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It’s also a team basketball, why can’t the Warriors play such a smooth attack with the Pacers?

3:11pm, 7 June 2025Basketball

The Indiana river flowed upwards, and the young general was full of energy.

Finals G1, the Thunder's total lead time: 46 minutes and 25 seconds; the Pacers' total lead time: 0.3 seconds. The magical thing is that the Pacers won the game at such a disadvantage.

And this year's Pacers' counterattack has once again made team basketball a focus of hot discussion among fans and the media.

Without paying luxury tax and the biggest star in the team is just Halliburton, they entered the finals after three consecutive rounds, and even beat the Thunder when they were looked down upon before the start of the finals G1. Who can not love such a team?

And also team basketball, why can't the Warriors play such a smooth attack with the Pacers?

The biggest reason lies in one person - Curry. What kind of team are the Pacers?

Running routes, cover timing, improvisation hand-handed, and capture of misalignment are all things that the walker carved into his bones. This system requires players to collaborate intuitively rather than individual singles, and each player needs to make improvised decisions. The Pacers' playoff team has 330+ assists so far, which is the best interpretation of the team's basketball philosophy.

So how do the Warriors play?

The Warriors' pass-cut system emphasizes no-ball running, fast pass and space utilization, combining the liquidity of Princeton's offense, the tactical level of triangular offense, and the collaboration concept of Spurs team basketball, leading the trend of the small ball era.

The core of the pass-through system is to rely on Curry to attract the defensive attention of many people, and other teammates form local more and play less to complete the end.

From this we can see that the Pacers play real team basketball; and the Warriors are not so much a team basketball as a team basketball that attracts defense through Curry.

When the Pacers lack a certain player, other players can take over to maintain the normal operation of the team; and if the Warriors lack Curry, most of the so-called pass-through and cut system effect will be directly eliminated.

is more intuitive, swapping Harry and Curry, the Pacers are definitely a stronger team, and the Warriors will not be better than they are now.

When Curry is strictly guarded and when Curry cannot play his game style, his teammates will struggle. The most popular thing is that the character players blame each other outside the three-point line, and when the 24s are about to end, they will take a difficult three-pointer; and I guess this will not happen to the Pacers no matter what.

You can also say that it is because the Warriors’ configuration is not strong enough?

If Curry's teammates are strong enough, even if they don't have Curry's restraint, they can still complete observation, pass and shoot by themselves. Just as everyone in this Pacers are doing now, why worry about not being able to play smooth basketball?

This may be a paradox. Curry has already received nearly 1/4 of his salary cap alone, so it is probably unrealistic to find a group of such a powerful teammate.

Of course, we must also consider the limitations of the times.

The Warriors' sudden emergence in 2015-16, leading the trend of an era. After more than ten years of changes, this former originator of the team's basketball and small ball era has been almost studied by the league teams.

Just like this year's Pacers, will their new style of play lead the league's trend in the next decade?

From now on, the general managers of each team may realize that blindly building superstars cannot win the championship; team basketball and balanced strong benches are the answer to the next generation of the league.

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