Chapter 411: Home Offensive and Defensive Battle (2)
The Cavaliers also took the opportunity to replace Vallejo and Tristan Thompson on the inside for a break, replaced Mozgov and Mike Miller, and then replaced George Hill with Sean Marion. After the timeout, the Pacers relied on the blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation of Pickles and Solomon Hill to successfully enter the opponent's restricted area, and Pickles Pepper easily scored the ball for a layup. In the next few rounds, although both teams played well, due to the shooting percentage and the increased defensive intensity of the opponent, neither team scored much, and the first quarter ended with the Pacers leading the opponent by four points at 29-25.
During the break, the home court of the Pacers was still very lively, with dancing cameras on one side, which caused the audience to sway, and then a 'KISS CAM' made those single people eat a mouthful of dog food.
Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, time came to the second quarter, and at the beginning of the second quarter, the Pacers replaced Pickle Pepper and Solomon Hill with Ye Xuan and C.J. Watson. The Cavaliers also swapped James and Dellavedova for a break, and instead brought George Hill on the court to lead the bench for a while.
The Cavaliers took the lead in attacking, and after George Hill controlled the ball and came to the frontcourt, he used Mozgov's blocking to get rid of Ye Xuan's defense, and then passed the ball to Miller Sr., who just cut in the air. After receiving the ball, Miller Sr. easily hit the ball with a pick-and-roll, although Miller Sr. was a little old, but his hand work still did not fall.
The Pacers served in the backcourt, C.J. Watson slowly controlled the ball to the frontcourt, and then handed the ball to Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan held the ball to face George Hill's defense, and made a gesture to signal his teammates to pull away, and then Ye Xuan suddenly changed direction in front of his body, handed the ball to his left hand and put it forward, took two steps inward, and then a worship action after an emergency stop successfully shook George Hill away, and Ye Xuan restarted and broke through two steps inward, And he hit this mid-range shot before Sean Marion could come over to make up for it.
I don't know if it's because the Cavaliers' benches played with confidence in the last game, this game was led by George Hill, and the bench played very well, and the two consecutive rounds were broken by George Hill to find Mike Miller or Marion who ran out of the vacancy, and these two did not live up to Wade's expectations, hitting the ball on both shots.
The Pacers' side relied on Ye Xuan's personal ability to continuously break through the single opponent, and from time to time they were able to send a relaxed and freehand air catch to Ma Simmi on the inside, although the scene did not seem to fall behind at all, but Ye Xuan was on the court but was unable to open the score again, which was already a failure for the Pacers. After the two teams continued to play with this lineup for about 3 minutes, Frank Vogel couldn't sit still first, and immediately replaced Pickle Pepper and Hibbert with a wave of his hand, - Smith. Blatter saw that the Pacers made substitutions, and immediately replaced several of his main players.
At the three-and-a-half-minute mark of the second quarter, the two teams switched to their main lineups, and the difference between the two teams was still within five points, with the Pacers slightly leading the Cavaliers by four points at 39:35. After the substitution was completed, the Pacers sideline served, Ye Xuan controlled the basketball to the front court, and handed the ball to Pickle Pepper to deal with, and Pickled Pepper was not polite, the moment he received the ball, he suddenly started, and when James in the opposite position had not yet reacted urgently, he passed the opponent in two steps, and then scored the ball against Tristan Thompson's defensive lever.
Looking back, James also wanted to return the color, but Pickled Pepper's defense was still very good, and he didn't give James a chance to force a breakthrough, but just when Pickled Pepper thought that his defense was foolproof, Tristan Thompson on the inside suddenly came up and helped James make a cover, and then both of them cut into the inside, Hibbert saw that James had already controlled the ball and rushed in, so he had to step forward to interfere with the opponent's shot, but James switched to a pass and helped Tristan Thompson score a beautiful empty catch, The audience booed.
After that, the two teams went back and forth for a few more rounds, and the time came to the second quarter with less than three minutes left, and the score between the two sides was still deadlocked at 48:45, and the Pacers led by three points. However, at this time, Ye Xuan suddenly began to exert his power, first when he held the ball and singled Dlavedova, he ignored the opponent's block and threw a super difficult backward jumper, and then took advantage of the opponent's inattention on the defensive end to cut off Valejo's return pass, and pushed the fast break to the front court to assist Pickle Pepper to complete a one-arm windmill dunk.
Although the Cavaliers immediately hit a mid-range shot from George Hill one step inside the three-point line, the Pacers' side immediately found Luis Scola by Ye Xuan and helped the latter return a mid-range shot from the opponent near the free throw line. The Pacers' sudden offensive frenzy made the Cavaliers a little confused, and they couldn't keep up with the pace of the Pacers for a while, and they were quickly pulled away by the Pacers, although James was still supporting the situation alone, but the strength of one person was still limited, and when there was one last offensive opportunity left in the second quarter of the game, James held the ball and looked at the scoreboard, and the score on it recorded what the Cavaliers experienced in the last few minutes, 59:50! The opponent scored 11 points in less than three minutes in the last minute!
However, James still has not given up the pursuit and desire for victory, and the offensive countdown is "10...9...8..." When there were 7 seconds left in the countdown, James just started to start, using his explosiveness and physical fitness to force a breakthrough inside, although the pickled pepper tried his best to block, but the James who broke out with all his strength was not a pickled pepper that could be pulled down, James carried the pickled pepper into the penalty area in two steps, and then forcibly got up and threw the ball to the basket, the red light turned on, the basketball obediently drilled into the basket, and the referee's whistle also sounded, two points were scored, and a free throw was added! At such a critical moment, James exploded into an astonishing fight, telling the Pacers with such an unreasonable goal that he has not yet conceded defeat. After the free throw, the difference between the two teams was reduced to six points, and the game went into halftime.