Chapter 385: The Crucial Third Scene
On May 8th, two days after returning to Indiana, the Pacers finally waited for a chance to get revenge, and today they will usher in the third game of this series at their home Conseco players, after another day of training, Scola integrated into the starting lineup surprisingly fast, on the one hand, because Scola himself is not a player who particularly needs tactics to ensure his shots, so basically he can play a dozen off-ball covers and offenses with the ball, on the other hand, it is also because Scola himself is not too bad, At the beginning of the season, when Pickled Pepper and West were injured and Hibbert was out of shape, the Pacers except for Ye Xuan, Solomon Hill and Scola scored the most, and Smith also performed well, but Scola did prove that he is not old.
The game began in a blink of an eye, Hibbert still beat Horford to shoot the basketball to Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan did not sneak attack again this time, because this time the opponent's starting lineup has also changed, after tasting the sweetness in the last game, they decisively put Xiao Huang Mao in the starting position, specifically responsible for keeping an eye on Ye Xuan, although he is still not Ye Xuan's opponent one-on-one, but in addition to him, as long as the Eagles make a bag when Ye Xuan breaks through, then Ye Xuan will have to pass, And weakening Ye Xuan's damage to the basket, this is what the Hawks want to do.
However, Ye Xuan was not a fool this time, and immediately handed over the ball to Pickled Pepper and played without the ball himself. First an inside cut attracted Millsap's defense, and then with a flick of his wrist after receiving the ball, he sent the ball directly to Scola, who jumped up and easily put the ball in the basket to get the first goal of the game.
Unlike the previous game, this game came to the Pacers' more familiar Consecco arena, which is not only a matter of familiarity with the venue, playing on their home court, there are a large number of spectators to support themselves, and these spectators will also create some trouble for the opponent, this is probably the so-called home court advantage, the Pacers fans are very crazy, after the baptism of the finals last season, their methods of dealing with away teams are getting fresher and fresher, For example, in order to influence the opponent's free throws, some fans and companions once played the chainsaw murderer, pretending to be a homicide on the spot, and it was Olynyk of the Celtics who made free throws, but he missed both free throws, and was caught by Brad Stevens and sprayed for a long time after leaving the game.
In this game, it was the Eagles' turn to enjoy the treatment of the away game, so as soon as Teague received the ball in the backcourt, the whole court suddenly came with a wave of boos, Teague slowly controlled the ball to the front court, and then passed the ball to Millsap, who was in a good position to play Scola alone, and after receiving the ball, Millsap was directly ready to hit Scola with his back, but he underestimated Scola's strength in the lower game, as a floor-flowing player, Scola's lower body strength was very strong, when he was in the Rockets, He's also a tough role for Garnett.
After hitting the back a few times without achieving any effect, Millsap suddenly came with a back-to-back jumper, but unfortunately the strength of this first shot was slightly greater, and the posture of the shot was not particularly comfortable, so the ball hit the iron directly, and the audience immediately cheered. Hibbert protected the rebound, and then quickly handed it over to Ye Xuan. After Ye Xuan received the ball, he was ready to make a quick counterattack, but unfortunately Xiao Huangmao seemed to have been prepared, and immediately blocked in front of Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan was blocked like this, and there was no chance to attack quickly, so he had to slow down and prepare to fight a positional battle.
But at this moment, Ye Xuan suddenly found an opportunity again, although he was very good at guarding against Ye Xuan's little yellow hair, but Carol, who was defending Pickled Pepper, seemed to want to grab a rebound just now, so he fell very behind, Ye Xuan seized the opportunity and directly sent the ball out from under Xiao Huangmao's crotch, Pickled Pepper ran all the way, and after half the court, he just grabbed the basketball passed by Ye Xuan, at this time, there was only one Jeff Teague left by him, where is Teague the opponent of Pickled Pepper, After Pickled Pepper took the ball, he dribbled, and then it was a three-step move that directly pushed Teague away, and then easily completed a layup to score two points.
As soon as the game opened, Ye Xuan directly sent two exquisite assists, and the audience at the scene was also very excited and cheered for Ye Xuan. But in retrospect, the Hawks' offense was not so weak, Carroll used Millsap's cover to receive the ball outside the three-point line, and then shook off Solomon Hill, who came to the defense, and then broke inside, and then distributed the ball to Horford, who came to the outside to catch the ball, and Horford hit a three-pointer from the outside, and the boos from the scene were also condensed.
However, Ye Xuan didn't let the audience at the scene lose for too long, and immediately used almost the same means to shake off Teague after running without the ball to get a vacancy, and then broke through the ball and handed the ball to the vacated pickled pepper on the outside.
Mike Budenhozer off the court suddenly felt that something was wrong, Ye Xuan completely gave up the offensive habits he had developed for a season in this game, and began to do what Chris Paul and old Kidd would do, so that the Hawks sacrificed the more offensive Korver in exchange for Ye Xuan not to shoot, which made Mike Budenhozer a little uncomfortable.
But fortunately, the best coach is not for nothing, Mike Budenholzer is not the role of Mike Brown back then, and the success of this year's Hawks is not only explained by the strong roster, after all, they don't actually have a real superstar in the team. So Mike Budenholzer immediately instructed Xiao Huang Mao on the field to change his defensive strategy, not to mention, although Xiao Huang Mao's current offense is indeed a little weak, but his defense is still very good, he immediately changed the way of defense, and instead cut off Ye Xuan's receiving route, instead of blocking his breakthrough route.
Ye Xuan was actually waiting for this opportunity, after the opponent gave up his close defense against himself, he immediately used his teammates' off-ball cover to catch the ball, and then made a decisive three-point shot on the outside, after shooting the ball, Ye Xuan was also excited to directly come to his own signature celebration, and shot at the opponent's basket, and then 'bang' with the cooperation of the audience!!