Chapter 508: Senior Brother is alive again
After the Heat lost James, the lineup was more reasonable, so they bit the Warriors hard, making the Warriors' Eastern Conference trip the first game a stick.
Now the Pacers are also eager to take the shot.
While fans on both sides warmed up, the Warriors players were a little languishing.
No way, they just flew to Indiana, and some of the players couldn't sleep on the plane, and they had less than three hours of rest in total.
In this state, it will be really difficult to play.
At 7 p.m., the Pacers host the Warriors.
The Warriors' starting lineup remains unchanged, with Zhou Yang, Curry, Chandler, Turkoglu and Barbosa.
The starting five of the Pacers are Paul George, David West, George Hill, Hibbert, Stephenson.
The junior brother mentioned the starter this season, played well, and was reused.
Jumping the ball in the center circle, Hibbert grabbed the first wave of possession for the Pacers.
In this parallel world, the league did not introduce the "vertical jump defense" rule, so Hibbert is still the "Black Yao Ming" and has a certain dominance.
George Hill pushed forward with the ball and in the face of Curry's defense, he wanted to go straight in.
However, Curry's defense has improved a lot, and Hill tried a few times, but he never got past Curry's defense.
In desperation, he had no choice but to pass the ball to Paul George.
Since Granger was seriously injured, Pickles has taken on the responsibility of being the leader of the team and has played well.
After receiving the ball, Pickled Pepper faced Zhou Yang's defense, changed direction twice in a row, and then made a quick stop jump shot.
Although Zhou Yang didn't use all his strength, he was also very serious, but Pickled Pepper still threw the ball, huff!
Hit!
Although it was scored, Paul George was still shocked and very scared, because he had reached the limit with this ball just now.
Even so, Zhou Yang's fingertips almost rubbed the ball skin.
Paul George hit the first shot, which immediately drew cheers from the Pacers' home fans.
Zhou Yang also slapped Pickled Pepper's butt generously to express his appreciation for his shooting.
Warriors offense.
Curry advanced to the front court with the ball, and he didn't get tangled with Hill and directly let Tekoglu come over to cover.
David West immediately made a big delay to prevent Curry from making a three-point shot.
The Pacers were well prepared, knowing that Curry could shoot anywhere in the half.
While defending Curry, West beckoned his teammates to get ready to help.
Curry wants to play small and big and play West, who knows, West's footsteps are extremely fast and very stable, and Curry can't get rid of it.
In desperation, Curry had no choice but to pass the ball to Turkoglu and let him play George Hill.
Tekoglu is still very steady, after receiving the ball, he shook it and shot easily in front of Hill, hey!
Three-point hit.
It looks like the Warriors are going to see Turkoglou's performance today.
After all, this is a trip to the East.
3:2!
The Pacers' home fans fell silent instantly.
They thought of a three-point shot, it would be Zhou Yang's shot, Curry's shot, but they didn't expect it to be Turkoglu's first three-pointer.
In the next round, Stephenson took the initiative to ask for the ball and made a three-point shot against Barbosa.
This guy has a weird personality, sometimes he is violent, sometimes he is funny.
Swish!
What a neurotic player, this three-point is not easy, but it still goes in.
The home fans were quickly set on fire, and they all stood up and cheered.
Stephenson himself was excited, and he kept yelling at Tekoglu, spitting all over the place.
Tekoglu was calm, ignoring him, silently wiping the saliva from his face.
Still the referee couldn't stand it anymore and warned Stephenson that there was really no need for this.
At 5:3, the Pacers took the lead again.
Warriors offense.
Because Stephenson was too exaggerated just now, Zhou Yang wanted to teach him a lesson.
Don't just open your teeth and claws when you score a goal, are you crazy?
Zhou Yang held the ball past half and beckoned to Barbossa, who immediately understood.
He brought Stephenson over, the two changed guards, and the junior brother stood in front of Zhou Yang.
Stephenson didn't care and continued to squirt.
"Zhou Yang! This season won't make you arrogant anymore, tell you, don't think about winning the championship again......
Zhou Yang didn't bother to pay attention to him, so he said lightly: "You can't rush out of the east, what does the championship have to do with you?"
"You ......"
Stephenson yelled in anger, and the defensive action became bigger.
Smack!
His hand kept beckoning Zhou Yang, and Zhou Yang didn't get angry or complain to the referee, just slowly dribbled the ball and observed Stephenson's center of gravity moving.
With 4 seconds left in the attack time, Zhou Yang suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the left.
The junior brother hurriedly chased after him, but Zhou Yang quickly took the ball back and retreated outside the three-point line!
This step-back three-point is too much.
Stephenson, despite his mental preparation, was deceived.
When he wanted to pounce again, it was too late, Zhou Yang's knees had reached the height of his neck.
Swish!
This three points is too hard.
After scoring the goal, Zhou Yang imitated Stephenson to make a spraying action, his mouth opened one by one, and his teammates on the Warriors bench were about to laugh on the ground.
The referee was also holding back a smile and turned away.
Stephenson didn't care, he was very thick-skinned, and he actually stuck out his tongue at Zhou Yang, expressing disdain.
Not to mention, the junior brother is a very interesting person.
At 6:5, the Warriors took another 1-point lead.
Judging by the spectacle of this game, the game was exciting.
However, in the next few rounds, the disadvantage of the Warriors' lack of rest and sleep was exposed.
The players can't keep up, they often wander, and they don't have as much energy.
The Pacers took advantage of the opportunity to overtake the score. Look at the book
The first quarter played more than 5 minutes, the score of the two teams was 14-9, and the Pacers led by 5 points.
Enter the official timeout.
The shouts of the home fans made the Warriors players feel a lot of pressure.
Nelson Sr. was also very considerate, and after the timeout, he replaced the Splash Brothers off the break and replaced the bench lineup early.
The Warriors players on the bench understand that the time has come when they are needed.
Although everyone didn't sleep well, after all, they didn't play long in the last game, and they still had a physical advantage.
So the Warriors bench played hard.
It's a lot of hard work, but there is still a gap in the strength of the two sides.
First of all, Hibbert on the inside, with a soft hand, and his turnaround jumper made it difficult for Chandler to defend.
In addition, Paul George faced Butler and played with ease.
At this time, Butler is still a young JB, and he is okay in the face of substitutes, and he is a little powerless in the face of a star like Pickle Pepper who has already played a major role in the team.
The point gap continues to widen.
At the end of the first quarter, the score came to 35:24 and the Pacers led by 11 points.
The Warriors are in danger.
In the second quarter of the game, Zhou Yang and Curry appeared again.