Chapter 133: The Scorching First Half

After a TV timeout, the Heat made a personnel rotation, swapping Chalmers for Ray Allen. After coming to the frontcourt, James chose to play alone, made a gesture to signal his teammates to pull away, James began to forcibly break through Lance, two big steps drove Lance inward, James made a stop-and-go jump shot, but the shot ended in iron.

Pickled pepper grabbed the backcourt rebound and quickly handed the ball into Ye Xuan's hands, Ye Xuan looked up and found that the opponent's retreat was not very positive, so he seized the opportunity to quickly start and rush forward, Wade found that something was wrong and immediately chased back, who knew that Ye Xuan saw Wade chasing back, deliberately slowed down his pace, and made a shooting action at the three-point line to successfully shake Wade up, Ye Xuan took the opportunity to hit Wade backwards, and then pushed the basketball to the basket.

The referee immediately blew a shooting foul from Wade outside the three-point line, but the shot thrown out by Ye Xuan casually went straight into the basket under the addition of the system's 'Lao Tzu Nick Yang Talent', 3+1!! The Pacers' bench was instantly happy, and the towels and everything were dancing extremely hard. And after Ye Xuan saw the basketball directly into the basket, he also pretended to make his signature celebration against the opponent's basket.

Then, Ye Xuan came to the free throw line again, and steadily hit the free throw, which opened the difference between the two teams to 5 points in an instant. However, the Heat did not seem to be in a hurry, still playing steadily, and immediately James threw in a breakaway board layup.

However, the overall offensive success rate of the two sides was still not very high, until the first quarter of the game was less than 3 minutes left, the score of the two teams had just come to 24:22, and the Pacers led by two points, and at this time the Pacers called a timeout, replaced Ye Xuan and the interior twin towers to rest, and replaced them with Masimmi, Scola and George Hill.

The Heat also took the opportunity to replace the real giants and Wade for a while, replaced Chris Anderson and Norris Kerr, and then replaced Battier with the Ha team. After the timeout, the Pacers relied on the blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation of Pickles and Lance to successfully enter the opponent's restricted area, and Pickles easily scored the ball for layups.

In the next few rounds, although both teams played well tactically, due to the relationship between shooting percentage and the increased defensive intensity of the opponent, both teams did not score, and the first quarter ended with the Pacers leading the opponent by four points at 26-22.

During the break, although the home team is on the edge of the cliff, the atmosphere at home is still very good, and the activities at home are also non-stop.

In a blink of an eye, the time came to the second quarter, and at the beginning of the second quarter, the Pacers replaced Pickle Pepper and Lance with Ye Xuan and Solomon Hill. The Heat also replaced James for a break and instead let Wade come on the court to lead the bench for a while.

The Pacers served the ball in the backcourt, George Hill slowly controlled the ball to the frontcourt, and then handed the ball to Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan held the ball to face Wade's defense, and made a gesture to signal his teammates to pull away, and then Ye Xuan suddenly changed direction in front of his body, handed the ball to his left hand and put it forward, and took two steps inward, and then a bailing action after an emergency stop successfully shook Wade away, while Ye Xuan restarted and broke through two steps inward, and hit this mid-range shot before Haslem had time to come over to make up for the defense.

The Heat's offense was also played fairly well under Wade's organization, and in two consecutive rounds, Wade found Ray Allen and Kerr, who ran out of the open space, after Wade broke through the ball, and these two did not live up to Wade's expectations, shooting the ball on both occasions.

On the Pacers' side, it was Marcimi who received the ball inside and beat Chris Anderson with his back, and the two sides played 3-4 minutes with this lineup, and then hurriedly changed the main lineup, but unlike the Heat, the Pacers did not let Lance play, but chose to let Solomon Hill continue to play for a while.

After the substitution, the Pacers sideline served, Ye Xuan controlled the basketball to the front court, handed the ball to Pickled Pepper to deal with, and Pickled Pepper was not polite, the moment he received the ball, he suddenly started, and when the opposing Ray Allen had not yet come to react, he passed the opponent in two steps, and then pushed the ball up against Bosh's defensive lever.

And James wanted to return the color when he turned around, first controlling the ball himself to the frontcourt, and then using the real giant's block to successfully get rid of Solomon Hill's defense, and forced the ball under Hibbert's defense.

The Pacers served in the backcourt, Ye Xuan hoisted the ball into the inside line after holding the ball to the front court, and attracted his defenders to the other side, while allowing Hibbert to get enough space to play the opponent alone, but the real giant's performance today is indeed a few times the demeanor of the dragon king back then, although he still can't withstand Hibbert's back hit, but when the opponent sank down and hit the back, he suddenly finished a move to withdraw the stool, and Hibbert, who lost his center of gravity, fell backwards and was immediately blown by the referee for a walking violation.

After that, the two teams went back and forth for a few more rounds, and the time came to the second quarter with less than three minutes left, and the score between the two sides was still deadlocked at 41:39, and the Pacers led by two points.

But at this time, Ye Xuan suddenly began to exert his power, first when he held the ball and singled Wade, he ignored the opponent's block and shot a super difficult backward jumper, and then took advantage of the opponent's inattention on the defensive end to cut off Haslem's return pass, and pushed the fast break to the front court to assist Pickle Pepper to complete a one-arm windmill dunk.

Although the Heat immediately hit a mid-range shot by the real giant Bosh one step inside the three-point line, the Pacers' side immediately found David West by Ye Xuan and helped the latter return the opponent's mid-range shot near the free throw line. The Pacers' sudden offensive frenzy made the Heat generals a little confused, and they couldn't keep up with the pace of the Pacers for a while, and they were quickly pulled away by the Pacers.

At the end of the second quarter, the Pacers led by eight points at 51-43. This made the fans at the American Airlines Center a little unacceptable, originally in the last game, their home team finally brought the game back to Miami, was it a home defeat that greeted them?