Chapter 174: The Decisive Moment (Plus 5th Update)

For more than a minute, neither team's bench lineup was particularly prominent, and the third quarter ended with the Pacers trailing the Spurs by three points, 81-84. At the intermission, the Pacers did not make personnel adjustments, and still let the bench continue to play on the court, while the Spurs replaced Parker again, hoping to completely pull the score away when the opponent's main team was not on the court.

However, just one Parker, in the face of Solomon Hill's key attention, still couldn't cause any trouble to the Pacers, until two minutes into the fourth quarter of the game, not only was the score of the two sides not stretched, but also because of Lance Stephenson's two dry pull-up jumpers, it was narrowed to only one point, and the old man Zhuge couldn't sit still, and quickly called a timeout to replace Bonner and Danny Green, and replaced them with Split and Leonard.

It seems that the old man is not ready to wait for Ye Xuan to play in Pyrrhinoard, probably because he thinks that Leonard's physical strength can cope with the last ten minutes of the game. On the Pacers' side, West, who has played 14 minutes in a row, was replaced, replaced by Roy Hibbert, and then replaced C.J. Watson with Ye Xuan, who had been fully rested. It hit Leonard's muzzle.

However, Ye Xuan doesn't care, now his role on the field is more to disrupt the opponent's defense and open up space for his teammates, so although after Leonard came on the court, Ye Xuan had no room to shoot, but he could still use his own passing or running position to help the team gain an advantage.

At the end of the substitution, the Spurs served on the sideline, because the old man still did not replace Duncan on the court, so in addition to Parker, the main offense on the court was Leonard, and Parker faced Ye Xuan's defense, obviously there was no singles, so he passed the ball directly to Leonard and asked him to single Solomon Hill.

Although the first two played each other in the second quarter, they singled each other for several rounds, and Leonard's shooting percentage against Solomon Hill was not bad, but this time he was not ready to go it alone, after all, there was only one point left between the two sides, and it would not be fun if the ball did not hit and let the opponent seize the opportunity to overtake the score.

So Leonard beckoned and called Split to help block and dismantle, after the block was completed, Leonard passed Solomon Hill, and then passed the ball to Split, who ran inside with Leonard, after receiving the ball, he wanted to force a three-step strong attack, but was fanned out by Hibbert's ruthless big hat in the air, and Ye Xuan on the outside just picked up the rebound.

After picking up the rebound, Ye Xuan did not hesitate, and rushed directly towards the opponent's half, Parker and Belinelli chased back frantically, but Ye Xuan finally seized the opportunity to have a chance to score in a sports battle, how could he give up casually, when he rushed to a step outside the three-point line, Ye Xuan decisively threw the ball directly to the opponent's rebound, and then jumped up in two steps and grabbed the basketball in the air.

But because the position where he threw the ball was still too far away from the basket, so the place where he received the ball was also very far away from the basket, just when Parker secretly laughed at Ye Xuan's failure to pretend to be forced this time, Ye Xuan used the short time to catch the basketball in the air to adjust his state, and then pushed the ball directly to the basket without waiting for the landing, and the basketball obediently turned around twice on the basket, and then fell in.

This made Ye Xuan find another opportunity to pretend to be forced, and immediately began to put on his own celebration again, but this time, Ye Xuan did not put on his signature celebration action, but made a move that many foreigners can't understand, that is, the action of Ultraman when he was glowing with waves, which also provoked a group of Asian viewers who were watching the game on the other side of the world to crack their mouths with joy.

After Ye Xuan's genius fast-break goal, the Pacers finally overtook the score, and it is worth mentioning that the backcourt rebound that Ye Xuan picked up just now turned out to be the first rebound Ye Xuan had grabbed since he entered the finals. It's no wonder that when Barkley praised Ye Xuan's omnipotence, he was obsessed with Ye Xuan's rebounding, and he couldn't wait to force his ability to grab rebounds directly onto Ye Xuan.

The Spurs led almost a whole game, but they were overtaken by the opponent shortly after entering the fourth quarter, which also made the players on the court feel a little pressure, but fortunately, Leonard, who had a paralyzed face, withstood the pressure, received the ball from Dior from the inside, and directly pulled out his hand to shoot a long-range two-point shot, helping the Spurs stabilize their position.

Later, when the Pacers attacked, it was Leonard again, using his agile skills, after Ye Xuan passed the ball to Lance-Stephenson, he quickly helped Belinelli to make up for the defense, interfering with Stephenson's shot, causing the latter's shot to finally become a hollow air ball outside the basket.

Solomon Hill on the side was ready to pounce to snatch the ball back, but he didn't expect that this save not only did not win the ball for the team, but also gave the opponent a chance to play five or four in the front court, this time Parker did not waste another opportunity, after a quick round of basketball, the French sports car shot through the heart on the outside, hit a key three-pointer, and stretched the difference between the two teams to 4 points.

This made Coach Frank a little unbearable off the court, he didn't expect Solomon Hill to make such a mistake at such a critical moment, but Hill can't be blamed, after all, he is a rookie and has little experience. And Ye Xuan also signaled his teammates not to worry, and then quickly controlled the ball and came to the front court, hoisting the ball into the inner line, wanting Hibbert to open the situation.

In the face of Duncan, Hibbert may not be very good, but when he hits Split with his back, Hibbert's low post skills and physical fitness are still enough, Hibbert, who received the basketball, arched inward a few times, knocked Split away, and then prepared to dunk strongly, but was pulled down by Split, although the ball failed to score, but also got two free throw opportunities.

The Spurs immediately took advantage of the dead-ball opportunity to replace Duncan, and then let Dior, who had played for a long time, go off the court, and then replaced Belinelli with Danny Green. The Pacers also took the opportunity to bring in George Hill and Pickle Pepper, replacing Lance Stephenson, who played well, and Solomon Hill, who had just made a mistake.