Chapter 129: The Final Battle
It's the same two points, but the difference is that one is a direct score, while the other is just two free throws, and the latter can successfully kill the opponent's core player, so why not? Pickles made both free throws steadily, which not only stabilized the Pacers' position, but also stretched the gap between the two sides to 4 points.
The Heat served the ball in the backcourt, James directly took on the responsibility of controlling the ball, and after he brought the ball to the frontcourt, a horizontal pass handed the ball to Wade on the side, Wade took advantage of the pickled pepper when he didn't react directly outside the three-point line, but Wade's three-point shooting rate really can't be used as a conventional weapon, and the shot finally ended in iron.
Hibbert grabbed the rebound and handed the ball to Ye Xuan, while the Heat team, having learned the lesson of the last round, retreated very quickly and did not give Ye Xuan a chance to break quickly, so Ye Xuan could only slowly control the ball to the front court, and then passed it to the pickled pepper who wanted the ball.
Pickled pepper received the basketball, made a three-threat posture at the top of the arc, and after two consecutive tentative steps, one body changed direction to shake Wade in front of him, quickly killed the opponent's restricted area, and then made a direct emergency stop jump shot before Bosh had time to come over to make up for the defense, but unfortunately this shot was still iron.
In the next two rounds, the Heat's offense also began to be blocked, and successive breakouts found teammates who were missed, but Bosh and Battier's open three-pointers ended in iron, and on the Pacers' side, David West's mid-range shot and Hibbert's low-post back-to-back singles failed to score points for the team.
So with 6 minutes left in the game, the score of the two teams remained at 109:105. After calling a timeout, the Heat swapped Chalmers for the more experienced Ray Allen.
After the pause, James received the sideline serve, started quickly, and left Lance, who was not stuck in position, behind him in a few big strides, and then forced a shot against Hibbert's defense, Hibbert didn't dare to make any big moves, so he could only raise his hands and try to interfere with the opponent, but such a move was simply a drizzle for James, ignoring Hibbert's interference, James scored two points with an easy layup, ending the Heat captain's two-minute scoring drought.
On the Pacers' side, Ye Xuan is still in control of the ball, after coming to the front court, Ye Xuan called Pickled Pepper to come forward to help block and dismantle, while Wade was still observing Pickled Pepper's position, Ye Xuan suddenly started, and entered the opponent's penalty area in two steps, although Battier on the side tried his best to come over to make up for the defense, but Ye Xuan still shot the ball under Battier's face-covering defense.
But Ye Xuan never expected that James, who had been playing for nearly 40 minutes in this game, suddenly broke out at this time, and was under the defense of Lance for three consecutive rounds, either using his speed and body, or using the cover of his teammates, passing Lance and then shooting in the dry pull. In an instant, the 4-point difference was directly erased.
If it weren't for the Pacers' side also relying on the breakthrough of Pickled Pepper to score two points, the Pacers would have been directly overtaken by the opponent now. The Pacers also found a problem, and had no choice but to replace Lance, who was not in shape today, and then replace George Hill, ready to speed up to deal with the opponent.
After Hill came up, he took over the task of dribbling the ball through the half, but after coming to the front court, he still handed the ball to Ye Xuan to organize, because Ye Xuan has often been able to send some elusive passes since he gained Dragic's passing talent.
After Ye Xuan received the pass, he slowly directed his teammates to run, and then he also began to observe the position of Wade, who was opposite him, and then Ye Xuan dribbled the ball to the left for two steps, and then suddenly started, Wade hurriedly chased after the defense, and as a result, he fell into George Hill's arms, it turned out that Hill suddenly came up and set up a block for Ye Xuan after slipping a circle of the bottom line.
And this block and dismantling not only blocked Wade behind him, but also defended Hill's Ray Allen, but also failed to come over in time to make up for the defense because of the opponent's off-ball running, Ye Xuan saw that he was already in a state of no defense, and retreated to the three-point line with a step back, and then shot the ball steadily.
In the next few rounds, both sides failed to score points due to the decline in physical fitness and the increase in defensive intensity, and the score was still 116:113 while most of the time had been consumed, and now the game time was less than two minutes. And the ball is in the hands of the Heat.
James came to the three-point line with the ball, ready to repeat the old trick and break through the opponent directly, but Pickled Pepper's defense made James's plan abort, and James, who failed to break through the opponent, could only retreat to the three-point line to reorganize the offense, this time he called Bosh to help block and dismantle, after the change of defense, James used his footsteps to pass Hibbert, and when the latter chased back, he finally caused Hibbert's fifth foul, and the basketball that James threw out of his hand fell directly into the basket.
After playing this 2+1, James had a 'small scene' expression, signaling his teammates to calm down and the game was not over. Then he came to the free throw line and steadily hit the free throw, dragging the scores of the two teams back to the same running line again.
The Pacers served the ball in the backcourt, Ye Xuan slowly controlled the basketball to the frontcourt, and then handed the ball to Hibbert, who was in the key position on the inside, and then took his defender away from Hibbert's side, Hibbert observed the opponent's position, and then sank down to prepare to play Bosh alone. It's a pity that James on the side came out and prepared to wrap up Hibbert, and Hibbert had to pass the ball back out.
Pickled Pepper received Hibbert's pass, directly changed two consecutive body forwards to Ray Allen, who came to make up for the defense, and then took a step inside the three-point line to make a pull-up jump shot, the basketball smashed in front of the basket, bummed 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 was ready to make another three-point shot after receiving the ball, but Wade's timely defense left Ye Xuan with no room to shoot, so he could only press down the rhythm again and reorganize the offense.
Retreating outside the three-point line, Ye Xuan slowly controlled the basketball, and then made a wall-hitting cooperation with Pickle Pepper, covertly handed the ball into Pickle Pepper's hand, and pretended to continue to break through, successfully attracting Wade's attention, and Pickled Pepper took the opportunity to take two steps inward, and made a stop-and-go jump shot near the free throw line, and finally scored the ball.