Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

"What kind of thing is this?"

A Pacers fan wearing jersey No. 33 said to his companions with some dissatisfaction,

"How come Danny doesn't even dare to take action?"

"Yeah, yeah, let your teammates score, and he can't even defend Brewer. How can he be a loser?"

Seeing Brewer score 14 points in a single quarter, Pacers fans were immediately dissatisfied with Granger, who was playing against Brewer.

After starting the game, the team was beaten, which made Granger a little embarrassed. As soon as he came on the field in the second half, he showed great aggression and drove directly to the basket.

Brewer and Boozer quickly came up to double-team, but Granger did not force the ball. Instead, he passed the ball to Collison, who was cutting in the air, assisting his teammates to score.

"46-54."

Rose once again used his speed to pass Collison and passed the ball to Hamilton on the right.

Hamilton caught the ball and made a jump shot, but George followed up and successfully interfered with his opponent.

Brewer rushed in and grabbed the offensive rebound, then passed it to Noah inside, assisting Noah for a dunk.

"46-56."

Vogel on the sidelines looked at Granger and knew he was going to show off his offensive skills.

Granger is not an all-around player with both offense and defense. Although he does have accurate shooting and strong defense, due to his own energy, when Granger focuses on offense, he will be a lot less defensive;

Similarly, when you focus on defense, it is easy to become invisible on the offensive end.

This small shortcoming is innocuous in Vogel's view. After all, he cannot ask Granger to be on par with James of the Heat. Even Durant can hardly have a strong presence on both offense and defense.

Granger found Hibbert under the basket, and Hibbert turned and scored a layup.

Then Rose missed an inside jumper, and Granger once again found George on the outside and assisted his teammate to hit a three-pointer.

"51-56."

"Handsome!"

Fans wearing jersey No. 33 immediately shouted to cheer for the home team.

"Danny, you are the best!"

"Does this have anything to do with him?"

As soon as his companion questioned, he immediately retorted:

"Why doesn't it matter? You passed these three assists to him?"

"That's also a teammate's touch, right?"

"What feels good is that Danny opened up space for his teammates, which allowed them to score easily. Fake fans, I won't go out to watch games with you in the future!"

The companion murmured twice and murmured:

"I don't know who is more hypocritical."

Although Granger led his teammates to score, he still did not narrow the point difference too much. He knew that it was time for him to take action.

Granger asked for the ball in the high post, made a beautiful fake pass, bypassed Brewer, and dunked directly.

"Handsome!"

The substitute players off the court immediately waved towels and cheered him on.

Then, taking advantage of his opponent's missed jump shot, Granger hit another fast break layup.

"55-57."

In less than four minutes of the third quarter, the Pacers, led by Granger, chased for 8 points in a row.

"Tsk, awesome."

Rose commented in a low voice and took possession of the ball and came to the frontcourt.

After two quarters of duel, Collison knew that he could not keep up with his opponent, so he also lowered his defensive expectations. He only hoped that he would succeed without being passed by Rose.

As long as you keep up with your opponent and your teammates under the basket come to cover up the defense, you can say you did your best by double-teaming.

However, Rose still called Noah, and after the pick-and-roll, he directly passed an alley-oop to his teammates down the line.

Noah took a few quick steps, jumped high, and dunked directly.

"Uh-huh!"

Noah opened his mouth, exposed his ugly big teeth, and roared angrily.

"55-59."

The Pacers bench on the sidelines was immediately shocked by the ugliness and frowned.

The same goes for Qi Tian. Although the NBA is a place that relies on strength to make a living, he still can't accept the challenge of the extreme lower limit.

The Bulls used all their methods, and the Pacers kept chasing points. The scores of both sides were chasing each other and rising alternately.

"63-67."

Seeing that there were 5 minutes left in the third quarter, Vogel requested a substitution, replacing George and West with Hill and Hansbrough.

Granger picked off the defensive rebound and turned it over to Collison.

Ross immediately came forward and entangled his opponent tightly.

Collison failed to break through continuously and could only pass to Hibbert inside.

Hibbert is not indulging in the tricks now, and directly turns around and shoots for a layup.

Noah immediately jumped up behind him to block the shot.

"Dudu!"

As the basketball flew out, the referee blew the whistle to signal that Noah had committed a shooting foul.

"Two free throws."

Off the court, Thibodeau looked at the time and chose to make a substitution.

Hibbert made two free throws to help the Pacers chase the point, while Hamilton received a pass and scored a jumper, widening the point difference again.

"63-67."

Granger held the ball from the outside and played singles. Brewer was careful and got into position.

Granger couldn't break through and could only turn over and shoot a jumper.

"clang!"

The basketball jumped out of the hoop.

"rebound!"

Everyone under the basket immediately crowded together.

Hansbrough jumped high, grabbed the offensive rebound, and was about to make a layup.

Boozer immediately committed a foul.

"Dudu."

The referee blew the whistle to signal that Boozer had committed a shooting foul.

"Two free throws."

After Hansbrough high-fived his teammates, he walked to the free throw line.

"Whoosh!"

Hansbrough hit a free throw, and the bench immediately waved towels twice to cheer him on.

Hansbrough was a little distracted watching Boozer being replaced.

"clang!"

Hansbrough missed the second free throw, and Scalabrine collected the rebound under the basket.

"What's going on?"

Hansbrough's distraction did not escape Granger's eyes on the field. Taking advantage of the opportunity to retreat and defend, Granger asked softly.

"fine."

Hansbrough shook his head and said nothing.

In the playoffs with the Bulls last season, the Pacers were eliminated by their opponents, and Hansbrough, who performed poorly, also lost the trust of the president. In the off-season, West was signed to replace his starting position.

The source of all this is the reason why Hansbrough was beaten by his opponent when facing Boozer!

Hansbrough spent the off-season honing his skills just to regain his place in front of Boozer, but now that he saw Boozer go off, of course he wasn't happy.

"Then I'll knock out their substitutes."

Hansbrough made up his mind and after grabbing the defensive rebound, handed it to Hill on the outside.

Then Hansbrough quickly broke through and received a pass from his teammate for a layup.

"66-67."

Rose's layup was blocked by West, and Hansbrough once again scored inside.

He scored 6 points in a row, helping the team lead the opponent 75-74 at the end of the third quarter.

"Handsome!"

Hansbrough's performance also made the bench very excited. They applauded Hansbrough who came off the field like a hero.

Vogel also nodded with relief. Someone can stand up from the bench at any time. This is what every coach dreams of.