The joys and sorrows between people are always difficult to communicate.

Reggie Miller and Mark Jackson were replaced early and felt the feeling of being restrained.

The Silver Fox is very excited about this kind of restraint. Look at the four powerful teams in the East - Pacers, 76ers, Bulls, and Heat. There is only the Pacers without a combination of meat shields + best defense power forwards. In order to ensure that O'Neal can limit O'Neal, the Bucks even don't even give them all-star insiders like Teelon Hill for free.

In order to deal with O'Neal, Heat, 76ers, and Bulls, Mooning's height, which looks not as tall as Rick Fox, has increased to 118 kilograms and turned into a low-post tank.

There is only the Pacers, or the regular team building.

Perhaps Larry Bird himself did not expect that he would be the first in the East in the first year of coaching, and directly became the biggest favorite to win the championship in the East, because they currently have the advantage of winning or losing against the 76ers, Heat, and Bulls.

However, according to Zhang Hao's impression, he remembered that Larry Bird never did the meat shield consumption system, but based on the most suitable way of playing, he would really reach the finals in the future and fight the Lakers for six games.

He remembered that in the 2000 finals in the original time and space, the Pacers took the space flow route, emphasizing the high-speed rotation of the ball holder and the backup defense, which made Kobe cry.

But in terms of the inside, although O'Neal could not defend the Pacers' shooting inside, O'Neal averaged 38 points and 16 rebounds per game to help the Lakers defeat the Pacers 4-2. The Pacers' space flow inside originally wanted to use Olajuwon-style defense to create O'Neal's mistake, but O'Neal, who was already 145 kilograms at the time, was invincible one-on-one. He played singles arbitrarily without Kobe's defense on the outside and crushed everything.

This forced the NBA to modify the rules, abandon the "forbidden early attack" rule, introduce the joint defense to limit O'Neal's offense, and introduce the defense to limit O'Neal's frame protection for three seconds. In this way, O'Neal's dream of being the best defensive player is shattered.

Before that, O'Neal had just rushed to the best defensive player to win second place.

When Larry Bird got started, the Pacers nowadays, they followed their own ideas and were unwilling to be restrained by the "trend". He tried to win over Ratliff, who was not a tonnage center but a team center.

Zhang Hao analyzed that perhaps this is the key reason why the Pacers can stand out among the semi-finals of the Eastern Conference and always dominate the number one in the Eastern Conference.

Retaining tonnage centers to play as the main force will more or less shackle the construction of the lineup.

On the 76ers, Duncan has a tonnage inside line around him, which is a very suitable match, but the coach of the 76ers...

Now, although O'Neal has not reached its peak, with him, Zhang, the double towers of the Pacers are tantamount to the inside of the Pacers!

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After the timeout, the Lakers did not substitution, and the Pacers' combination of Mark Jackson, Reggie Miller, Derek McKay, Dell Davis, and Antonio Davis.

Mark Jackson and Lightning Miller came up and the Pacers' offense stabilized again.

In the previous three rounds, the Lakers lineup allowed the Pacers' offensive opportunity to be in close range, and Zhang Hao's sensational baseline defense tonight made the double Davis unable to attack the frame. Mark Jackson came on the court and Reggie Miller's catch-up shot, which made up for this.

However, after O'Neal had finished chiseling Zhang Haolang, the Pacers still couldn't defend themselves.

Zhang Hao launched an offense with his back on the high position, with two support pitchers, one with a high position support point and the other with a grab-type inside line, which was a bit of a thing. The Pacers once scored a 6-0 wave to restore the decline, but Fisher stood up in time, with a three-pointer and a counterattack of 2+1, and a 6-0 wave. Zhang Hao, who saw the passing ball, was stunned.

Originally, he could have been able to secure the starter earlier than Kobe in time and space, and put Fan Crazy on the bench to rub the fight. Whether it was Silver Fox or Zen Master, he insisted on letting him start, which was indeed something.

At 6 minutes and 55 seconds in the second quarter, Zhang Hao seized the opportunity to break through the basket and caused a backup defense to foul Dell Davis, who died and entered the official timeout stage. The Lakers led the Pacers 49 to 44 by 5 points, and Zhang Hao still had a free throw opportunity!

