Chapter 387: 2:1 Lead

Only 8 minutes have passed in the first quarter of the game, but the score of the two teams has risen to 33:30, if it is in the usual game, it is estimated that this score is already the score that can be reached after the first quarter of the game is played, and even the second quarter of the game has been played for a while, but in today's game, the two teams seem to be competing, they are looking for opportunities for three-point shots, and they both hit, just like the ball that Ye Xuan threw at the end, after the two of them were originally connected, Ye Xuan could have ended the battle with a mid-range shot, but he still chose three points, but this game was also a lot more colorful because of such a three-point duel.

Fortunately, the Hawks were still a little short of heat in the end, and Carroll finally missed the three-point shot when no one was marked, ending such an amazing three-point battle. The Pacers, on the other hand, did not continue to use three-pointers to attack, and instead began to play inside. Ye Xuan broke through Teague this round, and used a beautiful pass to help Hibbert under the basket complete an empty catch, which caught Horford off guard.

In the next three minutes, the Hawks seemed to be affected by Carroll's three-point miss, and began to play iron frequently, and the Pacers seemed to be affected by the three-point battle just now, so the shooting rate also decreased, but fortunately, the Pacers still had Ye Xuan and Pickled Pepper, two very stable scoring points, so they took this opportunity to widen the difference between the two teams from 3 points to 8 points in one fell swoop, 45:37, and the two teams teamed up to score 82 points in the first quarter of the game. Sometimes the game is a little more intense, and the score is even played after two quarters.

In the second quarter of the game, the Pacers decisively replaced a group of substitutes, Mashinmi did not play very well without Scola and him, plus they needed to pull out to defend Pero Antich's three-point cold arrow, so the rebounding was also lacking, but O'Neal Jr.'s performance was shocking, not only successfully protecting the Pacers' interior and backcourt rebounds, but also grabbed 2 offensive rebounds in just three minutes of playing time, helping the Pacers further expand their lead, When Ye Xuan and Pickled Pepper were replaced, the Pacers had already led their opponents by 12 points.

However, Ye Xuan was still not careless, and continued to use his advantage on the offensive end to put pressure on the opponent, forcing the opponent to have to replace all the main forces to fight, originally the Eagles wanted to use the substitutes to consume the physical strength of Ye Xuan and Pickle Pepper, and then let the main players appear in the main competition of the Pacers, but now the Pacers took the lead in attacking, not only scored 5 points in two rounds, but also let the Hawks' benches not score a point, which directly made Mike Budenholzer's wishful thinking fail.

The two teams still played back and forth after the main team was replaced, and the starting lineup of the Hawks also won the team award of Player of the Month, which should be the first time in the history of the league that the Player of the Month was awarded to all the starters of a team. But the back and forth is an unacceptable situation for the Eagles, because they are now behind by double digits, and if they continue to play like this, they will have to accept a loss in the end.

After a season of running-in, the Pacers' grasp of the advantage can be said to be the strongest in the league, with a lead of up to 16 points, of course, the opponent will not find any chance to turn the tables, so while starting to use procrastination to slow down the pace of the game, while starting to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the opponent, to consume the opponent's physical strength, so that the opponent has no way to catch up with the score in a short time.

As a result, the second quarter ended, and the Pacers still entered the locker room with a 17-point lead. In fact, the game can basically be declared a failure for the Eagles at this point, because they worked so hard to chase points in the second half of the second quarter, but they still didn't take advantage, and they consumed a lot of physical strength, which is also bad news for them in the second half of the game, plus Ye Xuan's ability to control the rhythm is also first-class, and he doesn't give the Eagles a chance to speed up at all, nor does he follow the opponent's rhythm, so the number of offensive rounds of the two teams dropped all of a sudden.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, the two teams were still very entangled, but the difference was that the Pacers seemed very relaxed and comfortable, while the Hawks were more and more anxious and impatient. After gradually being worn out by the Pacers' patience, the Hawks had to blow the horn of the last wave of offense, a wave of 9:2 Xiao Gao Chao did have a good effect, but just when they wanted to attack with all their strength and overtake the score in one go, they ignored the defense, and when it came to offensive firepower, the Pacers have never been afraid of anyone, especially now that their backcourt is both less than present, not to mention, two consecutive three-pointers and a 2+1 directly beat the Hawks back to their original shape.

After such a wave of ups and downs, the Hawks basically have no chance to overtake the score, and can only watch the Pacers re-stabilize the difference at about 20 points, and they can only barely resist, but they have no power to fight back. At the end of the third quarter, the Pacers led by 18 points at 83:65.

The fourth quarter seemed to turn into practice time for the Pacers, and even West, who Coach Frank was ready to give up completely, was given a few minutes of playing time. At the end of the game, the Pacers defeated their Eastern Conference semifinals opponent by a margin of 105-86 on their home court, changing the score to 2-1.

After the game played a rare high score in the first quarter, the final score of the two teams should be very high, but then after the Pacers took a double-digit lead, they began to deliberately slow down the pace, resulting in a lot of offensive rounds in each quarter of the game compared to the first quarter, and in the last three quarters of the game, the Pacers only scored a total of 60 points, and the Hawks were even worse, only 49 points were scored in the third quarter, which directly turned an attack into the Pistons playing the Spurs that year. However, the two teams still contributed a wonderful game, with a high score of 82 points in a single quarter, and the tense scene of shooting 8 three-pointers in a row also made it to the top five goals of the second day.