Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

"Danglanglang."

The basketball only hit the edge of the basket and fell out.

"rebound?!!"

Fans of both teams shouted, watching the following Ezeli and Hibbert fight under the basket, hoping to get the final result.

Hibbert had the last laugh and got a valuable rebound, while Ezeli was called for a rebound foul because of his excessive movements.

"Dudu!"

The referee signaled that it was Ezeli's foul, and then made a gesture that made Warriors fans collapse. He signaled Hibbert to take a free throw?!

It turns out that the number of fouls has reached!

"This is bad!"

Warriors fans murmured to themselves.

Their number of fouls in a single quarter has accumulated to 6. After that, every additional common foul will send the opponent to the free throw line for two free throws.

You work hard to score a goal, your opponent turns around and fouls you, and you can tie the game with two free throws. This is a torture for all the players.

More importantly, due to the impact of fouls, the Warriors' defensive intensity will inevitably decline.

Something happened that made Warriors fans' hearts drop to their guts: Vogel requested a substitution and replaced Granger, who was not performing well, with Qi Tian, ​​who had rested for 5 minutes.

The main players of the Pacers team appear.

"Behave well, I'm optimistic about you."

Granger encouraged Qi Tian as usual, and then walked to the bench with a smile on his face.

Qi Tian turned to look at him, said nothing, and walked onto the court.

"Danny..."

Vogel was about to speak when he was interrupted by Granger waving his hand. Granger smiled and said:

"Don't worry, coach, I'm fine."

"That's good."

Out of trust in Granger, Vogel stopped talking and turned to look at the court.

Granger sat on the side, admiring the performance of his teammates. He slightly touched his knees with his hands and sighed slightly in his heart.

It seems that I won’t be able to continue competing with my teammates this year.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

Hibbert made two free throws.

"65-71."

The pressure came to the Warriors, and Thompson quickly ran out. Although Qi Tian followed closely, Thompson still reached out to Curry for the ball.

A three-pointer will close the score!

Thompson gestured to Curry.

But at the moment, Curry obviously does not have Thompson's confidence in three-pointers. After breaking through, he attracted Hill's defense and gave it to the newly debuted Landry under the basket.

Landry confidently shot a jump shot, but was blocked by West. West turned around and collected the rebound.

The Warriors did not expect that the Pacers would be the first to use three-pointers.

Hill quickly distributed the ball to Qi Tian who came out of the pick-and-roll. Qi Tian made a fake shot that attracted Barnes next to him to defend, and immediately passed it to George in the bottom corner. George raised the knife and made a steady three-pointer.

"64-74."

"nice shot!!"

George smiled confidently at the surrounding fans, which immediately aroused cheers. He slowly retreated and kept an eye on Barnes.

Thompson planned to repeat the same trick, but Curry still preferred the inside. Landry's jump shot did not disappoint the Pacers fans.

"clang!"

"Why don't Stephen take action himself?"

"broken!"

Mark Jackson on the sidelines obviously understands the situation better than the ignorant Warriors fans.

Curry's physical strength may not be enough to support him to continue attacking in the next four minutes or so, so he chose to provide a more reliable inside line.

It's just that now that the Warriors don't have David Lee on the inside, there's nothing they can do offensively.

He was a little helpless, but after West scored inside, he replaced Curry and Thompson, leaving the bench on the field.

"Coach, are you going to replace Curry at this time?"

The fans were excited and criticized the rotation of the head coach.

Vogel felt proud and replaced Hibbert.

"There is still the fourth quarter to play. In the last few minutes of the third quarter, of course, the substitutes will play."

He understood the opponent's head coach's thoughts very well, but he still couldn't help feeling proud.

Who gave them the physical strength to blame was George, and Qi Tian, ​​who had been off for most of the quarter and didn't play.

"It's just that the opponent's coach's rotation is a bit rigid, right?"

Hearing Vogel's words, Brian Shaw looked at him in surprise and thought to himself, you may not be any better, right?

Landry contributed his third hit in one minute, Qi Tian protected the rebound, advanced with the ball, and assisted West to score.

"64-78."

The score that was still entangled just two minutes ago suddenly widened the gap in front of the Pacers' 13-2 attack wave.

"Give me!"

Green frantically asked for the ball from the outside. Jack saw that Hansbrough's defensive position could not threaten his pass, so he passed the ball and then started running, preparing to receive the ball passed back by Green.

But Green didn't ask for the ball to pass it to him, but directly drew the ball from the outside and shot the basketball.

"ah?"

The fans on the sidelines were stunned.

It is not that there are no shooting insiders in the league today. For example, Lewis, Turkoglu, and Ryan Anderson next to Magic Howard are pitchers with inside height, but without exception, they are all players who have had stable shooting since they were young.

"Did Green shoot accurately in college?"

The fans' questions were scoffed by the people next to them.

"Come on, if he can shoot accurately, why would he be selected in the second round? What Green was great at in college was defense! He was great in rebounding, blocks and steals. He seemed to be in the top few in team history, and his offensive average was only a dozen points per game.

Bar."

In the NCAA, being able to average double-digit points per game is already very impressive, but that also depends on who you compare with. Is there still a shortage of players in the NBA who can dominate in the NCAA?

"clang!"

Before the fans finished speaking, the result of Green's three-point shot was announced. George turned around, collected the rebound, and advanced with the ball.

"Defend! Don't lose position!"

When the attack failed, Green returned to his old job, yelling at his teammates to defend.

Bald Jack and Jefferson came to their opponents awkwardly, preventing their opponents from catching the ball easily.

They are all players who have been famous for a long time. It always feels a bit embarrassing to defend under the command of a rookie.

Not to mention this rookie is still a second round pick?!

George didn't have time to explore their thoughts. He brought the ball to the frontcourt, and without waiting for Landry on the opposite side to react, he directly hit a chasing three-pointer?!

In or not?

George watched expectantly as the basketball flew out and flew straight past the basket.

"good……"

The Pacers fans were about to celebrate in advance, but they heard the result and sat down without incident.

Warriors fans breathed a sigh of relief. If George scored another three-pointer, the team's disadvantage would be even greater.

The opponent's attack failed, and the Warriors took the opportunity to score 5 points in a row from Green and Jack to close the gap. However, Qi Tian and Mahinmi's subsequent scores allowed the Pacers to maintain a double-digit lead.

Jack assisted Landry for an inside layup.

"73-82."

Qi Tian took the ball to the outside, waited for time to pass, and faced Jefferson at the last moment, diffracting a three-point shot.

"Whoosh!"

"73-85."

The three-pointer was hit steadily, and the point difference returned to double digits.

Qi Tian smiled at the Warriors bench, turned around and walked back.