Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

Collison advanced with the ball, and Granger came out from the baseline and asked for the ball from his teammates.

"Are you going to go solo?"

Brian Shaw was a little confused:

"It's not necessary. This is only the first quarter?"

Vogel was also a little dissatisfied with Granger's strategy of destroying the team, but after hearing Brian Shaw's question, he immediately answered:

"Danny is not an impulsive person. At most, we can talk about him later during the timeout."

"real or fake?"

Brian Shaw was stunned. Is the team's star player so ungrateful?

Facing DeRozan's defense, Granger forced a dribble break. With his size, he squeezed out of the way and faced Bargnani for a layup.

"clang!"

"Dudu!"

The basketball jumped out of the frame, and the referee immediately blew the whistle. He pointed to Bargnani's number and signaled:

"Foul shooting, two free throws!"

Granger went to the free throw line and easily made two free throws, helping the team take the lead again.

When DeRozan attacked, Granger came up instead of George, but this time DeRozan did not focus on the attack. He used Bargnani's pick-and-roll to attract the defense, and then passed the ball to Bargnani in the high position.

Ni.

Hibbert couldn't catch up and could only watch his opponent take a jump shot.

"Whoa!"

The basketball was accurately hit and the Raptors tied the score.

Vogel's eyebrows knitted together tightly. Hibbert's height made him a duck to water in the paint, but in turn, his slow pace became his fatal weakness.

"Hibbert is having a hard time against shooting insiders."

Brian Shaw murmured to himself. He turned to look at Amir Johnson, the Raptors' starting power forward and an inside man with very flexible feet.

Fortunately, neither side's offense made any achievements, and the score difference did not widen.

With Granger scoring a jumper, the first quarter of the game entered the official timeout.

"8-5."

Vogel and Raptors head coach Dwayne Casey tacitly agreed not to call a timeout. Finally, when the official timeout was called by the referee, the broadcaster could insert commercials, but the regular timeout and short timeout opportunities of the two teams were not used.

“Next, we’ll focus on attacking the inside!”

Vogel pointed out the next focus of the team's offense. He said to West and Hibbert:

"Help teammates with pick-and-rolls and then look for offensive opportunities."

Amir Johnson and Bargnani's interior defense was not a test in front of West and Hibbert.

Vogel also applied for a substitution in advance and replaced George Hill to strengthen the connection between the point guard and the inside.

The Raptors also made a quick change, replacing Calderon with Bayless.

West received the pass inside and directly hit the opponent.

Amir Johnson is a good puzzle player. His height and athletic ability make him a duck to water in the paint, but his lighter weight makes it difficult to face the heavier West, not to mention West's skilled offensive skills.

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West easily turned around and deceived his opponent, then retracted his steps, reversed, and scored with a low-hand high throw.

"10-5."

Bargnani bullied Hibbert and was unable to defend, so he repeated his old tricks and stepped forward to block Granger.

After DeRozan picked and rolled, he passed the ball back to Bargnani in the high position. Bargnani was about to take action, but his vision blurred and the defender stood in front of him.

Not Hibbert, but David West!

It turned out that during the timeout, Vogel made an adjustment and asked West to help Hibbert on defense at any time.

When West saw Bargnani going up for the pick-and-roll, he immediately knew his opponent's plan, switched defense, and stopped his opponent.

Bargnani was immediately at a loss. When he was playing in Europe, he was good at low-post offense and mid-range shooting. However, after entering the NBA, the faster return speed made him a little confused and unable to judge the current situation.

Isn't it a good time to shoot?

"Give me!"

DeRozan immediately ran over from the side and asked his teammates for the ball.

Bargnani was amnesty and passed the ball.

Taking advantage of Granger's failure to defend in time, DeRozan made a quick decision and shot a jumper directly from outside the three-point line.

"What?"

Qi Tian was shocked and lost his voice. In his impression, DeRozan was known as the "little prince of mid-range shots" and had always been insensitive to three-pointers. He never expected that DeRozan would decisively hit a three-pointer!

"Whoa!"

The basketball falls into the basket accurately.

"10-8."

Vogel turned his head and glanced at Qi Tian expressionlessly.

This newbie seems a little too fussy.

"I come!"

Granger asked for the ball directly from the backcourt and slowly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt.

DeRozan defended hard and interfered with Granger's usual right-side breakthrough jumper.

"Clang!"

The basketball jumped out of the frame, but Granger didn't rush back to defend.

Sure enough, Hibbert, who was standing under the basket, jumped up and grabbed the offensive rebound in the air.

Bargnani stepped forward to block, but Hibbert shook his opponent with a slight shake, then wiped the board and scored a layup.

"pretty!"

The Pacers bench immediately shouted loudly.

"12-8."

DeRozan did not continue to shoot from the outside. His family knew about his family affairs. He was not sure that the three-point shot just now would go in, and it is even less likely to take the shot now.

But Bargnani's shooting range was strictly guarded by West, and Hibbert's frame protection under the basket also put great pressure on the Raptors.

Hibbert jumped lightly, picked up the rebound again, and turned to hand it to George Hill.

"Quick attack!"

George Hill dribbled the ball forward. When he saw George breaking through, he immediately passed the ball.

But the Raptors were not slow to respond. Amir Johnson immediately stepped forward to block George's breakthrough route.

"Tsk, there's no good chance?"

George had no choice but to pass the ball back to George Hill at the top of the key.

There had already been a round of fighting in front of him, and Hibbert arrived just then. He stood upright and blocked Bayless in front of Hill.

"Chance!"

Hill immediately dodged past the opponent's defense and made a sudden jump shot.

"Snapped!"

DeRozan came next to him and jumped up to interfere with his shot. The basketball was collected by Bargnani and handed to his teammates.

Facing the Raptors' offense, Hibbert once again made a difference. He raised his hands high and blocked the opponent's layup.

Vogel saw the opportunity and gradually replaced the substitute lineup with 2 minutes left in the first quarter to save energy for the main players.

The first quarter of the game ended in a stalemate between the two sides. The Pacers relied on their inside advantage to score consecutive points, and finally led their opponents by 7 points 18-11.

"Dudududu!"

The referee blew the whistle to start the second quarter.

Pendegraaf, Hansbrough, George, Stephenson and Collison took to the court.

The Raptors also replaced most of their substitute players in the second quarter:

Magloire, Ed Davis, James Johnson, DeRozan and Bayless.