Chapter 416: Getting the Match Point
Refocusing on the Eastern Conference Finals, after the home victory over the Cavaliers, the Pacers were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, after all, they were won by a Cavaliers who lacked two All-Star players, which was something that many players on the Pacers did not expect, including Ye Xuan felt that after losing Irving and Love, the Cavaliers should have no chance of winning, but he forgot how he defeated his opponent in the regular season.
In the blink of an eye, the fourth game began, as soon as the game began, the Pacers showed their strength to win the first place in the East, Hibbert gave the racket to Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan quickly started after taking the ball, and when the opponent had not yet established a defensive position, he directly entered the opponent's restricted area to score the first point of the opening game.
And James was not convinced, after serving in the backcourt, he directly made 3 changes of direction in a row in the face of Pickled Pepper's defense, and barely shook Pickled Pepper away, and then directly hit a difficult three-point jumper. After shooting this three-pointer, James also pointed at Ye Xuan very provocatively, which caused the fans of the Consec Arena to instantly burst into boos.
But after two offenses back and forth, the two teams suddenly began to play iron continuously, as if there was a lid on the basket, and the score remained at 2:3 for more than three consecutive minutes of play, and the fans who watched it were drowsy. Today's commentator TNT cross talk trio couldn't help but complain, "Welcome everyone to watch today's iron competition, at present, our home team has played 7 irons in a row, and our away team has not shown weakness, playing 6 irons in a row to show respect." ”
Fortunately, this situation did not last long, Ye Xuan stood up to break the deadlock, and after creating opportunities for his teammates to break through the continuous points, Ye Xuan also found that his teammates' hit rate today was really miserable, so he prepared to play a few singles by himself. But Ye Xuan's three-point shot was also inaccurate today, and after shaking off Dellavedova's step-back three-point iron, Ye Xuan decided to open the situation with a throw-up with a system bonus, and sure enough, he broke through the throw-off and scored the ball after the block. After that, Ye Xuan seemed to have suddenly broken through the opponent's defensive barrier, and then threw all three consecutive shots, and suddenly opened the score to 12:5.
In the next few minutes, the offensive firepower of the Pacers' side gradually regained its senses, and they began to fire on the outside, and the Cavaliers' side was a little weak on the offensive end, and now they have to divide their energy to defend, which makes the offensive efficiency even lower, and it didn't take long for the Pacers to expand the difference to double digits.
In the second quarter of the game, James scored 19 points alone, but still failed to recover the difference between the two teams, under the firepower of the Pacers' outside shooters, Rao is little emperor can only look at the ball and sigh, the Cavaliers lost another 5 points in a single quarter of the game, and the score gap was only half a game has been stretched to 16 points, this game seems to be a massacre.
At halftime, TNT's cross talk team also began to mourn for the Cavaliers, O'Neal was the first to speak to excuse his former teammates, "The little emperor has performed well enough, it is not his fault that he was not able to win the game, they are just unlucky, if they can have a healthy Irving and Love, they should not be forced to this extent by the Pacers now." ”
Kenny Smith on the side also said, "yes, I think the Cavaliers have played well enough in these games against the Pacers, LeBron has done everything he can, he even led the Cavaliers, who have lost two All-Star players, to snatch a victory in the hands of the regular season MVP, which reminds me of the victory that the 76ers won when they entered the Finals and the Lakers, even if he lost the game later, I don't think there is any regret, at least they have a future, They have a chance to make a comeback next year. ”
Barkley, a die-hard fan of Ye Xuan, who likes to sing the opposite, also said two good words about James for the first time: "Although I still think James is not good enough, but judging from the performance of the last few Eastern Conference Finals, he has indeed performed very well, if Irving and Love are returned to the Cavaliers, I think they really have a chance to pose some threats to my dear Ye this year." This is actually the best thing Barkley can say, after all, Barkley is not only a famous Ye Blow, he is also a senior Zhan Hei, since James made a decision 1 speech, Barkley has unswervingly gone further and further on the road of Zhan Hei, this is also the first time he has said good things to James in 5 years.
Everybody's starting to prepare for the Cavaliers' At the beginning of the third quarter of the game, even though they led the opponent by 16 points, the Pacers still played with all the main forces, and a dozen was a whole quarter of the game, although after the halftime break, the offensive efficiency of the Pacers declined, but the single quarter still won the Cavaliers by 7 points, and at the beginning of the last quarter of the game, the Pacers replaced all the main forces with a 23-point lead, and the standard three quarters of the game were clocked out. And the Cavaliers obviously don't have any idea of struggling anymore, and they also replaced James and others.
At the end of the game, the Pacers defeated the Cavaliers again on their home court, rewriting the big score to 3:1 and successfully getting the match point. Although most people had expected this result, they didn't expect the Pacers to be so ruthless this time, and actually won the Cavaliers by more than 20 points, which was simply trying to destroy the Cavaliers' self-confidence.
For the Pacers, now they can finally breathe a good sigh of relief, in the division finals, no team has been able to successfully complete the reversal after falling behind 1:3, which means that the Pacers are now 100% in the Finals in terms of probability, and the only suspense left is whether the Cavaliers can win another game.
Of course, for the Cavaliers, they still have the last glimmer of hope, they hope that after returning to their home court, they can use the home court advantage to win the fifth game, and then fight hard, if the score can be rewritten to a 3:3 draw, then the momentum of the Cavaliers in the last game is absolutely high to the explosion, and the Pacers obviously do not want to drag it to that point.