Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

"Can this still happen?"

West was a little surprised. After Qi Tian finished speaking, he shrugged and replied:

"It's pretty good, you can try it."

"Then try it."

George nodded, and after the halftime break, he came to the court with his teammates.

Naturally, the main players came on stage in the third quarter. Thunder head coach Brooks looked at his opponents entering the court and turned his attention back to his own players.

"I must have predicted their predictions. The change of formation in the second half must have given us the advantage!"

Westbrook forced Hill to make an emergency jumper. Fortunately, Qi Tian returned the ball to show respect to his opponent at the beginning. Ibaka grabbed the basketball and turned around and handed it to Durant.

"Now!"

George immediately returned to defense and, according to Qi Tian, ​​stared into his opponent's eyes.

Durant didn't look at his teammates!

George immediately knew that his opponent was definitely going to play in isolation, but Durant was no slower than him and forcefully broke through George's defense.

Fortunately, there was West under the basket. West stepped forward to press and successfully stole the opponent's ball and handed it to Hill.

Hill broke through with the ball and passed back to George, who followed up with a jumper.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball hollow hit.

"59-57."

The Pacers completed the comeback!

The Pacers fans at the scene immediately cheered and cheered for the home team.

George also walked to Qi Tian excitedly and said to him:

"Seven, you are right, he really doesn't look at his teammates when attacking!"

Qi Tian smiled slightly and said:

"It may not be effective every time. Be careful of being deceived by your opponent. But when he wants to drive his teammates, he will definitely look at the teammates he wants to pass to. This should be able to be used."

Yes, Qi Tian discovered some of Durant's characteristics when he wanted to transform into a point forward. Why was he so sure?

Because that's what he is like.

After Collison left, the Pacers' bench offense has not improved much. Whether Qi Tian is a shooter or takes over the ball from Augustin and starts organizing, the effect is not very good.

Today, when seeing Durant's slightly immature organization, he suddenly realized:

Some people are really born commanders and can learn all the key points without any guidance;

But Qitian and Durant are not good at organization, and they will inevitably make various mistakes if they force transformation.

Durant may have realized after struggling that being an ending point is more suitable for him, but Qi Tian plans to go all the way to the end.

"It would be nice to have Iguodala as a Pacer."

Qi Tian thought so.

The Pacers took the lead by 2 points, but that was all. Although Hibbert and West scored consecutively inside, Westbrook assisted Durant to score, and then scored a jumper himself, clinging to the score.

"63-61."

"Hey, Russell's jump shot looks pretty stiff, but fortunately his shooting percentage is pretty good."

Thunder fans sighed as they watched Westbrook score.

Especially when George and Hibbert missed consecutive attacks, and after Durant got the rebound, they cheered crazily for the home team:

"Russell, come on!"

"One more!"

Durant frowned slightly, gestured to his teammates, and then played George in a high post.

Based on the experience taught by Qi Tian, ​​George quickly came to the conclusion that Durant would only play in isolation, and he defended it as expected.

But West's offense was interfered by Ibaka, and they were tied by the Thunder.

Halfway through the third quarter, the two teams were still tied.

"69-71."

Westbrook grabbed the rebound, overtook Hill and Qitian, and dunked directly to help the team take the lead.

"Substitute!"

Brooks won't play tricks with his opponents, mainly because they almost know their cards.

With Westbrook and Durant on the court, replacing Kevin Martin is nothing more than showing off the last old king.

Hibbert hit the ball inside, Westbrook rushed to the basket and grabbed the rebound, then turned around and rushed out. Hill had no choice but to foul and send his opponent to the free throw line.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

Westbrook made two free throws to help the team build an advantage.

"Tsk."

Vogel was a little helpless.

The opponent's Perkins and Ibaka are focused on defending the interior, which has already made it difficult for Hibbert and West to defend. Now there is a Westbrook on the other side to grab rebounds. How are they going to get rebounds?

Hill missed a three-point jumper. Ibaka grabbed the rebound and made another pass from Westbrook for a layup.

"69-75."

The Thunder gradually built their lead.

"Shoot the three-pointer!"

Qitian and his teammates looked at each other and prepared to run tactics.

Unable to create an advantage inside, and the point guard was completely outplayed by Westbrook, the Pacers could only rely on him and George.

"Oops!"

Qi Tian ran back and got rid of Martin. He was about to take action after receiving the ball in an open position. Martin quickly chased and defended.

"Chance!"

Qi Tian instantly passed the ball back to Hill at the top of the arc. Hill ignored Westbrook who came back from defense and forced a three-point jumper.

"Whoosh!"

"72-75."

"Tsk, is it different from what you imagined?"

Qi Tian thought about the scene in his mind of shooting three-pointers. Obviously, it was different from the scene of shooting three-pointers after falling behind.

But Westbrook didn't give him room to think. After catching the ball, he rushed out again, faced Qi Tian for a layup, causing him a foul, and walked to the free throw line.

"Substitute!"

"Substitute!"

The coaches of both sides replaced the main centers at the same time with a tacit understanding. They had consumed too much energy in the eight-minute struggle, and Hibbert and Perkins were not physical monsters, so they naturally needed to rest off the court to prepare for the fourth quarter.

"Nitrogen Tomb!"

Westbrook made one of two free throws, but did not widen the point difference as he hoped.

"72-76."

"rush!"

George took the basketball and prepared to catch his opponent off guard, but the Thunder were not slow and did not give them a chance.

"Just shoot a three-pointer!"

George glanced at his feet and prepared to shoot the chasing three-pointer.

"This way!"

Qi Tian's shouting made him give up his idea. George faked a pass and Qi Tian caught the ball and shot.

"Whoosh!"

"75-76."

"nice shot!"

"That's right!"

The Pacers bench erupted in jubilation.

This made Durant a little unhappy. He came to the top of the key to ask for the ball, received the pass from Westbrook, and hit George directly with a diffraction three-pointer.

"Whoosh!"

The point difference returned to 4 points.

"snort!"

Durant snorted at the Pacers and was replaced by Soprosa to rest.

The team gradually changed its rotation. Qi Tian and Sam Young scored 5 points in a row, but Martin and Maynor also succeeded one after another and managed to maintain the point difference until the fourth quarter.

"80-84."

Qi Tian did his best. While scoring 6 points, he defended Martin, who performed well, and only scored 2 points in this quarter.

Durant was also successfully defended by George, making 2 of 7 shots and scoring only 6 points. George's performance was not much better, scoring 3 points on 1 of 4 shots.

The reason why the Pacers fell behind was naturally the loss of rebounds in this quarter (9-16). Westbrook grabbed 5 rebounds in a single quarter, more than half of the Pacers team.

The forwards and defenders of the two teams completed the exchange in the third quarter, and the suspense of the game will be revealed in the fourth quarter.