Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

"49-49."

Although the score between the two teams was still tied, Vogel on the sidelines could clearly feel that thanks to Howard's dunk from behind, the Magic had gained the upper hand.

"It has to be on top."

Vogel looked at Granger and George on the court, hoping that the Pacers' double-forward lineup could fight back at this time.

Granger played in a high post, taking in all the positions of his teammates on the field, and then forcibly broke through Anderson's defense.

Howard, who was under the basket, immediately let go of Hibbert and came forward.

Anderson and Turkoglu on the front line, Nelson and Richardson on the back line are all defensive slots. The Magic's defense relies entirely on Howard alone, and Howard has lived up to the fans' hopes.

"It can't be forced."

Seeing Howard charging towards him like a mammoth, Granger made a quick judgment.

"This way!"

Seeing Anderson's attention focused on the basket in front of him, George quietly ran from the corner, moved to the outside, and reached for the ball.

"It's up to you, Paul!"

Granger gritted his teeth and threw it directly to George.

"Oops!"

Only then did Anderson realize that he had missed someone, and immediately turned to cover.

But it was too late, George had already caught the ball and shot a jumper.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball hollow hit.

"49-52."

The Pacers fans on the sidelines immediately burst into fierce cheers and shouts, overwhelming their opponents with momentum.

"It's just a three-pointer. You don't think we can't do it, right?"

Nelson smiled disdainfully, called Howard to pick and roll, and while Howard was moving down to attract the defense, he immediately found Ryan Anderson on the outside.

In the first half, the opponent made 3 of 3 three-pointers. Granger was careful and immediately came in front of the opponent.

But Anderson's touch was already hot. When he caught the ball, he ignored Granger's defense and directly shot a three-pointer.

"What?"

Granger reacted quickly and jumped to block the shot, but he could only watch the basketball pass through his fingers and fly towards the basket.

"Whoosh!"

"52-52."

The Magic evened the score again.

"Tsk."

Granger had done his best, but was still unable to stop his opponent. Of course he knew that Anderson could no longer be restricted by simple defense.

Either wait for him to feel better, or he has to be double-teamed.

But double-teaming Anderson with Howard?

Granger's mind was obviously not confused.

"Give him one back!"

George had just made a three-pointer, and he was full of confidence. He immediately reached out for the ball, and then faced Richardson and made a direct three-point jump shot.

"Um?"

"clang!"

Vogel looked at Howard who got the rebound, and looked at George with some confusion.

Isn't he the boss?

Fortunately, Granger defended well this time and successfully interfered with Anderson's three-pointer.

Granger turned around to collect the rebound, found George and passed it over.

But just when George wanted to dribble a breakthrough, Turkoglu suddenly appeared next to him and snatched the basketball from his opponent's hands.

"Oops!"

George was shocked and immediately turned around to chase Turkoglu.

Granger was very calm, passed by Turkoglu, and stole the basketball.

Collison catches the ball and advances quickly, and takes a shot when faced with an empty basket.

Howard ran over quickly and gave him a big blow from behind.

"clang!"

Nelson took the basketball and turned to attack.

West successfully defended Turkoglu's shot, and Granger quickly broke through, causing his opponent to foul and go to the free throw line.

Although he made two free throws, Howard broke through and scored inside to tie the score again.

The Pacers' breakthrough was somewhat helpless in the face of Howard's defense, and they hit the ball one after another.

Ryan Anderson performed well, grabbing consecutive rebounds and assisting his teammates to score.

The Magic relied on Turkoglu's three-pointer to gain a 6-point advantage.

"60-54."

George's fourth three-point shot still missed.

Fortunately, Howard also hit a jump shot, West hit the ball offensively, and Hibbert caused a foul on Turkoglu when he grabbed the rebound and tipped the ball in, and went to the free throw line.

Looking at the last 4 minutes left in the third quarter, Vogel, who could hardly hold it in any longer, decisively requested a substitution and replaced George and West.

Magic head coach Van Gundy also requested a substitution and brought in a substitute.

Vogel turned to look at the bench, hesitated, and replaced Hill.

"Let Hill make up for his shooting ability. Seven is still a bit behind."

George made 1 of 4 three-pointers and only scored 3 points. Seeing that the score was opened by his opponent, he walked off the court with a livid face.

Hibbert made two free throws to help the Pacers get the point difference back to 4 points.

"Pursue victory!"

When the Pacers missed consecutive jump shots, the Magic had quietly taken control of the situation on the court.

Howard rushed straight towards the basket to attract the defense, and Nelson took advantage of the situation and passed to Turkoglu on the outside.

Turkoglu fired again from the outside.

"Whoosh!"

The basketball hits again.

"63-56."

"Give me!"

Seeing that the score difference reached 7 points, Granger finally couldn't sit still and reached for the ball and directly hit Anderson alone.

Anderson already knows that it is difficult to limit opponents with his own defense, but he can't limit it, someone can!

So Anderson changed his defensive philosophy. If you break through, I will guard you and not let you jump.

This move really hit Granger's fate. He was dodging around but not breaking through. Who would dare to break through and face Howard?

Seeing that time was coming to an end, Granger could only reluctantly take action.

"clang!"

As expected, Granger hit a jump shot.

Unexpectedly, Hibbert grabbed an offensive rebound.

Seeing that his opponent wanted to attack again, Howard immediately jumped to interfere.

"clang!"

The basketball bounced twice and fell out, but Hansbrough next to him actually grabbed the offensive rebound.

Hansbrough passed the ball to Hibbert. Hibbert tried to take a shot again. Howard came first and interfered with the opponent's shot again.

Nelson rushed in to protect the rebound.

"Why!"

Seeing that he missed three consecutive shots, Stephenson sighed heavily on the sidelines.

Taking advantage of Howard's inside advantage, the Magic grabbed consecutive rebounds, and finally Big Baby scored a layup.

Howard then blocked Hibbert's shot, turned around and scored a fast break dunk.

"67-56."

Seeing that the score difference reached double digits, Granger finally showed his strength and made a jump shot to recover two points.

The time came to the last 2 minutes of the third quarter. The head coaches of the two teams coincidentally replaced each other on the bench, and the main players took a rest and waited for the decisive battle in the fourth quarter.

When Qi Tian came on the court, he stole the opponent's ball and scored a fast break layup.

However, Richardson fired from the outside and hit the Magic's fourth three-pointer in the third quarter.

"74-62."

After the third quarter, the Magic scored 29-17 in a single quarter, leading their opponents by 12 points entering the fourth quarter.

"With Warcraft, we can prevent our opponents from hitting 5 of 20 in a single quarter. That's all the Pacers can do."

Seeing the lead, Magic fans immediately started shaking.