Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

At the beginning of the third quarter, George held the ball and was about to attack, but was intercepted by Parker who flashed past him. Fortunately, George reacted very quickly and immediately stepped forward to counterattack.

After Parker collided with his opponent, he immediately made a mistake and the basketball flew out of the baseline.

"Forward ball!"

The referee awarded the basketball to the Pacers and allowed West to serve from the outside.

The Pacers looked at each other and knew that the next theme was to try their best to fight the opponent physically.

Without Leonard, the Spurs' forward defense immediately dropped. George easily broke through, attracted the defense, and passed to Hibbert.

Hibbert and Duncan collided and easily turned around and scored a layup.

"48-54."

Blair's offense was easily defended. West received the ball inside and feinted a few times before passing it to Qi Tian in the bottom corner.

"Oops!"

Gary Neal quickly chased back, but could only watch Qi Tian jump high and shoot the basketball.

"48-57."

The team had the momentum to open the point difference to double digits in one fell swoop, and the Pacers fans were in high spirits.

"It's amazing, seven and three points are now a weapon that can kill people!"

"Yeah, it was pretty accurate before, but now I feel like I can hit it right, without having to look at the opponent's defense at all!"

The Spurs did not sit still. After Parker made a pull-up jump shot, he broke through and passed the ball to Duncan under the basket.

Duncan pushed away Hibbert and hit the ball with his iconic 45° rebound.

"52-57."

“Well done!”

Although Hibbert did not prevent the opponent's attack, the Pacers now only need to complete the set goal.

West played his role and scored 5 points in a row, widening the point difference again.

Although the Spurs chased points tenaciously, Blair was unable to restrain West and was fouled by his opponent.

"Substitute!"

Popovich saw West showing off his power and quickly replaced Split, allowing Duncan to swing back and defend.

This change immediately increased the intensity of the Spurs' defense. Splitter acted as a human shield, and Duncan continuously defended West's offense alone. The congestion inside made the two teams' breakthroughs in vain.

"53-64."

West defended Duncan from attacking, George turned around and got the basketball, then immediately turned around and handed it to Qi Tian.

"Quick attack!"

Needless to say, Qi Tian quickly rushed out with the ball.

Now, neither team's insiders are fast-footed, Qi Tian broke through quickly and easily succeeded in a layup.

"53-66."

"nice shot!"

There was a burst of jubilation on the bench, and newcomer Plumlee waved a towel to celebrate for the main players.

On the other side, the Spurs became dull.

Being 13 points behind the opponent is definitely not a result that people can accept easily.

Even though Duncan and Parker scored 8 points in a row, the Pacers relied on George and West to maintain the point difference.

In the last 3 minutes of the third quarter, both teams replaced some substitutes to allow the main players to prepare for the fourth quarter.

The Spurs, who came on the bench, relied on tacit cooperation. Ginobili and Diaw scored consecutively, and at the end of the third quarter, the 13-point difference was reduced to 4 points.

"73-77."

"There's still a chance!"

The Spurs went on an 11-2 run, which rekindled the fans' confidence.

Only Spurs head coach Popovich's face didn't look very good.

In order to chase points, Parker played the entire third quarter, and Duncan also played 9 minutes in the third quarter. This made Popovich, who was aiming to adjust the main strength, know that the team did not achieve the set goal.

"In the fourth quarter of the game, they must be given more rest!"

Popovich was determined.

But things don't always develop as he expected.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Split received a pass from Diaw and scored a layup, narrowing the point difference to 2 points.

But the Pacers suddenly exerted their strength, and Augustin grabbed the offensive rebound and tipped the ball to make it 2+1.

Ginobili was about to shoot a three-pointer from the outside to retaliate, but Stephenson quickly took off and successfully interfered.

"clang!"

The basketball jumped out of the frame, but fortunately Diaw grabbed the offensive rebound and passed it to Mills on the outside.

Qi Tian suddenly grabbed the ball, forcing Mills to make a mistake, and the basketball flew out of the baseline.

"Give me!"

Qi Tian wants the ball from the outside, receives the ball and shoots a long three-pointer.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball hollow hit.

"75-83."

Bonner took action from the outside, hoping to retaliate.

"clang!"

Spurs fans looked pale as they watched Augustin get the rebound, and then handed it to the attacking Qi Tian.

Qi Tian brought the ball to the frontcourt, faced Mills, suddenly collected the ball, jumped up, and threw the basketball from the highest point.

"Whoosh!"

Hit again!

"75-86."

Just two minutes later, the Pacers opened the point difference to 11 points!

"seven!"

"seven!"

"seven!"

The Pacers fans chanted Qi Tian's name and cheered him on.

The Spurs did not sit still. Bonner scored a jumper and Split made one of two free throws, stubbornly narrowing the point difference to single digits.

"Substitute!"

Popovich couldn't accept the score being extended again, so he quickly replaced Duncan and Green.

Vogel also replaced Hibbert and West and winked at them.

It still consumes the opponent's physical strength, especially Duncan!

As expected, it was Duncan who received the ball and attacked the Spurs. Hibbert quickly challenged him. Although he was still tricked by Duncan, his opponent's turnaround jumper missed. Hibbert took the rebound and handed it to his teammates.

Augustin quickly played the ball to the frontcourt, waited for West and Hibbert to be in place, then broke through the pick-and-roll and took a long three-pointer.

"clang!"

The basketball jumped out of the hoop.

Hibbert jumped up suddenly to grab the offensive rebound, and then tipped the ball in.

"Dang-dang-dang."

Duncan collected the rebound and turned around and handed it to Ginobili.

"Defend!"

The Pacers quickly retreated to defend. Although Ginobili was not as fast as when he was young, his experience was better. He suddenly made a snake-like breakthrough and leaned on Hibbert for a layup.

"Dangdang, swish!"

"Dudu!"

The moment the basketball fell into the basket, the referee blew the whistle to signal Hibbert for a foul.

2+1!

"Whoosh!"

"81-86."

Ginobili steadily hit extra free throws to help the team chase points.

"I'll do it!"

Qi Tian came to the outside to catch the ball and called West for a pick-and-roll.

West blocked Green, while Qi Tian quickly moved sideways and faced Duncan.

Duncan did not rush forward in a hurry. He waited until Qi Tian broke through quickly, then decisively moved sideways to block Qi Tian.

Qi Tian collected the ball and retreated. Duncan was worried that Qi Tian would take action and immediately rushed to defend.

"Now!"

Qi Tian threw the basketball, but instead of shooting, he handed it to West, who turned around and scored a layup.

"81-88."

It was still possible to recover the points difference, but the smile on Popovich's face disappeared from the sidelines.

Because Duncan's pace has obviously slowed down when he is attacking, it is difficult to block Hibbert behind him even if he is blocked.

Hibbert saw that the team's tactics finally worked. He was overjoyed and quickly stepped up his confrontation with Duncan.

"Are you really old?"

Duncan felt the force coming from behind him and felt a little emotional.