I'm not really a brutalist striker

Chapter 48 48. Brutal empty catch!

"The Eagles played very tenaciously in this game. Even facing the No. 4 Pacers in the Eastern Conference, the Eagles still led their opponents by [-] points in the first quarter."

"The most unbelievable thing is that the Vultures actually took advantage of the matchup with Jermaine O'Neal. The data of eight points, four rebounds and two blocks in the first quarter is undoubtedly very good."

"Especially the dunks in the fast-break counterattack have greatly improved the overall momentum of the Eagles."

Hearing Bill Wharton's praise, Tom Horvath, his partner on the side, laughed and said, "Yes, although the vulture's offensive efficiency began to decline in the second half of the first quarter, it did not affect the vulture's wonderful quarter this night. personal performance."

"Derrick Anderson had a great first quarter as well. This guy hit three three-pointers in front of Reggie Miller, which was definitely a surprise for the Hawks."

Back in the second quarter, the two sides replaced the substitute lineup to compete.

The depth of the Pacers' lineup this season is far from solid, but the second team has Al Harrington who can average 13 points, 6 rebounds and [-] assists per game.

Al Harrington is 104 meters tall and weighs [-] kilograms. He can play both small forward and power forward positions on the field.

Al Harrington spent the first five years of his career in the Indiana Pacers. Although his performance was not as brave as that of the later Golden State Warriors, Harrington has become the biggest player in the competition for the best sixth man this season. One of the top picks.

In contrast, the depth of the Hawks' lineup this season has been very poor, and no player on the bench averaged double figures per game.

This also led to the fact that once the Eagles' main players rested, they would be seized by the opponent to chase after them and take advantage of the opportunity to open the score.

Fortunately, Jason Koller, who had been injured for a long time, ushered in a comeback in this game, leading the Eagles to withstand the Pacers' counterattack in the first half of the second quarter.

Although it failed to further expand the score, it was also not attacked by the Pacers.

With Correll attacking Scott Pollard again on the offensive end, Stotts sat on the court and applauded Correll, who had just returned from injury.

There is no doubt that Koller's presence has helped the Eagles a lot.

As long as the Pacers don't seize the opportunity to open the score, Suter and Rasheed Wallace can get more time to rest.

Seeing Koller's hard-working appearance just after his comeback, Rasheed Wallace pulled the headband on his forehead.

"This guy looks quite simple and honest, with a bit of a shy personality."

"Playing on the court is also serious enough, and this fighting spirit is much stronger than that guy Boris Dior."

"It's a good thing for us. At least we don't have to be kicked by the coaching staff before our ass is hot like before."

Not far away, hearing Rasheed Wallace's evaluation without lowering his voice at all, Dio was so angry that his body began to tremble.

If it weren't for Rasheed Wallace's fiery personal temper, Dior would definitely stand up and point to Rasheed to make a good theory.

"I don't want to lose face!"

"Aren't you bullying honest people!"

There was a smile on Suter's face, and he didn't seem to be nervous at all that a rookie player should have: "You can't work hard. This guy is in a contract year this year. His defensive ability is very bad. He just suffered an injury not long ago."

"If you don't try your best to prove that your offensive level has not been affected, you will really face unemployment."

While speaking, the Pacers, under the leadership of Al Harrington, scored 7 points in a row, and directly beat the Eagles with a 7:0 spurt, and at the same time helped the team overtake the score for the first time in this game.

Jason Koller's offensive level is not bad, at least not too bad as a substitute player, but his defensive level is a mess.

When the Pacers hit the penalty area against Koller's defense time and time again, the Eagles' second team was quickly beaten to reveal their true colors.

Even though Stephen Jackson, who had a short break in the first quarter, stayed on the court, he still failed to stop the Pacers' sudden offensive.

"Fuck!"

Seeing the Pacers' sudden offensive, Stotts couldn't help but curse, obviously dissatisfied with the players' defense during this period.

Looking up at the time, Stotts waved his hand and decided to take Souter and Rasheed Wallace in advance.

"Get ready to play!"

As for why Souter and Rasheed Wallace are not used separately, because apart from Wallace, there is no center for the entire Eagles that is suitable to partner with Souter.

In order to play the biggest threat of Suter's brutal style of play, another insider on the field must have shooting ability, otherwise the penalty area will be too crowded and it will be difficult for the offensive end to run out of tactics.

This point has been proven many times in the Eagles' team training games. If it weren't for this, the "blocker" Ratliff would not have been packaged and traded to the Trail Blazers along with Jason Terry.

Stotts is a coach who advocates offensive firepower, especially fast break counterattack and peripheral shooting. Both of these are Stotts' main tactical ideas.

Compared with the offensive attainments, Stotts' defensive concept can be called a devastating performance. In many cases, players use their personal abilities to dominate the game.

Thanks to Hawks assistant coach Mike Woodson's defensive layout is pretty good, otherwise the Eagles' defensive efficiency this season must be at the bottom of the league.