The Pacers have ushered in a truly good coach. Whether they are building an offensive system, strengthening their targeted defense, or preparing for the game... this season, they have undergone qualitative changes or improvements based on the past few years.

The ability to dominate the East for more than half a season is not a pie from the sky, but a result of one step at a time.

The Pacers' excellent point - pre-match preparations, targeted research on the Lakers' double towers, O'Neal's performance is not surprising, but even though they have put Zhang Hao at a very high position, Zhang Hao's progress speed is still far beyond their imagination.

It's only 8 months since the end of last season. Zhang Hao has already improved the external cross-step change breakthrough. This move is used less and it is under a lot of pressure on the knees, but it has indeed been developed. The back-playing technology is constantly comprehensive. The back-playing turn and stepping has the feeling of Anthony Hardaway. Now the overall back-playing is also done well. With the advantages of height and ball sense, Antonio Davis's defense is no longer useful, and it must be equipped with an inside line to limit it.

This allows Zhang Hao to give O'Neal extra help when facing the Pacers...

Even though Reggie Miller tried his best to lead the outside to fight against the Lakers, he was still far behind the double towers of the head horse!

Although the Lakers were beaten by the Pacers on the outside, their scores could not keep up with the Pacers on the outside. The Pacers switched defense in high-speed rounds. Except for Fisher's 6-point shooting in a row, there was no other outstanding performance on the outside. Kenny Anderson and Brent Barry, the starting guard combination who performed well recently, combined with only 36% shooting percentage.

But the inside advantage is too great!

The Lakers failed to widen the gap, but the advantage was almost maintained throughout the whole process.

In the end, relying on the combination of head horses to score 61 points, 23 rebounds, 10 assists and 7 blocks, the Lakers defeated the Pacers, the number one in the East, 111-104, improving their record to 47 wins and 7 losses!

O'Neal made 11 of 18 shots and 8 of 15 free throws, so he easily scored 30 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists, and 3 blocks.

Zhang Hao made 8 of 15 shots, including 2 of 4 three-pointers, plus 13 of 15 free throws, which was not difficult to score 31 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal, and 4 blocks.

Tonight, Dafai was so excited. In this environment, he played so well. He got 30 points in 33 minutes. One day, the boss is here, so he is really happy...

There is one thing that he is very frustrated. He scored more goals than Zhang Hao, and the number of free throws was the same as Zhang Hao, but the result was 1 point less than Zhang Hao!

"I must deduct one more next time! I will be fouled less!"

Listening to the cheers at the scene, as a former Celtics player, Larry Bird felt very harsh.

Looking at O'Neal who was dancing with Rick Fox on the opposite side, Larry Bird was very depressed. At that time, he actually hinted that the Celtics should be ready to compete for O'Neal. As one of the two giants, the Celtics should also have a very high attraction to O'Neal. He is the one who believes that O'Neal loves to study, and Boston University Town is also very attractive to O'Neal.

But the Cardinal was only thinking about getting the No. 1 pick to choose Duncan... and didn't look at the league's attitude.

Sure enough, it’s still not good for people to get old!

Watching Kenny Anderson and Jason Williams talking and laughing, watching O'Neal drive the joyful atmosphere of the whole team like a living treasure, and watching Zhang Hao accept the interview alone with a cold look on his face...

Although both are the first in the division, Larry Bird deeply felt the gap between the two teams.

In the eyes of others, it was Zhang Hao who made O'Neal better. After all, Zhang Hao is the greater one. He played for two years, twice, once in a scoring champion, and once in a FMVP. But Larry Bird could see that Zhang Hao used O'Neal's strength better than O'Neal's strength!

At the beginning of the second quarter, Zhang Hao "fighted" without any scruples, purely because he had O'Neal, a big killer weapon that could defeat their Pacers, so he was unscrupulous.

But this pair of two towers is a fit. The current situation of this Lakers is simply impossible to be better. Larry Bird estimated that before the Lakers experienced a salary crisis, aging of role players, blocking recruitment space, solidifying and aging of the lineup, and entering normal fatigue due to many games for many years, the Lakers were invincible.

"I should be more radical and spend a lot of money to chase Ratliff. I miscalculated. I didn't expect that I was so good at coaching, and I deserved to be me...

