Chapter Eighty-Three: Sweeping the Opponent

After coming to the front court, Ye Xuan immediately used his flower-wearing butterfly step to shake Teague away, and then a European step entered the interior to score two points. After being shaken away by Ye Xuan in a row, Teague seemed to have some disbelief in his ability, and after coming to the front court, he didn't dare to single Ye Xuan anymore, but chose to hand over the ball to Millsap, who was in a high position.

After Mishen received the ball in the high post, he saw that West did not choose to defend himself, and immediately chose to shoot a high jump shot, and the basketball hollowed into the net. West also looked remorseful and raised his hand to apologize to his teammates.

Ye Xuan didn't care much, after all, everyone makes mistakes sometimes, so Ye Xuan motioned for West to relax while slowly bringing the ball to the frontcourt. Then he used a pick-and-roll to assist West to score two points.

Then Carroll's shot finally hit the iron, after Hibbert grabbed the rebound, he directly found Lance with a long pass, and Stephenson grabbed the basketball and took a slow three steps, not only scoring the ball, but also causing a foul on Teague who was chasing back, and after hitting the free throw, the difference was reduced to 1 point.

Later, although Millsap received a return pass and hit a two-pointer again after blocking with Teague, he turned his head and was immediately hit by a three-pointer from Pickled Pepper to officially tie the score. Mike Budenhozer saw that the situation was not good, and immediately called another timeout to adjust the mentality of the players.

But he obviously doesn't know what it means to be a blow and then a decline and exhaustion, after the wave of offense that was full of momentum was resisted by the Pacers, their morale has gradually begun to decline, coupled with the opponent's continuous scoring of the ball, which brought them a lot of pressure, so after the timeout, although the Hawks seemed to have regained momentum on the surface, but after two rounds of fighting, Ye Xuan found that the opponent's defensive intensity was not as tough as in the first half.

Ye Xuan took advantage of the opponent's crumbling moment, and used his personal ability to shake Teague away with continuous false shaking, and then hit another three-pointer with a step back. The punch turned into the last straw that broke the camel's back, and the Eagles' mental defense began to crumble and the defensive intensity began to decline.

Both teams then switched to their benches and played for a while, but the Hawks were now demoralized and the pace of the offense was starting to be wrong. On the other hand, the Pacers will overtake the score after falling behind by 11 points, which gives everyone a lot of encouragement.

After another 5 or 6 minutes off the bench, the Pacers finally regained control of the game at the start of the fourth quarter, stretching the gap to 10 points in one fell swoop. At this time, the Eagles had no intention of fighting, from leading by 11 points to trailing by 10 points, everything happened so suddenly.

And four minutes into the fourth quarter, as the Pacers reintroduced their main players, the game gradually went into garbage time by the Pacers. At the end of the game, the Pacers trailed by as many as 11 points, but relied on an excellent play in the third quarter to chase the score back, and finally defeated the Hawks at Phillips Arena 103-96, swept the opponent and became the first team to advance to the second round of the playoffs.

In the other few games, the Heat led the opponent 3-0 in the first three games, and will play the fourth game tomorrow, and the possibility of a sweep is very high, and the Wizards have won the match point 3-1, and the Raptors are 1-2 behind the Nets for a win, and the fourth game will be played tomorrow.

The competition in the West is much more fierce, the Spurs, who have the first record in the league after the first four games, were forced to draw 2:2 by the Mavericks, while the Rockets, who also played four games, were even more miserable, and they were already on the verge of being eliminated after falling behind 1:3.

As for the other two groups that only played three games, the results were that the Thunder team fell behind the Grizzlies 1:2, and the Clippers led the Warriors 2:1.

Looking at the East again, the Pacers, the first team in the East, have swept their opponents out cleanly, and the Heat, the second team in the East, has also won the match point 3:0, which makes people sigh that the water in the West is too deep.

After sweeping the Hawks, the Pacers will have another long vacation, which will not only give them plenty of time to adjust, but also give them a chance to slowly study their next opponents. However, judging from the current form, the Pacers have a good chance of welcoming the Washington Wizards because they have already got the match point.

For Ye Xuan, the Washington Wizards are really a strange opponent, in the more than two months since he came to the Pacers, he has played nearly 30 games in the regular season, but he has not played against the Wizards once.

The Wizards, also known as the Washington Wizards, are the team with the most name changes in the NBA, formerly known as the Baltimore Bullets. Since the '60s, the team has been one of the powerhouses in the East, making consecutive playoff appearances and winning the first championship in franchise history in 1977-78.

However, the Wizards played the underdog most of the time in the '90s, only making the playoffs in the 1996-1997 season. With Gilbert Arenas' strong rise in the 2004-05 season, the Wizards returned to the playoffs. But since 2008, the Wizards have missed the playoffs for four consecutive years, and it wasn't until this season that they returned to the playoffs under the leadership of players like John Wall and Bradley Beal.

Last season, whenever John Wall and Bradley Beal were on the court at the same time, the Wizards' performances were often not strong. We've seen how terrifying these two guys can be when they're on fire, and if they can keep it up, the Wizards were aiming for the playoffs last season, but that rarely happened last year.

The interior combination with Gortat doesn't seem to be very trusted by the backcourt players, but as long as they stay healthy, it's just as practical; With the addition of Otto Porter and Al Harrington before the start of the season, the Wizards have gradually shown their competitiveness.

Now they have a 3-1 lead over the Bulls, who lost Rose. And compared with the Pacers, the opponent's interior line is not disadvantaged, and on the guard line, if Vorgabill's backcourt combination can be coordinated well, it seems that it is not weaker than Ye Xuan's combination of pickled peppers.