Back on the court, the five players of the Eagles at this time are: McGinnis, Derek Anderson, Wesley Person, Suter and Rasheed Wallace.

Person is 1.9 meters eight and weighs 88 kilograms. He plays the two positions of shooting guard and small forward on the field. Person, who entered the league in 1994, is already a veteran who has played for nearly 10 years.

Wesley Person was a famous shooter at the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century. In his peak season, he averaged 15.1 points per game for the Cavaliers.

His career three-point shooting percentage has reached 41.8%, which is currently ranked seventh in NBA history.

Although Person's defensive ability is average, this season he can only contribute 6.1 points per game as a substitute, but Person's outside shooting is very good. This season, he has 40% of the three-pointers. to open up the space.

The Pacers saw the Eagles making substitutions, and head coach Rick Carlisle also replaced the main players. There are currently five players on the court: Jensley, Fred Jones, Al Harrington, Artest , and O'Neal.

Since Al Harrington performed well during this period, Carlisle did not take it down, but let the two-meter-tall O'Neal top the center.

Anyway, both of them are very thin and thin, and there is no obvious disadvantage in terms of strength.

But in this way, Artest will defend Souter head-on. For Souter, this period of time will be a very big challenge.

After all, Artest's current defensive efficiency is even better than Ben Wallace's, and the ratio of points conceded per [-] rounds ranks first in the league.

The Eagles were attacking, and McGinnis was still playing pick-and-roll with Suter in the high position, but this time the Pacers' pick-and-roll player changed from O'Neal to Artest, who had a better defensive efficiency.

Artest has a fast lateral movement. As a small forward, due to his excellent tonnage and weight, he can occasionally play the fourth position.

When McGinnis and Suter played a pick-and-roll, Artest almost used the most savage way to forcibly squeeze over.

"Fuck! Livestock!"

Unlike Ben Wallace who was facing the Pistons, although Wallace is equally powerful, even more amazing than Artest, Ben Wallace's lateral movement speed is very slow.

Facing Ben Wallace's defense, Suter can take advantage of his footsteps and complete the pass by turning around.

But facing Artest, Suter found that he didn't seem to have a clear advantage in terms of speed or strength. Unless he could use the off-ball pick-and-roll of his teammates to cut and dunk inside, he wanted to break through Artest head-on. The defense is somewhat difficult.

"You can't score from my defense today, you bastard!"

Artest let out a growl, and stared at Suter viciously, looking more like a wild beast.

"You were beaten by Big Ben."

"???"

There were three question marks above his head. Now that the Auburn Hills Palace incident had not happened, Artest naturally couldn't understand Suter's meaning.

But this didn't affect Artest's analysis from Suter's tone that this guy seemed to be mocking himself.

"hateful!"

"How dare you mock me!"

"You were beaten by Big Ben!"

"Today, I will tear you apart with my own hands!"

Artest.

"You were beaten by Big Ben!"

Before Artest became further angry, Suter, who failed to create an offensive opportunity through the pick-and-roll, directly transferred the ball in a wide range to the left corner Person's hand.

Suter was keen to spot that Person ran out to the open corner in the corner through a Rasheed Wallace screen.

This half-court pass is very risky, and if you are not careful, it will be intercepted by the Pacers midway.

But fortunately, the Pacers' defensive attention is on the players they are guarding. No one thought that Suter would throw a wide-ranging long pass without warning.

After receiving the pass, Personn didn't even waste a second in aiming. He raised his hand and took off. The whole shooting action showed the confidence of the seventh three-pointer in history.

"Shu~"

37:36, the Eagles successfully overtook the score again.

"People who are optimistic about you! Ron!"

"Don't be distracted, control your emotions!"

Watching Artest suffer from inattention again, Carlisle stood off the court and roared loudly.

He was scolded by the head coach for no reason, which made Artest put the grievance on Suter.

"Damn guy, you managed to piss me off! Then don't think about it!"

Pacers offense, the Pacers lineup's inside offense is very powerful, Artest, Al Harrington and Jermaine O'Neal are the top three players in the Pacers' team this season.

Just after halftime, the angry Artest opened his hand to Jensley for the ball, and then used O'Neal's pick-and-roll to hold the ball like a tank and charge to the basket.

However, Rasheed Wallace's awareness of assisting defense is very good. At the first moment of Artest's brainless collision, Wallace gave up O'Neal behind him and raised his arms high to cooperate with Souter against Ahest. Tester forms a flank.

When Artest reacted, Souter and Rasheed Wallace had already stuck Artest in the corner like dumplings.

Unable to find a passing route for a long time, Artest was holding the basketball and twisting his body crazily. The irrational Artest played like a fool. His IQ was on par with his "junior brother" Stevenson. Called the crouching dragon and phoenix of the NBA.

Finding the loophole when Artest twisted his body, Suter had quick eyesight and quick hands, dropped the ball with a knife, and then launched a counterattack forward with the ball.

"hateful!"

