Chapter 127: The Dull Third Section (II)
Ye Xuan hit the ball steadily, and the Pacers' lead had been gradually eroded by the opponent to only 1 point ahead, but after Ye Xuan's 2+1 hit, the Pacers now temporarily led the opponent by 4 points at 83:79.
And this round, the Heat team still chose to let Oden single Marshinmy, after the inside line was stuck in the position, James's pass arrived immediately, Oden got the basketball and waited for his teammates to attract all the other defenders, and then Oden began to single the opponent with his back, but this time, Mashinmi was not easily shaken away by the opponent's back turn, but took advantage of the opponent's turn to grab a step, directly stuck Oden's shooting angle, although Oden still used the non-dominant hand small hook to throw the ball, But the awkward angle of the shot eventually led to the attack ending in an iron.
In the next two rounds, the Pacers seized the weakness of Oden's slow footwork, and continuously let Masimi step forward to block and dismantle Ye Xuan, and then after changing defenses, Ye Xuan used his pace and speed to continuously break through Oden and score the ball, which also made the Heat's defense directly penetrated by the opponent, so Spoelstra didn't wait for the end of the third quarter of the game, and directly replaced Oden the Great with less than 1 minute left in the third quarter.
Looking at the lonely back of Emperor Auden, Ye Xuan couldn't help but sigh, the physical test data before the 07 draft showed that Auden's height was 2.13 meters after wearing shoes, his arm span reached 2.24 meters, and his standing height was 2.84 meters. He jumped 0.81 meters on the spot, jumped 0.86 meters, ran 11.67 seconds round trip in the penalty area, and sprinted in the three-quarters field in only 3.27 seconds. As a big man, he is not only tall and long-armed, but also has the same speed and agility as a small man.
He has excellent physical condition and excellent basketball skills, and even the most discerning scouts praise the "Emperor". In the 2007 draft, the Trail Blazers, who had the No. 1 pick, didn't hesitate to choose Greg Oden. Among the drafts that coincided with Auden the Great was this year's regular season MVP, Kevin Durant. But everyone said that even if he was elected 10,000 times, the champion would only be Oden, because Oden's performance in high school and college made people want to believe that he would be the next Chamberlain.
It's a pity that the creation makes people, Odenthe Great, who was able to form a luxury triumvirate with Roy and Aldridge, and made contributions to the Portland Trail Blazers, finally fell on top of the injury, even if he was healthy, he could contribute 11.7 points, 8.8 rebounds and 2.4 blocks to the team in just 23 minutes per game, but his knee became his eternal pain.
After a series of knee surgeries, the promising player no longer had the deterrent power he had on the basketball court, and eventually the Trail Blazers cut Oden. Prior to this season, Oden signed with the Miami Heat, but by this time, he had been reduced to a water cooler caretaker.
What Ye Xuan never expected was that the less than two minutes of playing time in this game became Oden's swan song in the NBA, of course, this is a later story.
After the Heat replaced Oden the Great, they replaced the rejuvenated Birdman Anderson. The sideline serve, James slowly held the ball to the frontcourt, looking at the less than 30 seconds left in the third quarter, James decisively chose to suppress the offensive rhythm, and the brigadier offensive time was exhausted as much as possible.
Looking up at the countdown on the timer, "9...8...7..." With 6 seconds left in the offensive time, James finally started to kick in, and after two consecutive crotch dribbles, he suddenly stepped back to the side and went directly to the outside of the three-point line to pull out a three-point shot, and the basketball crossed the air, smashed on the rebound and then rebounded into the basket.
The Pacers hurried to serve in the backcourt, and then Ye Xuan rushed all the way to the frontcourt, and when there was little time left, he could only make a hasty shot, and he could be wary of the opposite side, and the bag between the two made Ye Xuan lose the space to shoot, and finally he could only throw the ball in an awkward posture, and the result of course ended in iron.
At the end of the third quarter, the Heat chased the score to 85-87 with James' unreasonable three-pointer at the end, only two points behind the Pacers.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Heat made another personnel adjustment, replacing their thigh James for a break and replacing Wade to lead the team to fight. And the walkers, on the other hand, also replaced Ye Xuan with pickled peppers.
The Heat team served the ball in the backcourt, Kerr slowly controlled the basketball to the frontcourt, in the absence of James, Kerr could still control and direct his teammates on the court, holding the ball at the top of the arc while protecting the ball, while observing the position of his teammates, and then when Wade ran over to help cover, he suddenly started, a step back to open a little distance, and then a hit the ball into the inside, Anderson got the basketball and jumped directly across Mashinmi to dunk, but under Masinmy's interference, the basketball finally had no chance to shoot, After Anderson landed, he was also whistled by the referee for a walking violation.
The Pacers served on the sideline, and after Hill received the serve, he also buried his head and rushed to the opponent's half, and then used his physical advantage to force past Kerr, and after Wade came to make up for it, he passed the ball to the follow-up Pickle Pepper, who got the ball and shot it easily near the free throw line.
In the next few rounds, the Pacers continued to rely on their positional advantage, forcibly tearing apart the opponent's defensive formation, and then forming a local play of more and less play. Among them, George Hill's opposite Kerr has become the focus of care, and after being broken by Hill two or three times in a row, the Heat team also had to let other players help him with defense and the like.
On the Heat side, the offense is completely dependent on Wade to initiate it alone, although facing the defense of Pickled Pepper, Wade can still rely on his speed or his teammates' blocking to find gaps, and then create offensive opportunities for teammates or force his own shots, so although Kerr has been blown up on the defensive end, the scores of the two teams have not been pulled apart.
More than 3 minutes into the third quarter, the Heat took advantage of an opponent's foul opportunity to replace all the main players, and the Pacers also replaced the two big players on the inside, and then replaced George Hill with Ye Xuan, who performed well, and replaced Solomon Hill, who had played almost 10 minutes in a row, with Lance. As everyone knows, the real decisive battle has just begun, and after the substitution, Wade walked to the free throw line and steadily hit both free throws to chase the score of the two teams to 93:94, and the two sides are only one point apart.