Chapter 393: Chasing after Victory? Or is it a fight against the odds?
The time soon came on May 13th, the Pacers rushed to Atlanta in the afternoon, ready to play the fifth game of the crucial Eastern Conference semifinals, if the Pacers can win the opponent on the road, they can directly advance to the Eastern Conference finals, waiting for the Cavaliers and Bulls to decide the winner between them, but if the Hawks can win this game, then the game will be dragged back to the Conseco Arena for the sixth game, for the Hawks, They have no way back now, and they can only fight with their backs, and the Pacers certainly don't want to have a long night, and want to take advantage of the victory to chase down the opponent and crush the opponent in one fell swoop.
So the current situation is also very obvious, and at the same time, there is a legendary paradox, should the Pacers chase the poor and not sell the name of the overlord? Or is it the Eagles' side that is fighting with their backs and breaking the boat? All this can only be seen in the arena again.
The game started soon, and the atmosphere on the Pacers' side was still relatively relaxed, after all, they had already won the match point, so they were able to joke with each other from time to time, and the Hawks were a little embarrassed, because the Pacers seized the opportunity to take the lead in two consecutive games, and then gradually turned the advantage into a victory, and finally lost the game, and their hearts were not comfortable, so the atmosphere in the locker room was not easy before this crucial game.
At the beginning of the game, Hibbert still maintained his jump ball against Horford, Ye Xuan received the basketball that was patted, slowly controlled the ball to the front court, and then waited for his teammates to all fall into position, and then began the first round of offense, in the face of Teague's defense, Ye Xuan naturally became the Pacers' unyielding strong point, so he made a gesture for his teammates to pull, and then began to single Teague, first in a three-threat posture, and then after two consecutive tentative steps, A body changed direction to shake off Teague in front of him, quickly slashed to the opponent's restricted area, and then made a direct stop-and-go jump shot before Millsap had time to come over to make up for the defense, and easily hit two points.
The Eagles served the ball in the backcourt, Teague slowly controlled the basketball to the frontcourt, and then handed the ball to Millsap, who was in the position of the inside, and then took his defender away from Millsap's side, Rice God observed the opponent's position, and then sank down to prepare to single Scola. It's a pity that the pickled pepper on the side came out and prepared to wrap Millsap, so Mishen had to pass the ball again. However, Carroll on the outside missed this time, although Solomon Hill on the side tried his best to make up for the defense, but it was too late, Carroll hit a three-pointer after receiving the ball.
The Pacers served in the backcourt, and after Ye Xuan brought the ball to the frontcourt, a horizontal pass handed the ball to the side of the pickled pepper, and the pickled pepper took advantage of Carroll's failure to react and directly pulled out his hand outside the three-point line, but unfortunately this time the shot was a little anxious, so the shot ended in iron. Horford grabbed the rebound and passed the ball to Teague on the side, Teague immediately ran, trying to find an opportunity to make a long-distance run, but unfortunately Ye Xuan had already stopped his way, forcing Teague to stabilize the ball, and then wait for his teammates to settle down and play slowly.
Teague called Millsap on the inside to help block and dismantle, and then used his speed to force into the opponent's penalty area, but Ye Xuan's defense came very timely, sealing all the space for Teague's shot, and in desperation, Teague could only pass the ball out and hand it to Korver, who knew that Korver was also an anxious son, after receiving the ball, he ignored Solomon Hill's hand that had been sealed on his face, and directly pulled out a three-point jumper, 2:6! The Pacers got off to a bad start.
But fortunately, although the Pacers started with a little eagerness, the overall strength should still have a slight upper hand, Ye Xuan slowed down the speed of the offense again, and then continued to force a single Teague, Teague still failed to prevent Ye Xuan this time, and was forced by Ye Xuan into the restricted area, causing Millsap's defensive foul, but unfortunately the Hawks seemed to have explained in advance, so they were very ruthless to Ye Xuan's foul, and did not give Ye Xuan a chance of 2+1 at all. walked to the free throw line and hit two free throws steadily, and Ye Xuan also helped the Pacers stop the bleeding.
The Eagles organized an attack again, this time Teague did not choose to attack by himself, and directly handed the ball to Carol on the side, after Carroll got the ball, he also wanted to directly break through Pickled Pepper to score points, but how could Pickled Pepper give him this opportunity, and directly a lateral move stuck on Carroll's breakthrough route, Carroll had no choice but to pass the ball back to Teague to reorganize the offense.
After Teague got the ball again, he saw that the offensive time was less than 8 seconds, so he chose to force a breakthrough directly, using the cover of Millsap pulled out from the inside, and after two steps inside, a point found Korver, who had just run out of the vacancy, and the marksman was unrelenting after receiving the ball, and directly hit a 3-pointer. And Solomon Hill, who originally defended Korver, was blocked by Millsap's block.
And looking back, after Ye Xuan came to the front court with the ball here, he hoisted the ball to Hibbert who asked for the ball on the inside again, and Hibbert had to sink down to hit Horford with his back after receiving the ball, but Hibbert just started dribbling, and the referee's whistle sounded on the side, Ye Xuan thought that Horford chose to commit a direct foul, who knew that the referee's gesture turned out to be an offensive foul. Now Hibbert blew up, he just received the ball and didn't start the official back play, where did the offensive foul come from, so he stepped forward to find the referee theory, but unfortunately the referee looked iron-faced and selfless, so Pickled Pepper could only step forward and bring Hiberta back.
Fortunately, in the next round, the Hawks' offense also ended in failure, Carroll's shooting iron, so that Hibbert found an opportunity to grab the backcourt rebound, and directly found Ye Xuan, who had begun to break fast, Ye Xuan easily shook off the chasing Teague after receiving the ball, and easily scored two points again with a layup.
The Eagles served from the baseline again, and after Teague controlled the ball and came to the frontcourt, he still called his teammates to help block the pick-and-roll, because he found that his long-range shot was definitely not enough to threaten the opponent. After blocking and dismantling, Teague used Millsap's cover to evade Ye Xuan's pursuit, and then shot again near the free throw line, but this shot was ironed again because of the interference of Scola, who was on the side.