Chapter 422: The Sixth Battle of the East
The sixth game of the East Finals was on the 27th, so on the 26th, Ye Xuan was still able to train his two newly acquired talents, so in everyone's surprised eyes, Ye Xuan began to grab rebounds in the training match! Although Ye Xuan's ability to grab the board in the card position does still need to be improved, at least he can have rebounding data, which can give the Pacers a lot of benefits, such as Ye Xuan can see the timing to launch a quick counterattack after grabbing the rebound in the backcourt, and for example, if Ye Xuan grabs the rebound, if he has the opportunity, he can directly use the long pass to help his teammates score points.
These opportunities are fleeting, so if someone else grabs the rebound and then hands the ball to Ye Xuan, it will miss the opportunity, but if Ye Xuan completes the step of grabbing the rebound himself, maybe the Pacers can have one or two more fast breaks per game. In addition, Ye Xuan also shot two midfield three-pointers from time to time to scare his teammates, so everyone's focus in this training match was on Ye Xuan. Fortunately, this training session is closed, and there is no media present, which is a good thing, at least in the next game, the Cavaliers can be caught off guard.
The time soon came to 8 o'clock in the evening on the 27th, the Pacers welcomed the challenge of the Cleveland Cavaliers at their home stadium of Conseco Arena, this game is crucial, although the Pacers have the match point, but once they lose this game, the big score will be equalized, and the next game will be played at the Quick Loan Center, which will be very unfavorable to the Pacers.
At the beginning of the game, Hibbert did not miss this time, and directly gave the racket to Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan slowly controlled the basketball and walked to the front court after receiving the ball, facing the defense of his old opponent Dellavedova, Ye Xuan made a gesture to signal Scola to step forward to help block and dismantle, but before Scola came up, Ye Xuan took advantage of Dellavedova's attention to Scola and changed direction to the other side to throw the opponent away.
After rushing into the Cavaliers' penalty area, Ye Xuan faced Valejo who came over to make up for the defense, and threw the ball directly with a small stop, without giving Vallejo the slightest opportunity to make an offensive foul, and looking at Valejo's action of falling backwards when he wanted to take advantage of the situation, Ye Xuan almost couldn't hold back his laughter.
After James came to the front court with the ball, Solomon Hill's kraft candy was quickly pasted, and unlike Tony Allen's defense that relied on his feet and body together, Solomon Hill relied more on his own stalking and lateral movement of footwork to defend.
So when James is defended by Solomon, the consumption of physical energy will be greater, this attack James did not choose to attack by himself, and directly handed the ball to George Hill on the side, after Hill took the ball, he still wanted to directly break through Ye Xuan to score points, but how could Ye Xuan give him this opportunity, and directly a lateral move stuck on Hill's breakthrough route, Hill had no choice but to pass the ball back to James to reorganize the attack.
After James got the ball again, he saw that the offensive time was less than 8 seconds, so he chose to break through directly, and after taking two steps inward with the advantage of physical strength, a point found Dellavedova who had just run out of the vacancy, Dellavedova received the ball without mercy, and directly hit a 3-pointer. It turned out that Pickle Pepper and Solomon Hill were not able to chase down Dellavedova in time after switching defenses, and when they started to chase and defend, they were blocked by Valejo again, Dellavedova took the opportunity to slip the bottom line and ran out of the gap, and then received a pass in the bottom right corner and hit a three-pointer.
Ye Xuan saw that the opponent immediately returned a three-point score, and he was also very unhappy. After receiving the baseline serve in the backcourt, Ye Xuan immediately came to the front court with the ball, called Scola to help block the demolition, and took advantage of a small gap behind the blocking and dismantling to directly retreat and shoot, and it was another difficult three-point shot. After throwing, Ye Xuan provoked the opponent with his signature move. The audience at the scene really gave Ye Xuan a lot of face, and they all made sounds to cooperate with Ye Xuan.
The Cavaliers attacked with the ball again, this time the Pacers still let Pickle Pepper and Solomon Hill switch defenses, in order to let Pickle Pepper save some physical strength and play better on the offensive end, James held the ball and looked at Solomon Hill in front of him, and he was also very unhappy, and he was directly ready to forcibly break through the opponent, but just after James started, the Pacers immediately contracted the defense by Pickle Pepper and wrapped him, so James had to pass the ball out again, and it was George Hill who received the ball, Hill didn't stop after receiving the ball, and directly handed the ball to Vallejo, who hit the ball twice with his back and then threw the ball away with a back-to-back layup, but unfortunately this shot ended in iron.
Ye Xuan saw the opportunity to grab the rebound, and then threw the ball directly to the front court with a long throw, Pickled Pepper had already run past the midcourt at this time, hurriedly grabbed Ye Xuan's long pass in two steps, and then grabbed the basketball after dribbling a step It was a violent dunk after three steps, and the audience at the scene suddenly cheered again. James's brows also furrowed here, if it was Pickled Pepper who grabbed the backcourt rebound and then Ye Xuan went down quickly, the Cavaliers could still believe that when Ye Xuan would also be able to grab the rebound and make a long pass?
But there is no way, they have just been scored by the opponent like this, and now the opening is only a little more than 1 minute, and the Cavaliers are already 3:7 behind the opponent by 4 points, which is not a good start for the Cavaliers. Fortunately, James feels very good today, after two consecutive rounds of breakthrough to no avail, James directly changed a tactic, after receiving the ball in the front court, he directly called Vallejo to help block and dismantle, after blocking Solomon Hill, James took a step to the side, and then directly pulled it out when the pepper had not had time to make up for the defense, James's three-point shooting rate was actually not very high, but this ball still let him shoot.
The Pacers had to serve in the backcourt, Ye Xuan slowly controlled the basketball to the front court, and then hoisted the ball to Hibbert on the inside, after Hibbert received the ball, the other four members of the Pacers immediately pulled away, let Hibbert single, Hibbert singled Tristan Thompson This kind of jumping man is still very handy, after a few knocks the opponent away, a small hook hand turned around and hit the ball, and the opening 4 consecutive hits, the Pacers can be said to play smoothly.