Magic failed! How did the Thunder limit Harry Potterton in the first two games of the finals?

107-123, the Pacers lost to the Thunder in a big away score, and were tied to 1-1 by their opponents. During the interruption in the second quarter, the Pacers were once hit by their opponents 19-2, creating a large-scale backward situation. Among them, Harry Potterton's performance of only 3 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in 15 shots in the first half was very different from the performance entrusted by the outside world.

After the game, Harry expressed his dissatisfaction with his own condition in an interview: "I played two consecutive games in the series, and my first half was too bad. I have to think about how to get into the state quickly at the beginning of the game. The Thunder's defense is great, which is commendable."

In fact, if it weren't for the mid-range finale win at the last moment of the court, Harry's performance in G1 would not be outstanding. Starting from the G1 of the series, the Thunder did a good job in offensive and defensive arrangements against Harry Poton:

The first game changed the lineup and set the single tower to reduce the trouble of the center being named by Harry;

The pick-and-roll happened, weak delays interfered with Harry, and the original defender squeezed the cover and quickly returned to the defense and pulled the side;

Use Caruso to defend the inside line in the connection, and there are still excellent leaders and defenders when Harry tries to seize the opportunity of misalignment;

Use Dort to lead Harry in the whole game to put pressure on the defense to limit his shot & success rate;

As for specific details, let's see how the Thunder will proceed in the following round:

Degnot changed the lineup and set the top single tower to effectively avoid Harry seizing the opportunity of playing small and big. For example, in this round, Nesmith covered Harry at a high position, and the Thunder directly chose to replace defense, allowing Wallace, who replaced Hartten to start, to directly play against Harry, destroying the opponent's chance to seize the misalignment.

Turner covers Harry at a high position. At this time, Chet directly blocks Harry's breakthrough line and creates time for Javier to squeeze out the cover. After Javier returns to defense, he quickly shrinks the inner frame.

Harry used a weak side double screen to catch the ball, and then used Turner's high cover to launch an attack, but this round, the quality of Turner's screen was not high, and Dort quickly squeezed through the screen, constantly interfering with Harry's passing line.

Pay attention to the moment when Turner brought the cover, the Thunder's overall defender quickly moved to the strong side, preventing Harry from passing the ball to give Turner a chance, forcing Harry to pass the ball to Matherine, thereby destroying the attack.

Harry received the ball and used Nembhard to cover the cover to prepare to break through to the right, but Dort and Wallace chose to switch defenses to effectively avoid Harry's direct attack; then Harry pulled back and signaled Turner to pick-and-roll, and the latter chose Varejao Screen, but Harten still weakly delayed blocking Harry's offensive route, and then retreated to protect the frame after Wallace returned to defense.

Nestmith's ghost screen cut in, Dort did not switch to prevent Harry from sticking. The latter barely threw away the defense and received the ball after using continuous flat screens. However, when Harry retreated back at the top of the arc, he was still attacked by two people and could only be forced to pass the ball.

Moreover, the opponent will consciously defend Harry's right and force him to attack on the left.

In response to Harry's ball-holding offense development problem, the Pacers should use more offense covers to create offensive opportunities for Harry (it is best to run from the left to catch the ball and launch an offensive attack on the right, covering up the weak ring on the left offensive as much as possible), so as to reduce the limitations of offensive development when facing close-key defense.

For example, in this SLOB round, Harry used the double drag to catch the ball and the mop to catch the ball and shoot.

In the SLOB round in the last quarter, Carlisle used (Spain/Stack) to create a score for Harry successfully: Turner's hand-handed hand + screen, and Shepard's back cover created an open dunk opportunity for Harry to successfully create an open dunk opportunity. 1-1 in the

series, the Pacers are not in a desperate situation, they still have the opportunity to re-establish the lead in the next two home courts. However, the team was under great score at the start of two consecutive games, which put a lot of pressure on the team. Obviously, you can't expect to wake up like G1 in the final quarter every night.

For Pacers, playing the original rhythm of the game is the winning trend. And team leader Harry Potton is undoubtedly the most critical link.