Chapter 25: Lore and Anti-Lore
The commentary desk was bustling, but the players in the field looked solemn, because everyone knew that the final battle had just begun.
In the last quarter, the Pacers served, Hill faced Mills with a cross-step, then pulled the ball to the left, dodged Mills' defense and rushed inside, facing Dio, who came to make up for the defense, calmly passed the ball to David West, West received the ball and shot, and then hit two more points, and the difference was narrowed to one point. The Spurs' bench did not show weakness, Ginobili singled Watson, first dribbled behind his back to shake a gap, and then faced the defensive Scola with a European step and a layup.
The substitute lineups of the two sides played back and forth, and the game came to the last 8 minutes, after a dead ball, the coaches of both sides coincidentally changed all the main lineups, ready to do the final showdown. In the first few minutes, thanks to the excellent play of the Spurs' Ginobili, the Spurs temporarily led by 4 points at 74:70.
The Pacers served on the sideline, Ye Xuan directly returned the ball and handed it to Pickle Pepper after receiving the ball, Pickled Pepper did not hesitate at all after taking the ball, and took advantage of the situation to pass Danny Green next to him, at this time, Ye Xuan went down and came to the free throw line. Parker, who followed the defense, stepped forward to delay the breakthrough of pickled peppers, but did not follow Ye Xuan. Pickled pepper passed the ball to Ye Xuan one by one, and there was not a single defender around Ye Xuan, as if he was making a free throw, and he hit it easily.
After the Spurs settled their positions, they handed the ball to Duncan, who used his feet to shake Hibbert and caused a foul. 1 of 2 free throws. After the second free throw popped out of the frame, Lance Stephenson grabbed the backcourt rebound and made a long pass directly to Ye Xuan, who was already about to go, Ye Xuan didn't want to waste this wonderful offensive opportunity, and after receiving the ball, he glanced at Leonard, who was a little bit inward, and directly shot a cold arrow outside the three-point line, and the three-point shot went in, 75 draws.
The fans of the Consec Arena once again saw the hope of victory. But Ginobili's three-pointer gave the Spurs a three-point lead again. At the critical moment, the 'demon knife' was unsheathed. A three-pointer shot by a defender clinging to the pickled pepper and hollowed into the net.
Ye Xuan shook his head and felt a burst of weakness. It's really a headache to play against an army like the Spurs. But just because you have a headache doesn't mean you will give up! If you can score three points, so can I. As if in order to prove himself, in the next round, Ye Xuan hit a three-point shot against Parker in almost the same position as Ginobili's ball, almost the same action, and tied the score again.
Although the two teams exchanged a few three-pointers, with Spurs Leonard's shot missed and Ye Xuan's iron, the game seemed to return to the familiar rhythm in front, sticky defense, and hand-to-hand combat. During the period, although there were continuous cooperation between Pickled Pepper and Ye Xuan, assisting each other to hit shots, the Spurs players were very tenacious, and the score was tight until the last minute and a half. The Pacers are one point behind for the time being.
Ye Xuan controlled the ball and came to the frontcourt, facing Tony Parker, who was focused on defense, Ye Xuan suddenly made a bad "Parker, do you know, your wife Eva is very beautiful." Parker was stunned, you must know that he and Ye Xuan had been fighting head-to-head for a whole time, and Ye Xuan had never spoken to him. Suddenly, he mentioned his ex-wife. As a result, Ye Xuan took advantage of Parker's distraction, took a step back to widen the distance between him and Parker, and hit a difficult three-pointer one step away from the three-point line, 87:89, and the Pacers overtook by two points.
Lance on the side came over and high-fived Ye Xuan in celebration, "Ye, you must have said something to Parker, right, you treacherous guy, but seeing this trick work on others, how can I have an indescribable pleasure." ”
Parker on the other side is angry, the French sports car thinks that it is not a fuel-efficient lamp, when has he been deceived like this. After receiving the backcourt serve, he drove full horsepower, vowing to avenge the arrow that was dangled by Ye Xuan just now. Facing Ye Xuan, who was smiling, Parker stuck up and leaned against Ye Xuan and was about to squeeze in, but Ye Xuan took advantage of Parker's anger to retreat slightly in the face of Parker, who was leaning up, Parker hit the air with all his strength, and the man holding the ball turned on his back and fell forward. The referee didn't say much, and directly sentenced the walking violation.
Seeing this, Popovich directly called a timeout and pressed Parker to the bench to teach him a lesson. With more than 40 seconds left in the game, the Pacers not only led by two points, but also had possession of the ball. Ye Xuan controlled the ball and came to the front court, handed the ball to Pickled Pepper, George suppressed the rhythm, he was ready to run out of 24 seconds of offensive time and then score the ball, so that the odds of winning greatly increased.
With 8 seconds left on the offensive time, George moved, crossed a step forward, then pulled the ball to the side, shook Leonard, leaned forward to find a foul, but George threw the ball, but the referee did not say anything. Duncan got the rebound in the backcourt and then quickly called a timeout. Paul George on the side was very angry, chasing the referee to explain, Ye Xuan on the side hurriedly went over and pulled him away, "Paul, calm down, now we are still two points ahead, if we are judged to have a technical foul, our advantage will be gone, what is the matter, let's appeal when the game is over." ”
On the Spurs bench, Popovich looked at Parker, "How's it going, are you sober, look at the way you look, I'm really ashamed of you when a rookie uses a little trick to carve insects." "Old man, I promise not, at the last moment, let me play."
On the Pacers' side, Ye Xuan was also discussing things with Frank, "Boss, I hope you don't call a timeout at the last moment." "Why? Ye, if we have a little time to score a goal by our opponent, shouldn't we have a better chance of calling a timeout to serve in the front court? ”
"Yes, according to the way you Americans think, everyone thinks we should pause, but if we don't pause, don't we just catch the other side off guard? And we don't necessarily have to prevent it, right? Trust me, boss, we can afford to lose a regular season, right? "Okay Ye, but you'll have to communicate with your teammates yourself."
After the Spurs served in the frontcourt, Ginobili controlled the ball, waiting for the fatal blow, and in the last 8 seconds, he moved, first shaking off the pickled pepper with a serpentine step, and then facing Ye Xuan, who was coming to the defense, passed the ball to Parker, who hollowed into the net outside the three-point line. Only 2.7 seconds were left for the walkers.
The whole court was silent, but the game was not over, the basket of Hibbert was instructed by Ye Xuan before going on the court, as soon as the ball entered the net, Hibbert immediately served quickly in the backcourt, Ye Xuan received the ball and dribbled forward a few steps, just past the middle line, Ye Xuan picked up the ball and rushed forward in two big strides, and then came a horse archery, and the ball fell into the net. Before the Spurs could celebrate, they found that their opponents had already begun to celebrate.
Of course, Popovich quit, and went to the technical table to find the referee's theory, when he knew that the Pacers did not call a timeout, and Ye Xuan's entry was also effective, Popovich could only reluctantly swallow the bitter fruit of failure.