Basketball Myth: Super Guard

In a blink of an eye, the second quarter began.

Both sides still sent out rotation lineups. The 76ers only had one starting player, Kawhi Leonard, who played with Lou Williams, Sessions, Speights, and Mozkov.

This is already a sign of the importance of the Pacers.

You should know that in the first round against the Wizards, none of the three young players of Philadelphia played at this stage, and the pure substitute lineup was enough.

On the Pacers side, George must rest, so Coach Vogel had to send Hill up to play with a few substitutes.

The Pacers' substitute lineup was not as good as the 76ers, and Hill, who led the team at this time, was a step behind Kawhi Leonard, and the situation was self-evident.

At the end of the first quarter, the 76ers led by 7 points.

And the score difference had already widened to more than ten points after only a few minutes of the second quarter.

"Beep..."

Coach Vogel called a timeout. He looked at the bench and swept his eyes over George, Hibbert, West, and Stevens.

George needs to rest more. West is a veteran after all. His physical fitness is not as good as before. He also needs to continue to rest. Hibbert can play, but Mahinmi and Turner are playing well. The problem is not in the interior... Then, Stephenson can only play.

"Lance, you play." Coach Vogel called.

"Yes." Finson stood up immediately.

Then, Coach Vogel spread out the tactical board, rearranged the tactics, and finally called Finson: "Lance, now George and Hibbert are not on the court. What we lack is a scoring point, understand? So you have to take the initiative to attack and score actively."

Finson's eyes lit up and nodded repeatedly.

The timeout ended quickly.

Both sides returned to the court. The Pacers replaced Stephenson, while the 76ers did not make any substitutions.

Coach Luke couldn't have failed to notice the problem that Coach Vogel was worried about. Didn't you, Vogel, want George to rest for a while? Okay, I won't play Qin and Butler either, just a small card. Anyway, I won't make a substitution until you can't hold it anymore and replace George.

On the court. The Pacers attack.

Finson advanced to the front court with the ball, gestured to his teammates, signaling them to come up and pick me, and then immediately accelerated and broke through.

Mozkov stepped forward to delay, but was passed by Finson with a flirtatious dribbling turn, and then made a layup.

Finson scored points as soon as he came on the court, and Coach Vogel was still very happy, but the flirtatious dribbling made his face twitch.

Finson is a bit similar to Jr. Smith. When he is good, he is very good, can break through, and has good mid-range shooting ability, but sometimes his brain will be twitching, and the choice of passing time and attacking is questionable.

So usually in the starting lineup, Finson rarely has the opportunity to attack whenever he wants.

At this moment, Coach Vogel gave him this authority, and Finson was so excited that he started singles and was very excited.

When he turned back and fell into the defensive end, Finson also took the initiative to switch defense with his teammates and went to match up with Xiaoka to defend Xiaoka.

Although Finson is a guard, he is 196 cm tall, has excellent physical fitness, excellent confrontation ability, and fierce defense, so he will not suffer even if he defends the No. 3 position.

In some games of the Pacers' regular season, George needs to focus on scoring, and Coach Vogel will let Finson defend the opponent's No. 3 position.

When Xiaoka got the ball, Finson immediately stuck to Xiaoka, opened his hands, and stuck to Xiaoka like a piece of oxhide candy, and pursed his lips and blew into Xiaoka's eyes.

"Damn..."

Even a robot like Xiaoka was almost sworn by Finson's coquettish operation. He lowered his center of gravity, turned sideways, stepped forward with his right foot, pushed Finson away with his shoulder, and then accelerated, broke through from the left, and played directly.

Xiaoka accelerated, passed Finson half a body, then took two steps forward, hugged the ball and took three steps. In the second step, he suddenly paused, and pushed Finson who was chasing behind him with his back, forcing him to be unable to jump up, and then shot.

Bang!

I don’t know if it was the effect of Finson’s breath, but the ball didn’t go in.

Turner grabbed the rebound and passed it to Finson, who quickly counterattacked. After reaching the frontcourt, he broke through Sessions. His speed was not very fast, but his strength advantage was obvious. He squeezed Sessions away and went straight to the basket.

However, the 76ers reacted quickly, quickly shrinking the defense line and building a human wall in the interior to block Finson.

Whoosh!

Finson threw the ball and passed it to the left corner outside the three-point line.

“Beautiful pass.” Coach Vogel’s eyes lit up. He didn’t expect that Finson, who was unreliable in the past, was surprisingly good today.

Hill received the ball and shot a three-pointer.

Swish!

With a light sound, the ball went in.

This made Coach Luke wonder if he had to call a timeout. After Finson came on the court, he made a layup and an assist to help the Pacers score 5:0. The score difference has been narrowed to less than ten points. What happened to this guy?

Finally, Coach Luke held back.

On the court. Kawhi Leonard got the ball, and Finson followed him again, using the same trick, blowing air at Kawhi Leonard. His idea was simple, blowing air at Kawhi Leonard's eyes to interfere with his vision.

However, Kawhi Leonard was not affected this time. He accelerated, stepped back, and when Finson stepped back and stood firm, he accelerated again.

This time, he completely passed Finson.

After two steps into the paint, Kawhi leaped up, ignoring Mahinmi who was blocking the paint, dodged in the air, grabbed the basketball with his right hand, and dunked it fiercely towards the basket.

Bang!

A loud noise ignited the whole stadium.

But what made the home fans depressed was that the Pacers scored another goal. Although it was not Finson's score, nor was it his direct assist, it was also initiated by him. It was his breakthrough that attracted the defense, and then his teammates continuously passed the ball and finally scored the ball.

In the next few rounds, Finson's performance was still outstanding, and he scored another goal. His performance was even better than that of Kawhi, and he led the Pacers to catch up to only 5 points.

......

"Request a timeout."

Coach Luke called a timeout and shook his head speechlessly. He really didn't expect Finson to be so showy today.

He looked at the bench: "Qin, Jimmy, Iguodala, you three come on together." The three came on, replacing Lou Williams, Sessions, and Speights, while Kawhi Leonard and Mozkov continued to stay on top, still "one big and four small".

Then, Coach Luke spread out the tactical board and said in a deep voice: "We have to widen the score difference, play faster, shoot more decisively, and play our own offense."

"Yes!"

Several people agreed in unison.

The timeout ended quickly, and Qin Hao and others walked onto the court.

At the same time, the Pacers also changed players.

George, Hibbert, and West were substituted together, and Stevens and Hill were added to their starting lineup.

The two sides looked at each other, their eyes collided in the air, and invisible sparks were splashing. The test was over, and the confrontation should be upgraded.