Chapter 303: Ending the Losing Streak
In fact, Ye Xuan himself was not very satisfied with Hibbert's performance, but he didn't want to cause the team to make a decision because of one or two of his words, so he simply said that Hibbert was relatively good, in fact, Hibbert's performance on the defensive end this season was sometimes not bad, but unfortunately in the face of the league's now relatively strong interior line, Hibbert was basically at a disadvantage, and the Pacers were also beaten by this kind of opponent with a lot of headaches, such as the Pistons and Jazz. Without a team on the outside, the Pacers can still find opportunities on the outside, but unfortunately when they meet a team like the Clippers, the Pacers' interior line can only be penetrated by the opponent.
When Coach Frank heard Ye Xuan say this, he knew what Ye Xuan was planning, so he was still a little unwilling to ask Ye Xuan again, "Which interior line in the league do you think is more suitable for our team?" ”
Ye Xuan knew that the underlying meaning of this sentence was to ask, if you traded Hibbert, which inside line could be more compatible with you. This kind of euphemistic communication method is just in line with Ye Xuan, a black-bellied person, so after thinking about it, he analyzed, "If you want to talk about the interior line that can be compared with the current Pacers, of course, my brother Howard is the best, his interior line is full of deterrence, and he can help me a lot at both offensive and defensive ends." ”
Before Ye Xuan finished speaking, he saw Coach Frank rolling his eyes, and it was right to think about it, if the Pacers could come up with chips that could trade Howard, then they couldn't think of anything else except Ye Xuan and Pickled Pepper, and the Rockets' current results are very stable, so there is no reason to trade Howard at all.
So Ye Xuan also scratched his head, and then continued, "Haha, of course I know that these are not realistic, but I just give you some advice, you see that in addition to Howard, I think it's not bad to play a similar role to Little Jordan, and the Hassan Whiteside we just fought again, I think he also has a lot of potential." Of course, Gobert of the Jazz and Andre Drummond of the Pistons, I think they are also very reliable. ”
Ye Xuan reported these names while thinking about these players who he felt was very reliable in his heart, but after Coach Frank heard it, he immediately knew that this conversation would not have any results in the end, because the names reported by Ye Xuan were almost all players who were cultivated by those teams as the core, and they were not at all something that Hibbert could exchange for.
So Coach Frank had no choice but to give up, and after a few casual words with Ye Xuan, he left the locker room with Ye Xuan and went back to the hotel to rest. On January 26th, the game between the Pacers and the Magic started on time, and the Pacers easily won the last time the two teams met, and the Pacers were even more ruthless in this game, eager to prove themselves.
As soon as they got on the court, the outside of the Pacers began to fire in turns, in addition to Ye Xuan coming up and scoring 8 points with three consecutive shots, Solomon Hill and Shambaugh also shot in a row, and the first 8 shots in the opening game, the Pacers actually missed none of them, and they all hit, and the Magic team has also eaten and seen, and after falling behind by 13 points at the beginning, they immediately began their own bad plan, sacrificing the long-lost 'x**d' tactic.
Oladipo played a whole season of singles last season, and he still hasn't grown this season, after the team fell behind, he started his own big business of scoring, continuous shots, although occasionally able to shoot a few fairy balls, but in general it is still mostly iron.
In addition to Oladipo's unreliable brush, Vucevic, who wants to squeeze into the league's top interior ranks, has also started his own journey of brushing data, these two are simply a match made in heaven, one is throwing outside, and the other is desperately rushing to grab frontcourt rebounds inside, although frontcourt rebounds are basically not easy to grab, but he can't stand more, so after the first two quarters of the game, Vucevic successfully grabbed 10 rebounds in the half with the help of Oladipo's angry 13 irons, including 3 frontcourt rebounds.
But none of that matters to the Pacers, as they are now more than 20 points ahead of their opponents. Ye Xuan and other main players were replaced and rested not long after they played in the second quarter of the game. Although the Magic team did not replace their main players, they were not able to recover the difference, and they could only play a five-five game with the Pacers' benches.
In this way, the two teams wanted to win very much, so they played very seriously, while the other team was very unmotivated, walking all over the court, under such an extreme performance, the Pacers easily won the victory they desperately needed on the road, and finally won the opponent by 20 points when the main players only played less than 20 minutes, which also proved that the Pacers are still very strong.
However, this is not a good thing for Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan, who only played 18 minutes, although he scored 16 points and 5 assists in the first quarter of the game, but after the whole game, he only had 18 points and 7 assists, so his average data per game fell again. Although he still ranks first in the scoring list with 34.1 points per game, his second place in the assist list is already a bit precarious.
Because the scoring data of two consecutive games is relatively low, and his rival John Wall has actually sent a total of 49 assists in the last 3 games, one of which has been crazy to send 20 assists, almost catching up with Ye Xuan's 22 assists per game, so now John Wall's average assists per game has increased from the original average of 9.3 assists per game to an average of 9.9 assists per game, and Ye Xuan's assists have dropped to an average of 10.1 assists per game, and he will soon be caught up.
However, after this game, the outside world's doubts about the Pacers and Ye Xuan are also a lot smaller, after all, you can't jump out and say that he played poorly after someone else defeated the opponent by a big score, these media obviously know this truth, so after this game, they all suddenly converged, but there was only one Miami Post that still held on to Ye Xuan, and Ye Xuan's data began to decline seriously, in fact, everyone knows, When Ye Xuan's data in this game was not good, because the playing time was too short, there was no one to support their remarks.