Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

George was in great form and was substituted for two consecutive fouls. However, Hill also had a poor touch on the stage and missed a three-point jumper.

Irving became more and more courageous as he fought, scoring 6 points and 1 assist in a row, leading the Cavaliers to a 14-8 score, leading the Pacers by 6 points.

Seeing Collison make a dribbling error and Irving steal and score a fast break layup, Vogel quickly called a timeout.

"16-8."

The Cavaliers got off to a hot start, and the fans who came to support the team in the away game immediately became excited. They chanted Irving's name like crazy.

"In my opinion, Kyrie's strength is probably no worse than LeBron's. In the future, he might lead the Cavaliers to complete the achievements that the Cavaliers could not complete before!"

"What LeBron?"

The Cavaliers fan next to him glared at his friend and corrected:

"That deserter doesn't deserve to be called by name!"

Looking back on the history of the Cavaliers, it can be summed up in just two words: "Tragic."

As a new team that only joined the NBA in 1970, the Cavaliers have always been at the lower level of the league. They finally made it to the playoffs under the leadership of Doherty, but were shut out by Jordan with a jump shot.

As Doherty was affected by injuries, the Cavaliers once again fell into trouble. In the Bulls' 69-win season, the Cavaliers' away victory over the Bulls became the only bright spot.

Under the leadership of James, the No. 1 pick in 2003, the Cavaliers broke through the best record in team history in 2007 and successfully reached the Finals. However, the Cavaliers made many transactions and failed to make any further progress. In the summer of 2010,

James escaped!

With Jamison and Varejao injured, the Cavaliers suffered a humiliating 26-game losing streak. Fortunately, they finally got the No. 1 pick as compensation.

The Cavaliers in the new era are about to rise again!

"Now we have a real leader,"

The fan wearing Cavaliers Varejao's No. 17 jersey continued:

"Kyrie is the real savior of the Cavaliers!"

"you're right."

His friend nodded and agreed with his point of view:

"The future Cavaliers will only get better and better under the leadership of Irving!"

However, the situation on the court did not develop as Cavaliers fans thought. The Pacers, who specialize in the interior, firmly and steadily eroded the Cavaliers' lead.

Halfway through the first quarter, the Pacers rewritten the score as:

"17-12."

"Give me!"

Granger saw his teammate pick off the defensive rebound and immediately reached for the ball.

Casspi saw his opponent attacking with the ball and quickly went to mark him.

Cavaliers coach Byron Scott immediately signaled to Jamison and Varejao inside and asked them to help Casspi intercept the opponent.

Sure enough, Granger easily ran over Casspi and rushed toward the basket.

But Jamison faced his opponent, jumped up to block the shot, and interfered with his opponent's shot.

"Clang!"

The basketball jumped out of the hoop.

But Hibbert used his height to jump up and grab the offensive rebound, then jumped up and scored a layup.

"17-14."

"It's not very stable!"

The Pacers narrowed the point difference to 3 points, which made the Cavaliers feel the crisis.

Irving organized the offense, but as expected, he was tightly defended by the Pacers.

"This way!"

Casspi saw Collison and Granger intercepting Irving and immediately ran out to get the ball.

Irving passed the ball decisively.

"Do you really think I'm paper?"

Granger was already prepared. When he saw Irving passing the ball, he immediately ran towards Casspi.

Casspi was about to shoot a three-pointer towards Granger, but unexpectedly Granger took off early, raised his right hand, and his fingers grazed the edge of the basketball!

The basketball immediately flew out and was taken down by Collison.

"Quick attack!"

Hill and Granger immediately stepped forward, and Collison also passed a long pass in time.

"Oops!"

Seeing that the Cavaliers reacted a beat too late, allowing the Pacers to seize the opportunity to play a fast break, the Cavaliers fans on the sidelines burst into mourning.

Basketball is not football, you can't cause your opponent to go offside.

"Give me!"

Hill went to the basket on a fast break, reached for the ball from Granger, received the pass, and made a three-step layup.

"Whoosh!"

"Dudu!"

When the ball went in, the buzzer sounded, and the referee pointed at Jamison, who was following Hill, indicating that it was his shooting foul.

"The shot is valid, and there will be an extra penalty."

2+1!

It turned out that when Jamison saw his opponent making a fast break, he thought of using a foul to stop the opponent and exchanged one foul for two free throws. However, he was a step too late. When Hill took action, he went up and hugged the opponent, giving away the opponent in vain.

Chance to tie the score.

"Nitrogen Tomb!"

Jamison felt that his foul was worthless and punched the basket hard.

"17-16."

Seeing that the tying score was just a free throw, the home Pacers fans immediately became excited. They waved banners or put up signs to cheer for the team.

Hill received the referee's pass, adjusted his breathing, and then threw the basketball in his hand.

"Clang!"

Hill, who hit 86.3% of his free throws last season, didn't hit any extra free throws!

Jamison, who was under the basket, quickly made up for it, jumped up to protect the rebound, and turned around to hand it to his teammates.

Hill was also a little disappointed with his free throw, shook his head and fell back to defend.

The score between the two sides was very close. With 5 minutes left in the first quarter, the Cavaliers took the lead in replacing Irving, Jamison and Varejao. The Pacers also tacitly replaced Collison, Granger, West and Hibbert.

Changed it.

What made Qi Tian fans a little disappointed was that Qi Tian did not get a chance to play. Collison and Granger were replaced by Stephenson and Deng Tai Jones.

After the first quarter, the Cavaliers led their opponents by 2 points 24-22 entering the second quarter.

"Well played everyone!"

Seeing his teammates step down, Granger took the lead in giving praise to his teammates.

At the last moment of the first quarter, Deng Tai Jones scored 4 points with consecutive shots and free throws, which helped the team cling to the score.

"Tsk, we are no match for the substitutes."

The Cavaliers fan wearing No. 17 jersey said helplessly.

The thickness of the lineup is often a rough criterion for identifying whether a team is a strong team.

If a team does not have qualified substitute players and relies only on the starting lineup, the pressure on the starting five will be doubled, and they will be prone to injuries during the regular season, which is like a long marathon.

Looking at all the teams that have entered the playoffs, teams with deeper benches than their opponents will take advantage.

The current Cavaliers' bench is headed by Sessions, and the opponent's Pacers have last season's starting power forward Hansbrough in the bench, plus Hill, Barbosa and others, which is indeed better than the Cavaliers.

Stronger.

Last season's record can also be used as evidence. The Cavaliers were last in the Eastern Conference, while the Pacers were eighth in the Eastern Conference.

Although eighth place in the Eastern Conference is likely to reach the playoffs by luck, the last place is definitely a bad team.