Chapter 141: Losing the First Battle

After entering the third quarter of the game, the Pacers gradually found their rhythm, and Hibbert finally played his due strength, turning over the river on the inside, scoring 11 points and 5 boards in a single quarter, and playing Duncan only scored 2 points and 2 fouls, and the Pacers' outside defense is still very good, limiting Parker Green's score very well.

forced the opponent to make 8 mistakes in the entire third quarter, and used the counterattack to get 9 points, although Ye Xuan scored relatively low in this quarter of the game, only scored 2 points, but he was addicted to passing, brushed 6 assists in a single quarter, and at the end of the third quarter, Ye Xuan had already received 10 assists. The Pacers also relied on a perfect performance in the third quarter to score another 31 points.

The Spurs, on the other hand, were a little stunned by the Pacers, and soon after the start of the third quarter, Duncan was fouled twice in a row, and Duncan, who had three fouls on his back, did not dare to make too many moves, so the Spurs' interior defense suddenly seemed a little weak, and after Parker entered the third quarter, he also seemed a little absent-minded, and 3 of the 8 mistakes were made by him.

Such a relatively sluggish performance inside and outside, even if it was a substitute player on the court, but it didn't help, except for Ginobili who scored 5 points in a single quarter, everyone else basically only scored 1 goal, and the Spurs only scored 20 points in the entire third quarter. At the end of the third quarter, the Pacers not only erased the 4-point difference with a good play in the third quarter, but also led the opponent by 7 points into the final quarter of the game.

After entering the fourth quarter, I thought that the two teams would continue to contribute an offensive battle for everyone, after all, the score of the two teams was indeed very high, but after the two teams played, they began to play iron constantly, the Spurs were okay on their side, and they knew that there were still some points in the middle, and on the Pacers' side, the shooting rate suddenly dropped to a miserable point.

With another three-point shot from Danny Green, it took the Spurs less than 5 minutes to erase the difference between the two teams, and the Pacers now have a total of 5 points, and Coach Frank had to call a timeout to adjust the state of the players on the court, but unfortunately it didn't have a good effect.

After playing again, although Ye Xuan also organized a powerful counterattack and beat the opponent with a small climax of 6:0 in one fell swoop, it was a pity that the opponent quickly adjusted his state and used Leonard's death entanglement to focus on Ye Xuan, so after a few rounds, Ye Xuan was also suppressed.

And the other players of the Pacers, I don't know what happened, suddenly they couldn't find the rhythm of the offense, Pickled Pepper hit all 6 shots in the fourth quarter, and only relied on the serve to get 2 points, although Ye Xuan scored 10 points alone in the fourth quarter, but lost the support of his teammates, Ye Xuan was also alone, and when there were 3 minutes left in the game, the Pacers were beaten into a fast break by the opponent, and then stretched the difference to double digits in one fell swoop.

At this time, the Pacers are eager to catch up with their opponents, but how can the old Spurs give you such a chance? Letting Parker slowly control the ball and come to the front court to play the success rate seems to want to exhaust all the offensive time, and a nervous knife player like Ginobili has also been pressed to the bench due to Zhuge Vic's desire to be stable.

In the end, the Pacers had no choice but to fight for their lives, replacing Hibbert and David West, and putting on a legendary lineup of 5 swingmen, George Hill is still the point guard, Ye Xuan is also still the scoring guard, Pickle Pepper's small forward position, Solomon Hill's big forward position, and Lance Stephenson's center.

I don't know if Lance will blow into the opponent's ears when defending Duncan, and whether Duncan will dare to laugh when the time comes. However, the lineup put forward by the Pacers is really good, at least in terms of efficiency, only the Pacers can put on such a lineup of 5 swingmen.

After returning to the court, the Pacers pressed all over the court and used their speed rotation to successfully defend the opponent's offense, and on the offensive end, whoever holds the ball on the outside can break through and shoot three-pointers, which also caused a lot of trouble for the Spurs' defense.

With less than 30 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the Pacers used this magical lineup to close the deficit to three points, but the Spurs had the ball. After the Spurs called a timeout to arrange the offense, they replaced offensive players such as Ginobili, Parker, and Green, and the Pacers also replaced the two interior generals as the final defense.

Parker held the ball, while observing the time on the timer, slowly directing the movement of his teammates, and finally when there were only 7 seconds left on the offensive time, a hit passed the ball to Ginobili, who received the ball and dodged David West's defense with a European step, and then a back pass put the ball into the hands of Split, who was not relentless, and smashed the ball directly into the basket with both hands.

The crowd at the Spurs' home stadium suddenly burst into cheers, and Ye Xuan looked up at the timer that was less than 8 seconds left, and the difference between the two teams by 5 points, and suddenly felt a sense of weakness. However, he immediately called a timeout and waited for Coach Frank to lay out the offensive tactics.

After the timeout, the Pacers quickly sent the ball out and hit a three-pointer from Pickles Pepper to pull the Pacers back from the brink of death, but there were only 6 seconds left in the offensive time, so the Pacers had to foul the Spurs players, and Parker, who received the serve, was sent to the free throw line and hit the first free throw safely, and then the audience was already cheering, because it meant that they were invincible.

Parker then stood at the free-throw line and took a few deep breaths before he threw the ball steadily, still hitting the free-throw line. Although the Pacers were still reluctant to give up, with George Hill's three-pointer deflected after serving from the sideline, Duncan grabbed the backcourt rebound, and the Pacers' timeout had been exhausted, the Pacers had no choice but to accept such a loss.

In fact, if it weren't for the whimsy of the Pacers in the end, the Pacers would have no hope of winning, and such a lineup has also caused many experts to re-discuss the 'basketball evolution theory' and '5 swing man theory' proposed by Riley back then.