Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

In the fourth quarter, Granger missed three shots, and George, who made two zero shots, both scored zero goals.

On the contrary, new players Hill and West performed well, scoring 5 and 6 points in a single quarter, helping the team withstand the pressure.

"Tsk."

Even though Granger and George performed poorly, Vogel put Granger and George into the starting lineup for overtime.

In the 5-minute overtime, unless there are special circumstances, you still have to play the main lineup, even if they cheat again.

Vogel looked at Granger and George expressionlessly.

"Coach, I..."

Granger was about to apologize when the head coach interrupted him.

"Listen, we're in overtime, and my only hope is,"

Vogel glanced around before continuing:

"Forget everything that happened in the past hour or so."

He raised his voice slightly:

"Focus all your attention on the next 5 minutes and win the game!"

Granger was comforted by the coach and was very moved. He immediately expressed his stance:

"Don't worry, coach, we will definitely win the game!"

Granger and his teammates simultaneously extended their right hands and clasped their hands together, shouting in unison:

"victory!"

After resolving personal physical problems through inter-session breaks, the Pacers fans still believed in their home team. When the Pacers players came on stage one after another, they gave them overwhelming cheers.

"Danny!"

"Paul!"

Someone even shouted the slogan from last season’s playoffs:

“Solidarity!”

When everyone from the Cavaliers came on the stage, they entered with the audience chanting "unity".

Rookies obviously rarely see this kind of scene. Even Irving, who appeared on the stage, looked a little pale.

The referee signaled the centers of both sides to jump the ball in the middle circle, and then blew the whistle to start overtime.

Varejao jumped hard and grabbed the ball again.

Basketball was controlled by Irving and steadily advanced.

"Pick and roll!"

After several games of cooperation, the cooperation between Irving and insider Varejao became more and more tacit. With just one look, Varejao quietly moved up and blocked Hill.

But Hill was well prepared. After bumping into Varejao, he quickly bypassed the cover and chased Irving.

"Clang!"

Irving's forced shot missed and the rebound was grabbed by West under the basket.

"Give me!"

Entering overtime, Granger finally showed his fangs. He went directly to the baseline to ask for the ball, and then dribbled forward.

Casspi came to defend, but was thrown away by Granger with a change of direction. Granger completed the attack with a difficult drift jumper.

"Whoosh!"

The basketball fell steadily into the basket. Granger raised his arms and roared, and then quickly turned back to defend amid the cheers of the fans in the audience.

"Don't be nervous!"

The experienced Jamison saw Irving's expression fluctuating a little and immediately comforted him.

"Give me!"

Anthony Parker took advantage of Jamison's pick-and-roll and ran away from the defense to the outside.

Irving immediately passed the ball, and Parker jumped up to take the ball.

"Whoosh!"

Three point shot!

"87-86."

Cavaliers fans immediately cheered.

Granger had entered his own rhythm, missed a single jump shot, immediately turned around to grab the rebound, and then assisted West in the basket for a layup.

"87-88."

Seeing the unstoppable Granger being so strong, Byron Scott on the sidelines felt a little bad.

The momentum on the court is a very simple thing. Either the home team overwhelms the away team, or the away team overwhelms the home team.

Now that the Pacers are slowly gaining momentum under the leadership of Granger, the Cavaliers are naturally at a disadvantage.

"Do you want to call a timeout?"

The Cavaliers head coach is in a dilemma.

Call a timeout, they are only 1 point behind, it always feels like there is a bit of a fuss;

But if he didn't call a timeout, it looked like the head coach was in a daze.

While he was still hesitating, Irving attacked with the ball and dodged into the crowd under the basket.

With men on his left and right, his jump shot missed again, and the rebound was taken by Paul George.

"Quick attack!"

George passed the ball to Hill and then rushed towards the opponent's half.

Granger ignored him. Seeing Hill slowly start to advance, he felt relieved and waited until halftime before reaching for the ball.

The Pacers are still in the lead. They have the advantage at this time, and they can't be impatient.

Seeing that the point guard had the same idea, Granger couldn't help but admire the new players and look forward to the future.

The team is currently strong and might be able to advance to the Eastern Conference finals next year.

Granger shook his head slightly to drive away distracting thoughts, and then directly hit his opponent in a high position.

Casspi tried his best to defend, but failed to keep up with his opponent. He was shaken away by Granger, and then watched helplessly as he made a jump shot.

"Whoosh!"

Hit again!

"87-90."

The overtime period was already halfway through, and Granger had already made 2 of 3 shots, scoring 4 points and 1 assist.

This time Byron Scott had no choice and immediately called a timeout.

"Strengthen the forward defense!"

Scott first determined the focus of the next defense, and then stopped.

The Cavaliers only have Casspi and Jamison on the front line who are trustworthy, but one of them is white and the other is old. Jamison can at best compete with West. Casspi wants to guard Granger, which is really difficult.

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Fortunately, Scott had won the best coach after all, and he quickly found a way:

"When necessary, come inside and double-team Granger."

"They could only give the ball to Granger."

Then he picked up the tactical board and drew tactics for everyone.

Scott decided to shoot a three-pointer to tie the score.

With only 2 minutes left in overtime, Irving dribbled to the top of the key.

Jamison stepped forward to pick and roll, and then took advantage of Irving's breakthrough to quickly roll outside the three-point line!

West was slow to react and could only watch as Jamison received the pass and made a three-point jumper.

"clang!"

The basketball bounced out hard, and George once again showed his strong fighting ability and picked up the rebound.

"Defend!"

"There's still a chance!"

Seeing the Pacers attacking, Cavaliers fans immediately cheered for the home team.

Granger received the pass and slowly stopped at the top of the arc.

Casspi immediately stepped forward to defend, and Varejao and Jamison under the basket were also eyeing him.

"Pick and roll!"

Granger reached out for a pick-and-roll, then quickly passed through West and forced a jumper in front of Casspi for a three-pointer.

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

"87-93!"

The Pacers lead by 6 points.

Byron Scott immediately called the second timeout.

Granger proudly walked to the bench amidst the cheers of the Pacers fans.

He scored 7 points and once again became the pride of this city.

“It’s so cool!”

Everyone on the bench immediately gathered around to cheer for Granger.

"Don't relax, we haven't won yet."

The sober Granger was indeed stable. After re-appearing, he made two free throws in the last 18 seconds. The 6-point gap became a huge gap between the home and away teams.