am i proud?

Chapter 281
The final G2 game ended as scheduled at the "Conseco Arena" in Indianapolis on the evening of June 6.

The Clippers struggled under the Pacers' suffocating defense, and Wang Dalin naturally encountered the opponent's crazy double-team.

尽管他还是砍下了33分19篮板10助攻2抢断2盖帽的大号三双，可他的进攻效率明显比G1战时下降了不少，投篮命中率刚好达到了50%，三分命中率甚至只有37.5%。

You must know that these two shooting percentages reached 60.1% and 50.4% respectively during the regular season this season. This game has dropped more than a little bit!

Wang Dalin was restricted, and the performance of other Clippers players was also unsatisfactory, especially Kyle Korver and Quentin Richardson, who were shooting three-pointers in the G1 game.

Without Artest, the role players played less confidently.

However, Mourning, who returned to the starting lineup, played very tenaciously. He basically restricted the opponent's inside core Jermaine O'Neal, allowing him to score only 13 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

But the other Pacers players played well in this game. They played a very smooth overall cooperation, and the team's shooting percentage was as high as 47%.

So the Clippers unfortunately lost this G2 game.

尽管他们只是以98:103输了5分，可输了就是输了……在总决赛里，输5分和输50分也没多大区别！
Pacers head coach Carlisle couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief after securing his home game... If the Clippers return to Los Angeles with a score of 2:0, this round of finals will be difficult for the Pacers!

Now the battle between the two sides has become a 1:1 tie. Although the next two games are home to the Clippers, Carlisle is still full of confidence.

In his opinion, after the Clippers lacked Artest, their offensive and defensive levels have dropped a lot. They have a good chance to win two consecutive games in Los Angeles, and then return to Indianapolis with a big score of 3:1.

It's not just him who thinks so, the outside world generally believes that the Clippers will suffer a two-game losing streak at home.

Anyone who knows a little bit about basketball knows how important Artest is to the Clippers. The lack of him is almost equal to the lack of 21 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals per game. Who can fill such a big gap?
Not Quentin Richardson, not Alonzo Mourning, not to mention Kyle Korver, Wang Zhizhi, Bobby Simmons, and Matt Barnes!

So it is normal for the outside world to look down on the Clippers... Who made you lack a core?

But Wang Dalin and old Deng Levy would not sit still. After returning to Los Angeles, they immediately started a new tactical drill.

This is a set of tactics designed by Artest during the regular season when he suffered an ankle sprain. In short, it is to let Wang Dalin attack more inside. If the opponent double-teams him, then pass it to the outside shooter.

At first glance, it seems to be no different from the loss in the G2 game, but there are actually some differences.

During the G2 war, Wang Dalin still appeared more often at the top of the three-point arc to play high-post cards, or to single out the opponent's power forward on the flank, that is, Al Harrington.

In this tactic, Wang Dalin mainly appears in the low post. As long as the opponent dares to double-team him, he can rely on his good passing vision to pass the ball to the open pitcher on the outside.

And if the opponent doesn't double-team him... To put it bluntly, apart from O'Neal and Duncan, who can single-handedly defend him in the low post in today's league?

To put it more presumptuously... even O'Neill and Duncan, it is difficult for them to stop Wang Dalin's attack in the low position, at best the situation is slightly better than others!
For the Pacers, whether it's Harrington, O'Neal, or their Zhengyin center Foster, trying to limit Wang Dalin one-on-one in the low post is tantamount to fantasy, so old Dunleavy judged that they would definitely double-team him frequently.

In this way, outside shooters like Korver and Richardson are very critical!
If they can't throw the ball from Wang Dalin into the basket, then the Pacers will double-team him even more recklessly.

Back then, Michael Jordan's personal ability was already the best in the league, but he still fell under the hands of the "bad boys" of the Pistons, perfectly explaining to people what it means to be outnumbered.

Uh... Not only was he outnumbered, he almost even lost his career in the hands of those scumbags!

