Chapter 148: Winning by Difficulty

After a period of rest, the energetic Pickled Pepper showed his strength as soon as he came on the court, successfully singled Belinelli in two consecutive rounds on the offensive end, and expanded the difference between the two teams to more than 10 points in one fell swoop.

The Spurs, on the other hand, are a little impatient, although their outside shooting rate is relatively good, but the blind pursuit of three-pointers has also made them lose some offensive opportunities that could have been scored two points, if it weren't for Duncan's hard support on the inside, the difference between the two teams would have been widened, but this also reflects Duncan's importance to this team.

The two teams played another 2 minutes of play, and the Spurs made personnel adjustments again, replacing a group of main players, but replaced Duncan, if nothing else, Duncan should be a two-minute break, and then go on the court for the final showdown, so now the Spurs' lineup has become a large and four small fast-moving lineup.

The backcourt composed of the French sports car and the Pampas Vultures is not only full of tacit understanding, but both of them are the kind of all-round players who can shoot suddenly, Danny Green and Kawhi Leonard form the frontcourt, the defensive skills are naturally needless to say, and both of them also have a certain long-distance projection ability, which also caused a lot of trouble to the Pacers, and the center played by Split, although not particularly brilliant on the offensive end, can also open up space for their backcourt combination.

On the Pacers' side, there are not so many physical problems, Ye Xuan, who has only rested for two minutes, was directly replaced, and Lance Stephenson, who has been resting for a long time, was replaced with Ye Xuan. At the end of the timeout, the two teams also knew that the final showdown was about to begin, when there were 6 minutes and 40 seconds left in the game, and the Pacers still led the opponent by 8 points at 97:89.

The Spurs also used the dexterity of their lineup to quickly get rid of West's defense by Danny Green, pulled out to receive the ball on the outside, and then faced the Pacers' rapid change of defense, the Spurs calmly transferred the basketball, and finally Split shot a step inside the three-point line.

Unlike the Spurs, because the Pacers are still in the lead, Ye Xuan did not rush to catch up with the opponent after controlling the ball, but chose to play steadily, hoping to consume as much time as possible while ensuring the success rate of the team's offense. Of course, Leonard's death entanglement is also one of the reasons why he can't push the fast break.

However, after Ye Xuan slowly advanced the ball to the front court, he gradually found a way to deal with Leonard's defense, the opponent is not overarmed, so the attack radius when defending is more amazing than ordinary people, so if he hits with his back, then it will be much more difficult for him to reach his ball.

Just think of it, after Ye Xuan handed the ball to Pickle Pepper, he quickly came to the low post on the left side and began to get stuck in the position, after receiving Pickle Pepper's pass, Ye Xuan began to confidently prepare for the low-post single opponent, but he forgot the difference in strength between the two, although Ye Xuan's physical fitness is more than enough to bully Parker, but Leonard is a small forward with amazing physical fitness cultivated by the Spurs to play against Kevin Durant and LeBron James, and it is not easy to defend Ye Xuan's small body?

So Ye Xuan's low-post back play finally made no achievements, and he had to pass the ball back to Pickle Pepper, fortunately, although Ye Xuan's back play had consumed most of the offensive time, but Pickled Pepper's feel was not disturbed, after receiving the ball from Ye Xuan, he directly pulled out a three-point shot on the outside line, and shot the ball, and Ye Xuan also mixed up an assist.

The Spurs' offense still relies on the continuous running of the outside foursome, and then tears apart the opponent's defense, forcing the opponent's defense to start leaking, and has to make up for it, and then the Spurs use their ability to quickly move the ball to quickly find the person who was leaked out and hit a long shot.

Although the plan was very good, and Hibbert's presence also created such an opportunity for the Spurs, they ignored a very important problem, that is, their own hand problem, and the Spurs' tactics were executed very well in two consecutive rounds, but in the most important part, that is, the last shot, Danny Green dropped the chain.

Following the last Finals when he hit a three-point shot in the Finals against the Heat, he quickly lost his touch, and then was nicknamed 'Tielin' by many netizens, on the stage of this Finals, at such a critical moment of chasing points, Green once again lost his crosshairs, compared with his 41.7% three-point shooting rate in the regular season, his performance in 1 of 5 shots in this game was really not satisfactory to the old man.

After failing to shoot for two consecutive rounds, the old man couldn't sit still, and immediately called a timeout, and then replaced Duncan again, replacing this infinite iron iron.

After the pause, relying on the troika's hard counterattack, the Spurs quickly narrowed the score, and even narrowed the difference to only 5 points at one point, but the two consecutive three-pointers of Pickled Pepper and Ye Xuan also made the Spurs' chasing momentum condense, although Shi Buddha scored 7 points with free throws in the last 5 minutes, and grabbed 4 rebounds, although the old sports car sent 4 assists, although Ginobili also hit 2 key three-pointers.

But the pit dug in front of him is too deep, and the offensive momentum of the Pacers is still unabated, and from time to time Pickle Pepper or Ye Xuan will give you an unreasonable three-point shot, which also makes it very difficult for the Spurs to chase points. With less than 20 seconds left in the game, the Pacers not only led by as many as five points, but also had the ball in their hands.

Although the Spurs still didn't want to give up, Ye Xuan calmly scored both free throws, stretching the difference to 7 points in one fell swoop, which also completely shattered the Spurs' hope of trying to chase the score. In the end, the Pacers relied on the excellent performance of Pickled Pepper and won 114-107 at the Spurs' home court, bringing the score of the two teams to a 1-1 draw.

In doing so, the Pacers have a good home-court advantage, and if they can remain unbeaten on their home court, they will be able to beat their opponents in Game 6, but given the Spurs' form, the next game at Conseco Arena will be even tougher.