Li Liang encouraged Sloan to beat himself, he felt that he could beat him too, but he didn't know that he would make mistakes when he was anxious.

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

Oh my God, you still need encouragement, do you need to accept some criticism and crackdown?

When your brain gets hot, you will feel confident. Are you worthy of your ability to hold the ball and attack?

Stephenson's advantage is a step after receiving the ball and an empty cut at the basket.

He has a certain ability to hold the ball, but he must not be the main attack point or dominant point, but an auxiliary attack point and an x ​​factor.

The reason why he was able to digest a lot of ball rights at the Pacers was determined by the Pacers' lineup structure and playing style.

Granger was seriously injured, Paul George was not able to hold the ball, David West was old and was inside, and the Pacers needed an outside ball burst point, relying on their personal ability to open the situation when the team could not attack.

From this point of view, Stephenson actually drove the duck and put it on the shelves. Sometimes he could perform excellently, and sometimes he made choices that made people scratch his head.

It’s just that the Pacers’ “1:0”ism gave Stephenson enough fault tolerance so that he could play unceasingly.

Anyway, if you fail the offense, you can find it back in defense.

Because of this, the Pacers can never beat a real championship-level team.

Now that Li Liang is the point, Stephenson is not allowed to squander the ball rights like this.

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 the offense" to "offensive as the main and defense as the auxiliary". His behavior of squandering the ball will cause great harm to the situation.

Li Liang repeatedly emphasized and taught Stephenson these things. He listened to it a little, and then forgot about it.

Because of the habit of playing basketball, it is really hard to change.

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

He is an emotional player, and it is really hard to let him control his emotions.

Bird knew Stephenson best. He didn't say anything more, but he had the idea of ​​solving it in his heart.

After the timeout, Danny Green from the Spurs received the ball and missed the three-pointer.

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

Li Liang seized this opportunity and organized the offense with the ball at a high position. When Leonard was distracted, he directly made a three-pointer from the outside and hit!

The home fans really took a breath.

There is no way, Li Liang was really afraid of being shot in the Western Conference Finals last season.

But who in the entire NBA was not afraid of Li Liangzhao?

A three-pointer widened the gap to 8 points again.

With this three-pointer, the Pacers' overall offensive feeling was found again.

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

Stephenson successfully made a steal in defense, and then suppressed his desire to attack and passed the ball to Li Liang.

Li Liang made a long pass from the ground at an extremely long distance and sent it to Sloan at the basket.

Sloan took the ball again and turned around and made a layup!

In the third quarter, the Pacers hit a new offensive climax, widening the score difference to as much as 14 points.

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

I have to say that the Walkers are in good condition tonight.

As the core of the team, Li Liang performed very stably, offense, defense, and assists. As long as the three fools have a normal mind and follow the process he arranged, the Pacers' performance on the field is really good.

Larry Bird sighed on the sidelines that this guy is really a talent. He can combine his teammates so quickly to show his combat effectiveness, and he is almost as close to me back then.

The Spurs' condition seemed a bit bad, especially when Leonard played against Li Liang, he always felt that he was playing in a bad way and could not use force.

However, the game hasn't really ended yet.

There is still time for the last fourth quarter.

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

86:72 should even be the final score.
Chapter completed!