Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Qi Tian finally appeared.

This is also the drawback of the Pacers having too many players to rotate. Granger was in good condition today and took up enough playing time on the front line, while Collison, George and Hill took up most of the playing time on the back line.

Head coach Vogel once again experimented with the guard combination of Hill and Collison, so Qi Tian did not get a chance to play in the third quarter.

However, compared to Butler, who did not appear, Qi Tian seems to be lucky.

In the fourth quarter of the game, the Pacers sent Hill, Qi Tian, ​​George, Hansbrough and West;

The Bulls are Watson, Korver, Brewer, Boozer and Asik.

Seeing that the defender was changed from Granger to rookie Qi Tian, ​​Brewer had a look of disdain on his face and directly asked his teammates for the ball.

Watson had no objection, passed the ball to the ground, and then ran towards the bottom corner.

Qi Tian immediately withstood Brewer's lower limbs, not giving his opponent a chance to break through.

"Yo ho."

Brewer originally wanted to hit his opponent from behind, but he didn't expect that the force coming from behind was not inferior to Granger at all.

Qitian always trained with George Stephenson and others, so he naturally did not fall behind in strength training.

"It doesn't matter, I still have a breakthrough!"

Brewer quickly switched to face-to-face singles, preparing to change direction and throw off his opponent.

But Qi Tian quickly moved laterally and kept up with Brewer's movement. He didn't make any unnecessary movements. He opened his right hand slightly and stood firmly in front of Brewer.

"The attack time is running out, why doesn't Rooney (Brewer) take action?"

Seeing that there was not much time, Watson quickly raised his hand to urge Brewer to take action to avoid the 24-second violation.

Brewer could only quickly stop and take a jump shot, but Qi Tian immediately jumped up to interfere.

"clang!"

Of course Brewer's hasty shot missed and the basketball bounced out of the frame.

Asik showed a good sense of rebounding, jumping directly on West's head to pick off the offensive rebound, and then tipped the ball in the air.

"Clang!"

Under Asik's surprised gaze, the basketball bounced a few times and finally fell out.

"Rebound!"

West has rich experience and will jump when he sees the basketball correctly.

But Asik surprised the Bulls fans at the scene. He took off a second time very quickly and picked up the offensive rebound again!

Seeing Asik about to tip-in again, George rushed in to grab the rebound and quickly went up to block the shot.

"Dudu!"

The referee blew the whistle to signal George's foul, and Asik got two free throws.

Pacers fans were also surprised. Asik stepped to the free throw line and missed two free throws. This foul was worth it.

West grabbed the defensive rebound and turned to find Hill.

"Quick attack!"

George and Qi Tian quickly ran out from both sides and asked Hill for the ball.

Korver and Watson quickly retreated to defend.

Qi Tian, ​​who received the pass from Hill, took the basketball in his hand and pretended to pass the ball to the right. As expected, it hit Watson. Qi Tian went straight for an empty layup and scored.

"77-74."

Asik received a pass from Watson after the pick-and-roll, but Hansbrough beside him quickly reached out to complete the steal and handed it to Hill next to him.

"Oops!"

Watson quickly ran back to defend. He was following Hill and was about to jump to block his opponent, but Hill hit the ground and passed it to Qi Tian, ​​who was following up.

Qi Tian received the basketball, took two steps, jumped up, and dunked the basketball heavily into the basket with his right hand.

"79-74."

Thibodeau couldn't stand Asik, who was useless except for grabbing rebounds, so he requested a substitution and replaced Noah.

Noah's appearance was indeed effective. Korver missed a jump shot. Noah took the offensive rebound over West's head and directly tipped the ball in to help the team regain the score.

"seven!"

When Hill was on the bench, he had already felt the spirituality of Qitianpao's tactics, and the breakthrough ball found him.

Brewer quickly confronted him and forced him to stop.

But Qi Tian saw West under the basket and passed the ball on the ground.

West dunked and scored.

"81-76."

"Is there something wrong with our defense?"

Bulls fans off the field were immediately dissatisfied when they saw that the home team was unable to catch up with the score. Although the main insiders Boozer and Noah performed well on offense and defense, the opponent could score easily to maintain the point difference.

"Is this still the team that ranked first in defense last season? Why do you feel like the defense is like a sieve and you can't guard it at all?"

Off the court, Vogel's eyes lit up.

Compared with offense, which can rely on individual abilities, defense requires more efforts from the entire team.

But guarding a team with only one playmaker is not the same thing as guarding a team with multiple playmakers.

This is the current situation. If only Hill, George and West are on the court, then the only defender who can organize the offense is Hill. Although West can also serve as the axis of high-position support, Hansbrough's

Offensive deterrence is obviously not as great as Hibbert;

But with the addition of Qi Tian, ​​there is one more center for the ball rotation, so George, West Hansbrough and others can focus on scoring.

Sure enough, although Boozer scored 4 points in a row, West also scored consecutively with the passes of Hill and Qi Tian, ​​maintaining the point difference.

In the last 5 minutes of the final quarter, the Pacers still led the Bulls by 5 points 85-80.

"It's time to start."

Bulls coach Thibodeau requested a substitution and replaced Rose and others.

Vogel naturally had to make substitutions, but he had an idea and replaced Collison, Granger and Hibbert, while retaining George and Qitian.

"Brothers, go, go, go!"

Granger came on the stage and encouraged his teammates as usual.

Although this seems redundant, on the one hand it can confirm his big brother status;

On the other hand, it also inspires teammates to fight through encouragement.

"Tsk, the 59th overall pick is still on the court?"

Butler, who was doing nothing off the court, saw that Qi Tian had not been replaced, and thought with some reluctance,

"Opportunity, opportunity, I just need a chance, my performance is not necessarily worse than George!"

He made up his mind that the next time he met his opponent, he would step into the rotation and face off against the second-round pick to prove his ability to the coach!

"A rookie, or an Asian?"

Rose advanced with the ball and stood at the top of the key.

"Let him see the intensity of the NBA."

He smiled slightly and reached out to call for a pick-and-roll, but it was not his old partners Noah or Boozer, but Hamilton!

"He wants to challenge seven."

Collison immediately sensed his opponent's intention, but Hamilton still blocked him firmly, then quickly broke out and ran towards the bottom corner.

After a slight delay, Collison did not dare to let his opponent go, so he had no choice but to switch defenses.

Qitian, on the other hand, had already gone through the pick-and-roll and stood in front of Rose.