Chapter 246: Physical Strength Problems

And Ye Xuan also began to encounter trouble here, after Dellavedova came on the field, he was like a mad dog, and began to press Ye Xuan all over the court, and he didn't care whether his movements were too big, and he stepped forward to find an opportunity to make physical contact with Ye Xuan at every opportunity, which made Ye Xuan feel very uncomfortable, because the defensive players Ye Xuan met last season were all Leonard, Tony Allen, and Battier, which can be regarded as a humble and gentleman-type defensive player, The movements of this kind of defensive players are relatively clean, but when he encounters such a disgusting defensive strategy as Dellavedova, Ye Xuan suddenly can't get used to it.

So after Ye Xuan came to the front court, he immediately chose to pass the ball, not that he was afraid of the opponent, but Ye Xuan wanted to use the opponent's backhand to get rid of the mad dog's pursuit, Ye Xuan passed the ball to Solomon Hill on the side, and immediately ran towards Solomon Hill, and after making a wall-hitting cooperation with Hill, the two quickly distanced themselves, at this time the basketball had been quietly stuffed into Ye Xuan's hands by Hill, and Dellavedova behind Ye Xuan was also blocked by Hill, Ye Xuan's side decisively chose to use his footsteps to single the opponent in the face of James's supplementary defense, to be honest, James's defense is not at the same level as his offense.

After using three consecutive changes of direction to shake the opponent away, Ye Xuan directly took a step back and pulled his shot position outside the three-point line, and the result was naturally needless to say, the three-point shot narrowed the difference between the two teams to only 1 point. However, although this goal was scored, Ye Xuan also felt that his physical exertion had also increased this round.

After playing a few more rounds on the court like this, Ye Xuan's physical strength finally began to be a little insufficient, first on the defensive end, he was not able to help Solomon Hill make up for the defense in time, resulting in Hill being forcibly deducted by James. Later, on the offensive end, Ye Xuan's shooting ended in iron, and this time and again, the Cavaliers instantly opened up a little bit of the score difference that Ye Xuan had managed to catch up.

Coach Frank off the field was also very decisive, seeing that Ye Xuan was tired now, he immediately called a timeout, replaced Ye Xuan, and replaced Shambaugh with him. The benches began to become a little unable to play again without Ye Xuan's leadership, and in the remaining nearly two minutes of the first quarter, the Pacers scored only 5 points in total, and Smith hit an unreasonable three-pointer. The Cavaliers also took advantage of this opportunity to stretch the gap to seven points in one fell swoop.

At the beginning of the second quarter, both sides replaced their main players, and the Pacers only sent David West, Smith and others, who had rested for half the quarter, to play on the bench, which was a small lineup. The Cavaliers, on the other hand, chose to let George Hill lead a bench to play on the court.

I have to say that George Hill's organizational ability is indeed much stronger than Ronnie Starkey, so although the bench lineup on the Pacers' side is stronger than the opponent on paper, it is a pity that the final result is five-five. And the opponent obviously didn't want to give Ye Xuan too much rest, and after only two minutes of the second quarter of the game, they replaced James again, which made the Pacers have to replace Ye Xuan, after all, if James is on the court and Ye Xuan is not there, the Pacers are likely to be blown up by the opponent in a few rounds.

Fortunately, after a few minutes of rest, Ye Xuan's physical strength had recovered partially, so there was obviously no special problem with playing. At this time, the Pacers trailed by six points at 31-37, and the opponent still had the ball.

As soon as James came up, he directly took over the ball, and the Cavaliers sideline served the ball directly into James's hands, - Smith decisively chose to break through directly, although the body was not tough enough, but the reaction was still very fast, the movements in his hands were very sharp, and he immediately wanted to make a mistake to dig out James's ball, James was also taken aback, and quickly held the ball with both hands, which did not let J, R-Smith take the ball away, but in this way, the Cavaliers suddenly had a dead ball, Ye Xuan's side also immediately touched over and prepared to wrap James.

James's reaction was still quite fast, and he immediately passed the ball to George Hill on the outside, and Hill shot a three-pointer directly from the outside, but unfortunately the basketball shot was a little hasty, and it was also affected by the interference of C.J. Watson, so the basketball was not able to shoot. But just when the Pacers were about to start playing a fast break, Tristan Thompson forcibly grabbed this frontcourt rebound on the inside, and then pressed West to force a shot, but unfortunately Thompson's crosshair was a bit pitiful, and the power of the small hook was not able to be adjusted, so in the end the offense ended in failure.

West didn't give Thompson a chance to grab a rebound in the front court again, and stuck the opponent behind him, Scola on the side accepted the rebound and quickly passed the ball to Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan immediately rushed towards the opponent's half after receiving the ball, but Ye Xuan's fast-break routine was obviously also known to George Hill, so Ye Xuan's fast-break could only become a positional battle in the end.

After West and the others were in place, Ye Xuan began to move, first asked West on the inside to come out to help make a block, and then took advantage of the delay of his teammates to pass James who came to make up for the defense, and Thompson next to him also wanted to come over to help make up for the defense, but Ye Xuan passed the ball from the back of his head and stuffed the ball directly to David West who followed from behind, and West unceremoniously smashed the ball into the basket with one hand directly.

After a little more than a minute into the game, the two teams began to make personnel changes again, with the Pacers replacing West and C.J. Smith with Hibbert, Solomon Hill and Shambaugh. And the Cavaliers also replaced their Big Three. In this way, the official duel between the two teams in the second quarter can be regarded as the beginning, but unfortunately the state of Ye Xuan's side in the second quarter is really a little weak, although he can still occasionally shoot one or two eye-catching goals, but most of the time in the attack, Ye Xuan still chose to pass, because he found that he couldn't find any good opportunities to shoot.