Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

At the end of the halftime break, the two teams came on stage again, and they unanimously sent out their starting lineups.

"Be careful with Pierce, focus on the inside!"

Vogel repeated the key points to the players on the sidelines.

Rivers shouted:

"Leitzdog!"

The Celtics took to the field with high morale.

Pierce and Granger face off again.

"This time, I won't let you score easily."

Pierce gave himself instructions in a low voice, and then stepped forward to meet him.

Granger prefers to play singles facing the frame. When he sees his opponent approaching, he speeds up and breaks through, then quickly changes direction to open up space.

"Chance!"

Granger faced Pierce's defense and forced a jump shot.

"Whoosh!"

The basketball missed the net and flew out of the baseline.

"Out of bounds!"

The referee indicated that the Celtics had the ball, and then handed the ball to O'Neal and asked him to serve from the baseline.

"Gan!"

Today, Granger just feels as bad as yesterday. Fortunately, today's offensive focus is on the inside.

Rondo advanced with the ball and called Garnett to pick and roll.

Ray Allen ran quickly, got rid of George's defense, came to the bottom corner, and indeed received Rondo's pass.

Ray Allen faked a shot and deceived George.

"Oops!"

George, who was a step too late, could only fly to block the shot. He watched helplessly as Ray Allen dribbled the ball to the side, then jumped high and threw the basketball in his hand.

"33-28."

"Ray Allen!!!"

Ray Allen, who made three of three three-pointers, immediately received cheers from the fans at the scene.

Vogel frowned on the sidelines, feeling like he had forgotten something.

Three-pointers? Are they really that important?

He shook his head, watched as West assisted Hibbert on the inside and scored a layup in return, and then nodded with confidence.

"35-28."

"That's right."

Vogel was satisfied.

Rivers on the other side was very dissatisfied.

O'Neal Jr.'s condition was gradually declining, and when he met Hibbert who was too tall, he could only feel disappointed.

"We can only place our hope on Garnett."

He shouted towards the field:

"Strengthen your defense!"

Rondo glanced at him, then stood at the top of the arc and made a gesture, and the others immediately started running according to the tactics.

Garnett came up and set a pick-and-roll for Rondo, then quickly broke through the basket and received Rondo's pass.

"I'm here!"

Seeing West being blocked by his opponent, Hibbert immediately came over from the other side and met Garnett.

Garnett forced his way past his opponent and shot for a layup.

But he still underestimated Hibbert's long arms. His opponent just raised his arms and just missed Garnett's layup.

After the collision, Garnett fell to the ground.

"Dudu!"

The referee immediately blew the whistle and called a shooting foul on Hibbert.

"Two free throws!"

"The main thing is to defend the inside, Rondo has no shooting ability."

Granger turned to say a few words to West, then turned and walked to the free throw line, waiting for the free throw.

Garnett made steady free throws, kicking off the battle between the two teams.

Ray Allen relied on his outside deterrence to attract defenses one after another and score breakthrough jump shots;

The advantage of the inside line allowed the Pacers to take unscrupulous shots from the outside. Then they chased each other and the scores gradually increased.

"59-55."

Halfway through the third quarter, Vogel came on the bench again, and Qi Tian appeared alongside Hill and Hansbrough.

Rivers adhered to the principle of "main force to death" and only replaced Ray Allen to rest. In the second half of the third quarter, he still kept Rondo, Pierce and Garnett on the court.

Among the Celtics substitutes, only Dulin and Bass played more than 10 minutes, and Bradley and others had almost no chance to play.

Hill attacked with the ball and called Hansbrough to pick and roll.

He forced his way through the defense and rushed towards the basket.

Garnett didn't get it for free, follow his opponent closely and force him outward.

"This way!"

Qi Tian followed the trend, quickly came up from the bottom corner, and ran to the top of the arc and beyond the three-point line.

"I can only give it to him!"

Hill was almost forced into a blind corner by his opponent and could only turn around and pass the ball.

"Oops!"

Daniels saw Qi Tian in an open position and quickly chased after him.

Qi Tian faked a shot to lure him up, and then broke through and made a pull-up jump shot.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball hollow hit.

"handsome!"

Pacers fans cheered for his goal.

"61-55."

Garnett glanced at Pierce, stuck in the low post and reached for the ball.

Pierce made 1 of 5 three-pointers today under Granger's defense. Fortunately, he also guarded his opponent's 2 of 10 shots. The two of them are inseparable.

Now that he saw Garnett asking for the ball, he passed the lob ball in.

West gathered his energy and concentrated on defense.

Seeing Hibbert squatting under the basket, even Garnett felt a little nervous.

"Forget it, I'll just make a jump shot."

Garnett made up his mind, feinted, and hit the big shot.

"clang!"

The basketball jumped out of the frame and was collected by Hibbert under the basket. He then passed it to George.

"Quick attack!"

George saw that Hill was already running quickly, so he directly passed over and let his teammates start the fast break.

Rondo followed Hill closely, but Hill did not force himself and handed the ground to Qi Tian.

Qi Tian exerted force on his right leg, and his whole body jumped up and flew towards the basket.

He pulled the basketball behind his head with his right hand, and then slammed the basketball into the basket.

"Tomahawk chop!"

"wow!"

Pacers fans did not expect to see two high-quality dunks today and immediately became excited.

"63-55."

In the next two minutes, neither team scored, and the Pacers entered the fourth quarter with an 8-point difference.

In the third quarter, the two teams had a rare high score of 30-30. Ray Allen scored 11 points in a single quarter, but still failed to recover the score.

"Leitzdog!"

Rivers shouted and let the players come on stage again.

Hill called a pick-and-roll, then broke through and scored, assisting Hansbrough for a layup.

Rondo called a pick-and-roll, and Hill decisively took half a step back, waiting for his opponent to break through.

And Hansbrough also concentrated on guarding Garnett.

"Tsk."

Rondo curled his lips helplessly and passed the basketball to Ray Allen on the outside.

Ray Allen caught the ball and forced a shot.

"Whoosh!"

Hit again!

"63-58."

Seeing the Celtics bring back the suspense again, the fans clenched their hands nervously, secretly praying that the team could make a comeback.

Vogel hesitated and was not in a hurry to replace Granger.

Foster came up to block Rondo, and Hill took the opportunity to quickly flash past and rush towards the basket.

"Oops!"

Seeing his teammates out of position, Ray Allen from the bottom corner hurriedly came over to double-team, while Qi Tian made a half circle and rushed towards the basket.

From the corner of his eye, Hill saw Qi Tian break through and pass the ball from behind to his teammates.

Qi Tian scored a layup before his opponent could react.

"65-58."