Super Role Player

On the court, Pacers center Roy Hibbert grabbed the rebound, without any hesitation at all, threw the ball forward and passed it directly to Lance Stephenson. Tianlai Novel "⒉

After Lance Stephenson received the ball, he quickly controlled the frontcourt. The 76ers retreated quickly enough, but they were still caught off guard by Lance Stephenson. He faced Jae Crowder's return defense and completed a layup. , turning the score into 4:o.

The cheers at the Conseco Arena were endless, and the 4:0 start made the fans at the scene very excited.

Next, in the 76ers' offense, Anxi continued to run without the ball, and McAway controlled the ball at the top of the key to organize the offense.

Anxi continued to use the screen to counter-run. This time, he took advantage of the space opened by Jack Crowder's air cut and got a chance to catch the ball. After reaching for the ball, Anxi singled out Paul George from a 45-degree mid-range position on the left.

Anxi turned his back to Paul George, endured his back injury and leaned on the ball for a while, then jumped up and shot a fadeaway jumper.

But bang, Anxi's fadeaway jumper hit again, and Roy Hibbert grabbed the rebound again.

But this time, the Pacers failed to play a fast break. The 76ers retreated quickly. The Pacers have never been a fast break team. The two teams once again entered a positional battle.

George Hill controlled the ball on the outside for a while, suppressed the rhythm, and did not rush to attack.

But this time, it was Paul George. After a ball-free pick-and-roll, he cut through the air and received a ground-breaking pass from George Hill. Paul George stretched his long arms and dunked against Asik with a bang. Another 2 points for one sound...

6:o, the Pacers started with great momentum, but in contrast, Anxi made two zero shots.

Anxi's state in this game was indeed a bit bad, and injuries still had some impact on him. Anxi also entered the system interface before the game, and there was no sharp drop in attributes like the last time he was injured, so Anxi didn't have any problems before the game. Take this minor injury of back spasm to heart.

Back spasm is probably the most common injury in NBA. It is not a serious injury. In fact, it is equivalent to a back cramp. It is just caused by excessive fatigue and has no major impact.

But looking at it now, Anxi obviously underestimated the pain of cramps, and the pain in his back still greatly affected Anxi's shooting.

Halfway through the first quarter, 13:4, relying on Pau Gasol's mid-range shot and Jae Crowder's dunk, the 76ers barely scored 4 points.

In the first half of the game, Anxi took a total of three shots but failed to score a goal. Anxi's poor state also aroused heated discussions among the commentators on the field.

Magic Johnson and Reggie Miller partnered to explain that after Anxi made 3 shots, Magic Johnson had a question: "Anxi missed 3 shots in a row. There seemed to be some problems with his shooting. Facing Paul George's defense, he seemed to have a problem. The rim is nowhere to be found, which is weird."

Reggie Miller also nodded: "Yes, it's really strange. Anxi played a game two days ago. He scored 45 points in that game. Suddenly he couldn't score in this game. The 76ers' As a result, the offense came to a standstill. If Anxi could not score, the Pacers could safely let Paul George defend Anxi alone. It would be difficult for other players to get excellent scoring opportunities. This game was a bit difficult for the 76ers. .”

Anxi naturally knows this. If he doesn't score, the 76ers will not be able to open up the situation.

Therefore, when both his teammates and himself failed to score consecutive shots, Anxi took the initiative to pass the basketball on the offensive end and once again went one-on-one with Paul George.

Anxi signaled his teammates to pull away. On this ball, he was going to beat Paul George alone.

The fans on the sidelines became excited. In this game, Paul George had already defended Anxi and made a 3-0 shot. Now Anxi is going to beat Paul George in isolation again. In the eyes of the Indiana fans on the sidelines, Anxi is seeking death.

They seemed to have seen Anxi's shot blocked by Paul George again, and even blocked. Thinking of this, they became even more excited.

There was a scream from the sidelines, and Anxi also quickly started to attack, holding the ball from the outside and shaking constantly. Although the pain in his back kept warning Anxi, Anxi ignored it, endured the pain, made a large cross step, and then suddenly Change direction and suddenly accelerate towards Paul George's right side.

Paul George had to retreat quickly. Anxi's sudden explosion was still extremely fast.

But at this moment, Anxi suddenly stopped, made a snap, stepped back, continued to hold back the pain in his back, stepped back and shot a jumper, and shot the basketball from outside the three-point line.

The Indiana fans in the stadium screamed in surprise because they discovered that Paul George was completely shaken away by Anxi. With an emergency stop, Anxi had already opened a step away from Paul George. With the step back, that is Two steps away.

The distance of two steps was enough for Anxi to shoot this three-pointer without any pressure.

With a bang, a three-pointer was hit, and Anxi finally got the first point of the game.

"Anxi finally scored on a step-back jumper, beautiful!" Reggie Miller shouted, Anxi scored. In his opinion, this goal indicates that Anxi's touch will return to normal next.

2o seconds later, after the Pacers scored another 2 points from David West's mid-range shot, Anxi's offensive end continued to attack with the ball.

Facing Paul George, Anxi continued to play singles. His starting action for this ball was exactly the same as the previous ball. The outside line kept shaking, and then suddenly he made a forward shot towards the right side of Paul George.

But this time, Paul George was not fooled. He took a step towards Anxi and entangled Anxi. This time he did not lose his position.

Anxi looked surprised, because he originally wanted to deceive Paul George when he hesitated to retreat to defend the ball. However, Paul George showed his golf intelligence and actually rushed over and directly entangled himself.

However, in surprise, Anxi did not stop. Facing Paul George's clingy defense, Anxi tried to change direction, making a small change to the left.

Then there was a sudden sideways movement, a fake move, and then another change of direction to the right.

The continuous high changes of direction showed Anxi's incredible outside crossover ability, but it also aggravated the pain in Anxi's back. This goal must be scored.

But a scene that surprised Anxi happened again, Paul George actually followed him! He's still not out of position!

And just after Anxi's continuous changes of direction, Paul George also pounced over, once again completely interfering with Anxi's shooting!

Bang, when Anxi's shot hit, the Conseco Arena went crazy!

Because Paul George completed a textbook defense, he never lost his position during three consecutive high changes in Anxi!

"Powerful! Paul George's defense is too strong! Anxi was completely guarded by Paul George. In this game, Anxi has made 1 of 5 shots. His shooting performance is terrible. This is entirely because of Paul George's defense!"

Regarding Paul George, many NBA commentators have a generally accepted evaluation: "At the position of small forward, maybe Paul George cannot compare to Carmelo Anthony in terms of offense alone, but if you add defense, Paul George's hard power is better than what he is now." Carmelo Anthony is even better."

It can be seen that Paul George's defense is also extremely strong.

Once again, he defended against Anxi's attack, but after Anxi had already performed extremely well, Paul George looked very excited. He hammered his chest, and when he turned around to attack, he broke through quickly with the ball. Rushed into the paint and scored again...

At 17:7, the Pacers' lead reached double digits.

On the defensive end, Paul George continued to face Anxi. The continuous attacks against Anxi made Paul George full of confidence. He stayed close to Anxi and announced in advance: "Anxi, I am going to win this duel..."

Anxi frowned. At this time, he felt a little helpless. Three high-direction balls were blocked by Paul George. Anxi could only say that he was very unlucky.

But this time, Anxi must respond. He must use his goals to tell Paul George that this duel is far from the time to declare victory. (To be continued.)