Chapter 123 + Chapter 124: Raging Diamond
During the intermission, Ye Xuan saw James on the bench constantly encouraging his teammates and saying some inspirational words, wanting to cheer his teammates back up, but looking at the confused eyes of several role players, James knew that unless he could prove that there was still hope with practical actions, the game would definitely be over.
So at the beginning of the second quarter, James was still left on the court, and he was joined by Wade, Bosh, Battier and Ray Allen, who were mentally strong. In addition to these few people, Chalmers may still have a bit of a desire to win.
The Pacers serve in the backcourt, and the Pacers' side has been swapped, and now the team is led by two Hills and Lance Stephenson. George Hill brought the ball to the frontcourt, took advantage of a block from Lance to break through the marker Ray Allen, and then hit a two-point shot before James could switch defenses.
On the Heat's side, James ran forward with murderous momentum from the backcourt directly controlling the basketball, and after coming to the Pacers halfcourt, James did not slow down, but suddenly accelerated when Lance did not stick to the defense, and two big strides directly passed the opponent, and then in the Pacers inside the Gola carried Scola who came over to make up for the defense, forced the ball in.
Then the Pacers' offense was blocked, the Heat's quick transfer of George Hill's breakthrough could not find a gap, and Lance and Solomon Hill's ball-handling ability needed to be improved, so the offense could only end with Lance receiving the ball and making a hasty shot outside the three-point line after George Hill's two consecutive attempts to break through to no avail.
The shooting rate of the hasty shot is indeed terrible, and Lance's luck is obviously not good enough to shoot this kind of ball, Bosh jumped high to grab the rebound and handed the ball to James, who immediately rushed to the front court at full speed, Lance who defended him had not yet fallen into place to defend, James was already close to the 3-point line, and Solomon Hill had no choice but to go over to make up for it.
However, James who rushed up was obviously not something he could carry hard, as soon as he made contact head-on, Solomon Hill felt like he was being run over by a train, and his chest was holding his breath, and James's speed was only slightly delayed, and then he quickly grabbed the basketball with both hands and began to take three steps, and the three-step layup faced the Pacers restricted area that was almost empty, of course, it was to catch it.
Ye Xuan shook his head off the court, James's flexibility and speed are comparable to many point guards, but his height and physical fitness make him enough to carry most big forwards, and even some technical centers are not James's opponents, worthy of being a superstar from the No. 1 position to the No. 5 position.
The Pacers' offense, due to the lack of an arrow-shaped figure to tear apart the opponent's defense, still failed to score the ball in this round, but the Heat took the opportunity to rely on the cooperation of James and Wade to score the ball again.
Coach Frank couldn't sit still, and immediately called a timeout to replace Ye Xuan, and then replaced George Hill to rest for a while. At this time, the second quarter was only 2 minutes into the game, and the Heat had relied on their quick counterattack and defense to rewrite the score to 40:35, only 5 points behind the Pacers.
After Ye Xuan came on the court, he took on the responsibility of organizing the team's offense, and slowly brought the ball to the front court, Solomon Hill took the initiative to block and dismantle for Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan made a gesture to use the dismantling to break inward, and then suddenly changed direction and started to break through from the other side of the dismantle, Wade did not notice for a while and failed to keep up, and Ray Allen, who wanted to change the defense, was also blocked behind him, Ye Xuan took two steps to the outside of the Heat penalty area, and scored the ball with an easy jumper.
However, the main players of the Heat team are obviously still full of offense, and after James came to the front court with the ball, he called Bosh to help block and dismantle, and then used his pace and speed to quickly enter the interior and shake off Masimmi's defense, and scored the ball again with a one-handed dunk.
Like the Heat, the Pacers now basically rely on Ye Xuan's breakthroughs or passes to attack, and the Heat obviously know this, so Ye Xuan has become the focus of the opponent's attention. As soon as he came to the front court with the ball, Ye Xuan felt that in addition to Wade in front of him, James next to him also leaned towards him intentionally or unintentionally.
Ye Xuan simply didn't hold the ball to attack first, but signaled Scola to get stuck on the inside, and then hoisted the ball to Scola on the inside, as two old teammates who had been on the Rockets, Scola of course knew everything about Battier's defensive habits, so he didn't give him the opportunity to defend face-to-face at all, and after two backstrokes, a dizzying step shook Battier away and scored two points for the Pacers again.
