Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

"Handsome!"

Seeing that Granger easily singled out his opponent and scored successfully, the Pacers fans on the sidelines immediately cheered loudly for the home team.

"That's all."

Granger seemed to be walking towards the back with ease. When George saw that his elder brother had easily dealt with his opponent, he immediately came over and gave Granger a high-five:

"As expected of you, brother!"

"You can keep a low profile, too."

Granger encouraged his teammates and then watched James Johnson walking over.

Fortunately, the Raptors' lineup is not a front-line ball-control attack. George and Granger on the front line were pulled to the corner and had no chance to defend.

Bayless took advantage of Bargnani's pick-and-roll and quickly broke through with the ball. George Hill barely followed up, but Bayless turned around and handed the ball to Bargnani in the high post.

Facing West's defense, Bargnani forced a jump shot.

"Whoa!"

The basketball was accurately hit, helping the Raptors catch up with the score.

"40-36."

"Why didn't Vogel bring Hibbert in? Why did he let West guard the center?"

Seeing that West was having a hard time chasing Bargnani, some Pacers fans immediately raised questions. Fortunately, his questions were quickly answered:

"Did you just wake up? Didn't you see that Hibbert couldn't defend him in the first half?"

"That's right, if you go to Hibbert now, aren't you waiting to be shot by Bargnani?"

Although Bargnani's shooting ability was excellent, fortunately the Pacers were well prepared and had a strategy in place.

George Hill advanced with the ball, looked at each other with George and Granger, and then reached out for the pick-and-roll.

Granger blocked Bayless opposite Hill, then turned around and passed James Johnson and went straight to the basket.

Hill immediately gave the ball to Granger, who broke through and attracted Bargnani's defense, and then passed the ball to West under the basket. West turned around and scored a layup.

"Dudu!"

The referee pointed at Amir Johnson, indicating that it was his shooting foul.

2+1!

After West high-fived his teammates, he walked to the free throw line and easily hit the extra free throw.

"43-36."

"Coach, let me go."

Seeing the Pacers easily widening the point difference, DeRozan, who was sitting off the court, couldn't sit still.

"At least I can help my teammates attract defense."

Head coach Casey shook his head and refused:

"You need to rest. At least, you have to wait until halfway through the third quarter before you can play."

Casey looked at Bayless who was attacking with the ball. DeRozan needed to have the ball in his hands. If he played, Bayless and Bargnani would become mere decorations, but there was no need to say this.

Constantly attacking the basket made the Raptors' defense somewhat difficult. George, who strengthened his belief, took decisive action and scored 6 points in a row. He has obviously recovered from the unbalanced mentality of blacksmithing.

After six minutes of play, the Pacers went on a 14-10 run, keeping the point difference firmly at 8 points.

"52-44."

Seeing that the Raptors players on the court were unable to catch up with the score, Casey sighed and replaced DeRozan.

George Hill missed two shots today and was unable to score, so Vogel replaced Collison. Now that he saw DeRozan coming on, he was a little hesitant.

Using Granger to face DeRozan is naturally the best choice, but the idea of ​​saving Granger's energy also lingers in Vogel's mind.

"It's just the regular season, there's no need to consume too much of the main players' energy!"

Vogel finally made a decision, applied for a substitution, and replaced Granger, who had played for most of the quarter!

"Seven, get ready to appear!"

Qi Tian finally got his chance. After warming up, he stepped onto the field.

"Defensively, we need to keep up with the opponent's James Johnson, and when attacking, we need to use it as a space point to open up space for George!"

Brian Shaw made up for the missing points to help the head coach and added.

Qitian nodded and high-fived his teammates one by one.

"Is there something wrong with the Pacers' brains? They replaced them with a rookie?"

Seeing Qi Tian wearing jersey No. 7 on stage, Raptors fans immediately shouted with disdain:

"Johnson, give him some color!"

When DeRozan saw that Granger's replacement was a yellow man with short black hair, there was a hint of disdain in his eyes.

"Don't be nervous, relax."

West whispered encouragement to Qi Tian, ​​then walked to the baseline and prepared to serve.

Qi Tian slowly came to the bottom corner, ready to help his teammates open up space.

Collison reached the top of the arc with the ball, stretched out his hand and made a gesture.

"Run!"

Qi Tian looked at West at the basket, then suddenly accelerated and ran to the basket.

"Be careful of his empty cuts!"

Amir Johnson, who was under the basket, immediately directed his teammates. Seeing James Johnson out of position, he quickly stretched out his hand to try to interfere with the pass.

After George ran, he received the pass. West under the basket immediately ran back outside, while Qi Tian stood solidly in front of Amir Johnson.

"Chance!"

Seeing West reach the high post, George immediately passed the ball.

"Dudu!"

West was about to take a jump shot when he heard the referee blow the whistle.

He was shocked and looked at the referee. Through the referee's gestures, he realized that it was a foul committed by the Raptors.

Amir Johnson raised his hands helplessly to admit his foul.

It turned out that Amir Johnson was trying to defend West, but was blocked by Qi Tian. He was anxious and pushed Qi Tian hard. Unexpectedly, Qi Tian took advantage of the situation and fell down. The referee next to him immediately blew the whistle.

His defensive foul.

Raptors coach Casey on the sidelines saw that Amir was called for a foul and felt helpless because his number of fouls had reached 4.

Players on the field who accumulate 6 fouls will be ejected from the field, which is called "leaving the field with full fouls".

The pattern of foul distribution is 2 in the first quarter, 1 in the second quarter, 1 in the third quarter, and two in the last quarter. Once the number of fouls in each quarter exceeds the pattern, subsequent playing time will be reduced.

Casey couldn't sit back and watch the starting power forward risk committing six fouls in the third quarter, so he had to apply for a substitution.

Seeing that Qi Tian committed a foul against his opponent, which directly caused the Raptors to apply for a substitution, West walked up to Qi Tian and patted him on the shoulder:

"Good boy, he's quite smart."

Qi Tian smiled reservedly, then entered the field, ready to run and catch the ball.

DeRozan took a deep look at Qi Tian and felt a familiar feeling inexplicably:

"This Chinese guy looks a lot like one of my childhood friends."

The Pacers sent a sideline ball and then found West again, allowing David West to score in a low single.

"54-44."

The score difference reached double digits, and Raptors coach Casey immediately called a timeout.

On the basketball court, being behind by single digits and being behind by double digits are obviously two different feelings. Therefore, when the opponent's lead reaches 10 points, calling a timeout to interrupt the opponent's scoring rhythm is what every mature coach will do.

things.

But when the players on the court gathered in front of him, Casey didn't know what to say.