Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

George's jumper missed, and Bulls Boozer turned over and scored a jumper, helping the Bulls narrow the point difference.

"85-82."

"I was targeted offensively by my opponent."

Assistant coach Brian Shaw turned to head coach Vogel and said,

"Coach, do you want to replace West?"

Granger plays the role of power forward, which makes the Pacers' interior height significantly lower than that of the Bulls. They may not be an opponent in defense and rebounding.

Vogel hesitated, but finally shook his head.

Brian Shaw looked at the head coach and said nothing.

Vogel looked at George on the court and fell into deep thought.

The starting lineup of Collison, George, Granger, West and Hibbert is enough to handle the starting lineup of most teams in the league. This is something Vogel believes in very much.

But no matter what the lineup is, it has its own flaws. When facing a team that targets you, you need to make specific responses.

The Pacers' current flaw is not a lack of height because of West's departure, but a lack of defense against defenders with strong individual offense and speed.

Needless to say, Collison, but because George admired Granger too much, his physical strength was also developing towards a pure small forward, and his speed was affected.

Enough tonnage gives George an advantage when facing heavy shooting guards, but he cannot keep up when facing small and fast guards.

The Bulls with Rose are that team.

Since Collison and Hill can't guard him, it's very important to have two people on the back line who can barely keep up with Rose.

Vogel originally wanted to replace Hill at the last moment, which would enhance the shooting of the back line and prevent Rose from grabbing the guard.

But since Qi Tian's performance exceeded Vogel's imagination and prevented Rose's attack, he did not hesitate to give Qi Tian more opportunities.

Granger jumped up to grab the rebound and scored a tip-in, opening the score again.

"87-82."

Off the court, Bulls head coach Thibodeau looked at the game time with less than 5 minutes left and signaled to the players on the court to increase their defensive intensity.

On offense, leave it to Rose.

This time, the person in front of him was Qi Tian. Ross had no intention of performing any acrobatics and directly started to accelerate, passing his opponent and breaking through.

"It's so bright and fast!"

Qi Tian could only follow Ross and try his best to catch up.

George immediately let go of his defender, retreated to the basket and tried to cover up.

Brewer quickly slipped to the baseline to break through, and sure enough he received Rose's pass.

But the Bulls underestimated George's defense. He turned around well prepared, jumped up in sync with Brewer, and reached out to block the shot.

Brewer could only use a huge pull-up layup to avoid George.

"clang!"

The basketball bounced out of the frame and Hibbert collected the rebound.

Vogel's eyes lit up off the court.

The Pacers' version of the senior and fourth juniors can indeed bring out the speed of the forwards. George is even freed from the important task of defending Rose and can help the back line by covering up defense without losing position.

"Maybe this will become our ultimate move?"

At this time, Vogel was already thinking about how to target the Heat's first and fourth players.

Granger faced Boozer's defense and made a jump shot.

"clang!"

His jump shot also missed. Fortunately, Hibbert used his height advantage to grab an offensive rebound again.

Although Noah failed to grab the rebound, he saw Hibbert's second offensive shot and immediately jumped up to complete the interference.

He then turned around and jammed his opponent, protecting the basketball.

"Quick attack!"

Hamilton received the pass and made a long throw to the running Rose.

"Oops!"

Seeing that Rose was about to cross the midfield line, Collison, Qitian and George standing on the outside quickly caught up.

"Gan!"

Although Collison mentioned his top speed, he clearly felt that the distance between Rose and him was getting farther and farther.

"It's a foul."

He was determined to stop his opponent's attack with a foul and immediately reached out to commit the foul.

Rose did not intend to wait for him to foul. Rose changed direction so that Collison's outstretched hand could not reach him, and then rushed towards the basket.

After such a delay, Qi Tian had already arrived in front of Ross. Knowing that George was behind him, he immediately made a decision.

"I just have to believe him."

Qi Tian raised his arms, trying to interfere with Ross again.

If Rose can be delayed a little, George will definitely be able to defend effectively if he follows up.

But Rose took two steps, came to the basket, and immediately jumped up for a layup.

At this time, Qi Tian could only jump up and interfere from the side.

Rose chose to pull the lever to avoid his block.

"Chance!"

George, who followed up, saw that Qi Tian had created an opportunity for him, and immediately jumped up. When Rose pulled the lever, he slapped the basketball onto the backboard with both hands!

"pretty!"

Qi Tian saw through the tempered glass backboard that the basketball bounced off the backboard and was picked up by Collison. Then he was relieved and fell to the ground.

He held his head with both hands, bent his legs, and slid from the floor to the basket like a newborn baby.

"Boom."

Fortunately, after the friction provided by the floor, Qi Tian didn't feel much impact when he hit the basket frame.

"Walk."

After George stood firm, he supported the ground slightly, walked over and stretched out his hand to Qi Tian on the ground.

"We still need to attack."

In order to wait for them, Collison stood still at the top of the arc after halftime.

"You also have to learn to let go."

Qi Tian suddenly remembered that George would break his leg due to pursuit, and quickly reminded him.

However, George thought it was Qi Tian who fell to the ground and was embarrassed, so he nodded perfunctorily.

"I know what I know."

I wonder if anyone took a photo of the scene just now. I can use this picture as an emoticon in the future.

He thought so in his heart.

Qitian and George had just arrived on the outside. Hibbert caught the ball and passed it directly to Granger in the high post, assisting his teammate to score a jumper.

"89-82."

The Pacers' lead has reached 7 points.

Thibodeau looked at the game time with only 4 minutes left and cautiously called a timeout.

"Well done!"

It showed the team's tacit understanding of one offense and one defense, and beat the opponent out of a timeout, which made the coaching team and the players on the bench very satisfied.

I saw several people on the field heading to the bench and quickly high-fived them to congratulate them.

"It's a good fight."

West didn't feel any bitterness at being beaten by Qi Tian, ​​but was very happy for his little brother.

Brian Shaw is also very happy. Besides George, Qi Tian appears in the lineup at critical moments. As an assistant coach who is responsible for rookie training, his face is also bright.

There are only 4 minutes left in the game. As long as Qi Tian doesn't make too many embarrassing mistakes, he will not be replaced by the coach.

The atmosphere on the Bulls side was a bit dull.