Pacers vow to capture New Yorkers in G5

Update Time:2024-05-14 Clicks:31022

On Wednesday morning, in G5 of the East Coast semifinals of the NBA playoffs, the New Yorkers and Pacers are currently tied with a total score of 2 to 2. In other words, the two sides will stage a battle at Tianwang Mountain, but the former is already showing signs of fatigue, and the opponent has even found a solution. Their best approach is that the New Yorkers, whose players' confidence has been frustrated, should not be optimistic about this game.

 

In this series, the New Yorkers once led 2-0 and were in good shape for promotion. However, what was unexpected was that the team lost two games in a row and the series was tied at 2-2. The pressure is evident now. In the last game of G4, the New Yorkers were blown away in the first quarter, trailing by 20 points from the beginning, and the players were beaten to the point of losing their armor. In terms of details, although the New Yorkers better controlled the number of fouls, the team only had 18 assists on the offensive end, while the Pacers had as many as 31 assists. The former is undoubtedly more focused on individual singles. It is worth mentioning that after entering the playoffs, the New Yorkers have been focusing on a 7- to 8-man rotation. Even though they can maintain the competitiveness of the strongest lineup and avoid differences in ability among players, as the playoffs progress, the players There were more or less "battle losses", with Bodanuyu and Micho Robinson being injured successively, which also led to the formation becoming stretched, and some players began to be physically overloaded. Diyun Sunzu and Zuschart are important pieces on both ends of the New Yorkers' offense and defense. The former scored 25 points, 28 points and 35 points respectively in the first three games of the series. However, in the last game in G4, he only scored 7 points. It was obvious that he had been defeated by his opponent. Regarding defense, Zuschat has averaged 44.2 minutes per game throughout the playoffs so far. He has gradually shown signs of fatigue under the opponent's rotation tactics. It can be seen that the New Yorkers have been counterattacked by the "8-man rotation" tactic. . In terms of the lineup, forwards Landu and Anunoby are also missing due to injuries.

 

Even though they entered the playoffs directly as sixth in the regular season, the Pacers did not receive much attention. However, they successfully defeated a strong opponent in the first round of the playoffs and eliminated the Bucks with a total score of 4 to 2. (Ranked third on the East Coast in the regular season). In the East Coast semifinals, the Pacers were also at a disadvantage against the New Yorkers. After all, their opponent was second in the East Coast in the regular season. They trailed 0-2 at the beginning of the series. However, as the series progressed, the Pacers slowly Slowly finding a way to defeat the enemy, the team won two games in a row, with the total score tied at 2-2, and the situation suddenly changed. Three of the Pacers' top five players in G4 scored in double figures, and more importantly, the team focused on the use of its reserve lineup. Among the eight reserve players in the game, TJ McGannier , Obi Tobin and Al The three players from West Asia and Jackson scored in double figures, which is undoubtedly in sharp contrast to the New Yorkers who used disabled regular players. You must know that the playoffs not only require a battle of wits, but also how to use personnel deployment more rationally is equally important. Now, the Pacers have found a way to crack the New Yorkers, which is to increase the speed of the game and break down the opponent's players one by one when they are tired. In terms of lineup, defender Madulian is out of action due to injury.


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