Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

Qi Tian looked at the Warriors' bench, Nate Robinson, Rush, Thompson, Aipai Udu and Mark Quill's bench. Nate and Mark Quill's defense was just that, Thompson was a first-year player.

, after Rush was seriously injured, he lost his speed, which is the most important thing for defense. Yudu is a good defender.

In other words, among the ten players who enter the regular rotation, the backup power forward is an above-average defender.

"No wonder the Warriors only have a record of 4 wins and 10 losses and can only be ranked tenth in the Western Conference."

Qi Tian murmured to himself.

Is a team that has no defense but only offense the favorite opponent of all NBA teams?

At the beginning of the second quarter, both teams fielded full substitute lineups.

Hill, Stephenson, Qi Tian, ​​Hansbrough and Amandasson;

Nate Robinson, Rush, Thompson, Udoh and Mark Quill.

Hansbrough missed a high jump shot, and Mark Quill got the rebound and turned it over to Little Potato Nate.

Nate broke through and passed the ball back to Mark Quill.

Hansbrough jumped hard and successfully interfered with his opponent's layup.

Then he turned around and picked off the defender and passed it back to Hill on the outside.

Qi Tian could feel that the team seemed to have fallen into a strange rhythm, but Hill was unaware of it. The fast break passed to Amandasson who followed up, and Amandasson's layup also missed.

"Man?"

Hill turned his head and glanced at the striker, then quickly returned to defense.

Nate Robinson slowed down, played the pick-and-roll honestly, passed the ball to Yudu, and assisted Yudu for a layup.

"27-25."

Amandasen received the pass and made another outside jumper.

"what happened?"

The inside scoring is not smooth enough, making it difficult for Hill to be an offensive threat.

He had to admit that the position of inside position really depends on talent. If you are good, you will be good, if you are not good, you will not be good.

Nate Robinson broke through the pick-and-roll again and passed the ball to Thompson in the corner.

Qi Tian watched Stephenson pounce and Thompson made a jump shot, his eyes immediately opened.

"Whoa!"

The basketball was accurately hit, and Qi Tian let out a trembling breath like a ptsd.

"Brother Splash, isn't it about to start betting? Can we withstand it?"

Hill's pull-up jumper missed, and Nate found Thompson again. Fortunately, Stephenson defended well this time and successfully interfered with his opponent.

Qi Tian jumped up from the sky, picked off the rebound, and turned to hand it to Hill.

The two teams seemed to be chasing rebounds. Stephenson, Qi Tian, ​​Hansbrough and Amandelson all hit jump shots. Fortunately, the Warriors' offense suddenly lost power. Even if Mark Jackson replaced Curry, there was no improvement at all.

Curry broke through and passed the ball back to Rush on the other side, assisting his teammate to make a three-point jumper.

"Whoa!"

Rush hit a jumper and hit a three-pointer, finally ending the two-and-a-half-minute scoring drought.

"27-31."

In the first four minutes of the second quarter, his opponent unexpectedly led an 8-0 lead. Vogel couldn't bear it off the court and directly replaced George Hill and West, replacing the war criminals Amandelson and Stephen.

Sen replaced.

Mark Jackson also replaced David Lee.

David Lee came on the scene and stole the ball from West and handed it to Curry. Curry made an emergency stop and scored a jumper to widen the point difference.

"27-33."

Fortunately, the Pacers finally opened their account. West attacked inside, causing Curry to foul and made two free throws to help the Pacers stop the bleeding.

"29-33."

Brother Li's attack was blocked by Xi Ye, and the rebound was taken by Hansbrough next to him.

"Quick attack!"

Hill, George and Qi Tian immediately ran toward the opponent's half.

George received a pass from Hill and made a pull-up jumper to score.

"Whoa!"

"31-33."

Curry passed the ball to Thompson, then moved away from Hill without the ball, went to the bottom corner, received the return pass, and shot a jumper directly from the three-point line.

"Whoa!"

Basketball hollow hit.

"31-36."

"handsome!"

When the Warriors fans on the sidelines saw Curry score 5 points in a row and widen the gap, they immediately stood up and cheered for him.

"Give him one back!"

When George and Qi Tian passed each other, he whispered to him, and then turned around to block Thompson in front of him.

Qi Tian understood this and immediately turned around and ran.

Hill saw Qitian running, immediately broke through to attract the defense, turned around and passed the ball.

Qi Tian immediately jumped up after receiving the ball, drifting in the air and threw the ball.

"Whoa!"

"Wow!"

Qi Tian's three-pointer was very difficult. The players on the Pacers bench on the sidelines immediately exclaimed when they saw the basketball hit.

"34-36."

Klay Thompson saw that Curry's limelight seemed to be stolen, and he was immediately unwilling to accept it. He reached out for the ball and wanted to hit the sky alone.

Qi Tian immediately went up to him. When he saw Thompson dribbling and breaking through, he quickly reached out to steal the ball.

Thompson was disturbed by this, and immediately staggered while dribbling. He gritted his teeth and forced a jumper.

"clang!"

The basketball jumped out of the frame, and Hansbrough, who was guarding the basket, got the basketball and passed it to Hill.

"Give me!"

George stretched out his hand for the ball, and Hill was about to pass it over when Thompson suddenly stepped out and reached out to steal it.

"Oops!"

George and Hill immediately turned back to defend.

Thompson knew that he was weak in attacking with the ball, and immediately turned around to look for Curry.

"Give!"

"careful!"

As soon as he passed the ball, he heard Curry's voice.

Qi Tian flashed out from the side and intercepted the opponent's pass.

"Steady!"

Hill received the pass, slowed down, and slowly reached the top of the key.

West came over to block Curry, then caught the ball and scored a layup to tie the score.

"36-36."

Vogel on the sidelines looked at the game with 4 minutes left in the second quarter, and took advantage of David Lee's walk to replace Collison and Hibbert.

Then Qi Tian missed a jump shot and his defensive opponent committed a foul, so he was replaced by Granger.

"Well done."

Granger still encouraged Qi Tian before walking onto the court.

"The throw was very decisive and the action was beautiful!"

When Brian Shaw saw Qi Tian walking down, he also encouraged him,

"At least, you can deal with NBA-level defense. Just increase the stability of your shooting and that will be enough."

Qi Tian scratched his head. He made two shots and fouled on defense, so he was replaced. He knew it well.

The comfort from Granger and the assistant coach had no effect.

Perhaps Granger had rested for too long, and his hot touch in the first quarter had gone cold. After coming on the court, he missed consecutive jump shots and only hit an open three-pointer with the help of his teammates.

Fortunately, the basics of the Pacers' defense are there. The defense of Granger and George made the Warriors' perimeter very uncomfortable, and Ellis' offense hit one after another.

As Granger missed a mid-range jumper at the buzzer, the first half ended with the two teams tied at 43-43.