roccoschili Chapter 372 Fighting wits and courage
Chapter 372 Fighting wits and courage
Chapter 372 Fighting wits and courage
The Pacers' schedule is much better than that of the Warriors. After all, neither the Rockets nor the Clippers are easy teams to deal with.
As soon as the playoff groups came out, the predictions of various media experts sprung up like mushrooms after rain.
Of course, the favorites to win the championship are only five teams.
Three in the west and two in the east.
They are Warriors, Spurs, Thunder, Cavaliers and Pacers.
names not listed in order.
But the most popular of these are the Warriors and Cavaliers.
One defending champion, one with James.
The Thunder and Pacers are strong, but relatively young.
The regular season is not bad, but the test of the playoffs is not only the strength, but also the comprehensive strength of all aspects of the players.
Invincible in the regular season, there are many cases of soft-footed shrimp in the playoffs.
Of course, the regular season was silent, and the teams that were aggressive in the playoffs were even more aggressive.
Example: Spurs
The Spurs have always been in people's minds as a period of transition between the old and the new.
It stands to reason that during this period, the team should experience a period of turbulent strength.
Spurs
Are they really old?
No one dares to say, but judging from the Oklahoma City's preparations during this period, they are still targeting the Spurs more.
This is their first opponent in the Western Conference Finals.
The Pacers are also actively preparing for the game.
Their opponent in the first round of the playoffs is the Pistons.
In the previous regular season, the two sides encountered a total of four games. The Pacers won three of them and only lost the last game.
This is great news for them.
The 3-1 win-loss relationship can already see the gap between the two sides.
The current star of the Pistons is obviously Andre Drummond, who participated in the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest this year and was selected as an All-Star substitute-Zhuang Shen!
He has improved significantly this season, from 13.8 points and 13.5 rebounds per game last season to the current 16.2 points and 14.8 rebounds.
And also became the rebounding leader this season.
For this guy, the Pacers must be extremely careful, and if they don't pay attention to the inside, they will be blown up by him.
Therefore, the pressure on the insiders of the Pacers is very high, and the task is also very heavy.
Under the leadership of Coach Nate, they watched Zhuangshen's game video every day and studied his offensive methods.
Headed by Hibbert, next to Jokic, Mahinmi, Zhou Qi and even Plumlee and West.
When it comes to the playoffs, it can no longer be said that it is the task of a certain person, it is about collective cooperation.
Xu Xiang, Pickle and others were training alone on the other side.
The two of them must be the team's main attack point, and they are also the focus of the opposite research focus.
The two of them themselves are very clear about this, how to play in the next playoffs.
There is already a vague concept in mind.
According to the regular starting lineup of the Pistons, it must be Pope and Morris who are deployed on the opposite side to defend Xu Xiang and defend pickled peppers.
The Pistons will never let Reggie Jackson defend Xu Xiang.
The playoffs are the time for a battle of wits and courage.
"PG, shall we try some new routines?" Xu Xiang discussed with Pickle while dribbling the ball.
There must be something new in the playoffs, otherwise everything about you will not be in front of the opponent.
At a glance.
Pickle was lamenting Xu Xiang's defensive progress.
To be honest, Xu Xiang's defensive ability has really improved this season, just like stepping on an airplane.
Xu Xiang's defense will definitely become a great weapon for their playoffs.
"How did you practice your defense? Isn't this a big improvement?"
Pickle asked curiously.
It's really unexpected that Xu Xiang's defensive ability has improved so much in just one season.
He can still clearly remember the scene when Xu Xiang was easily passed by him when the two were duel at the beginning of the season.
Xu Xiang smiled and said nothing, "This is a secret."
He couldn't tell Pickle that he brought the system with him.
"Now you can make me feel pressured," Pickle said with emotion.
Pickled Pepper and Durant should be the strongest singles players in the league at present.
Even the thirty-year-old man is not as good as him in double singles.
The old man's more important ability is to connect the team. In singles, he is really inferior to Pickled Pepper and Durant.
So making Pickle feel pressure shows that Xu Xiang's defense has really improved a lot.
At the same time, the Pistons are also studying Xu Xiang, Paojiao and Jokic.
The personal abilities of Xu Xiang and Paojiao are definitely the most important thing for them to pay attention to.
"I don't need to say more about the abilities of Xu and PG, do I?"
Pistons head coach Stan Van Gundy glanced around.
The crowd headed by Zhuang Shen nodded with sympathy, the ability of this kind of superstar is really too powerful.
Especially Zhuang Shen, who had been teammates with Xu Xiang and Paojiao in the All-Star Game, he felt the deepest.
Because he is the only one who has been both an opponent and a teammate with Xu Xiang and Paojiao.
Although the Upper East team lost in the All-Star Game this time, he still has to say from the process of cooperation between the two that Xu Xiang is really strong!
This scoring ability is unmatched.
Except for the one from Jinzhou, I haven't seen anyone who can compete with Xu Xiang so far.
Zhuang Shen expressed his thoughts.
The crowd was silent.
Stan Van Gundy saw that everyone's spirits had dropped a bit, so he quickly picked up a bowl of chicken soup,
"There is nothing to be afraid of. They are indeed very strong, but didn't we just win a game against them? Facts have proved that they are not invincible."
"The most important thing is that Xu Xiang's defensive ability seems to be developed."
This is a big deal.
If the previous Xu Xiang still had weaknesses, but when he raised his defense ability to B-, he really had no weaknesses.
B- is already the defensive level of most NBA players.
Compared with the big colander before, I don't know how much better it is.
"Reggie?" Van Gundy asked. Although the core of the Pistons is Zhuang Shen, it is true that Zhuang Shen is not alone in scoring. He mainly maintains the deterrence of the Pistons at the basket.
Reggie Jackson is now the most important scoring point for the Pistons.
"My opponent should not be him, it should be PG." Reggie shook his head, he could see clearly in his heart that the Pacers would definitely use PG to lock him up.
Stan Van Gundy smiled with relief, it seems that Reggie is not a fool.
No matter how much Xu Xiang's defense has improved, he is not as good as PG now, and he can think of Reggie Jackson who must be defended by PG with his toes.
So. He changed the subject and looked at Marcus Morris next to him.
Morris was dumbfounded.
When facing a strong team, how can you get off to a good start without using routines?
But will the Pistons' plan actually work?
This is unknown.
(End of this chapter)