Chapter 121: Steady and Steady
After easily scoring the ball, Ye Xuan slowly retreated to his own half, Chalmers once again controlled the ball and came to the front court, and then under the cover of Battier, he got rid of Ye Xuan's defense outside the three-point line and opened his hand to shoot, but it seemed that the strength was a little smaller, the basketball rubbed in the front of the basket and fell down, and David West just picked up this backcourt rebound.
Looking up, the Heat team had quickly retreated, so West was not in a hurry to play the ball, and he controlled two steps and waited for Bosh behind him to leave, before handing the basketball to Ye Xuan on the side, Ye Xuan brought the ball to the front court again, and then passed the basketball to Pickle Pepper.
After receiving the ball, Pickled Pepper didn't have many tricks, directly called Hibbert to help block and dismantle, and then took advantage of Bosh's change of defense before it was in place, wiped it to the side, directly dodged the opponent's defense, and hit two points again with an easy mid-range jumper.
This back and forth, the Pacers instantly established a 5-point advantage, but the Heat obviously could not be knocked down by the Pacers so simply, after Pickled Pepper hit this shot, the Heat quickly came to the front court with James alone with the ball, and then pulled out directly outside the three-point line when Lance had not had time to defend, and the basketball fell into the net.
After that, the Pacers' offense began to be blocked, after Ye Xuan controlled the ball and came to the front court, he hoisted the ball to Hibbert who asked for the ball on the inside, although Hibbert still relied on his back to knock Bosh away, but James on the side made up the defense in time, and under James's interference, Hibbert's shot finally ended in iron.
Turning his head, Battier quickly found Wade, who had begun to break fast, after picking up the rebound in the backcourt, and received the pass, Wade quickly exerted his speed advantage, although Pickled Pepper and Ye Xuan chased after him, but they could only keep up with his footsteps, and failed to catch up, and finally Wade directly grabbed the ball at the place where he entered the three-point line and made a layup in three steps to easily score the ball, and then the scores of the two sides came to the same running line again.
Ye Xuan came to the front court again, handed the ball to Pickled Pepper again, Pickled Pepper, who didn't shoot much in the last two games, seemed to have a particularly strong desire to attack in this game, and after getting the basketball, he directly chose to single Wade, a change of direction to break through, and quickly rushed to the penalty area, although he did not completely get rid of Wade's defense, but Pickled Pepper was still very resolute in a stop-and-go jump shot, and the basketball fell into the net.
In the next few rounds, the Heat's offensive responsibility fell on James, three consecutive rounds were James holding the ball at the top of the arc, and then other people opened up space for him, after Lance was scored two goals by the opponent in a row, James's third single finally came out of the basket under the interference of Ye Xuan's supplemental defense.
However, the offense on the Pacers' side seems to have also entered the singles circle, and Pickled Pepper also asked Ye Xuan for the ball one after another, and then singled the opponent with the ball, and after hitting two consecutive emergency stops and shots, the Heat team also responded, and began to send people to lean in the direction of Pickled Pepper intentionally or unintentionally, and then interfered with him when he shot, so Pickled Pepper's third offense was also hit by the interference of the opponent.
But overall, both sides shot fairly well, and they were always able to shoot some difficult shots in the first half of the first quarter, so by the time the game came to the TV timeout in the first quarter, the two sides were already at 15:17, and the Pacers led by two points.
At this time, the two sides also began to rotate some lineups, the Pacers replaced Lance first, and let George Hill play for a while, while the Heat also followed the old rules and replaced Battier and Chalmers with Haslem and Ray Allen.
At the end of the TV pause, the Pacers backcourt served, Hill slowly controlled the ball to the frontcourt, and then waved his hand to call Ye Xuan to come over to help block and dismantle, Ye Xuan raised it up and blocked it slightly, and immediately dismantled it quickly, after the two sides changed defenses, George Hill stepped back to the three-point line, and then passed directly to Ye Xuan who cut inside, although Ray Allen tried his best to block Ye Xuan after the change of defense, Ye Xuan took a European step after receiving the ball, and easily dodged Bosh and Ray Allen's chasing hat, and successfully scored the ball.
After the Heat replaced Haslem, the interior line looked very crowded, so that although the Pacers' interior offense would be a little more difficult, such a lineup also affected James' breakthrough offense to a certain extent.
As we all know, James and Wade are both known for their breakthroughs and broad vision, and now that the interior is crowded, James' breakthrough space has also been affected to a certain extent. When James attacked with the ball again, because the Harbin team could not effectively attract David West, so after James passed the pickled pepper, the shot was still interfered with by West.
Pickled pepper grabbed the rebound and had to fight back quickly, but the Heat's retreat today obviously did a very good job and did not give the Pacers a chance to counterattack quickly, so Pickled pepper dribbled a few steps and passed the ball to Hill.
Hill slowly came up front, then controlled the ball and began to watch his teammates' movements. Although the opponent replaced Haslem to curb the Pacers' interior attack, the height of the Ha team is obviously still a little weak, and the 2.03 meter Ha team is still not enough to look at the 2.18 meter Hibbert, and if the Ha team is asked to defend David West, the weakness of the Ha team's slow movement is reflected again.
This round was like this, David West used Ye Xuan's off-ball cover to run directly out of the gap, and Hill's pass arrived immediately, West received the ball and shot it directly, and the basketball bounced on the basket a few times and finally fell into the basket.
After a few rounds, the Heat also found that replacing the Ha team not only did not help the team, but would also change direction to hinder their offense, so they quickly called a timeout, replaced Haslem, who had only been on the court for less than 2 minutes, and then replaced Chris Anderson, who would not suffer particularly in the face of Hibbert.
As soon as Anderson came on the court, he looked energetic, took the initiative to help James block the pick-and-roll, and after the block-and-tear was completed, he quickly rushed to the inside with James, and then jumped high after James threw the ball to the basket, grabbed the basketball in the air with one hand and smashed it into the basket.
After completing this powerful air catch, the birdman looked very excited, and roared at the audience, which also caused a huge boo from the audience.