Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

“Well done everyone!”

When he returned to the locker room, Vogel excitedly cheered his players on.

They were already 8 points ahead of their opponents at halftime. As long as they could settle the game smoothly, a big score of 3-1 would mean that they would have one foot in the Eastern Conference finals, stepping on the Big Three of the Heat to reach the Eastern Conference finals. How could this not disappoint the Pacers?

Is the head coach happy?

As for the Pacers, who are built on defense, it is too easy to prevent accidents from happening.

"We must strengthen our defense in the second half, especially James. Don't give him a chance to shoot, try to let him shoot!"

Vogel glanced at the first half statistics on the table and was about to continue but suddenly stopped.

In the first half, Granger made 4 of 9 shots, including 2 of 3 three-pointers, and scored 10 points. However, his score was only the same as that of substitute Qi Tian, ​​and he did not even widen the gap with Hibbert and Hill who had 8 points.

, obviously not in line with his expectations.

"On offense, we must try to achieve a high success rate as much as possible. Danny, you are our absolute core, don't be afraid to take action!"

Granger knew what he was doing. Defending James, who had been on the court for a long time, had consumed too much of his energy. Now he still had to attack, I'm afraid...

"Coach, I think it's better to let..."

Before he finished speaking, Vogel interrupted him and said:

"It doesn't matter, just take more shots outside the three-point line. Others will create opportunities for you. Roy and David will help you attract defenses under the basket."

"Roy, when you are at the basket, don't just focus on your own shots. The Heat have already guarded the inside. They need to pass more to teammates on the outside!"

This is indeed a fact. The Heat deployed heavy troops inside in the first half in order to restrict Hibbert and West, and achieved results.

"I see."

Granger nodded, turned to look at his teammates, and said,

"Just leave the attack to me."

"We will defend well."

With Granger's prestige, others certainly wouldn't mind if he said this, and they all said it together.

On the other side, the Heat locker room was a little bleak.

Just as George Hill expected, after investing more energy on the defensive end, although Hill had no voice on the offensive end, Chalmers could not reproduce the 25 points on 10 of 15 shots in the previous game.

Miraculous performance.

The starting point guard Duizi, except for James Wade, all misfired. Haslem relied on two free throws and a dunk to score the most 4 points among the three. Batty, who has high hopes,

I only hit one three-pointer.

The weaknesses of the Big Three teams were clearly exposed.

"We can only rely on the two of us."

In the somewhat silent visiting team's locker room, James looked at his teammates and said to Wade next to him.

"Then show off?"

Wade wiped his sweat and looked relaxed.

"It seems they have really forgotten how we made the Eastern Conference last year."

James's expression became a little ferocious.

The main reason why he came to the Heat is to hope that more than one person on the team can stand up at critical moments, instead of relying on him all the time.

Against the Bulls in last year's Eastern Conference finals, James finally had a teammate he could trust, and his old friend lived up to his expectations. In the last few minutes, the two teamed up to reverse their opponent and advance to the finals.

"It's time for them to relive the white-hot horror."

Wade knew it was time to fight and patted his knee gently.

Old friend, it's time for you to show off again.

The intermission ended quickly and the second half of the game started immediately. The home Pacers fans sat confidently in their seats, either looking at the field or the big screen above the field, waiting for the game to start.

They didn't expect that the game was going to end completely differently than they expected.

Vogel glanced at Qi Tian and put on the entire main lineup. Of course, the opposite Heat also came on stage with all their main lineup.

If the defense needs to be strengthened, then Qi Tian should watch the game from the bench.

Battier's three-pointer missed, and Granger's jumper three-pointer missed. Fortunately, West grabbed the offensive rebound and passed it to the outside. Hill passed it to the basket and assisted West for a layup.

Score.

"46-56."

The fans' enthusiasm was completely ignited after the team led by 10 points and Hill stole the ball from Chalmers.

"The horse-walking team will win!"

"Kill them!"

"Quick attack!"

George Hill quickly rushed towards the Heat half court amid the cheers of the fans in the stadium.

George and Granger ran quickly from both sides, looking for opportunities.

At the moment when Hill's smile fully bloomed, a figure flashed around him, and the basketball in his hand was snatched away.

It's James!

He quickly rushed over from the right, narrowed the distance with Hill, found the right opportunity, and completed the counterattack with one blow!

"pretty!"

"Nice!"

Heat fans were in high spirits and cheered for the team's performance.

"What?"

Hill's hands were empty and he quickly reacted and rushed towards James quickly.

James was about to dribble back to the opponent's half when he encountered the same incident as Hill. His hand was empty and the basketball was taken away.

"Be careful!"

Seeing Hill's two steals, Heat fans felt relieved again.

Fortunately, after James' delay, Chalmers quickly returned to defense and blocked George Hill.

"No chance!"

Hill made a quick judgment and handed the basketball to West who was cutting through the air.

West shook off Battier and was about to take a layup when he felt a force coming from the left side and the basketball he shot was swiped by someone's finger and changed its direction.

"Wade!"

Heat fans cheered, it was Wade who returned to defense and blocked West's shot!

But West relied on his height to get the offensive rebound with a second takeoff. He did not take the shot directly, but handed it to his teammates and let Hill organize the second attack.

The Heat's defense was very good, and Hill's pull-up jump shot missed.

Wade rushed in and grabbed the rebound. The Pacers were about to return to defense, but they saw Wade pulling the basketball back and throwing it into the frontcourt like a trebuchet!

"Oops!"

Needless to say, the Pacers immediately returned to defense, but James had already passed the three-point line, received the basketball, ignored Granger, and shot for a layup.

"Danglanglang, shua!"

"Dudu!"

The basketball spun around a few times, then dropped in after the referee blew the whistle.

2+1!

James steadily hit the extra penalty and stepped back.

"George!"

Granger quickly passed the ball to George, who directly caught the ball and shot a jumper.

"Whoosh!"

"49-58."

Heat fans' hearts trembled. After two minutes of play, the point difference still did not narrow.

Their hearts sank to the bottom after the two sides exchanged two blows.

George caught the ball at the top of the arc and was about to break through when James suddenly appeared in the corner and stole him!

"Oops!"

Granger and George reacted very quickly and quickly returned to defense, forcing James to stop.

Standing at the top of the arc, James looked at his teammates' positions, suddenly accelerated and broke through, squeezing George behind him and shooting for an easy layup.

"Whoosh!"

"51-58."