Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

George dribbled through, but was intercepted by Artest, now known as "Charity World Peace", and he passed the ball to Murphy in the high post.

When West saw his opponent receiving the ball, he wanted to go over to defend, but was blocked by Gasol and had to go around.

"This is bad!"

After wasting time, West knew that he might not be able to guard against his opponent.

Murphy was about to take a jump shot, but Qi Tian, ​​who was originally standing in the corner, quietly flashed from behind him, jumped high, and blocked the shot on the head of 211-centimeter Troy Murphy!

"handsome!"

If dunking is the offensive method that can best boost the morale of the offensive team, then blocking shots is the defensive method that can best boost the morale of the defensive team.

Simple and efficient, yet shocking enough.

The Pacers fans and substitute players on the sidelines immediately shouted loudly. Granger and Collison stood up excitedly. Next to them, Amandasson and Stephenson waved their towels wildly to cheer for the players on the court.

But just when they were happy, the basketball blocked by Qi Tian flew up, then fell down again, and was picked off the offensive rebound by Darius Morris.

"careful!"

Hill immediately took off a second time and saw Morris lift the basketball.

Morris leaned back, just in time to avoid Hill's block, and threw the basketball.

"Clang!"

The basketball hit the rim and bounced out.

"Gan!"

Lakers fans yelled angrily,

"Do you think you're Kobe?"

Seeing West next to them get a rebound, they became even more angry.

"Quick attack!"

George Hill controlled the ball and advanced. George and Qi Tian crossed from both sides, trying to complete the attack before the opponent could react.

George, who was running at the front, got the basketball and took two quick steps to make a layup.

But Artest followed quickly and completed the interference before he made a layup.

"clang!"

The basketball was slapped out by Artest.

Fortunately, Hibbert had already followed up, picked off the offensive rebound, and directly tipped the ball in.

"81-84."

The point difference was recovered to 3 points. Seeing that there were only 7 minutes left in the game, Lakers head coach Mike Brown requested a substitution and brought Kobe onto the court.

Kobe came on the scene, and no matter how well Qi Tian played, Vogel had no choice but to apply for a substitution and replaced him with Collison and Granger to form the starting lineup.

"You did great!"

Seeing Qi Tian walking down, Granger encouraged his little brother before walking onto the field.

Brian Shaw looked at Qi Tian with relief and said:

"Your growth has really exceeded my expectations."

This is only the 15th game of Qi Tian's NBA career. Qi Tian has already shown the potential to become a team rotation player from almost the bottom of the 59th overall pick. In Brian Shaw's view, this is already extraordinary.

Getting used to the speed.

This is assuming the Pacers have Granger and George at the same position as him.

Even many first-round picks may not have Qi Tian's speed.

Of course, this just means that Qi Tian's immediate combat ability is stronger now, but it does not mean that the height that Qi Tian will reach will definitely be higher than other first-round picks.

"As long as you can maintain this kind of performance, you may be able to replicate George's growth process and have enough room to perform in the playoffs."

Brian Shaw took a peek at Vogel, who was concentrating on watching the game, and continued,

"At the worst, he can also become the main offensive point on the bench, or even become the team's sixth man."

Compared with the starting lineup with strict discipline requirements, the bench lineup requirements of any team are very loose:

As long as they can drive the team to continue scoring when the starting lineup comes off the field, it is enough to give the starting lineup some rest time.

This has also given rise to many substitute players who only require scoring and no other requirements, such as the famous Best Sixth Man Jamal Crawford and Lou Williams. Although their defense is not good, they can compete with the main players.

His singles ability can ensure the team's offense when the main player is off the court, which is enough.

Although the Pacers' bench lineup is somewhat strict due to Vogel's requirements, a role player who can lead the team in scoring in the transitional period is definitely something Vogel cannot refuse.

After seeing Qi Tian nod, take the towel and sit down, Brian Xiao determined the next direction of intensive training for Qi Tian, ​​which was singles scoring.

"Being the best sixth man for the Pacers may be the best choice for the seventh right now."

He turned to look at the field.

The Pacers, who all started in the starting lineup, quickly showed good tacit cooperation.

West provided support from the high post, handed the lob ball to the basket, and assisted Hibbert for a dunk;

Gasol also used the same method to assist Bynum to score in return.

Hibbert under the basket attracted the defense again and passed the ball to Collison.

Collison caught the ball and shot a three-pointer directly.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball hollow hit.

"86-86."

Lao Yu advanced with the ball. He was about to use his teammates' pick-and-roll to break through, but Collison in front of him suddenly reached out and stole the ball from his hand.

Artest next to him saw Collison trying to turn around for a fast break and immediately went up to fight for it.

"Dudu!"

When Artest and Collison were fighting, he saw Artest's excessive movements. The referee next to him immediately blew the whistle and whistled Artest for a foul.

Mike Brown naturally knew Artest's problem, so he could only apply for a substitution and use Barnes as a replacement.

"Give me!"

Granger reached for the ball and then hit his opponent singlesly.

Matt Barnes stayed close to his opponent and tried to defend, but Granger quickly changed direction, shook him off, and forced his way to the basket for a layup.

"call out!"

The basketball was shot out by Bynum under the basket, and the referee immediately blew the whistle and whistled for a shooting foul.

It turned out that when Bynum was defending, he hit Granger's hand and interfered with his shot.

Granger high-fived his teammates and walked to the free throw line.

The Lakers fans immediately booed after the rebound, trying to interfere with his free throw.

"Whoosh!"

Granger adjusted his rhythm and easily hit the first free throw.

"clang!"

Granger's second free throw went wide. Gasol got the rebound under the basket and turned around and handed it to his teammates.

"Quick attack!"

Matt Barnes broke through from the wing, quickly passed Granger, came to the basket, and received the pass from Lao Yu.

Granger and his opponent jumped up at the same time. After the two collided in the air, the basketball flew in the other direction.

"Dudu!"

The referee immediately called a shooting foul on Granger and sent Barnes to the free throw line.

Seeing Barnes take a free throw, the home fans naturally did not cause trouble and quietly waited for the referee to hand the ball to Barnes.

Barnes took two dribbles, adjusted his rhythm, and then shot the basketball.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

Made both free throws.

"87-88."