Chapter Ninety-Seven: Sudden Death

In the first half, the two sides played back and forth, with wonderful fast attacks, sharp breakthroughs, tight defenses, and exciting dunks, but just when everyone thought that there would be a real decisive battle next, Ye Xuan and Pickled Pepper teamed up to slap everyone in the face.

At the beginning of the second half, Ye Xuan was particularly active, after the opponent's first offensive shot hit the iron, he immediately went down, and West grabbed the rebound and handed the ball to the pickled pepper next to him, and the pickled pepper took two steps forward and quickly threw the ball to Ye Xuan, who had come to the Heat's three-point line, Ye Xuan grabbed the basketball and dribbled two steps, and then jumped high and dunked.

Later, under Ye Xuan's defense, Wade's shooting hit the iron again, although the Heat team retreated in time and did not give Ye Xuan a chance to break fast, but Ye Xuan's positional battle has also improved qualitatively after obtaining Dragic's passing skills.

After breaking through Chalmers with the ball, Ye Xuan passed the ball to West on the inside with a secret pass from behind, and West did not stop, and directly handed the ball to Ye Xuan, who happened to cut in, a football-style two-on-one with Bosh who made up the defense, and then easily layup to score two more points.

Although the opponent relied on James to force a breakthrough and caused Hibbert's foul and used free throws to recover two points, the Pacers' attack waves came one after another. In several consecutive rounds, he relied on the hot touch to score the ball, and in less than 3 minutes, the score was quickly stretched to 67:55.

The Heat were forced to call another timeout and make some personnel changes, bringing on Battier, who was better defensively, for Chalmers.

However, this substitution did not have the effect they wanted, although Battier's defense could indeed limit the play of pickled peppers to a certain extent, but Ye Xuan, who was hot today, still had no one to stop him. After returning from the pause, Ye Xuan once again used his speed advantage to shake off Wade in front of him, and then easily threw the ball in.

The Heat had no choice but to send James to defend Ye Xuan, after all, the last time they met, Ye Xuan fell into a comprehensive disadvantage in the confrontation with James. But this time, Ye Xuan not only broke through more tricks, but also had a wider field of vision for passing, so although James was able to restrict Ye Xuan's forced breakthrough, he couldn't stop Ye Xuan from connecting his teammates.

After James switched defenses, Ye Xuan made two consecutive wonderful passes to find his teammates who cut in the air, and assisted Pickled Pepper and Lance to shoot two points respectively, and the Heat team was also chaotic at this time, and began to miss the empty shot, Ye Xuan saw the opportunity, and suddenly pulled out a three-point shot one step away from the three-point line on the way to an offensive advancement, giving the Heat team a blow.

Although the Heat relied on the real giant's jump shot and Battier's three-pointer to barely bite the score, Pickled Pepper also began to suddenly exert his power at this time. First, he used his feet to shake off Battier and then easily hit a mid-range shot, and then ran without the ball to cut into the inside, and received Ye Xuan's pass and caused Bosh's foul.

After the first free throw was easily hit, Pickled Pepper's second free throw was unexpectedly missed, but Hibbert also took the opportunity to seize the opportunity to grab the offensive rebound, and raised his hand up at the moment when Bosh was ready to steal, causing the real giant's foul again, and the game time was only 2 seconds away from his last foul. Bosh, who was fouled one after another, was also very helpless, but he had already committed 4 fouls and could only be forced to be replaced.

After the Heat replaced Bosh, they replaced Birdman Anderson, who also has a certain intimidation power on the inside. After Hibbert hit both free throws, the Heat served in the backcourt, and James used Chris Anderson's cover to make a layup in the restricted area, which can be regarded as stabilizing the mood of his teammates.

But Ye Xuan and Pickle Pepper immediately made a comeback, first Ye Xuan's throw after breaking through scored the ball, and then Pickled Pepper stole Wade's pass, and shook James's chasing hat to dunk easily when he counterattacked quickly. With two minutes left in the third quarter, Coach Frank made all of his main players as they now led by as many as 16 points at 81:65.

Although the Heat fought back in the fourth quarter and once narrowed the gap to within 10 points, but with the Pacers' main vote re-appearing, the situation was instantly controlled again, and seeing that there was no hope of a comeback, the Heat finally chose to replace all the main forces and announced their surrender with 1 minute left in the game, and the Pacers also won the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals on their home court.

Throughout the game, Ye Xuan and George Hill took turns in the first quarter, especially Hill, who hit all 5 shots in a single quarter and made two free throws, scoring 14 points in a single quarter. In the first quarter of the Heat's game, except for Ray Allen, several other people didn't shoot more than 50%.

In the second quarter, Pickles Pepper was also on fire when leading the bench, and then Hibbert also played on the inside, forcing the opponent to replace Haslem, who is good at defense but slightly weak in offense. However, the overall shooting percentage of the Heat team increased in this quarter, so the score remained at a gap of 7 and 8 points.

After the third quarter, the Heat's defense began to have loopholes, and Ye Xuan continued to seize opportunities, especially after Bosh received two consecutive fouls and was replaced, the Heat team almost lost the fire support on the inside, and Hibbert and David West, who had no pressure, guarded the inside, which also made the Heat, a team that is good at relying on breakthroughs to score points, very uncomfortable, the offense was frustrated, and the defense failed to block the opponent, and the score was quickly pulled away.

At the end of the game, the Pacers easily won the game 109:97, Ye Xuan achieved a double-double record of 27 points and 11 assists with his excellent performance in the first and third quarters, and Pickled Pepper relied on the explosion in the second and third quarters to score a game-high 31 points and scored 5 boards and 7 assists. Hibbert guarded the interior and didn't take many shots, but he still scored 13 points and 11 boards.

On the other hand, the Heat, although Anderson relied on James's feeding in the early part of the second quarter and the early part of the fourth quarter to score 14 points on 6-of-7 shooting, although James tried his best to deliver a quasi-triple-double of 27 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists, but the real giant only scored 9 points on 4-of-12 shooting, and Mario Chalmers only scored 6 points on 2-of-9 shooting, and the inefficiency of the two starters also caused the Heat's offense to not seem very smooth, so failure was just a doomed thing.