Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Pacers fielded a pure substitute lineup of Hill, Stephenson, Qi Tian, ​​Hansbrough and Amandelson.

The Celtics sent Garnett in addition to Daniels, E'Twaun Moore, Paplovic and Wilcox.

There is nothing we can do about it. Bradley, Pietrus and Bass, who originally performed well on the bench, were moved to the starting lineup. The thickness of the bench lineup has been reduced. We can only rely on the starting players to drive and try our best to survive this period.

time.

"Garnett comes on, we have to be careful."

Hill saw his opponent replaced Garnett and looked at Hansbrough with some concern.

Hansbrough was defeated by his opponent against Boozer in the playoffs last year. Now he is facing Garnett, who is older but also stronger. I am afraid he will be defeated again.

"Garnett's weakness may be that his speed has declined, making it difficult to defend as well as he did when he was young. He would be better off playing more perimeter games."

Hill looked at Stephenson and Qi Tian and decisively chose Qi Tian.

"Seven, Lance, wait for more moves."

"clear."

Qi Tian nodded and faced his opponent's substitute with his teammates.

"The Pacers dared to play a full bench lineup. Are they underestimating us?"

Discrimination is discrimination, but most of the people who can enter the North Shore Garden Arena to watch games are Celtic fans.

Seeing that their opponents dared to use all the substitutes when they fell behind, the fans thought that the Pacers had underestimated them.

"Give them some color!"

Many people shouted at the players on the field.

"Just what I wanted."

Garnett looked at Hansbrough's opponent fiercely, making his opponent feel terrified.

Hansbrough mumbled and asked:

"Look, what are you looking at...?"

Garnett smiled disdainfully, knowing that his opponent was already at a disadvantage.

Although fighting is prohibited in basketball, it is a competitive sport after all, and the winner will ultimately be determined.

Either the west wind prevails over the east wind, or the east wind overpowers the west wind.

Since the winner is going to be determined, we must first overpower the opponent in terms of momentum and seize the opportunity.

This is Garnett's way of forbearance...oh no, the way of the fairway.

First use the momentum to suppress, and then forcefully score a few goals, and let me do whatever I want inside.

Garnett thought so.

This trick was very effective. Garnett practiced it very skillfully, allowing him to dominate the NBA for more than ten years. The only thing that made him suffer...

He couldn't help but think of the expressionless man wearing jersey No. 21.

"It's just that stone."

"Dudu!"

The referee announced the start of the second quarter and passed the ball to Amandasson on the baseline.

Hill used Hansbrough to break up the ball and handed it to Stephenson, who was cutting in the corner.

Originally, Daniels was already behind Stephenson, but Stephenson insisted on playing tricks and suddenly stepped back and shot a three-pointer.

Daniels did not expect that his opponent would retreat to his side and immediately jumped to interfere.

"clang!"

Stephenson's jump shot was blocked, and the rebound was collected by Garnett under the basket.

"snort!"

Garnett snorted disdainfully at Hansbrough, who was obviously timid, and turned around to hand it over to the defender.

But Qi Tian suddenly stepped out from the side, cut off the pass, and passed it to Hill on the outside.

"Chance!"

Hill saw that E'Twaun Moore couldn't defend in place, so he caught the ball and made a jump shot.

The basketball drew a beautiful arc and flew towards the basket.

"clang!"

Hill's jump shot is also great.

Garnett once again got the rebound. This time he was careful and was not stolen twice by his opponent.

When he attacks, he reaches out for the ball, receives the ball and drives directly to the basket.

Hansbrough reluctantly came up to defend, but Garnett handed it to Wilcox under the basket, assisting his teammate for a dunk.

Hill advanced with the ball, Daniels stepped forward to fight, and the two huddled together.

"Dudu!"

The referee blew the whistle.

"Walking violation!"

The ball belongs to the Celtics.

Vogel on the sidelines had already frowned, and the substitute's state was a bit off.

Daniels broke through and handed the ball to Garnett in the high position, then ran quickly, threw away Hill, caught the ball and made a jump shot directly.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball hollow hit.

"17-27."

The point difference reached double digits, and Hill felt something was wrong, so he decided to play it slow and found Hansbrough in the high position.

Garnett immediately stepped forward to defend with a fierce look.

Hansbrough was frightened, made a few random moves, and managed to make a jump shot.

"clang!"

The Pacers missed all three of their opening shots in the second quarter.

Garnett asked for the ball from the high post and then hit Hansbrough with his back.

Fortunately, Hansbrough's defense was not completely lost and his goal was prevented.

"Give me!"

Qi Tian saw Daniels standing next to Hill and was about to steal the chicken. He immediately asked his teammates for the ball and dribbled to the frontcourt.

He handed the ball to Hill who was following up, trying to set up a pick-and-roll for his teammates. Just when Paplovic's attention was on Hill, Qi Tian quickly cut inside, received the pass and scored a layup.

"19-27."

Two minutes into the second quarter, this turned out to be the Pacers' first goal.

The score difference was no longer widened, and the players on the bench breathed a sigh of relief. Only Vogel and Brian Shaw, who were near the technical table, frowned and looked at the court expressionlessly.

Morale is a very mysterious thing, but it can actually affect the situation of the game.

If you are at a disadvantage, the players will fail to take the shots that they were sure of, causing your own team's morale to become even worse. In a vicious circle, you are likely to fall into a scoring drought;

As for the team that has the upper hand, the players will easily hit a wave of magic balls, their morale will be higher, and it will be easier for them to hit a wave of flow.

In the eyes of experienced Vogel and Brian Shaw, the Pacers are now in the early stages of a scoring drought. If they are not careful, they can easily be opened up by their opponents.

"coach……"

Brian Shaw, who originally prided himself on being calm, spoke first and said to Vogel,

"Would you like to change to Danny?"

In his opinion, only Granger in the team can help the team win back a victory from this disadvantage.

Vogel shook his head.

Granger has already played the entire first quarter and scored 7 of the 17 points. If he plays again in the second quarter, his physical strength will definitely be affected. What will happen in the second half?

"Tell me first and then talk."

Vogel refused.

On the court, Stephenson dribbled through and hit Wilcox. The opponent easily reached out and completed the steal.

"attack!"

Daniels took the ball and broke through quickly, but Hill and Qi Tian followed their opponents closely and did not give him a chance to break fast.

Just when Daniels turned and passed back to the following Wilcox, Stephenson seized the opportunity and completed the counterattack directly from the opponent.

"pretty!"

The Pacers fans outside the court cheered.

Qi Tian and Hill followed Stephenson's attack, passing from both sides to create space for their teammates.

Stephenson was about to attack and regain the court. He broke through quickly and when he was about to go into the basket, his foot crooked and the basketball hit his instep and bounced off the baseline!

"Out of bounds!"

"Apply for substitution!"

When the referee's whistle blew, Vogel finally could say no more and took advantage of the dead ball opportunity to replace Stephenson.