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Chapter 93 Self-defeating
The second quarter started, and James, who performed bravely, took a rest. The Cavaliers replaced the rotation lineup, with Miles on the outside and Boozer on the inside, leading the Cavaliers' offense.

The Pacers replaced the sixth man Al Harrington, and Artest, who performed poorly in the first quarter, propped up the Pacers' offense and led the bench to face off.

As soon as Al Harrington came on the court, he made a pick-and-roll screen with Artest in the high position. Artest held the ball in the middle, attracted the defense, and distributed the ball to the right. Harrington floated on the outside. , Facing Boozer's defense, Zhang Shou hit a two-point mid-range jumper.

24 to 28! !
The Pacers were resolute in chasing points. As soon as Harrington came on the court, he showed his powerful offensive firepower.

However, Boozer is not a vegetarian. James and Ilgauskas rested, and the offensive ball was dominated by him. He immediately received a pass from Eric Williams on the right side and played with a thin body. , Al Harrington, who is strong in offense and weak in defense, dribbles the ball with his back for two steps, squeezes the space under the basket, and hooks at close range.

24 to 30! !
Boozer responded with a bullying two points, which won loud applause from the fans outside the court.

In the next two rounds, the offensive options of the two sides were relatively simple, and the two sides started to fight.

On the Pacers coaching bench, head coach Rick Carlisle looked thoughtful on his face. After watching for two or three minutes, he found that the team's offense had not improved. Le, enhance the organization and regulation of the team.

Paul Silas didn't make any adjustments, and stopped with a static brake. He just stood on the sidelines and pressed his gestures to slow down the team, control the offensive rhythm on the field, and stand on defense.

Seeing that Reggie Miller was replaced, the Pacers' offense has not yet recovered. Rick Carlisle has replaced offensive players one after another, and Jamal Tinsley and O'Neal have also replaced.

Paul Silas's eyes were shining with the light of an old fox, and he also adjusted his offensive personnel, replacing Boozer with Ilgauskas. hole card.

The Pacers took advantage of the absence of all the main players of the Cavaliers, and immediately launched a fierce attack, hitting the basket one after another to score.

Seeing that the Pacers' offense was about to take off, Paul Silas calmly replaced James with 3 minutes left in the second quarter. Goskas made an alley-oop from the basket and scored a slam dunk, stabilizing the situation on the court.

At the end of the second quarter, the Pacers played half a set of main players, only recovered 2 points, but let James rest for more than 7 minutes, 43 to 47 at halftime, 4 points behind the Cavaliers, and entered the locker room to rest.

After the half-time break, the two sides returned to the field and changed sides to fight again.

Both sides switched to the starting lineup and wanted to quickly establish a lead.

Artest, who had been silent for half the game, came back awake like a tiger, stopped playing soy sauce, and showed off again and again.

Received a pass from Reggie Miller on the wing, protected the ball with his back, like a beast, rolled into the basket, hooked from close range, and hit two points.

Landing on the ground, Artest's face showed majesty, and he celebrated passionately. Everyone knows that in that rookie period, he was able to fight Jordan desperately. He used punches to attack brutally, so strong that he broke some of Jordan's ribs. , that man is back.

Taking advantage of the high momentum, Artest's face was full of danger, and he took the initiative to find James. He almost defended James for 24 seconds. James rushed into the three-point line. In the last 4 seconds, he couldn't find a mobile phone opportunity, so he could only throw the blame The ball went out of the left three-point line, and Ira Newbell caught the ball and made a hasty three-pointer, which went wide.

Artest stuck James, successfully rushed to grab the rebound, did not score the ball, and immediately held the ball for half court.

Singled out James with the ball frame in the middle, without any extra skills, just cross dribble to the right, use a beast-like body, leaning on James' body, grind into the free throw line, pull the ball up, causing James to foul at the same time, The basketball was dunked in with one hand under the basket.

James' physical talent is extremely strong. In Lin Bai's previous life, he was still No.35 in the league when he was 1 years old. However, facing Artest at his peak, James, who just entered the league, was still not as good as he was. of crushing.

Artest crushed James on both ends of the offense and defense, grabbed the rebound himself, dribbled the ball to counterattack, bullied James, and forcibly dunked.

