Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

With Joe Johnson's consecutive scoring, the Eagles narrowed the point difference to 3 points in one fell swoop!

Vogel on the sidelines could only call a timeout, hoping to use the timeout to interrupt his opponent's hot touch.

With the score approaching, the Pacers had no choice but to make early substitutions and replace all the main players. Collison, Hibbert and Granger appeared again.

"Tsk, that's a pity."

Brian Shaw watched with regret as Hill and Qi Tian walked off the field.

"Originally I wanted to see how far Qi could perform."

During the time when Qitian and George played together, the team ran fairly smoothly and both performed well. Brian Shaw originally wanted to see their chemical reaction.

However, his opponent had Joe Johnson, who had a great touch, and he just beat Qi Tian who had scored 4 points.

Granger felt hot as soon as he came on the field. He received a pass from George and took a long shot from the outside.

"Whoosh!"

Accurate basketball shooting.

"39-45."

"pretty!"

"handsome!"

Pacers fans immediately cheered for the general's score.

The two teams went back and forth in the last 4 minutes of the second quarter, and the scores gradually climbed.

"Dudu!"

The referee blew the whistle to end the first half.

The Pacers only led their opponents by 3 points, 53-50.

"As expected of the Eagles, they didn't collapse even after losing a starting center. Joe Yoo is still strong."

A Pacers fan wearing jersey No. 24 said with some admiration,

"On the contrary, it seems that our walking team can no longer play ball."

A person next to me immediately retorted:

"Why do you think you don't know how to play? Aren't we playing pretty well?"

Fans wearing George jerseys asked:

"They lost Horford, but we didn't defeat our opponents, and we didn't even grab more rebounds. What's better?"

"Isn't there still a second half? Maybe the Pacers will take away their opponents in one go."

"Come on, just don't get retaliated against."

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The half-time break ended quickly, and the starting lineups of the two teams returned to the court again.

This time it was the Hawks' Josh Smith's turn to attack. He rushed to the inside to get the board. Unfortunately, his teammates' shots failed to hit. Fortunately, everyone in the Pacers had just come on the court and their hands were a little tight. Only Collison made a few shots.

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Joe Johnson held the ball in singles. George went up to defend, but was passed by Joe in a different direction. Before George could catch up, he turned around and handed the ball to Josh Smith, who was cutting in the air.

Josh Smith picked up speed and rushed towards the basket, blazing fire and dunking the ball.

"52-55."

George came to the outside to catch the ball, turned around and was about to break through.

Joeyo immediately came up to defend, but George did not force the ball and passed the ball to Granger who was running.

Qi Tian saw Granger making an emergency jump shot and stood up early. When the basketball fell into the basket as he expected, Qi Tian and his teammates waved towels frantically to cheer for their big brother.

"52-58."

“So sweet and handsome!”

Qi Tian gestured to Granger's jump shot just now, trying to recreate the scene.

But this was not the end. Granger then scored 5 points and led the team to a 9-0 run, widening the gap.

"52-67."

With Granger's three-pointer, the Pacers beat their opponents 14-2 at the start, before Larry Drew woke up from a dream and called a timeout.

"handsome!"

Pacers fans didn't expect the surprise to come so quickly. As expected, the home team was about to take away the opponent in one move!

"Danny boss bullshit!"

Vogel took advantage of his opponent's call for a timeout and immediately laid out the key points of defensive tactics for everyone:

"The opponent has no outside scoring points. Joe Johnson is defended by George alone. On the forward line, Gretz, you should pay more attention to guarding Josh's breakthrough. He has no ambition to shoot from the outside. If he squats inside and stays at the basket, half of his points can be eliminated.

"

When it became clear that the opponent's offense was just a paper tiger, Vogel's defensive coaching style finally came into play. He gave Hibbert careful instructions and tried to bring out the full power of Yao Ming.

The Eagles seemed to suddenly lose their ability to play. Not only did Joey try to hit the ball, but Josh Smith, who stepped to the free throw line, also rarely missed two free throws.

"You must have your own style!"

Larry Drew didn't know what was wrong with the players on the field, and he was suddenly hit by a wave of attacks. He could only apply for substitutions and replaced the available interior players Pachulia and Ivan Johnson.

"Pass the ball more to coordinate with your teammates!"

Larry Drew drew a pick-and-roll tactic on the tactical board, and then let them play at the end of the timeout.

Teague moved according to the tactics and broke through Pachulia's pick-and-roll, then passed to Pachulia who cut inside to assist his teammates to score.

"54-67."

"Okay, okay, there is still a chance."

Almost all the Eagles fans on the sidelines clenched their fists and prayed to God:

"God, just let the Eagles chase the score and take the pressure off a little bit in the fourth quarter."

As for the Hawks still putting Joe Yo and Josh Smith on the court, when the main players will rest is no longer within the scope of their prayers.

Hill broke through and passed the ball to West in the high post.

Although West is not an insider who is good at high-post support, when he came to the Pacers and had a rough guy Hibbert inside, he was still willing to use his assist ability.

Seeing Hibbert grab the basket, West threw the basketball in his hand, and Hibbert caught the ball and turned around to lay the basket.

"Whoosh!"

The basketball started from Hibbert's hands not far from the basket, and quickly arrived at the final stop - the basket.

"54-69."

Jeff Teague continues to attack with the ball from the outside.

Larry Drew on the sidelines looked at Joe Johnson, who seemed to be free of the offensive system, and sighed secretly.

No one can deny that Joe is very capable in singles, but when the score is behind, it is really difficult to have a positive impact on the team in singles.

It’s one thing that one person can’t score many points;

On the other hand, when you are playing singles, other teammates can naturally only stand aside and watch. Without a sense of participation, your teammates will become depressed and gradually lose their touch.

What almost made Larry Drew despair was that in the summer of 2010, Joe Johnson signed a six-year contract with the team with a contract value of 123.6 million.

"perhaps……"

Larry Drew inevitably thought:

"We have to discuss with the president whether we should make some transactions while Qiao Yue's contract is still worth a lot."

Just as he was thinking, the Pacers relied on Hibbert and George's blocks to abort the Hawks' plan to chase points. Then Granger received a pass from Collison and hit a jumper.

"54-71."

When the score difference reached 17 points, Larry Drew immediately came back to his senses and called a timeout.

If the score difference exceeds 20 points, the Eagles, whose momentum is declining, will inevitably become more frustrated. With the fighting spirit sluggish, it is not certain whether the score difference will reach a mysterious number.