Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

Kemba Walker's resentment did not disappear. Three days later, the Pacers went to Charlotte, and the Bobcats once again met their opponent's challenge.

But this time, the Bobcats had no chance. After George came back, he and Qi Tian each scored 10 points in the third quarter. The Pacers scored 33-17 in the third quarter, directly extending their 10-point halftime lead to

26 points.

"83-57."

When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the third quarter and when the scoreboard showed the scores of both sides, all fans knew that the game had entered garbage time.

Sure enough, Kemba Walker and Ben Gordon did not get any playing time in the fourth quarter, and both teams finished the game as substitute players.

"Tsk."

At the end of the game, the Pacers successfully won the game, but assistant coach Brian Shaw was a little dissatisfied.

The regular season schedule is almost halfway through, and the team's tactical adjustment is basically in place. The Pacers coaching team is trying to tap the potential of the substitutes and give the water cooler players at the bottom of the bench a chance.

As a result, Els, Johnson and McGuire at the end of the bench got a lot of playing time in the fourth quarter of garbage time.

It's a pity that no one can leave a deep impression on the fans and coaching team like Qi Tian. The scores ranged from 2 to 4 points, which also proved that they, like the salary they received, were indeed only on the bench.

The ability at the end.

"Lance, on the other hand, performed well."

In contrast, Stephenson, who scored 7 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists on 3-of-6 shooting, was very versatile and made Vogel remember him.

Looking at the head coach's gaze, Stephenson almost laughed out loud. It seems that his playing time will increase rapidly in the next games.

"Learning from Qi Tian is really useful."

He could feel that during training, he was exercising all aspects of his abilities just like Qi Tian, ​​and his comprehensiveness really impressed the coach.

Next, you just need to wait for the opportunity to perform on the court.

The Pacers' schedule also increases the pressure to tap internal potential to the maximum:

After a wave of three consecutive home games, the Pacers have three consecutive away games. After facing the Rockets at home, they will face a difficult schedule of four consecutive away games.

Fortunately, the four consecutive guests did not go back to back.

The game against the Rockets on January 18, 2013 was their last home game in the past 10 days.

If Jeremy Lin's performance is more in line with fans' expectations of him, then in the summer of 2012, trading Martin to acquire Harden has made the Rockets a lot of money. After all, he averaged 25.9 points and 4.9 rebounds per game.

Not every team has a 5.8 rebound star.

What makes Rockets fans even more delighted is the rapid growth of 2011 second-round pick Chandler Parsons.

The 9.5 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists in his first year as a rookie already made this second-round pick worth every penny. In his second year, Parsons improved his numbers to 15.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists. This made Rockets fans who were already good at touting,

I have begun to wonder when Chandler can reach the level of the league's top small forward.

"Let me tell you, Chandler is still a little behind first-class small forwards like James Anthony Durant, but below the first class and above the second class is a more fair ranking."

Watching the away team slowly walk into the stadium, the fans who came to Toyota Center began to wonder,

"But Chandler's advantage is that he is young. If he is given time to grow for a few more years, I am afraid there will be no problem in becoming a first-class forward."

"No, there are still many young forwards in various teams. George, Qi Tian and Hayward of the Jazz are all very promising."

The man looked at George Qitian who was warming up and was a little disdainful, but he still explained to his companion next to him:

"Hayward? I'm not saying that. This is the third year of his career. He is not as good as Parsons in his second year. They are both white forwards. There is no comparison between the two!"

But Hayward is young?!

Parsons did enter the league a year later, but as an older rookie, he is two years older than Hayward, who entered the league a year earlier.

The companion was a little dissatisfied, but still waited patiently for him to continue.

"As for the walkers?"

The man fully demonstrated how contempt should be expressed. He just glanced at the walker and said,

"What can two strikers do in a team, squeezing each other's possession of the ball? We also have Harden on the back line, so we can give full play to Parsons' role!"

"All in all, in my humble opinion, Parsons' future development is definitely better than the two forwards of the Pacers!"

His companion didn't intend to argue with him, he just nodded and stopped talking. Then he realized something was wrong.

What about Hayward?

This is looking down on him at all!

The companion shook his head helplessly and thought to himself:

Fortunately, I am a Linsanity fan, so the fans of their forwards can fight over each other. It would be great if I can watch Jeremy Lin, who is coming back from a serious injury, play the game.

Jeremy Lin was injured in the second half of the season and failed to play in the playoffs. In the summer, he accepted the contract offered by the Rockets and came to the young Rockets. Of course, he wanted to show off his talents and lead the team to produce better statistics.

Last season, the Rockets were only ranked ninth in the Western Conference due to a gap of 2 wins and failed to enter the playoffs. This year, their goal is of course the playoffs.

However, after coming to the Rockets, he discovered that young teams do have an advantage, that is, the players in their lineup are very young;

On the other hand, there is no obviously strong team leader in the team.

Jeremy Lin originally thought he was, after all, he was Lin Crazy who hit a yellow whirlwind!

But the facts gave him a heavy blow. The team obviously has more confidence in Harden, which is reflected in the team's tactics, allowing Harden to control the ball more.

This kind of decision beyond cognition made Jeremy Lin very unhappy:

"He is a shooting guard. Why should I, a point guard, hand over the ball and cooperate with him?"

No matter what Jeremy Lin thinks, the Rockets are very interested in facing the Pacers. Their opponent has performed very strongly this year and has the momentum to squeeze into the top half of the Eastern Conference.

If they can win a duel with their opponents, it will be very important to increase the team's confidence. After all, they are also a team working towards the playoffs.

In other words, this is a matchup between two playoff-level teams.

Looking at Qi Tian who was talking and laughing with George, Jeremy Lin sighed inexplicably.

As both Asians, they have too many things in common. Perhaps one of them is that even though they are stronger, they can only provide support to their teammates, right?

"Go hard!"

Jeremy Lin quickly regained his composure and waited for the game to come.

Qi Tian on the other side was calm.

After experiencing doubts last time, he found a way to vent his emotions, which was to fight with netizens.

So after another high-intensity surf, he came to the away game with a calm mind.