Chapter 82: Match Point
After three consecutive victories against opponents, the Pacers are now full of confidence, and Coach Frank also suspended everyone for a day for the first time, on the one hand, because he is now 3:0 ahead of the opponent, and no team has turned the tables in the NBA at 3:0, on the other hand, if you want to train in Atlanta, you have to borrow the arena, which is very troublesome, so you simply give a day off.
After the last poisoning and diarrhea incident, the pickled peppers also had a psychological shadow, so they didn't choose to go out and shop around during this holiday, but locked themselves in the hotel like Ye Xuan to play video games together.
After a day of recuperation, the Pacers returned to Phillips Arena to take on the Hawks. Unlike previous games, the Eagles started the day with a very resolute game, after all, they are now fighting for their dignity and hoping to win at home to save some face.
The jump ball is still more dominant in Hibbert, and after Ye Xuan holds the ball, he doesn't dare to take it lightly in the face of Teague with a serious face. passed the ball directly to Pickle Pepper, and after Pickle Pepper received the ball, he still chose to force a breakthrough directly through Korver, but today's Eagles reacted quickly, and Carroll immediately stepped forward to wrap up.
The pickled pepper who was caught didn't dare to force a shot, and passed the ball directly to Lance, who took the ball outside the three-point line and shot, but because it had just opened, Lance didn't seem to be in the state yet, and the unguarded shot brushed out of the basket, and after Millsap grabbed the rebound, he quickly handed the ball to Carroll on the side, and Carroll took the ball and took two steps forward and directly found Jeff Teague who had already started the fast break.
Teague received Carroll's pass one step outside the Pacers' three-point line, and did not stay to kill directly to the Pacers' restricted area, Ye Xuan saw the opportunity and was ready to use Sun Dasheng's chasing hat to educate the opponent well, but Teague seemed to have known his thoughts in advance, and made a pull rod in the air to avoid Ye Xuan's chasing block and score the ball.
Then, Ye Xuan's breakthrough shot was also deflected under Teague's interference, and the Eagles relied on Teague's breakthrough to find Korver, who had been ambushed in the bottom left corner for a long time, and Korver even had time to aim before shooting, and the basketball hollowed into the net.
The Hawks took the game off guard as soon as the game started, catching the Pacers off guard. Fortunately, Ye Xuan adjusted his state in time and stabilized his mind, a flower-wearing butterfly stepped past Teague and then used his highest hit rate - throwing to score the ball.
After that, the Hawks' offense was still sharp, and a succession of transmissions opened up gaps for teammates, with Antic and Millsapra coming out to shoot two three-pointers. On the Pacers' side, although the defense did not defend the opponent, the offensive side relied on the two sharp knives of Pickled Pepper and Ye Xuan, and they were still able to bite the score.
In the first quarter of the game, although the Pacers were relatively passive, the score was not pulled away, and they only fell behind by three points at 25:28, but when the two sides faced off off the bench, the Hawks with Lowe and Old Captain Brand had the upper hand for a while, and after consecutive burst shots, they played a wave of 7:0 offensive climax.
Frightened, Coach Frank hurriedly replaced Ye Xuan, who had rested for less than 1 minute, and after Ye Xuan came on the field, the substitutes immediately found the direction of the attack, although the defensive end did not achieve any effective results due to the opponent's excellent performance, but his offensive end was no longer stagnant as just now.
The bench lineups of the two sides played back and forth, and Ye Xuan's physical strength gradually ran out of strength, but fortunately, Coach Frank replaced him in time, and then let Pickled Pepper also play for a while, until there were 6 minutes left in the second quarter, and the main players were replaced on the court. Ye Xuan also returned to the court with 3 minutes left in the second quarter.
The score between the two sides was very tight, and the scorching game lasted until halftime. At this time, the Hawks led the Pacers by 8 points at 54-46 and entered the second half. At halftime, Coach Frank didn't reprimand his players, but comforted them: "This is the playoffs, we want to sweep the opponent on the opponent's home court, there will be a lot of resistance, you have to adapt to their way of playing, play well in the second half, as long as you can suppress the opponent's momentum, everything will be easier." ”
At halftime, the Hawks still looked high, and Teague hit a difficult three-pointer with a block to stretch the gap to double digits. The audience at the scene also cheered wildly for their home team.
However, the spoiler suddenly appeared, after Ye Xuan came to the front court with the ball, he simply changed the direction of his crotch and stepped back one after another to shake off the gap, and then hit directly outside the three-point line.
Then in the one-on-one single defense, he directly cut off the ball in Teague's hand, and after the ball was broken, Ye Xuan drove at full speed, galloped directly to the opponent's half, and then directly hit a chasing three-point shot outside the opponent's three-point line. Two consecutive rounds directly narrowed the difference to just 5 points.
Although after that, Millsap singled David West on the inside and drew a foul and made both free throws. But looking back, Pickled Pepper used Ye Xuan's blocking and demolition to enter the inside line and beat Antici into a two-plus-one.
After several rounds of confrontation, the momentum of the Eagles was also condensed. Mike Budenhozer saw that something was wrong and immediately called a timeout to relieve the psychological pressure on his players. After the timeout, the Eagles did hold their ground, relying on Antich and Millsap to combine inside passes to score the ball.
But Ye Xuan and Pickled Pepper's offensive did not slow down because of this pause, Ye Xuan once again controlled the ball and came to the frontcourt, called Lance to help block and dismantle, and then used the gap after the block and demolition to directly enter the penalty area A European step to attract all the opponent's inner two people, as a result, a clever pass assisted Pickled Pepper who cut in to complete a violent dunk.
After Pickle Pepper dunked the ball in, he let out a long roar in the sky, and he also vented his anger that he had just been pressed and beaten by the opposite side. After the Hawks served in the backcourt, Teague slowly controlled the ball and moved to the frontcourt, then guarded the ball sideways while looking for offensive opportunities.
Just when Ye Xuan was about to step forward to put pressure, Teague suddenly started, a pull ball to clean Ye Xuan, and then hit the inside line with a throw to easily score the ball. Ye Xuan also blamed himself, and walked to the front court after receiving the basketball, while raising his hand to signal that the ball his teammates had just now was his fault.