Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

Seeing the Pacers gaining a 4-point advantage, Stephenson suddenly gave the opponent the ball. The Pacers assistants sitting off the court couldn't help but shake their heads.

Low-level mistakes are definitely the main reason that limits the debut of rookies. Teammates and coaches can accept you making continuous mistakes, but they absolutely cannot accept you giving away hard-earned opportunities to your opponents.

Vogel shook his head helplessly. He had long been able to see that Stephenson had good potential. If he had enough ball rights, he could definitely become a stable starting player, as long as he could correct his tendency to get into trouble.

But then again, if a person's weakness is so easy to correct, it is no longer a weakness.

"It's okay, just pay more attention."

Qi Tian comforted Stephenson who came over, then walked to the bottom corner and followed Butler closely.

Watson found Scalabrine in the high post and assisted his teammate to hit a jumper.

"27-27."

Qi Tian and Butler stayed in the corner and did nothing. When the Bulls scored, they immediately switched offense and defense and ran to the other side.

Butler is this year's rookie. Even if he is on the bench, it is because Luol Deng is out due to injury, so he naturally has no offensive role.

The Bulls' bench is not a player with unlimited movement, and Qi Tian has no chance to switch defenses.

Looking at Butler's somewhat silent face, Qi Tian said for the first time:

"There will be an opportunity soon."

"Um, what?"

Butler stood in front of Qi Tian and asked in surprise,

"What chance?"

"Opportunities only come to those who are prepared."

Qi Tian replied.

"That's true..."

Butler choked.

He is not taken seriously by the Bulls because he was the 30th pick in the first round, but you seem to be worse than Butler, the 59th pick in the second round?

Butler swore that the last time he was so speechless, someone sent a private message asking him if he was Jordan's illegitimate son.

But soon, Qi Tian proved to Butler that he had the strength to say this.

George Hill used the pick-and-roll to break through, and Qi Tian also ran quickly, leading Butler to find Stephenson. With the help of his teammates' pick-and-roll, he quickly ran back to the open space.

"seven!"

Hill broke through and passed the ball to Qi Tian in the high post. Qi Tian received the ball, ignored Butler's pursuit, and shot a jumper directly.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball hollow hit.

"29-27."

The Pacers took the lead again, and the fans on the sidelines immediately gave encouragement.

Watson's jumper missed, Stephenson grabbed the rebound and turned around to find Hill.

"Quick attack!"

Hill attacked quickly, and Korver and Butler followed closely on defense.

He hit the ground and passed it to Qi Tian, ​​who was following up. Qi Tian took two steps and took advantage of the opponent's attention to him, and passed it back to Hill, assisting his teammate to score a layup.

"31-27."

Qi Tian raised his eyebrows at Butler and stepped back to defend himself.

"Are you provoking me?"

Butler suddenly became angry and wanted to find an opportunity to regain face with Qi Tian.

However, Bulls head coach Thibodeau could not accept any problems on the defensive end. Seeing that there were 9 minutes left in the second quarter, he requested a substitution and replaced Butler and Smith with Brewer and Boozer.

Calabrian.

Butler shook his head and put the matter of saving face behind.

Vogel also requested a substitution and replaced Stephenson, who was not performing well, with George.

The offense of the two teams was somewhat stagnant, and they were fighting one after another.

Brewer held the ball in singles, and George immediately went up to him. Korver found an opportunity in the bottom corner, ran away from Qi Tian, ​​caught the ball and made a three-point jumper.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball hollow hit.

The Bulls regained momentum, and then took advantage of Hill's missed jumper. Boozer caught the ball and turned around and scored a jumper to take the lead.

"31-32."

"Coach, let me go."

Granger felt that he had rested long enough and asked Vogel for a fight.

Vogel simply shook his head and said nothing.

Brian Shaw quickly explained:

"Danny, I can understand your mood, but the Bulls didn't replace many starters, and Rose didn't play. You'd better rest first and leave the current game to others."

"All right."

Granger confirmed the coach's intention, nodded and accepted.

"Give me!"

George was on the bench, so he naturally wanted to take the opportunity to show off and directly reached out for the ball.

Brewer saw George getting the ball and immediately stepped forward to defend.

Although he knew that Brewer was a master at drawing fouls, George was not afraid at all and accelerated forcefully, using his physical fitness to crush his opponents and break through to the basket.

Asik saw George break through and immediately stepped forward to block the shot.

"Pull the lever, pull the lever!"

Seeing George rushing straight towards the opponent's center, the Pacers fans on the sidelines were so anxious that they even gave George advice.

It's a pity that George went straight and saw his opponent who was 213 centimeters tall. After confronting him, he tried to dunk the opponent.

But he underestimated Asik's long arms, and the basketball he shot for a layup was slapped out by his opponent!

Fortunately, Amandasson grabbed the offensive rebound, and then he jumped up again to prepare for a tip-in.

Asik again!

He interfered with Amandasson's shot again, then turned around and collected the rebound.

"Quick attack!"

Watson took the ball and passed it directly to Brewer who was running.

Qitian George and Hill quickly returned to defense.

Brewer broke through to attract the defense, turned around and passed to Boozer who followed up.

"Oops!"

Hill and George saw Boozer coming in from the other side and had no time to defend.

Qi Tian gritted his teeth and quickly committed a foul.

But Boozer struck first.

"Clang!"

The basketball bounced a few times and fell.

"Dudu!"

The referee blew the whistle at the same time to signal Qi Tian for a foul.

"Shooting foul, two free throws."

Boozer made one of two free throws to help the team open the score again.

"31-33"

Vogel had no choice but to change into the starting lineup in advance.

Seeing his opponent's substitutions, Thibodeau didn't worry and changed into the starting lineup two minutes later.

The Pacers focused on taking care of Rose, who performed well in the first quarter, but ignored Brewer. Brewer suddenly broke out and scored 6 points in a row from inside and outside.

Fortunately, Hibbert and George scored consecutively to help the Pacers cling to the score.

Rose saw that his opponent no longer dared to guard him as tightly as he had in previous rounds because of Brewer, and knew it was time to perform on his own.

He called a pick-and-roll and prepared to attack.

Collison was blocked by Boozer and quickly went around the defense, but Rose moved sideways and shot directly from the three-point line!

"Oops!"

Collison quickly ran over to block the shot.

"Dudu!"

Collison knocked Rose down, and the referee immediately blew the whistle to indicate a foul on Collison.

"Shooting foul, three free throws!"

Rose clenched his fist and made all three free throws, opening the score again.

Just when the Pacers once again focused on defense due to Rose's performance, Rose turned to assist Brewer. Brewer once again scored 8 points in a row, widening the point difference.

"44-54."

At the end of the half, the Pacers were already ten points behind.