basketball boulder

Chapter 69 stalemate
At the beginning of the second quarter, the two sides fought off the bench.

The Pacers are Al Harrington, Fred Jones, Jamison Brewer...

The Heat are led by Butler, Haslem, and Grant.

Harrington and Butler are both capable of competing for the best sixth man, and it is another spark hitting the earth.

After half a quarter, at 31:31, the two sides drew.

The head coaches of both sides began to line up.

Carlisle replaced Artest against Butler.

Da Fan sent Li Lei to target Artest.

Carlisle replaced Reggie Miller to score.

Da Fan sent Odom to organize the attack.

……

However, Coach Dafan's reaction was always a step behind Carlisle, and the Pacers relied on Carlisle's on-the-spot adaptability to widen the point difference again.

At halftime, 46:40.

The Pacers led by 6 points.

Throughout the second quarter, Li Lei was stared at by Artest and only scored two points with free throws.

Of course, Li Lei also made Artest almost nothing. Throughout the second quarter, Artest made 4 of 1 shots and only scored 2 points.

At the end of halftime, Li Lei came off the field, ushering in a tsunami of Miami fans.

Tonight's Li Lei is the Heat's best player on offense and defense.

On the offensive end, Li Lei scored a Heat team-high 13 points.

On the defensive end, Li Lei was also the most active, defending Artest, assisting O'Neal, blocking Tinsley...

Half time.

Zhang Weiping and Su Qun came to interview Li Lei again.

"Stone, you played very well today, and you are very likely to break through 20 points. Are you confident?"

Zhang Weiping asked.

Li Lei smiled: "It's good to let this kind of thing take its course. What I hope most is to win."

Zhang Weiping laughed loudly: "Then I wish you success!"

On the other side, Artest also accepted interviews from the media.

"Heat rookie did a good job, he scored a lot of points."

"But in the second half, he won't have another chance, I will defend him personally! I will freeze him!"

"Victory belongs to Indiana!"

Artest said with a grim expression.

This makes many domestic fans very worried.

"The Beast" Artest is a defensive champion who broke Jordan's ribs and caused headaches for super scorers such as Kobe, McGrady, and Pierce.

Artest defends against Li Lei, Li Lei probably will be miserable.

Soon the intermission ended and the two sides returned to the court.

Surprisingly, veteran Reggie Miller sat on the bench, replaced by Fred Jones.

What is even more surprising is that Artest did not come to defend Li Lei, but continued to pester Eddie Jones.

what's the situation?
Artest scared?

Of course it was a joke!
"The Beast" Artest is already famous in the NBA. Who has he been afraid of?Not to mention that the opponent is just a rookie.

But this also made Chinese fans breathe a sigh of relief.

Artest can't defend against Li Lei, so Li Lei's defense will be much weaker. He still has a chance to score 20 points tonight.

Li Lei on the court is also unpredictable.

During the halftime break, Artest threatened to freeze him, but he came back in the second half and stared directly at Jones. Could it be that something happened in the locker room?
Li Lei couldn't figure it out, so he could only put his energy into the game.

The Heat's first and second scorers are Lamar Odom and Jones.

Back in the second half, Jermaine O'Neal and Artest continued to guard against these two, which was exactly the same as the situation in the first half.

So the Heat still need someone to stand up and score.

After analyzing these, Li Lei started to move.

Fortunately, during the intermission, coach Da Fan had expected it and specially designed a running tactic for Li Lei.

Li Lei ran from the corner to the free throw line.

Odom and Li Lei, who were holding the ball, passed the ball hand-in-hand, and then used their body to block the chasing Fred Jones.

Li Lei got rid of Fred smoothly, adjusted from outside the three-point line, and shot directly.

O'Neal, who switched defenses, was a little hesitant, and when he jumped out to defend, he was a step slower.

Swish!
Li Lei scored the first three-pointer in the second half.

He has scored 16 points.

The score on the court was 46:43, and the Heat were still three points behind.

The Pacers attack.

Nearly [-] Miami fans cheered for the home team under the leadership of the live DJ: "Defense! Defense! Defense!"

The Pacers still play O'Neal. After all, O'Neal's advantage over Odom is visible to the naked eye.

Odom really couldn't hold O'Neal, and was pushed back again and again by the latter.

Old Jones rushed over to help Odom defend.

O'Neal saw it in his eyes and immediately passed the ball to Fred Jones who was open.

Li Lei rushed forward to defend.

Fred hands over to Artest again.

Artest adjusted his three-pointer.

Li Lei returned to guard Artest again, his footsteps were astonishingly fast, which caused a lot of interference.

Bang!

Artest missed a three-pointer.

Cato struggled to squeeze Foster away and accepted the backcourt rebound.

Miami fans cheer!
The Heat came up and scored all offense and defense, and scored another three-pointer to tie.

The Heat attack.

Odom continued to get the ball at the free throw line.

Li Lei ran to get rid of Fred, but Fred worked hard this time, sticking to Li Lei like a piece of brown sugar.

Li Lei and Odom ran a cross position and struggled to get rid of Fred.

But O'Neal switched defenses decisively this time, and immediately jumped in front of Li Lei, but Li Lei still had no chance.

But seeing Odom cut to the basket, Li Lei's eyes lit up, and he directly lobbed the ball in.

Odom catches the ball.

Fred stalks Odom, trying to stop him.

But Odom rose directly from the ground and forcibly bombed the basket against Fred's entanglement.

boom!
46: 45.

Fred couldn't stop Odom at all, and the Heat were only 1 point behind.

Don't look at Odom being bullied by O'Neal, after all, it depends on the person. O'Neal is a power forward who can explode with Duncan.

Replacing Fred, Odom wants to be round and round, and he wants to be flat and flat.

"Beautiful! Stone passed the ball beautifully. Just play like this. The combination of scoring and passing is very reasonable."

Zhang Weiping shouted in the broadcast booth.

Su Qun cooperated and said, "Shitou scored a lot of points today, and also passed several good passes. It's wonderful!"

The Heat's morale is even stronger.

Pacers attack.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Pacers made a substitution.

Reggie Miller replaced Jamal Tinsley at the first position.

The Pacers don't need the No. [-] position anymore.

Coach Carlisle will play.

But Fred Jones can also complete the task of dribbling across the half court and passing to O'Neal.

It was still O'Neal who attracted the defense in the low post, and then distributed the ball to his teammates on the outside.

This time it was Reggie Miller. The old Miller shot as soon as he caught the ball, which was much more decisive than Artest.

It was too late when Li Lei rushed over.

Swish!
The old Miller also scored a three-pointer.

49: 45.

The Pacers' lead returned to 4 points.

At the critical moment, it depends on the veteran.

A ruthless three-pointer directly extinguished the momentum of the Heat's chasing points.

The two teams entangled in this way until the end of the third quarter.

67: 61.

The Heat trailed almost all the time, but didn't let the point gap widen.

And Li Lei has scored 18 points in three quarters, only one goal away from 20 points.

Bill Walton said with emotion: "The resilience of this Heat team is really strong. They have persisted for three quarters."

Brin nodded: "The difference in strength is relatively large, and Wade was injured again. It's really good that the Heat can play like this. The difference between the two teams is not big. There will still be fierce competition in the fourth quarter. It will look good!"

(End of this chapter)