Chapter Eighty-Seven: Winning by Difficulty

At the end of the intermission, the two sides re-appeared, after the Pacers served in the backcourt, Hill slowly controlled the ball to the front court, and then handed the ball to Ye Xuan, after Ye Xuan held the ball at the top of the arc, he used his flexible footsteps and movements to shake off Bill and directly enter the inside line, Gortat hurriedly came over to make up for the defense, Ye Xuan handed the ball to David West, who pulled out, and West received the ball near the free throw line and shot directly to score two points.

Looking back, Wall looked at the emptiness of the Pacers' interior defense, and directly handed the ball to the Brazilian beast Nei Ti single, who knew that as soon as Nei Ti received the ball, the pickled pepper who defended Ariza next to him intentionally or unintentionally pasted to him, as if he was ready to wrap it at any time, Nei Ti was helpless, and immediately passed the ball out after leaning twice.

Bill received the pass, and in the face of Ye Xuan's blockade defense, he couldn't find any room to break through, and in desperation, he could only call Nei Ti to help block and dismantle, who knew that after changing the defense, he was facing Lance Stephenson, a guy who was also pestering in defense, and had no choice but to hand the ball over to Nei Ti again.

After Nei Ti received the ball, he was about to hit Ye Xuan twice with his back, but who knew that Ye Xuan and West on the side made the first move, and directly surrounded the Nei Ti bag in place, and did not reach out to pick up the ball, that is, all his passing routes were blocked, and finally the attack ended with the Wizards' 24-second violation.

After sacrificing their own small lineup, the Pacers' defensive end used their flexible way of quick rotation and wrapping to deal with opponents, while the offensive end used their range to open up the space on the inside, all five of them floated outside the three-point line, and all five of them also had the ability to shoot, and Ye Xuan and Pickled Pepper's breakthrough also looked like a fish in water after the opponent's interior line was emptied.

After a few rounds, the Wizards were forced to call a timeout, for nothing else, because the Pacers scored 10 points in a row by relying on sudden points and shooting, and the Wizards did not adapt to the opponent's fast-paced rotation and packing, which caused their offensive rhythm to be disrupted, and before the timeout, they only relied on Wall's breakthrough and accumulated interior fouls to score a total of 4 points.

After returning from the timeout, the Wizards also took the initiative to make adjustments, replacing the internal tiredness with Andre Miller. After Miller came up, he put Beal in the position of small forward, and as a result, the Wizards had another tragedy, although on the offensive end, his conversion also became smooth, but when Miller played against Ye Xuan, he was only passively beaten. In addition, Bradley Beal's size is not a master who can play small forward, and he is also very uncomfortable in the face of pickled peppers with the standard small forward body.

With less than five minutes left in the third quarter, the Pacers had tied the gap in the first half and led their opponents by two points. So Coach Frank waved his hand and took the lead in replacing his main players off the field to rest, leaving only Pickled Pepper on the field with a vote of substitutes to play on the field.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Ye Xuan came on the court to replace the pickled pepper for a while, and the main players of the Wizards also rested at this time. Ye Xuan took advantage of the absence of the opponent's main force, and scored consecutive points with sudden throws, which made the Wizards complain. With 8 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the two sides re-replaced the main forces, and at this time, the score had been stretched by Ye Xuan to 86:93, and the Pacers had already led by 7 points.

But Hibbert in this game was too bad, played 2 minutes on the court, not only scored two goals in a row on the inside, but also after Wall burst into the inside, he was fouled by the opponent, Coach Frank did not wait for him to commit 6 fouls, and directly pressed him on the bench, and the opponent also used his original gate, the current defensive black hole, to chase points continuously, and the score was chased to 93:95 when he was replaced.

However, after Hibbert was replaced, the five players on the field quickly rotated, and the smooth defensive rotation also made it more difficult for the opponent to attack. In addition to breaking through the singles themselves, Ye Xuan and Pickled Pepper often break into teammates to create opportunities, and the five people in this lineup are all people who can pull out and shoot three-pointers. So after a few rounds, the Pacers regained control of the tempo on the court.

Although Wall and Bill are still resisting stubbornly, but Ye Xuan's pickled pepper and the two of them are also very good, Bill finally ran out of the open position to shoot a three-pointer, and Pickled Pepper immediately used a dry three-point to color, Wall finally used the block to kill into the penalty area and threw a shot, Ye Xuan immediately responded with a step-back jumper after a breakthrough.

Although the two sides fought back and forth, but as time was slowly consumed, the Wizards' offense became more and more impatient, and finally after two consecutive inconclusive attacks, the Pacers seized the opportunity to stretch the score to 99:107 again.

At this time, seeing that there were less than 2 minutes left, and Ye Xuan slowly controlled the ball and was not in a hurry to attack, Wall couldn't stand it anymore, and took the risk of making his gambling steal. Ye Xuan's reaction was also very fast, a crotch change to avoid Wall's steal, and then rushed into the Wizards' interior line, and then hit this fatal shot near the free throw line.

At this point, the Wizards have fallen behind by 10 points in the last 1 and a half minutes, although the three points of Beal and Ariza also gave the Wizards a glimmer of hope, but Ye Xuan's steady free throws still made the Wizards lose the last chance to turn the tables.

At the end of the game, the Pacers won a difficult 113-107 victory at home, Ye Xuan, who played well, scored 35 points and 6 assists again in this game, and Pickled Pepper also got 31 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. In stark contrast to these two, it is Roy Hibbert, who played a serious malfunction in this game, this black and hard game played 15 minutes in addition to contributing 5 fouls and 2 turnovers, only one assist and one block are positive statistics, and one of the rebounds was not grabbed is really a bit unbearable.

As for the Wizards, Wizards boss Wall scored a double-double of 19 points and 12 assists with a sudden shot, while Bradley Beal got 25 points, 6 boards and 6 assists. One can imagine how strong the Pacers' outside firepower is to win the game with such an explosion of opponents' interior player statistics.

After the game, the major media also ridiculed Hibbert's 'soft-footed shrimp', 'stadium observers', 'the closest spectators to the stadium' and the like. After all, it is a bit embarrassing for a main center to run back and forth on the court in addition to fouls throughout the game, especially since he was also selected for this year's All-Defensive Team Second Team.