Why can the Pacers reach the Eastern Conference Final for two consecutive years? Carlisle makes great contributions and has a chance to win the championship

When we talked about the defending champion Celtics once again rolled up the magic ball storm and used the five-for-all style to the extreme, we ignored the fact that another team in the East also fully interpreted the five-for-all style, seamlessly connecting today's basketball trend in the small ball era.

Now we will examine the Indiana Pacers again. Is this team with tactical master Carlisle leading the team to the Eastern Conference Finals?

Pacers previously strongly eliminated the Cleveland Cavaliers, the number one in the East. The reason why they were able to eliminate a 64-win-18 opponent was not only because the latter suffered an injury wave and the team's lineup was not consolidated, but more importantly, the coaches of the two teams performed differently. In this regard, Carlisle can be said to have defeated Kenny Atkinson, who just won the best coach of the season.

Time is turned back to the G2 match of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals. Facing his lover Halliburton with injuries, Carlisle still had the courage to let Nembhard take over the ball control task at the critical moment, so as to reduce the pressure on Halliburton on the court and better protect the latter...

In that game, the Cavaliers once led by 14 points in the final quarter and were sure to win. In the final quarter, when the strongest five-man on the Pacers started to chase the points, Atkinson still sent a substitute lineup to deal with it and sat firmly on the Diaoyutai...

The last 27.5 In the second, the Cavaliers served the bottom line, and Atkinson asked the Pacers to stop again. In the end, Struz made a mistake in serving and gave up the ball...

, which finally made Halliburton's three-pointer. Since then, both of the Cavaliers were captured by the Pacers at home.

Comparing the on-the-spot response command and tactical flexibility of the two, Carlisle defeated the Cavaliers head coach.

As one of the few veteran coaches in the league, Carlisle operates in an orderly manner like a clock device, with accurate and timely dispatch, and the requirements for both offense and defense on the field are the same.

Therefore, despite facing the Eastern Conference No. 1 Cavaliers, the Pacers still play with ease. At this time, the importance of an excellent head coach to a team is obvious, right?

Carlisle emphasized the team's offensive space and speed, so almost everyone from the starting lineup to the substitute lineup had the ability to shoot outside. The Pacers were like the whole nation, and at this time they fully implemented the five-for-all playing style.

Therefore, the Pacers always maintain good on-field space in the playoffs. The team's two inside players, Siakam and Turner, often stand in a relatively back-to-back position. The ball handler Halliburton only needs a simple pick-and-roll to easily split the opponent's defense...

At this time, some teams that do not have the ability to switch defenses can easily follow the Pacers' pace and finally hit the Pacers' thoughts. In the

Pacers Cavaliers Series, when the Pacers speed up wildly, Atkinson still didn't ask for a timeout to adjust the defense, and he was already at a disadvantage, right?

Don't forget that Carlisle still managed to control the number of mistakes in a game with a large number of passes.

G3G4 teams moved to the Pacers' home court. The G3 Cavaliers changed to joint defense due to injury and once won a goal. After that, the G4 Pacers cracked the Cavaliers' joint defense, and the adjustment effect was significant in the half-time 80 points.

But what changes did Atkinson make at this time?

The best coach of the year still adheres to the joint defense strategy and fails to adjust in time...

Under Carlisle's coaching, the team's offense can be said to be among the top level in the league -

So far in the playoffs, the Pacers have ranked second in average 117.7 points per game, and the team's offense is full of fire.

Last year's playoffs, the Pacers eliminated the Bucks after the first round, and eliminated the Knicks after the semi-finals again, thus reaching the Eastern Conference Finals.