Chapter 391: Getting the Match Point
But looking back, they still haven't solved the problem of Ye Xuan's defense, Teague's defense was once again forced by Ye Xuan's easy use of speed, and then Millsap's supplementary defense was also dodged by Ye Xuan's step-back jumper after the emergency stop, although Ye Xuan's shot was not able to shoot, but at this time the basket was empty, O'Neal Jr. stuck Pero Antici firmly behind him, allowing Masimmi to easily grab the offensive rebound, and then dunk with both hands to get two points.
The Hawks' defense was torn apart under each other's defense, not only allowing Ye Xuan to get a lot of offensive opportunities from it, but even the Pacers benches, who had fallen slightly behind when playing against the Hawks benches who were in good shape, also got some opportunities to pick up the leaks. Just two minutes passed quickly, and the Pacers relied on Ye Xuan's strategy to successfully get through the period of coming off the bench, and when the game was two and a half minutes into the fourth quarter, they replaced all the other main players except Hibbert, who played the third quarter, and at this time, the Pacers still led the opponent by 5 points at 87:82, if it weren't for Jeff Teague and Millsap who had just hit a three-pointer in each of the two rounds, the Pacers would have been able to have a 9-point lead.
The Hawks saw the Pacers' substitution, and originally felt that they could breathe a sigh of relief, but after the opponent's substitution was completed, although it was Bar Pepper and others who were all replaced, Ye Xuan was still not replaced to rest, Mike Budenholzer suddenly remembered LeBron James 3 days ago, James also played a full 42 minutes in the third game against the Bulls, and basically did not rest in the entire second half, and finally scored 14 points in the fourth quarter of the game and led the Cavaliers to victory over the Bulls. Now that Ye Xuan is in this situation, it seems that he is not ready to take a break, which is undoubtedly bad news for the Eagles.
But at this time, they had no room for maneuver, and they could only replace all the main forces and have a final showdown with the Pacers. The timeout ended, the game restarted, and the Pacers served on the sideline. Ye Xuan received the pass from his teammates, and directly drove full power again, as if he had just rested, two consecutive changes of direction and retreated, and once again shook off Teague, who had been a little numb by Ye Xuan in front of him, and then hit a mid-range shot, these two points were already Ye Xuan's 10th point in this quarter of the game, and in just over two minutes in front of him, Ye Xuan had already relied on 5 shots to get 8 points.
The Hawks were also ready to return the color immediately, Teague avoided Ye Xuan's defense with the help of Horford's blocking, and then used his speed to forcibly overtake Hibbert, and completed the offense with a layup, and the difference between the two teams returned to 5 points again.
And the Pacers still gave Ye Xuan enough stage to perform, and after coming to the front court again, the Pacers team still pulled away with the whole team, allowing Ye Xuan to continue to play Teague alone, dribbling under the crotch, pulling back, dribbling under the crotch, changing direction, and accelerating!! After a series of coherent movements smoothly passed Teague again, Ye Xuan suddenly played with the flower board, after passing the opponent, he suddenly made an emergency stop, and then took a step back to the side and back, Teague's reaction was not slow, seeing that Ye Xuan didn't shoot directly, he decisively rushed over to chase the defense, but was shaken away again by Ye Xuan with a Buddha worship action, and a round of defense was teased twice by Ye Xuan in a row, Teague was also a little annoyed, and he didn't wait for Ye Xuan to speed up past him, and turned around directly to pull Ye Xuan's jersey, sent Ye Xuan to the free throw line.
Ye Xuan's free throw shooting rate is naturally needless to say, and two consecutive hollow shots stretched the difference between the two teams to 7 points again. The Hawks also wanted to use the inside line to return the color, but this time, their wishful thinking finally failed, Hibbert, who had been teased by Horford and Millsap all night, suddenly broke out, and after being shaken away by Horford, he directly stabbed the basketball in Horford's hand with a knife when he fell, and the basketball that fell down fell on Horford's knee and was pushed out of the bottom line, Horford was stunned for a moment, and then immediately appealed to the referee, saying that Hibbert's ball was fouled, but the referee's eyes were bright, Ignoring Horford's arguments, he awarded the ball directly to the Pacers.
The Pacers, who got the ball, did not waste this opportunity, while Horford was still complaining to the referee, they directly sent the baseline ball, and under the leadership of Ye Xuan, a frontcourt five to four, and finally Ye Xuan passed Teague and attracted Carroll's bag, and the ball was distributed to Solomon Hill, Hill shot the ball with a knife in his hand, and finally expanded the difference to 10 points.
This shot seemed to be the turning point of the game, after Solomon Hill hit this crucial three-pointer, the Hawks were unable to score in the next two offenses, although the Pacers' side of the athletic battle did not score, but Pepper used his dexterity and speed to successfully win two free throws, and steadily hit two free throws, extending the margin to 12 points.
After that, although the Hawks shot a three-point shot by Korver, the Pacers did not show weakness, and immediately Ye Xuan hit a three-pointer in almost the same position, and the Hawks still wanted to continue to chase points, but firstly, the Pacers' physical strength had a slight advantage, and secondly, because the Pacers began to play the Spurs' trick after gaining a double-digit lead and controlled the rhythm.
Slowly, the time of the game was consumed by the Pacers in this way, and the Hawks could only be in a hurry, without the slightest chance of chasing points, and finally when there were 2 minutes left in the game, Ye Xuan once again staged a football goalkeeper save steal, and helped Pickled Pepper quickly complete a one-handed split, this split not only expanded the difference to 13 points, but also made the Eagles completely lose hope of winning, and finally could only replace all the main forces and announced their surrender.
At the end of the game, the Pacers won the crucial fourth game of the Eastern Conference semifinals at Conseco Arena 105-95, rewriting the big score to 3:1, and also getting the match point of this series, and most importantly, they successfully hit the morale of the Hawks, both teams felt good in this game, the main lineup has been playing back and forth in the first three quarters, and even the performance of the Hawks' benches once had the upper hand, but in the end they still lost to the Pacers.