Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

"This... I'm afraid it will be difficult."

The game was beaten by the opponent in the third quarter, and the Magic fans at home immediately became a little pessimistic.

After all, in the previous two games, the Magic were taken away by the Pacers in the third quarter.

The Pacers fans on the other side were extremely excited.

“Advance to the second round!”

The last time the Pacers advanced to the second round was when O'Neal Jr. and Reggie Miller led the team. This was seven years ago.

After that, the Pacers failed to enter the playoffs for four consecutive years. Last year's first-round trip gave them a surprise. Now the opportunity to achieve greater glory is right in front of them. How can they not be surprised?

The game soon came to the last quarter, and the Pacers fans immediately cheered for the substitute players who came on the stage, just waiting for the news of victory.

But the Magic didn't intend to surrender.

Head coach Van Gundy took advantage of the break and said:

"We still have a chance. Our opponent can take the lead because of West's 12 points in a single quarter. We strengthened our interior defense and it was enough to deal with it."

"But...where is Hibbert on the inside of the opponent's team?"

Turkoglu was the first to retort. He looked at Glenn Davis and said,

"Glenn injured his ankle during the regular season, and his height is already at a disadvantage. If we strengthen West's defense, what should the center do?"

The assistant teacher next to him sighed secretly.

The team is at a disadvantage, the most critical situation has occurred, and even the team's captain is questioning the head coach's arrangement.

Van Gundy smiled slightly and said:

"The answer to this question is the same as the answer to the Pacers not focusing on the inside in the third quarter!"

The head coach’s in-depth look immediately infected the players. Nelson asked:

"What is it?"

"Roy Hibbert, 4 fouls already!"

Van Gundy's voice immediately caused a crowd of people to exclaim.

"Really?!"

"This is great news!"

After taking the paper statistics and looking at the bright four in the Hibbert foul column, the assistant coach finally knew the secret to the Magic's victory today.

After losing Howard, the Magic had no advantage inside. Although Glen Davis worked hard and scored 20 points in a row, temporarily making up for the shortcomings in offense, rebounds don't lie. Hibbert and Wei

St's rebounds hit double figures from time to time, which is enough to show the Magic's weakness inside.

But if you can beat the opponent's center...

As expected, Van Gundy also stated the key points of the Magic's fourth quarter:

"In the next game, we have to keep attacking the inside and try to beat Hibbert until he is full of fouls and leave the field. We don't even need to actually achieve it. As long as Hibbert is sitting off the court and unable to play, we will have a chance!"

"I understand, coach,"

Nelson and Richardson next to him looked at each other and said,

"Next, let's try to get Hibbert to foul."

"very good."

Van Gundy knew that the players already had fighting spirit. After nodding proudly, he said to them,

"Come on, win the game, tie the score, and keep the victory at the Amway Center!"

"victory!"

The Magic players shouted in unison and walked onto the field.

At the critical moment of the crucial game, neither Vogel nor Van Gundy replaced all the substitutes as usual. The Pacers were led by Paul George and West with Collison, Qi Tian and Hansbrough;

The Magic directly replaced their starting forward Ryan Anderson, Turkoglu and Glen Davis, with Duhon and Redick on the outside.

George took shots from the outside one after another, but was blocked by Anderson. Fortunately, the Pacers' defense was on the line and the point difference was steadily maintained.

"77-63."

George made another jump shot.

"clang!"

The basketball bounced out of the frame, but fortunately George made up for it, grabbed the offensive rebound, and turned around to hand it to his teammates.

Hansbrough took the ball and was about to attack, but Redick rushed over and completed the steal!

"Oops!"

Qitian and George hurriedly chased towards their own half.

The Magic quickly accelerated and prepared to complete the fast break.

"It's too late!"

George looked at Duhong and Anderson who jumped out next to him, and knew that it was unavoidable for his opponent to start a fast break, so he decisively committed a foul.

"Dudu!"

The referee immediately blew the whistle, indicating that it was George's foul.

But Redick, who saw the scoring opportunity slipping away from his hands, was unwilling to do so and rapped at George.

"*uc***!"

Hanma Liang's extremely high rap directly caused the referee to blow the whistle and gave Redick a technical foul.

George was not one to be manipulated by others. He was about to go over and retaliate, but was stopped by Collison and Qi Tian.

"Calm down!"

"The game is important!"

Collison did not expect that Qi Tian, ​​who he was worried about, would have no problem, but George would be a little overwhelmed by this unexpected situation.

"Want a tight ass?!"

George shook off Collison and Qi Tian's arms and went over to exchange words.

"Apply for substitution!"

Vogel on the sidelines quickly requested a substitution, Granger came on, and asked George to come off and calm down.

"Calm down, what's it like to be so noisy?!"

Granger stepped forward and indeed calmed down George. Granger patted his brother on the shoulder and turned to look in the direction of the Magic team with a somewhat unkind look on his face.

He has been in the league for many years and has never seen anything in the world. Although Redick was the first to speak just now, his opponent obviously also had the idea of ​​being expelled at the same time as George.

Use a substitute defender to trade against the opponent's starting defender and you will definitely make money without losing money.

"You're playing dirty, right?"

Granger became angry in a rare way and prepared to regain his place on the court for his brother.

Collison hit a technical foul free throw, and then the Pacers put down Turkoglu's offense and West scored, widening the point difference in one fell swoop.

"80-63."

Magic quickly made another wave of permutations and combinations, trying to find the best choice.

Granger didn't intend to let them go, he directly asked for the ball from a high position, preparing for a singles.

Richardson fought hard to defend, but could only watch as Granger made an emergency jump shot.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball hollow hit.

"82-63."

"handsome!"

"Boss Danny is awesome!"

The Pacers fans and the bench were excited, especially George. He waved a towel and cheered for Granger.

Magic fans looked very ugly. In the last 8 minutes of the game, the disadvantage reached 19 points. It was already extremely difficult to make a comeback.

If this game is won by the opponent, and they return to the home court with even greater momentum, the Magic's prospect of a first-round trip has gradually begun.

Richardson and Nelson scored consecutively in the next two rounds, but they failed to reassure the fans at the scene.

But at this time, Vogel felt that he no longer had the advantage of rebounding on the court, so he requested a substitution and replaced West with Hibbert, who had already committed four fouls.

"Now!"

The head coach on the sidelines and the Magic players on the court looked at each other tacitly, knowing that their opportunity had come.

"breakthrough!"

Redick broke through and hit Hibbert for a layup.

"82-69."