Seeing Ye Xuan's way of coping, James couldn't help but sigh at Ye Xuan's difficulty, and then began to attack again. After coming to the frontcourt, James continued to call his teammates to come forward to block and dismantle, but when Lance went to observe the position of the person who came to block and dismantle, James suddenly shot outside the three-point line, and the arc of the basketball was very high, but finally smashed on the rebound and rebounded into the basket.
In the next attack of the Pacers, Ye Xuan's breakthrough was finally blocked, just after using his speed to pass Wade, before he could take two steps inward, Ye Xuan found himself falling into the opponent's encirclement, Battier and James came over together to surround Ye Xuan, and finally after a scramble to the ground, the referee awarded a penalty for the scrum.
Ye Xuan looked at James in front of him with a desperate face, and helplessly stood on the side of the free throw line and waited for the scrum, the referee threw the ball high, and then the two quickly jumped up to fight for the ball, Ye Xuan decisively fell into the disadvantage, let alone basketball, he didn't even touch the ball skin.
The Heat took advantage of James' opportunity to fight for basketball and quickly launched a counterattack, although the Pacers players quickly retreated, but the offense ended in James forcing a foul on Masimmy. James stepped up to the free-throw line and made both free throws as the Pacers' lead was eroded to just two points. The battle was 44:42.
Fortunately, Ye Xuan was relatively calm, and after coming to the front court again, he still chose to play steadily, and finally relied on the double blocking of Solomon Hill and Lance Stephenson, and finally got a little gap, Ye Xuan also took the opportunity to take a step back and return to the three-point line, and made a dry jump shot, shooting a three-point shot.
In the next round, the Heat's offense was finally defended once, James broke through the ball to Wade in the high position, and Wade broke through Ye Xuan again, and threw a shot after breaking through two steps in the line, but unfortunately it ended in iron.
And the Pacers, taking advantage of the opportunity of the opponent's inability to shoot, finally succeeded in playing a beautiful quick counterattack, Scola grabbed the backcourt rebound and threw the ball directly to Ye Xuan, and Lance and Solomon Hill also followed closely behind Ye Xuan and quickly rushed towards the Heat halfcourt.
Although the Heat's players are very hard to chase back, but the speed of the three on the Pacers' side is really fast, the Heat team can only keep up with James and Wade, come to the frontcourt, the Pacers frontcourt three to two, and finally under Ye Xuan's needle lead, the basketball came to the hands of Solomon Hill, who was unguarded on the outside, Hill calmly shot the ball, and finally stabilized the position for the Pacers.
However, the Heat immediately came back under the leadership of James, using consecutive breakaway shots to disrupt the Pacers' defensive formation, and then Battier pulled out and shot an unguarded long-range two-point from inside the three-point line.
The two teams then played two more rounds, but neither team was able to score due to a drop in touch. With a little more than four minutes into the second quarter, the Pacers took the lead in making personnel changes, and Coach Frank replaced Pickle Pepper and the two big players on the interior together, and replaced the players on the court with the lineup they had started with.
The Heat, on the other hand, just replaced Ray Allen with Chalmers. The Pacers served on the sideline, Ye Xuan came to the front court with the ball, and continued to hand the ball to Pickled Pepper, after a few minutes of rest and adjustment, Pickled Pepper's desire to attack was still high, and he directly started to force a breakthrough through Wade after receiving the ball, although Wade tried his best to follow the defense, but he was still passed by the opponent in a few strokes, and after passing Wade, Pickled Pepper scored two more points on a stop-and-go jump shot near the free throw line.
At this time, James also ignited his offensive soul, took Chalmers's pass, directly signaled his teammates to pull away, dribbled the ball and stared at Lance in front of him, suddenly a crotch change of hands was about to accelerate to break inward, Lance quickly stepped forward to jam the opponent's breakthrough route, who knew that James was also thick and fine, a back dribble handed the ball to the other hand, and then passed Lance from the other side, came to the free throw line near the easy shot to score the ball.