Hearing a vicious roar from behind, Suter buried his head in a sprint as if stepping on a hot wheel. Facing Al Harrington's return defense, he directly stuck to Harrington's body and smashed the tomahawk!

"Bang!"

39:36
At the moment when Suter dunked, Harrington, who saw no hope of blocking the shot, took back his defensive action directly to avoid losing a foul this time.

"Battle Axe!"

"The Vulture completed another fast-break dunk with a steal. This is already the fourth counter-dunk dunk sent by the Vulture in this game!"

The Pacers attacked, and Artest became more and more angry, but under the roar of head coach Rick Carlisle, Artest forcibly suppressed the urge to hit someone, but the offensive end could not control the ball singles desire.

Faced with Suter's defense that was one step away, Artest did not call for a pick-and-roll this time, but directly turned his back, using the most primitive playing style to try to use power to attack Suter alone.

When Artest's shoulder hit his chest fiercely, Suter felt that he urgently needed a CT scan at this moment. It felt like an iron rod was slammed into his chest without reservation.

"Damn it! Is this something that people can guard against?"

Without any fancy tricks, Artest just used his body to roll all the way to the basket, turned and wiped the ball for the ball before Rasheed Wallace could help defend him.

39:38
"I said, today I will tear you apart with my own hands!"

When retreating to defend, Artest stared at Souter fiercely, as if he was going to eat Souter raw.

Ignoring Artest's neurotic venting, Rasheed Wallace walked over with a smile on his face.

"Well, now you know what it's like to be dominated by brute force?"

"That's how I felt when I was defending Shaq. Damn, I really don't want to experience this feeling a second time."

Stretching out his hand and rubbing his chest, Su Te also showed a stern look on his face.

"Damn it! Today I will detain him for everything I say!"

In positional battle, this time McInnis did not play pick and roll with Suter. After the confrontation in the last round, McInnis can clearly see that the pick and roll cannot solve the problem.

After observing Suter's running position, I found that Suter was tightly entangled by Artest, and he didn't have a good chance to catch the ball for a long time.

I saw that McGinnis suddenly accelerated past Jensley's defense, and at the moment Fred Jones assisted in the defense, he directly distributed the ball to Derek Anderson outside the three-point line.

The latter raised his knife from outside the three-point line, and when he pulled it up, it was a strike!
"boom!"

It's been a long time since I touched the basketball, and Anderson, who felt hot in the first quarter, is currently a little cold.

Jermaine O'Neal protected the backboard and quickly launched a counterattack. During the counterattack, he did not find a good opportunity, and the Pacers were forced to move into position.

In the positional battle, Artest still wanted to continue to force Souter, but was attacked by Person on the side ahead of time, forcing Artest to distribute the ball to Al Harrington in the bottom corner.

The latter didn't hesitate to receive the pass, and he made a decisive three-pointer from the bottom corner, and immediately returned a hit... hit the iron!
Rasheed Wallace used his wingspan to grab a rebound in the backcourt, but was harassed by O'Neal and failed to play the ball at the first time, causing the Eagles to lose the opportunity of this fast-break counterattack.

With the ball through half court, McGinnis and Rasheed Wallace went to the pick-and-roll, trying to use Wallace's excellent shooting range to open the situation.

However, at the same time that McGinnis broke through the pick-and-roll, Rasheed Wallace, who has been in charge of outside shooting in tactics, suddenly cut down. Wallace's reaction seriously exceeded O'Neal's expectations, and he directly hit O'Neal. One was caught off guard.

When O'Neal reacted, Wallace had already gone straight to the basket. Seeing that there was no defense on Wallace's side, Artest immediately assisted the defense and changed positions, blocking the penalty area like a bullet hole.

O'Neal, on the other hand, rationally judged the situation on the clearing field while Artest switched defenses against Wallace, and flew to Suter to form a perfect extreme defense switch.

That is, it prevented Wallace from scoring under the basket, and made up for Suter's open shot.

In this defensive round, the Pacers showed a strong tactical quality, and the third defensive efficiency in the league is well deserved.

But before the Pacers fans stood up and cheered loudly, Suter suddenly turned around and passed O'Neal who came to help defend, so fast that even the cameras on the sidelines couldn't keep up.

At the same time, Su Te, who was cutting to the basket and attacking the basket, let out a roar: "Throw it! Throw it to the sky!"

Hearing the roar coming from Suter's mouth, McInnis raised his hand and threw the ball high into the sky without even thinking about it.

As a man determined to become the league's assist king, McGinnis will not miss any air connection with Suter!
With McGinnis passing the ball as if it was precisely positioned, Suter, who took off with all his strength, directly completed this alley-oop dunk on Artest's head like smashing Huashan!

"Bang!"

The huge impact even knocked Artest, who was defending against the basket, more than two meters away before he staggered to stabilize his figure!

Suter's brutal dunk silenced the entire Pacers at home, and scored his 70th point of the game with more than 12% shooting!
It seemed a bit awkward to let those fans who were about to stand up and cheer loudly stay where they were, neither standing nor sitting.

(End of this chapter)