Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

After Qi Tian hit the extra penalty, the two sides exchanged a wave of experience, and the point difference remained stable.

"The opponent's fighting spirit is still very strong."

Parker controlled the ball at the top of the arc, sizing up his opponent's orderly defensive formation.

Although the Spurs are in the lead now, they still can't be careless.

Parker reached out and called Duncan to pick and roll.

The pick-and-roll cooperation between the guard and the center, especially the inside cooperation between the top point guard and the offensive general who can pick and roll, is definitely a weapon in basketball games.

Parker is a top point guard, and Duncan will naturally not be excluded as a candidate for the top insider.

After being blocked, Hill quickly chose to go around the screen, which gave Parker a chance.

Parker speeded up and rushed towards the basket, attracting the attention of Hibbert and Hill, and then easily passed to Duncan in the high post.

But Hibbert suddenly broke out and quickly returned to Duncan, using his long arms to interfere with Duncan's shot.

"clang!"

Diaw naturally failed to steal West, allowing the Pacers to get the rebound.

"Chance!"

Hill, Qi Tian and George immediately launched three-pointers from the outside. When falling behind, every attack was critical.

"seven!"

Hill received the pass from West and did not dribble through it, but passed it directly to the frontcourt.

"Oops!"

Green was about to retreat to defend, but when he saw the defender in front of him unexpectedly chose to retreat, he knew it was not good, so he turned back and rushed over.

"Damn it, it's too late!"

Qi Tian received a pass from his teammate and directly shot a step-back three-pointer!

The basketball jumped out of Qi Tian's hands, drew a beautiful arc, and went straight to the basket.

"clang!"

What reassured the Spurs fans at the scene was that Qi Tian's three-pointer was a winner!

When Danny Green heard the sound of blacksmithing, he felt relieved, but a figure flashed past him, and his heart began to rise again.

It’s Qitian!

He rushed to the basket, grabbed the offensive rebound, and directly tipped the ball in.

"34-47."

There is one and a half minutes left in the first half.

"nice shot!"

The Pacers fans, who were still discouraged by Qitian's efforts, immediately cheered up.

"There is still a chance!"

The confidence originally lost due to falling behind seemed to be regained again after the consecutive scoring by West, Hill and Qi Tian.

"We have to hit the ball back!"

Parker was a little anxious and continued to call Duncan to pick and roll.

The opponent scores one after another, and if the leading side cannot respond, the opponent is likely to take the opportunity to make a move.

But Hill and Hibbert's cooperation became more and more tacit, and they didn't even let the Spurs' pick-and-roll find a chance.

"Give it to the outside line."

Parker hesitated and chose to find his outside teammates. At this time, Danny Green had already reached the three-point line with his movement.

"Chance!"

Parker decisively passed the ball, and Green ignored Qi Tian who was chasing him and directly caught the ball and shot a jumper.

"clang!"

Danny Green, who Spurs fans have high hopes for, missed the shot, which initially showed Zhang Tielin's potential in the future.

"Oh, I didn't even get in..."

Spurs fans said with some regret.

The Pacers would not show mercy. West got the rebound and passed it directly to the running George. George broke through for a layup, causing Green to defend and go to the free throw line.

"Paul!"

"George!"

"George!"

"PG!"

In sharp contrast to other people's scores, George's performance immediately inspired enthusiastic shouts from the Pacers fans on the sidelines, especially the female fans.

There is no way, who has a handsome face that stands out among black players.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

George steadily made two free throws to help the team chase the point.

The Pacers worked hard, and in the last minute, West scored again, narrowing the point difference to 9 points.

"38-47."

Players from both sides returned to their respective locker rooms through two player tunnels.

Although the advantage is still on the Spurs' side, Popovich is very dissatisfied with the performance of the players on the court.

Parker, Green, Leonard and Duncan can all match up with their opponents. Only Boris Diaw at the power forward position can't restrain West.

Dior was only 3 centimeters shorter than his opponent and weighed more, but it was useless. Dior only won because he was fat, and his core strength was far inferior to that of West, who was 4kg lighter than himself.

"In the second half, do you want to replace Blair?"

As soon as the idea crossed his mind, Popovich himself rejected it.

In a lineup with Green and Leonard, who currently have no ability to dominate the ball, the ability to independently attack and pass inside becomes particularly important.

No matter how bad Diaw is, he still has a shooting range as far as the three-point line and first-hand coordination ability. He can help Duncan open up space and pass the ball as the core of the tactics. Blair is really not good at it.

Since substitutions cannot be made...

Popovich looked at the players and said:

"We started the second half with more intensity and cut off their passes!"

Is this a desperate effort?

Parker looked at Duncan and then asked:

"But in this case, the fourth quarter..."

Duncan is already old. If he turns up the intensity in the third quarter, his physical strength will be a big problem. Will he still play in the fourth quarter?

"There will be no fourth quarter."

Popovich said categorically,

"In the third quarter, we defeated them in one wave. In the fourth quarter, Manu brought the substitutes to continue playing. That was enough."

Then there's no problem.

Parker and others accepted the head coach's arrangement.

After the age of the GDP members gradually increased, it was difficult for the Spurs to use all their peak strength to cope with the game. Therefore, the Spurs sought transformation early, and the GDP trio had long been accustomed to the rhythm of pretending to be dead in the regular season and recovering in the playoffs.

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Now, they have to use all their strength to defeat the Pacers.

The Pacers, who are struggling to chase points, are not without problems. What Vogel is worrying about is the team's physical problem.

Due to the sudden fall behind in the second quarter, he replaced the main team in advance and allowed them to play the rest of the first half. This also resulted in West, Hibbert and others having close to playing time in the first half.

for 20 minutes.

If adjustments are not made in the second half, their playing time will be too long, which will inevitably affect their physical strength.

But Vogel does not dare to make too many adjustments. As long as the opponent puts Duncan on the court, no matter who his inside teammates are, the Pacers will have to bring up Hibbert and West and replace them with Mahinmi and Hans.

Blue will be singled out and beaten.

"Then..."

Vogel made the decision to start with the rotation of the outside line and act accordingly on the inside line.

Duncan is already 35 years old anyway, and Popovich can't keep him on the court all the time and just follow the opponent's substitution rhythm.

The half-time break ended quickly and both sides returned to the court again.

The Spurs still have Duncan, Diaw, Leonard, Green and Parker in the starting lineup.

The Pacers replaced the lineup with Hibbert, West, George, Sam Young and Hill, and rested off the court.

After all, Stephenson's offense is still a little impatient, and Vogel wants to see the strength of the small forward Sam Young signed this year.