Chapter 344: Double Kill Warriors
The Warriors' fast break was interrupted, and they had no choice but to come back to send the sideline ball, and in the next few attacks, the Warriors' passes were a little cringe, and they were also frightened by Ye Xuan's super-large interception just now, but in this way, the Warriors' original very smooth conduction advantage on the offensive end was gone, and the Pacers immediately regained control of the game in their own hands under the internal and external echoes of Ye Xuan and Hibbert.
At the end of the second quarter, the Pacers relied on Ye Xuan's excellent play and the excellent touch of the role players to lead the league leader by a full 9 points on the road, almost reaching a double-double. And Ye Xuan is also because the opponent did not come up with any good way to deal with his strong point, so he can only keep wrapping up, and as a result, Ye Xuan has brushed up on almost two doubles in the two quarters, and Ye Xuan, who currently has 21 points and 8 assists, is also the best in the half.
At halftime, Ye Xuan, who was named the best in the half, also accepted an interview with Doris, fortunately, it was just a simple halftime interview, Ye Xuan casually coped with two sentences, and then returned to the locker room, at this time, the Pacers players in the visiting team's locker room were obviously very excited, unlike the last victory over the Warriors, this time the Pacers' lead was more obvious, and the participation of these role players was also higher, compared to the last meeting, this time Ye Xuan's halftime score was only 21 points, It's already relatively rare.
After coming back in the second half, the Warriors also immediately organized another wave of powerful counterattacks, first Barnes hit a three-pointer from the outside, and then Thompson hit another three-pointer under the cover of Green, but the Pacers are not vegetarian either, Ye Xuan's side relied on the pull-up jump shot after the breakthrough to return the color, and then helped Hibbert to cause Bogut's foul again on the inside. The Warriors are embarrassed by the fact that they are not particularly strong on the inside.
Although it is now the era of small ball, if in addition to having a certain advantage on the outside, and not suffering on the inside, then the team is really difficult to beat, just like the Bulls in 98, their outside line has Jordan, Pippen, obviously almost invincible, but their interior line is not useless, Kukoc's three-point and Rodman's rebounds are ranked in the league, which is why they can dominate the league.
After being opened up by the Pacers from the inside again, the Warriors are now a little embarrassed, because their original backup center is actually very strong, David Lee can be a high-quality interior line with an average of 20+10 per game in one of the few seasons in the league, although the data has declined now, but it should not be a problem to save the game, but unfortunately he is still recovering from injuries. Due to the urgency of the inside line, Kerr had to once again discharge the lineup of the five small deaths, ready to die in a wave, this lineup is indeed a great deterrent for other teams, after all, the offensive efficiency of this lineup is very high, and the rotation is also open, and the most important thing is that there are a lot of organizational points, basically except for Barnes, the other 4 people have certain organizational skills.
But when it comes to meeting the Pacers, it's a bit of a problem, the Pacers' lineup has always been known for its outstanding individual defensive ability, and even the Cavaliers' kind of luxurious starting lineup may not be able to find a particularly strong single point to play in the face of these people, let alone the Warriors, so after the Death Five faction came out, instead of being able to play Kerr's expected effect, it was also because the Pacers responded properly and no one came to contain Hibbert, So the inside line was cleared by Hibbert.
About five minutes into the third quarter, Hibbert had already completed a double-double, and 18 points was not much, but now there was a quarter and a half to go, and he had another 11 rebounds on his account. The Warriors also found that this was not the way to go, so they had to re-send centers like Azeri and Speights to take turns fighting with Hibbert, which worked well, at least it didn't continue to let Hibbert wreak havoc on the inside.
It's a pity that the core of the Pacers team is not Hibbert, but Ye Xuan, who is still recuperating, at this time Ye Xuan's physical strength is actually not enough, but he doesn't want to use physical potions directly, he wants to break out in the third quarter of the game, and it is best to completely pull the score away, so that the Warriors may surrender directly, and they can save a bottle of potions to deal with the two difficult opponents behind.
And the Warriors also seem to be very cooperative with Ye Xuan, they actually replaced Iguodala, who was responsible for defending Ye Xuan, in the eighth minute, trying to let Thompson continue to defend Ye Xuan alone, Ye Xuan was not polite, and forcibly singled Tang Shen for three consecutive rounds, and directly scored 8 points, one of which was three points, a mid-range shot, and a two-plus-one that caused Speights to foul after a breakthrough, and the difference between the two teams suddenly went from about 10 points to a stalemate, and suddenly opened to 15 points. Kerr was obviously very dissatisfied with the performance of the disciples on the court, and began to roar on the sidelines, but on the one hand, it was also the momentum of the Pacers that came out, and on the other hand, because Curry, the core of the Warriors, who has always been very important, was very uncomfortable by Ye Xuan, so the Warriors' counterattack has not been very effective.
Finally, with two minutes left in the third quarter, the Pacers led the opponent by 17 points when Ye Xuan broke through the point and assisted Solomon Hill to shoot a three-pointer, at which point the Warriors called a timeout and replaced all the main players, which looked like they had surrendered. Therefore, Coach Frank also waved his hand and directly replaced Ye Xuan and other main forces.
In fact, with a gap of 17 points, there is still a full quarter of the game, and the Warriors still have a chance, but on the one hand, Kerr is also trying to show his dissatisfaction to the players, on the other hand, he doesn't want to have too much consumption in the regular season, anyway, even if they lose this game, the record is still the first in the league, and the Rockets, who are second in the West, are now 5 wins away from catching up with their record.
And Ye Xuan's side is also secretly rejoicing, because he is actually very lacking in physical strength now, if he continues to fight, the hit rate or something will definitely not be guaranteed, and the opponent surrendered directly, which also happens to help Ye Xuan have a bottle of potion left, so that when he faces the Thunder and the Cavaliers in the future, the chance of winning is a little greater.