So even though Wang Dalin was a veteran fan in his previous life, he didn't like the basketball atmosphere of the 80s... Some people say that the NBA in that period played the real "iron-blooded basketball". In fact, the term "bloody basketball" is more accurate!

It wasn't until David Stern took the seat of NBA president that the atmosphere in the league got better and better, and the NBA would usher in the glory of the 90s, and this glory has continued until 2019.

Uh... With Adam's more and more outrageous policies, the NBA will inevitably decline.

The money is getting more and more, but the game is getting worse and worse, and even the international reputation of the American men's basketball team is getting worse year by year.

In the 2019 Men's Basketball World Cup, the US team lost even their underpants.

In the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, if Durant, the "FIBA killer", is not among them, I am afraid that this gold medal will be handed over to others!

In fact, ever since the joker became the NBA president, the NBA has embarked on a road of no return... The referees are blowing all kinds of body whistles, the lack of confrontation on the court is becoming less and less, and the appreciation is getting lower and lower.

Maybe the joker thinks that the audience should like to watch this kind of "pure offensive" basketball. He doesn't know that if the sport of basketball loses confrontation, it loses its greatest charm... If you don't want confrontation, then just stop playing. Wouldn't it be better for everyone to just pull to the court and shoot?

At the beginning of the 21st century, the NBA was very confrontational, especially inside... Those muscular players under the basket often snatched people off their feet for a rebound, and even O'Neal, who was as strong as his peak, could only pass the ball to the outside most of the time when facing double-teams.

The same is true for Wang Dalin... If every ball has to be shot under the pressure of double-teaming, let alone how miserable his shooting percentage will be, first of all, his physical strength may not be able to last until the end of the game.

Uh... that's right!
Even if Wang Dalin's stamina is now as high as 94, if he dares to fight like this, he will probably be exhausted before the end of the game.

Therefore, the old Deng Levy also adjusted the lineup in this tactic. He directly pushed Wang Zhizhi to the starting center position.

In this way, the Clippers' starting five all have good outside shooting ability. When Wang Dalin faces double-teams, he can pass to anyone at will, and he doesn't have to pass to Korver or Richardson.

Another advantage of this lineup is that Mourning appeared in the second team. When he faces the Pacers' backup center, he will definitely have a big advantage.

To put it bluntly, these days it is still "the insider wins the world"!
Even Wang Dalin, who is generally regarded as the "No.1 in the league", is an inside player!
Uh... power forward, isn't it just an inside player?

……

On June 6, the final G10 battle finally started.

In this game, Wang Dalin frequently appeared in the low post, and his unstoppable inside attack immediately made the Pacers miserable.

Less than 4 minutes into the first quarter, the Pacers starting center Foster was hit by Wang Dalin for 2 fouls and went to rest.

After Foster left the field, O'Neal Jr., the head of the team, personally faced off with Wang Dalin.

He must be much stronger than Foster, but he still can't guard against Wang Dalin.

Especially in the case of top defense from the inside, even with all his strength, he couldn't resist Wang Dalin's strong push... Wang Dalin's strength of 93 is not covered!

Apart from O'Neal, Malone, and Ben in the current league, how can there be more than 90 strength?
Just like Jr. O'Neill, although he looks quite thick, in fact, his strength is only about 85, and he may not be able to surpass the current Yao Ming!

So Jermaine O'Neal was also beaten again and again under Wang Dalin's onslaught, and he got 2 fouls in the first quarter.

Carlisle pondered for a while, and finally issued an order to the team members - double-team Wang Dalin!

Then Wang Dalin started his passing performance.

When Korver made his first [-]-pointer, Carlisle was unimpressed;
When Wang Zhizhi made another three-pointer, Carlisle remained unmoved;
When Richardson hit a three-pointer again, Carlisle... was still unmoved, but his disciples on the field had already messed up themselves.