Then Pickled Pepper still wanted to hold the ball and single Wade, but unfortunately this offense, although Pickled Pepper still shook Wade and found a gap. But under the interference of James on the side, the shooting finally ended in iron, and Hibbert was also sentenced to a rebounding push foul when he rushed to grab the rebound.
The offense on the Heat's side is still smooth, I saw James come to Lance with the ball again, and after a continuous crotch dribble, a step back suddenly opened the distance from the opponent, and then forcibly broke through to the left, although Lance moved sideways very quickly, blocking James's breakthrough route, but James's body sank and directly hit Lance with his body, gaining a little space to shoot, and then using the power of this impact to shoot backwards, such a difficult ball actually went in.
This also made Lance's face bitter, after all, what he relied on to survive was his defensive ability, and now he was singled out by his opponent one after another, which made Lance feel a little damaged in his face. But fortunately, Pickled Pepper also realized that his addiction to singles made his teammates unable to touch the ball, which affected the feel of his teammates to a certain extent.
So in the next round, Pickled Pepper did not continue to ask Ye Xuan for the ball to play alone, and Ye Xuan was also very kind of taking care of his teammates' emotions, using the breakthrough after the block to attract the opponent's two defenders, and then took the opportunity to distribute the ball to Lance on the outside, Lance shot the ball steadily when unguarded, which can be regarded as revenge for being singled by the opponent in a row.
It's a pity that the Heat team won't give you the slightest chance to relax your vigilance, after James received a pass from Chalmers at the top of the arc, he immediately called Bosh to help block and dismantle, and then used Bosh's cover to hit the opponent's interior again, although Hibbert did not follow out to defend, but stayed on the inside to guard against James's breakthrough, but unfortunately Hibbert still failed to prevent James from scoring, in the face of Hibbert, who is tall and long-armed, James actually used a throw that he rarely saw him use, and the basketball really obediently drilled into the basket.
Seeing that James shot various difficult goals in a row, Ye Xuan began to think about making the opponent inaccurate, so when the Pacers attacked again, Ye Xuan and Lance cooperated with a block, and then quickly dispersed, looking at James who switched defenses in front of him, Ye Xuan began to play his own little abacus.
Dribbling and dribbling, Ye Xuan suddenly spoke, "Won't you get tired after playing for so long?" But James was still staring at Ye Xuan expressionlessly, and Ye Xuan knew at a glance that his mouth was definitely useless, so he didn't say more, but calmed down and prepared to fight the opponent alone.
Ye Xuan dribbled a few more times, and suddenly took a step back to open up a little distance between the two sides and then quickly broke through to the left, but after breaking through a step, he immediately pulled the ball back and made a move to make a move, but James did not shake, but quickly adjusted his pace and continued to defend Ye Xuan.
Seeing that his opponent failed to shake off the opponent, Ye Xuan looked at the little offensive time left, and was a little anxious, but after a sweep, the pickled pepper next to him had already used the running position to start cutting inward, so Ye Xuan took a step back again, forcibly took a step to the left, and then threw the ball into the air, and the pickled pepper on the side just slapped the horse to arrive, jumped high and grabbed the basketball, and then pressed down with both hands before Bosh could come to make up for the defense, and dunked the ball in.
It was another air relay, and the audience's hearts that didn't look at Ye Xuan's forced singles to be hung up were instantly relaxed, and then a burst of cheers broke out. And James secretly screamed that it was not good, and he finally re-established the confidence of his teammates, and if he did this, he would be demoralized again.
So after the Heat quickly served the ball in the backcourt, James took the initiative to ask for the ball, and quickly rushed to the front court after getting the basketball, and while the opponent was still immersed in the empty dunk just now, he directly entered the restricted area and forced the dunk directly against Hibbert's defense, which not only dunked the basketball, but also caused Hibbert's foul.
Immediately, Coach Frank on the field was unhappy, and he was a blow dryer for Pickled Pepper and Lance, who did not return in time on the field, and the two also realized their mistakes, and quickly raised their hands to signal their mistakes to their teammates. And James scored the ball steadily, and the score between the two sides came to 57:53, the Pacers still maintained the lead by relying on super high offensive efficiency, while the Heat relied on James' personal ability to bite the score.