Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

"Haha, although Bosh is not here, Mario stepped forward. It seems that Lady Luck is still on our side!"

Heat fans were excited.

Although Bosh's injury hurt them a lot, Bosh was not reimbursed for the season and could still come back in the subsequent playoffs. In this case, Chalmers suddenly broke out, giving fans hope.

"When Bosh comes back, we will use up all our strength to compete with the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals and reach the Finals. No matter who our opponent is, they will not be able to resist the Heat!"

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Heat let James, who played the entire first quarter, rest off the court. Wade led the substitutes Cole, James Jones, Haslem and Turiaf on the field.

The Pacers also started a lineup with four substitutes, but West led Collison, Deng Tai Jones, Qitian and Hansbrough.

Collison has already cooperated very well with his substitute teammates. He broke through and passed the ball to Qi Tian, ​​who was cutting through the air. Qi Tian made a layup, causing Turiaf to foul.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

Qi Tian made two free throws.

"26-19."

After Wade hit a jumper, Turiaf grabbed the offensive rebound and forced a dunk. He also caused Qi Tian to foul and retaliate, but missed the extra penalty.

Unlike Wade, who could only count on Wade, the Pacers had sufficient lineup thickness and did a good job of passing the ball. Qi Tian moved away from Jones and received the ball from the outside.

"Oops!"

James Jones quickly rushed to defend, Qi Tian feinted a shot, sent his opponent flying, and then made a jump shot.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball hollow hit.

"28-22."

Wade attacked with the ball, and the Pacers were well prepared, but Dengtay Jones failed to keep up. Qi Tian, ​​who was originally in the corner, immediately came over to defend, and Dengtay Jones immediately rotated in front of his own James Jones.

"clang!"

"clang!"

Wade and Haslem's offense hit one after another, while Hansbrough and West scored consecutively, narrowing the point difference in one fell swoop.

"28-26."

"Apply for substitution!"

The Heat were not blindly confident and quickly replaced Chalmers and James. James also broke through Qitian's defense and scored a layup to help the team stabilize the situation.

On the other side, after James assisted Turiaf to score 3 points in a row, the Pacers replaced Hill, George and Granger with 7 minutes left in the second quarter.

“It’s quite law-abiding, a bit rigid.”

Brian Shaw's eyes glanced at head coach Vogel, and he quickly handed the towel in his hand to Qi Tian who was walking down.

The Heat quickly made substitutions when the Pacers were close to the score, but Vogel delayed the game for nearly 2 minutes, and only replaced the main force when his opponent opened the point difference to 7 points.

Vogel can certainly answer by saying that the team has sufficient resources and the rotation time has not come, but the rigid evaluation of personnel still cannot be used.

"If there is no advantage at the coaching level, then we can only rely on the players, but the players..."

Brian Shaw, who is in the middle of the situation, is a little pessimistic.

The current Pacers cannot match their opponents in terms of players, and it is really difficult to win.

But the game was obviously not just about the quality of the lineup. Hill organized the offense, with Hibbert scoring inside, and then assisting West. Finally, he caught the ball and hit a three-point jumper, narrowing the point difference in one fell swoop.

"36-35."

Taking advantage of James' mistake, Hill singled out his opponent and made a pull-up jumper.

"36-37."

The Pacers overtook the score!

"Polo team, come on!"

“Solidarity!”

"George Hill!"

The home fans chanted slogans chaotically and cheered for the team.

"I'll do it!"

Chalmers, who played confidently in the first quarter, winked at his teammates and asked them to open up space.

"Pick and roll!"

Chalmers is not a fast point guard. If you want to get rid of the opponent's defense, pick-and-roll is the best choice.

He saw George Hill about to make a move, and with a thought in his heart, he made a fake move to break through. Sure enough, Hill was shaken around Haslem. He immediately accelerated and broke through from the other side.

"Dudu!"

The referee blew the whistle, indicating Hill's foul, and sent Chalmers to the free throw line.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

Free throws are an extremely basic course for point guards. Chalmers made two free throws steadily.

"snort!"

Of course, George Hill would not tolerate his opponent showing off his power in front of him. He decisively called a tactic and once again faced his opponent and took a drift jumper.

"Whoosh!"

A hollow basketball hit helped the Pacers take the lead again.

"38-39."

"Nesshat!"

"What a ball!"

Pacers fans cheered for a while. It is a good thing for the team that someone on the team can stand up in this stalemate moment.

The two point guards seemed to be facing each other. Chalmers continued to attack and broke through for a layup, causing West to foul.

"Danglanglang, shua!"

"Dudu!"

2+1!

Heat fans were not happy for long, George Hill caused another foul on Chalmers and made two free throws.

"43-43."

At the end of the second quarter, the two teams were tied.

After the Heat beat their opponents 26-17 in the first quarter, they were outscored 26-17 in the second quarter. Coincidentally, it was the explosion of the point guard that helped the team gain an advantage, and these two explosive point guards,

It was the same league that we entered in the same year.

"It's a tie, that's okay."

"Not bad, not bad, we finally look like a strong team."

Staying elegant under pressure, oh no, tenaciously chasing points when falling behind, is a characteristic shared by almost all strong teams, and the current Pacers seem to possess this characteristic.

Bird's face didn't look much better off the court, because the data of the players on both sides was already displayed on the big screen.

The Heat's James has scored a team-high 16 points. The Pacers are led by Hibbert who scored 12 points. Danny Granger made 1 of 5 shots and 2 of 2 free throws, and only scored 5 points.

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Granger can be used to lead his teammates to make up for it, but fans who have watched the game know that the Pacers can tie the score by relying on Hibbert and West, who got 5 rebounds, and 4 assists.

Hill, Granger and George at best made some contributions on the defensive end.

Others are preparing to attack, and the team boss is contributing on the defensive end. Is there anything more ironic than this?

Bird once built a team with Artest and O'Neal as the core. Granger's defense obviously failed to reach Artest's level.

"The upper limit is still too low."

Bird decided to ignore the coach's opinion and officially made trading Granger the team's job this offseason.

As a head coach, what does he know about team transactions?

But after thinking about it for a while, he gave up the plan.

The reason is that no player appeared this summer that made the Pacers determined to pay Granger.

Bird wanted to trade Granger for Howard, but after losing Howard, the Magic will inevitably start rebuilding. Why do they need a 29-year-old small forward who can play legitimately?

"Maybe we can pull a three-party deal?"

Bird seriously considered the feasibility of this plan in his mind.