basketball never sleeps

Chapter 155
The calm voice of the flight attendant and the shaking of the cabin startled the sleeping travelers.

It's time to arrive.

Taking off the blindfold, the gloomy sky outside the window could not be seen at all. It was still in the afternoon, and the raindrops drew fine horizontal lines on the window, directly revealing the weather outside at the moment.

"Shit weather."

Ao Pang, who squinted his eyes, just looked up, muttered something, and then fell down again.

"Yawn~"

Stretching, Mo Wen took off his earphones, and glanced around strangely.

Today's plane is a bit too quiet, quiet and depressing.

Especially the two grandsons next to him.

The two of them usually screamed and cheered up the atmosphere at this time, but they didn't expect that today they would be like drinking black tea for sleepiness, since they got on the plane and fell asleep until now.

A listless look.

listless
Mo Wen's eyelids trembled, and a bad feeling came to his heart.

Shouldn't these two...

No, it can't be used, because he was the one who was attacked at night, he was forced, and he didn't resist just to not violate the woman's wishes.

In the situation of these two grandsons, if they stayed at home honestly, they would definitely not be able to.

Forget it, no matter how you look at it from the result, he is laughing at fifty steps.

Da Fan, who was sitting at the back of the cabin, rubbed his glasses and put them on, got up and looked at the players sitting quietly and honestly on their seats, and nodded in satisfaction.

Looking at the three people resting quietly in the front row, a smile appeared on their fat faces.

It's not easy, the three bears finally know how to be nervous and start to lead by example?
He doesn't know how long he hasn't done a quiet journey without rap, pop music, and jokes.

When you get older, you long for quiet time to rest even if you can't sleep.

When was the last time it was so quiet on a plane?Oh, it seems to be the 3 consecutive trips and a back-to-back return trip in mid-March.

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[Indiana may not have created basketball, but basketball created Indiana. 】

As the fourth largest state capital in the United States, Indianapolis certainly cannot be created because of basketball, but from this exaggerated description, it can also be seen that the Big Cornfield loves basketball.

The regional economy dominated by agriculture and sparsely populated determines that this land is not suitable for sports such as rugby, football, and baseball, which require the participation of many people. After the basketball game appeared in this land more than a hundred years ago, there is no How long did it take to become the favorite sport of the land.

So even if the team has lost 2 games in a row, the Conseco Arena is still full.

Cheers, shouts, whistles, banners, support cards, flags, every fan's face is full of hope.

What is the ball market?

The population of Toronto is more than 400 million, and the population of the urban area is more than 200 million. The attendance rate of the Raptors at home is only 60% after Carter left.

And Yincheng, with a total population of 88 and an urban area of ​​50, was sold out from the preseason to the playoffs.

Of course, in addition to tradition, the Pacers' impressive achievements in recent years have also supported the Indian City Ball City.

In the 1990 years since 15, the Pacers have missed the playoffs just once.

Although they have only reached the finals once in 14 playoff trips and have not yet won a championship, this record is enough for every Indian to be proud of.

Before this season, only the Lakers could compete with them in the playoffs, but this year the Lakers did not make the playoffs, and the Pacers became the only one.

win!
Pacers fans can be happy with this great record, but the team from Bird to water cooler keeper will not be satisfied just because they made the playoffs.

Now the Pacers have got the same script as last year's Eastern Conference finals, and they started 0:2 again, with a last stand, and if they lose another game, they will be 3:0, so they don't need to play.

But this time is better. Last year, they lost two home games. Although they are behind this year, they still have home games.

Carlisle's strategy for this game has not changed much from the previous game. What he has done before are reasonable changes that can be predicted. If he changes and tries some other tactics randomly, it will only make the situation more uncontrollable.

Sure enough, when the game started, the normal Pacers showed completely different results from the previous game.

Not only because the direction of the home whistle has changed, but the overall penalty scale has also become much looser.

The NH rules are tantamount to abolishing. You basically don’t blow the elbow on the outside line. Usually, if someone falls to the ground or something, if you don’t roll on the ground for two and a half weeks, the referee will not look at you.

Carlisle didn't expect the effect to be so good. After his tactical adjustment was completed, the Big Three of the Heat were affected to varying degrees.

