"Sorry, coach, I'm late."

Xie Hou arrived in a hurry, and the audience still gave him the warmest cheers.

"We don't know why Arthur was late, but he's here, and that's the best news."

"Yes, less than a quarter of the game has passed, and the good show is about to begin."

With 2 minutes left in the first quarter, the gap was 12 points. Xie Hou was not very clear about what happened on the court. If he were there, this would not have happened.

"Arthur, you warm up first." Claire planned to let Xie Hou play in the second quarter.

Xie Hou ran over, and he felt that his body was almost moving.

I thought so in my heart, but I had no resistance in my actions.

Xie Hou took off his appearance uniform, and the audience roared excitedly, and more and more members of the English club were.

It’s not that Claire didn’t know the role of Xie Hou. The Pacers’ team was used to him leading everyone. Without him holding the ball in the first quarter, Papalucas’ offense was not aggressive enough, and then the subsequent series of things happened.

Xie Hou is now standing on the sidelines to warm up, and his return should be able to inspire the confidence of his teammates.

Within two minutes, you must not let the score widen above 12 points. That's what they think.

The Cavaliers thought the opposite. Wade had been fed up with being pressed by the Pacers all the time. He wanted to respond, and this game was just right.

Xie Hou systematically moved his limbs, and Wade led his teammates to walk or attack.

This is a regrettable attack. Artest has created opportunities with the ball. If he chooses to shoot, no one can interfere with the Cavaliers. He is now unconfident in his shooting feel, and dribbling in when he gets an open position, giving his opponent the opportunity to defend in close combat.

Half a minute passed, and the score difference did not change.

The same goes for the Knights' attack.

The defense they encountered was very high. In this round, the Pacers committed two consecutive fouls.

You know, in the previous 10 minutes, they had only 3 fouls.

These 2 fouls have made their fouls in a single quarter reach 5, and the Cavaliers are on the free throw line.

"Don't look at their fouls, they played very strategically in my opinion." Bobby Leonard said when he saw the Pacers players send Barnes to the free throw line.

McGuinness checked the statistics and the result was - "Matt Barnes is the only player on the Cavaliers' field with a free throw shooting percentage of less than 70%, so it's a good choice to get him to the free throw line."

Players fouls, audiences interfere, and both sides exert force.

Barnes heard all kinds of strange sounds, and the audience really didn't want to see him score, and didn't want to.

He was born on the street, just like many NBA players at the bottom. If he doesn't play professional basketball, his ending will be a gangster. He will get into the bureau one day, either dies from gangster fire or dies in prison.

He had almost never been afraid of anything, but now he has no confidence in free throws.

Two free throws were lost.

"bingo!" Leonard joked, "Matt fired two empty bullets!"

Even the Pacers didn't expect Barnes to miss two free throws.

Barnes unconsciously got on the opponent's list of "If you have something to do, you can foul him on the free throw line."

Xie Hou’s warm-up has reached a critical moment, and the first quarter has entered the last minute.

Papalucas still has the opportunity to narrow the gap to within 12 points, as long as he seizes the opportunity of this round.

He first saw Jeff Foster's position, and secondly, Kirilenko mentioned the outside and pulled the space.

Needless to say, Foster's back hit is a disaster-level.

Xie Hou was not here, O'Neal Jr. was off the court and it was natural that the Pacers' lineup could not attack, and there was no main attack point at all.

"Give it to me!" Artest took the responsibility.

The Greeks passed the ball and stood at the top of the arc, but saw the beast's attack with the ball and breaking into the basket like a man from the bull.

"How to describe this attack?"

No one knew how Artest took action in this situation. He broke into the basket and couldn't see the basket. He made a move casually, and the whistle sounded and the ball entered.

"It's actually still a 21 fucking!" Even King Arthur was not elegant anymore.

Artest laughed and said, "Just give me the ball!"

"This is why we miss him in the days when Ron is away!" shouted Leonard, "He can always make some new tricks for us!"

That's right, it's really a new trick.

