Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

West turned around and picked off the rebound to organize the offense.

Nowitzki repeated his old trick. After the pick-and-roll, he moved outside the three-point line, received the ball in front of Hansbrough, and shot a three-pointer directly.

"Whoosh!"

This time his shot didn't hit the target.

"29-36."

The Mavericks widened the point difference in one fell swoop, and the fans were excited again.

Vogel requested a substitution and replaced David West, but he replaced Amandasson and Hansbrough remained on the court.

"Give me the ball."

West was not going to give in in front of the driver and directly positioned himself to ask for the ball.

Qi Tian did not pass the ball, but speeded up again and passed Odom, breaking through to the basket.

It was impossible for Mahinmi to let his opponent get a layup, so he immediately let go of West and stepped forward to cover the ball. When Qitian jumped up, he also jumped high to prepare to block the shot.

Qi Tian smiled slightly, took the basketball back, and passed it from behind Mahinmi to West next to him. West received the ball and scored directly for a layup.

"31-36."

"pretty!"

The Pacers finally opened their account, and everyone on the bench immediately cheered loudly and waved towels.

Facing the Mavericks' inside attack, West caused Mahinmi's mistake and got the ball. When attacking, he faced Mahinmi's defense and hit a jumper to further close the score.

"33-36."

Delonte West's long-range three-pointer missed. Qi Tian turned around and picked off the basketball and handed it to George.

The Pacers had a chance to tie the score, and George was not going to miss it. He stood at the top of the arc and called his teammates to start running.

"Want to shoot a three-pointer?"

Qi Tian started from the bottom corner, slowly walked towards the basket, and then quickly ran away from Odom and came to the three-point line.

"Chance!"

George pretended to break through, turned and passed to Qi Tian, ​​who was 45° on the left.

Qi Tian catches the ball and shoots.

"Whoosh!"

But the referee made a signal and because Qi Tian stepped on the line, it was only a two-point ball.

"35-36."

"Good job."

George imitated Granger and came over to comfort Qi Tian,

"If we defend well, we will have another chance."

The driver refused, standing directly in front of West and reaching for the ball, ready to play singles.

"Then let's try it."

West's fighting spirit was high today, and he immediately got into position and prepared to defend the driver alone.

But the driver was not easy to mess with, so he immediately made an independent jump shot with the iconic golden rooster.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball hollow hit.

"35-38."

Seeing the driver's trick to score, the Mavericks fans on the sidelines immediately burst into joy.

West was helpless.

The golden rooster independent shot is actually a variant of the fadeaway jumper, except that the focus of the fadeaway jumper is on jumping, while the golden rooster independent shot focuses on standing.

Another reason why the driver's penis is difficult to prevent is that the driver's feet are raised too high, so that he can threaten your little brother with kicks and knees. If you don't want to bear the pain that a man can't bear,

It just depends on how good I am at shooting, be good.

The driver's purpose of stretching one foot forward is definitely not to remind the defender that the defender is a man, but to increase the range of his cylinder in disguise, making it more difficult for the opponent to defend.

Of course, being difficult to defend does not mean that it is impossible to defend. The defender can go to the side of the driver, so that he can get rid of the golden rooster and block the driver's shot.

As long as you can accept the consequences of the driver passing you for a layup, that's fine.

"It's so fierce."

Qi Tian said with emotion.

Nowitzki, who has scored 15 points today, maintained a very high shooting percentage and only missed one three-pointer. It is obvious that his touch is excellent today and his scoring will explode.

Sure enough, after Mahinmi blocked George's layup, the driver kept up his efforts and scored another mid-range jumper.

"35-40."

George held the ball to attack, and Terry immediately stepped forward to defend. Qi Tian glanced at Stephenson next to him, and the two crossed paths, and Qi Tian ran outside the three-point line.

"Chance!"

George immediately passed the ball, and Qi Tian received the ball, ignoring Odom's defense, and made a long three-pointer.

"Whoosh!"

The Pacers' three-point shot finally opened its account.

"38-40."

Vogel, who was on the sidelines, looked at the game halfway through the second quarter, requested a substitution, and replaced Collison and Hibbert.

The Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle also noticed that Odom had difficulty keeping up with Qi Tian, ​​so he also requested a substitution and replaced him with Carter.

Head coach Carlisle is a very unique character in the history of basketball.

After he was selected by the Celtics, he won a championship as a teammate of Bird and McHale. After playing the fifth and final season of his career, the 30-year-old Carlisle announced his retirement and joined the New Jersey Nets.

He became an assistant coach and began his coaching career.

And Carlisle is no stranger to Pacers fans:

In 2003, Bird returned to the Pacers and served as the club's president. After firing the famous Isiah Thomas who succeeded Bird as the Pacers head coach, he invited former Detroit Pistons coach Carlisle to become the team's new head coach.

Carlisle reached the playoffs in each of his first three years as head coach of the Pacers, with the most promising season being the 2004-2005 season. The original lineup that reached the Eastern Conference finals last season but lost to the champion Pistons has been preserved, but just after

While Pacers fans were imagining things, the infamous "Auburn Hills Palace Incident" happened...

In this incident, a total of 9 players were suspended for a total of 143 games. Among them, Artest, the leader of the incident, was deprived of the qualification to participate in the remaining games of this season.

This severely damaged the team's vitality, and after losing to the Pistons again in the second round of the playoffs, meritorious player Reggie Miller announced his retirement.

In the third year, the retirement of Reggie Miller, the departure of Artest and others, and the injuries that plagued the team for a season, caused the Pacers to perform poorly. Although they have entered the playoffs for nine consecutive years, they failed in the first round.

Defeated.

In the last year of Carlisle's coaching career with the Pacers, the Pacers, who had undergone major changes, failed to improve. They lost 11 consecutive games and ended up with a record of 35 wins and 47 losses, and were excluded from the playoffs. This was the only time the Pacers had lost the playoffs in the past ten years.

Failed to make the playoffs.

Carlisle, who was fired by Bird, came to the Mavericks as the team's head coach the following year.

"It's really my youth..."

The 53-year-old Carlisle said with some emotion as he looked at his old club, which was full of youthful atmosphere and completely different from what he remembered.

Hibbert caught the ball inside and lifted Mahinmi up with two feints, but instead of taking a shot, Hibbert passed the ball to Qi Tian outside.

"Oops!"

Carter quickly chased after him to defend, but Qi Tian ignored his opponent and made a jump shot directly from outside the three-point line.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball hollow hit.

"41-42."

Vogel on the sidelines requested a substitution and replaced Granger.

"Finally here!"

The Mavericks players on the court turned their heads and made eye contact with the head coach, hiding the joy in their eyes.