Chapter 300: The winning streak ends
After the start of the fourth quarter of the game, the Pacers still used Solomon Hill to lead the bench to play, and Ye Xuan was replaced in the fourth quarter of the game for 3 minutes.
But before Ye Xuan played, the Hawks took the lead in making adjustments, replacing Horford, who only played 7 minutes in the third quarter, and Horford took Korver and Carroll on the court to blow up the Pacers' benches, and was only 3 points behind, but in just three minutes, the opponent directly extended the lead to 9 points.
After Ye Xuan came on the court, he also caused some trouble to the opponent, but because Ye Xuan's physical strength was not particularly sufficient, and the opponent used the trap tactic against Ye Xuan in the last quarter of the game, and directly asked Soflosa to press Ye Xuan all over the court, which intensified Ye Xuan's physical consumption. On the Pacers' side, West and Hibbert, who should have stood up, also began to make mistakes at this time, first Hibbert was fouled by Millsap on the offensive end, causing the Pacers to lose the ball.
Later, West fouled Horford, who did not receive the ball inside, when the opponent was about to be defended for 24 seconds, causing the attack that could have been prevented to become two free throws by the opponent. After going back and forth, the Pacers' journey to chase points became even more difficult. Fortunately, Ye Xuan used a small physical recovery potion in advance before he came on the court in the last quarter of the game, so for a while, Ye Xuan, who was still quite full of physical strength, was still able to barely support the situation.
But two fists are hard to beat four hands, although Ye Xuan's side can support for a while, but because the opponent's offense has not stopped, so even if Ye Xuan can open up the situation for the Pacers on the offensive end, but still can't narrow the difference between the two teams, as time slowly passes, the Pacers' side of the game has begun to become more and more urgent, and Ye Xuan's physical strength has begun to be a little insufficient, this can't be blamed on Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan played for 20 minutes in the first half of the game, So far in the second half, Ye Xuan has rested for less than 5 minutes in total, which means that if Ye Xuan has been playing in the fourth quarter, he will basically play the whole game for 40 minutes.
And these 40 minutes are not simply playing 40 minutes, Ye Xuan not only took over the heavy responsibility of the offensive end, but also had to contain Jeff Teague on the defensive end, which made Ye Xuan's physical exertion faster, and finally in the fourth quarter of the game for 9 minutes, Ye Xuan's physical strength dropped to about 25%, Ye Xuan's offensive efficiency also began to decline because of physical fitness, and the opponent had many offensive points, and Millsap and Horford were both able to carry the team's offensive banner, Therefore, the physical consumption is much smaller than that of Ye Xuan.
As a result, the Pacers' side gradually showed fatigue, and finally was slowly consumed by the Hawks. When it came to the last minute, Ye Xuan was still trying to use the 3-point shot to chase the score, but unfortunately Ye Xuan's shooting rate began to decline, and finally only hit one of the three consecutive shots, and the Hawks also expanded the point difference to more than 10 points again, and the Pacers could only reluctantly accept this loss.
At the end of the game, the Pacers lost the game with the Hawks 99:109 on the road, not only allowing the opponent to get 7 consecutive wins, but also ending their 9 consecutive wins by the opponent, Ye Xuan played 39 minutes and hit 14 of them in 27 shots, scoring a total of 37 points plus 11 assists, although there are also 4 turnovers, so that Ye Xuan's data in this game is not so perfect, but this also reflects from the side that the Eagles have done a very good job of Ye Xuan's defense.
In fact, Ye Xuan is starting to get a little tired now, after all, now the Pacers can only watch themselves play, and the offensive ability of other players is very limited, and although his physical strength has grown to a very good point, he still can't withstand such a toss, especially when the opponent has a type of defensive player like Sofrosa or Tony Allen, his offense will be greatly affected.
Now Ye Xuan has gone from being injured at the beginning, and the refreshing feeling of taking the right to play alone has gradually become that he is unable to support himself, and he wants someone who can at least share part of the pressure for himself to share the ball. However, for the unity of the team and the harmony of the locker room, Ye Xuan still did not show his dissatisfaction after the game, although Ye Xuan now felt that Hibbert and West were really performing a little too badly now, but he did not directly stand up and accuse these two.
In fact, after winning the championship, many players will not perform as well as before the championship, because first, their dreams have been realized, so there is nothing worth fighting for, and secondly, because they are not worried about salary, so they don't want to show themselves to fight for a big contract. West, who has made enough money, is obviously both, while Hibbert doesn't know why, anyway, the performance has been so inconsistent.
After this game, the Pacers did not return to Indiana, but went straight to Miami as they were about to take on the Heat on the road on January 24. The Heat are still in the throes of injury to their core players, and with Bosh confirmed that he will be reimbursed for the season, Wade will also have to take a game off every four or five games to recuperate.
And in this game against the Pacers, Wade just happened to be able to play, so for the Pacers, this game can't let down their guard, especially the opponent's recent rise in potential inside - Hassan Whiteside, the last game against the Heat was this person who beat the Pacers' interior to the ground, if it weren't for his free throw shooting rate is really touching, and the offense is not very confident, plus Wade is not there, the Pacers will be overturned in the gutter if the game is not good.
And the Pacers don't want to lose to the Heat in this game, because after losing the game with the Hawks, the Pacers are only one win ahead of the actual team, and if the Pacers lose this game, they can only obediently give up the second place in the East to the Cavaliers of the Big Three, because the Pacers seem to be at an absolute disadvantage in terms of the relationship between victory and defeat.