Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

"Warcraft committed two fouls!"

"He's been substituted!"

Seeing Howard Howard end the game due to two fouls in the first quarter, the Pacers fans at Bankers Life Arena were in high spirits. They were a little disappointed after seeing the team's constipated offense and immediately became happy.

After Hibbert high-fived his teammates, he walked to the free throw line.

Granger and his teammates next to him looked at each other and nodded.

It turns out that the main reason why the Pacers made a crazy attack to the basket and let Hibbert and West play in isolation was to force Howard, the only pillar of the Magic team, to foul.

Now that the plan has succeeded, the Magic have nothing to fear.

Off the court, Howard looked at the arena expressionlessly, and he had completely ignored the instructions given by his assistant.

Hibbert dribbled the ball a few times to adjust his rhythm, then threw the basketball in his hand while pressing the 10-second violation whistle.

"Whoosh!"

One free throw hit.

Seeing Hibbert receiving the pass and about to take the second penalty, the Magic fans on the sidelines immediately made noisy noises, trying to interfere with the opponent.

Hibbert was unmoved and threw the basketball again.

"Whoosh!"

Made both free throws.

"11-18."

Hibbert smiled disdainfully and turned back to defend the basket.

Although he has slow feet and rough hands, free throws are one of the few ways Hibbert can score easily. The team's coaching team has worked hard in this regard. In the past two seasons, Hibbert's free throw shooting percentage has been

75% is definitely enough for a center.

"Strengthen your defense and don't give them the opportunity to take open shots!"

Granger told his teammates,

"Howard comes off the field. This is a good opportunity for us to open up the score!"

Sure enough, after losing Howard, the offense organized by Nelson was completely unable to penetrate the inside. Hibbert and West just relied on blocking positions to kill the opponent's "big babies" Glenn Davis and Turkoglu.

Pushed to a high position.

"no solution anymore!"

Turkoglu had no choice but to pick and roll and then quickly roll out, came to the three-point line, and took over the basketball.

West quickly stepped forward to defend, which indeed interfered with his shot.

"clang!"

The basketball bounced off the edge of the basket and was picked up by Paul George who rushed to the basket. He turned around and handed it to his teammates.

Without Howard, Hibbert dared to go deep into the basket, catch the ball, turn around and shoot.

"clang!"

His shot also ended in a strike, but relying on his height and long arms, Hibbert stretched out his long arms and grabbed the offensive rebound over Glenn Davis.

"outside!"

Fearing that Hibbert would come forward and attack directly, Granger quickly ran around and called for his teammates to pass the ball.

Hibbert didn't dare not listen to what the team boss said, so he turned around and spread the word.

Granger faked a shot to deceive Anderson who was running over, then took a step sideways and made a jump shot from outside the three-point line.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball hollow hit.

"11-21."

When the score difference reached double digits, Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy quickly called a timeout and prepared to rearrange offensive tactics.

Vogel applied for substitutions in advance, retaining only Collison, Granger and Hibbert, and replacing West and George with Hansbrough and Hill to rest.

The Magic's shooting guard Richardson is positioned as a pure shooting guard and has almost no other role except running. It was a waste to let George, who had just guarded Kobe Bryant in the last game, to mark him, so Vogel replaced George.

"The opponent's main means of scoring are the forwards and inside lines."

Vogel began to lay out defensive tactics and continued,

"Now that Howard is off the court, only Ryan Anderson and Turkoglu have offensive capabilities. Danny and Tyler (Hansbrough) on the front line must provide defensive strength and don't give them the opportunity to score in open spaces!"

"clear!"

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

Granger increased his intensity and blocked Anderson's jumper head-on. However, he then made a dribbling error during the attack and was intercepted by his opponent. He was called for a foul when he counterattacked.

Turkoglu held the ball in a high position, attracted the defense, and passed it to Davis under the basket, assisting his teammate for a layup.

Hibbert responded with an inside score, and Turkoglu turned around and assisted Anderson in a three-pointer to close the score.

When the Magic chased the score to 20-23, Granger suddenly showed off his power.

He singled out Anderson in the high post and scored a pull-up jumper.

"20-25."

With only 2 minutes left in the first quarter, Vogel and Van Gundy requested substitutions at the same time and replaced some substitutes.

Redick made a jump shot, and George Hill jumped up quickly next to him and intercepted the opponent's shot in the air.

"Rebound!"

Ryan Anderson jumped up and grabbed an offensive rebound over the Pacers' Adamson.

Seeing his opponent trying to make a tip-up shot, Amandasson jumped high and gave his opponent his second big shot.

Hill got the basketball and turned around and handed it to Granger.

Granger attracted the defense with a single, assisted Hill to hit, then stole the opponent and hit another jump shot.

"22-29."

With Granger's play, the Pacers once again took the lead at the end of the first quarter.

"Bullshit!"

Off the court, Qi Tian immediately transformed into a Niuniu citizen, waving towels and cheering for Granger.

"too strong!"

The Pacers fans on the sidelines cheered excitedly when they saw Granger score 10 points in the first quarter, and finally scored 4 points and 1 assist when his opponent was closing in.

Granger turned around and waved, responding to the enthusiasm of the fans on the field, and then sat down in his seat among the stars on the bench.

Everyone can see that after Howard comes off the court, the Magic are no longer a match for the Pacers.

Even if Howard is present, how many Pacers can he withstand by himself?

This cruel fact was naturally visible to Howard off the court, and this was the main reason why he wanted to leave the Magic.

In this situation, Howard just wanted to say one sentence to express his feelings:

"Tell me, general manager, how many head coaches have been replaced one by one? It can't be corrected. Changing the soup does not change the medicine."

"Van Gundy also has a reason to say, what team did I play for before, the Miami Heat, O'Neal Wade, what kind of teammates do you want me to coach?"

"What is the level of the Magic team now? There are just a few people. Nelson and others are playing guard. Can he play? If he can't play, you know if he doesn't have the ability. If he continues, he will lose to the Hawks. After the Hawks lose, they will lose to the Pacers.

Lose to the Cavaliers, and then no one loses."

"Be more pragmatic. I advise you to understand the Magic team's tactics and offensive and defensive ideas first."

"Carter played very well, tell me why you traded him? Play 2-4 with the Hawks, tell me how to explain it?"

“I don’t even have any shame!!!”