Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

At the end of the half-time break, the two teams went head-to-head again.

The Pacers' offense was particularly determined. At the beginning, George hit a three-pointer from the outside to narrow the point difference.

"51-64."

"Come on, cavalry team!"

The Pacers fans on the sidelines shouted loudly and cheered them on.

The Spurs were like a precise instrument, rotating quickly. With the help of Duncan's pick-and-roll, Parker quickly broke through and found Danny Green on the outside.

Danny Green faked a move and knocked George away, then stopped for a jumper.

But he underestimated George's speed. George, who failed to block the shot, quickly turned around and interfered with Green from the side.

"clang!"

The basketball jumped out of the hoop.

"rebound!"

Everyone under the basket immediately fought together to grab the rebound.

Duncan had just come into contact with basketball, and when he saw Hibbert jumping to fight for it, he could only point out the basketball.

"nice shot!"

Granger was overjoyed when he saw the basketball flying toward him, but happiness can easily lead to sadness. Leonard, who was next to him, quickly grabbed the basketball and relied on his long arms to snatch the basketball away from Granger's hand!

"Coming, coming, Leonard's death steal!"

Qitian off the court was immediately frightened.

"What?"

Granger was shocked and could only watch Leonard take a jump shot.

Fortunately, Leonard's offense is obviously not as sharp as his defense.

"clang!"

Collison rushed in to get the rebound, signaled his teammates to move, and then slowly dribbled forward.

Using the pick-and-roll, Collison passed the ball to Hibbert under the basket, assisting his teammate to score under the basket.

"53-64."

"Pick and roll!"

Parker called a pick-and-roll at the top of the arc, and Collison immediately bypassed the defense, but Parker made a feint, tricking Collison into hitting Duncan, and then made a pull-up jumper.

His performance did not stop, and he hit a shot after catching the ball. After Collison made a foul and made two free throws, he hit another jumper and scored 6 points in a row.

"57-70."

The Pacers failed to catch up with the score, but their opponents firmly maintained the point difference.

"This is what we call a point guard!"

Spurs fans cheered as they watched Parker's performance one after another.

In front of Parker, Collison was like a newbie, unable to fight back.

"He was never the first point guard, he only sent the first point guard home!"

Payton, Nash, Kidd, Billups, Bibby, Deron and Paul all lost to Parker in the playoffs.

Seeing that 4 minutes have passed in the third quarter, the team still failed to catch up with the score.

Vogel gestured to everyone on the field, asking them to step up their attack, especially Granger and George at the forward and back.

But it is a pity that the Spurs have made sufficient preparations for the Pacers before the game. They have already made defensive preparations, not to mention Danny Green and Leonard at forward and back, who are the defensive resources that the head coach has high hopes for.

George originally wanted to run and catch the ball, but was entangled by Danny Green and couldn't find a chance at all.

"Paul!"

Granger acted as a transfer, and the receiver passed the ball, and then turned around to block Green who was following.

George caught the ball and was about to organize an offense, but was squeezed by Green, and the basketball in his hand was immediately stolen by his opponent!

"Oops!"

Seeing that the situation was not going well, George had no choice but to foul.

"Dudu!"

The referee blew the whistle to signal George for a foul. Fortunately, George responded in time and did not send his opponent to the free throw line.

"The offense is not smooth."

Brian Shaw, the assistant coach on the sidelines, looked at the solemn-faced players and said in a low voice.

The Pacers' offense has no system at all, and it mainly relies on Granger to drive it.

Now facing the Spurs who have a tacit defense, it is indeed difficult to attack.

"With Duncan on the inside, Parker on the outside, Green and Leonard Blair as supplements, this year's Spurs feel stronger than last year."

Compared with Richard Jefferson, who Spurs fans had high hopes for last year, Leonard this year is obviously more suitable for the team's system.

"At this time, we must seize the opponent's weakness and hit him hard."

Granger also noticed the team's difficulties and decided to stand up.

The Spurs' offense really asked Duncan to attack inside. Granger quickly came to the basket and stole the basketball from the opponent's inside hand.

"pretty!"

Pacers fans saw hope and immediately cheered for the team.

"Quick attack!"

Granger had the same idea, but Duncan reacted quickly. After the basketball was stolen, he made a quick move and successfully fouled, preventing his opponent's fast break plan.

"Give me!"

After serving from the outside, Granger asked for the ball from a high position to prepare for a singles.

But the moment he turned around, Leonard behind him stretched out his damn long hand again, slapped the basketball out of his hand, and succeeded in counter-stealing!

"Wow~~!!"

Even Spurs fans who have been fans for many years have never seen such violence, and they exclaimed.

Not to mention the small forward in their previous lineup, Richard Jefferson, the defense of Finley, Bowen, Stephen Jackson and others can only be considered acceptable, all relying on the defensive radiation of Duncan inside.

After Leonard steals the ball, he immediately holds the ball for a fast break.

"Give me!"

Parker ran over from the backcourt, took the basketball, passed Collison directly, and scored an easy layup on the fast break.

Then Parker stole the basketball from Hibbert inside, reciprocated and passed it to Leonard on the fast break, assisting his teammate to score.

"59-74."

The score difference has reached 15 points, and even die-hard Pacers fans are full of pessimism.

"No match at all."

Not to mention being beaten into a headwind, the Spurs, who were beaten more and more smoothly in the third quarter, could not narrow the point difference at all, which told the fans this cruel fact.

The Pacers coaching team feels even more strongly.

The established George's main offensive tactics were not carried out, but were completely broken by the Spurs.

Danny Green is on guard all over the court. Once the pick-and-roll occurs, the Spurs delay the ball, preventing George from receiving the ball and waiting for Green to get in position.

What makes the coaching team even more disgraceful is that Granger was only assigned a rookie to defend alone by his opponent, and he was successfully defended!

"What use is a small forward who only has jump shots but no breakthrough?"

Popovich smiled disdainfully.

All he needs to do is let Leonard guard Granger's right-side breakthrough jump shot, and he can restrain his opponent. How can there be such an advantage in the world?

But with the facts before his eyes, Popovich still feels a little relaxed!

"However, Kawhi does have great talent on defense. Let England arrange a personal training for him. Maybe it can make him go further?"

You know, it is everyone's consensus that the Spurs will gradually enter the post-GDP era.

At this time, Popovich believed that the Spurs had found the cornerstone of the post-Duncan era.

Naturally, he will no longer be bitter about George Hill being traded, and is even grateful to the assistant coach Budenholzer who proposed the deal.

"For a position like coaching that uses brain work, you have to be white."

Popovich sighed.