"We met Arthur who was completely different from the first half."

Xie Hou in the second half had only offense. Unlike the first half, he focused on offense in the second half and put down the burden of organizing the team. