The Knicks G5 first quarter tactical arrangement: Thibodeau has more than just a whip

Today's Eastern Conference Finals Series G5, the Knicks return to Madison Garden Plaza, ready to face the Pacers. In the first quarter, the Knicks quickly entered the state, hitting two small climaxes in a row to widen the score to two digits. Among them, the tactics arranged by Thibodeau can all be effective, let’s review them together.

In the first round of the game, after Brunson handed the ball to the bridge, he set up a stagger for OG on the weak side. OG cut through the first cover twirl and took away the defense behind him. Then Brunson used Miro to bounce the ball outside to catch the ball, and then cut it and threw it into the throw. In this round, the Knicks still had the same starting style. After Brunson passed the ball to Towns, he made a stagger cover for OG again with Miro, but OG chose to reject the cut; after that, Towns passed the ball to Miro, and then made a cover for Brunson. The latter made a single opportunity with Miro (DHO) and retreated and scored in the face of Nesmith.

These are two commonly used opening tactics by the Knicks. In this season's playoffs, Thibodeau is particularly interested in using stagger covers to create catch opportunities for the main attacker at the start.

And the baseline ball (BLOB) served in this round, the Knicks started with "stack". The bridge roll cut formed the first opportunity, and Brunson followed the roll cut and received the ball; then Towns and Miro formed a stagger to cover the OG, forming a second opportunity; but Brunson chose to single Harry Poton and made a jump shot from the back.

5 minutes and 57 seconds in the first quarter, the Knicks horns fell in this round, and Brunson took the ball with Miro's cross screen (cross screen). Then Miro and the passer bridge formed a "double drag" at the high position. After Brunson borrowed the cover, he passed the ball to the bridge of pop (outer bounce), and the latter was then distributed to the weak side Towns, assisting him in a three-pointer.

3:55 in the first quarter, after Brunson carried the ball, he first passed the ball to the high bridge, and then moved to the basket. At this time, Miro and McBride set up a "flex cover" for him, but Brunson chose to run in the opposite direction and took the cover to receive the ball with Hart. After the bridge passed the ball to Brunson, he made a high-level cover for him to form an opponent's defense. Brunson successfully hit Harry; then accelerated in disguise and pushed Harry away and scored in.

In this game, Brunson scored 12 of 18 shots and scored 32 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, of which he scored 14 points in the first quarter. Towns also scored 24 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists, and scored 12 points and 7 rebounds in the second quarter. The dual-core force was used to catch the series score to 2-3.