Chapter 239: Bitter Battle

Ye Xuan still regretted that he couldn't force the opponent to violate the 8-second rule in the half, but he still quickly ran back to the bench, on the one hand, he hoped that Coach Frank could take advantage of this timeout to make some changes, and on the other hand, he also wanted to take a break, because he knew that today's game was definitely a hard battle.

At the end of the timeout, the Bulls served on the sideline in front of the court, and after Hinrich received the pass, he dribbled the ball two steps forward, and then directly handed the ball to Jimmy Butler, wanting him to play one alone, but under the close monitoring of Solomon Hill, Butler's offensive skills that have not yet been fully developed and mature are obviously a bit insufficient, and after Butler's side wasted nearly ten seconds of offensive time, the Bulls' offensive time is running out. But Butler didn't find space to shoot under the defense of Solomon Hill, so he could only pass the ball out, and the outside Hinrich directly pulled up a three-point shot after receiving the ball, but unfortunately due to the hurry, coupled with Ye Xuan's interference on the side, this goal ended in iron.

Masin Mi protected the rebound, - Smith, - Smith quickly advanced to the front court after receiving the ball, and at this time, Ye Xuan had already rushed through the half court, rushing towards the opponent's hinterland, after advancing the ball through the half court, he directly handed the ball to Ye Xuan, who had just come to the Bulls near the penalty area, although Ye Xuan was chasing Jimmy Butler next to him, but obviously Ye Xuan was faster than the vast majority of players in the league after his speed was improved. After receiving the basketball that was passed, Ye Xuan did not hesitate to directly grab his basketball with both hands, and then took two steps inward and smashed the ball directly into the basket.

Suddenly, the difference between the two teams was stretched to 5 points by Ye Xuan, but the Bulls' offense obviously did not simply rely on a point to play, so in the next round, the Bulls showed the characteristics of their team's rich offensive points, first hoisted the ball to Noah on the inside, and then Noah immediately passed the ball to Gasol who pulled away to the high position after the back hit attracted the opponent's bag, and Gasol directly shot after receiving the ball and hit this long-distance two-point.

Although the Pacers still have two interior lines on the court, Masimmi and Scola are on the court, but their role on the offensive end is more to set up a human wall to help Ye Xuan and others get rid of the defense, or find a good position to wait for Ye Xuan and others to receive the ball when they are trapped. -Smith's outside offensive efficiency is very high, but if he plays like this, Ye Xuan's physical fitness will also become a new problem.

Although Ye Xuan had already drawn the 'Ron Artest's physical talent' a long time ago, until now, Ye Xuan has still not been able to give full play to this talent 100%, that is to say, although Ye Xuan claims to have the physical strength of Artest, but in the actual battle, Ye Xuan still has no way to insist on 40 minutes of high-intensity physical confrontation and fighting like Artest.

At the end of the first quarter, the Pacers relied on Ye Xuan and Solomon Hill to play the first quarter, so they led by 4 points and entered the intermission. However, at the beginning of the second quarter, Coach Frank replaced the two and rested, and sent Starkey and others to play Brooks and Gibson on the opposite side.

I have to say that Xiao Bu is indeed a nerve knife player, as soon as he came on the court, Xiao Bu directly took the ball to the front court regardless of it, and then shot an unreasonable three-point shot by himself. Then Gibson defended Scola with a back-to-back single, and although Mashinmi grabbed the rebound, the subsequent offensive secondary attack failed to hit the shot.

After being picked up by Mirotizi, the Pacers' retreat was very fast, but the opponent's offensive rhythm was very fast, Brooks quickly advanced to the front court and immediately used Gibson's block to dismantle the Starkey in front of him, and then a small throw after the breakthrough scored two points for the Bulls again, and it took less than 1 minute to directly erase the 4-point advantage that the Pacers had built up in the first quarter, and now they have surpassed the Pacers by one point.

Coach Frank also seemed a little anxious, and immediately stood up from the bench, walked to the sideline and began to command loudly. On the court, the offensive point of the Pacers side is still mainly on the outside, - Smith came to play alone, and he really felt good today, shooting a three-pointer directly in Mirotic's face to help the Pacers stabilize their position.

The game lasted about two minutes, and both teams were still playing back and forth, but the Bulls suddenly called a timeout, and then replaced their three main players, and the benches on the Pacers' side were suddenly a little unable to resist, so Coach Frank also had to replace Ye Xuan and Solomon Hill, who had only rested for a few minutes.

When Ye Xuan came on the court, the Pacers were already two points behind the opponent at 38:40, and the Pacers had the ball early. After receiving the sideline serve in the front court, Ye Xuan decisively turned on his scoring mode, first using Scola's blocking to get rid of Jimmy Butler's interference, and then directly hitting a stop-and-go jump shot one step outside the free throw line, pulling the two teams back to the same running line.

But it is obvious that the opponent's internal and external combination is much easier than Ye Xuan's own attack, so after 5 or 6 minutes of the second quarter of the game, Ye Xuan's side has begun to be a little tired enough, but the opponent's side still feels that there is still enough strength. Although the score between the two teams has not been pulled away, it has been a stalemate. But everyone knows that if they continue to play like this, the Pacers' side will be in danger.

It's a pity that Coach Frank now has no other way to confront his opponent except relying on Ye Xuan's strong point to maintain the offense, after all, his team is now missing two big generals. The game continued, and Ye Xuan's side was gradually a little weak, so he had to rein in his attack**, and instead began to play the routine of passing and assisting.