Chapter 17: Ye Xuan's New Skills
At 44:33, not long after Ye Xuan came on the court, he led the benches to pull the score to double digits, so scared that the Nets quickly called a short timeout and replaced Pierce, wanting Uncle Pi to lead a group of substitutes to play a dozen to relieve the pressure on scoring.
Poor Uncle Pi went down to rest for less than 3 minutes, and was immediately replaced again. However, the Nets' response was also immediate, and after a short timeout, Uncle Pi relied on his feet and sophisticated skills to single-handedly beat Chris Copeland, and after shaking off Copeland, he hit a two-point shot.
Ye Xuan began to control the ball and attack, he came to the outside of the three-point line, facing the cautious Terry, the ball was in Ye Xuan's hands, like a beating elf, "Bang, bang, bang." Suddenly, Ye Xuan's crotch changed hands and was about to rush to the left, then pulled back, and then took a back hand, Terry was shaken left and right, and suddenly his feet were mixed and he fell to the ground.
Ye Xuan saw Terry who fell to the ground, and unhurriedly stepped back to the three-point line and hit a three-point shot. The scene fell silent. Terry also blushed, "I want to be wise, but when I get old, I was actually shaken to the ground by a hairy boy." ”
After Ye Xuan shot three points, he didn't celebrate, and ran straight back to his half, thinking sullenly in his heart while running, "Hehe, today's top five balls have a show, and I deliberately don't celebrate, maybe the media will say that I respect the old and love the young, and then Indiana won't give my brother a good citizen award?" "If Terry knew what Ye Xuan was thinking, he would probably faint with anger.
In the next two rounds, the relationship between the two teams' shooting rates began to decline, and they both began to play iron, except for a backward board from Uncle Pi, neither team scored too much for two consecutive minutes.
Taking advantage of a dead ball, the Nets replaced Terry and AK47, replaced Deron and Lopez, and the Pacers did not show weakness, and replaced Hibbert to escort Ye Xuan, after Ye Xuan controlled the ball and came to the frontcourt, he called Hibbert to help block and dismantle, and after the dismantling was completed, Ye Xuan was about to jump up and go to the basket with an inside cut, but his right hand made a secret pass behind his back, and Hibbert, who had completed the blocking, received the ball and hit two points near the free throw line.
On the opposite side, Lopez immediately returned to the color, a two-point shot in the same area, and still scored against Hibbert.
In the next round, Ye Xuan saw that Hibbert was about to arrive in the low position, and immediately hit the ground and opened the gap for him, Hibbert hit the iron with a small hook on his back, Scola provoked a hard shot, the ball flew out of the three-point line, and it just fell on Ye Xuan's hand, Ye Xuan raised his hand and threw it, but he didn't expect to hit the iron again.
Bleche grabbed the rebound and handed it to Delon, Delong saw that there was no chance to launch a fast attack, so he pressed down the rhythm, and after landing in a good position, Bleche stuck Scola's position to ask for the ball, Delong passed the ball in time, and Bleche finally pulled up his hands to dunk, which was also revenge for the arrow just now.
The next few rounds were won and lost, and with three and a half minutes left in the second quarter, the score was 57:49, and Frank waved his hand and replaced Hill, Pickles and David West.
Ye Xuan wanted to take the initiative to apply for the game, because he knew that his power on the court was greatly reduced without the ball, but he suddenly thought that he hadn't drawn a talent for running without the ball? It's time to try the feeling of matching with pickled peppers.
After the pause, Hill controlled the ball and organized the attack, Ye Xuan began his own no-ball running, he felt like a headless fly, running around blindly, but he didn't expect to find that he was missing while running, Hill's pass arrived immediately, Ye Xuan was surprised because he ran out of the vacancy, so the shot seemed very unnatural, and the result was naturally iron.
On the commentary platform, "Oh, you see, Ye Xuan himself also discovered that with his original style of play, he couldn't be on the field with George and play 100%, so he changed his style of play, he began to try to run without the ball, but unfortunately his shot was a little hasty, it should not be used to this way of playing, but you look at his running without the ball, this is not like a novice can do it, I can only say, Ye Zhen is a genius." ”
Van Gundy helped Ye Xuan play the round, and at the same time did not forget to praise Ye Xuan, and Mark Jackson on the side was a little unbearable, "Jeff, I don't think so, I think Ye's playing style is very similar to Jamal Crawford, although his range is longer, but they are all unique, and they almost need the ball in their hands all the time to exert their power, if Ye doesn't want to change it, he can only be another super sixth man in the end." ”
Not to mention the opinions of the two commentators on the commentary platform, Ye Xuan himself also knew that his way of playing made his teammates seem to have little sense of participation, and he had to find a way to solve this problem, otherwise it would be bad to cause dissatisfaction among his teammates at that time. In the next three minutes, Ye Xuan gave full play to his ability to run without the ball, and repeatedly ran out of the open position, although his teammates chose to shoot on his own twice, but it can be seen that Ye Xuan's running completely disrupted the Nets' defensive plan.
At the end of the second quarter, the score stretched to 66:53. The Pacers went into halftime with a double-digit margin of points.
Yi Bian fought again, and Ye Xuan, who gradually integrated into the starting lineup, also began to exert his power, while constantly tearing apart the opponent's defense with his off-ball running, and at the same time helping the team open the score with accurate projection.
At the end of the third quarter, the game basically lost its suspense, and not long after the start of the fourth quarter, the Nets replaced the main lineup and surrendered. At the end of the game, the Pacers won comfortably 121-107. Although the Nets scored 5 double-doubles, they suffered from no particularly outstanding points, and most of the main players were old arms and legs, and the more difficult they played in the latter part of the game, they had no choice but to swallow the bitter fruit of defeat.
On the Pacers' side, Pickle Pepper won the title of the best in the game with a quasi-triple-double of 29 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists, while Hibbert also scored a double-double of 23 points and 14 boards. Ye Xuan shot a lot of three-pointers due to the solo leadership in the second quarter and the running position in the second half, and also helped Hill brush up a lot of assists.
Ye Xuan played 27 minutes in the whole game, shooting 8 of 14, including 5 of 9 3-pointers, scoring 21 points and 6 assists. Although the shooting rate has declined a little compared with the previous two games, looking at the whole league, the three-point shooting rate of more than 50% is enough for Ye Xuan to brag about.
After the game, the Pacers had a two-day break, and on the plane back to Indiana, the team members joked lightly and discussed whether to go to a nightclub.