Chapter 306: Still an Easy Victory
The game started soon, Andre Drummond beat Hibbert and slapped the basketball into the hands of Reggie Jackson, the game officially began, Reggie Jackson was also suppressed by Wei Shao in the Thunder team, so the average playing time per game was less than 30 minutes, for a player like him who wanted to show himself very much, this was simply more uncomfortable than killing him, but fortunately, after being traded to the Pistons, his position was immediately promoted to the starter, and the playing time was instantly raised to a notch.
In the face of Ye Xuan's defense, Reggie Jackson was ready to test the water and stand up for something, so after controlling the ball and coming to the front court, he directly made a gesture to signal his teammates to pull away and let him play alone, but Ye Xuan's defense taught him a good lesson, telling him why he was able to fight back and forth with Wei Shao, who suppressed him very miserably, and he could only sit and be a cheerleader off the court.
Easily defending the opponent's offense, Ye Xuan's side also began to plan for his own inside line, he had already figured it out, and now Hibbert's performance is getting worse and worse, on the one hand, because his style of play is a little limited in his play, on the other hand, it is also because he doesn't pass the ball to him much, and often breaks through the ball to give the outside players a chance. So in the last few games, Ye Xuan is ready to feed Hibbert well, if he can get his self-confidence back, of course, it is the best, even if he can't return to the top, then at least make his data look better, and he can also change some good helpers when he is a chip in the future.
So Ye Xuan, who had a black belly, started his own support plan while helping Hibbert brush up a few games, and then the team used him to exchange him for a more reliable inside player to partner with him. After coming to the front court, Ye Xuan hoisted the ball into the inside line, and then pulled away to let Hibbert single, Hibbert was still a little hesitant after receiving the ball, but saw that Ye Xuan did not ask for the ball, but signaled him to play directly by himself, so he also calmed down and prepared to hit Zhuang Shen with his back.
After all, Hibbert's weight is still there, and in the absence of anyone to wrap it up, this kind of tonnage contest of the same level is basically dominated by the offensive end, so Hibbert successfully beat Drummond with his back in the first ball of the opening game. Looking back, Reggie Jackson also didn't believe in evil, and still wanted to single-handedly fight Ye Xuan, but naturally hit the steel plate again, and was almost broken by Ye Xuan.
Hibbert grabbed the backcourt rebound, and then handed the ball to Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan quickly dribbled forward, ready to hit the opponent to chase him, but the Pistons' retreat defense was relatively in place, so Ye Xuan gave up the plan to break fast and turned into a position. After settling down, Ye Xuan called West to help block and dismantle, but after changing defenses, he quickly used his footsteps to shake off Monroe, and killed the pistons inside, of course, Zhuang Shen couldn't let Ye Xuan wreak havoc on his basket, so he immediately pounced, and the result was in Ye Xuan's arms. I saw Ye Xuan retract the ball back in the air, and then sent it with a low hand, and directly stuffed it into the hands of Hibbert, who had no one to defend behind Zhuang Shen, and Hibbert received the ball and directly came to a two-handed basket.
In the last few games, Hibbert has also held back his anger, after all, he is also a top player in the league with a maximum salary, and he was a member of the best defensive second team last season, so after completing this vigorous basket, he also roared at the ceiling twice, which can be regarded as venting the resentment of some time ago.
And the Pistons' offense still hasn't been able to knock on the door of the Pacers, and I don't know if they are still in the run-in stage and haven't been able to find the feeling, or Reggie Jackson is a little upset after seeing Ye Xuan, who is known as the top three in the league, in short, the Pistons' offense is not able to succeed, and the Pacers are also playing very easily, Ye Xuan is shooting by himself if he wants to, passing to the outside if he wants to pass to the outside, and passing to the inside if he wants to pass to the inside, anyway, the opponent's offense is very weak.
As a result, in the first 4 minutes of the game, the Pacers relied on Ye Xuan's 5 points and 4 assists to directly beat the Pistons at home with a 15:2 start. The Pistons were stunned by the game, and that's when they realized how important Josh Smith they cut was on the defensive end. After these few minutes of play, Ye Xuan also gave Reggie Jackson a cross in his heart, and the threat level of the Pistons was immediately lowered by Ye Xuan. Not for anything else, just because Ye Xuan felt that although Jackson had done well on the bench before, he did not do better than before in the starting position, and he should have been in tandem with the team, but this game was still obsessed with finding Ye Xuan to go head-to-head, this immature performance made Ye Xuan directly put a big question mark on his future.
The next game is very simple, since the opponent has nothing to fight back, then Ye Xuan began his own plan to brush the data, but this time it is not to brush the data for himself, but to help Hibbert brush the data, today Hibbert in addition to scoring 4 points in the opening game, is basically tired of fighting with Zhuang Shen on the inside, and now that the Pacers are so far ahead, Ye Xuan feels that even if he wastes some opportunities, it doesn't matter.
And today's Hibbert is relatively powerful, although the shooting rate is not particularly high, only less than 50%, but his shot can also pick up the frontcourt rebound for himself, and then play a second offense, so in general there is not much waste of offensive opportunities. At the end of the first half, the Pacers, with the excellent play of Ye Xuan and Hibbert, led the Pistons team that had just made a big trade and was ready to show off their skills by a full 24 points.
This not only gave the Pistons who were ready to rise a slap in the face, but also showed the Pacers' strong combat effectiveness. However, the Pistons' chaotic distribution of the ball has not been improved, but because of the addition of Jackson, from the original 3 people to grab the ball, to 4 people to grab the ball, originally expected Reggie Jackson to sort out the offense, but I didn't expect another player to come to the ball to explode, it is estimated that it is also a deep Wei Shaozhen pass, first take the ball and play for 18 seconds before thinking about how to attack.
In the second half, the Pacers did not send the main players to play, and the game had already entered garbage time, and after the whole game, Ye Xuan's data was miserable, with only 14 points and 9 assists, but although Hibbert only played the first half of the game, the data came to 19 points and 11 boards surprisingly. With 19 points and 11 rebounds in the half, and it was won in the face of two strong interior lines of the Pistons, Hibbert finally raised his eyebrows.