Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

Hamilton missed a jumper and Boozer grabbed an offensive rebound over West.

Seeing that his opponent did not pass the ball outward, West knew that he must be planning a second attack, so he quickly stepped forward and raised his arms in an attempt to interfere.

Boozer leaned on his opponent, then turned over and shot a jumper.

"clang!"

This shot was extremely difficult, and in the end it really didn’t hit.

But Noah on the other side jumped hard, picked off the basketball over Hibbert's head, and scored a tip-in.

"12-9."

"Um?"

Vogel immediately frowned on the sidelines. Although the team was still leading, what was revealed in this round made the Pacers coach feel uncomfortable.

Granger caught the ball and played singles. He relied on Brewer and was about to turn around and break through. Unexpectedly, Brewer fell down and shouted in pain:

"ah!"

"Dudu!"

The referee's whistle sounded immediately, and he pointed at Granger:

"Offensive foul."

"What?"

Granger didn't expect that he would be played like this. Looking at Brewer who was snickering, he could only shake his head and hand over the basketball in his hand.

Rose dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and stood at the top of the arc waiting for his teammates to arrive.

Hamilton sensed George's contempt for him, suddenly took off, bypassed his teammates under the basket, and came to the outside.

"Oops!"

George didn't expect that his opponent would catch him when he peeked at Rose at the top of the arc, so he quickly rushed to defend.

"Too young."

Hamilton watched George accelerate without reservation and was secretly happy. He raised his hand and pretended to ask Rose for the ball.

When George saw it, he speeded up again and rushed over.

"Chance!"

However, Hamilton decisively ran back, passed George, and rushed towards the basket.

Rose did not miss the opportunity and passed the ball to assist his teammates to score.

"12-11."

"Nitrogen Tomb!"

George rushed too fast and couldn't stop the car. He could only turn his head blankly and watch his opponent score a layup.

"As expected of the Masked Man, George still has too little experience."

Brian Shaw off the court sighed secretly.

In the Pistons team that defeated the Big Four Lakers in 2004, Hamilton was indeed not outstanding enough, but his defense and ability to catch and shoot after running without the ball were among the best in the league.

At the age of 34, his physical fitness may be gradually declining, but relying on his own experience, he is enough to suppress George.

"It's okay, call back!"

Granger comforted his little brother, turned around and asked for the ball, handed it to George, and asked him to play his opponent alone, and returned the favor.

"Hmm."

Hamilton smiled evilly and came forward.

Under the defense of his opponent, George failed to break through after several consecutive changes of direction, and was actually interrupted by his opponent!

"Quick attack!"

Rose and others immediately sprinted towards the opponent's half, and Hamilton passed a long pass to the running Rose.

Collison quickly accelerated to pursue, but Rose suddenly stopped, looked down at the three-point line, and took a long three-pointer.

"Oops!"

Collison slowed down a beat and quickly stepped forward to block the shot, but he could only watch the basketball pass through his fingertips and fly towards the basket.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball hollow hit.

"12-14."

Seeing the Bulls leading the score, Vogel requested a substitution and replaced George with Hill. West was also replaced by Hansbrough to rest.

"Study hard and don't be disturbed by your own negative emotions."

Seeing George walking down frustrated, Brian Shaw nodded to him and turned to look at the court.

George wanted to retort, but had nothing to say. He could only shake his head and feel sulky.

Collison used the pick-and-roll to break through and challenge Boozer. He made a three-step layup that caused a foul on his opponent, and then made two free throws to tie the score.

His little brother was humiliated by his opponents on both offense and defense. Granger immediately became cautious and defended Brewer alone.

Brewer continued to change directions and made a sudden jump shot, but Granger saw through it and jumped up to complete the interference.

"clang!"

Hansbrough under the basket protected the rebound and turned around to hand it to his teammates.

Collison quickly advanced with the ball, and after picking and rolling with Granger, he directly changed direction and broke through.

"Oops!"

Rose was blocked for a beat and quickly bypassed Granger. When he saw Collison's jumper, he immediately jumped up to block the shot.

"Dudu!"

The moment the basketball flew out, the referee blew the whistle, signaling Rose's shooting foul.

"Two free throws."

Collison clenched his fists, walked to the free throw line and made two free throws.

Granger hit two consecutive three-pointers, while the Bulls relied on Rose to score 7 points in a row to hold on to the score.

The first quarter ended quickly, with the Pacers only leading their opponents by 1 point, 24-23.

"As expected of Rose, he made 6 of 8 shots."

The Bulls fans on the sidelines immediately said with emotion,

“I scored 12 points efficiently in the first quarter.”

The first quarter seemed to be Rose's show. Fortunately, the Pacers' interior Hibbert and striker Granger showed their strength together, scoring 6 and 8 points, and responded on the court.

Seeing Granger exit, Vogel nodded happily.

Before the game, he just said that he would improve his three-point shooting. Granger set an example and hit two three-pointers.

Of course, this is also because Granger is originally a shooting forward, and three-pointers are what he usually focuses on training.

It's just that the team failed to open up the score, which made Vogel a little dissatisfied.

Although Hibbert and West have great advantages in the interior and have obvious height advantages, rebounding does not all depend on height.

Noah and Boozer relied on their experience and passion to get too many rebounds over the Pacers' heads and create second offensive opportunities.

"In the next game, we must strengthen our rebounding efforts."

Vogel warned the upcoming substitute players,

"I don't want our opponents to get rebounds over our heads anymore!"

In the second quarter of the game, Hill, Stephenson, Qi Tian, ​​Hansbrough and Amandelson appeared again.

The Bulls' lineup is Watson, Korver, Butler, Scalabrine and Asik.

Hill used the pick-and-roll to break through and passed to Stephenson who was cutting through the air.

Asik under the basket and Korver behind Stephenson immediately double-teamed him.

"This way!"

When Stephenson was stuck in the quagmire, he heard Qitian's voice and immediately passed the ball.

Qitian's catch was a feint, but Butler was hit and jumped up to try to block the shot.

Qi Tian took a step laterally and shot from outside the three-point line.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball hollow hit.

"27-23."

"Handsome!"

The Pacers fans on the sidelines immediately cheered.

Watson advanced with the ball.

Korver suddenly started from the bottom corner, ran around the basket, turned around and started a pick-and-roll with Butler.

"Oops!"

Seeing that Stephenson was blocked, Qi Tian decisively chose to switch defense. He did not dare to let Korver take a three-pointer.

But Stephenson bypassed Butler and chased after him.

Of course, Butler would not let go of the opportunity. He cut directly to the basket and received a pass from Watson for a layup.

"27-25."

Stephenson didn't pay attention and received the ball from the backcourt.

"Dudu!"

The referee's whistle sounded, signaling Stephenson's mistake.

"My wrist rolled while dribbling!"

The Pacers fans on the sidelines were speechless.