Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

The Pacers naturally followed Vogel's arrangement and focused on attacking from the outside.

Hill used pick-and-rolls several times to break through and pass the ball to Qitian and George, but their three-point shots failed one after another.

Fortunately, the Pacers' defensive foundation is still there, and Josh and Teague's offense was also blocked by them.

Qi Tian took off the rebound and immediately turned around and ran towards the opponent's half.

When Josh saw his opponent's fast attack, he immediately followed him quickly and gave Qi Tian a powerful interference from behind.

"Dangdang."

The basketball bounced a few times and fell out. Korver got the basketball and immediately passed the ball to Teague. Instead, the Pacers were hit by the Hawks on a fast break.

"Defend!"

Pacers fans shouted anxiously, hoping to use words to help the team.

Qitian George and others quickly returned to defense and hurriedly defended.

At this time, Korver showed the sense that a shooter should have, running quickly to throw off the defender, receiving a pass from Teague and hitting his first three-pointer of the game.

"50-56."

Two minutes into the third quarter, the Hawks actually took advantage and held the Pacers scoreless.

His teammates didn't feel good, so Hill decided to take action himself.

He used West's pick-and-roll to quickly break through, face Teague, and make a sudden jump shot.

"clang!"

His shooting is also great!

Hibbert jumped hard to grab the offensive rebound, but his second attack also missed.

"Ah~"

Pacers fans sighed incomprehensibly.

The lackluster starting five has clearly put a layer of dust on the Pacers' prospects.

The Hawks repeated their old tricks. After Josh protected the rebound, he quickly attacked with the ball. After attracting the defense, he once again distributed it to Korver on the outside.

Korver caught the ball and shot, but Qi Tian rushed over and jumped up to try to block the shot. Although it failed, he completed the interference.

"clang!"

The basketball hit the rim and flew out, and it was Josh Smith again! He grabbed the offensive rebound and forced a layup, causing Hibbert to foul.

"Dudu!"

The referee flagged Hibbert's shooting foul.

"Two free throws."

"nice shot!"

Eagles fans are excited. Seeing that the team is about to take away the opponent in a wave, how can they not be excited?

"It's still third in the Eastern Conference. I thought Dodio was just like that."

"In other words, singles Joe is gone. If we still have singles Joe, I'm afraid it will be garbage time in the first half."

"What a single Joe, we now have a new Eagle King, Josh Smith!"

"Josh!"

"Josh!"

The Pacers walked to their respective positions with heavy faces, waiting for their opponents' free throws.

Josh Smith heard the shouts around him, felt proud, and threw the basketball in his hand with a smile on his face.

"clang!"

Josh's face froze.

"No, no."

Josh Smith pretended to be calm, dribbled continuously, and shot the basketball in his hand.

"clang!"

Blacksmithing again?!

Brian Shaw scratched his head on the sidelines.

The scene in front of him brought back some bad memories. He was still with the Magic at the time and watched with his own eyes as his teammates missed four free throws at the last moment and were dragged into overtime by the opponent.

He was very desperate at that time.

But now that I'm on the opposite side and watching my opponent miss four free throws, I can't help but feel happy in my heart.

It can be seen that stance determines attitude.

The Pacers did not let down their opponents. George grabbed the rebound and West made a single inside shot.

"clang!"

The basketball bounced out of the frame, but West grabbed the offensive rebound and scored a tip-in.

"52-56."

The Pacers finally opened their account in the third quarter.

West's goal seemed to turn on a certain switch, and the two teams' offense suddenly became smoother.

Teague assisted Pachulia for a layup, and West responded with a sudden score from Qi Tian;

Josh assisted Horford to score, and after the two sides exchanged a steal, Hill made a pass from the ground and cut into the sky;

Horford and West exchanged offensive successes inside, and 5 minutes of game time had passed.

"58-62."

Just when the fans thought the game would go on like this, the Pacers, or George and Qi Tian suddenly broke out.

George made a sudden pass to Hill in the high post, and Hill made a jumper to narrow the point difference to 2 points.

Korver came out to catch the ball and shoot, but Qi Tian interfered again. Although Josh grabbed the offensive rebound, the new Harris was quickly intercepted by George. Qi Tian received George's pass and scored a layup.

"62-62."

Halfway through the third quarter, the Pacers had evened the point difference.

Harris passed to Korver on the other side. Korver was about to dribble through, but Qi Tian suddenly jumped out and stole the ball from his hand.

"Defend!"

Seeing that the opponent was about to start a fast break, the Eagles fans on the sidelines immediately shouted to cheer for the home team.

This time, Josh was still chasing after him, but Qi Tian was on guard and did not show the basketball in his hand after taking off.

Sure enough, Josh still jumped up to block the shot, knocking Qi Tian away.

"Dudu!"

The referee immediately blew the whistle to signal that Josh had committed a shooting foul.

"Two free throws."

Qi Tian stretched out his hand and stood up with the strength of his teammates, grinning.

"Made, if I had known better, I wouldn't have committed a foul."

He was knocked out by Josh and rolled several times on the ground. He could still feel the pain from his back.

You can't confront a reckless man head-on. This is the lesson he has learned for himself.

George looked gloating.

"Your layup isn't any better than my dunk, right?"

"When you encounter such a tough guy, dunking will only be worse!"

Qi Tian replied, walked to the free throw line, and easily made two free throws.

"64-62."

The Eagles have made a quick change and replaced Lu Wei and Stevenson as substitutes to give the main team a chance to rest.

Josh became the only person they could rely on, but he failed to stand up against West's defense.

Qi Tian took off the defensive rebound and jumped out again.

"Quick attack!"

This time he learned the lesson and looked back to see that Josh hadn't caught up, so he confidently made a layup and scored.

"66-62."

Not to be outdone, George grabbed an offensive rebound and hit a tip-in after Hill hit the target.

The Pacers were in a great momentum. After defending their opponent without scoring for six minutes, George Hill hit two consecutive three-pointers from the outside. They actually launched a wave of offense and widened the point difference in one fell swoop.

"77-65."

If Stevenson hadn't made a three-pointer, the Hawks would have lost everything in the last eight minutes of the third quarter.

Even so, the 12-point disadvantage also made Eagles fans very desperate.

This is not the kind of despair that comes from playing well and then looking back only to find that you are behind. It is the kind of despair that comes from being completely lost on the offensive end and being penetrated by the opponent on the defensive end.

Pacers fans were much happier.

Having both offense and defense can be said to be the perfect state that all teams are pursuing.

In the past, the Pacers, although their defense was online, were very dull on offense, relying either on Granger or Hibbert;

But today they showed a different style. While locking down Lu Wei, Josh and others on the defensive end, they also maintained extremely high efficiency on the offensive end.

Smooth and stable offense is something that all Pacers fans hope the home team can do, but they were unable to do it before.