Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

Seeing Pierce get the ball again, George immediately stepped forward to greet him.

Pierce repeated his old tricks, and George was not afraid of physical confrontation and forcibly collided with his opponent.

"Um?"

Pierce felt the force coming from behind and was a little surprised.

He feinted again, turned around and shot a fadeaway jumper.

"clang!"

The basketball jumped out of the hoop, and there was a rush under the basket.

George turned around and grabbed the defensive rebound over Buss' head.

"Quick attack!"

George passed to Hill, and he picked up speed and rushed towards the opponent's half.

"Defend!"

Ray Allen and Dulin quickly retreated, but Deng Tai Jones found the gap and broke through for a layup.

"18-16."

Seeing that the opponent scored easily due to poor defense by the two defenders on the court, Tyronn Lue's eyebrows knitted together on the sidelines.

"Coach, why not give Bradley a try? His defense is better."

Rivers was stunned when he heard the chief assistant coach's proposal, but still shook his head and rejected his proposal.

"Bradley is still too young. You have to trust the old comrades."

Tyronn Lue couldn't say anything, so he could only nodded.

Rondo, who was sitting next to him and resting, looked at the two coaches and said nothing.

The one who really should be replaced is probably Ray Allen, right?

He thought a little boldly.

The Celtics' defense has always been their magic weapon to defeat their enemies, but among the Big Three, Ray Allen's defensive ability is not strong, and sometimes Rondo even needs to help him defend.

"If Bradley and I were to start the game, there would be no loopholes in the team's defense."

It's a pity that although he has become the commander on the field, it is not easy to replace one of the Big Three as a substitute?

When Hansbrough saw Pierce breaking through, he immediately went to cover up the defense. He raised his arms and successfully interfered with the opponent's shot.

"Dudu!"

The referee blew the whistle.

Pierce's face lit up with joy. Could it be that I got two free throws?

But the referee pointed to O'Neal Jr. under the basket and signaled:

"Foul on rebounding!"

The ball belonged to the Pacers. Pierce's face darkened and he walked back in silence.

After George Hill and Hansbrough set a pick-and-roll, they quickly broke through the defense and rushed toward the basket.

Ray Allen in the corner went up to cover, and Hill passed to Dengta Jones in the corner.

Deng Tai Jones made a jump shot directly from outside the three-point line!

"clang!"

The basketball hit the rim and bounced out.

"rebound!"

Bass jumped hard, picked off the rebound, and handed it to Ray Allen.

Ray Allen dribbled through and, with the help of Pierce's pick-and-roll, broke into the basket and scored a layup.

"They plan to defend Pierce!"

Rivers on the sidelines immediately saw his opponent's arrangement.

George and Dengta Jones clearly focused most of their energy on Pierce, which allowed Ray Allen to get an open layup opportunity.

Then Dengtai Jones struck again. Vogel hesitated and took the opportunity to replace Qi Tian.

"Come on, Seven!"

Qi Tian nodded and walked onto the court after the warm-up.

"Follow Ray Allen, you must follow him closely."

George will focus on guarding Pierce, and the job of tracking down Ray Allen will have to be left to Qi Tian.

"Do not worry."

Qi Tian slowly walked up to Ray Allen.

Ray Allen glanced at him, then turned to look at the Pacers' bench.

Do you want him to consume my energy?

Just now, Dengtae Jones was chasing Ray Allen and was so tired that he felt abnormal on the offensive end. Now that the Pacers have replaced him with a rookie, they clearly want to use his abundant physical strength to fill the gap.

"Don't you underestimate me too much?"

Ray Allen made up his mind and prepared to give them some color.

Pierce attacked with the ball in the high post, Ray Allen circled around the basket, and then ran towards the outside.

Qi Tian tried his best to keep up.

Seeing that there was no chance, Pierce turned around and prepared to attack.

"clang!"

Pierce's layup missed the frame and was caught by Hansbrough under the basket.

Hansbrough hit Bass in the low post, attracted the defense, and then turned and passed to George who broke through.

George faced Bass, suddenly jumped up, and after his body collided with his opponent, he forcibly dunked the basketball in his hand into the basket.

"Uh-huh~~!!"

After George landed, he used his arms hard and assumed the love machine look that Bruce Willis had when he guest-starred in "Friends" and looked fiercely at the camera next to him.

This shot was very powerful and it was a dunk, which immediately aroused exclamations from the fans at the scene.

The director was also very sensible and replayed George's dunk directly on the big screen.

The height and intensity of the dunk, as well as George's physical coordination, aroused cheers from Pacers fans.

"Paul!"

“So handsome!”

"I want to roll around in your bed!"

"24-20."

Seeing that the Pacers' momentum was overwhelming him because of a dunk, Pierce knew it was time to respond.

He demanded from Dulin, and then started to play George in high post.

Ray Allen quickly started from the bottom corner and circled to the top of the arc.

Qi Tian, ​​who just wanted to observe the position of his teammates, was startled and quickly followed him. Fortunately, Pierce had no intention of passing the ball, so he fearfully focused all his attention on Ray Allen in front of him.

"Are all shooting guards so good at running?"

Qi Tian watched Ray Allen's movements with glaring eyes, without slacking off at all.

Pierce changed direction and shook off his opponent, scored a layup in three steps, and returned the favor.

"24-22."

Vogel saw that there were only 4 minutes left in the second quarter and replaced Granger and West.

"Strengthen your defense and guard against Pierce!"

Vogel issued instructions to the team's boss.

"clear!"

Granger and George's forward line guarded Pierce tightly. West, at the power forward position, could keep up with the opponent even if he switched defenses. Pierce immediately struck again and again, and the Pacers took the opportunity to open up the score.

On the contrary, Ray Allen hit a three-pointer from the outside to help the team chase points.

After the first half of the game, the score between the two teams reached an astonishing level.

"33-25."

In the second quarter, the Celtics were restricted by their opponents and only scored 11 points.

Of course, the Pacers' 19 points in a single quarter is not too high.

"Isn't this score too low?"

The fans on the sidelines and in front of the TV felt in a daze, thinking they were watching a defensive battle in the 1980s.

"Low emotional intelligence, right? High emotional intelligence is called retro."

Watching the players from the two teams return to the locker room from the tunnel, the cheerleaders began their performance. The fans took the opportunity to immediately begin to solve their physical problems.

In the Celtics locker room, head coach Rivers is giving a lecture.

"They want to limit us, but we can keep moving the ball, Rondo, Pierce and everybody, keep sharing the ball. We have to find a way to win and keep winning. We are a tough team, right?

?”

A few simple words of chicken soup aroused the enthusiasm of the players.

Rivers raised his right arm, and the players also raised their arms and leaned together.

"come on!"