Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

Seeing that the Hawks replaced a 37-year-old veteran center, everyone on the Pacers court suddenly felt a little disdainful.

Compared with other positions, the center can indeed use rich experience to make up for the lack of athletic ability caused by age, but the same cannot be said for height.

"Let Roy fight more."

Granger looked at his teammates who were preparing to grab the rebound and made up his mind.

George made one of two free throws and regained the lead. Although the 1-point advantage was not particularly obvious.

"10-11."

Teague passed the lob to Dampier under the basket, and Hibbert immediately stepped forward without giving his opponent a chance.

Dampier really couldn't beat the young and strong Hibbert, but his experience still came into play. He feinted a shot and passed it to Williams who was cutting in the air, assisting his teammates to score.

"Roy!"

Collison naturally chose to hand the ball to the opponent with the most advantage on the court. After lobbing the ball, he turned around and ran towards the bottom corner.

But when he took his seat, he found that there was no one in front of him.

"Oops!"

Collison's expression changed and he looked towards the basket. Sure enough, he saw Teague taking advantage of Hibbert's concentration on Dampier, jumping out from behind and forcibly stealing the basketball!

"Defend!"

George, who was in the high position, rushed over and stopped Teague, preventing them from fast breaking.

"Hmm."

Teague sneered, not caring at all that he was forced to stop, and directly raised his hand and passed the ball out.

A figure wearing the Eagles' No. 5 jersey is running towards the Pacers' half, it's Josh Smith!

West couldn't keep up with his opponent, so he could only watch his opponent forcefully jump up and dunk against the basket to score.

"14-11."

"Oh ho ho!!"

"Josh!"

"Dump the whole crowd!"

As expected, dunking is the most offensive attack that inspires cheers from fans. The Eagles fans at the scene immediately waved their signs and banners wildly to cheer for the team.

Following this wave of momentum, the Eagles stole Hibbert again, and Josh Smith scored on a fast break, widening the point difference in one fell swoop.

"Dudu!"

Teague's breakthrough caused Collison to foul. Vogel took advantage of the opponent's free throw opportunity and requested a substitution, replacing Hansbrough and George Hill in an attempt to increase the team's offensive space.

"Uh-huh."

"Whoosh!"

Teague made both free throws.

"18-13."

Hibbert was made two consecutive mistakes by his opponent, and he was a little embarrassed. After asking for the ball, he was ready to beat his opponent in singles to regain face.

But Dampier firmly held his center of gravity and once again prevented the Pacers' attack.

Hibbert jumped up and tried to grab the rebound, but was called a foul by the referee. It turned out that his arm hit Dampier's vital part.

"Roy's mentality is a little fluctuating."

Brian Shaw on the sidelines immediately reminded the head coach.

Vogel was in no rush.

Teague used the pick-and-roll to make a jump shot.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball hollow hit.

"20-13."

From leading to falling behind, the Eagles only took 5 minutes, which was enough to show their strength.

The Pacers on the other side are a little bit unstoppable. You said that if you take the lead at the beginning and end up with a big difference, why is the point difference still heading towards double digits?

Both teams increased their defensive intensity at the same time and contributed to a wave of iron fights.

Dampier got the ball inside, but was interfered by Hibbert when he was about to take the shot, and the basketball missed.

But then the veteran accurately judged the landing point of the basketball and made a tip-in after taking off the second time.

"22-13."

"Give me!"

At the critical moment, Granger finally stood up and reached out to his teammates for the ball.

Then in a singles matchup, Marvin Williams made his iconic pull-up jumper.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball hollow hit.

"22-15."

Pacers fans breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved.

"It has to be Danny."

"You can trust him at critical moments!"

Seeing Teague advance with the ball, the fans on the sidelines immediately shouted in unison:

"Defend!"

"Defend!"

Teague looked a little dazed, remembering last year's playoffs.

In the game against the Bulls, starting point guard Hinrich was absent due to injury, and Teague was successfully promoted to the starting lineup. At the United Center, it was in this hostility of the fans that he and Rose faced off.

"Except for Joey and Josh, the Eagles are not all unknowns!"

Teague was inspired by the fighting spirit in his chest and immediately called for a pick-and-roll breakthrough.

Collison did not expect his opponent to be so fast and quickly squeezed through the screen to pursue the defense. Hibbert and West under the basket were also ready to cover up the defense.

But Teague did not force a layup, but instead passed the ball to the outside.

Josh Smith ran to catch the ball and made a direct three-point jumper!

"Dang! Swish."

The basketball hit the basket and flew high, but finally fell into the net.

"25-15."

The score difference was opened to 10 points!

"Too strong!"

"allow!"

Eagles fans immediately cheered and cheered for the home team.

"Hold on!"

Vogel frowned and looked at the players on the field.

At this time, we should steadily hit a ball with a high success rate to stabilize the morale of the army.

"Darren should understand!"

But Collison, who he had high hopes for, chose to force a three-point shot!

"clang!"

The basketball flew out and was taken down by Dampier who was guarding the basket.

"Quick attack!"

Josh Smith was overjoyed and immediately ran towards the frontcourt.

Seeing that his opponent was about to play a fast break, Hansbrough, who was under the basket, had quick hands and quick eyes and directly fouled Teague.

The Pacers' number of fouls had reached 5, and the referee immediately blew the whistle and sent Teague to the free throw line.

Taking advantage of the last two minutes of the first quarter, Vogel requested a substitution, replacing Hibbert and Collison with Armanderson and Qi Tian, ​​who had a somewhat explosive mentality.

The Eagles also made some random changes, leaving only Josh and Teague as their two main players on the court.

To the delight of the Pacers fans on the sidelines, Teague missed two free throws, making Hansbrough's foul worthwhile.

Granger attacked with the ball, broke through and was about to lay up, but McGrady gave him a big block from behind, blocking his delusion.

“It’s so risky!”

Cheers louder than before appeared, cheering for McGrady.

As a former top defender in the league, McGrady's popularity goes without saying. In the 2003 All-Star voting, in the East where AI, Carter and Jordan were, McGrady ranked first in the Eastern Conference with 1.31 million votes, losing only to the All-Star vote.

Kobe Wang’s 160,000 votes are enough to prove it.

Even in the twilight years of his career, Tracy McGrady's fans are far superior to the mediocre Hawks fans.

To the disappointment of McGrady fans, McGrady, who successfully defended, did not take action, but handed it over to Ivan Johnson.

After the Pacers defended the offense, Hansbrough and Granger scored consecutively in an attempt to narrow the score.

After Ivan Johnson scored, the Hawks finally satisfied McGrady fans. Josh assisted McGrady for a layup.

"seven!"

Hill broke through and found Qi Tian on the outside and passed out.

Qi Tian caught the ball and shot a three-pointer directly.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball hollow hit.

After the first quarter, the Pacers trailed their opponents by 7 points, 22-29.