Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

After sharing the joy with Qi Tian, ​​Jack's sleepiness from not sleeping for three days immediately flooded into his brain, and he yawned frequently.

Qi Tian was worried that something might happen to him, so he left him to sleep at his house for the whole afternoon, and then let him go home when it got dark.

After seeing Jack off, it was Qi Tian's turn to have some insomnia.

"The annual salary is tens of millions!"

Qitian looked up at the ceiling, unable to drive away the excitement.

Salary is generally linked to strength. If you look at a player's salary, you can roughly know his strength. After all, team owners and professional managers are not just for a living.

Of course, rookies and veterans with minimum salaries are excluded.

In today's league, the most is only 23 million for Kobe, Stoudemire and Joe Yo. Those with an annual salary of 10 million or closer are at least second-rate and close to first-rate stars, or players with All-Star ability, such as David Lee.

, players like Richard Jefferson.

You know, when Curry's rookie contract was renewed, his annual salary was only $11 million, and Westbrook's was only more than $13 million.

Does he have this strength?

Qi Tian asked himself and quickly came up with the answer:

He has.

Qi Tian has already made clear his next goal, which is to perform stably and strive for an early contract extension in the summer.

So the next day, what everyone on the Pacers saw was Qitian who was in a completely new mental state and devoted himself to training.

Vogel, Brian Shaw and others nodded slightly to express satisfaction.

"Seeing Qi Nao, it is because of his all-out attitude during training that he stood out from the rookies and became a starter."

Brian Shaw scolded this year's rookie Plumlee Road,

"Look at you again, you can't even hold a ball?!"

Plumlee looked at Qi Tian, ​​who was practicing shooting without stopping, adjusted his breathing, and immediately threw himself into more rigorous training.

The two-day break ended quickly. On November 13, 2012, the Pacers at home faced the challenge of the Raptors.

"Haha, a bunch of foreigners, you don't think they can win if you look at how overestimating their abilities are, right?"

Pacers fans watched the Raptors enter the stadium and jeered.

The Raptors have lost six of the seven games since the start of the season, and their ranking is already on par with the Wizards, who have lost six games in a row, ranking last in the league.

If nothing else happens, this year will be another year for the Raptors to compete for the No. 1 pick.

The Pacers have 5 wins and 2 losses, only behind the Knicks, who have 6 wins and 1 loss, and are tied with the Heat for second place in the Eastern Conference.

Not to mention that Lowry injured his right wrist six days ago against the Thunder and has missed four games.

"That's right, our Pacers are invincible. The Spurs and Hawks are the losers."

After the team got off to a pretty good start, Pacers fans have become swollen.

Fortunately, the Pacers did not underestimate their opponents.

Vogel told his players before the game:

"The opponent's strength is good, we have to defend well."

He looked at George,

"DeRozan is the scoring arrow for the Raptors. I leave it to you to defend, and others will help Paul defend."

"The opponent's three-point shot inside is more advantageous. When defending, you need to expand appropriately."

After a round of defensive instructions, he mentioned the offense:

"The offense is organized by George controlling the ball, using more pick-and-rolls, and looking for open opportunities."

Then he arranged for the players to come on the stage. When they saw the home team players coming on the stage, the Pacers fans at the scene immediately cheered and cheered.

"The cavalry team, charge!"

"George, George!"

"seven!"

After Lowry's absence, the Raptors urgently promoted Calderon to the starting position. Last season's 11th place in the Eastern Conference allowed them to frequently change the starting lineup without any pressure.

Their starting lineup is Valanciunas, Bargnani, McGuire, DeRozan and Calderon;

The Pacers are Hibbert, West, George, Qitian and Hill.

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

"Dudududu!"

The referee threw the basketball straight into the air.

Hibbert, who only relied on his height and size to bully others, was immediately defeated when he met Valanciunas, who was not afraid of him because of his size, and the basketball was swatted away by his opponent.

Fortunately, he played a big role on the defensive end. When Valanciunas received the ball and attacked, he suddenly made a move and completed the steal.

"Quick attack!"

The combination of extremely athletic forwards and defenders made fast breaks a repertoire of the Pacers. Qi Tian and the other three immediately ran towards the frontcourt.

It's a pity that the opponent's athletic ability is also not bad, and there is no chance for the Pacers to make a fast break.

"David!"

Hill broke through to attract the defense, and decisively handed the ball to West, who was following up. West did not stop the ball, but acted as a transfer and directly passed the ball to Qi Tian in the bottom corner.

Taking advantage of DeRozan's attention in the paint and unable to catch up, Qi Tian directly caught the ball and shot from outside the three-point line.

"Whoosh!"

"0-3."

The basketball that was hit hollowly refused the net's attempts to retain it and forcibly fell out.

"nice shot!"

"Too accurate!"

Qi Tian, ​​who has become an important force on the outside of the team, started with a hot touch, which immediately aroused applause from the fans.

"Just start and take them away in one wave!"

Some people even tried to force the team into garbage time in the first quarter.

However, the Pacers did not disappoint them. After adapting to Bargnani's outside offensive skills, West gave his opponent a big shot head-on.

After Hibbert got the rebound, he passed it to Hill. Hill repeated his trick and assisted West to score.

DeRozan was about to attack with the ball, but George came over from the side and grabbed the basketball for a fast break layup, causing DeRozan to foul.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

George, who practiced free throw shooting in the summer, did not miss the opportunity.

"0-7."

The Pacers, who have always been slow to start, actually had a dream start today, which made the fans on the sidelines almost unable to believe their eyes.

"Really or not, has the team been completely transformed? Are they still the same Pacers with offensive constipation?"

"Hold on!"

Calderon gestured to the impatient DeRozan, telling him not to worry.

Now that the team is lagging behind, they must find a more efficient and stable offensive method.

"Pick and roll!"

Calderon called on Bargnani, and with the help of the power forward's shooting deterrence, Calderon quickly broke through, hit the ground and assisted Valanciunas for a layup, stabilizing the situation, and then succeeded in a pull-up jump shot.

But then Qi Tian scored a jumper after receiving a pass from George, and Hill also scored 4 points in a row, steadily maintaining the point difference.

"4-13."

In the first three and a half minutes, the Pacers were about to open the point difference to double digits.

Four minutes into the game, the Raptors called a timeout.

"The horse-walking team will win!"

"Too strong, worthy of us!"

Amid the cheers of the fans, the starting five walked off the field one by one, gathered together, and listened to Coach Vogel’s instructions:

"Continue to maintain your condition and guard against the opponent's inside line!"

"Except for the inside, they are no match for us!"