Chapter 604: Strong Sister Lan, Hawks Loophole
"Our interior players need to be aware of their foul issues, and tonight, the Pacers were pretty good inside," Dominic Wilkins said of the commentary box. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
"In the first quarter, Kraft's rebounding count didn't seem to be the highest in the game?" said Bob Rasborne, making a very unusual argument.
But this unusual argument, put on Ruan Erniu, who rules the entire league of rebounds, seems to have become serious all of a sudden.
The essence of human cinema was startled at first, and then the next second he figured out what his old partner said: "Hey, man, Hibbert grabbed N frontcourt rebounds in one round, but it didn't make sense, he only scored the last goal." ”
In the first quarter of the game, Hibbert, who turned into a steel orangutan, grabbed 9 rebounds, including an astonishing 6 rebounds in the frontcourt, almost all of which were obtained during the misalignment and lunar eclipse confrontation.
On the contrary, Ruan Erniu only scored 8 rebounds in a single quarter, objectively speaking, after a season, such a situation is almost an isolated case.
In the second quarter, the players of both teams returned to the field of play in turn.
The Hawks have replaced their rotation players as usual, while the Pacers continue to reuse their main players.
In this game, which is about a playoff spot, the head coach of the Pacers is determined to carry out the rotation of 7-8 players to the end.
In addition to the starting five, only Jeff Foster, Jarleson Jack and Stephen Graham were substitutes.
Team boss Granger continued to start after a few minutes of rest at the end of the first quarter, without a break in the second quarter.
The Hawks left only Embarrassed Sen with a substitute and put Ruan Erniu off the court early, and Woodson has used the rotation handily when facing the weak team.
On the offensive end of the Pacers, Jack controlled the ball from the distance, relied on Dragic to break through with his physical advantage, and after attracting the Hawks to the bag, he sent the ball to Granger on the wing.
Granger hit a three-pointer with a knife in his hand.
Averaging 25.8 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game this season, Sister Granger (Granger) is the hope of the Pacers' revival, and as the only Pacers player who can be selected as an All-Star, he will definitely sign a big contract extension with the home team this summer.
Dragic possessed the ball across half court and, after crossing the gap with Awkward Mori, sent the ball to a high Pachuria.
Pachuria, who played the ball high and played the ball to Steve Novak on the wing, who was heavily defended and didn't dare to shoot directly and re-passed the ball into the hands of Awkward Son.
Embarrassment dribbled the ball in one step outside the three-point line, faced Granger's defense, and suddenly pulled out his shot, which also hit.
Embarrassment and Sister Lan are flying!
Although Embarrassment suppressed his desire to attack in the presence of Erniu, he still has the league's first-class scoring ability.
Sister Lan expressed dissatisfaction, and on the offensive end of the Pacers, Jack sent the ball to him again.
In the face of the interference of Embarrassment, Sister Lan chose to break through with the ball.
After entering the inside line, Sister Lan faced Pachuria's defense and completed a difficult pull crossing.
Granger, who flew into the air, after passing the siege and interception of Embarrassment and Pachuria, hooked his back, and after the ball made contact with the rebound, it fell rapidly and fell into the basket.
EMBARRASSMENT WAS ALSO UNCONVINCED, AND AFTER HOLDING THE BALL IN THE HIGH POST, A CROSSOVER SHOOK GRANGER TO THE SIDE, CARRIED THE BALL INTO THE BOX, AND FACED JEFF FOSTER WITH A THROW......
"Bang!"
It's a pity that the embarrassment did not continue.
The Pacers won the rebound in the backcourt, found Jack in the front court with a long pass, and Jack played a counterattack with no defense.
Woodson called a short timeout, and the Hawks' benches failed to play their due value.
It is understandable to do nothing on the offensive end, after all, Embarrassment is controlling the ball, but on the defensive end, it is too undesirable to let the opponent counterattack so easily!
After this short timeout, Woodson still had no intention of replacing the main player in advance, except for replacing Novak and replacing Birdman Anderson, who had already committed three fouls.
Egghead still believes that this group of substitutes can complete the task well, which is the confidence of the top strong team in the league.
The Eagles' role players also lived up to Woodson's trust.
The three-foul Birdman stepped up first, first on the offensive end, beating Jeff Foster to get a frontcourt rebound, and completing a layup under the basket, and then giving Steve Graham a big hat on the inside.
Embarrassment took the rebound in the high post and immediately started the offensive and defensive transition.
This time, he didn't choose to attack the basket directly, and after attracting the attention of three Pacers players who were retreating, he sent a cross-hitting second pass.
As luck flicked his fingers as he went, the basketball made contact with the floor and passed past Murphy's feet, and the ball was in the hands of Ronald Murray.
The president sneaked under the basket, easily dodged Jack in the process of a three-step layup, and then put the ball in the basket.
The Hawks, who stabilized the situation, began to interact with their opponents and re-established their lead.
Around three and a half minutes into the second quarter, the two teams began to rotate in turn, with the Pacers re-entering Rush and TJ Ford and the Hawks returning starters to the court one by one.
On the offensive end of the Hawks, Ruan Erniu held the ball in the low post, and according to convention, the Great Demon King of the Celestial Empire should launch a back-to-hip attack, or hold the ball to the basket and directly impact the Pacers' basket.
However, the unexpected happened!
Just when the Celestial Empire was ready to make a move......
"Toot!" the referee's whistle sounded first.
I didn't foul!
Ruan Erniu held the ball in one hand and focused his questioning gaze on the referee.
It's no wonder that the desire to attack is interrupted for no reason, which is really unpleasant.
But Erniu really blamed the referee, because the referee on duty, Ken Moore, did not blow him, but pointed his finger in the direction of the lunar eclipse?
Is there a lunar eclipse foul that is ready to cut the inside line at any time?
No, it was he who was violated, and Jeff Foster sent Josh Smith straight to the free-throw line without the ball!
What's the situation?
The Hawks were at a loss because none of the Hawks shot less than 65% from the free-throw line, and there was no difference between using the slash-and-kill tactics and giving them to the Hawks.
Atlantans are so naïve, and there must be a reason why the Pacers are doing that!
Looking at the technical statistics of the Hawks this season, there is actually one person's stats that are worth playing.
That's Josh Smith who shot 52.2 percent overall, 29.9 percent from three-point range, and 58.8 percent from the free-throw line.
Needless to say, the three-point shooting rate is poor, and everyone knows that J-Smoove is the only one on the team who has been suppressed by Erniu, Embarrassment, and Woodson to prevent him from snatching birdies.
But in the corner that no one noticed, the lunar eclipse with shooting percentages of 68.8%, 71.9%, 69.3%, and 71% in the first four seasons of his career actually ushered in the lowest free-throw shooting percentage of his career so far in his fifth season.
Maybe it was the injury that affected his hand, or maybe it was that Lunar Eclipse just signed a big contract and was successfully selected as an All-Star, so he slacked off.
Free throws, this thing, no more than shooting, is completely improved by their own hard work and stability.
Unknowingly, the lunar eclipse has become a lineup hole for the Eagles.
Maybe it's because the Hawks themselves are too strong that no team has cracked the hole, until the Hawks meet the Pacers, who are bent on making a last-ditch effort......