Artest just scored 21 with an unprecedented rough layup. Xie Hou dared to bet that the Cavaliers' friends must be as puzzled as he did.

What the hell was that just now?

As defensive parties, they absolutely cannot tolerate being scored by such offenses.

As a result, he really scored.

Artest went to the free throw line to strive for an expansion of results.

With the extra penalty, he aimed steadily for a few moves, took action, and the ball entered.

22 to 31

In this way, the score difference returns to single digits.

"There are more than half a minute left in the game, we must control the score before Arthur comes on the court!"

Wade advanced from the backcourt, and he was already crazy tonight. His aura was simply to kill the gods and kill the gods. The Buddhas blocked the Buddhas.

Artest has been watching him for a whole section, and the effect is worrying.

The implementation of the rules of starting the game is completely prohibited, and the scale of illegal defensive actions has become strict, so it will be uncomfortable for Artest, who likes to fight against it.

What is illegal defense? There is no clear standard between referees.

Just talk about the three referees on the court. If he thinks your defense is legal, and the other person thinks it is legal, then he will whistle.

Artest's defense emphasizes physical confrontation, and it is impossible to require absolute standardization and legality of movements.

Under the new league regulations, Artest's single defense has dropped by at least one level. When encountering a double-energy guard like Wade who breaks through like lightning, it will be a stop.

In this round, Artest blocked the foul and sent Wade to the free throw line helplessly.

33 to 22

Wade made both free throws, with the difference of 11 points.

The Pacers had 15 seconds left in the offensive time, and Papalucas deliberately pushed and dragged it to the buzzer-bearing and passed the ball to Vujasic who ran out of the position.

The Slovenian made a three-pointer - the audience cheered and he actually made a splash!

The unexpected three-pointer inspired the enthusiasm of the audience. At this moment, the Banker Life Stadium cheered for the Europeans who were useless except shooting.

"Sasha's buzzer-beating three-pointer made the difference between the two sides only 8 points!"

"This guy has such a big heart!"

Xie Hou was a spectator for a long time and finally was able to appear.

He replaced Vujasic, Claire kept Papalucas, and replaced Crohill and O'Neal Jr.

In this way, the lineup on the court is Shehou, Papalucas, Artest, Crohill and O'Neal Jr.

As the shortest Pacer on the field, Papalucas is under a lot of pressure.

The overall taller lineup is the Pacers' feature, and all teams in the league have become accustomed to it.

Before this year, the tall lineup was able to maintain flexibility and agility while putting pressure on opponents. Many teams were having headaches with their defense, but now it is completely different.

No matter how good the agility is, they are still worse than those defenders with normal height. The defensive intensity cannot be as large as before, so the problem will naturally be highlighted.

For the Cavaliers, Wade applied to continue the game.

Head coach Mike Brown nodded in agreement, replaced Barnes and replaced Ariza to defend Xie Hou.

Moreover, people in other locations are not bad.

In the backcourt, Terry and Wade partnered, and the strongest Big Z and Boozer were on the inside.

The Clevelanders have lost to the Pacers in the playoffs in the past two years, and now four of the five people standing on the court have experienced those two years of failure.

Their hatred for the Pacers has reached its peak, and only a big victory can temporarily relieve them.

Unfortunately, neither Xie Hou nor his teammates want to lose on Thanksgiving.

Especially when King Arthur thought that Corey Mustu, who might become his future father-in-law, might be watching his game live with that family, he especially didn't want to lose.

Xie Hou never wanted to be embarrassed in front of Xuewei's family, so he was determined to exert all his strength tonight.

The Cavaliers won the jump ball at the beginning, and the Pacers enjoy the opening ball in the second quarter.

When Crohill served, he said specifically: "I'm late for the whole quarter, don't be lazy."

"Of course, when did I get lazy?" Xie Hou slapped the ball and passed half.

The Cleveland people were in a panic and everyone looked at Xie Hou's location.

The advantage of 8 points will not bring much comfort to their hearts. As long as you return, the Pacers will be a team that is difficult to solve.
To be continued...