Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

The Eagles put on an unconventional lineup with Josh Smith and Dampier teaming up inside with one large and four small players. The Eagles also cooperated and directly changed to a three-forward lineup on the outside.

The fans at the scene were also a little unsure.

"This won't be blown away by the opponent's defender, right?"

"It's okay for George, but it's hard for Qi Tian to defend the point guard!"

He rashly chose a lineup with huge flaws, and head coach Vogel was unsure. When he saw Teague choose to play singles, he immediately looked at the Hawks' players in other positions.

"Pago and Marvin Williams, their three-pointers are just that, they should be fine..."

Hibbert was wrestling with Dampier under the basket, easily squeezing his opponent out of the basket.

The lack of athletic ability caused by age is a problem that all NBA players need to face.

Teague dribbled the ball slowly and looked at Qi Tian in front of him intently.

Qi Tian did not dare to act rashly and stood firmly in front of his opponent.

Mobilizing the opponent's center of gravity to complete a breakthrough is a trick that small defenders, ah no, all defenders can use when facing tall defenders.

"Do you think there's nothing I can do if I don't move?"

Teague sneered and dribbled faster.

"Dong, dong, dong dong, dong dong, dong dong dong..."

Teague suddenly broke through towards Qi Tian's left side.

"Oops!"

Qi Tian quickly moved sideways to catch up, but Teague showed a smile on his face and slapped the basketball with his right hand. The basketball bounced to the left. His body also followed the rhythm and changed the breakthrough direction.

"Change the direction in front of the body!"

Teague switched to dribbling with his left hand, opened his right hand to block Qi Tian's hand that was reaching out to try to interfere, and broke through from Qi Tian's right side to the basket!

"Change hands and dribble!"

Eagles fans were shocked by Teague's clean pass and let out bursts of exclamations.

"Boy, you better practice for a few more years!"

Teague glanced at Qi Tian beside him and immediately accelerated towards the basket!

"You need to practice for a few more years!"

Just when Teague didn't want to go head-to-head with the inside and was about to throw a shot, he heard a voice, and a figure over two meters tall came to Teague. It was George!

"What?"

Teague was shocked. Just as he was about to turn his head to find Pago, who was open in the bottom corner, he saw Qi Tian, ​​who had been passed, immediately turned around, spread his hands to interfere with the passing route, and came to Pago!

"this……"

Teague had a bad premonition in his heart and quickly dribbled the ball to avoid George's steal.

At this time, there was not much offensive time left, and Teague was blocked by George, and the basketball could not be passed to his teammates at all.

"We just have to fight!"

Teague gritted his teeth, feinted a shot, and forced a fadeaway jumper.

"clang!"

The basketball bounced out of the frame, but to the surprise of Hawks fans, Josh Smith rushed in and grabbed the offensive rebound!

West didn't pay attention and honestly raised his hands to interfere. As expected, Josh Smith's tip-in missed.

"oops!"

Seeing that the tip-in was almost an empty basket but missed, the Eagles fans shouted angrily,

"The handwork is still too rough!"

Granger rushed in, got the defensive rebound, and turned around to organize the offense.

"That's it!"

When Vogel saw that the defense was starting to take effect, he couldn't help but cheered like the Pacers fans on the sidelines, and finally felt relieved.

Yes, he never expected Qi Tian to be able to defend Teague alone, but that didn't mean that he didn't have a way to deal with it.

If you can't defend yourself with one defense, then use quick defense switching.

No matter how talented you are, if you can break through one line of defense, can you also break through the second line of defense of George and Granger?

Even if you break through, there will still be West and Hibbert waiting for you under the basket.

Of course, the five major lineups also have weaknesses:

If Teague were Rose, his speed alone would be enough to tear Qi Tian apart. George and Granger might not have a chance to come over to defend him, but Teague is not.

If Pargo and Stackhouse on the outside are shooters like Korver, catch-and-shoot can completely punish the lack of understanding in the middle of the Pacers' quick defense, but they are not either.

Not to mention Teague's passing vision isn't nearly as impressive as his scoring.

"You don't have the resources to punish our defense, so what can you do to fight me?"

Vogel was in a good mood and even wanted to talk trash to his opponent's coach.

The Pacers are ready to attack. They have a huge advantage inside, so naturally they have to let West play Josh alone.

Josh has strong athletic ability, better blocking and rebounding abilities, but this does not mean that Josh Smith is a good defensive player, especially at the power forward position that is already lacking in attention.

West just feinted and turned around, shook Josh up, then turned around and threw.

Josh took two steps, jumped up to block the shot and hit West's hand. The referee called a foul and sent West to the free throw line.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

West made two free throws to help the team chase the point.

"47-40."

Eagles head coach Larry Drew requested a substitution and replaced Pago with Stackhouse, who felt good today.

With the shooting range from the outside, the Hawks played more freely. Josh relied on his speed to continuously grab rebounds, causing fouls. He also used his strengths and circumvented weaknesses on defense, and made steals that caused West's mistakes.

Teague missed a jump shot, Josh Smith jumped up to grab the rebound and scored a tip-in.

"51-40."

"It seems we still have to take action from outside!"

After chasing for 2 points and 2 points, it was obvious that he could not deal with the Eagles. Granger signaled to his teammates and asked them to start running and attack the outside.

Qi Tian quickly moved around, circled around the basket, picked and rolled with West in the high post, and ran out.

"Oops!"

Teague, who was blocked, saw Qi Tian receiving the pass and immediately accelerated towards his opponent, but was knocked away by Qi Tian's fake shot.

Qi Tian took the opportunity to break through and indeed attracted the attention of Marvin Williams, then turned and handed it over to Granger who ran to the left.

Granger caught the ball in an open position and shot a jump shot without waiting for Stackhouse in the bottom corner to cover up.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball hollow hit.

“Oh selling cake!!!”

"Danny, it's really you!"

The Pacers fans on the sidelines immediately let out deafening shouts, applauding the team boss's key goal.

Vogel's eyes also lit up on the sidelines.

Granger's score boosted the team's momentum, and Qi Tian's ability to support the team also surprised the Pacers head coach.

"Perhaps, Qi can be used as the offensive support point to create opportunities for teammates through multiple passes?"

Taking Qitian as an option to enrich the team's offensive tactics, Vogel was determined to consider this matter later.

Marvin Williams missed a jump shot and Dampier grabbed the rebound, but Hibbert remembered the coach's words and did not fight with his opponent. He just raised his hands to interfere.

Dampier's handwork is clearly on par with Josh Smith's.

"clang!"

The basketball jumped out of the frame. Granger held the ball for a fast break. After breaking through the basket to attract the defense, he directly moved the ball in a wide range and handed it to Qi Tian from the outside.

After Qi Tian received the ball, he first glanced at his feet to prevent Durant from regretting, then jumped high and took a long three-pointer.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball hollow hit!

"52-46."