basketball dreams

Chapter 181 Don't Give a Chance
8-12, 8-15, 10-15, 10-17... After the defensive tactic of double-teaming Osman was seen through, the Pacers' line showed some signs of collapse. The loss on the defensive end even affected their offense. With more than 4 minutes left in a quarter, the Cavaliers had established a 7-point advantage.

"Beep!" The Pacers chose to call a timeout again. They were very helpless. They were forced to consume two timeouts just after halfway through the first quarter, which really made them overwhelmed.

At this time, Li Yunchen had already scored 4 points and 5 assists, while Love had already scored 9 points and 6 rebounds. The combination of inside and outside line formed by the two slammed the opponent.

"Li, do you need to take a break?" Back on the bench, Tyronn Lue came up and asked, and there should be a regular rotation at this time in the playoffs.

Yun Chen heard the words and looked at Le Fu next to him, the latter, like him, seemed to have exhausted his physical strength and began to breathe.

Then he turned his head to look at Tyronn Lue, and said: "Change it, I'll leave the field, let Korver play, open the outside line, they don't need to widen the point difference, as long as they maintain the advantage."

Tyronn Lue nodded, and immediately went to give orders, Yunchen and Love left the field, Korver and Nance Jr. appeared.

Korver's presence enhanced their outside offensive firepower. In the next few minutes of this quarter, their tactic was to shoot three-pointers.

The game continued, and the Pacers returned to the field. They also made personnel adjustments. Tyreke Evans, who had a poor starting performance, was replaced and Darren Collison was played.

The Pacers had possession of the ball. After Collison came up, he reorganized the offense. He only started to pass the ball after getting his teammates completely positioned at the top of the arc.

Compared with Evans, his mind is much calmer.

But their lineup determines that they cannot rely on too complicated tactics. The twin towers on the inside do not have strong singles skills and attractiveness, which leads to the outside Cavaliers being able to add targeting.

"Shua!" Bogdavic forced a shot. This top wing shooter who shined in last year's playoffs was targeted very badly today. He had already made 3 of 0 shots before.

"Bang" hit the iron and made 4 of 0 shots. The Pacers fell into a scoring drought.

Thompson's rebound was handed over to Hill to organize the offense. Hill quickly advanced and gave it to Thompson, who was going down quickly without stopping. The latter took advantage of the opportunity and scored a layup.

10-19, the Cavaliers made a good start when they came off the bench.

"Beautiful!" Yun Chen, who was on the bench, stood up and applauded. Thompson's goal boosted morale and did not interrupt their offensive momentum.

The Pacers finally started to worry at this time. After receiving the pass, Oladipo did not make any further transfers. He single-handedly rushed into the inside of the Cavaliers and wanted to break through for a layup.

Love is gone, and Nance Jr.'s ability to protect the frame is obviously worse, and he was forcibly scored by the opponent. 12-19.

"Hey!" Oladipo, who scored the goal, wanted a foul, but the referee didn't pay attention.

The Cavaliers advanced the offense. This time, Korver got a shot and found a small open space outside the three-point line, but he seized the opportunity and quickly took off.

But the feel didn't seem to be very good, the iron hit, the basketball bounced out of the frame, was rebounded by Myles Turner, and the Pacers advanced to counterattack.

It is still Oladipo, the success of the last goal obviously increased his confidence a lot, and he wanted to make a layup when he came one by one.

But as I said before, NBA players will never commit the same problem many times. Nance Jr. followed him all the way and was not thrown off, and gave him a big hat for no reason!
"Wow!" The auditorium was boiling, and Nance Jr. showed a very good competitive state!
The basketball bounced off the court. This wave of possession still belongs to the Pacers, but the Cavaliers have already shown their momentum.

The Pacers served the ball. Oladipo, who was blocked for the third time in this quarter, had a rather ugly face. He went to catch the ball with a black face, and then handed it over to Turner inside to let him single Nance Jr.

"Shua!" Turner's stiff hook shot, although the posture was not good-looking, but it went in unexpectedly.

14-19, the Pacers chased four points in a row.

"Huh..." The score was approaching, and Oladipo could finally breathe a sigh of relief. He had been blocked in this quarter, and the strong pressure made him a little bit overwhelmed.

However, just as he spit out his breath, the Cavaliers were extremely fast. Hill came over and gave Korver a shot, hitting the Pacers with an unsteady foothold.
14-22!The point difference returned to 8 points.

"This..." Oladipo petrified, with a sense of frustration that thousands of efforts were in vain.

Korver's goal also seemed to indicate the direction of the first half of the game. In the rest of the first quarter, the Cavaliers carried out personnel rotation again, Seth Curry, Zizic and others came off the bench The starter was replaced, but the offensive momentum was still fierce, and the Pacers were helpless to fight back.

At the end of the first quarter, 19-31, the Cavaliers led by 12 points.

During the holiday break, neither Yunchen nor Tyronn Lue said anything to the players, they just let them rest well, they played very well just now, and there is nothing to criticize.

Not long after the second quarter started, Yun Chen went into battle again, and even brought Love into the game.

Seth Curry, JR, Yun Chen, Love, Zizic, such a lineup started a battle with the Pacers.

This lineup can shoot three-pointers except for Ziriqi, which is also their biggest killer feature. The Pacers started the game and wanted to defend the outside line, but the front line was too stretched to take care of it.

"Shua" "Shua" Love and Yun Chen made two consecutive three-pointers, stopping the Pacers again, 21-37, and the point difference came to 16 points.

If they hadn't known it in advance, many people would even think that this wasn't a playoff game at all. The situation on the field was one-sided, and the Pacers were completely powerless.

At this time last year, they could beat the Cavaliers with James at home.

"Coach, let's change, I won't play this quarter." After returning to the bench, Yun Chen said to Tai Lunlu.

His words startled everyone, Tyronn Lue asked in surprise: "This quarter has only been played for 1 minute, don't you want to continue playing?"

"Let JR play, and let him look for more touch. There is no need for me to play in this quarter. Let me save my energy and play in the second half." Yun Chen curled his lips and said.

"...Then, Le Fu, you take them to fight." After thinking for a while again, Tyronn Lue nodded in agreement, knowing that Yunchen had his own ideas.

JR came on as a substitute, and when Love was about to go on the field and walked past Yunchen, Yunchen blinked at him, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

In fact, he did not play for another purpose, that is to make way for Love, and he did not forget Love's request before the game.

If he is on the court, it is difficult for the team's offensive center not to float on the outside. After all, they have played such a tactic for a season, and it is not something that can be changed just by changing it.

When they saw that Yun Chen was not playing, the audience all exclaimed, and the big screen also gave him a close-up shot.

The game continued, the Pacers did not make any personnel changes, and they still made their debut.

Because of the lack of Yunchen, the Cavaliers' offensive focus had to be shifted to the inside, and Love got a lot of shots.

Today, he is enough to blow up any team, let alone the Pacers who are not strong inside.

In the first half, the Cavaliers would not give the opponent the slightest chance.

(End of this chapter)