Jackson insinuated that Jeff Van Gundy was cut by the Rockets because he was still immersed in the era when the center was dominant, and he never returned to the coach's bench since, while Van Gundy insisted that the center was the pillar of the team.

ESPN's two celebrities were bickering on the sidelines, and the show was really good, so the audience was more happy during the intermission. But the happy times were always short-lived, and soon the third quarter of the game began. The Cavaliers served the ball in the backcourt, Hill took possession of the ball to the frontcourt and passed the ball to James.

James held the ball and called Vallejo to help block and dismantle, and then began to kill the inside of the Pacers, Pickle Pepper hurriedly stuck the left-hand direction of James, so that James could only go to the right, and after carrying two steps inside, James suddenly made a sharp stop and threw the ball, and the basketball bounced out after smashing it in the front of the basket, Hibbert Ka's main position allowed Ye Xuan to successfully accept this backcourt rebound, and Ye Xuan's rebounds also came to 5, this is the peak of his career, but unfortunately this is the data of the playoffs, It does not count towards the regular season stats.

After grabbing the backcourt rebound, Ye Xuan immediately rushed towards the opponent's half with full horsepower, Hill's Dellavedova immediately returned to defense, but Ye Xuan, who rushed up, was also very powerful, after passing Dellavedova with a large change of direction near the halfcourt line, Ye Xuan continued to march towards the opponent's basket, and there was only one George Hill left in front of him, using the speed and body he had already lifted to force over George Hill, Ye Xuan took two steps into the basket and prepared to send the ball to the basket with a layup, But at this time, James suddenly came out, and a big hat on the top board directly capped Ye Xuan's layup directly on the rebound. After landing, the basketball was taken away by Hill behind him, and then it instantly became a quick counterattack from the Cavaliers.

Fortunately, Ye Xuan went alone during the fast break just now, so after the Cavaliers came to the frontcourt, the rest of the Pacers had basically settled down and started to defend, and Hill also had to suppress the rhythm and wait for James, who collided with Ye Xuan in the backcourt after completing the block, to the frontcourt to attack again.

James was relatively friendly after completing the block, and did not make any provocative moves against Ye Xuan, but he would not be as kind as the regular season to pull Ye Xuan up, after all, in the NBA, the playoffs are equivalent to a war, and a tepid Eastern Conference Finals like the Pacers is rare enough, if he pulls the opponent again, then his fans are estimated to have to defect.

So after James got up, he immediately ran to the front court, Ye Xuan's side also breathed a sigh of relief on the ground after being capped, but it was this pause that gave the Cavaliers a chance to play five or four in the front court, James came to the front court and immediately asked Hill for the ball, and then forcibly broke through to the inside, and then after attracting the opponent's bag, a point passed the ball to Dellavedova on the outside, Dellavedova received the ball and made a direct three-point shot, and finally shot the first goal of the third quarter of the game.

Ye Xuan also shook his head at this time, looking very depressed, after the Cavaliers hit this 3-point, the Pacers were already 9 points behind the opponent, although this point difference is nothing for a team with strong offensive firepower like the Pacers, but this is a playoff game after all, and every point may be able to change the outcome of the game.

The Pacers served in the backcourt, Ye Xuan controlled the ball and came to the front court, and passed the ball to Hibbert on the inside, Hibbert received the ball and played Tristan Thompson with his back, which immediately attracted George Hill to go to the bag, Hibbert sent the ball outside and handed it directly to the hands of Solomon Hill, Solomon Hill gently shook off Dellavedova who pounced to make up for the defense, and then passed to Ye Xuan, who was completely vacated, Ye Xuan received the ball and stabilized it for half a second before making a move, and steadily shot the three-point shot, Ease the pressure a little bit for the Pacers.

After that, the Cavaliers' offense finally began to make mistakes, James's breakthrough in the front court, George Hill in the running position made a mistake, and was cut off by Ye Xuan on the side, after the ball was broken, Ye Xuan once again drove at full speed towards the opponent's basket, this time there was no Dellavedova and George Hill on the way to slow down Ye Xuan's pace, although James began to chase back after the pass was broken, but he still couldn't prevent Ye Xuan from scoring this fast break and scoring a layup, Not only did he rewrite his score to 24 points, but he also narrowed the gap to 4 points.

Just when the point difference was approaching, everyone thought that the two teams would start an offensive battle, but the two teams invariably began to choose a conservative defensive style of play, and the result was that the offense of both teams was not able to achieve much, the Pacers only scored a total of 5 points in 4 minutes after Ye Xuan's layup, and there were 3 points in these 5 points that were obtained by free throws, and the Cavaliers were not much better, and there was only one mid-range shot in the sports battle score, but the opponent got 6 free throws and hit 4 of them, A total of 6 points were scored, so when the game went into a TV timeout in the third quarter, the Pacers still trailed their opponents by 6 points. However, Ye Xuan relied on the continuous iron of the two teams to get 2 rebounds again, and his rebounding data rose to 7, and he was able to get a triple-double.

At the end of the timeout, the game continued, and after the timeout, both teams' offense improved slightly, and the Cavaliers cut inside after the block by Tristan Thompson as soon as they came up, and then hit a ball in the air relay from James, but the Pacers also immediately returned the color, and Pickled Pepper hit a three-pointer from the outside to meet James' defense.

After this three-point shot, the shooting crosshairs of both teams seemed to have returned, and they hit 4 more three-pointers in succession, Ye Xuan also scored 3 points and 1 assist, and James was not far behind, he also sent an assist and then hit a three-pointer himself. The two teams finally began to play a role, and the atmosphere in the stadium was gradually stimulated, and the players on the field began to show their housekeeping skills amid the cheers and boos of the audience.

It can be said that after a full quarter and a half of adjustment, this game finally came out of the small friction at the beginning of the second quarter and slowly began to get on the right track.