Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

Beaubois attacked with the ball, and Nowitzki came up to pick and roll, but West did not let his opponent go, but stayed firmly in front of Nowitzki.

Hibbert was already ready to move under the basket, and Beaubois had no choice but to take advantage of the open space and shoot a three-point jumper.

"clang!"

Collison rushed in and grabbed the rebound, then turned and handed it to Granger.

Qitian and West looked at each other, both with smiles on their faces.

The third quarter lasted for 6 minutes. Nowitzki, who scored 20 points with a shooting rate of over 80% in the first half, only took 2 shots and failed to hit even one of them. Obviously, Nowitzki's energy-consuming tactics in the second quarter had already made Nowitzki tired.

Tsky was exhausted.

"Chance!"

Qi Tian knows that although Nowitzki is on the court now, he has begun to accumulate energy for the fourth quarter. If the Pacers cannot take this opportunity to open up the score, they will be in danger when Nowitzki recovers in the fourth quarter.

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Granger was about to organize an attack after half-time, when Marion suddenly jumped out in front of him and stole the ball from his hand.

"pretty!"

The Mavericks fans on the sidelines cheered. The home team seemed to be showing signs of going down. They had to cheer for the home team.

Marion was about to find his teammate, but Hibbert rushed over and stole the opponent.

"Oops!"

Beaubois and Carter reacted very quickly and immediately returned to their opponents to guard against Hibbert's pass.

"Give me!"

It was very unwise to let Hibbert handle the ball with his buttery hands. West immediately reached out to pass the basketball.

Qi Tian's heart moved and he immediately ran over.

After West passed the ball hand to hand to Qi Tian, ​​he turned around to help his teammates block Carter.

Qi Tian made a three-point jump shot directly in front of Nowitzki.

"Whoosh!"

Scored a three-pointer.

"64-57."

Marion broke through and scored a layup, and Granger responded with a pull-up jump shot.

Carlisle looked at the timer, requested a substitution, and replaced Nowitzki.

Rather than letting the driver find a chance to rest and recover on the field, it would be better to replace him directly.

The Pacers have already gained momentum. Collison, West and Granger scored consecutively. Although the Mavericks and Carter scored 5 points piecemeal, they were still unable to stop the Pacers' offensive.

"74-64."

Collison's jump shot helped the team lead the opponent by 10 points. Vogel saw that there were more than three minutes left in the game and requested a substitution, replacing Granger, Collison and Hibbert.

George, who had been holding back for a long time, finally appeared.

Carlisle replaced Nowitzki in the last two minutes. With Nowitzki assisting Delonte West's three-pointer, the Mavericks entered the fourth quarter trailing their opponents by only 7 points, 69-76.

"Something's not right?"

Mavericks fans said somewhat unconfidently,

"The rhythm of the game today was completely disrupted."

When you see Driver, who scored 20 points in the first half, only score 2 points on two free throws in the third quarter, it's hard to keep the rhythm of the game out of whack.

The most uncomfortable person at this time is Mavericks coach Carlisle.

Considering that our team can rely on veterans in their thirties, especially the 34-year-old driver, it will be very difficult to win against the youngsters head-on.

Therefore, he formulated a strategy of letting the driver start with full firepower at the beginning, and he did not hesitate to replace the driver at the beginning of the second quarter, trying to beat the opponent's substitutes and destroy the opponent.

The plan was implemented very well, and the driver's hot touch also made it very easy for the team to score. Taking advantage of the absence of the opponent's main force, the Mavericks even got a relatively large lead.

However, what Carlisle didn't expect was that with just three three-pointers from a first-year rookie, the Pacers clinched the score, and Granger was even able to rest for half a quarter.

In the third quarter, the driver's touch dropped, and the Pacers took the lead.

"Right now, I can only hope that the driver can pick up steam in the fourth quarter."

Carlisle focused his attention on the general wearing jersey No. 41.

Jason Terry was attacking with the ball and was about to make a jump shot, but George saw through it and blocked his opponent's shot.

"clang!"

The basketball jumped out of the hoop.

Qi Tian turned around and got the rebound.

"Quick attack!"

Bullying the Mavericks for being too old and weak, the Pacers immediately turned around and rushed towards the opponent's half.

Qi Tian took the lead and was about to break through Terry's defense. He attracted the defense and turned to George on the outside.

"Oops!"

Delonte West immediately pounced on George.

But considering George's breakthrough, he did not run too fast.

"You underestimate me too much!"

George originally wanted to feint his opponent and then go for a layup, but when he saw West despising him so much, he immediately went for it.

"You really think I can't shoot?"

He collected the ball quickly, jumped high, and took a long three-point shot.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball hollow hit.

"80-72."

Mavericks fans frowned. Being behind by a big score would make the players lose their fighting spirit, and being behind by a small score that couldn't be brought closer also made the fans very uncomfortable.

Fortunately, Odom, who was unknown except for the amazing first quarter, finally showed his performance. He caused Qi Tian's foul with a breakthrough layup and went to the free throw line.

"Tsk, it's okay."

The Mavericks fans breathed a sigh of relief, then turned to look at the court and asked with some confusion,

"Why doesn't the driver take action?"

Two minutes into the final quarter, Nowitzki continued his style of the third quarter and did not take over the offensive burden, which puzzled the fans.

"Hey, didn't you see that the driver was beaten by a pedestrian in the second quarter?"

"Then it makes sense that we didn't take a break in the third quarter, but we didn't take a break in the fourth quarter either?"

"He's already 34, what else do you want him to do?"

"If it doesn't work, just take a break and give your teammates a chance to perform!"

"He went to grab rebounds and why didn't he give his teammates a chance? Are you a wolf king secret or a dumb secret?"

"Look at you, if you question someone's position if you can't tell the truth, is it black to tell the truth?"

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The fans on the sidelines became noisy, and the situation on the court gradually became clear.

With the jump shots of West and ***, the Mavericks, who lacked a scoring rhythm, finally found it difficult to resist the Pacers' offensive.

Collison and George hit jump shots, and Qi Tian hit his sixth three-pointer of the game, raising his score to 24 points and widening the point difference to 15 points.

Although the driver scored 7 points in a row, he still failed to catch up with the score.

Looking at the timer showing that there was one and a half minutes left in the game, and then looking at the score of 98-85, Carlisle sighed, requested a substitution, replaced Nowitzki and replaced him with a substitute.

"Dudududu!"

The referee blew the whistle to end the game.

The Pacers, who challenged the away team, defeated the Mavericks 98-87, extending their winning streak to 5 games.

Qi Tian, ​​who held the ball without attacking in the last 9 seconds, waited for the end of the game before shaking hands with the opponents in front of him one by one.

After Yi Jianlian shook hands with Qi Tian, ​​he walked back to his bench in silence.