Chapter 397: The Decisive Moment (Part II)

After hitting this three-point shot that overtook the score, Ye Xuan finally breathed a sigh of relief, after all, since the opening, the Pacers have been in a state of backwardness, chasing the whole three quarters of the game all the way, and only now have they chased the point difference back, Ye Xuan is also under a lot of pressure, but now it's okay, after smoothing out the point difference, Ye Xuan's remaining thing is to continue to attack, further expand the lead, and then win this crucial game.

The Hawks didn't dare to slack off, and directly called a timeout to replace all their main players, wanting to directly carry out the final battle in advance, and the Pacers also had such a plan, Coach Frank also made personnel adjustments during this pause, and replaced all the main players such as Pickle Pepper and Solomon Hill.

At the end of the timeout, the Hawks served on the sideline, Teague received the basketball and slowly brought the ball to the frontcourt, and then directly called Millsap to block and dismantle, using Millsap's cover, Teague successfully avoided Ye Xuan's pursuit, and before Scola who was on the side of the defense arrived, he threw the ball out with a stop-and-go jump shot and scored a two-point goal.

Looking back, Ye Xuan's side immediately returned the opponent with a similar block and broke through, but the supplementary defender Ye Xuan faced was Millsap, so Ye Xuan didn't dare to force it, but Scola also gave Ye Xuan a second option after blocking and dismantling, a hidden ground pass sent the ball to Scola's hands, Scola took another step inward after receiving the ball and was about to dunk it, and Horford on the side immediately came over to make up for the defense, but although Scola was not able to dunk the ball in, it caused Horford's foul.

Scola walked to the free throw line, hit the first free throw steadily, and after high-fives with his teammates, Scola continued his second free throw, but this time, Scola did not control his power well, this time the free throw went wide of the basket, and Hibbert fought hard, but the rebound was finally taken by Millsap. The Hawks immediately turned defense into offense, wanting to take the opportunity to launch a fast attack, Teague ran in front of the front, Horford and Carroll followed, but they still underestimated the Pacers' defensive speed, although Teague rushed to the front after receiving the ball, but there was already a Roman-Hill interfering on the side, and there was a Ye Xuan behind him who was desperately chasing back, and finally Teague reluctantly shot this fast break under the pressure of Solomon Hill and Ye Xuan, and the result could only be a failure.

Pickled pepper grabbed the rebound that popped up and passed the ball to Ye Xuan. At this time, the score of the two teams was already tied, and the Pacers still had the ball, Ye Xuan didn't want to lose such a crucial game, so he slowly brought the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt, and suddenly took the ball with both hands and moved up a step outside the three-point line as if he was going to shoot directly, Jeff Teague hurriedly flew over to block Ye Xuan.

Although Ye Xuan had already jumped, he did not use all his strength, but pressed down with both hands, directly passed the ball to Solomon Hill on the side, and then quickly landed and ran inward, and Hill immediately handed the ball back to Ye Xuan with a blow, at this time Teague recovered from the inertia of struggling to jump and block just now, and after landing, he hurriedly chased back, but it was too late.

After Ye Xuan received Solomon-Hill's return pass, he took two steps to the inside, and calmly made a worship action in the face of Horford, who came over to make up the defense, although he did not shake the opponent away, but also attracted the attention of the other party, and then took the opportunity to hit the ground in a concealment, and handed the ball directly from Horford's crotch to Hibbert behind the latter, after Hibbert received the ball, of course, he would not waste the opportunity to perform, and directly pulled up his hands and smashed the ball into the basket.

The audience at the scene immediately burst into boos, but the beautiful crotch-piercing pass and violent two-handed slam dunk still made the Pacers bench cheer, Ye Xuan and Hibbert showed the audience two completely different, basketball charm, and also took the lead for the Pacers again.

But the Pacers didn't rejoice for a few seconds, the Hawks immediately made a comeback, Jeff Teague came to the front court with the ball, handed the ball to Millsap, and after the latter received the ball, he didn't slow down, and directly hit the Pacers' interior line, knocked away the defensive Scola, and pulled it up directly in the face of Hibbert's supplementary defense to dunk, although it didn't go as he wanted under Hibbert's interference, but Hibbert also paid a foul price for it.

Now Hibbert should also start to be careful, because this is his fourth foul, if he has a fifth foul on his back, his defense on the inside will become timid, which is undoubtedly fatal for a defensive player, so under the reminder of Pickle Pepper, Hibbert began to control his actions when defending, and the actions with the danger of fouls should be handed over to his teammates who came to make up for the defense. Although it has come to the decisive moment of the final quarter, Hibbert will definitely not be replaced, but this is still not good news for the Pacers, after all, if Hibbert is sent off, the Pacers' interior line will be lost again, and at this critical moment, the loss of the interior line is tantamount to breaking a leg of the Pacers.

Fortunately, Millsap's free throw shooting percentage also seemed to be affected by the foul just now, so only one of the two free throws was hit, and the Pacers still had a one-point lead. The Pacers served in the backcourt, Ye Xuan slowly controlled the basketball to the frontcourt, and then handed the ball to Pickle Pepper, and then he began to run without the ball, but this round Teague judged Ye Xuan's running position quite accurately, so he cut off Ye Xuan's receiving line, and Pickled Pepper had no choice but to pass the ball to Hibbert, who was in an important position on the inside.

Hibbert received the ball and observed his opponent's position, then sank down to prepare to single Horford. Unfortunately, Carol on the side came out to trap Hibbert, and Hibbert had to pass the ball back on. Pickled pepper received Hibbert's pass, directly two consecutive body changes in front of the body to pass Korver, who came to make up for the defense, and then took a step inside the three-point line to make a stop-and-go jump shot, the basketball smashed in front of the basket, bumped twice, and finally slid out, but Hibbert was already stuck on the inside, so he easily grabbed the offensive rebound. After Hibbert grabbed the rebound, he threw the ball out and handed it to Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan took the ball and shot three points again, the ball finally did not disappoint everyone, hollow into the basket, and the Pacers successfully led the opponent by 3 points.