Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

Hibbert missed Joel Anthony's layup and James collected the rebound.

James, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, quickly noticed some changes in the atmosphere on the court.

"Granger is gone, then the only one they can trust..."

When James was attacking, he determined the next defensive focus, and that was David West.

Miller made a mistake, but fortunately Collison didn't hold the ball firmly, and the basketball flew out.

Chalmers advanced with the ball, and James immediately got entangled with West under the basket. After Chalmers hit the ball, James jumped up decisively, picked up the rebound, and tipped the ball in.

"clang!"

West relied on his skillful skills to grab the rebound and turned around to pass it to his teammates.

"seven!"

Collison passed the ball to Qi Tian, ​​who quickly advanced with the ball.

"Defend!"

Chalmers Miller and others on the outside immediately returned to defense, but Qi Tian saw the opportunity.

Qi Tian stopped his breakthrough, suddenly stepped back to collect the ball and returned to the three-point line. Looking at the basket, he directly shot a fast break three-pointer!

"Whoosh!"

The basketball drew a beautiful arc and accurately fell into the net.

"68-69."

The Pacers took the lead in the last 2 minutes and 19 seconds of the third quarter!

This was obviously beyond the expectations of Pacers fans. After Granger left the field, Pacers fans who had watched the previous game had already speculated that the Heat would take advantage of this opportunity to pull away directly.

As for the score, it is not impossible for the team to be behind by a big margin.

But in the past two minutes or so, the team actually withstood the opponent's attack and played back and forth!

An important role in this is obviously...

"seven!"

"seven!"

"Seven, seven!"

The Pacers fans on the sidelines began to shout Qitian's name and cheer him on.

Unfortunately, their good mood did not last long. James once again broke through George's defense and scored a layup to lead the score.

West faced James' attack and was blocked by his opponent, and James collected the rebound.

Fortunately, James missed his fast break three-pointer. Qi Tian picked off the rebound, quickly broke through to the frontcourt, and passed a wide range to George on the outside.

George caught the ball and shot a three-pointer, and it went in!

"70-72."

"Well, I'm not useless."

George's expressive personality immediately trembled and showed off his power in front of Qi Tian.

It's a pity that they didn't realize that there was something wrong with the mentality of someone in the team.

Being blocked by James, there was no guarantee of rebounds. West, who had been struggling with the opponent's offense, finally broke out. When he was blocked by the opponent, he gave James an elbow directly from behind.

"Dudu!"

The referee would not tolerate this happening and immediately blew the whistle and gave West a technical foul.

"Calm down, calm down."

"David, what's going on?"

The Pacers quickly ran over and pulled West away to prevent him from uttering wild words in front of the referee and being blown out.

West shook his head and said nothing. The game continued, and he once again came to the inside to face his opponent.

When he was in the Hornets, even when he played a series with the Spurs, he never encountered an opponent who was so capable of forward defense and had superior physical strength. He was harassed to the point where he lost his sense of normalcy. How could he tell his teammates this?

After James hit a technical foul free throw, Joel Anthony scored inside and took the lead again.

After such an episode, everyone in the Pacers immediately became at a loss. Collison was intercepted by Miller while dribbling. Miller passed to James and then passed back to James. He fired a shot from beyond the three-point line.

West's attack under the basket was intercepted by James. James controlled the ball to waste time, and passed it to the newly debuted Chalmers who also hit a three-pointer at the buzzer.

"79-72."

At the end of the third quarter, the Heat launched a 9-0 attack and successfully opened the point difference to 7 points.

Pacers fans are disappointed.

When Granger came off the field, they all thought the team would fall behind, but Qi Tian gave them a surprise. The team staggered to stabilize the score without being pulled away by the opponent;

On the contrary, when they thought the team could hold on to the score and create opportunities in the fourth quarter, the situation suddenly changed and the Heat made a flurry and still took the lead.

The war criminal-level figure among them was not Qi Tian or George who faced James as they thought. Instead, he was the most experienced and stable West. He hesitated during the opponent's pick-and-roll, not knowing whether to return to the basket or delay the outside line.

Giving their opponents too many opportunities, the Heat naturally seized them all.

As soon as he got off the field, West apologized to his teammates:

"Brothers, it's my mentality that makes us fall behind."

"Don't say that, David."

Granger still encouraged the Lord and said,

"After all, there are 48 minutes in the game. No one can stay focused all the time. The most important thing is to watch the 12 minutes in the fourth quarter."

After he comforted West, he turned to look at the coach and said:

"Coach, I hope to play the entire fourth quarter."

"no problem."

Vogel responded quickly.

Up to now, the score is already behind. If Granger is not played, there will be plenty of time for Granger to recover from his injuries, but it is meaningless.

"However, you have to promise me that once the ankle injury gets worse, you will have to take a rest."

"I understand, coach, I won't joke about my career."

Granger deliberately ignored the pain coming from his ankle and said to the coach.

The Pacers played no tricks in the fourth quarter and directly used Hibbert, Granger and George to lead Collison and Hansbrough.

On the other side, the Heat also replaced Wade after Granger and James each scored two points, and the main force directly competed.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

Collison made both free throws.

"81-76."

Brian Shaw on the sidelines looked at Qi Tian sitting on the bench and sighed slightly in his heart.

Even though he gave Qi Tian many ideas and asked him to practice shooting and attacking with the ball, when the critical moment came, Vogel still believed in Granger and George more.

"There are too many people in the outside position."

Even though Brian Shaw has not been involved in team transactions, he can now guess what the team president will do this summer:

Use redundant outside personnel to trade to strengthen the team's inside line.

"Seven won't be traded, right?"

This thought suddenly flashed through Brian Shaw's mind.

But this idea was so reasonable that it made him panic.

Will the newcomers he has worked so hard to train have to leave the team this summer?

On the other side, Vogel's attention was entirely on the court. After Hibbert caused a foul and went to the free throw line, he was directly replaced by West and Hill. The entire main force will play the last 10 minutes.