Chapter 185: Paddle Safety
The second quarter of the game began, and both teams came off the bench. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
From the point of view of bench strength, the two teams are half a pound, but the Pacers are slightly stronger, because the Pacers have a strong point on the bench Luis Scola.
Of course, the 76ers bench has a lot of outside firepower, and once the fire is fired, the Pacers can't stop it.
Therefore, after more than 3 minutes in the second quarter, the 76ers' bench played with great momentum, which was on par with the Pacers' bench.
The point difference has not been widened for a long time, and Frank Vogel is also a little anxious to look at it, because it is a home game, the Pacers are eager to lock up some advantages, and now the advantage is not at all, Frank Vogel thought about it, and put Paul George on the court in advance.
Paul George returned early, Brett Brown was not very willing to let Anxi play early, and in hesitation, Anxi took the initiative to ask for the battle.
"Bright, let me play, we've got to win this game, don't let the Pacers take the lead. ā
"But......" Brett Brown hesitated.
"Anyway, it's all about playing with injuries, so it doesn't make a difference if you play early. ā
Brett Brown thought about it carefully, and what An Xi said was the same, there was nothing wrong, so he nodded.
The 76ers also replaced Anxi, at this time, Anxi was the news of fighting with injuries, and it was still not revealed by the 76ers, no one knew that Anxi, who played an equal game with Paul George, would actually be an Anxi with seven or eight percent or even maybe only six or seven percent strength.
After the substitution, the score of the two teams was 34:37, and the Pacers led by 3 points, but the ball belonged to the 76ers, so the 76ers had a chance to further narrow the difference.
After Anxi returned to the court, he was a point guard in the position on the court, so he took the ball directly from the backcourt and controlled it to the frontcourt.
It is still Paul George who defends Anxi, although he plays the No. 3 position, but in order to match Anxi, he still changed to Anxi.
Anxi called for a cover from Cole Aldridge, and then the cover went straight to the basket.
The Pacers' interior line immediately shrank, and Paul George, who arrived later, wrapped up Anxi.
The moment he was trapped, An Xi didn't think about it, and directly divided the ball, now is not the time when he needs to score in the first quarter, considering the back injury, An Xi has to play more reasonably.
After the pass, Francisco Garcia had a decent chance to make a three-point shot.
Chris Copeland turned around and interfered, a step late, but Francisco Garcia's hand seemed to be a little cold, and the shot missed a little and missed.
Ian Masimmy grabbed the rebound, Anxi didn't care, no one would hit every shot, this opportunity has come out, and then stick to this style of play.
The Pacers' offense, CJ Watson held the ball to the frontcourt, James Anderson was the opponent who defended him, and Anxi was in front of Paul George, there were no outstanding defensive players on the 76ers' bench, and Paul George still had to defend himself.
However, CJ Watson seized a chance, an accelerated breakthrough, and quickly rushed into the box to throw a shot.
At 39:34, the Pacers widened the difference.
The Indiana fans cheered as they seemed to see an opportunity for the team to widen the gap.
In the next wave of 76ers' offense, Anxi chose to break through quickly, or to block and cover and then shake off Paul George's defense, Anxi rushed into the interior and made a hook shot against Ian Masimmi's defense.
With a basketball hit, Ian Masimmi's rim protection ability was still worse than that of Hibbert, and Anxi relied on Masimmy's hook shot to look very easy, and won 2 points directly.
Next, the Pacers' offense, this time the ball was handed to Paul George, who broke through with the ball and leaned on Anxi's body to make a layup.
But just as he was holding the ball and preparing to send the basketball to the basket, An Xi suddenly stretched out his hand.
With a snap, Anxi slapped the basketball in Paul George's hand at once, a successful defense!
After shooting the ball, Anxi also grabbed the basketball, quickly advanced to the front court with the ball, and then threw the basketball to James Anderson, who ran at the front, James Anderson did not waste this opportunity, he rushed to the frontcourt, scored a fast-break layup, the score became 38:39 in a blink of an eye, and the 76ers were only 1 point behind.
Pacers fans aren't so happy now.
However, the Pacers quickly returned the 76ers with a ball, and Luis Scola toyed with Antoine Jamison with his inside footsteps and turned to make a layup.
The Pacers fans, who suffered a loss, immediately sent thunderous cheers, once again creating the atmosphere of the Devil's home court.
