Wonderful sideline ball cooperation—On the Pacers’ tactical literacy

Carlisle is known as a master of tactics, among which his out-of-bounds tactics are very exciting, and there are very few situations where the arrangement of tactics cannot be run. In this game, let's enjoy two scenes together:

The third quarter, which is a typical star-burst position. From the strong side to the weak side, there are 5, 2, 4, and 3 positions respectively. The 3 position on the weak side is Nesmith, who has the strongest ability to do without the ball, and the big head is responsible for defense.

Nestmith used three people from the outside, 4, 2 and 5 to run to the strong side to catch the ball. Big Head squeezed through the penalty area without embarrassing. Nesmith did not completely get rid of Big Head's close-fitting defense, and made a fake move to run back to deceive Big Head's defense's attention. Another person got rid of the opposite direction and completely knocked Big Head down, and the ball was received without defending the above basket. The entire out-of-bounds tactic is designed for Nesmith to use his strong ability to get rid of the ball. Perhaps when Nesmith goes to the strong side, choosing to use Anuno, who has stronger outside defense capabilities, will be better than switching to defense.

At the last moment of the fourth quarter, Bridges, who was slightly behind the 5, 4, 2, 3 from the strong side to the weak side, or was Nesmith's off the ball on the weak side, defending with a big head. He covered the outside of the three people and ran to the strong side bottom corner. The big head still chose to squeeze through and follow the defense. However, due to the successful tactics in the third quarter, Bridges, who was defending the No. 5 position, was slightly brought over by Nesmith and prepared to assist in defense. The No. 5 position tied immediately to the pick-roll and roll three-point line. This time the tactics turned into a pick-roll and roll tie-up three-pointer, and all the Knicks' tactical attention was taken away by Nesmith.

The two successful out-of-bounds tactics, the two seemingly identical tactical cooperation, have completely different tactical endings, and everything is based on Nesmith's powerful ability to get rid of the ball without the ball, and different tactical combinations are derived.

And Carlisle uses this method to tell everyone that he is the well-deserved king of out-of-bounds.