Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

"Do you want to double-team on defense?"

When Brian Shaw saw Joe diffracting George in singles, he turned around and asked the head coach with some unconfidence.

Vogel shook his head and said:

"You have to believe in George, and I'm confident that even if Joe scores 50 points, we still have a chance to win."

"You cannot modify your established strategy just because of your opponent's performance."

Vogel's reasons were strong and convinced Brian Shaw.

West came up to pick and roll, helped Collison block Teague, and then quickly turned around and went down.

Collison hit the ground and passed the ball, assisting his teammate for a layup.

"3-4."

Josh Smith held the ball in the high post and suddenly passed it to the running Horford, assisting his teammates to score and take the lead.

"What about interior defense?"

Vogel was furious and asked the players on the field.

"Don't let him get to the basket easily!"

Hibbert was clicked and immediately focused, followed closely by Horford.

Horford's physical fitness was not outstanding to begin with, and he was even more at a disadvantage when meeting the tall Hibbert. In addition, he did not have the speed to punish his opponents, and his offense suffered setbacks one after another.

Seeing Hibbert send two consecutive blocks, and then assisted West to score, rewriting the score as:

"10-14."

"clang!"

The basketball jumped out of the frame. After confronting Horford, Hibbert jumped up and picked up the rebound.

Horford fell to the ground. After everyone in the Hawks returned to defense, they discovered that Horford did not get up to return to defense. They waited until the opponent scored before turning around and gathering around Horford.

Horford looked in pain and clutched his left chest, and the team doctor quickly helped him out.

Larry Drew on the sidelines had no choice but to replace Horford with Pachulia, hoping that Pachulia, who was 3 centimeters taller, could make up for Horford's role.

On the other side, Qi Tian's heart was already lifted.

"Be careful!"

He murmured to himself.

Fortunately, what the Pacers have always implemented is to attack the inside. West and Hibbert succeeded continuously, and Granger and George had no chance to face Pachulia.

Joe's single attack finally missed due to George's interference.

"clang!"

Hibbert stretched out his hand, grabbed the basketball in his hand, and turned to hand it to Collison.

West attracted the defense from the high post, found Hibbert from the crowd, and passed the ball to assist his teammates to score again.

"12-18."

The score difference was reduced to 6 points. Vogel nodded slightly on the sidelines. Seeing that his opponent had replaced the starting power forward, he also requested a substitution and replaced West.

Then the two teams replaced substitute players in a tacit understanding.

Pargo, Willie Green and Stephenson appeared one after another.

Relying on the inside to drive the outside, the Eagles ended the first quarter and rewritten the score to 28-20, with the lead reaching 8 points.

At this time, there is the latest news about Horford's injury. He has torn his left pectoral muscle and is likely to be reimbursed for the season.

"hiss."

Larry Drew took a breath and turned to look at his own inside rotation.

Ski man Radmanovic is a space-based inside player, and neither Ivan Johnson nor Pachulia has the ability to start.

It wasn't until Al Horford retired due to injury that Larry Drew discovered how weak their team's inside line was.

"Josh!"

He turned to look at Smith and said:

"Al is injured, you have to step inside."

Although Josh Smith is unwilling to play inside, the current situation is critical and he can only nod in agreement.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Josh Smith partnered with Pachulia and came on with three substitutes.

Vogel went step by step and replaced the pure substitute lineup of Hill, Stephenson, Qi Tian, ​​Hansbrough and Foster.

Although they are purely substitutes, Hill and Hansbrough both have the ability to start, so they are not very afraid of their opponents.

Hill broke through and scored the ball. Stephenson started to accelerate and rushed towards the opponent's inside. He jumped to avoid Pachulia and scored a reverse layup.

"20-30."

Pago attacked with the ball, and Josh Smith immediately came up to pick and roll, then received the ball and went straight to the basket.

Hansbrough's athletic ability obviously couldn't keep up with his opponent, so Qi Tian could only come over to make up the defense.

"Uh-huh!"

The basketball flew out of Josh Smith's hand and he stumbled to the ground.

"Dudu!"

The referee immediately blew the whistle, indicating that it was Qi Tian's shooting foul, and Josh Smith got two free throws.

Josh Smith's physical fitness is almost the same as James's, and his free throw shooting percentage is also on the same level as him. He only made one of his two free throws.

"21-30."

Stephenson received the ball from the backcourt, then directly singled out Willie Green and made a pull-up jump shot.

"Whoosh!"

Come in again!

"21-32."

After scoring consecutively, Stephenson's mood obviously increased. Amid the cheers of the audience, he swayed his body and danced for a few seconds.

When the Eagles fans saw that the point difference reached double digits, they were a little anxious. Fortunately, Pachulia made two fouls and made two free throws, narrowing the point difference.

Qi Tian made a jump shot from outside the three-point line.

"clang!"

The basketball jumped out of the basket and was collected by Josh Smith who jumped up.

"Why."

Brian Xiao, who was standing next to him, felt a little regretful.

Stephenson scored 4 points in a row, which made head coach Vogel's eyes light up. If he hits seven three-pointers, Brian Shaw, who is dedicated to cultivating new players, will also have a bright face.

"Pity."

Josh Smith ignored his teammates and started accelerating after getting the ball, wanting to start a fast break.

Qi Tian rushed out from the side and reached out to interfere a few times. Sure enough, he was forced to stop and the idea of ​​a quick attack was ruined.

Smith slowly dribbled forward and came to the frontcourt.

He cooperated with Pargo, received passes from teammates, and quickly broke through the basket.

Hansbrough tried his best to defend, but the referee next to him had quick eyes and quick hands and blew the whistle decisively.

"Foul shooting, two free throws!"

Larry Drew showed a good sense of coaching, replacing Teague and adding a ball handler to Josh Smith.

"clang!"

"Whoosh!"

It was the familiar one-of-two free throws.

"24-32."

"*uc*!"

Josh Smith was a little annoyed, but he hit the second free throw and he could only quickly return to defense.

Hill advanced with the ball, looked at each other with Hansbrough, and called his teammates to pick and roll.

Josh Smith chose to switch defense and stared at Hill who broke through.

Hill didn't make a strong move and passed the ball to Hansbrough in the high post.

Hansbrough made a high jump shot.

The basketball drew a beautiful arc and missed.

"clang!"

Foster jumped under the basket and grabbed the offensive rebound.

"This way!"

Stephenson saw his teammate get the rebound and immediately reached for the ball.

He received the pass, regardless of Willie Green's defense in front of him, and directly shot the opponent with a three-pointer.

"clang!"

The basketball jumped out of the frame again.

The 34-year-old veteran Foster showed amazing rebound anticipation. He suddenly jumped up and once again picked off an offensive rebound over Pachulia's head.

"pretty!"

The substitutes on the field shouted in unison

"Give me!"

Stephenson reached for the ball again.

This time Willie Green did not lose his position and stood firmly in front of him.