Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

The Pacers faced back-to-back strong opponents, the Atlanta Hawks, on March 6, 2012.

The Hawks are temporarily ranked behind the Pacers with 23 wins and 13 losses with 22 wins and 15 losses, occupying the fifth position in the Eastern Conference.

The record is not much different and the rankings are close. The Eagles are undoubtedly a strong opponent.

Although the Pacers faced back-to-back opponents, the Hawks' Joe Johnson missed several games due to injury. Before the game, the Hawks announced that Joe Johnson would continue to be absent, which was good news for the Pacers.

In fact, the overly intensive schedule has caused more or less injuries to various teams.

The Nuggets' Ty Lawson sprained his ankle, the Spurs' Manu Ginobili strained his left internal oblique muscle, and Splitter strained his right calf and will all be absent for a short period of time.

The most difficult situation is undoubtedly the Portland Trail Blazers. They announced earlier that starting center Greg Oden will undergo minimally invasive surgery on his left knee, which will end his career again.

The 2007 No. 1 pick has only played 82 games for the Trail Blazers in his career, averaging 9.4 points and 7.3 rebounds per game.

During the pre-match training, Qi Tian saw George, Stephenson and others who were traveling with him yesterday. Although he did not see them in person, based on Qi Tian's understanding of them, they would not go home earlier than four in the morning, and some even

Maybe I just found a place to take a shower and then came to the home court.

"Hey, Qi, how was your game yesterday?"

Hibbert came over and said hello to Qi Tian.

He was the first to leave yesterday. Of course, he did not go home and sleep alone.

Collison was next to him and said jokingly:

"Needless to say, I must be enjoying it!"

After he finished speaking, he winked at Qi Tian.

Collison, Hibbert and others are all in the same hobby, and they often travel together. When they see a newbie appear, some experienced drivers immediately give the newbie a sense of mission.

Qi Tian secretly glanced at the direction of his backpack, then shook his head towards the two of them.

How could he think so much? The biological clock he had developed over the years was so stable that he fell asleep when he got home at 1:30 yesterday. He still felt a little sleepy when he woke up today.

George came over to smooth things over and said:

"Don't say it so bluntly, it will make Qidu feel a little shy."

Several people quarreled for a while before starting the shooting training before the game.

Soon, the game was about to begin. Under the introduction of the on-site DJ, everyone from the Pacers came on stage one by one. Granger was still the last to appear. He high-fived his teammates who came on stage one by one, and then gathered his teammates together. Everyone

Put your right hands together.

"one two three!"

“Solidarity!”

The referee signaled the starting players of both sides to come on, and then blew the whistle to start the game.

The Hawks' starting lineup is Pachulia, Josh Smith, Marvin Williams, Kirk Hinrich and Jeff Teague;

The Pacers' starting lineup remains unchanged.

In order to replace Joe Johnson, the Eagles' forwards and defenders need to contribute more, including Kirk Hinrich, Marvin Williams, and McGrady, who was signed last summer.

The 33-year-old McGrady has entered the twilight years of his NBA career. Last season with the Pistons, he could only contribute 8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists. This year, when he came to the Hawks, he could only help the team on the bench.

Qi Tian looked at McGrady sitting firmly on the bench on the other side and felt a sigh of relief.

A new generation replaces an old one, which happens every day in this cruel league.

"Dudududu!"

Hibbert jumped up slightly and swatted the basketball behind him.

Facing the equally clumsy big center, Hibbert's height has a huge advantage.

Collison broke through the pick-and-roll and handed it to George who was cutting in the air. George hit the ground and passed to West under the basket, assisting his teammates to score a layup. The Pacers used a beautiful multi-player pass to complete the game's third goal.

An attack.

"0-2."

The Pacers fans on the sidelines immediately shouted and cheered to cheer for the home team.

The defeat in the last game has passed, and their goal today is still to win the game.

With Joe absent in isolation, the Eagles can only count on Josh Smith and Teague to hand over the ball and then run to the corner with Collison to prevent the opponent from double-teaming Josh.

West quickly fought and got into position.

Josh Smith pretended to break through, quickly retreated, and forced a jumper in front of West.

"Whoosh!"

His touch was very good today and he easily hit the ball on his first shot.

"Tsk."

Vogel was a little helpless on the sidelines.

David West is a relatively standard power forward. Although he has a slight height disadvantage, with his strength and speed, he can perform well against normal power forwards, even Duncan.

But Josh Smith is very abnormal. With the size of the power forward and the speed of the small forward, West's speed is also compared with Duncan and the others. If he encounters the faster Josh, he will be easily defeated.

"Fortunately, Josh's shooting was not stable enough, otherwise it would have cost his life."

He murmured to himself to comfort himself.

As a power forward, Josh Smith's 45% shooting percentage is hard to say outstanding, not to mention that his shots have been getting farther and farther recently, a bit Odom-like, and 30% of his three-pointers make Vogel feel at ease.

With the jump shots of Josh, Teague, and Williams, the Pacers got off to a smooth start. George broke through the paint to cause damage, and West and Hibbert also scored consecutively with the assists of their teammates.

"2-7."

Granger completed the steal and handed it to Paul George. Unfortunately, Paul George's jump shot was blocked and the rebound was collected by Teague.

Teague accurately found Marvin Williams who was cutting through the air. Williams received the ball and forced a breakthrough shot.

"You're overthinking it!"

Hibbert oriole was behind, jumped up slightly, and gave him a big hat from the side!

“It’s so risky!”

The Pacers fans were about to cheer when they saw the basketball was taken by Teague again and sat back.

Teague showed his top vision as a point guard, turned around and passed the ball, found Josh on the other side, assisted his teammates to score points, and stabilized the situation.

"4-7."

The Eagles fans who came to cheer for the team immediately started calling the team.

The Hawks found their rhythm and gradually eroded the Pacers' lead. With the help of Collison and West, Hinrich and Pachulia scored consecutively.

"10-10."

Teague's assist allowed Josh to score a layup, tying the score in the last 7 minutes of the first quarter.

George broke through the paint and caused Pachulia another foul. While giving the opponent a second foul, he also stepped to the free throw line.

Eagles head coach Larry Drew had no choice but to make a substitution, replacing Pachulia with Dampier.

The former second center in the Western Conference is already 37 years old, but there are still many labels on him that fans can remember:

For example, after he said wildly that "Shark is the No. 1 center in the Western Conference, and I am the No. 2 center in the Western Conference," he, who started out as a defender, was shot 13-for-14 by Yao Ming in the playoffs, and was beaten again against the Suns.

Stoudemire had a double-double with 40 points and 16 rebounds;

In comparison, watching the Heat win the trophy with the Mavericks in 2006 and watching the Mavericks win the trophy with the Heat in 2011 was already a matter of course.

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