Chapter 59: Overturning the Clippers
Just now, the Clippers were forced to call a timeout after being beaten two fast attacks in a row, and now it seems that they should strengthen their reaction to retreat, so Ye Xuan received the pass and found that there was no chance of fast attack, so he pressed down the rhythm and slowly held the ball to the front court.
made a gesture to beckon West to come up and help block the demolition, but Ye Xuan found that after the gesture, Paul's attention was on David West, who came to block and dismantle, so he simply didn't wait for the demolition, and took the opportunity to take a step to the side and directly pulled up a three-point shot. After hitting the three-pointer, the Pacers had managed to overtake the score, 60-61.
Paul waved his hand in annoyance, then re-served in the backcourt to organize the attack, came to the front court and made a block with Griffin, and then passed to Griffin who took the inside cut with a blow, and Griffin pulled it up to face West.
Of course, West didn't want to be embarrassed, seeing that there was no hope of blocking, he directly hugged Griffin from the air, and the referee's whistle sounded immediately, Griffin got up from the ground and was very angry to ask the referee for a malicious foul, but the referee waved his hand and signaled that it was just a thug. Rivers on the side was also anxious, and he was a quality triple in front of the referee, and the referee's face was also black, and he directly gave Rivers a T, and suddenly the audience cheered.
The on-site commentary at the Consec Arena also applauded West's foul: "Seeing West's foul reminded me of the early 21st century, when interior players had their own pride, you wanted to score, you came with your ability, but you want to wreak havoc on my face to the basket, I'm sorry, please go to the free throw line." ”
The technical foul woke up the angry Clippers general, and Rivers shrugged and called a timeout to calm the anger of himself and his disciples.
After the pause, Griffin took the lead in free throws, and after hitting both free throws, Ye Xuan executed a technical foul free throw, and the score also came to 62:62. The Pacers served on the sideline in the front court, and Pickled Pepper took advantage of the gap before receiving the ball to directly enter the inside, and in the face of the little Jordan who rushed over, he made a clever shake and caused a foul again, and after hitting both free throws, the Pacers led by two points.
After the Clippers served in the backcourt, Paul controlled the ball and came to the frontcourt, and after using the block to remove Ye Xuan, Paul chose to make a quick stop jump shot at the free throw line, but unfortunately the shot hit the iron. Compared with the Clippers' gradually declining feel, the Pacers seemed to be playing with their own self-confidence, and Pickled Pepper received Ye Xuan's pass without saying a word, and directly faced Barnes to hit a dry three-pointer.
Although Paul tried his best to organize the team and create opportunities for his teammates, the Clippers felt as if they were lost and made a series of mistakes. The game came to the third quarter with 4 minutes left, and the Pacers only took 8 minutes to not only erase the 7-point difference, but also overtake by 6 points, 71:77, and the Pacers had completely mastered the situation on the court.
Although Ye Xuan and Pickle Pepper did not play to lead the bench to play, but under the combing of George Hill, the benches did not let the luxurious bench lineup on the opposite side burst, after the third quarter, although offensively, the Pacers' benches did not score much, but they also successfully limited the opponent's score, and after the third quarter of the game, the score came to 78:82.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter of the game, Coach Frank replaced Pickled Pepper to lead the bench to play, and in the face of Super Sixth Man Ke Six, Pickled Pepper mercilessly burst into the shot, scoring 7 points in just two minutes, while the opponent was only 2 points defended, directly pulling the score to 9 points.
Rivers saw that the situation was not right, so he could only replace all his main votes in advance. Coach Frank, on the other hand, immediately called another timeout after the Clippers' timeout, and then sent his main lineup up, and by the way, disrupted the rhythm of the Clippers.
After the two sides changed to the main force, they first stalemate for a while, and then Ye Xuan brought the ball to the front court, and a sudden three-point shot that was one step away from the three-point line opened up the situation. Subsequently, although the Clippers' shooters rebounded, the Pacers' backcourt two were still hot, and after consecutive shots, the Clippers had to call another wave of timeouts.
After the pause, although the Clippers adjusted their state and scored in two consecutive rounds, but after Ye Xuan once again entered the restricted area and caused Jordan Jr.'s foul, Jordan Jr. realized that he had committed five fouls.
Ye Xuan hit both free throws, and then used the full-court marking to consume the opponent's offensive time. While the full-court press didn't cause much trouble for Paul, the Clippers were in a hurry to chase the points, and the seconds lost were especially precious.
When Paul came to the frontcourt, he immediately called on Griffin to block and break through and pass back to Griffin, who hit a mid-range shot. And Ye Xuan implemented Coach Frank's tactics, using Lance's cover into the penalty area to try to cause Jordan Jr.'s foul again, but it was not Jordan Jr. who came to make up for the defense, Ye Xuan faced Griffin who pounced, and scored the ball outward, and Pickled Pepper received the ball outside, shot directly, and hit a three-point shot. When Paul saw this situation, he also frowned, his team's defensive efficiency was getting lower and lower, and the inside gate was still timid, how could he chase points if he continued to play like this.
However, Paul's psychological quality is still very good, as a battlefield commander, of course, he knows that he needs to stay awake, and after coming to the front court again, he is blocking and breaking through, but this time he chose to shoot himself and hit the shot.
Then Ye Xuan's shot was deflected, giving the Clippers a chance to quickly counterattack, and after Paul quickly advanced to the frontcourt, he assisted Barnes to shoot this key three-pointer, and the difference returned to 5 points, and the game was in suspense again. Just as the Clippers were about to make persistent efforts to overtake the score, Ye Xuan gave them a blow to the head, and forced a layup after bursting into the restricted area, causing Jordan Jr.'s sixth foul, who was directly sent off.
The Clippers were sent off inside, and the defense instantly became porous, and after holding on to the court for another two minutes, the margin was stretched by the Pacers to more than 10 points again. Seeing that there was no hope of turning the tables, Rivers could only reluctantly replace the main forces.
At the end of the game, the Pacers defended their home court and won the game 107-99. Although Paul contributed 19 points and 14 assists in the whole game and has been leading the team to persevere, although Jordan Jr. scored 9 points and 10 boards, his 6 fouls also deeply hurt the Clippers, especially his free throws of 3 of 8.
On the Pacers' side, Ye Xuan contributed 26 points and 8 assists, the most important thing is that he hit the inside line many times today to cause kills, won a total of 10 free throws, and all 10 free throws, is one of the biggest contributors to the Pacers' victory, and another hero, Pickled Pepper, also played well today, scoring 28 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.