Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

Timberwolves head coach Adelman reviewed the team's performance in the first half, decisively gave up Li Yunlong's tactics, and turned to Rubio and said:

"In the second half, you control the ball and others cooperate with you."

"Others will take action decisively when they have the opportunity, don't hesitate."

He looked at the others and said:

"Don't pursue breakthrough layups too much. The mid-range is equally important."

Adelman discovered that the team obviously has many players with good shooting range, but they still shoot towards the basket. This is undoubtedly a waste of resources.

The half-time break ended quickly and the two teams returned to the court.

The Pacers have deployed all their main players. After all, the three-forward lineup is just a surprise move and cannot be used all the time. What's more, Love needs to be surrounded and suppressed in the interior. It is too difficult for Hibbert or West to defend alone.

The same goes for the Timberwolves.

Rubio decisively found the open Ridnour. Ridnour faked a shot to attract the defense, passed it to Love under the basket, and assisted Love to dunk.

"45-43."

The Timberwolves' offense became more and more smooth. Love attracted the defense under the basket and passed to Ridnour on the outside. Ridnour deflected George and hit a three-pointer to overtake the score.

"45-46."

The Timberwolves fans on the sidelines were jubilant. The team was lagging behind. It was pointless to argue about who was the boss. It was better to wait until they won and then fight internally.

Fortunately, Collison broke through and caused a foul on the opponent. After making two free throws, he took advantage of the opponent's opportunity to hit a pull-up jumper.

"49-46."

Rubio already knows how difficult his opponent is and dribbles the ball from the outside to look for opportunities.

Ridnour quietly came over to block Collison, and then quickly took out Collison with his shooting threat.

Rubio changed direction and ran, bringing George in front of him.

George was already well aware of the fact that his opponent was not good at shooting, so he took a half-step back with peace of mind, waiting for his opponent to break through.

"You really think I don't dare to shoot?"

Rubio was angry and took a shot directly from outside the three-point line.

"Oops!"

When George saw his opponent taking action, he rushed over to block the shot.

"You've been fooled!"

Rubio smiled evilly, paused deliberately for a moment, waited until George pounced on him, and then suddenly threw the basketball in his hand.

"Boom!"

"Dudu!"

The basketball hit the backboard hard, and the referee next to him also blew the whistle.

"Shooting foul, three free throws!"

Rubio made his opponent a three-free throw!

The Pacers coaching staff on the sidelines were ashen-faced.

In the first half, George was alone against Beasley and was called for 3 fouls. At the beginning of the second half, the number of fouls has accumulated to 4!

"Substitute!"

Vogel had no choice but to apply for a substitution and replaced George with Qi Tian.

"*uc*!"

George took the towel handed by his teammate and threw it heavily to the ground. He felt good today and had already scored 10 points in the first half. Just as he was thinking about continuing his performance in the second half, he was beaten down by his opponent.

Seeing George getting angry, Hansbrough who was standing next to him quickly stopped him to prevent his superiors from doing something outrageous.

Rubio, who was practicing his free throws at the free throw line, was even more happy when he saw that George was replaced by a rookie.

Rookie means young, and youth means inexperience. Inexperienced is good, he will lead the team to defeat the opponent!

Rubio only hit two of his three free throws and missed the chance to tie the score.

"47-46."

Granger turned around, grabbed the rebound, and handed it to his teammates.

"Quick attack!"

Qi Tian was young, and the Timberwolves' lineup was also unsophisticated. Facing the opponent's fast break, loopholes quickly appeared.

Collison made a prompt decision and passed the ball to Granger who broke through the paint.

Seeing their opponent break through the basket, Ridnour and Webster quickly turned to defend.

"Wrong guess!"

Granger broke through and passed the ball from his crotch to Qi Tian who followed up.

Qi Tian took two steps and jumped up for a layup.

"49-46."

"pretty!"

After completing the tacit cooperation, Granger and Collison came over to high-five Qi Tian and retreated to defend.

Although Qi Tian made up for George's vacancy offensively, facing the experienced Ridnour, he was still left behind by his opponents one after another. Rubio would not miss the opportunity and assisted his teammates to score one after another.

Fortunately, Hibbert and Granger made consecutive breakthroughs, causing fouls on their opponents, and made free throws to stabilize the situation.

"55-52."

West held the ball in the high post and suddenly passed it to Granger who cut through the air, assisting his teammate to score.

The Timberwolves were attacking, and Wesley Johnson was about to break through with the ball, but Granger suddenly made a steal and passed the basketball to Collison.

"Defend!"

"Defend!"

With all the Timberwolves fans cheering, Collison dribbled to the frontcourt and passed the pick-and-roll to Granger.

"Oops!"

Seeing Granger's breakthrough layup, everyone immediately retreated to the basket and double-teamed the opponent.

"Guessed wrong again!"

Granger sneered and passed the ball to Qi Tian in the bottom corner. Qi Tian took the ball and jumped up to take a long three-pointer.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball hollow hit.

"60-52."

Timberwolves coach Adelman quickly requested a substitution and replaced Milicic with Pekovic who scored zero points on two shots.

Even though Pekovic scored a layup to narrow the point difference when he came on, Granger's touch was already hot and his opponent scored 5 points in a row in singles.

"72-64."

Qi Tian's three-point shot hit the target. Granger immediately jumped up from the crowd and grabbed the offensive rebound over Love's head. Just as he was about to make a tip-in, he was knocked down by Love.

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Although Granger has a good temper towards his teammates, he has always been merciless towards his opponents, and he would directly deal damage to Love.

People from the two teams came over quickly and pulled the parties away to avoid conflicts. However, the boss was conflicted, and the other people looked at each other with no good intentions.

"Dudu!"

The referee was not used to it. He rushed over and called a foul on the two of them. If he did not call the penalty at this time, it would easily cause even greater trouble.

Granger, who rapped first, received a technical foul, and Love took a technical free throw;

Love's foul also gave Granger the opportunity to make two free throws.

"Uh-huh."

"Uh-huh."

"Uh-huh."

Both of them had a very high level of free throw shooting and never missed a scoring opportunity.

"76-68."

Barea hit a pull-up jumper, helping the team chase points and reducing the game time in the third quarter to the last 3.8 seconds.

Granger missed a quick three-pointer, took a deep look at his opponent, and walked to the bench with his teammates.

"Boss Danny, are you okay?"

George, who had been sitting on the bench for a whole section, hurried over to ask. Granger shook his head and suppressed the anger in his heart.

"Watch how I deal with you in the fourth quarter."

Granger looked at the opponent's bench coldly, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.