Chapter 284: Alternate Leads
The Warriors, on the other hand, are immediately ready to return another Pacers, but unfortunately Iguodala's role on the defensive end is not bad, but his role on the offensive end is not as big as when he was the boss of the 76ers.
And Steve Kerr's side also took advantage of this dead ball opportunity to make large-scale personnel adjustments, replacing the Splash Brothers, who had been resting for a long time, and Curry Thompson was replaced together, as well as Bogut, while Green was still not replaced. The Pacers didn't replace all of their benches, with Masimmy and Scola still on the court, and Smith being replaced with Solomon Hill.
The Pacers served on the sideline, Ye Xuan slowly controlled the ball and walked towards the frontcourt, in the face of Iguodala's defense, Ye Xuan decided to play one by himself, so he sank his center of gravity and began to make fake moves, in fact, Ye Xuan had gradually given up these flashy actions, after all, during the chat with the boss, Ye Xuan also knew that these actions would consume additional physical strength, but in the face of a 'businessman' like Iguodala, if you don't show enough strength in front of him, how can he be 'scared' by himself.
So Ye Xuan decisively picked up his fancy dribble again, and after continuous crotch dribbling, Ye Xuan suddenly started, using two large changes of direction to completely shake Iguodala away, and when Barnes didn't have time to come over to make up for the defense, it was a long-distance two-point, 'Huh!! The basketball was crushed.
And the Warriors obviously didn't want Ye Xuan to pull the score away, so after Curry and Thompson came on the court, the Splash Brothers immediately retook possession of the ball, first Curry used a teammate who was running without the ball to cover and threw Ye Xuan away, and then received the ball from Bogut on the inside line and easily shot a three-pointer.
Then Thompson successfully interfered with the shooting of Shambaugh who received Ye Xuan's breakthrough ball on the defensive end, causing Shambaugh's three-point shot to almost shoot a three-pointer, after Barnes grabbed the rebound, he immediately passed the ball to Curry, although Curry couldn't find too many opportunities to shoot under Ye Xuan's defense, but he could still do it quickly to the frontcourt, and after advancing to the frontcourt, Curry slowed down the rhythm without hurrying in the face of Ye Xuan's defense, just when Ye Xuan thought he was ready to stabilize and play positional battles, Curry suddenly passed the ball to Thompson who followed from behind, and Thompson took three slow steps after receiving the ball, dodged Scola's block layup and hit the ball, instantly overtaking the score again.
And the Pacers' side obviously still depends on Ye Xuan's play, after regaining control of the ball and coming to the front court, Ye Xuan called Scola again to help block and dismantle, but after this blocking, Ye Xuan did not choose to break in. Instead, he took two steps to the side, Iguodala, who was defending Ye Xuan, hurriedly pounced back to defend, and Barnes, who followed after the blocking, also ran over because of the change of defense, Ye Xuan lightly hit the ball directly to the hands of Scola who cut in, although the Warriors also had a Bogut in the interior, but he didn't dare to rush over to make up for Scola, after all, he still had a Masimi behind him, and the result was naturally that he could only watch Scola hit the ball with a jumper from close range, and the Pacers overtook by one point again.
In the next few rounds, both teams' defenses began to tighten, so although both teams' offenses were sharp, under the rapid rotation and pressing defense, both teams' offenses failed to score, but by this time it was time for the second quarter of the game to be replaced by Draymond Green, who was pressed on the bench and thinking about life.
The Pacers, on their side, also brought back the two well-rested main players on the inside. The timeout ended, the game restarted, the Pacers took a one-point lead and had the ball, Ye Xuan received the sideline serve from his teammates, and then began to slowly walk towards the opponent's half, but this time, Ye Xuan was obviously not ready to let Green get better easily, so Ye Xuan directly beckoned West, who was opposite Green, to come out and help him block and dismantle.
After the blocking, Ye Xuan was obviously ready to arrange Green well, so he immediately dribbled the ball horizontally for two steps, Green really switched his defense, and West ran inward like Scola just now, and Iguodala had no choice but to follow. Ye Xuan faced Green in front of him, and suddenly made a move to break through in the left-hand direction, Green immediately wanted to pounce and follow the defense, and Ye Xuan's side immediately changed direction and rushed to the right-hand direction, Green's defensive skills were not bad, and he immediately followed, but Ye Xuan's action was obviously not so simple, and he immediately used a change of direction again, and after this change of direction, Ye Xuan directly took a step back and returned to the three-point line, and then he was about to make a three-point shot.
I have to say that Green's defensive skills are indeed very solid, so he was not shaken away by Ye Xuan, but pounced directly on Ye Xuan, ready to block Ye Xuan, but as soon as he jumped up, he knew that he had suffered, because he found that Ye Xuan did not jump and shoot outside the three-point line, although it was true that he couldn't dribble with the ball in both hands, but he pounced like this, didn't he give the opponent a chance to make a foul? Sure enough, in the next second, Ye Xuan rubbed the basketball towards Green, and then pushed the basketball in his hand to the basket.
Basketball was a little awkward due to Ye Xuan's shooting posture and was not able to shoot, but the referee's whistle sounded, Ye Xuan caused the opponent's foul and got three shooting opportunities, Ye Xuan's free throws are naturally needless to say, this season Ye Xuan has only missed a free throw in the final stage of the game against the Cavaliers because of excessive physical exertion, and the current service shooting rate is still 98.7%, and behind Ye Xuan is Curry, who has a free throw shooting rate of 90%.
Ye Xuan steadily shot all three free throws to help the Pacers regain a 4-point lead, while the Warriors used the gap between Ye Xuan's free throws to make some personnel adjustments, replacing Bogut, a center who did not play a role in the interior, with a relatively longer range and more flexible Speights.