Legend Raiders

Chapter 422
The Pacers' home court was full of joy, the fans were full, and the cheerleaders on the field performed hard.

The situation of the two teams in the locker room looks very different now. The Pacers side is a little dignified, and the Heat team is relatively relaxed.

In this game related to the entire series, the pressure on the Pacers is even greater. After all, if they lose, they will bid farewell to this season and watch the Heat enter the finals.

So everyone can understand the situation of the Pacers.

But this game is played at the Pacers' home court, and their chances are still very high.

Soon.

As the two teams came out of the player tunnel, the atmosphere in the arena suddenly reached a small peak.

Both entered the bench, the coaches of the two teams finally explained some things, and then began to take off their training clothes, ready to warm up first.

After another moment, the grand appearance ceremony began, and the fans of the home team cheered to the sky.

after.

The big screen in the middle of the sky displayed the list of people who will play tonight.

The lineups of the two teams have basically not changed, and they are still their strongest players.

For the Pacers are Hibbert, David West, Paul George, Lance Stephenson and George Hill.

On the Heat's side are Chris Bosh, Haslem, James, Wade and Mario Chalmers.

On the bench of the two teams, the Pacers are a little bit worse.

The Heat also have Sean Battier, Ray Allen, Mike Miller, and Rashard Lewis, who doesn't play a lot.

So judging from the thickness of the two teams, the Heat still have the advantage.

However, purely from the perspective of their common defensive characteristics, the Pacers have an advantage and have stronger tactics, so in the end it is still uncertain what the outcome of this game will be.

Game start.

Naturally, Hibbert was not Bosh's opponent, so he ran to the backcourt with his teammates after jumping and landing.

Chalmers advanced to the frontcourt with the ball and handed it over to James to organize.

Under his command, other players began to run, especially Bosh and Wade.

Naturally, the Pacers will not let them relax, they will follow step by step, and will not let them easily get a chance.

However, after his teammates made the ball, James still got rid of George, took the ball and went straight to the inside, staring hard at Hibbert and scored the first ball after the opening.

When it was the Pacers' turn to attack, they still had a clear purpose. After a set of tactics ran, the ball was passed to Hibbert.

back.

Strong eat.

Bosh's stature and defensive ability are insufficient, and he watched the opponent hit the ball.

In the next first quarter, the two teams played vigorously, and the point difference was not widened for a while, and finally ended with the Heat leading by two points, 23:21.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the two teams began to make tentative substitutions, and the final result was not bad. When the main players returned, they were very stalemate again in the end. The defensive strength increased, and the Pacers got back a point with 18:17.

When the two teams returned to the locker room to adjust and rest, Qin Tao and the others were not idle, and commented on the performance of the two teams.

Especially their defense, it seems that every time they watch the game, they will bring them a bright feeling.

And Bickerstaff didn't sit still, using this opportunity to point out their deficiencies in defense.

In the previous game against the Spurs, they paid more attention to man-to-man, mostly relying on personal ability to defend.

Now, after watching the match between the two teams in the Eastern Conference Finals, he asked Qin Tao and the others to try to think about building a defensive line and using the cooperation of teammates to defend.

For Bickerstaff's advice, Qin Tao and the others listened attentively, frowning and thinking from time to time, and making eye contact with each other from time to time.

Then when they couldn't figure out some problems and needed to communicate something, they got together and tried to simulate the effect of linked defense.

look at them.

Whether it's Bickerstaff, who made a point, or McHale, who is good at defense, they are all happy for them.

After all, as a teacher, no one wants to see the progress of the students.

In this atmosphere, the second half of the Eastern Conference Finals began.

But when they turned their attention to the court, the Pacers surprised them.

Paul George, who was somewhat quiet in the first half, took the lead in igniting his passion, making shots from inside and outside like chopping melons and vegetables, and scored as many as seven points in just 5 minutes.

And as the critical point of Paul George's outbreak just passed, Hibbert, who was originally a strong point, also began to show his power.

His black tower-like figure is like a barrier, whether it is offensive or defensive, it brings unimaginable destructive power to the Heat.

After Hibbert finished playing this wave, he not only scored nine points, but also had four rebounds.

But the most surprising thing is that when he faced Bosh, he just relied on his own initiative to get two steals from him.

a time.

Driven by them, other Pacers players began to contribute one after another.

While defending hard, George Hill also scored five points on two of four shots and had two assists.

The beneficiaries of these two assists are not others, one is David West's 2 points, and the other is Stephenson's 2 points.

Look at the Heat.

Their performance can be described as bad.

I don't know what happened to them during the halftime break. In the third quarter of the game, except for James' six points and Wade's nine points, the others did not score a point, which is simply too rare.

finally.

When they finished the third quarter of the game, the Pacers actually vented their firepower with a score of 29:15.

During the intermission, Wade rarely took the lead and scolded his teammates.

The Pacers are all happy, not to mention how happy they are.

In the fourth quarter, which was also the decisive battle of the game, Pacers coach Franco Vogel was really bold, leaving only David West as the main player on the field, and the rest were all substitutes.

Naturally, the Heat also had physical considerations. Except for James and Bosh who stayed on the court, the others were replaced as substitutes.

however.

After the Heat's second team with Mike Miller, Ray Allen, and Sean Battier played, it performed very poorly. Only James continued his life for the team.

The Pacers are much stronger here.

Perhaps the aura brought by the main force is still there, and these substitutes are playing with passion, like tigers, and they don't give the Heat any chance at all.

However, as a member of the top pitchers, Mike Miller is impressive. James passed the ball twice, and he was able to hit three-pointers twice, but in the end it was these two three-pointers.

finally.

When the Pacers switched all the main players back to the court and withstood the Heat's counterattack, amidst the wild cheers of the home fans, they not only defended their home court with a score of 91:77, but also defeated the two teams. The score was tied at 3:3.

In this year's East and West finals, there were actually two ties, and they had to play the final tiebreaker.

have to say.

This year is a year that has entertained fans and the media, but only four teams know how dangerous this last game is.

(End of this chapter)