Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

George, who only scored 2 points on free throws in the first half, did not improve. In other words, in this wave of offense led by Granger, George only relied on his height to grab two rebounds.

Vogel sighed in embarrassment.

George did perform well in the playoffs, but his characteristics are too similar to Granger, making it difficult for him as the head coach to formulate offensive tactics for George.

Because whatever George can do, Granger can do it, and even because of his rich experience, Granger can perfectly implement the team's tactics.

Now George is a little less interesting.

When he saw George being intercepted by Irving, Vogel's face became even more ugly. Fortunately, on the defensive end, George made up for it and blocked the opponent's shot, and the head coach's face relaxed a little.

Casspi's jump shot was blocked by George, but he relied on his keen sense of rebounds to grab the offensive rebound, and then turned around to organize the next attack.

But Granger didn't intend to give him this opportunity. He reached out directly from behind and intercepted the opponent's basketball.

Collison saw Granger get the ball and relied on tacit understanding to quickly get down. As expected, he received a long pass from his teammate and scored an easy layup.

"49-55."

"Colison still has some strength. When Hill's condition recovers and he plays with the back line, he will definitely be better than last season."

Vogel instinctively forgot about George, who was now on the shooting guard. When George made a mistake on his second dribble, he felt more and more that his idea was right.

The Cavaliers passed the ball and handed it to Varejao inside.

Varejao quickly turned around and blocked George behind him, and then forced a layup.

"ah!!"

Varejao's high-decibel shouts almost echoed throughout the Bankers Life Arena. He threw the basketball out of his hand and fell to the ground.

"Whoa!"

"Dudu!"

When the ball was scored, the referee blew the whistle. He pointed at George and signaled:

"Shooting foul, one extra penalty."

2+1!

Now it was George's turn to be confused.

"I just raised my hands to defend him!"

The experienced referee said angrily:

"Yeah, yeah, we all know you hit him on the arm unintentionally."

"Okay, okay."

Seeing George's aggrieved expression, Granger hurried over and stopped the little brother.

"It's just a foul, don't argue."

Although the referees who come to the NBA to officiate are all experienced and have officiated in NCAA games for more than ten years, they are still human after all and have their own subjective feelings.

Many players usually don't control their emotions very much when speaking. Once the referee determines that they are provoking the referee, they will just call the player a technical foul cleanly.

This is not worth the gain.

Vogel finally made up his mind, and when Varejao stepped to the free throw line, he requested a substitution and replaced George.

"Well, Qi, you're ready to go!"

Vogel saw that there were only eight and a half minutes left in the third quarter. Although it was a bit hasty, he still fired up Qitian.

"Me?"

Qi Tian also didn't expect that he would appear so early. Fortunately, he was always prepared and would not be unprepared. He immediately stood up, tore off his training pants, took off his training clothes, and came to the technical

tower.

"*uc*!"

When George saw that he was being substituted, he cursed in a low voice with some frustration, turned around, high-fived Qi Tian, ​​and walked to the bench.

"It's okay. Let's calm down first. Your performance will come in the fourth quarter."

Hill reluctantly comforted George. He did well today and had time to comfort others.

Seeing that the Pacers were so determined to replace this year's rookie, the Cavaliers players looked at each other, and some didn't know whether to call Vogel brave or courageous.

"Um, what is the draft pick of this year's rookie?"

Tristan Thompson, who was sitting in the audience, asked in confusion.

Although he and Qi Tian are rookies in the same class, young people who don't have much contact with each other on weekdays will not suddenly become close after a noisy draft. Not to mention that Thompson has never paid attention to the players behind him.

people.

Unexpectedly, Sessions had some impression. He was originally a second-round pick and was naturally sensitive to second-round picks. However, he was not impressed by Qi Tian, ​​so he said uncertainly:

"I remember it was pretty far back, over 40?"

"Isn't it right? Why do I remember that the Pacers' pick this year was the 15th pick in the first round?"

Selmius said next to him.

"Isn't that a trade? Then the Pacers added the Spurs' second-round pick to it."

The more Sessions talked about it, the deeper his memory became. He patted his head and said:

"It seems to be the 60th pick?"

"No, I remember the 60th pick was a small guard."

This was actually said by Thompson, who was obviously deeply impressed by Thomas:

"At that time he was jumping up and down, I thought he was crazy?!"

"I remembered, it was the 59th pick!"

Sessions finally cleared his memory and said with certainty.

"No. 59!"

Thompson repeated something meaningful.

Compared with first-round picks, the career length of second-round picks in the NBA is frighteningly short. A large number of them can't even make an appearance on the court and go directly to play overseas.

The 59th pick, for Thompson, the 4th pick, is no different from the Development League.

"But he's still pretty handsome."

Thompson was inexplicably obsessed with the beauty and ugliness of people. When he saw Qitian's face that was somewhat in line with Western aesthetics, he blurted out subconsciously.

Next to them, Sessions and Selmus took a deep breath at the same time and silently moved to the side.

"??"

Thompson asked in confusion:

"What are you doing?"

"It's okay, I'm afraid my butt will hurt."

Sessions looked deeply at the court and said without blinking.

Questions about Qi Tian continued to arise among other fans, but it was the Pacers who had some dissatisfaction with Qi Tian.

Because Qi Tian’s official position is only small forward!

This is also normal. 2.03cm is a relatively standard height for a small forward, and Qi Tian's lighter weight makes it difficult for him to move to a power forward.

But this first-year rookie just replaced George. What was he doing when Granger was present?

Stephenson whispered with great dissatisfaction:

"If you replace the shooting guard, you should replace it with a guard!"

Naturally, he didn't know that his trusted assistant Brian Shaw had slandered him before, lowering head coach Vogel's impression of Stephenson.

Of course, for Vogel, who emphasizes discipline, the impression score of Stephenson, who was suspended for violating team rules, would have already been negative.

Seeing Qi Tian on stage, Granger whispered to him:

"I'll guard Casspi, you go after Anthony Parker."

Casspi still has some offensive abilities, while Anthony Parker is a relatively pure three-point shooter.