Chapter 122: Pickled Pepper's Desire to Attack
However, when Ye Xuan saw Anderson's excited appearance today, he had a little bad thoughts. After coming to the opponent's half, Ye Xuan took the initiative to ask Hill for the ball, and then called Hibbert to come forward to help block and dismantle, after the block and dismantle, Hibbert quickly walked inside, and Anderson had to mention the high position to defend Ye Xuan due to the change of defense.
Ye Xuan looked at the birdman in front of him, and did not hang the basketball into the interior to let Hibbert play alone, because Ray Allen found that Hibbert wanted to be in the position after switching defenses, and quickly switched defenses with Haslem again, while James came to the interior to prepare to defend West.
However, Ye Xuan did not plan to let the inside line play small, but directly dribbled under the crotch several times in a row and began to prepare to force past Anderson. Anderson sank down and prepared to defend Ye Xuan's breakthrough, but Ye Xuan suddenly took a step back and came directly to the three-point line, and then a Buddha worship action successfully shook the birdman up, and then Ye Xuan calmly jumped from outside the three-point line and hit the opponent, successfully causing the opponent's foul and getting three free throw opportunities.
Ye Xuan high-fived his teammates in celebration, and secretly laughed to himself, "This birdman is really easy to eat, just two feints can fly higher than anyone else." Then he came to the free throw line and steadily shot all three serves, it is worth mentioning that since Ye Xuan entered the playoffs, all 54 free throws have been hit, and he has set a new record for consecutive free throws in the NBA playoffs.
And the big screen at the home of the Pacers also directly hit the news of Ye Xuan's record after Ye Xuan hit the second ball, which caused a burst of cheers from the audience. Ye Xuan was stunned for a moment, then looked up at the text on the screen, and then realized that he had inadvertently created a new record, although it was an innocuous record, but it could be regarded as leaving footprints in the history of the NBA.
However, the Heat team was not disturbed by the atmosphere at home, and after serving in the backcourt, James once again used his speed and physical advantage to force a breakthrough, and still threw the ball in under Ye Xuan's supplementary defense.
Looking back, Hill had just taken the ball past half of the court when Pickle Pepper offered him the ball, and Hill handed the ball to Pickle Pepper and ran to the other side. Pickles once again held the ball and was ready to force a breakthrough, but this time he was no longer facing Wade, who was losing size, but James, who was stronger than him.
After forcing the breakthrough to be blocked, Pickle Pepper stabilized his body, and then took a step back to reopen the distance between him and James, and then pretended to jump, James immediately posted up and was ready to interfere with his shot, which finally allowed Pickle Pepper to seize the opportunity, pass James in two steps, and then easily shoot in one step to the left of the free throw line.
James' face sank, and he came to the front court alone with the ball, still choosing to play alone, but this time it was no longer a forced head-on breakthrough, but handed the ball to Wade, and then ran to the low post and then asked for the ball again.
Wade hoisted the ball into the inside line, and then commanded his teammates to run to the other side, after everyone pulled away, James sank down and began to play pickled peppers on his back, Ye Xuan on the side had the heart to come over to interfere with the opponent, but when he thought of his defensive Ray Allen, he had a beautiful three-point hand, and James's passing skills were not covered, so he could only watch James squeeze the pickled pepper away a few times, and then scored the ball with a low layup.
After that, the two sides fought back and forth for a few rounds, basically an offensive and defensive duel between James and Pickled Pepper, and then a round of Ye Xuan's assist was mixed in the middle. The core players of both sides have a particularly strong desire to attack today, and although Ye Xuan wants to perform a wave, he can't help but give the ball to Pickle Pepper.
In an instant, there were less than two minutes left in the first quarter of the game, and the Heat took advantage of a James low-post offense to cause a dead ball opportunity for a foul by David West, who was on the defensive line, to replace Wade and Bosh to rest, and the Pacers also replaced the two big men on the inside and Ye Xuan, and let Pickle Pepper return to his familiar position as a scoring guard, allowing Solomon Hill to take on the responsibility of defending James.
At the end of the substitution, James steadily hit two free throws, and the scores of the two teams were still very tight, and the Pacers temporarily led the opponent by one point at 29:28. After serving the ball in the backcourt, Hill controlled the ball and came to the frontcourt, but this time he saw that Pickles did not ask him for the ball, so he did not pass the ball directly to Pickles Peppers, but held the ball in front of the midfield sign to direct the running position of his teammates.
was commanding, Hill suddenly saw Pickled Pepper successfully dodged Ray Allen's defense with a reverse run, Hill's pass was passed immediately, although James saw Hill's passing intention and wanted to reach out and steal, but Hill's passing route was a bit demonic, just avoiding James's hand and sending it to Pickled Pepper's hand.
After Pickled Pepper received the ball, there was only one Rashad Lewis left in front of him, although Lewis is a big forward, but his physical fitness may not be as good as a stronger small forward, Pickled Pepper rushed up and faced Lewis to dunk violently, although Lewis also wanted to defend the ball, but after jumping up, he regretted it.
As soon as the two of them made contact in the air, Lewis was knocked away by a huge force before he could use the strength in his hand, and then he saw Pickled Pepper smash the basketball directly into the basket with one arm through Lewis's raised arm and head. A burst of cheers broke out on the bench of the pacers in an instant, and the towels of Ye Xuan and the others all danced into electric fans.
And the atmosphere of the Consec Arena was also pushed to a climax by this wonderful separation dunk, and the fans shouted wildly. Lewis, who was shut-up, stood in place in despair, and although James hurried over to comfort him, the shame still made Lewis feel like his mind was blank.
In desperation, Spoelstra could only call a timeout and replace Lewis with Battier, who had been resting for a while. However, after attacking this dunk, the morale of the Pacers has been mentioned as a whole, and on the other hand, the Heat, although everyone on the bench is expressionless, but a trace of helplessness and despair can still be felt from between the eyebrows.
Sure enough, in the last few offenses of the first quarter, the Pacers took advantage of the victory to chase down, and two consecutive mid-range shots and a three-pointer were simply shots, while the Heat only made one mid-range shot by James, and the Pacers entered the second quarter with a 38-29 lead of 9 points at the end of the first quarter.