The point difference returned to three points, and An Xi also played more resolutely, although now he is playing some strokes on the court, basically there are no big movements, they are all light breakthroughs or shooting layups, and always choose the easiest way to score, but the effect is still very good.
For example, in this ball, Anxi continued to call for cover, and after blocking and dismantling the cover, Anxi accelerated and rushed into the inside line again, and after attracting the bag, he slammed a ground pass and passed to the outside line again.
An Xi chose to trust his teammates instead of playing hard.
And Francesco Garcia on the outside received the ball, and this time he finally seized the opportunity, made a three-point shot, and hit it with a bang!
At 41:41, the two teams officially tied.
Anxi played tepidly on the field, but the effect was still quite good.
After the goal, Francisco Garcia looked a little excited, and ran over to high-five Anxi, who was retreating.
"Come on, Francisco, we need to lead!"
Anxi sparked his teammates, then turned and pushed in front of Paul George again.
Paul George was clearly trying to save face, so he took advantage of Luis Scola's pick-and-roll cover and burst into the basket.
But Anxi accelerated and directly interfered with Paul George's layup.
Paul George missed a layup, Cole Aldridge grabbed the rebound, and at this time, the 76ers got a chance to overtake the score.
It's still the same style of play, Anxi burst inside, attracted the Pacers' double bag and then shared the ball again, but this time, the Pacers were on guard and blocked Francisco Garcia's point in advance.
But Garcia wasn't dead either, he also knew how to be flexible, and when the Pacers blocked him, he continued to share the ball.
So, after Garcia shared the ball again, the basketball was given to Antoine Jamison, who also received the ball outside the three-point line, and also caught the ball and shot.
With a bang, the basketball passed through the net cleanly, and after the crisp sound of wiping the net, the Conseco Arena was silent.
At 44:41, the 76ers overtook the score and turned to a three-point lead over the Pacers!
The 76ers' bench has no other benefits, and the biggest advantage is that almost all of them have three-pointers, including power forward Antoine Jamison.
As a result, once the 76ers' bench has a correct leadership, the firepower is still ferocious.
Next, the Pacers' offense, Paul George's outside pull-up jumper still didn't score, James Anderson rushed to grab the rebound, and the 76ers counterattacked and fast-break, without even Anxi's participation, directly by Garcia and James Anderson to complete the cooperation, and Garcia made a layup.
At 46:41, a wave of 5:0, the 76ers quickly opened up the difference.
This wave of 5:0 mini-climax forced Frank Vogel to call a timeout, because the plan could not catch up with the change, he originally replaced Paul George in order to extend his lead, but his lead did not expand, but let the 76ers overtake the score and let the 76ers lead the game......
On the 76ers' side, after Frank Vogel called a timeout, Brett Brown was simply happy, although Anxi didn't play much, but the effect was so good that it was boundless, the defensive end blocked Paul George, and the offensive end also assisted his teammates to score through the simplest breakthrough points, and the game also entered the rhythm of the 76ers at this moment.
Anxi's performance in this game was not eye-catching, although there was a wave in the first quarter, which caused an uproar among the fans, but at the beginning of the second quarter, Anxi tended to be flat, and the game was unprecedentedly reasonable.
Playing like this also made the magic Johnson and Reggie Miller on the commentary seat a little strange.
Especially Reggie Miller.
He has seen a lot of Anxi's balls before, and Anxi's previous play was reasonable, but there were also a lot of balls shot against the defense, this game was strange, starting from the second quarter, as long as there was defense in front of him, he resolutely did not shoot.
Although the 76ers led the game, it was not Anxi he was familiar with anyway, so Reggie Miller was also a little strange.
"Anxi's game suddenly became Steve Nash, which is so strange, although the 76ers are leading the game, Anxi's performance always makes me feel that the game we watch is not the 76ers vs. the Pacers, it's more like the Suns vs. the Pacers. ā
Magic Johnson also felt strange, he thought that Anxi might have some reason to suddenly change his original way of playing.
"Maybe there is something that makes Anxi change his style of play, either because he is stimulated by the outside world, or because he has a physical problem, and the hit rate will decline when he plays strongly......"
(In the book review area, it is inexplicable that Yi Wen wrote a blunt twist, but where is the twist? )