Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

The match between the two teams was a playoff-level matchup, and their performance fully demonstrated this. The score continued to rise and soon reached 19-20.

"Substitute!"

No matter how strong Pierce and Garnett were, they were already past their prime. Rivers still chose to make substitutions in the last three minutes of the first quarter.

The walkers on the other side were not in a hurry.

West held the ball inside to attract the defense, and distributed the ball to Qi Tian on the outside.

Qi Tian pulls it up and cums.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball hollow hit.

"19-23."

"Too accurate!"

The Pacers fans on the sidelines shouted and cheered for Qitian.

"Qi now has the feeling that his shots won't be deflected. He's so strong."

"Tsk, if Ray Allen was still here, maybe we could see which of the two of them is more accurate."

"Hmph, how old is Ray Allen, can he compare to Qi Tian?"

West and George scored consecutively to help the Pacers take the lead at the end of the first quarter.

"19-27."

Pierce, who was sitting on the bench, looked gloomy.

After putting Bradley and Courtney Lee in the starting lineup, the Celtics' bench strength has been further weakened. Now they only have two more reliable scoring points in Terry and Jeff Green.

In addition, the starting physical strength is limited, but the opponent's physical strength is unlimited. It is really difficult to deal with the opponent's starting lineup as a substitute.

Head coach Rivers obviously noticed this. In the second quarter, he directly replaced Garnett and asked him to lead four substitutes.

The Pacers were led by George, with Augustin, Stephenson, Hansbrough and Mahinmi appearing together.

Although Garnett is old, he can show his strength by moving to the center and squatting inside. On the contrary, George's offense, which focuses on breakthroughs, has been repeatedly frustrated.

Fortunately, the Pacers' defensive foundation still exists and they did not allow their opponents to score easily.

"The offense kind of stalled."

Brian Shaw quickly noticed this, looked at the head coach, and suggested in a low voice,

"How about replacing Hill with him?"

Although George has shown some support ability, when it comes to the bench lineup to attack with the ball, he still has a bit of difficulty against a squatting center with unstable shooting.

Brian Shaw thought about replacing Hill to sort out the offense, and George appeared as the end point.

"No."

Vogel thought for a while and rejected the offer of an assistant coach.

Today's game, after all, is the regular season, and we still need to practice some tactics that can be used in the playoffs. George's ball-handling offense is one of them.

Originally, if Granger was here, George would not need to take on the role, but now that Granger is out for the season, Vogel naturally transferred Granger's role to George.

Not to mention, the Pacers' main goal is to have the Heat who can lead the bench in scoring in the transition period.

It's just that in terms of holding the ball, George does have a lot of room for growth. The Pacers were struggling frequently. Three minutes into the second quarter, they only scored 3 points.

Fortunately, the Celtics only scored 5 points.

"24-30."

"Substitute!"

Rivers still brought Pierce up, and Xuanming and Xuanming jointly led the team.

Vogel on the other side also chose to make substitutions, replacing Qi Tian and Hibbert.

"Be careful, the opponent's defense is not easy to deal with."

When George came off the field, he said something to Qi Tian.

"Don't worry."

Qitian and his teammates came to the frontcourt and reached out to take the basketball.

"Come on, little boy."

Pierce never forgets to stir up the emotions of his opponents and speaks provocatively:

"I want to see what you are capable of?"

Qi Tian smiled slightly and took a long shot.

"clang!"

The basketball jumped out of the hoop.

"Oh, this young man really doesn't resist talking."

Pierce was overjoyed. He caught the ball and attacked directly, stopping for a jump shot.

"clang!"

As if he didn't want Qi Tian to be alone, his shot didn't hit.

Hibbert collected the rebound and was about to pass it to his teammates when Terry suddenly jumped out, completed the steal, and assisted Jeff Green for a layup.

"26-30."

"Give me!"

Qi Tian came to the outside to ask for the ball, and then singled out Pierce.

"He is really a stubborn young man, I like him!"

Pierce has already thought of the trash talk he's going to say later.

But Qi Tian forced a breakthrough and quickly made a jump shot.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball hollow hit.

"26-32."

"Huh~~"

Brian Shaw breathed a sigh of relief. He thought Qitian was offended by Pierce's trash talk.

Qitian smiled at his opponent and said:

"Keep up, old man!"

"Young man is arrogant!"

Pierce had never seen such an arrogant boy before, and he immediately became angry and prepared to give him some color.

It was just that I was counting on him to take the lead. I was really overthinking it. After Pierce broke through, he decisively distributed the ball to Jordan Crawford, who had a better chance in the high post. Crawford made a jumper.

"clang!"

Blacksmithing.

Hibbert steadily collected the basketball and passed it to Qi Tian who broke through.

Qi Tian quickly dribbled the ball to break through. He looked back at Pierce's position, took two steps, jumped up after stepping onto the free throw line, and easily lifted the basketball.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball hollow hit.

"26-32."

Garnett attacked from the inside, but Hibbert did not forget his opponent's initial operation. The moment Garnett swung his elbow in a concealed manner, he yelled and leaned back.

"Dudu!"

The referee blew the whistle and called a foul on Garnett.

"Substitute!"

Rivers quickly requested a substitution and replaced Garnett, who was tired after playing for 6 minutes, to rest.

The Pacers also replaced Hill and others.

Without Garnett, the Pacers' inside advantage was fully demonstrated. Hibbert and West grabbed offensive rebounds consecutively, and Qi Tian even scored 2+1.

"Whoosh!"

"28-36."

With a wave of offense, the Pacers will open the point difference to double digits.

"We have to respond!"

Bradley held the ball and quickly passed it to Jeff Green who ran out. While West was not in place, Jeff Green made a decisive jump shot.

"Whoosh!"

"31-36."

Then, taking advantage of Hibbert's missed attack, the two repeated their old tricks. Green flew past West and passed back to Bradley in the high position. Bradley made a three-point jumper.

"Whoosh!"

Hit again.

"34-36."

With two three-pointers from the two of them, the Celtics chased the point difference to 2 points.

"Give me!"

Qi Tian asked for the ball from the outside. After receiving the ball, he accelerated and broke through Pierce's defense. He forced a layup. Bradley came over to defend and slapped the basketball away.

"Dudu!"

The referee pointed at Bradley, indicating that he had committed a shooting foul, and sent Qi Tian to the free throw line.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

Qi Tian made two free throws to help the team stabilize the situation.

Bradley hit a jumper in return, and West's ball was taken away by Wilcox. The Celtics were about to make persistent efforts, but Qi Tian suddenly appeared, stole Jeff Green, and scored a fast break dunk to help

The team maintains its lead.

“36-40.”