Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

Qi Tian was unaware of the conversation between Bird and his agent, because the Pacers would soon travel to the next city to continue their away challenge.

At the beginning of the new season, they will play a series of three consecutive away games, but it is a full season after all. They do not need to rush to catch flights and play more than a dozen back-to-back games like last season.

A rare day of rest allowed the Pacers to recover from jet lag, and they were ready to take advantage of their momentum to strive for three consecutive victories.

The opponent in the second game of three consecutive away games is not a weak opponent, they are the Atlanta Hawks.

The Hawks ranked fifth in the Eastern Conference last season, but lost to the Celtics in the first round with a score of 2-4. The record of the second round trip for three consecutive years was not extended. The management has already seen Joe Johnson and Josh

The ceiling for the Smith duo.

As a result, Joe Johnson was traded to the Nets in the summer, and the team officially entered the rhythm of reconstruction.

What about Josh Smith? He will become a free agent in the summer of 2013. He can do whatever he wants, as long as he doesn't stay with the Hawks.

It's just that the Hawks have good strength just by retaining Teague, Josh Smith and Al Horford. They still have a chance to continue to make the playoffs this year.

"Listen, the Hawks' forwards Josh Smith and Horford cannot be underestimated. Point guard Teague has the strength to compete with Rose and is also the focus of defense."

"On offense, we mainly focus on inside offense."

Vogel explained the key points of today’s game to everyone before the game.

"You must defend well, Paul. Focus on preventing Josh's breakthrough and don't let him rush forward."

"Teague is also a player who mainly focuses on breakthroughs. George, get in a good position and Roy will be guarding the basket. He will help you with defense."

"Kyle Korver, seven, just prevent him from moving without the ball."

As for West against Horford, Vogel feels that there is no need to say more. Horford is a technically versatile insider, but he does not force the Pacers to double-team. West's single defense is already what the Pacers can use now.

The optimal solution is obtained.

"clear!"

All the Pacers nodded in unison, turned around and walked onto the court.

When the fans at Philips Arena, home of the Eagles, saw that the game was about to start, they immediately cheered loudly for the home team. After Joe Johnson left, Josh Smith, who successfully became the new Eagle King, naturally received the most cheers.

What, a conflict with the team?

It's just gossip and gossip.

"Atlanta, GO!"

"Josh, kick 'em!"

The experienced referee has long been able to ignore the noise coming from his ears and signal the starting players of both sides to come on.

The Pacers' starting lineup is basically fixed, with Hibbert, West, George, Qitian and Hill;

The Hawks sent Zaza Pachulia, Horford, Josh Smith, Korver and Teague.

"Hiss~~"

Qi Tian looked at the man with a calm expression walking to the center circle and preparing to jump the ball. The man wearing the No. 27 jersey and serving as the center had a slight cramp in his calf. He was a famous ruthless man in his mind. He was good at eighteen kinds of weapons and gave his opponents a fatal blow.

Strike, in the physical sense.

"Don't jump too high when you attack later."

Qi Tian took the opportunity and said to George next to him.

"Ouch,"

George thought Qi Tian was worried about his love for dunking, so he waved his hand and said nonchalantly,

"Don't worry, I will hang the frame to buffer it."

"Okay."

The game was about to start, and Qi Tian could only shake his head, praying to Jesus in his heart that Pachulia had no plans to kill everyone today.

"Dudududu!"

The referee blew the whistle to start the game and threw the basketball in his hand into the air.

Hibbert jumped hard and grabbed the ball from Pachulia's head.

Hill received the ball and quickly attacked, hitting the ground to Hibbert who broke through from the midline. Hibbert received the ball and forced a layup.

"Dang-dang-dang."

His rough handwork showed up again, the basketball spun around and fell out.

"Tsk."

The Pacers' chief assistant coach chewed his teeth, feeling a little helpless.

His main job is to train rookies, and in theory Hibbert will also receive training from him.

In order to cultivate the black Yao Ming into the real Yao Ming, Brian Shaw also spent a lot of effort. Hibbert has lived up to his expectations and his offense has improved greatly.

But just after renewing his contract with the maximum salary, Brian Shaw could clearly feel Hibbert's resistance to training during training. He was originally studious and immediately regressed to his rookie stage.

Technological improvements? Far less attractive to Hibbert than nightclubs.

Brian Shaw had no choice when meeting such an unmotivated person.

Pachulia turned around, collected the rebound, and handed it to his teammates.

Qi Tian quickly jumped out and stole Korver's basketball.

"David!"

Due to the effect of inertia, he was about to rush out of the boundary. Qi Tian quickly found West under the basket and passed it out.

West caught the ball and quickly turned around for a layup, but Horford struggled to interfere.

"clang!"

The basketball was in trouble again, but West immediately grabbed the offensive rebound and made a tip-in.

"2-0."

The Pacers took the lead and scored the first point of the game.

Teague dribbled the ball to attack and quickly found Josh Smith. He ran back and got rid of George's defense. After receiving the pass from his teammate, he quickly jumped up and directly faced Hibbert, which was a dunk from behind!

"Dudu!"

The referee blew the whistle at the right time to signal Hibbert for a defensive foul.

2+1!

"ohhh!!"

The audience went crazy. They celebrated wildly and cheered for Josh Smith's dunk that was bound to be among the top five.

"Whoosh!"

Josh easily hit the extra free throw to help the team take the lead.

"2-3."

"Give me!"

Being used as a background for the dunk, Hibbert immediately became angry. After lifting up to help Hill pick and roll, he quickly reached for the ball.

Hill pulled the defense backwards and accurately passed to Hibbert under the basket.

Hibbert turned around and scored a layup, which also caused a foul on Teague.

"2+1!"

Hibbert smiled provocatively at Josh and hit the extra penalty.

Although Hibbert showed little interest in learning and mastering offensive techniques, he still worked hard on the most basic scoring method for a center - free throws.

After all, Chamberlain, O'Neal and Howard, who are not good at free throws, have all faced a lot of criticism, which was enough to wake him up.

Josh Smith was not one to swallow his anger, he caught the ball and hit George directly.

Just now, Josh ran away to get rid of him. George was still worried about it. When he saw his opponent holding the ball and playing singles, he immediately stepped forward to defend closely.

But Josh Smith is indeed someone who can rival James in terms of physical fitness. While he has grown bigger than George, his speed is not slow at all.

The new Eagle King made a breakthrough and knocked away George, then forced a breakthrough to squeeze out his opponent and scored a layup.

West caught the ball inside and retaliated, but Josh made a simple and rough layup to help the team tie the score.

"7-7."