Chapter 154: The Second Quarter of Chaos
The Spurs' offensive routine seems to be the same, after Mills came to the front court with the ball again, he hoisted the ball to Duncan on the inside, and after Duncan received the ball, he still looked like he was going to play the opponent with his back to himself, which scared Solomon Hill and quickly moved closer to the other side to contain Duncan.
But Duncan is not so stupid, as soon as he saw that Solomon Hill was ready to come over to wrap up, he immediately handed the ball back to the outside, Ginobili quickly passed the ball to Leonard after receiving the ball, Leonard saw that Scola on the side had made up for it, so he was not in a hurry to force a shot, but handed the ball to the vacant Dio, Dio received the ball and stepped directly on the three-point line and threw the ball out, although Solomon Hill wanted to pounce and interfere, but it was useless, Dio also hit the two-point shot from beyond the three-point line.
On the Pacers' side, Ye Xuan also learned the lesson of the last offense, and did not ask Hill for the ball as soon as he arrived in the front court, but came to the low position to ask for the ball, Hill also knew what Ye Xuan was practicing best, so he passed the ball without hesitation, after Ye Xuan received the ball in the low position, he repeated the trick, and once again used his back to turn back and hit two points with a jump shot, this time, Ye Xuan even combined a little of Uncle Huo's low-post skills, and came to two feints with shaking shoulders, which increased the difficulty of Leonard's defense.
Seeing Ye Xuan score the ball again in the low position, Coach Frank also put his heart down and called the pickled pepper back, so that he could rest for a while. And several players on the court were obviously encouraged by Ye Xuan's continuous goals, so the defensive end also worked extra hard, Ginobili's pass was almost cut off by Scola, if it weren't for Leonard on the side who relied on his arm span advantage to hold the ball in his arms, the Pacers could use this opportunity to sprinkle a handful of salt on the opponent's wound.
And although Leonard snatched the ball back with difficulty, he had already fallen into the trap of Ye Xuan and Solomon Hill, and when he couldn't find the gap in the pass, Leonard was also in a hurry, jumped out of the sideline and turned around and smashed the ball on Ye Xuan's feet and popped out of the sideline.
Ye Xuan didn't care, after all, although his top robbery failed to directly cut off the basketball, it also consumed a lot of the opponent's offensive time, but Coach Frank on the sidelines obviously didn't want to let go of the opponent, and came to the referee's side and began to complain to the referee about the opponent's actions, but the referee obviously wouldn't change his punishment because of this, and he didn't even look at Coach Frank with a poker face.
And Frank Vogel obviously didn't really think there was anything wrong with this decision, so he complained a few words and went back, the Spurs served on the sideline, but there were only 5 seconds left in the offensive time, the ball was sent to Ginobili's hands, and the bald man didn't have time to make too many moves, and after a simple two steps inward, he had to make a quick stop to shoot, but Ye Xuan's defense made the bald man's offense finally end in failure.
Scola protected the rebound in the backcourt, and then handed the ball to Ye Xuan. After Ye Xuan brought the ball to the front court, he took the initiative to hand the ball to George Hill, and then ran to the low position to ask for the position. However, how could the experienced Spurs continue to let you continue to play in the low post so easily, so when Ye Xuan came to the low post again, Leonard directly chose to go around the front defense, directly cutting off the passing route between Ye Xuan and his teammates, and Ye Xuan, who couldn't ask for the ball, could only pull back into the bottom corner and start preparing to run.
And Hill saw that Ye Xuan had no room to catch the ball, so he decisively gave up the plan to pass the ball to Ye Xuan, but passed the ball to Scola, and the moment Scola received the ball in a low position, he suddenly turned his back and directly passed Dio cleanly, and then shot easily.
However, the Spurs saw that the situation was not good, so they immediately called a timeout, and then replaced all the main players, and the Pacers, on the side, also took the opportunity to replace the main players, after all, the second quarter of the game has been more than 4 minutes.
At the end of the timeout, the Spurs served on the sideline, Parker slowly controlled the ball to the frontcourt, and then began to direct his teammates to run, Ye Xuan stared at Parker, while quietly brewing and preparing to step forward to rush, but Ye Xuan had not yet made a move, Parker took the lead, and suddenly wanted to dribble two steps horizontally on the left, and then broke through directly inward, Ye Xuan was just about to chase the defense, and directly crashed into Duncan's arms.
Parker used Duncan's cover to quickly get rid of Ye Xuan's defense, and used his speed to shake off Hibbert, who had switched over, and Parker scored the ball with an easy hit after hitting the inside line.
On the Pacers' side, after experiencing a wave of small outbursts from Ye Xuan, they ushered in a period of trough, Ye Xuan was once again restrained by Leonard, and the first offense when Pickled Pepper was replaced ended with a shot of iron.
On the Spurs' side, after Leonard grabbed the rebound in the backcourt, he quickly handed the ball to Parker to organize, and after Parker brought the ball to the frontcourt, he didn't know if it was because the Spurs were too far behind, so Parker was eager to chase the points, or the old man himself arranged the tactics like this, Parker did not wait for his teammates to settle down, but directly took advantage of the fact that Ye Xuan and others' defense was not in place and directly pulled it up outside the three-point line and shot, and Parker, who had a poor hand today, finally ended in iron.
This also made everyone on the Pacers' side breathe a sigh of relief, in such a critical period of being chased by the opponent, especially when the opponent pushed the counterattack after their own shooting iron, if the opponent took the opportunity to fight back, it was also a big blow to their morale, but now it's okay, the opponent's offensive rhythm is also broken, so the Pacers' side can also slowly organize their own offense.
After Ye Xuan controlled the ball to the front court, he handed the ball to Pickle Pepper, who faced Danny Green's defense and put on a three-threat posture, and then when the opponent was still observing the movements of his other teammates, Pickle Pepper suddenly started, took two steps past the opponent and made a quick stop jump shot one step outside the free throw line.
On the Spurs' side, it still seemed a little urgent, after serving in the backcourt, Parker quickly advanced to the front court again, and after using Duncan's cover to pass Ye Xuan, Parker hurriedly shot again, and the result naturally ended in iron, but just when Hibbert was about to accept this defensive rebound, Duncan behind him jumped high, and with a light touch of his fingertips, he successfully made up for the ball, which can be regarded as stopping the bleeding for the Spurs.