Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

Chapter 297 Overtime Evolution

Reaching overtime means that although we did not win, we did not lose either. This is a result that both fans can accept.

Pacers fans naturally hope that the team's better overall lineup can play a role, while Kings fans choose to believe in Marcus Thornton, who scored 11 points in the fourth quarter, plus Evans and Cousin inside and outside.

Well, it’s still unclear who will win.

"Um……"

As soon as regular time ended, Vogel was thinking about a very important question: which lineup to use in overtime, whether it would be Qi Tian's starting lineup in recent games, or joining Stephenson to regain some of the defensive style of last season.

What about the lineup?

He hesitated for a while, then his nature of stability kicked in and he made a decision:

"Lance, you're going to play in overtime and mainly defend Thornton. Seven, you're going to rest off the court first."

Assistant coach Brian Xiao frowned slightly, but did not speak.

The head coach's arrangement was reasonable. If Qi Tian had already been in the starting lineup, it would indeed be difficult to be suddenly replaced. However, Qi Tian had just been promoted from the bench. The coach changed him back to the bench because of some considerations.

What can one say.

Of course, Qi Tian had no objection. When the overtime started, he sat on the bench with other teammates to cheer for his teammates.

"Carriage team, come on..."

"What's going on? Why did the lineup change in overtime?"

"Where's Seven?"

"Stephenson comes on and Qi Tian comes on to rest?"

The lineup sent by the Pacers immediately attracted the attention of the home fans. They looked with some surprise at Qi Tian, who was originally the starter but could only sit on the bench, and Stephenson, who came on as a substitute in overtime.

"Perhaps it is the consideration of the coaching team. After all, Thornton of the Kings has scored more than 20 points today. The last defensive player should limit him."

Someone soon guessed what the coaching team meant, but this explanation obviously failed to convince the crowd. A fan wearing Qitian's No. 7 jersey shouted:

"Then let George defend him. The Kings' small forward isn't very strong, either?"

"Fart, Evans, are you on guard?"

…

The fans' quarrel did not last long, and was quickly interrupted by the Kings' lineup on the other side, because Evans was not included in the Kings' lineup in overtime!

Tyreke Evans is the absolute core of the Kings' outside line. Although he didn't feel good today and only scored 14 points in regular time, he is still better than Brooks Garcia who came on the stage, right?

"Could it be..."

"I know you're going to let Evans rest before playing again, so..."

"So I will also let one of the main players rest, and when you replace me, I will also replace them, and the two will cancel each other out?"

"Did I predict your prediction?"

The Pacers fans were startled and looked at Vogel standing in front of the bench.

At this time, Vogel looked calm and showed a calm and extraordinary demeanor.

"Our coach is still very good. No, maybe he is already very good, but he only showed it recently?"

The Pacers fans at the scene almost had stars in their eyes.

On the other side, Kings head coach Smart was even more shocked. Looking at the Pacers with a complete lineup, and then at the main force Qi Tian sitting off the court to rest, pessimism spread.

It turns out that all the preparations I made were predicted by my opponent?

Yes, Coach Smart took into account that Evans was not feeling well today, but his playing time exceeded 30 minutes, so he suddenly had a sudden idea and made a decisive change in overtime, allowing Marcus Thornton to unleash his full firepower, and Evan

Take a rest off the field.

When the time is right, Evans will appear as a new force and may be able to disrupt the opponent's arrangement.

But I didn't expect that the opponent's coach was so powerful and could see through his own arrangement at a glance.

"This is a famous handsome man, a powerful rival!"

Coach Smart quickly made a judgment and began to think about countermeasures.

The Kings have now lost the opportunity and must find another way to win, otherwise they will only die slowly.

The Pacers are so scary!

"Dudududu!"

The referee blew the whistle to start overtime and then threw the ball into the air.

This time Cousins didn't give Hibbert a chance and took the basketball first.

"Defend!"

Before the shouts of the Pacers fans on the sidelines could be heard, Brooks was seen quickly rushing toward the Pacers' half with the ball.

They planned to take advantage of the opportunity when the opponent was stunned at the beginning of the game to play a fast break!

“What a beautiful thought!”

George did not allow his opponent to run wild on the outside. He came from the side to help defend, chased Brooks, and directly missed his shot!

"careful!"

George got the defensive rebound and was about to turn around for a fast break when he heard the shouts of his teammates.

George knew that his opponent was trying to counterattack, so he quickly took the ball into his arms.

Everyone in the Kings team had no choice but to return to defense.

"attack!"

George advanced with the ball, wanting to imitate Granger and play a heroic ball.

Call West for a pick-and-roll, and he quickly breaks through toward the basket.

Cousins? One step ahead!

Looking at the empty basket in front of him, George's smile gradually spread.

But he underestimated Cousins' wingspan. The moment George made a layup, the ball was already scooped up by Cousins behind him!

The basketball flew out of the baseline during the melee, and the referee awarded the ball to the Kings. The Kings took advantage of the opportunity and directly substituted Evans.

Now that the enemy has noticed the enemy, it's better to fight head-on with real swords and guns.

But to Coach Smart's surprise, Vogel still put Qi Tian on the bench and did not let him play.

"What are you doing?"

Smart, who had just made the decision to discard the overtime tactics, began to think about new issues.

Little did he know that Vogel just wanted to see what the low-end version of the Pacers could do.

With Stephenson, the Pacers have indeed regained some of their former glory, defensively:

Evans, Brooks and Thornton struck gold one after another.

It's just that the offense has also returned to the strange cycle of only taking turns to play singles. West continued to hit the iron, and Stephenson failed to hit any outside three-pointers.

"91-91."

Halfway through the five-minute overtime, the two sides had not scored a point.

"Pick and roll!"

Hill called a pick-and-roll and passed the ball to Stephenson who ran out.

As soon as George wanted the ball, he saw Stephenson take a jump shot.

"I dare to vote for this..."

Before the Pacers fans could even express their doubts, they saw the basketball accurately passing through the center of the net.

"I am!"

"Does this all come in?"

Stephenson seemed to hear their screams and smiled slightly.

Qi Tian is not the only one who can practice three-pointers!

"91-94."