Chapter 351: Confrontation Belonging to the East (Part 2)
On both offense and defense, the Pacers fully gave the opponent Warriors a fight. Curry was not easy to face CJ Miles, who was almost stronger than him.
CJ Myers constantly creates reasonable physical contact on the defensive end. Curry usually likes to make a few three-pointers at the beginning of the game to confirm his feel, but now it's good. He just started the game and made 0 of 3 shots. For a top shooter like Curry, making such a data with three-pointers definitely does not bode well.
Similarly, Durant was even more uncomfortable under George's interference. Although George was indeed beaten by Durant in the last game, in fact, from the entire league, height, wingspan, and physical strength, George is probably the most suitable player to defend Durant. Because whether it is a player like James or Leonard, they are core players in their own teams, and they have to bear the team's banner on the offensive end.
For this Pacers, George is not the team's first offensive choice. He also appears on the team's offensive end in the team. With occasional singles, he should have more physical strength to stare at the Warriors' number one scorer.
The sound of collision between muscles may even be clearly heard by the audience sitting in the front rows. For the Pacers, this is just a common overture of the confrontation between Eastern teams, because in the playoffs, whether it is the Bulls or the Raptors, the physical confrontation they bring is much stronger than the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals and the Warriors in the Finals.
The Warriors are a team that focuses on shooting. Except for a few necessary players, such as Iguodala, who acts as the vanguard of the outside defense in the team, and the stadium Evil Hanglin, other players are not used to it and do not like too much physical confrontation because it will interfere with their feel. Now, it is obvious that the Warriors' feel is deeply affected.
After Durant struggled to complete a pull with George's close-fitting defense, the referee finally fired a whistle and gave the opponent a chance to free throw!
Indeed, the Pacers' defensive foul was hyped on this side, but for the Warriors and Cole, they all felt that it was a little late. This was the Pacers' second foul.
In five minutes of such defense, only CJ Myers and George suffered a defensive foul. The main points of the opponent's offense were the players who were defending by them, which made Cole so depressed. In his opinion, such a foul should have been banned long ago, and they never banned their players.
"It's time to blow, you should understand that this is a basketball court, not a UFC venue, you should protect my players."
Cole's anger is not unreasonable. Such actions may have been called out in the first two games.
But they forgot one thing. This place is the Banker's Life Arena. In the east, even these referees who often enforce the law in several places are thinking about these issues. When they are in the west, some not-so-large physical confrontations will call fouls. When they go to the eastern arena, the tolerance will be significantly improved. In addition, this is the Pacers' home court, and the result is naturally self-evident.
The advantages of home and away games have never been reflected in the atmosphere of the stadium. The referee's judgment standards and bias are also closely related to home and away games. Otherwise, why do you try your best to win the home advantage? Will you charge an extra ticket? Although the tickets for the playoffs are indeed very expensive, no team thinks about this after entering the playoffs.
The head coach's appropriate pressure will have an impact on the referee, but this time it does not include this time. The excited Cole just wanted a technical foul for himself. In just the first half of the quarter, the head coach on the bench helped the opponent get a free throw. This result will greatly impact the momentum of the players on the field.
Lin Sen was the one who performed the technical free throw. The center performed the technical foul free throw. This was probably the only one in the entire league. After hitting, the score difference had widened to double digits. This time Kerr finally calmed down and called a timeout.
The Pacers finally achieved their gorgeous reversal at the beginning of the game. The progress of the last game was completely opposite to that of this game. At the beginning, the Warriors stunned the Pacers.
"Okay! This time I have to admit that the physical confrontation has worked. I believe you have also felt the opponent's determination on the defensive end, so you have to make plans and do everything with them." Cole spread his hands helplessly. This is their first time playing in the playoffs with Eastern teams other than the Cavaliers. Although the Cavaliers are not afraid of physical confrontation, they don't like to use their bodies to confront others. If you really want to say that there is, then James is just alone.
In the 15 years of facing the Grizzlies, it was a team that was very strong in confrontation. At the beginning, the Warriors did not adapt. After falling behind the Grizzlies 1:2, they quickly discovered the weakness of the opponent. The Grizzlies were too slow, and the existence of the double towers made it difficult for them to interfere with the outside line. In that season, Iguodala, Barnes' three-pointers were all online, and they directly took away the Grizzlies three consecutive victories.
But now the Pacers are not slow, and it is not easy to use the original method to crack this situation. The Pacers were originally tall and big, except for the fourth position, which other positions were not tall and strong (Linson compared to McGee, this tall and strong is really not a prank.)
At this time, Barkley couldn't wait to start the car again: "Lin's physical strength is getting better and better, but he didn't expect his body to become stronger and stronger. This is really unexpected!"
The car drove so that the Pacers fans present could not wait to get on the car, shouting wildly. When the game was leading, everything could easily cause this group of the most fanatical fans to fall into their excitement.
Of course, apart from the Pacers, they were not too excited. They had to face the Warriors' next counterattack. The Warriors who lost the championship 3:1 last season may have a stronger determination to win than anyone else, otherwise they would not have been so determined to get Durant. Similarly, Durant can be regarded as an uncrowned king. He has been considered the second player in the league under James for a long time, but he has not won once in his career.
Chapter completed!