Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

Qi Tian went to the free throw line and made one of two free throws to tie the score.

"80-80."

Pierce dribbled the ball slowly, looking for opportunities. When Garnett quietly came up to pick and roll, he quickly used the pick and roll to break through to the basket and score a layup.

"80-82."

The time has come to the last 5 minutes, and Pierce's score gave the Celtics the lead again.

"This is the strength of the Finals FMVP!"

Seeing Pierce smiling disdainfully at the Pacers, the Celtics fans on the sidelines immediately cheered for him.

"There are still three forwards. Let Pierce tell you what it means to have three forwards!"

Collison missed an open jump shot. Pierce turned around to collect the rebound, moved to the frontcourt and immediately found Garnett who was following up, and passed the ball to his teammates.

Garnett squeezed Granger away and dunked.

"80-84."

"yes!"

The Celtics once again led by 4 points, which made the fans excited.

"Give me!"

Granger wanted the ball for a single, but Garnett failed to stop him this time. Granger broke through and changed direction, stopping directly for a jumper.

"Dudu!"

The referee pointed at Garnett who hit Granger's arm and signaled,

"Shooting foul, two free throws!"

After Granger high-fived his teammates, he walked to the free throw line.

"clang."

After missing a free throw, Granger adjusted his rhythm and took a shot.

"Whoosh!"

"81-84."

Subsequently, the offenses of both teams ended in a blackout, and Pierce waved to his teammates to steady the rhythm.

The Celtics have the lead and there is no reason to be anxious.

George found an opportunity again and quickly reached out to complete the steal.

"What?"

Pierce's hands were empty, and he turned around to watch George quickly break through to the basket, unable to catch up.

George turned his head to see that his opponent was not defending. He took two steps to the free throw line and kicked hard. He jumped into the air, his right hand stretched out like a full moon, and he dunked the basketball into the basket!

"83-84."

"So sweet and strong!"

Watching George's head almost hit the basket when he dunked, the Pacers' bench instantly erupted.

"oh!!"

Stephenson was the most excited and shouted out like a wolf.

With only 3 minutes left in the game, Vogel saw that Hibbert was obviously unable to keep up physically and replaced him with West.

It was Pierce who still controlled the ball. Pietrus in the corner and Garnett in the high post set up a pick-and-roll, quickly broke into the basket, caught the ball and scored a dunk, widening the point difference again.

"83-86."

"Steady."

Collison stood at the top of the arc and gestured to his teammates, asking them to start running.

West came up to block Bradley in front of Collison. Collison broke through to attract the defense and passed back to West in the high post.

West takes a confident jump shot.

"clang!"

He just appeared on the stage and his touch was not good and he didn't hit the target!

But Qi Tian jumped out from the side and grabbed the offensive rebound.

"Oops!"

When Pietrus saw Qi Tian taking the ball, he knew something was going to happen and immediately jumped to interfere. As expected, he saw Qi Tian make a tip-up shot.

"clang!"

The basketball jumped out of the hoop.

But Qi Tian jumped up again and grabbed the offensive rebound.

"Not quite right."

Qi Tian did not go up and continue to tip-in, but took the ball and moved out of the three-point line, preparing for a second attack.

"This way!"

Granger quickly appeared from behind Garnett and reached for the ball towards Qi Tian.

Qi Tian passed the lob ball to Granger, assisting his teammate to pick up the basket and score.

"85-86."

Vogel nodded slightly.

The difference between Qitian and George can be seen in their different choices of handling the ball:

George's instinct is that of a killer and he believes in himself more, while Qi Tian is more like a commander and very rational.

George believed in himself and scored a tip-in in the end. Qi Tian believed in his teammates and assisted his teammates in scoring. There was no difference between the two choices.

For Vogel, he does not want to have two killers or two commanders. One killer and one commander is the best pairing.

The game entered the critical last 3 minutes, and both teams stepped up their defensive intensity.

George stole Pierce again, but Granger missed a jumper and lost the opportunity.

Bath, Pietrus struck iron one after another;

The Pacers were not far behind either, as both Granger and Collison also contributed their own skills.

In the last minute of the game, George missed a jump shot. Pierce turned around and picked off the rebound and handed it to Bradley.

Bradley dribbled to the frontcourt and was about to pass it to Pierce when Collison suddenly reached out and tried to steal it.

Bradley's dribbling skills are not as good as Rondo's, and he was suddenly in a hurry, and the basketball flew out of the sideline.

"Dudu!"

The referee blew the whistle and signaled,

"Out of bounds!"

The Pacers got the ball, which made Qi Tian a little overjoyed.

"Nice job!"

Qi Tian ran to the Celtic half and prepared to attack.

But his words sounded very harsh in Pietrus' ears. Taking advantage of his movement, Pietrus jumped up and gave Qi Tian an elbow.

Qitian received an elbow on the head for no apparent reason and staggered immediately.

"Dudu!"

The referee blew the whistle decisively, and Qi Tian also became angry and walked towards Pietrus.

"What do you want?"

"You are very cool."

The two had a cordial and friendly exchange that was not much different from the above.

The referee gave Pietrus another technical foul to avoid escalating the conflict.

In order to find out the truth, the three referees came to the technical desk and called up the monitoring. They needed to confirm through replay whether they should upgrade the second-level flagrant foul.

A second-level flagrant foul will result in a direct ejection. A first-level flagrant foul can remain on the field after being awarded, and a total of two flagrant fouls will result in ejection.

After a short period of watching, the referee made a penalty and directly gave Pietrus a first-level flagrant foul.

Granger easily hit the technical foul free throw.

Since a flagrant foul will also add another foul to the team, the Celtics reached the number of fouls and George went to the free throw line and made a free throw.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

George made two free throws and successfully overtook the score.

"88-86."

Rivers quickly called a timeout and prepared to deploy tactics.

"Watch out for Pierce!"

The Pacers' defensive tactics are very simple.

Pierce has already scored a near-triple-double with 26 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists. It is impossible for them not to give the ball to Pierce.

After Rivers replaced Bradley, he poured a bucket of chicken soup and let the players appear.

"Leitzdog!"

Pierce controlled the ball at a high position, and just when George thought he would use up the last 28 seconds, Pierce suddenly started and rushed towards the inside, causing Granger to foul.

"I'm so strong!"

Pierce high-fived his teammates and walked to the free throw line.

In a quiet atmosphere, Pierce decisively took consecutive shots.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

"88-88."

Pierce made two free throws to help the team equalize the score and also adjust the time to 20 seconds.