Chapter 126: The Dull Third Section (I)
After hitting all the first few shots after the start of the third quarter of the game, all of a sudden continuous iron began, and after seven consecutive offensive scores, James finally broke through to make fouls and hit free throws to end the embarrassment of continuous iron, but unfortunately after the free throws, the two teams still felt very poor, and once again hit three irons, and the fans yawned.
In desperation, less than 5 minutes into the third quarter of the game, the Heat finally couldn't stand it, called a timeout and began to adjust the mentality and feel of the players, and by the way, replaced Battier with Ray Allen. Although the Pacers did not make any personnel adjustments, Coach Frank also prepared a contingency plan, calling Solomon Hill and George Hill on the side to start warming up in case the opponent suddenly chased the score after finding his touch.
After returning from the timeout, the Heat brought the ball to the front court by Chalmers and handed the ball to Wade, who was waiting at the top of the arc, and due to personnel adjustments, James had already mentioned the position of power forward, so he looked for opportunities in the low post.
After Wade got the basketball, he immediately called James's blocking and dismantling cover, and after the two of them collided with the wall, they quickly disassembled, Wade took the opportunity to rush inward, and under the pursuit of Pickled Pepper, he turned around flexibly and directly passed the opponent, and threw a backward jumper, and then the bad hand did not change because of the end of the timeout, and the shooting was still iron.
On the Pacers' side, Pickled Pepper grabbed the rebound, and then quickly moved forward, but was interfered by Ray Allen halfway, so he had no choice but to slow down, and then handed the ball to Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan took the ball to the frontcourt, and handed the ball to Hibbert on the inside again, hoping that he could use his body to help the Pacers open up the situation on the inside, but Hibbert's back hit turned and hooked hands still ended in iron.
The two sides have been playing for almost 6 minutes in the third quarter, and they only scored a total of 8 points, so it's no wonder that the commentators on the scene almost fell asleep. But fortunately, in the next round, the Heat scored a layup by James inside.
On the Pacers' side, Ye Xuan did not show weakness, and immediately wanted to break into the opponent's inner line and use the color, but unfortunately in addition to Bosh guarding the inner line, now James also lives in it, thinking of James's big hat, Ye Xuan couldn't help but feel a palpitation, so in the end, under James's supplemental defense, Ye Xuan did not choose to shoot, but handed the ball to West who took advantage of James' defense to pull aside, West received the ball and threw it, and hit it steadily, It also broke the Pacers' five-minute scoring drought in the third quarter.
Then, the Heat seemed to have found a way to attack, constantly using James as the axis on the inside, or outside players cutting inside, or real giants pulling outside, to break up the Pacers' defensive formation, and then James decided whether to attack the inside by himself or distribute the ball to the outside after attracting the bag, and in 4 consecutive rounds, this style of play worked well, scoring 5 points for the Heat.
On the other hand, the Pacers' side is a bit hard, Lance and Pickled Pepper don't feel good, West's shooting feel is not bad, but he can't find the space to shoot well, but Ye Xuan finds space to shoot one after another, if it is usual, the opponent has already been stunned by Ye Xuan's deadly soul chasing shot, but unfortunately the current Ye Xuan's hand is not particularly good, and he only scored 3 points in 3 shots.
Coach Frank couldn't see it, so he simply called a timeout, replaced the poor pickled pepper and Lance, replaced two Hills, and then replaced Hibbert with Masimmi. Ye Xuan was promoted to the position of scoring guard, although he did not feel good, he could also play a certain role in interfering with the opponent, and a shooter like Ye Xuan didn't know when he would suddenly open up, and the opponent couldn't eat and walk around as soon as he felt it.
After the pause, the Pacers served on the sideline, and the basketball was handed to George Hill's hands, and then everyone pulled away, ready to let him single the opponent to test the water first, but he didn't expect that Hill's first statistic after coming on the court was actually a mistake, dribbling and dribbling, and Wade who suddenly appeared next to him directly cut off the ball in his hand, and scored two points directly.
After sending a mistake, Hill perked up and began to carefully deal with Chalmers in front of him, first changing hands under the crotch, pulling the ball to the right, then suddenly starting to break inside, and then immediately pulled the ball back to his left hand when the opponent's center of gravity was not stable, successfully passed the opponent and hit a mid-range shot near the free throw line.
Seeing Hill's shot hollow into the net, the Pacers generals breathed a sigh of relief, after all, there was at least one person on their side whose shooting was reliable, and there would be no embarrassing situation of continuous iron.
And after the Pacers replaced Solomon Hill and George Hill, there is another benefit, that is, the rotation speed when defending has been improved, and the speed of rotation is exactly what restricts the Heat's current style of play that uses the interior as the axis to tear apart the defensive formation. So the Heat team is tragic again, and they can't easily tear out the gap, and the Heat's shooting rate began to decline again, although they can still score, but the shooting rate is very touching.
With about two minutes left in the third quarter, the Heat finally made some personnel adjustments, returning Chalmers and Wade to Norris Kerr and Haslem, and the real giants were also replaced by Oden, which was also Oden's first appearance in the Eastern Conference Finals.
James returned to his familiar position as a small forward, and the Pacers also relieved themselves to replace West with the relatively thin Scola on his side. At the end of the timeout, the Heat served from the sideline, and after receiving the basketball, Kerr dribbled two steps and handed the ball to James.
James held the ball at the top of the arc, commanded his teammates to run, and motioned for Auden the Great to go to the inside line, and then passed the ball into the inside. Although Auden the Great was tormented by injuries, he was still able to exert his basic skills while he was healthy.
After receiving the ball on the inside, Auden the Great quickly hit Masin Rice twice with his back on his back, and then turned around with a small hook hand to score the ball, which also made Spoelstra's eyes light up under the field, after all, if Auden the Great can always behave like this, then the internal problem of his own team will soon be solved, but unfortunately Auden the Great hit him in the face in an instant, and in the next defensive stage, the Emperor was killed into the inside line due to the long-term absence of the battlefield, Ye Xuan, who was killed into the inner line, easily swayed, not only scored the ball but also made a foul.