Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

In the last two minutes of the first quarter, the Pacers failed to score again. Granger and Hill missed consecutive jump shots, while the Lakers relied on Gasol's jump shot and Darius Morris's free throw to rewrite the score.

"14-27".

Vogel turned his head and looked in the direction of the Lakers bench, where head coach Mike Brown was explaining tactics to the players, and shook his head.

"How cruel."

In today's first quarter, Kobe was replaced for only the last minute and a half, and Gasol only rested for less than 2 minutes.

"This is only the first quarter of the game, and if the main players are allowed to play for such a long time, can their physical strength be able to withstand it?"

"Wait until the whole game, but not 40 minutes?"

Vogel is also ruthless in his employment, but Granger, who played the most minutes, only played 36 minutes last season. George, who has been used the most ruthlessly this season, has not played more than 30 minutes.

"Then coach, do you want the substitute lineup to shorten their playing time?"

Brian Shaw had seen this before when he was with the Lakers. He turned to look at Qi Tian and asked in a low voice.

Vogel thought for a while, shook his head and said:

"We must give the main players rest time, and we must not fall into the opponent's rhythm because of the opponent's rotation."

With his performance in the last game, Qi Tian gained the trust of the head coach and appeared on the court in the second quarter with Hill, Stephenson, Hansbrough and Amandasson.

The Lakers fielded a lineup of Darius Morris, Ebanks, Artest, Mike Roberts and Gasol.

Vogel looked at the score and whispered to the players on the stage:

"Listen, your main task is to chase points as much as possible and give the main players some rest time."

He turned to look at Hansbrough and Amandasson and said:

"With Gasol on the court, you must be more defensive and don't give him a chance to take action."

"clear!"

Hill advanced with the ball, called for a pick-and-roll, broke through to attract the defense, turned and passed to Hansbrough in the high post.

Mike Roberts worked hard to interfere and successfully knocked off the opponent's jump shot.

"Rebound!"

Amandasen jumped high and grabbed the offensive rebound over Gasol's head.

Gasol was shocked. Seeing that Amandasson was about to take action, he immediately raised his hands in an attempt to interfere.

"clang!"

Qi Tian rushed in and grabbed the offensive rebound.

Seeing that he was about to take action, Artest immediately raised his right hand to interfere.

Seeing that there was no chance, Qi Tian dribbled the ball and backed out of the three-point line.

He called a pick-and-roll and forced a breakthrough.

Artest didn't give the Pacers any face at all. He directly confronted him and forced Qi Tian to stop.

"This way!"

Hill took advantage of Qi Tian's breakthrough, ran around the three-point line, came to the open space, and reached for the ball.

"Give!"

Hill received the pass and made a direct outside jumper.

"Whoa!"

"oh!!"

When the Pacers fans on the sidelines saw the three-pointer hit, they immediately let out a weak but powerful shout surrounded by Lakers fans.

"17-27."

Gasol was playing singles inside, and Hansbrough saw that Armanderson was having a hard time withstanding it, so he immediately double-teamed from the side and successfully interfered with his opponent's jump shot.

He turned around, collected the basketball, and handed it to Hill.

"Quick attack!"

Although the Lakers were on the bench, they were not slow in returning to defense, which ruined the Pacers' plan to play fast break. Hill could only turn around and hand it over to Hansbrough inside.

Hansbrough turned his head and handed it to Qi Tian. Qi Tian feinted a shot, passed the breakthrough ball to Hill, and assisted his teammate to score a high jump shot.

"19-27."

"Give you some color to see."

Artest reached for the ball, and then took advantage of his size to squeeze Qi Tian away and force a layup.

"snort!"

Qi Tian, ​​who was squeezed away, could only try his best to defend.

"Whoa!"

"Dudu!"

The basketball entered the net and the referee's whistle sounded at the same time.

"Additional penalty!"

2+1!

Lakers fans immediately gave Artest a loud cheer.

"Boy, learn more."

Artest looked at Qi Tian provocatively and walked to the free throw line.

Qi Tian was inspired to fight and looked at his opponent with burning eyes.

"clang!"

Artest missed the extra free throw, and everyone under the basket immediately rushed together. In the panic, the basketball suddenly flew out at an angle.

Ebanks quickly grabbed the rebound, turned around and passed it back to Artest.

Seeing Qi Tian coming over again, Artest was so confident that he directly faced his opponent and shot a fadeaway jumper.

"Dang! Dang!"

The rebound jumper missed, and Hansbrough picked off the rebound under the basket.

"Quick attack!"

Hill got the basketball, turned around and found Stephenson, and threw a long pass.

Stephenson succeeded in a three-step layup.

"21-29."

Gasol provided support from the high post, waiting for his teammates to move.

"Give me!"

Artest had already developed his touch. After picking and rolling with Ebanks, he quickly broke through to the basket. Sure enough, he received a pass from Gasol and made an easy layup.

"21-31."

The score was opened again by the Lakers.

"Dudu!"

The referee whistled a foul on Hill and sent Artest to the free throw line again.

Vogel on the sidelines requested a substitution, replaced Collison, and Hill went off to rest.

"clang!"

Perhaps the tight muscles affected Artest's touch. On his second 2+0 score, Amandasson picked up the rebound under the basket and turned around and handed it to his teammates.

Stephenson called for a pick-and-roll, and with a change of direction he was about to pass Artest.

"Dudu!"

This time Artest's move was too big and the referee did not let him go.

"Slow down and hit."

Collison took the basketball from the outside and stretched out his hand to signal a pick-and-roll.

Qi Tian came quietly from the other side and blocked Ebanks.

Collison broke through quickly, turned around and passed to Qi Tian.

Artest switched defenses, leaving only Ebanks to defend Qi Tian. Seeing that Qi Tian was about to break through to the empty basket, he had no choice but to join hands with Qi Tian to succeed.

After high-fiving his teammates, Qi Tian walked to the free throw line.

"Whoa!"

"Whoa!"

Made two free throws and once again helped the team narrow the score.

"23-31."

"Boy, come on, let me beat you alone!"

Artest got the ball and once again let his teammates pull away, preparing to score in singles.

Gasol on the inside frowned. Artest's independent offensive ability was barely adequate. It was enough for a rookie. What made Gasol unhappy was that Artest made his own decisions and did not follow the coach's arrangements.

tactics to fight.

This is common for Artest, but it is taboo for Gasol.

Qi Tian smiled faintly, lowered his center of gravity, and went up to defend.

Artest repeated his old trick, using speed to forcefully break through Qitian's defense.

But this time Qi Tian was well prepared, and after lowering his center of gravity, he was able to firmly block Artest.

"this……"

Artest gritted his teeth and shot a horizontal jump shot.

Qi Tian jumped up as hard as he could, trying to interfere.

"clang!"

The basketball jumped out of the hoop.

Hansbrough was overjoyed under the basket and was about to jump up to grab the board, but Darius Morris grabbed the offensive rebound and made a tip-in.

"Dudu!"

The referee called a shooting foul on Amandasson under the basket, and Morris went to the free throw line.

The third 2+1!