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Chapter 222: Pacers rely too much on Lin Sen

All sports media's vision was attracted by the Pacers. The big victory with a net victory of 6 points was still the top-level team like the Clippers, and the five consecutive wins of the West in seven consecutive away games. This is the most favorable counterattack for the strong West and the weak East.

But immediately, when facing the Jazz, the walker fell into trouble. Linson, who was at a higher altitude, had nothing to do. Instead, after coming to Salt Lake City, Linson's body felt discomfort caused by altitude sickness.

Many fans hope that the Pacers, a dark horse that suddenly rose, can fail, but it is definitely not a way that Lin Sen cannot play.

At the beginning of this game, many people were curious about how the two centers, Gobert and Linson, who performed best on the defensive end this season, could perform on the field, but Linson did not play.

George Linson vs Hayward Gobert, although in the hearts of the fans, the combat effectiveness of the former is no longer comparable to the latter, but this also makes fans look forward to it. However, the lack of Linson's Pacers vs. Jazz always makes people feel that there is a little wrong style.

Gobert is worthy of being a fierce contender for the best defensive player like Lin Sen. Maybe he is not as good as Lin Sen when switching to the outside, but he is a very outstanding frame protector. Lin Sen often likes to roam the outside on the defensive end. It is his 210-year-old who does this kind of thing. But it is his special nature that has created the Pacers' unique defense.

Tonight, there are no Linson, Hayward and George, two of the 2010 show No. 9 and 10 shows, which are now the best in the past, and their duels are attracted by themselves.

Of course, George's NBA career is even better. His two-year Eastern Conference Finals confrontation with James has made most fans recognize his superstar level strength, and Hayward is still having a headache about his position in the playoffs.

George showed his ability at the beginning, and his mid-range shot was excellent after using various steps on the outside. But soon, his offense was frozen by Hayward and Gobert. Tonight, not only Lin Sen, a weak handsome man, was nestled on the bench and even left his previous position as a towel captain, but the entire team's outside condition was also very sluggish.

George's pass did not make his teammates better. When the team's iron shot is normal, even if you are the number one in the Eastern Conference, you can't take away the victory. He still played a game that was nearly perfect, with 11 of 19 shots, 4 of 8 three-pointers, scored points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. The data was luxurious, but it was still far from winning.

The firepower on the outside was insufficient, Hill and Gordon did not bring a scope, there was no offensive point in the inside, and Turner made no achievements in Gobert's defense. George was playing and missed Lin Sen, who was resting on the court.

At 84:97, the Pacers won their first defeat in December, ending the longest winning streak of the NBA this season.

The Pacers, who lost this game, rushed to Oakland without stopping. They were about to challenge the Warriors, but unfortunately Lin Sen still couldn't play. This match between the top leagues in the two divisions was still unreasonable.

Many fans of Eastern teams hope that the Pacers can pull this powerful four-star Warriors off the horse, so that those guys with strong West and weak East will have a good look at the East.

But now there is no Lin Sen. Not to mention that there is no such a big inside weapon in the offense to attack the Warriors' biggest weakness. Without Lin Sen on the defensive end, he was simply beaten into a sieve by the Warriors.

The Warriors are not much different from their team that won 73 last year this season, which is to replace Barnes with Durant and a quasi-All-star with a super giant.

George still performed well. He and Durant played against each other. This was a rare occurrence in the first two seasons. There was no Lin Sen tonight. George, who played relatively slippery this season, had to play with all his strength.

Gordon's performance is also very good. Thompson's defensive ability is famous in the NBA. He was the main defense of Irving in the finals last year, and usually he faced the core defenders on the opponent. However, Gordon's performance is very good, and he scored a lot of fairy goals in his three-pointers, which made the opponent helpless.

But there is still no way to beat the Warriors. They can still play evenly in the first half, and it seems that there are back and forth.

When the second half came, Ku Ritian and Death Du began to join forces to harvest the game. One fast three-pointer turret and the other high-fire three-pointer turret.

The two first made 5 three-pointers off the court and scored a 17:6, which instantly widened the gap to double digits.

After hitting enough three-point line threats, the two players took their breakthrough threats to the extreme. The Pacers' two inside players had already exhausted their physical strength under the Warriors' running. The Pacers were forced to replace three defenders to deal with the Warriors' empty cuts and breakthroughs.

The three-quarter hero was well-deserved, and at this time, the game was completely turned into garbage time. 92:114, the Pacers without Lin Sen suffered two consecutive losses.

"The Pacers are too dependent on Lin. They feel like they are sleepwalking on the field without Lin's two games."

"Except for Paul and Eric, the others don't seem to know how to play without Lin!"

"The offensive end is missing an inside killer and pick-and-roll expert, and even the core of the organization."

"The offensive end is a shame, the defensive end is the real collapse, and the inside line is let the opponent ask for it."

Although the Jazz are fourth in the West and the Warriors are first in the West, these two teams are very strong, and even if Lin Sen may be in a 50-5 situation, if Lin Sen is not on the court, it seems that there is no chance at all.

Fortunately, the difficult seven-game series finally ended, and there was another three days off to the next home game. Not to mention these two games, at least everyone realized the importance of Lin Sen to the Pacers. Although he lost two games that should have been a strong dialogue, the result of the seven-game series, which was five wins and two losses, was still satisfactory, not to mention that the two games in the next two were missing a core.

The Pacers still maintained the record of No. 1 in the East, and the latter was the Raptors who were stunned by the Pacers not long ago. Since then, DeRozan, who was originally performing at the superstar level, began to be targeted, which also caused the Raptors to lose to the first half of the game. The Cavaliers continued to be dying every day. They may lose to any team in the regular season, and maintaining the advantage in the first half has already made them very satisfied.
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