Chapter 185: Expanding Advantages (Plus 16th Update)
At this time, there were only 20 seconds left in the first quarter of the game, so Lance Stephenson did not rush to attack, but chose to give the ball to Hill and then slowly run to the frontcourt, because everyone knows that in this case, it will definitely reduce the offensive rhythm, use up all the offensive time and then press the whistle.
Hill took the ball to the front court and silently controlled the ball directly, looking up at the countdown on the timer "11...10...9..." When the timer counted down to 7 seconds left, Hill began to move, only to see him dribble two steps and then suddenly change direction, and then a step back to open the distance between him and Mills, and then directly outside the three-point line three-point shot, I have to say that today's Pacers feel really good, Hill's whistle shot still went directly into the basket.
At the end of the first quarter, the Pacers entered the second quarter with an 11-point lead, and the Pacers' super high shooting percentage and excellent performance on the defensive end were also the reasons why they were able to take such a big lead, 31:20, although there was no particularly exaggerated super high score, but for the Pacers, it was enough.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Pacers replaced the pickled peppers, who had been well rested, and Hibbert was replaced along with the pickled peppers. And the Spurs also replaced Duncan, and Danny Green, who did not perform well in the first quarter and was replaced by the old man and taught him a crazy lesson, was also sent.
Originally, the old man meant to let Danny Green cause problems for Pickles on the defensive end as much as possible, so that Pickles could not put 100% of their energy on the offensive end. But he didn't expect that at the beginning of the second quarter, the Pacers took the lead in Hibbert, who didn't perform particularly well in the first quarter.
First, he interfered with Duncan's shooting on the defensive end, let the opponent's shot hit the iron, and then quickly passed the ball to Hill and quickly ran to the front court after grabbing the backcourt rebound, and after coming to the inside, Hibbert asked Hill for the ball in a stuck position on the inside, and after receiving the ball, Hibbert used his back to turn and hit the ball with a small hook.
In the next two rounds, the battle between Duncan and Hibbert was completely different from before, Hibbert not only let Duncan's back single return again on the defensive end, but also scored a two-point mid-range shot on the offensive end, completely widening the gap between the two teams to 15 points.
The atmosphere on the Spurs' side is very dignified, after all, in such an important game, their team was actually led by the opponent by as many as 15 points when the second quarter of the game was only two minutes into play, which is simply a little unacceptable to the Spurs, after all, they are the champions of the regular season, and they also performed very well in the playoffs, although they struggled in the first round against the Spurs, but then they not only managed to defeat the Trail Blazers, and eliminated the opponent cleanly in the face of the Thunder, avenging the 2012 season.
Originally, they came to the finals with confidence, thinking that the opponent's strength was relatively not superior, but they didn't expect that their previous preparations were completely destroyed by Ye Xuan's X factor, first of all, Ye Xuan's personal ability was obviously inconsistent with what was shown on their previous information, which made the Spurs have to send Leonard, who was originally going to defend Pickled Pepper, to guard the other party, and then a Solomon Hill appeared out of nowhere, completely disrupting their plans, Fortunately, the opponent seemed to have some internal contradictions in the last game, so he seized the opportunity to make the score 2:2.
originally thought that after returning to their home field, the game should go more smoothly, but they didn't expect that the opponent suddenly broke out in this game, and the original legendary internal contradictions disappeared, Ye Xuan, who was originally locked up by Leonard, could also play alone, and even Hibbert, who had been pressed and beaten by Duncan, had to turn over as a serf and sing at this time.
This made the Spurs, who originally thought that this trip to the finals would be relatively easy, the psychological gap was too big, so even if the players on the court were well-trained, they began to be a little scrambling, and once the team was in chaos, things like chasing points were even more hopeless, so Duncan, who felt the abnormality of his teammates on the court, decisively called a timeout, hoping that the old man Zhuge off the court could help the team adjust in time.
Fortunately, Duncan, a top student in psychology, immediately discovered the psychological changes of his teammates and called a timeout, so he also gave the old man room to play during the timeout, otherwise let this emotion spread in the team, and they could just give up the game.
The old man is also worthy of being a prestigious coach in the league, and he used this long timeout to smoothly adjust the mentality of the players, although it can't stop the impact of the opponent's players, but now at least the opponent can cause a little less impact.
After playing again, Duncan also mustered up his strength, toughly asked for the ball on the inside and then played a 2+1, Duncan, who had been expressionless, in order to let his teammates regain their confidence, he also celebrated very exaggeratedly, roaring and high-fiveing his teammates, quite a taste of Garnett back then.
But the Pacers' side will not be weak because of your toughness, after Duncan will add free throws, the Pacers will immediately send the ball out, not giving the Spurs a chance to breathe, after rushing to the frontcourt, Hill gave the ball to Lance Stephenson on the side, Stephenson's shooting percentage today is also very impressive, a shooting feint shook Ginobili who defended him, and then he took a step inside and pulled out his hand again, and hit it.
After that, Duncan also wanted to single Hibbert again on the inside, but today's Hibbert is also full of strength to prove himself, so Duncan's back single is very difficult, although in the end he still relied on the back to turn back and hit the board to shoot the ball, but it also consumed a lot of physical strength, and the continuous inside entanglement also made Duncan's physical strength consume very quickly, if it wasn't for wanting to help the team regain confidence, Duncan probably pass the ball long ago and let the young people play.
On the Pacers' side, the offense was finally frustrated, and Pickled Pepper's breakthrough ball passed to Scola, and Scola was interfered with by Split, who was much taller than him, when he shot, so the shot was ironed, which also gave the Spurs a chance to breathe.