Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

The three consecutive away games finally came to an end, and the Pacers finally returned to their home court.

On the last day of January 2012, they will face the New Jersey Nets from afar.

Compared to the Pacers, who had a record of 13 wins and 6 losses, the Nets only had a record of 7 wins, 14 losses, ranking third from the bottom in the Eastern Conference, only slightly better than the Bobcats, who had 3 wins and 18 losses, and the Wizards, who had 4 wins and 16 losses.

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However, for the Nets, their goal has been set on this summer and they are ready to flex their muscles in the free market.

After all, there are Deron Williams worth 16 million, Humphries worth 8 million and rookie Lopez in the lineup. When Okur's expiring contract worth 10 million is disposed of, the Nets can offer two maximum salary contracts.

Or take a big gamble with your first-round pick now.

Since Lopez has been injured and is surrounded by a group of players with minimum salaries, the Nets' record this year can be expected.

"Although our opponents are weak, we cannot be careless."

Let Vogel say that the opponent is weak, then the Nets are really weak.

"Defense at the back is the top priority."

He turned to look at George and Collison and said,

"If necessary, double-team Delong."

George knew that he would be the focus of today's game, and he felt excited.

Since last year's playoffs, he has secured his position as the starting shooting guard with his performance. However, recently, the coach, for some reason, has allowed Qi Tian to take away a lot of his playing time. This has made George feel uncomfortable.

Less sense of crisis.

He must seize every opportunity to let the coach know that he is the first choice as the starting shooting guard.

Bankers Lifestyle Arena.

Seeing the menacing Pacers, everyone in the Nets was about to be suppressed by their opponents.

Before a match, the record is the confidence of both sides. Single-digit wins are obviously a bit false when facing an opponent with single-digit losses.

"Just leave it to me."

Before the young general could speak, Delong said first,

"Just do your best to defend yourself."

Seeing the team boss speak, everyone nodded immediately.

Then Deron came to the court with his teammates.

“Solidarity!”

The Pacers fans on the sidelines chanted the home team's slogans in unison to support the home team.

"Otherwise, we still have to play at home."

Listening to the voices of the fans, Granger felt very comfortable.

George next to him also looked deeply convinced.

The referee signaled the starting lineup for both teams. The Pacers still started with Hibbert, West, Granger, George and Collison;

The Nets have a three-Williams starting lineup of Humphries, Sean Williams, Sheldon Williams, Anthony Morrow and Deron Williams.

Also sitting on the bench is Jordan Williams.

"Dudududu!"

The referee blew the whistle to start the game and threw the basketball in his hand into the air.

Hibbert finally showed his strength, jumped up and slapped the basketball towards his teammates.

West got the basketball and was about to hand it to his teammates when Sheldon Williams suddenly grabbed it and stole the basketball from his hand.

"Defend!"

Deron advanced with the ball, and the Pacers immediately returned to defense, vaguely surrounding Deron Williams.

Humphries came up to pick and roll, quickly came down, received a pass from his teammate and hit the ball.

"2-0."

Granger made a dribbling error and was intercepted by Sheldon. Deron accelerated slightly and threw away Collison, dribbling towards the basket.

Collison and George struggled to catch up, but they could only watch Deron score an empty layup.

"4-0."

"George!"

Granger broke through to attract the defense and passed back to George on the outside.

George caught the ball and made a jump shot directly from outside the three-point line.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball hollow hit.

The home Pacers fans immediately broke out into huge cheers, cheering for the home team and resounding throughout the Bankers Life Arena.

This is home field advantage.

But Deron has decided to carry the team on his shoulders. He started with full firepower, scoring 4 points and 1 assist in a row, leading the team to a 6-0 run.

"10-3."

"Still relaxed."

Coach Vogel on the sidelines was a little dissatisfied.

Just now, Hibbert, Collison and West made mistakes and fouled one after another, causing the opponent to play a wave.

"There's also the factor of fatigue from the away game, right?"

Brian Shaw explains for players,

"It will be adjusted later."

Granger was the first to adjust. After Collison hit a jumper, he quickly stole Deron and assisted George to hit a three-pointer. Then he hit a catch-and-shoot jumper to help the team equalize the score.

"10-10."

The Pacers quickly gained momentum under the leadership of Granger. Hibbert blocked the opponent's shot inside, and Collison's fast break caused Deron's foul.

"Dangdang, swish!"

The basketball circled twice on the rim and still fell in.

2+1!

Collison made a solid free throw.

"10-13."

In just one and a half minutes, the Pacers took the lead.

The bench on the sidelines immediately waved towels and cheered for their teammates.

Deron Williams gritted his teeth.

Although he knew that his opponent was not weak, he was still a little surprised that he could even the score every minute.

I still have to do it myself!

Deron came to the frontcourt with the ball, pretended to observe the movement of his teammates, suddenly collected the ball, took one step outside the three-point line, and shot a jump shot.

Collison slowed down a beat and could only watch the basketball leap over his fingertips and fly towards the basket.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball hollow hit.

The Nets fans who came to support the team in the away game immediately burst into cheers and cheered for the team. However, there were only a small proportion of them at Bankers Life Arena, which was in sharp contrast to the huge crowds before.

George responded by hitting a three-pointer after catching the ball, and Farmar, who came on the court, also responded.

George felt good today and hit another jump shot.

"16-18."

"Paul's touch feels good today."

Seeing George scoring 11 points in a single quarter with a 100% shooting rate, Brian Shaw couldn't help but said in surprise.

George's attributes of switching between gods and ghosts were shown during training, and Brian Shaw knew it.

Sometimes it is clear that it is a non-confrontation shooting practice, and George can continue to hit the iron.

But he really didn't expect that George was so accurate that he ignored the defense.

Brian Shaw looked at Deron guarding George and fell into deep thought.

It's not necessarily because George was feeling great today, maybe it was because Deron's defense was too poor?

As the first quarter entered the last two minutes, both sides gradually replaced substitutes.

With Granger's three-pointer, the Pacers only led the Nets by 4 points, 28-24, entering the second quarter.

"We have a chance."

Seeing that Granger actually played the entire first quarter, the Nets fans on the sidelines immediately said happily,

"Granger played a full quarter, and he definitely won't last long in the second quarter. It's not a dream for us to open up the score in the second quarter."

"Isn't there still George?"

His companion pointed to George who scored 11 points on the big screen and said,

"We can't restrain him either."

"With Deron, we can blow each other up, so we can use others to blow up the Pacers."

Nets fans are still full of confidence.