Chapter 428: Stalemate Stage
The game continued, Ye Xuan took the basketball from Hibbert's hand, began to dribble to the front court, and after coming to the front court, Scola mentioned the high position to help Ye Xuan block and dismantle, Ye Xuan immediately took the opportunity to get rid of Dellavedova's defense, bypassed Scola, and accelerated towards the Cavaliers' basket. At the same time, the two big men on the Cavaliers' side, James and Tristan Thompson, moved quickly to block Ye Xuan's footsteps.
After Ye Xuan was stopped, he sighed secretly in his heart, "Although the opponent is now focusing on attack, the defensive intensity has not decreased at all!" But fortunately, Ye Xuan's passing skills are not bad, and with a slight flick of his wrist, the basketball quickly flew towards the pickled pepper standing outside the three-point line. Although James immediately turned his head back to defense, Pepper still hit the key three-pointer steadily, helping the Pacers narrow the gap to just one point.
The fans at the Conseco Arena also began to cheer for the Pacers, the Cavaliers served in the backcourt, James directly took over the responsibility of ball control, and slowly advanced the ball to the frontcourt, James also waved to call Vallejo to block and dismantle, after the block was completed, James took advantage of the situation and wiped it inward, directly passed the pickled pepper and the switching Scola at the same time, and then hit a jump shot near the free throw line in response.
Although this shot did have a certain impact on the Pacers' momentum of chasing points, it was not able to stop the Pacers from wanting to win, the Pacers attacked again, Ye Xuan controlled the ball and came to the front court, he still passed the basketball to Pickle Pepper, James was still very afraid of Pickle Pepper's shooting, and immediately stuck to Pickle Pepper, trying his best to suppress Pickle Pepper's shooting space, but this defensive method was a bit too simple, Pickle Pepper took the ball back, and then suddenly accelerated, Began to break through James' defense.
Although the Cavaliers' two interior players, Tristan Thompson and Vallejo, both noticed the protection of the interior, they were still driven into the restricted area by Pickled Pepper's slow three steps to meet Tristan Thompson's defensive layup and score. The continuous offensive play also made the audience gradually begin to liven up, and after the pickled pepper hit the ball, the fans of the Conseco Arena even spontaneously played a human wave.
However, the reaction of the Cavaliers was also very fast, and immediately called a timeout, replaced George Hill with Mike Miller, and replaced Vallejo with Marion, which obviously strengthened the firepower on the perimeter and began to prepare for the final battle in the final quarter.
The substitution is over, the game continues, the Cavaliers serve on the sideline, James controls the ball and comes to the front court, does not choose to attack by himself but passes the ball to Sean Marion, who has just been replaced on the inside, Marion receives the ball with his back to Scola, and the other players of the Cavaliers immediately open up the space, so that Marion can play the opponent alone, but Scola's defense is very good, and this Marion is no longer the beast that can average 20+10 per game, and he didn't knock Scola away after hitting twice, Then he turned around and stepped back to make a move, but he was also directly stabbed off by Scola.
The broken ball was picked up by Tristan Thompson on the side, TT picked up the basketball and immediately pulled it up to dunk, but Hibbert's defense was not vegetarian, and he slapped the basketball in TT's hand to the rebound, but unfortunately Thompson's second jump speed was faster than Hibbert, and he jumped up again to control the basket, Thompson did not give Hibbert another chance this time, and pressed the ball into the basket with both hands.
The game lasted for more than 2 minutes, both teams played very well, and the offensive side played very well, so the score difference did not change much. However, in the last two minutes of the third quarter, the Pacers finally couldn't sit still, Frank Vogel replaced Pickled Pepper Hibbert and Scola, - Smith and Chambord, this lineup seems to be less dominant than the lineup just now, but it has strengthened the firepower on the outside, coupled with the presence of Ye Xuan, a player who is a ghostly passer, as long as they seize the opportunity, the Pacers can completely pull the difference apart.
At the end of the timeout, the Pacers served on the sideline, Ye Xuan controlled the ball and came to the front court and decisively began to break through, Dellavedova is now tired enough, compared to him is not like Ye Xuan, not only has sufficient physical strength, but also has physical recovery potions to support the scene, he has been playing for a long time now, plus the elbow by Ye Xuan in the first half, he also had to spend a certain amount of energy to endure the pain, so Ye Xuan accelerated and broke through again, and Dellavedova was not able to keep up.
This time, Ye Xuan was not polite to the opponent, and successfully shook the opponent up with a Buddha worship action against Marion, who came to make up for the defense, and then leaned on the opponent, and the movements in his hands did not stop, and he sent it to the basket, the ball went in, and the whistle sounded. Ye Xuan used this breakthrough to successfully play a 2+1, and after the penalty was shot, the score difference between the two teams was officially smoothed out by Ye Xuan.
However, the Cavaliers' response also came quickly, Dellavedova slowly controlled the ball to the frontcourt, and then passed the ball to James, since Pickled Pepper has been rested, the responsibility of defending James naturally fell on the head of Solomon Hill, James received the pass and directly began to single Solomon Hill up, Hill was still very strong on the defensive end, but unfortunately Lao Zhan's offense was not weak, and after a few big strides past Solomon Hill, James scored two points with a pull-up jumper.
Today's James shooting rate is indeed high enough, at present, James has only made 21 shots in the whole game, and he has already scored 41 points, and the efficiency is so high that he has no friends, fortunately, Ye Xuan's efficiency today is not bad, he scored 33 points in 18 shots, and he also played a five-five game with James.
Next is the Pacers' offense, although it is still difficult to defend Ye Xuan, but in the face of the opponent who has begun to show fatigue, Ye Xuan did not have the slightest hand, and after the two cross steps flashed out of a little space, Ye Xuan used his speed to quickly take two steps inward and made a throw. After the basketball smashed on the front of the basket and bounced twice, it finally obediently slid into the basket, and Ye Xuan added two more points.