Being hit by an opponent with three three-pointers in a row, this kind of blow is not something ordinary people can bear... Although NBA players have better psychological quality than ordinary people, they are still people with flesh and blood after all, not just machines that know no emotion!
Of course, the head coach would like the players to be able to implement the tactics they arranged, but when the tactics are always hit badly by the opponent, the players will inevitably have certain doubts... "Can we continue to double-team Darling-Wang?"

The Pacers players didn't know the answer, even Carlisle, who was sitting on the sidelines, didn't know the answer, but he knew that if they didn't double-team Wang Dalin, they would only lose even worse!
In this case, Carlisle can only "take the lesser of two evils"... Rather than let Wang Dalin's inside storm be hammered to death, it is better to let the Clippers' role players shoot.

"If you can really vote me to death, I will admit it. If you can't vote, I should win!"

Uh... at this moment, that's what Carlisle thought!
Therefore, the Pacers were indeed cast to death by the Clippers' role players in this game!
This night, the best outside shooter for the Clippers was Wang Zhizhi. He made 14 of 7 shots, including 8 of 5 three-pointers and 6 of 5 free throws. He scored a full 24 points!
Not to mention the finals or playoffs, Wang Zhizhi has never scored such a high score even in the regular season, and this game has become his most glorious battle since he set foot in the NBA!
Here I have to say one more thing... The reason why Wang Zhizhi performed so well is that Wang Dalin gave him the "BUFF" of "touching your head".

Before that, he was really reluctant to attack Wang Zhizhi's "black and beautiful" hair, but now every game is extremely important, especially when Artest is not here, Wang Dalin must choose one of his teammates to apply this "BUFF".

As the saying goes, "A bald one is bald, and a group of bald ones are also bald." Wang Dalin can't always touch other people's heads, right?
Of course, apart from Wang Zhizhi, other Clippers players performed well in this game, such as Korver and Richardson, who hit 4 three-pointers respectively, recreating the good touch of the G1 war.

In addition, Mourning, who came off the bench, also played well.

他全场只出战了19分钟，就得到了10分9篮板2助攻2盖帽，差点就要拿下两双。

队友们表现如此出色，王大林的个人得分当然不可能很高了，他在这场比赛中总共11投7中，其中三分球2投1中，罚球12投10中，得到了25分21篮板13助攻2抢断4盖帽。

As his strength is getting stronger and stronger, scoring 25 points in a single game is really a bit low!

But he grabbed 21 rebounds, nine of which were offensive rebounds ... which is also the most offensive rebounds he grabbed in a game in three trips to the Finals.

And those 13 assists should not be underestimated... Of the 24 points scored by Wang Zhizhi, 15 points came from his assists.

……

After the end of Game 3, Carlisle did not change his original intention. In the team training on June 6, he still focused on rehearsing how to double-team Wang Dalin while restricting the Clippers' defensive tactics of outside shooters.

He has always firmly believed that these role players of the Clippers cannot always be so accurate... I have to say that the outside world generally describes Carlisle as extremely stubborn, and he is indeed right!
The G4 battle officially started on June 6.

In this game, both sides continued the offensive and defensive tactics of the G3 battle, but this time it was the Pacers who had the last laugh.

As Carlisle predicted...the Clippers' outside shooters really can't be accurate forever, so they lost.

Just because the offensive efficiency of his teammates is worrying, Wang Dalin strengthened his personal offense in this game.

Since the effect of the "Badge of the King of the Restricted Zone" is to "increase the shooting rate by 5% and reduce the opponent's shooting rate by 5% in the three-second zone", Wang Dalin played more inside, which also gave him more opportunities for free throws.

此役王大林全场20投12中，其中三分球3投2中，罚球16投15中，砍下了41分15篮板8助攻1抢断2盖帽。

Although his statistics are still the best in the game, the Clippers still lost. Fortunately, the current big score is only 2:2, and neither side has the upper hand.

But the Clippers must be the happier side, because... Artest will be back in the next game!

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