Chapter 131 Elbow Forest Leader (4/5)

"The schedule ahead of the Sonics this season is really unfriendly!"

After losing to the powerful rival Jazz in the same district again on December 2, the Sonics will return to their home court non-stop to face the Eastern powerhouse Indiana Pacers.

The Sonics' previous record was 11 wins and 6 losses, plus this back-to-back with the Pacers, in a month's time, the Sonics will play 18 games.

Among the NBA teams in the same period, the Sonics played the most games.

Compared with the Washington Wizards in the same period, the Sonics played four more games a month!

Even if the Sonics are now a group of young people, facing such a schedule is a bit overwhelming.

It's back-to-back at every turn, and it's back-to-back at home and away.

Such a back-to-back is comparable to a back-to-back double away game.

Moreover, the Pacers, the back-to-back opponent of the Supersonics this time, are a very difficult team to play.

At the beginning of the game, the Pacers' starting lineup was center Jermaine O'Neal, power forward Jeff Foster, small forward Al Harrington, shooting guard Stephen Jackson, and point guard Jamal Tinsley.

The Pacers are now a well-known team in the league with a big body and a strong style of play.

The strength of the Pacers is very average. Except for Jr. O'Neal, there is no strong point, but there is also no weakness.

In addition to a very average starting lineup, the Pacers' bench also sat on the backup small forward Danny Granger, who has performed well this season.

Yees's opponent in this game is Stephen Jackson.

A player that Old Nelson liked very much.

"I always thought he would be a huge asset if he could be the No. 3 player on our team."

Nelson Sr. had some wanted players when he came to the Sonics.

Stephen Jackson is one of them.

The old Nelson's idea of ​​​​wanting to trade for Stephen Jackson has not been hidden, and both Yeth and the team's general manager Presti know it.

Presti also tried to get Stephen Jackson, but Larry Bird's asking price was too high.

Larry Bird wants David Lee Gallondo,

There is no need to talk about this.

The reason why the old Nelson valued Stephen Jackson was mainly because he had a tenacious fighting spirit that young players of the Sonics did not have, and he was a very good professional role model.

Young people should learn how Stephen Jackson approached the game.

As for Stephen Jackson's thorny attributes, other coaches can't control it, and old Nelson is still very confident.

Old Nelson wanted to get Stephen Jackson, but couldn't get it. Stephen Jackson was not Yeth's teammate, but his opponent.

As a teammate, Stephen Jackson may be very good, but as an opponent, Stephen Jackson is difficult to deal with.

Also a defensive champion, Stephen Jackson and Bowen have completely different styles.

Bowen is a sinister, dirty slut and Stephen Jackson is a combative fighter!

"Yes..."

Stephen Jackson is looking forward to this game against the Sonics.

Not because of anything else, he watched the match between Yes and Bowen.

In the current NBA, Bowen proclaims himself the "Leader of the Elbow Forest", and Stephen Jackson is not convinced.

Many people are not convinced!

When he was in the Spurs, Bowen taught him defense, but he still refused to accept it.

After that big fight between Yes and Bowen.

In the current NBA "Elbow Forest World", Yes has replaced Bowen as the new "Elbow Forest Leader".

Stephen Jackson is still looking forward to the battle against this new "Leader of the Elbow Forest".

"Stephen's fighting spirit is very high today!"

Pacers coach Rick Carlisle is very satisfied with Stephen Jackson's state today.

Stephen Jackson is a very emotional person. His emotions are uncontrollable. Although he is always full of fighting spirit on the court, the level of fighting spirit is uncontrollable.

It is a challenge for the head coach to have such a player under him.

Fortunately, when he was in the Pistons, he also led the Pistons and had experience.

Of course, if he can, he is still more willing to bring players like Yes or Milicic.

When he was in the Pistons, Milicic also had his credit for being able to become the second place.

It's just that after the Pistons selected Milicic, his position in the Pistons was replaced by Larry Brown.

Stephen Jackson's defense is very tough and decisive. Compared with Bowen, Stephen Jackson's physical fitness is not the same.

Ye Si could feel the fighting spirit of Stephen Jackson now.

This person wants to fight him in this game!

Dueling Stephen Jackson, Yeth didn't hate it.

If the Sonics want to beat the Pacers in this game, he needs to directly KO Stephen Jackson.

With the Pacers' deep strength, he is the only one who has an advantage for the Sonics.

Only when he defeats Stephen Jackson can he create more opportunities for other players in the Sonics.

In the dumping system, the greater his offensive threat, the easier it is for Milicic and Rondo to pick up the pot.

In this game, it was Jeff Foster who helped Jackson defend Yees, and O'Neal was fully man-marking Milicic.

"Rick Carlisle is very familiar with the characteristics of Milicic!"

Facing Stephen Jackson's defense, Yeth wanted to jump up and throw the blame to Milicic several times, and O'Neal's stuck routes were just right.

"Great, I haven't seen a player who can play so well under Stephen Jackson's defense for a long time!"

This is the player who blew up the storm in the NBA!

However, the shortcomings of other players in the Sonics are indeed too great.

Milicic is too immature, and Milicic in the fourth grade has many game habits similar to rookies.

David Lee and Quentin Richardson couldn't find a connection with Yes, and Rondo or Milicic were needed in series.

As long as Milicic can't receive the pass from Yes, and then let him shoot according to the characteristics of Rondo's irony, and pinch his pass, the Supersonics will not be a concern.

"The dumping system has been broken?"

Old Nelson was a little surprised.

It is not the first time that Yes's blame system has been broken. In the game against the Magic, the system was forcibly broken once by Howard with his super personal defensive ability.

But this time, it was the first time the tactics were broken!

"Now it's time to watch Yes..."

Tactically, the dumping system is controlled by the Pacers, and the way to break the game is Yes to defeat Stephen Jackson, allowing other Supersonic players to get more space.

However, Stephen Jackson is not so easy to break.

Too tenacious!

"Even if Yes beats Stephen Jackson, I won't change my defensive strategy!"

The Pacers' defensive strategy is obvious, and Ye Si can feel it without the old Nelson reminding him.

One-point blasted Stephen Jackson, and he can't do it at the moment.

After Milicic was restricted, after Yesi jumped up, he either dumped the blame on Rondo or forced a shot.

Both of these methods are very inefficient.