Chapter 157: The Plot Repeats Itself??
At the beginning of the fourth quarter of the game, the Pacers served in the backcourt, Ye Xuan took advantage of Leonard's substitution to rest, and reappeared on the court, responsible for leading a bench to open the score, holding the ball in the face of Mills' defense, Ye Xuan directly shook off the opponent with a butterfly step, and then stepped back to the three-point line to shoot a three-point shot, the basketball hollowed into the net, and the difference between the two teams was reopened to 10 points.
After entering the fourth quarter of the game, the Spurs reorganized their offensive strategy, although Ginobili and Duncan were playing with a few benches on the court, but it can be seen that their offense did not start to favor Duncan on the inside as in the second quarter, but continued the strategy in the second half of the third quarter, that is, to use the strength of the outside to shoot the Pacers.
So when Mills came to the front court with the ball, he chose to give the ball to Dio, who was playing in the high post, instead of Duncan on the inside. After Dio received the basketball, the other three outside players of the Spurs began to run their own positions, Belinelli took advantage of the chaos to help Ginobili make an off-ball cover, helping the latter run out of the gap, Dio's pass also arrived immediately, the bald man received the ball outside the three-point line and shot, he also continued the shooting rate in the second half of the third quarter, the basketball was tossed twice, and then fell into the basket.
However, I have to say that the Spurs team can really have nothing to do with Ye Xuan except to send Leonard or send someone to wrap up, although Mills desperately wants to keep up with Ye Xuan's footsteps, but Ye Xuan's changeable breakthrough and agile footsteps make Mills unable to keep up with Ye Xuan at all, and after being shaken away by Ye Xuan again, Mills can only watch Ye Xuan hit a shot again.
Zhuge Vic off the court wanted the players to wrap up Ye Xuan, but thinking of Ye Xuan's elusive passing ability, he finally gave up, after all, although these players of the Pacers are slightly inferior in their ability to hold the ball and attack, their fixed-point projection ability is still very good, if they are allowed to get unguarded projection opportunities, it is basically no different from sending points.
However, the Spurs' bench is also very face-saving for the Spurs, Dio once again received a pass from Mills in the high post, and quickly made a block with Duncan who pulled out the inside, Masimmy and Scola did not change the defense quickly enough, giving Dio the opportunity, and stuffed the ball into the hands of Duncan, who quickly cut inside after blocking and dismantling, and Duncan only needed to easily get up three steps to get two points after receiving the ball.
After that, Ye Xuan broke through Mills with the ball again, but when he shot, he was interfered with by Belinelli on the side, which caused Ye Xuan's shooting to be a little deformed, so the basketball thrown out was also outrageous, but it happened that the ball was missed, and after smashing it on the rebound, it didn't touch the basket, but fell directly, just so that Scola, who was stuck outside by Duncan, picked up a frontcourt rebound.
Scola did not hesitate, immediately threw the ball out again, because the opponent was also in a hurry to chase the score, so Ginobili had already run to the midfield at this time, as a result, Ye Xuan received the ball and passed the ball directly to the leaked Solomon Hill, Solomon Hill received the ball and throw, in the training with Ye Xuan, he obviously learned a lot, this time the unguarded three points were scored smoothly, and the score gap between the two teams was stabilized at 10 points again.
And the Spurs' offensive pace did not slow down, Mills quickly brought the ball to the frontcourt, and then handed the ball to Ginobili, the bald man casually made two simple feints after receiving the ball and passed the ball to Duncan on the inside, Duncan singled out Masimmy twice with his back, and then instantly distributed the ball to Belinelli's hands when George Hill wanted to go over to the bag, Belinelli immediately handed the ball to the empty Ginobili with a horizontal pass, and the bald man got up and down, and then scored three points.
After two more rounds, the Spurs couldn't wait to replace Leonard and others on the court, after all, Leonard could effectively contain Ye Xuan's offense after he came on the court, and the Pacers, on the side, also used this timeout to replace all the main forces such as Pickled Pepper.
Everyone knows that the victory or defeat is in the last 9 minutes, but after the Spurs came on the court again, the lineup was unexpected by Coach Frank, the Spurs did not let Duncan continue to play, and even Split did not change it, and the players on the field were the French sports car Parker and the demon knife Ginobili. Danny Green, Kawhi Leonard, and Boris Dior.
As soon as Ye Xuan looked at the lineup put forward by his opponent, and then looked at the regular lineup on his side, he immediately knew that he was going to suffer. Sure enough, the Spurs' offense after the timeout showed the lineup's excellent ability to move the ball and projection. Dio used only Dior to pull the Pacers' interior open, and then used the quick transfer ball to tear apart the Pacers' defensive formation, and finally either one of Ginobili and Parker scored inside, or they found an open space and shot from the outside, and chased the score in a few clicks.
Although the Pacers have an advantage on the inside when attacking, but Dio is more disadvantaged in terms of height, but in terms of tonnage, Hibbert will not have much advantage, no wonder everyone calls Dior a flexible fat man, because Hibbert failed to open up the situation for the Pacers on the inside, so in just 3 minutes, the Spurs used this flexible lineup to officially equalize the score.
This made Coach Frank off the court angry, and immediately called a timeout to adjust his team's personnel, first of all, Hibbert must not be ready, unless the opponent replaces Duncan, otherwise Hibbert's slow movement speed on the court will not only not be able to guard the interior for the Pacers, but will also paralyze the team's defensive rotation. After that, Coach Frank replaced Lance, who was underperforming, with Solomon Hill.
Back on the court, Ye Xuan slowly controlled the ball to the frontcourt, and then passed the ball to another regular point guard, George Hill, ready for him to organize the team's offense, after changing to a small lineup, the Pacers' offense is obviously more rapid, Hill did not choose to force a breakthrough in the face of Parker's defense, but seized the opportunity to directly pass the ball to the hands of the pickled pepper who cut inside the ball.
After Pickled Pepper received this pass, Dior, who was coming over to defend, was about to dunk, but the flexible fat man was quick and quick, directly knifed the ball, and then threw the ball forward, and the Spurs all started a quick counterattack, and finally Danny Green threw a chasing two-point shot, officially overtaking the score.
This also made Ye Xuan think of his first finals, and he was also the leader who entered the final quarter and was finally overturned by the opponent, Ye Xuan secretly clenched his hands when he thought of this, and secretly vowed not to repeat the mistakes of the past.