Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

Almost all coaches would like to have a variety of talented players in the team for him to coach, so that he can field different lineups for different opponents.

But unfortunately, the team cannot be perfect. At this time, the coaching team needs to tap the potential internally, or wait for the players to evolve themselves.

Coach Vogel, who was keenly aware that the team needed to make final decisions on players at critical moments, wrote down this task in his notepad, hoping to improve the team's lineup in the future through Bird's operations or player evolution.

Collison stood at the top of the arc to delay for a while, then stopped and shot again.

"clang!"

Like a nightmare for Pacers fans, the sound of hammering sounded again in Sleep Train Arena.

"no~"

Some glass-hearted fans have already covered their eyes, afraid to watch.

With Hibbert restrained, Cousins ​​got the defensive rebound.

"36 seconds."

Kings head coach Smart looked at the game time.

"Play the full attack round!"

The Kings are already leading by 2 points and only need to play the full 24 seconds of attack time. Even if they fail to score, they will only leave 12 seconds for the Pacers, which is completely acceptable.

Seeing Thomas holding the ball from outside, the hearts of all Pacers fans sank.

"Defend!"

"Defend!"

They shouted loudly and cheered for the Pacers.

Granger, George and others also knew that the game had entered a critical moment and immediately turned up all their defensive intensity.

Thomas broke through and handed the ball to Garcia. Garcia waited until the last second before throwing the basketball in his hand.

"clang!"

The basketball jumped out of the hoop.

Everyone on the Pacers bench breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, okay, this way, there is still about 10 seconds of attack time. If Granger attacks quickly, it should be fine. If it reaches overtime, there will be another 5 minutes.

"etc!"

Qi Tian suddenly widened his eyes and shouted in a low voice:

"Oops!"

"What?"

West and others in the audience looked up and were also shocked.

It turned out that after Garcia's jump shot, Granger and Hibbert jumped up from the basket, trying to grab the rebound.

But the basketball flew too far, and Kings guard Thornton actually caught it!

"It's over!"

Seeing Thornton get the basketball, Qi Tian felt a chill in his heart.

The Kings only need to use up less than ten seconds to win.

At this moment, Hill reacted and immediately went up and hugged Thornton.

"Foul, two free throws!"

The referee immediately blew the whistle, and since the Pacers had reached the number of fouls, Thornton was awarded two free throws.

"It's really over now."

Seeing the game time freeze at the last 7 seconds, Vogel's heart sank on the sidelines.

"No hit, no hit, no hit..."

The players' groans immediately erupted from the bench.

They seemed to be reciting a spell silently, holding their hands together, trying to influence reality through their thoughts.

I don't know if it was a matter of metaphysics, but Suo missed his thigh shot when he came to the free throw line and missed the first free throw.

Thornton adjusted his breathing, dribbled the ball twice, and then threw the ball.

"Whoosh!"

The basketball that missed the net almost sentenced the Pacers to death.

"88-91."

Vogel, who was on the sidelines, immediately called the last timeout when Collison caught the ball in the backcourt.

He didn't believe in the success rate of betting on a three-pointer and said directly to everyone:

"Quickly grab a 2-pointer and then use foul tactics."

Vogel chose the most conservative tactic.

Brian Xiao next to him opened his mouth but did not speak.

Currently, in the Pacers' lineup, there are relatively stable three-pointers, only Hill and Granger. Compared with the less reliable three-pointers, the head coach's choice of two-pointers is also a safe choice.

"Granger received the ball from the outside and broke through, and others helped him open up space."

Vogel drew a tactic of Granger taking direct action, and then said to everyone:

"In the next round, send the opponent to the free throw line, and then continue to let Granger control the ball and attack."

"clear!"

The timeout ended and the two teams returned to the court.

"Dudu!"

The referee blew the whistle to continue the game and handed the basketball to Hibbert on the outside.

Granger quickly came out and solved the problem of serving. Then he quickly turned back and rushed towards the opponent's basket.

"Dudu!"

The referee pointed at Marcus Thornton, indicating that he had committed a shooting foul, and Granger stepped to the free throw line.

"call!"

Granger adjusted his rhythm and made the first free throw steadily.

"88-90."

"I should miss the free throw and grab the rebound."

When Granger watched the referee get the ball and was about to pass it to him, he suddenly thought of something.

"If he makes a free throw and commits another foul, the opponent will probably make both free throws, and the point difference will still be 3 points;"

"If we don't score, we might have a second chance to tie the score."

"what can we do about it?"

Granger was confused.

Vogel had to apply for a substitution at the right time and replaced West.

"If you miss, grab the rebound!"

Seeing West coming up, Granger understood what the coach meant and immediately conveyed the message to Hibbert and George next to him through his eyes.

The Kings are also keenly aware of their opponents' intentions.

West, who was resting below, suddenly came up for what? He must be trying to grab a rebound!

The originally tense atmosphere immediately seemed to freeze, and everyone looked at Granger on the free throw line.

Granger let out a breath and suddenly threw the basketball in his hand.

"clang!"

The basketball hit the front edge of the basket and bounced out quickly.

"rebound!"

Due to rule restrictions, Granger could only enter the lane after the basketball was shot, so he could only place his hope on a few people under the basket.

Something that disappointed the Pacers fans happened again, Garcia grabbed the rebound!

"*uc*!"

Granger quickly rushed over and hugged Garcia.

"Dudu!"

The referee immediately blew the whistle and called his foul.

Granger ignored the fact that he had committed five fouls and quietly walked to the other side of the free throw line.

The fans in the audience watched Garcia make a free throw again.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

Garcia made two free throws very proudly and did not give the Pacers a chance.

With only the last 4.7 seconds left in the game, the Pacers had no choice but to serve from the backcourt, quickly hit a long three-pointer, and then quickly foul, waiting for a tactic to attack next time.

West stood on the baseline, ready to serve quickly.

Collison ran quickly, and West passed the ball ahead of time.

But Garcia became the hero. He quickly reached out and completed the steal!

"It's over!"

Watching Garcia sprinting around the three-point line and running out of time, all Pacers fans' eyes went dark.

"Dudududu!"

The referee blew the whistle to end the game.

The Kings at home defeated the Pacers on the road 92-88.

The Pacers were humiliatingly beaten 26-8 by their opponents in the fourth quarter, scoring no more than ten points in a single quarter.