Chapter 389: Match Point Battle

It's May 10th, and the fourth game between the Pacers and the Hawks continues to be played at Conseco Arena, and this game is crucial for both teams, and if the Pacers can win this game, they will be able to get the first match point in the Eastern Conference semifinals, which will be a very big advantage. And if the Eagles can win this game, then they can drag the game back to the same running line and get back the lost home advantage, and the difference between one win and one loss is very large.

At the beginning of the game, Hibbert still beat Horford to shoot the basketball to Ye Xuan as usual, and indeed Horford and Millsap both relied on their own range and flexible footwork to play on the inside, and they were not particularly superior in physical fitness. Ye Xuan did not attack directly after receiving the basketball, but passed the ball to Pickle Pepper, in this game Ye Xuan was ready to let Pickle Pepper heat up his hand first, and then start to exert his power, so that at least there can be two people in good condition in the team, which can be regarded as a guarantee.

After receiving the ball, Pickled Pepper was not polite, in the face of Carroll's defense, he made two shakes in a row, and then suddenly accelerated to pass the opponent directly, and after entering the penalty area, a stop-and-go jump shot scored two points in front of Millsap, it can be seen that Pickled Pepper's offensive desire in this game is also very strong, but this is also a good thing for Ye Xuan, at least now when he rushes to the championship, he can have a strong teammate to share his pressure.

The Eagles' tactics are more conservative, hoisting the ball to the inside at the beginning, letting Millsap come to play Scola alone, unlike the previous game, this game Millsap hit Scola with his back is no longer as forced back as he did at the beginning of the last game, but added some shoulder shaking and feints, this set of virtual and real turned down, Scola was also a little dizzy, Millsap took the opportunity to turn his back past Scola and easily score two points.

Pickled pepper once again held the ball to the outside of the three-point line, under the cover of Solomon Hill, he jumped directly to the side and then pulled out a three-point shot on the spot, the ball was played very decisively, but unfortunately the shot was a little hasty, so the basketball smashed out of the basket, but just when Ye Xuan was ready to return to defense, Hibbert on the inside made a meritorious service, he jumped high and slapped the ball out like a scramble, fortunately, Ye Xuan braked in time to take the ball down at the edge of the midfield line, otherwise the ball would have to return to the court.

After winning the basketball, Ye Xuan was not ready to suppress his desire to attack, he took two steps directly from the midfield line and suddenly rushed towards the inside line with an acceleration, Teague's defense did not have time to keep up, and he could only watch Ye Xuan slip past him, Carol and Korver on the side hurriedly came over to wrap up, but who knew that Ye Xuan was going to use a pass to defeat them today, a pass behind his head directly distributed the ball to the outside of Pickled Pepper, Pickled Pepper was already undefended at this time, It took half a second before he pulled up and threw the ball, a three-point shot.

The two cores of the team they supported joined forces to send such a subtle cooperation, and the audience at the scene was also instantly ignited with passion. However, Ye Xuan's pass also angered Teague, who was opposite him, and in retrospect, Teague used a similar method to break through the ball and assist Korver, who was at a 45-degree angle, to shoot a three-pointer as a response, and the two teams had a bit of the flavor of the first quarter of the last game.

However, Ye Xuan is not like continuing to score three points with the opponent, although the shooting rate of his team's side may be higher, but he knows that all five opponents can shoot three points, which really makes the Hawks shoot, and it is not good news for the Pacers. So in the next few rounds, Ye Xuan suddenly changed his style of play and began to create opportunities for Hibbert and Scola on the inside, and the opponent was immediately attracted by the sudden pressure on the inside, and Ye Xuan took advantage of this opportunity to let the outside pickled pepper and Solomon Hill sneak attack two three-pointers from time to time, so that the opponent had no time to take care of the outside, and could only strengthen his control of the inside, so after a few back and forth, the Pacers unknowingly occupied the upper hand of the game.

Although the pressure on Scola and Hibbert on the inside line in the middle has increased sharply, and because the opponent's defensive focus is on the inside line, although the two of them seem to be the main attack point, they are actually still a cover deliberately made by Ye Xuan, although Ye Xuan fed the ball and gave them a lot of opportunities, but the actual number of shots was not particularly much, and basically ended up because the opponent had to pass the ball out because of the opponent's bag or defense.

But Ye Xuan's strategy really made the Hawks hit, and he played for more than 6 minutes until there was a dead ball on the court and the game automatically entered the TV pause, and Mike Budenholzer off the court saw through Ye Xuan's strategy, but at this time the Hawks were already 6 points behind the Pacers. Back on the court, the Hawks also learned a lesson and re-emptied Ye Xuan, but at this time, Pickled Pepper and Solomon Hill had already found their touch after Ye Xuan's successive feedings, so when Ye Xuan was strictly guarded by the opponent, Pickled Pepper and Hill took up the heavy responsibility of the Pacers' offense.

At the end of the first quarter of the game, the Pacers helped the Pacers successfully take a 7-point lead in this quarter of the game with Ye Xuan's dark Chen Cang, although they still didn't take advantage of the inside, but now the Pacers' outside firepower has been fully activated, so they are not afraid of the opponent at all.

The second quarter of the game began in a blink of an eye, and the Hawks' benches still played well, on the one hand, they used Shervin Mark's assault ability to tear apart the Pacers' formation, and on the other hand, they used Pero Antich to attract the Pacers' interior Marsinmi, although the opponent's lineup was reduced in offensive ability after losing Louis Williams, but it still played very well in today's game.

In just 3 minutes, the Hawks used the benches in excellent condition to narrow the difference to 2 points, and Coach Frank saw that the situation was not good, and immediately replaced Ye Xuan and Pickle Pepper, Ye Xuan still played as a point guard, and Pickle Pepper was directly targeted at the position of power forward, but in this way, Pickled Pepper's flexible skills can also help Marcinmi chase down Pero Antich, who was pulled out to the outside, which can be regarded as the best of both worlds.