Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

Hibbert made two free throws, and West also adjusted his mentality. After Miller missed a jumper, he beat Battier with a 2+1.

"Whoosh!"

"83-81."

West easily hit the extra free throw, and the Pacers finally caught up to 2 points.

The Pacers fans on the sidelines were very excited and immediately cheered for the team under the leadership of the on-site DJ.

"Keep up the good work, Horse Troopers!"

“Solidarity!”

Battier's three-point shot, which was not good before, missed again. Granger got the basketball and prepared to attack with the ball.

"Hiss~"

He could clearly feel the pain coming from his ankle, and Granger staggered a little. Fortunately, he quickly endured the pain and returned to normal, and then slowly dribbled the ball forward.

"I have to lead the team to victory!"

Granger looked around at his teammates, his eyes filled with their expectations.

"Pick and roll!"

Due to the ankle problem, Granger knew it would be difficult for him to break through the opponent's defense, so he could only call for a pick-and-roll.

At the moment when James quickly bypassed the defense, Granger made a decisive open jump shot and a three-pointer.

"clang!"

Under the expectant eyes of the fans at the scene, the basketball hit the rim hard and bounced out.

"Hey~"

Seeing that the basketball did not hit as expected, Pacers fans sighed softly.

"It would be great if Qi took action..."

A Pacers fan murmured to himself. When he noticed that everyone around him was looking at him, he immediately said,

"Why, am I right? Although Qi is sometimes super weird, his three-point shots are usually quite accurate."

"It's okay, you're right."

George grabbed an offensive rebound, but his shooting package was obviously connected with Granger, and he missed the three-point shot.

The Heat started an inside attack with Joel Anthony, who was 206 centimeters tall and faced Hibbert, who was 218 centimeters tall, and hit a hard layup!

"Dudu!"

The referee blew the whistle and awarded Hibbert a shooting foul. Joel Anthony made a solid extra penalty shot.

2+1!

"86-81."

Vogel looked at Hibbert, originally wanting to continue to believe him, but then Wade completed the steal on him, James grabbed the offensive rebound and hit the inside, causing him to foul, and went to the free throw line.

"90-81."

James made two free throws, and the point difference reached a dangerous 9 points.

"Substitute!"

The Pacers head coach chose to make substitutions after the opponent played a wave.

"Seven, come on!"

At the critical moment, Vogel had the courage to make a desperate move and directly lit up Qi Tian.

Of course, it also has something to do with the fact that the substitute Amandasson is not useful enough.

"good!"

After Granger decided to play the entire fourth quarter, Qi Tian originally thought he was going to sit on the bench for a whole quarter, but when he heard the coach's call, he immediately stood up.

"Hey, the Pacers have changed their players. Oh, they've replaced them with a rookie. No more inside?!"

Heat fans immediately felt contempt when they saw the Pacers actually giving up their inside advantage and replacing them with a new guy.

"It's stable, it's stable. It seems that we are safe in entering the Eastern Conference Finals."

"Strengthen defensive rotations!"

There is room for defensive changes on the forward line and even on the back line. Vogel immediately laid out the next defensive focus for the players:

On the defensive end, George is still following Wade, Granger is facing James, and Qi Tian is chasing Battier.

Granger holds the ball in a high position, and his four teammates are on both sides and start running.

"Come!"

George came over to block Wade who was opposite Qi Tian, ​​and the two started running in tacit understanding.

But what Wade didn't expect was that this time it was George who moved outside the three-point line and Qi Tian rushed to the basket.

"Chance!"

Granger keenly caught the opportunity when George had no one in front of him and immediately passed it over.

George caught the ball and made a jump shot.

"Whoosh!"

Accurately hit the three-pointer.

"90-84."

"nice shot!"

The players on the bench waved towels and cheered them on.

Granger defended hard, causing James to make a mistake, but his subsequent attack was also blocked by his opponent.

Wade caught the ball and attacked, and made a signature European step layup, scoring 34 points in the game!

"92-84."

West scored inside, but then Wade broke through George's defense again and hit a jumper to score 36 points.

The luck in the hearts of Pacers fans was completely defeated. They finally understood that the team's lineup can determine the outcome in ordinary periods, but at critical moments, the stability of superstars is much better than that of ordinary players.

Hill and Granger hit jump shots one after another, and Wade broke through again, causing Hill to foul and the score was 2+1!

"97-84."

In the last 3 minutes of the game, the Heat extended their lead to 13 points, and were already one step away from advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals.

"We can only give it a try!"

Hill looked around at his teammates and had an idea.

"Pick and roll!"

West came over with Joel Anthony and helped his teammates clear the basket.

Hill broke through quickly and saw Qitian running quickly in the corner, so he immediately passed the ball over.

"What?"

Battier didn't expect that he would miss out one day, so he could only watch Qi Tian throw the basketball in his hand.

"Whoosh!"

The basketball refused the Nets' attempt to retain it and fell steadily.

"97-87."

Qi Tian's performance was not over. After Wade missed a jumper, Hill attacked with the ball and passed him another long pass.

He decisively collected the ball, jumped up, and threw the basketball from the highest point.

"Whoosh!"

Another three-pointer!

"97-90."

In the last two and a half minutes, the Pacers seemed to see hope, while the Heat had a sense of crisis. James responded with a layup.

Hill still handed it over to Qi Tian on the right!

Battier was thrown away by his opponent's tricky movement. When he saw Qi Tian receiving the ball, he immediately rushed over. As expected, he was shaken by Qi Tian's fake shot.

Qi Tian quickly broke through and made a jump shot.

"Whoosh!"

"97-92."

In less than a minute, he scored 8 points in a row!

At the critical moment, James scored another layup to stabilize the situation.

This time, the Heat did not give the Pacers a chance to take shots from the outside. Granger and West's offenses hit one after another. James took the opportunity to make a fast break layup, raising the Heat's score to three digits and completely widening the point difference.

"103-92."

In the Pacers' last ditch effort, Qi Tian's three-pointer failed to continue his magic. Wade broke through and drew a foul and made two free throws, killing the game.

"Whoosh!"

Hill made a jump shot, but it had no impact on the game.

"105-94."

The Heat won the series with a big score of 4-2 and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Pacers' 2012 playoff journey also stopped here.

Bird, who came to the scene for the second time, only felt that the world was not worth it. When interviewed by the Indianapolis media after the game, he could not hide his dissatisfaction and bluntly said that his team's performance was too weak.

"I can't believe that my team would play so weak. So weak! Weak!" Bird told a reporter from the Indiana Star. "I'm very disappointed. I never thought something like this would happen.

"

The Yincheng reporter hoped that Bird could say a few more words and talk in detail, but the latter refused.

"That's all I have to say," Bird said.