Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

After making an appointment with Walker to train together in the off-season, Qi Tian returned to his own half to prepare for today's game.

As the game approached, Vogel gave instructions:

"It's still the same as the last game, focusing on the inside and outside as support."

Seeing everyone nodding, he let the starting five come on stage.

The starting lineup is still the five-man team of Collison, George, Granger, West and Hibbert;

The Bobcats' starting lineup is: center Diop, power forward Thomas, small forward Diaw, shooting guard Henderson and point guard Augustin.

Seeing the still thin Bobcats small forward Boris Diaw on the stage, Qi Tian was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that this forward who had regained his peak in the 2014 Finals was not yet with the Spurs.

"Dudududu!"

The referee blew the whistle to start the game and then threw the basketball in his hand into the air.

Hibbert jumped hard and swatted the basketball behind him.

Collison dribbled forward, saw his teammates in position, and passed the basketball to the basket without hesitation.

The opponent's inside man Diop was very powerful and successfully squeezed Hibbert out of the basket.

Hibbert did not choose to pass back, but directly defeated his opponent in the mid-range.

"No way?"

Seeing Hibbert's actions, the Pacers fans on the sidelines had a bad feeling.

Hibbert feinted a few times, then decisively turned around and shot with a hook.

"clang!"

The basketball hit the edge of the basket, bounced out and was taken down by Henderson.

"Who gave him the confidence?"

Seeing that rough guy Hibbert dared to play the hook, the fans were shocked and made some noise.

"Tsk."

Vogel also didn't expect that Hibbert would dare to play like this.

Augustin called a pick-and-roll from the outside.

He forcibly broke through Collison's defense and then passed to Diop inside, who turned around and scored a layup.

"2-0."

Collison handed the ball to Hibbert again, and Hibbert immediately turned around and shot.

But Diop defended well, interfered with the opponent's shot again, turned around and won the rebound.

"Defend!"

George, Granger and Collison quickly returned to defense and blocked the Bobcats' fast break.

Power forward Thomas stepped forward to block Collison and provide a pick-and-roll for his teammates.

Collison quickly squeezed through the screen, met Augustine's jumper, and made a big block.

"Snapped."

Collison took off the second time, took off the basketball, and immediately turned around and pushed forward.

"Quick attack!"

Henderson made another contribution. When Collison passed the ball, his quick hand cut off his basketball, and then took advantage of the Pacers' disorganized formation to force a layup.

"clang!"

The basketball went over the bridge and was grabbed by Augustin. He turned around and passed it to Diaw, who made a mid-range jumper.

"Whoosh!"

"4-0."

Fortunately, Hibbert finally hit the ball and got the ball back for the team.

"4-2."

However, the hearts of Pacers fans soon rose again.

Augustin forced a breakthrough and succeeded in a layup;

Augustin hit a three-pointer from the outside;

Augustin scored another layup.

The Bobcats' starting point guard Augustin scored 7 points in a row to take the lead.

Hibbert, Collison and Granger struck one after another, but the Bobcats took advantage of the opportunity and rewritten the score to 16-10.

"The team members are a little slack."

Vogel immediately saw the problem, but he really didn't expect that after just barely pulling back a game after a huge defeat, why did the players suddenly behave like this this time.

Vogel called a timeout, and when everyone came over, he was really angry:

"What kind of *uc* ball are you playing?"

"Can't you even shoot a basketball?"

"What about defense? What about defense? Can't catch up man-to-man?"

Fortunately, after losing his temper, he took out the tactical board in his hand and explained to them:

"Go to the basket more and find open teammates!"

Taking advantage of the opportunity, he replaced West and George with Hansbrough and Hill, trying to use their shooting to free Granger.

The Bobcats also requested a substitution, replacing Henderson and Thomas with Walker and power forward Brown.

Seeing that the two players in the opponent's backcourt are both over 180 centimeters tall, almost all Pacers fans felt at ease.

"Aren't we going to hit the little guy on the other side casually?"

"Yeah, yeah, Collison and George Hill don't have to call it a pick-and-roll."

Although the Pacers, who started to attack the inside line, won fouls and gradually chased points, they did not fulfill the fans' expectations of punishing the opponent's smaller defender.

"20-15."

Vogel saw that there were 3 minutes left in the first quarter and replaced Granger.

Qitian finally appears.

"Play it steady."

After George high-fived him, he gestured to him:

"You go and guard against your classmates!"

Qi Tian smiled and soon showed a serious expression.

Guarding Kemba Walker?

It's quite a challenge.

Augustine's pass to the inside was anticipated by Hansbrough, who reached out to steal it and turned to pass it to Collison.

Qi Tian came out from the bottom corner and stepped forward to block Augustin in front of Collison. Collison immediately used his speed to break through.

"here!"

Hansbrucka was in a good position, reached for the ball, received the pass, turned around and shot a jump shot.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball hollow hit.

"20-17."

The Pacers barely narrowed the point difference to 3 points.

"Kemba!"

Walker received the pass and prepared to beat the opponent in isolation.

"You have to break through my defense."

Qi Tian rushed forward, preparing to defend alone.

Walker smiled confidently.

"Let me wait until you can keep up."

He opened his hand to let his teammates pull away, then stood on the left side and played singles against Qi Tian.

"left!"

Qi Tian lowered his center of gravity and saw Walker feint a shot. He immediately judged the direction of his opponent's breakthrough and hurriedly moved sideways to keep up.

But Walker was already prepared. He turned around and left Qi Tian behind, stopped at the free throw line and took a jumper.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball hollow hit.

Walker blinked at Qi Tian and stepped back to defend himself.

"It's so fast!"

Qitian didn't expect Walker to be so fast, and even able to make offensive moves on the fly.

"seven!"

After Collison started the pick-and-roll, he distributed the ball to Qi Tian, ​​and he and his teammates tacitly opened up the space for him to play in singles.

"One more!"

They encouraged Qi Tiandao.

The kindness of his teammates could not be wasted. Qi Tian immediately took a step back and then dribbled through.

Walker stepped forward to defend, but the height difference between the two was too big. Qi Tian faced off and pushed his old teammate aside and broke through to the basket.

Mullens, who was new on the court, immediately came over to cover the defense. Qi Tian was naturally not afraid and jumped up for a layup.

Mullens saw the opportunity and slapped the ball out of Qi Tian's hand.

"Dudu!"

The referee next to him blew his whistle at the right time, indicating that it was Mullens' foul.

"Shooting foul, two free throws."

Qi Tian high-fived his teammates who came over, walked to the free throw line, and made two free throws.

However, the Bobcats relied on the scores of Walker and Mullens to rewrite the score at the end of the first quarter:

"30-22."