Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

"0-2."

Granger's dunk gave his opponent a blow. He showed off his muscles amidst the cheers of the fans in the audience, and the opponent's Pistons head coach Lawrence Frank looked a little ugly.

Before the start of the season, all teams felt that they were in a good situation this year and wanted to give it a try.

At this time, you came over and dunked, whose face did you hit?

Knight, this year's No. 8 rookie, received the serve and prepared to attack.

Due to the presence of Hill and West, the team's defensive system has not yet been established, so the Pacers adopt a relatively common man-to-man tactic, which is often called one-defense-one.

Collison stepped forward to block it, forcing his opponent to stop. Then he opened his hands and took a stance, preparing to defend.

Although his height is not as good as that of his opponents, he is confident that in terms of speed, he definitely has the advantage.

Next, you only need to rely on your own speed and precise positioning to cause the opponent to lose the ball.

Collison is confident.

Monroe turned around and blocked Hibbert, asking for the ball.

Unfortunately, Knight didn't have a teammate in his eyes. He forced a breakthrough to the right, and Collison quickly followed up and started a confrontation.

As soon as the two came into contact, Knight felt a huge force coming toward him, but he was well prepared, dribbling from behind and breaking through from the opponent's right side.

Hibbert was stuck by his opponent. After a moment of hesitation, Granger came over to help his teammates defend.

"Watch the corners!"

George Hill on the other side saw Jerebko being left open, but he did not dare to leave the opponent's defender open to cover, so he could only remind his teammates.

Fortunately, Knight had no idea of ​​passing the ball. After squeezing Collison away, he broke through to the basket and forced a layup.

Granger jumped up to block the shot, and Knight changed hands in the air and made a layup behind Granger.

"2-2."

Seeing the score tied, the fans who came to support the Pistons immediately shouted loudly to cheer for the home team.

"Awesome!"

Qi Tian, ​​who was sitting on the sidelines, could see it clearly. Knight changed direction to squeeze out Collison, and then broke through and switched hands to score a layup. It only happened in a split second. Although Granger came to cover the defense, he hesitated for a moment.

, he lost the opportunity and could only watch his opponent score a layup.

Vogel turned his head and glared at Qi Tian, ​​then turned to look at the playing field.

George quickly poked Qi Tian with his elbow.

"Just think about it in your heart, don't say it out loud!"

Realizing that this was trying to increase his opponent's prestige, Qi Tian nodded quickly to show that he understood.

Although this was the first time the Pacers started working together, after George Hill and West scored together, the overall strength allowed the Pacers to gradually take the lead.

Knight of the Pistons performed well and scored consecutive points, but he was unable to defeat the six-handed opponent and the score gradually widened.

"10-16."

Halfway through the first quarter, both teams applied for substitutions.

George came on to replace Collison, and Hibbert was also replaced;

The Pistons obviously wanted to see Knight's performance, so they replaced Stuckey with new aid Ben Gordon, and Daye was also replaced by McLean in the post.

"Hmm."

George smiled disdainfully and took the initiative to signal to Hill to go up and defend Knight alone.

"Pickled peppers go up to defend!"

The fans were excited.

George's ability to enter the rotation and win Vogel's trust depends on his above-average defense.

At certain moments in the playoffs, George even went to guard Rose to help his teammates reduce physical exertion.

Knight was overjoyed when he saw that his opponent did not change his defensive strategy and was still defending alone.

He is very skilled in singles, so he is naturally not afraid of his opponents guarding him alone.

Seeing Knight calling for a pick-and-roll, McClain came over to help his teammates cover.

Knight immediately accelerated his sprint and passed through the encirclement in front of George.

"That's it?"

Knight looked at the empty basket and laughed at his opponent's defense with disdain.

"How strong did I think it was?!"

"careful!"

Just when Knight was making a layup, the shouts of his Pistons teammates and the sound of the wind behind him came at the same time.

A strong force came from his shoulder, and Knight immediately fell to the ground.

"What?"

Knight looked up and saw the basketball being slapped on the backboard by George. It bounced off and was taken by West, who then handed it over to Hill.

"Quick attack!"

The Pacers immediately ran towards the opponent's half, and the Pistons quickly returned to defense without having time to check on Knight.

Before George launched a fast break, he turned around and smiled contemptuously.

"I was the second-team All-Rookie Team last year, who are you?"

Due to insufficient tacit understanding among the players, Hill did not initiate a fast break, but stood at the top of the arc waiting for his teammates to get in position.

Granger took the lead in the fast break, but did not wait for the pass. When he saw his teammates standing up, he immediately stepped forward to provide a pick-and-roll.

Ben Gordon was blocked by the pick-and-roll and quickly turned around to get rid of it, but Hill had already picked up his speed, forced past him, and broke through to the inside.

Seeing that McClain's attention had been drawn, West immediately speeded up and ducked in from the other side.

Hill immediately jumped up to attract the defense and hit the ground to assist West for a layup.

"Handsome!"

The tacit cooperation on the court made the players on the bench and the audience very excited. Qi Tian and others waved towels to cheer for their teammates.

“Not bad, not bad.”

Vogel on the sidelines was also very pleased. Although there are still tacit understanding issues among the players that need to be resolved, Hill, Granger and West cooperated with each other and showed great golf intelligence and ball rotation.

This is much better than Granger playing alone last season.

After the first quarter, the Pacers led their opponents by 9 points 26-17 entering the second quarter.

Seeing that Knight, who scored 6 points, was defeated by George's defense alone, Pistons coach Lawrence Frank secretly shook his head and replaced him, letting Stuckey and Ben Gordon play together.

"Remember, share the ball more and Jereb Cord give them more pick-and-rolls."

After hearing the coach's instructions, everyone nodded.

The Pacers got off to a good start. In the second quarter, they replaced the forward-guard combination of Collison, Stephenson and George, with Hansbrough and Pendegraf on the inside.

It was difficult for the Pistons' bench to match the opponent's defensive intensity. Ben Gordon kept hitting the ball under Stephenson's defense. Fortunately, Stuckey and Jerebko worked together well to help the team hold on to the score.

"27-34."

"I'll do it!"

George asked Collison for the ball, then singled Jerebko.

Jerebko is a standard white forward, with sufficient shooting range and a good three-pointer, but he seems a little difficult to defend George.

"Dudu!"

The referee blew the whistle to signal Jerebko for a defensive foul.

George did not score 2+1. Fortunately, he made steady free throws and made two free throws, which opened the point difference to 9 points.

"The team is at a disadvantage?!"

Pistons fans didn't expect that their opponent had such a deep lineup and that the substitutes could open up the score, and they were immediately anxious.

Starkey hit a three-pointer from the outside to help the team cling to the score, but the gap in strength still made the score freeze at "38-52" at halftime.