Chapter 15: Superstar Potential Flashes, Paul George's Counterattack
After Paul George pinned Parker's layup to the rebound, he began to attack with the ball, and in the face of Parker's defense, George did not make too many moves, and faced Parker's block to make a dry pull-up jumper on the spot, although the shooting posture is still a little far from the picturesque, but compared to Maddy's pull-up jumper, it is already a little similar. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
With the sound of a basketball rubbing against the net, George's pull-and-pull hit was scored again in the athletic battle after the Pacers' first offensive shot by Granger.
In the rest of the first quarter, George, who was determined to make a breakthrough for himself and the team this season, unexpectedly became the main scoring point of the Pacers on the court.
Under the watchful eye of Pacers coach Vogel, George's play in the first quarter impressed him and all the Pacers fans present!
"I thought Paul was just a player with a lot of potential and hard work, but I didn't expect that after just one season, he had improved so much, and his performance was not affected by the long-established Granger and the newly joined West, he has already shown the potential of a superstar!" Vogel did not hesitate to admire George in his heart.
With Granger pestered by Leonard and Hibbert and West unable to open the game on the inside, George began to show strength that surprised everyone.
Shortly after the pull-up jumper, in the face of Parker's defense, George scored two more points with a breakaway layup. Then hit another three-pointer from beyond the three-point line. Seeing that George was in such a hot state, Vogel couldn't sit still, and under his courtside signals, the Pacers began to change to George as the offensive core for tactical organization.
One minute later, George hit another 2-pointer against Parker's defense.
Two minutes later, George took advantage of West's block and hit a pull-up jump shot, and also caused Parker's beating foul to make it a 2+1.
After another 30 seconds, taking advantage of Irving's breakthrough layup miss, George grabbed the rebound and went straight to the basket, and played a European step in the face of Leonard's return defense, shaking Leonard's defense with a rhythm of three slow steps, and hit the basket!
After that shot, the score was 23-20, with the Pacers trailing by just three points.
After being scored by George in a row, Parker finally responded, under the tight defense of the Pacers players who were mobilized by George, he used Vallejo's block to dodge out of the gap, and made a quick shot against Hibbert's long arm, and actually hit the board!
After the hit, Parker couldn't help but roar angrily, and at the same time his hands were clenched into fists and swinged, it seemed that George's attack had been suppressed for a long time.
At the end of the first quarter, the Pacers got the last chance to attack, and George, who was already on fire in the first quarter, naturally got this precious last offensive opportunity, and at this time, the Cavaliers who were responsible for defending George had changed from Parker to Leonard at the behest of Scott.
"Come on, I'm fearless!" Leonard stared at George, who was dribbling in front of him to control time, and George's eyes were full of confidence.
With 5 seconds left, George suddenly started and immediately retracted after taking a step forward with his left foot, allowing Leonard to take a step back with his right foot with George's shaking, and when he saw George retract his foot, he immediately leaned forward and prepared to block.
But George, who wanted to flash a hint of gap, made another feint, and stepped forward again with his retracted left foot, throwing Leonard in place at once.
At this time, Leonard's right foot retreated, and his body leaned forward, and his center of gravity was already swinging back and forth, so he couldn't adjust his center of gravity to follow the defense, and could only watch George slip away from him.
"This guy's flexibility is far better than the Pacers' top Danny Granger!" Looking at George, who was whizzing away from him, Leonard, who had been in charge of defending Granger in the first quarter, couldn't help but be surprised.
Breaking through Leonard, who was brilliant in defense in the first quarter, between George and the basket, there was only one Yuan Shu who was on the inside in the first quarter.
Seeing Yuan Shu coming to 1v1 to defend himself, George's face was not afraid, but seemed to be full of expectations, and Yuan Shu was also full of confidence in his own strength!
At the moment when they were about to intersect, the two jumped up at the same time, Yuan Shu's jump height was obviously higher, Yuan Shu, who was ready to block his opponent in the air, saw a trace of surprise flashing in George's eyes at this moment, I'm afraid that the other party didn't expect that he could jump so high, of course, this is a contribution to full bouncing!
However, this hint of surprise was only fleeting, in the face of Yuan Shu's block, George still threw the ball in the form of a throw, a very high shot, plus a very high parabola, even Yuan Shu could only tilt his head and watch George's high throw, throwing the basketball to the basket.
After hitting the front of the basket, the ball continued to bounce forward, hit the back edge of the basket, and then made a few turns around the basket, and finally fell into the net with the whistle at the end of the first quarter.
After the first-quarter whistle hit, the emotions of the fans were instantly ignited again, and the scoreboard showed the score at 27-25, and the Pacers only trailed by two points, almost filling the hole dug in the opening game.
George raised his throwing right hand and rushed back to the Pacers' player area to the cheers of the crowd to greet the players with celebrations and high-fives.
"I didn't expect it, Yuan, it's thanks to you that you can practice this kind of high-throw shooting. But to my surprise, the moment you jumped just now really scared me. After the celebration, George looked at Yuan Shu in the player area on the other side and thought silently.
Although he passed Leonard on this last ball, and then scored under Yuan Shu's block, George's excitement quickly turned into worry because of the superb bounce that Yuan Shu had just shown.
"Boys, this is our home field, this is Indiana, think about what the Cavaliers gave us last season, can we tolerate it? Absolutely not! After the end of the first quarter, Vogel excitedly made exciting words in the player area, encouraging his boys, "We must not allow our fate to be in the hands of others, look at Paul's performance in the first quarter, he is just a sophomore rookie, other guys, what are you doing, in the second quarter of the game, go to the court and use all your skills to the Cavaliers players to see, who is more capable of winning this game!" ”
"Roar~~~" Inspired by Vogel and stimulated by George's wonderful play in the first quarter, the Pacers players were full of fighting spirit in the second quarter and returned to the court.