Chapter 232: Three Consecutive Victories
At halftime, the Pacers had gone from trailing by two points in the first quarter to overtaking the opponent by 5 points, and Ye Xuan's data also became 18 points and 6 assists after a quarter of games. More importantly, Ye Xuan found the absolute weakness of the opponent, that is, the distribution of the ball at the team's offensive point is very problematic, it seems that without a good point guard to join, the Jazz will not be able to pose any threat to the Pacers no matter how much they grow.
At the end of the break, the Pacers once again responded with the main lineup, although the opponent's interior line is indeed a little difficult to defend, but the outside offense of the Pacers is not soft at all, and under the leadership of Ye Xuan, an absolute strong point, the offensive opportunities that Solomon Hill and Shambaugh can get are also rising, and the opponent's main small forward Hayward is also a little uncomfortable under the defense of Solomon Hill. The Pacers are like this, using a lineup worth only 4000 to beat the opponent more and more unconfidently, and finally at the end of the third quarter of the game, the Jazz side didn't know what was happening, and the momentum was lost all of a sudden.
In the fourth quarter, when the opponent had no fighting spirit, it was naturally much easier, and Ye Xuan also played symbolically for 4 minutes in the fourth quarter, stretching the difference between the two teams to 15 points, and then went to rest. At the end of the game, the Pacers won again on their home court and ushered in the first three-game winning streak of the new season. After the whole game, Ye Xuan got a total of 28 points and 12 assists, although the score is slightly not as powerful as before, but Ye Xuan's role on the offensive end has not decreased, although it seems that 12 assists have been sent, but if indirect assists are counted, Ye Xuan's assists can be doubled.
And in this game, although Hibbert has been tired of defense and has little energy to focus on offense, so the score is only in single digits, but he grabbed an astonishing 17 rebounds in the whole game, and completely exploded the opponent's three interior lines. In addition, the performance of the Pacers' pitcher group is also remarkable, Solomon Hill, Iman Shambaugh, - Smith, C.J. Watson plus Ye Xuan, all five have scored double-doubles, and even Starkey has mixed 8 points and 2 assists in his limited playing time.
At this time, the other teams in the league finally had to face up to this terrible Pacers team, although they were already missing two players in the top three of the team's scoring list last season, but under the leadership of Ye Xuan, who was making rapid progress, the combat effectiveness of this Pacers team was so amazing! Although these opponents are not particularly strong, this is a record played when Pickle Pepper and West have not yet returned from injury. If these two main players come back in the future, won't the Pacers become one of the championship contenders?
After finishing the game with the Jazz, Ye Xuan also fulfilled his pre-game promise and took everyone, including West, who was watching the game on the sidelines, to Shen Wei's restaurant and enjoy a delicious Chinese meal.
After a day of recuperation, the Pacers are ready to set off for Miami to challenge their opponent in last season's Eastern Conference Finals, the Heat. Although the Heat team successfully kept Chris Bosh this season, but failed to keep LeBron James, and out of helplessness, the Heat had to spend a lot of money to sign Lore Deng, although Deng's data in previous seasons were not bad, but last season Lore Deng began to decline, after coming to the Heat this season, after the first few games, everyone found that the Heat's offensive organization lacked too much.
At half past eight o'clock in the evening of the 13th, the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game on time, and in the Eastern Conference Finals last season, Chris Bosh was bullied enough by Hibbert, and this season due to James's departure, Bosh needs to take on greater responsibility, but obviously in the face of Hibbert's black and hard, Bosh still seems so powerless.
Although the jump ball won over Hibbert, after Chalmers hoisted the ball to him, Bosh was still unable to effectively play the inside single, and after several failed attempts, Bosh also had to pass the ball to Lore Deng on the outside. Deng faced Solomon Hill and wanted to shoot directly after receiving the ball, but he was directly defended by Hill's close-face defense and almost threw a three-pointer, and in the end the basketball just rubbed a little in front of the basket and fell out, Scola protected the backcourt rebound, and then quickly handed the ball to Ye Xuan.
And Ye Xuan's side obviously had already practiced the experience of singles Chalmers last season, so he shook off the opponent very easily, and then made a small throw in front of Lore Deng and threw the ball into the ball.
In the next few rounds, the Heat gave the ball to Wade to attack, and the effect was not bad, scoring a total of 7 points in 5 consecutive rounds. However, on the defensive side, Chalmers obviously didn't have a good way to prevent Ye Xuan from scoring, and Deng, who came to make up for the defense, was now a little slow, and often when the defense was not in place, Ye Xuan had already rushed out of the encirclement. This allowed Ye Xuan to find a hint of a 69-minute night on the head of the Heat team.
At the end of the first quarter of the game, Ye Xuan relied on his understanding of the opponent and his faster and faster speed, and caught the opponent off guard, 10 minutes of playing time, Ye Xuan shot a total of 11 times, and hit 8 of them, a total of 23 points and 2 assists, these are not the most important, the most important thing is that due to Ye Xuan's breakthrough, Bosh has received 2 fouls in less than 6 minutes in the first quarter, and then was forced to be replaced to rest. This also made Hibbert's interior pressure much less, and the Pacers also led the opponent by six points at 31-25 in the first quarter.
However, in the battle between the benches, the Pacers unexpectedly fell behind, and the opponent's benches, led by Norris Kerr and McRoberts, suddenly exploded with amazing scoring ability, scoring eight points in three consecutive attacks. The Pacers also had to call a timeout when the game was only two minutes into the second quarter, and then replaced Ye Xuan and Solomon Hill, but in the face of Ye Xuan, Kerr immediately turned off, and the Pacers also regained their footing, and then maintained the lead.