Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

"clang!"

Marcus Morris made a three-pointer and the basketball flew out of the baseline during the scramble. The referee made a penalty and the ball belonged to the Pacers.

There were only 3 minutes left in the third quarter, and the two teams spontaneously replaced some of their main players to prepare for the fourth quarter.

"65-77."

McHale looked at the score, which was still 12 points behind, and finally replaced Jeremy Lin.

Beverly appeared in high spirits.

The team went from being 7 points behind to 12 points behind now. No matter how the coach excuses the players, it is an indisputable fact that they are at a disadvantage.

Beverley only needs to have a good chemical reaction with Harden and help the team chase points, which will be enough to achieve his goal.

Starter, here I come!

But the first one to react was not Beverly, but George.

"Give me!"

West feinted a shot and handed the ball to George who was asking for the ball from the outside. George caught the ball and shot, steadily hitting his fifth three-pointer of the game.

"Whoosh!"

"65-80."

As the scoreboard jumped, it was clearly shown to everyone who the situation of the game was in favor of.

"Beautiful, Pickled Pepper!"

Pacers fans frantically waved signs with a version of George Q's head in their hands to cheer him on.

The crazy George immediately had unlimited power. The moment Marcus Morris caught the ball, he quickly got started and completed the steal!

The fans were overjoyed and immediately stood up, waiting for George to deliver a wonderful dunk.

"Oops!"

As soon as Marcus Morris's hand was empty, he knew something was wrong and quickly chased back, but George didn't give him a chance at all. After starting, he rushed towards the Rockets half court.

Looking at the empty basket in front of him, George felt happy and was about to jump up and dunk, but Delfino flashed out from beside him and stole George with his backhand!

"ohh!"

The Rockets fans immediately came to life. Seeing Qi Tian rushing to grab the ball, they quickly reminded,

"Protect basketball!"

Delfino reacted faster, dodged Qi Tian's hand, and handed the ball to Harden who came over.

Harden kept the ball in his hands and passed it to Beverley, who was cutting through the air, and assisted his teammate for a layup.

"67-80."

Marcus Morris carried his opponent, completed the defense, got the rebound, and immediately distributed the ball. The Rockets started a fast break.

"Defend!"

The fans didn't need to say anything. George and Qitian were already running towards their own half, one on the left and one on the right, to defend.

Harden and Qi Tian fought against each other for a while, but after being overwhelmed, he immediately slowed down and used his unique move, the European Step.

He used the rhythm to shake Qitian away, then jumped up quickly and took out the basketball. Just as he was about to smile, he heard the sound of wind coming from behind him.

George quickly took off and blocked the shot behind his opponent!

"clang!"

The basketball hit the backboard and made a loud sound. What made Rockets fans a little relieved was that Greg Smith, who followed up, got the rebound and passed it to his teammates to organize a second attack.

Even though most of the players on the field were substitutes, they still relied on their ancestral defense to prevent the Rockets' offense.

"Give me!"

Qi Tian came to the high post to get the ball, quickly passed Harden, attracted the defense, and assisted Augustin to score.

"67-82."

He high-fived his teammates one by one, retreated to defend, and then grabbed Smith's rebound. He caused Smith to foul on the fast break and went to the free throw line.

"clang!"

"Whoosh!"

Qitian's touch fluctuated slightly and he made one of two free throws.

The third quarter ended quickly, and the Pacers entered the fourth quarter with a 14-point lead 83-69.

The 7-point deficit at halftime was doubled in the third quarter, which put great pressure on Rockets fans.

George only scored 3 points in the third quarter, but that did not prevent him from leading the game with 24 points;

Qi Tian, ​​who only scored 12 points in the first half, scored 21 points with 9 points in the third quarter.

"I'm surprised. George also has a good three-pointer. I haven't seen him score explosively this whole day. Why did he score so many?"

Rockets fans were a little surprised.

George was so outstanding in the first half that they thought they could rely on a more comprehensive offense and targeted defense to deal with it. They never expected that after guarding against George, there would still be Qitian who could output.

"Work piecemeal, score 5-6 points in one quarter, and the score will go up."

The Rockets' coaching team saw the clues.

George's scoring tended to be explosive, and his 18 points in the first quarter quickly brought him into the coaching team's sight. Instead, they ignored Qi Tian, ​​whose scoring didn't seem to be outstanding, but was very stable.

"How about letting Harden defend alone? After all, he defended James in the Finals."

The assistant coach offered his opinion, but McHale was noncommittal.

The Thunder arranged for Harden to defend James, which was just a temporary measure. After all, Durant wanted to focus all his energy on offense, so they could only let Soprosa and Harden swing up to defend.

But this is only the regular season, and the opponent's shooting guard is not up to that point, so there is no need for Harden to be full on both offense and defense.

"Let Patrick defend."

McHale made the decision to use Beverley to fill the gap in Harden's defense.

The game started quickly in the fourth quarter, and both sides coincidentally replaced the main players Harden, Parsons Asik and George Qitian.

The reason why the Rockets changed to the main force is very simple. They are already more than ten points behind. If they cannot catch up as soon as possible, there is no need to catch up;

The Pacers anticipated their opponent's choice and made such a choice.

The Rockets took the lead, and Beverley assisted Asik inside to score 2+1.

"72-83."

"Give me!"

George's previous three-point shooting percentage was an outrageous 5 of 7. Now he was so confident that he reached for the ball and directly deflected his opponent Parsons.

"clang!"

The basketball jumped out of the basket, was grabbed by Mahinmi, and passed out.

Augustin also made a long three-point shot.

"clang!"

Continuing to strike, Qi Tian found an opportunity, threw away the stunned Harden, rushed into the basket and scored a tip-in.

"72-85."

"ah?"

Harden watched Qi Tian appear under the basket. He was stunned for a moment, and then realized that his defense was out of position.

"It's okay, let Beverly keep an eye on him!"

McHale could only emphasize the defensive matchup issue and try to activate the Rockets' offense as much as possible.

Beverley shook off Augustin, received a pass from Harden, and confidently shot a jumper.

"clang!"

Compared with his confident defense, Beverley's offense is indeed not outstanding enough.

Augustin got the rebound, turned and pushed forward, found Mahinmi who was following up, and passed out.

Mahinmi pushed aside Greg Smith in front of him and was about to take a layup. At this moment, Harden jumped up from the side and blocked the Pacers substitute center again!

"ohhh!"

Plus this time, Harden has already blocked three shots in this game, which directly ignited the confidence of the Rockets fans at the scene.

"He is worthy of being the one who defended James alone in the finals. These 3 blocks were hard!"