But the Lakers are so lucky! Divac + Jones can change to a high school rookie, West can really do it!"

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"Dovernance"

Time Warner Cable Sports has hyped up the Lakers' performance against the Pacers.

The style of T.N.T Sports Station has also gone awry recently. Their overall remarks are still opposite to the Lakers, but the new popular commentator Charles Barkley, whom they hired heavily, became Hao's leader and led the trend of fancy blowing Hao.

But it's really worth blowing!

The first eight games of the All-Stars came back on the weekend, either because of the adjustment of Zhang Hao's play style, or because of the touch problem, the Lakers won 6 wins and 2 losses, and passed a period of adjustment.

After the adjustment period, the Lakers' performance looks better than the month before the All-Star Weekend, gradually approaching the nearly perfect state of 26 wins and 4 losses in the first two games.

Originally, because the Lakers All-Stars had a brutal hell-level schedule before the weekend, the Lakers, which had 33 wins and 5 losses, were not optimistic that they would be expected to win 70 wins, but in that wave of hell-level schedule, the Lakers won all the results.

After the All-Star Weekend, it seems that its strength has declined, but just because it has fluctuated after resting for too long, Zhang Hao's strength has become stronger and the Lakers need to adjust.

After the adjustment, the Lakers became better than before the All-Star Weekend...

Currently, the Lakers have 47 wins and 7 losses, and there are still 28 games left to play.

To get at least 70 wins, you have to achieve a record of 23 wins and 5 losses, that is, you have to win 6 games in every 7 games... This is ridiculously difficult!

Comparing the records of other teams this season, the Jazz, currently the second-ranked record in the league, has a winning rate of 77%, and the winning rate of 23 wins and 5 losses is 82.1%.

If it is before the All-Star Weekend, it is better. After the All-Star Weekend, all playoff-level teams and championship-winning teams are striving to achieve better results and better rankings.

At this time, it will be very difficult for the Lakers to strive for the winning rate.

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That night, Zhang Hao entered the learning mode.

The Pacers are one of the truly championship-level teams among the opponents that the Lakers face after the All-Star Weekend. After the review of the game, Zhang Hao felt more clearly the Lakers' restraint against the Pacers.

In fact, when O'Neal was not here before, with Cebaros, it was obvious that he was restrained against the Pacers. The Pacers were too bad at dealing with players with strong impact in the inside.

Finally, both Davis have all-star strength, one starter and the other substitute are extremely strong, and have better coping with the impact forward. However, Cebaros has been upgraded to O'Neal, and Zhang is also stronger, so if you really meet the Pacers in the finals... Zhang Hao will probably not be able to use 6 games!

But the Pacers' offense is really beautiful!

"What a pity, our lineup structure and playing style are so different from that of the Pacers. The Pacers' wing pull space, and the offense that is smooth along the middle is so beautiful..."

If it weren't for the Pacers who had personally played with the Pacers with similar lineups before, and Reggie Miller and Mark Jackson were at their peak, I really can't believe that the Pacers' three major stars, Mark Jackson, Reggie Miller and Rick Schmitz, were all 32 years old, and Derek McKay, a top scorer who can play in three frontcourt positions, has already changed its offensive performance and has become the team with the top offensive efficiency in the league.

Although the average score is low, the Pacers are simply because they are too low in the number of shots per game, with less than 76 shots per game, and the league is in the final, their opponents have averaged 79 shots per game.

The Lakers averaged 87.9 shots per game, and the Heat all averaged 78.2 shots per game. The Pacers' attacks are lower than most pure defensive teams, so low scores do not mean that the Pacers' offensive ability is poor, but because of the age of the core scorers, they need to improve efficiency by reducing the pace.

The Pacers' beautiful team cooperation, the Lakers can't learn it, and they can't learn something like they did before facing the Heat, 76ers, Trail Blazers and other teams. Zhang Hao felt a little regretful, but he still analyzed the Pacers' offense well. Next time he met, he hoped that the coaching team could make better defensive responses.

In addition, Zhang Hao also had another regret...

"Big Bird's operation is really rubbish. It's great to be a head coach early. It's wasted the peak period of the three major stars. Isn't it better to pick peaches directly after Brown builds a good defense? It's wasteful two years..."
Chapter completed!