Chapter 175: Leonard's Battle of the Gods (Part I)

At the end of the substitution, Hibbert went to the free throw line to complete his free throw, and the first free throw was securely hit, Hibbert and his teammates high-fived one by one, and then after a little deliberation, he hit the second free throw.

The Spurs served the ball in the backcourt, and just when the Pacers players on the court thought that the Spurs would refocus their offense to Duncan, the Spurs still chose Leonard, who had a good touch, as the core of the offense, and Parker brought the ball to the front court and passed the ball to Leonard.

Leonard received the ball one step outside the three-point line, and in the face of Pickled Pepper's defense, he decisively chose to call his teammates, with the help of Split, Leonard successfully dodged Pickled Pepper's pursuit, and then forced Scola directly after entering the restricted area, I don't know if Leonard's small universe broke out, this kind of shooting with a person on his body still let him shoot, and the referee also blew Scola's foul in a timely manner, 2+1!

Leonard walked to the free throw line and made a steady free throw, extending the difference between the two teams to 5 points, and the Pacers were also a little anxious at this time, if the opponent continued to play like this, their home court would be lost.

Fortunately, the players on the field now feel good, although Ye Xuan can't find too good shooting space, but he can still use his running position and key positions in the low post to cause some interference to the opponent, this round, that is, when Ye Xuan ran to the low position on the left side without the ball, he suddenly braked again, and then stuck the position to find Hill to ask for the ball, after receiving the ball, Ye Xuan once again used his low post mastery, turned his back and threw a jump shot, helping the team get two points.

It's a pity that on the defensive end, the Pacers still haven't found any good way to fight against the self-confident Leonard, who scored 18 points in the first two quarters, and then after a short period of slump in the third quarter, now entering the fourth quarter, Leonard's score has come to his own single-game scoring record, 26 points. And with this momentum, Leonard's record in the Finals is almost a foregone conclusion.

Sure enough, in the next round, Leonard used the pull-up jump shot after the block to score again, breaking his personal single-game scoring record and increasing the Spurs' score to 100 points, while the Pacers also scored 95 points soon after the start of the fourth quarter, but still failed to take the lead.

And Pickled Pepper, who failed to successfully contain Leonard on the defensive end, could only chase back the score on the offensive end, and after receiving Hill's pass at the top of the arc, Pickled Pepper put on a three-threat posture, using tentative steps to mobilize Danny Green's defense while observing Ye Xuan's running.

Just when Ye Xuan ran near the top of the arc, Pickled Pepper suddenly started, a sudden acceleration, and rushed directly from the other side of Danny Green to the opponent's penalty area, Green was still worried that Ye Xuan would help Pickled Pepper block and dismantle after he suddenly ran over, but he didn't expect Pickled Pepper to break through directly from the other side, and Pickled Pepper was not ready to go deep into the opponent's hinterland after passing Green, and scored two points directly in the middle of the shot before Duncan had time to make up for it.

On the other hand, kawaii's offense is still unabated, and it is true that when a person turns on scoring mode, it is too difficult to get him back to the original defensive blue-collar style of play, because in basketball, offense is always more attractive than defense.

But this time, Parker didn't hand the ball to Leonard as soon as he passed the half, but instead gestured to Leonard to run, and then used Danny Green's cover to get into the Pacers restricted area, and then found Duncan who was mentioned in the high post, Duncan didn't shoot himself, but a hidden ground-hitting pass sent the ball to the hand of kawaii who ran inside, Leonard received the ball and went directly to the three-step layup to score two points again.

Both teams performed very well on the offensive end, but it also reflected from the side that both teams were helpless against the opponent's efficient offense, after all, the offense of both teams actually ended with shooting, but the offensive players feel so good, as long as they are given a little space, they can hit the shot.

This is the case with the Pacers' offense, Pickles took advantage of the opponent's positional error to force past Green, and when Split stepped forward to make up for the defense, he directly distributed the ball to Hill in the high post, Hill received the ball and dribbled a shot directly, directly shook Parker who pounced and then dribbled two steps inside before making a shot, still hit.

Looking back, the Spurs' offense was finally iron, and this time Leonard didn't find any good opportunities to catch the ball, so Parker forced the shot directly under the pickled pepper's defense after he got rid of Hill with the help of the block, and as a result, the shot that was seriously interfered with by the pickled pepper finally failed to score, Scola grabbed the defensive rebound, and then quickly handed the ball to the pickled pepper next to him.

Pickled Pepper looked up and saw that Ye Xuan and Hill had already started to play a fast attack, but Leonard and Danny Green's retreat speed was very fast, and they didn't give themselves a chance to launch a fast attack with a long pass, so they simply slowly dribbled the ball to the front court, and then made plans.

After coming to the Spurs halfcourt, Pickle Pepper still didn't find any chance to pass the ball, so he simply made a gesture directly, let his teammates all pull away, let himself play alone, facing Danny Green, Pickle Pepper shook the opponent's center of gravity away with two consecutive changes of direction, and then suddenly a step back to pick up the Buddha action, Danny Green also wanted to pounce forward to follow the defense, but due to the unstable center of gravity, he stumbled directly under his feet and fell to the ground, and he could only watch Pickle Pepper easily dribble the ball and go away, and hit a shot on the free throw line.

Seeing that Pickled Pepper suddenly came to shoot after shaking the opponent to the ground, the audience also breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately began to cheer, after all, their home team has been pressed and beaten by the opponent just now, as a home fans, everyone is also afraid that the Pacers will lose, so the atmosphere at the scene is also a little dignified, but after this ball, the atmosphere on the scene is warm again, and the confidence of the Pacers has also been improved to a certain extent.

However, the Spurs didn't seem to be affected by the ball, so there was no panic, they still slowly sent the ball out, and then slowly brought the ball to the frontcourt, and then began to organize the offense by Parker, but after Parker passed the ball to Green, and then Green's shooting hit the iron, Ye Xuan knew that Green's psychological state was still affected.