Chapter 399: Advance to the finals

"!!!!Shh Three-point hit, the Hawks overtook the Pacers by two points at the last moment, 100:98, the audience at the scene was boiling, all cheering and shouting desperately, but the game was not over yet, although the Hawks pressed the offensive time to the end, but because of Ye Xuan's attack just now, the Pacers still left nearly 6 seconds of offensive time, and the Pacers also immediately called a timeout to arrange this last shot.

The number of kills of the Pacers this season is not less, Ye Xuan has shot a total of 4 kills this season, one of which is when facing the Warriors, he completed a catch and shoot in the air at the last moment, the most terrifying thing is that Ye Xuan only has a total of 5 kills this season, Ye Xuan's kill rate also makes other teams in the league feel cold, and in addition to Ye Xuan, the Pacers also have a killer, pickled pepper Needless to say, he once killed a Spurs player last seasonSmith is also a player with a big heart and has played a number of three-point shootouts. So the Pacers were also ready to fight to the death, and in the final moments, they opted for a pure small lineup, swapping Hibbert and Scola, - Smith.

It's a pity that the opponent's homework has also been done enough, the timeout ended quickly, the Pacers frontcourt sideline serves, the basketball is sent to Ye Xuan's hands, the little yellow hair Schroder quickly pounced and stuck to Ye Xuan's body to defend, Ye Xuan took a step back to open up a little space and then passed the ball to Pickle Pepper, after Pickle Pepper took the ball, he saw that time was running out, so he had no choice but to pull out his hand on the spot, the basketball brushed out of the basket, Millsap held the rebound ball high in his arms, and Solomon Hill on the side hurriedly stepped forward to foul, But with less than a second left, the Pacers eventually lost the crucial game as Mishen hit the first free throw and the second missed basket, and the Hawks tied the score at 2-3 as they returned to Indiana's Conseco Arena for Game 6.

At the end of the game, the Hawks defeated the Pacers 100:98 on their home court, Ye Xuan played quite well in this game, played 41 minutes, and got a double-double record of 29 points and 11 assists, but because the game was in the middle of the game, the outside feeling of the two teams declined, and the Hawks occupied the advantage of the inside, so the Pacers were not able to win the game in the end, and the Hawks side, the two interior lines teamed up again to cut 54 points, 25 rebounds and 12 assists, directly penetrated the Pacers' interior line, and Hibbert was also unable to play well in this game because of foul trouble.

But looking back, the two teams rekindled the war at Conseco Arena on May 15th, this time the Pacers finally did not disappoint the fans who supported them, and the profitable Pacers shot 8 three-pointers in the first quarter, scored 43 points in a single quarter, and directly led the opponent by 14 points into the second quarter of the game, the Hawks' luck seemed to have run out in the last game, and their three-point shooting rate fell to the bottom in this game, compared with the Pacers' 8 of 11 three-pointers in a single quarter, The Hawks shot a measly 1-of-7 from three-point range, and the Pacers completely opened up the gap on this statistic.

In the second quarter, there was still no suspense, and the Pacers did not have a drop in hand, easily leading the opponent by 6 points again at 29:23 in a single quarter, and at the end of the first half, the Pacers had scored 72 points, while the Hawks only scored 52 points, losing to the Pacers by 20 points.

Seeing that the general trend has gone, the Hawks can be regarded as letting go in the second half, so they played better than in the first half, and the continuous chasing points made Ye Xuan and other main players who had already rested off the court have to be replaced with 6 minutes left in the third quarter, fortunately, Ye Xuan and Pickled Pepper, who were resting off the court, have not cooled down, and immediately stabilized the decline of the Pacers with three consecutive rounds of goals after playing, and then began to regain control of the situation. Not only did the Hawks still trail by 10 points at this time, but their main players were no longer as good as the main players of the Pacers because of chasing points, so they naturally lost again.

After 3 minutes in the fourth quarter, the Hawks finally replaced all the main players who had rested for 2 minutes again, ready to fight to the death, but unfortunately the Pacers are not strong in others, and the ability to control the court is still very good, especially when facing the Hawks There is no particularly strong opponent on the guard line. The results speak for themselves, with the Pacers defeating the Hawks 114-101 on their home court and knocking out the Hawks, who are first in the East, with a total score of 4-2.

The Pacers reached the Eastern Conference Finals again, this is the third consecutive year that the Pacers have entered the Eastern Conference Finals, the first two times they entered the Eastern Conference Finals, they achieved a record of one win and one loss, and this time they are still facing similar opponents, the same Big Three, the same Cavaliers led by James, but for the Pacers, there is also some good news, in the sixth game of the Eastern Conference semifinals with the Bulls, the Cavaliers lost a big player again, Kyrie Irving sprained his knee in the second quarter of Game 6 due to a breakaway, and although the injury was not very serious, it was enough to bid him farewell to the season.

In this way, what the Pacers need to face in the Eastern Conference Finals is the Cavaliers who have been missing Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving, although the Cavaliers still have LeBron James and George Hill, but in the face of the Pacers led by Ye Xuan and Pickle Pepper, it is obvious that the Cavaliers will not take advantage of it now, and the original regular season match, the Pacers are lacking a person who can wrestle with James, and now that Pickled Pepper returns, it is just able to take on this task.

When the time comes, there is Ye Xuan to defend George Hill, and then Pickled Pepper to defend LeBron James, then the Cavaliers basically have no independent offensive ability, Tristan Thompson is a blue-collar player who does the dirty work, and Vallejo is not known for offense, Dellavedova is more of a defensive expert than an offensive expert, so when it comes time to play against the Cavaliers, the Pacers have a big chance of winning.