At the free throw line, the home fans booed thunderously. Artest looked at himself freely, and despite the huge interference, he made the free throw steadily and scored 2+1. At the same time, it was the Pacers' game. The first goal to overtake the score.

48 to 47! !
Artest automatically stood up to fight, and James, who was in a brave state, was naturally unafraid. When he came back, he immediately held the ball and singled out the opponent. However, Artest is the best defensive player this season. James wants to change from Artest. Artest naturally let him know what is the most powerful wing defense level?
At the end of the third quarter, James couldn't believe it when he saw his bleak statistics. He made 6 of 1 shots, 2 points, 3 assists and 4 rebounds. Play harder.

Under the explosion of Artest, the Pacers teamed up with O'Neal to play a multi-point offensive situation. In the third quarter, they beat the Cavaliers with a score of 33 to 18, leading the score and opening up in one fell swoop.

76 to 65, the Pacers led the Cavaliers by 11 points and entered the final battle of the fourth quarter.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers launched a strong counterattack. On offense, they dared to fight hard, hit the basket to cause damage, went to the free throw line, and on defense, every ball must be contested, strengthened defensive intensity, pressed the audience, and made good use of themselves physical advantage.

After all, the Pacers played back-to-back away games. They fell behind in the front score, fought fiercely in the game, and suffered a lot in terms of physical strength.However, Rick Carlisle looked relaxed, took the initiative to slow down, pressed time, hit the success rate, and played the Pacers' best defensive counterattack.

In order to chase points, the Cavaliers counterattacked very resolutely, and the substitute players were also very strong, chasing the score to a goal gap.

In the 2nd minute of the fourth quarter, James and Big Z made a high pick-and-roll, Ilgauskas screened and went down, James sent a wonderful assist, Ilgauskas took the ball and dribbled a step, Score with one-handed dunks, chasing the score to 82 to 85, just behind the three-pointer, and once saw the hope of reversal.

However, Paul Silas was self-defeating. When James started the "Full James" mode in the first quarter, he chose to save his strength in the second quarter, allowing James to rest for more than 7 points. At halftime, he rested for another 15 minutes. Facing the sudden explosion of Artest in the first quarter, James' state took a turn for the worse, and he was suppressed very dismal. At the critical moment of the fourth quarter, Paul Silas decided the fate of the team's victory, and the pressure was on James' shoulders.

As a result, James directly missed the top arc of a three-pointer, and then broke through to pull the ball up, and made a two-pointer with a small throw, but the bullet still missed the frame.

On the Pacers side, Harrington was not afraid of Boozer's interference and hit two jumpers. The most eye-catching one was Artest.

In the last minute of the game, Artest caught the ball with a three-point arc, faced James' main defense, and slowly pressed the time. When there were 1 seconds left in the attack time, Artest suddenly moved. One step seemed to break through with the ball. When James retreated, he suddenly stopped for a three-pointer and made a jumper.

When James rushed forward, it was too late.

The basketball flew into the sky, drawing a beautiful arc.

swish
The basketball fell into the basket with precision, pierced through the heart, and there was a burst of water splash.

Landing, Artest turned around, with a domineering face, raised his arms, and celebrated in advance.

Then, the Cavaliers, who were 6 points behind, rushed to shoot three-pointers and missed consecutive shots. In the last 2 seconds, Boozer hit a three-pointer, which could not save the defeat.

At the end of the game, the Pacers defeated the Cavaliers away with 92 to 89 and 3 points, and continued to maintain the pressure on the Lakers to compete for the first place in the regular season.

The Cavaliers played a multi-point blooming situation, five players in double figures, James scored 22 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, the most outstanding data, but he was soft at the critical moment.

Boozer scored 17 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists, Ilgauskas scored 11 points, Kedrick Brown scored 10 points, Miles, who came off the bench, contributed 12 points, and Lin Bai didn't play much time and only scored 3 points .

On the Pacers side, 4 people went up and doubled.

O'Neal scored 21 points and 10 rebounds, Artest scored 18 points, Jamal Tinsley scored 11 points, and the sixth man Harrington scored 17 points, which was the key to the victory of this game. When he goes out to fight, he is an expert at destroying cities and pulling out strongholds.

(End of this chapter)