首节下来韦德投篮3中1，罚球2中1，3分2板2失误。奥胖稍微好点，投篮4中2，罚球4中1，5分3板1助攻。

Although Mo Wen also emptied the magazine and successfully smashed "Darkness" with "Thunder", but his outside shooting style of play is not particularly exhausting. His hit rate is the only one in the team that can be seen, 4 He made 2 shots, including 2 of 1 three-pointers and 3 of 3 free throws. He scored 8 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist.

If the Big Three cannot be played, it is naturally difficult for other role players to get easy shots.

Ha Pang and Rasul hit an air cut and a mid-range shot respectively, and the other players who came in had no scoring data.

20 points in the first quarter, this is the lowest score of the Heat's Big Three this season when they are healthy.

Pacers players are not much better than Heat players under high-intensity defense, but after all, this is their home court,

Xiao Ao finally found the feeling of shooting. He made 8 of 4 shots and scored 10 points with free throws. Artest also hit a fast break layup and a corner three-pointer when Mo Wen relaxed his vigilance. He scored 5 points in the first quarter. point.

Although the other Pacers players did not become more efficient, they still took the lead against the Heat in the first quarter by relying on their control of rebounds and exchanging shots for points.

28: 20.

They also lead by 8 points!
Da Fan was a bit confused by the beating. He called for several adjustments in the middle and arranged a few small tactics to make Wade and Ao Pang feel better, but nothing worked.

As the saying goes: without desires, steel.

People with kidney deficiency have cold hands and feet, and it is normal for them to be unable to shoot.

The two were not as observant as Mo Wen, but they could also know what the other party had done before they came by relying on a man's intuition.

So during the break in the first quarter, the two expressed that they didn't feel good, and they were willing to assist Mo Wen in studying the tactics with the outside line as the core of the attack.

Mo Wen is also very helpless, his physical strength is now the best among the three, but he has to rely on his personal strength to play against a championship-level defensive team... It's broken, I'm A-Zhan.

In the second quarter, Mo Wen, who said he didn't want it, still played the role of the team honestly.

On the one hand, I don't want to watch the crappy performance of the two soft-legged shrimps, and on the other hand, I am worried that Riley will restart the training plan because of the ugly loss.

O'Pang and Wade just felt bad and their physical fitness was affected a little bit, but it doesn't mean they were completely drained, and they still had some points in the playoffs.

So in the second quarter, in addition to increasing his shots after screens, Mo Wen also led the team to play a lot of high pick-and-rolls and multiple screens.

Constantly forcing the Pacers to switch defenses.

Pulling out the inside line greatly reduced the Heat's control over the offensive rebounds, but in the continuous misplaced singles, the two soft-footed shrimps still recovered a certain state.

The point difference in the first quarter was also gradually recovered.

The stadium, which was originally full of gongs, drums and firecrackers, gradually became tense.

Until halftime, the difference between the two teams was only 3 points.

Mo Wen held the ball and advanced in the logo area. Seeing that there were 7 seconds left, he was not in a hurry to rush forward to find an opportunity.
Artest may be due to the root cause of the confrontation in the first two games. He took a break just before halftime, and now the person defending him has also become Miller.

Looking at the familiar stadium and familiar people in front of him, Mo Wen's feeling came suddenly.

He wandered beyond the arc, waiting for the clock to tick.

"Watch out for his threes, Reggie!"

Artest's eyelids twitched on the sidelines, and he reminded loudly.

Miller slightly raised his hand, signaling that he understood.

Preoccupied, Miller licked his lips as he glanced at the clock on the sidelines from the corner of his eye.

He has to keep the ball, because even though there are only 3 points, but being tied at halftime and leading at halftime, there are completely two mentalities behind it.

He looked up and saw that the number had jumped to 2, so he suddenly collected the ball, got up and slid to one side, making a gesture to jump up and shoot.

The engrossed Miller responded in good time.

He followed the direction of Mo Wen's movement, opened his arms and rushed over.

Seeing that his fingertips were about to touch the basketball that was about to fly out, the basketball in Mo Wen's hands seemed to violate the law of inertia, not only stopped the car abruptly, but even recycled it.

A standing big lever outside the three-point line, avoiding Miller's black hands, as if in a hurry, didn't pay attention to his position, and casually threw it sideways.

(End of this chapter)