basketball talent system

Chapter 353 After the game
At the end of the game, after winning 12 games in a row, the Pacers finally lost the game 123:117 in the last game in February.After the whole game, Ye Xuan scored 43 points, 11 assists and 2 steals. Hibbert also scored 27 points and 14 rebounds. However, two of the opponents' Big Three showed their strength. Already scored 50+. Although Love didn't have many shots in the last quarter, after the whole game, he still scored 59 points, just one point away from 60.

The best player in the game was not awarded to Love, who had the highest score, but to James, who suddenly showed his full strength today. James played a total of 42 minutes in the game, and played as much time as Ye Xuan, but However, while he scored 44 points and 12 assists, he also grabbed 11 rebounds. In addition, he also scored 4 blocks. The data shown in front of everyone proves that he is still a well-deserved No. .1.The two giants scored 103 points together, and the rest of the group sent a total of 20 points. The Cavaliers' wonderful data is no one else.

After the end of this game, the Pacers started a relatively easy March schedule. They have a total of 15 games this month, but most of their opponents are some big teams, such as their The next opponent is the 76ers, and another example is the next opponent, the New York Knicks who lost Anthony.For the Pacers, these teams are like experienced babies, and there is no pressure to play.

At the end of the month, the Pacers will face new challenges. They will face the Cavaliers again at the end of the month, and there will be a match against the Rockets after that.The match against the Bulls and Wizards will also be held at the end of this month, but by then, Ye Xuan will not be single-handedly playing against these teams, because Pickled Pepper will return by then.

After losing this game, Ye Xuan started to feel a little dissatisfied with his current strength, mainly because he was really not good enough when facing the Nougat defense like Dellavedova. Satisfactory, this is just a little-known Dellavedova. If he meets Tony Allen or Leonard by then, will he explode again?
And after this game, the Pacers had another problem. Last month, Hibbert was in a bad state, which caused the team to start preparing for a trade, but in the end Hibbert was helped by Ye Xuan , regained his state, and now not only did not cause a drag on the team, but also became a thigh other than Ye Xuan. If Hibbert hadn't played bravely, maybe the Pacers would not be able to play in the first two games. Can't beat Thunder and Warriors.

But West’s situation is different. Unlike Hibbert, West is not a stand-up insider. His offensive method also relies on his singles after holding the ball or jumpers after pick-and-rolls to score. In the past, Ye Xuan also liked to find West when passing the ball, but now West's shooting rate has dropped a bit, and because his style of play is getting softer, Ye Xuan doesn't like to pass the ball to West. He passed the ball.

Moreover, after the team's tactics slowly tilted to the outside, West's possession of the ball in the team became less. In the last 20 games, West's average shot was only 10.4 times per game. For this season, it has dropped by about 5 times, and his playing time has also dropped. West, who averaged 32.8 minutes per game last season, has dropped to 26 minutes per game this season. , The Pacers' lineup is all one big and four small, and sometimes they even play a dozen or so five small lineups. This is one of the reasons why West's state has declined seriously.

Of course, the most important reason is that West himself has no fighting spirit. After winning a championship ring he dreamed of last season, West now feels a little hopeless. I am not as desperate as before, and I am not as active as before in training.When a person has lost his fighting spirit, no matter how others help him, it is of no use.

The top management of the Pacers team is also having a headache now. In the first two seasons, the team had two very mature power forwards, West and Scola, so the reinforcement of the power forward position has never been a pedestrian. The management of the Pacers team needs to consider. In the playoffs of last season, West's performance was still very good. Except for the vacancy during the time when West was injured, they did not introduce other insiders. As a result, they did not expect West's state to decline so severely. The strong power forward position has become a shortcoming, as evidenced by Love scoring 59 points in this game.

The most important thing is that the Pacers are still aiming to win the championship this season, while the Spurs have Duncan and the Warriors have Green. Although the Rockets' power forwards are not particularly powerful, there is also a power forward who needs to double-team and assist defense. Howard, not to mention Love of the Cavaliers who just blew West in the East, and the two all-around insiders Millsap and Horford of the Eastern Conference leader Eagles this season, on paper, Wes In this state, no matter if you meet any of them, you don't have any advantage.

So the only thing the Pacers can do now is to try their best to help West adjust his state, or let Scola return to the starting position. Otherwise, West's position in the playoffs will definitely be lost. Become a breakthrough for the opponent.In fact, at the beginning, Ye Xuan planned to feed West the ball like he fed Hibbert, but West's current competitive state and his attitude are a bit incomprehensible. Sometimes after the pick-and-roll, you can make an open shot and hit the iron.

So after going back and forth, Ye Xuan didn't bother to help him find his status, and West's attitude was also obvious. My brother is now successful and famous, so he doesn't need to work hard anymore. Now he can just eat and wait for death. The reason Ye Xuan is most annoyed is that although Ye Xuan is the core of the team now, he is not considered the leader of the locker room, so it is not easy for Ye Xuan to criticize the senior West.

(End of this chapter)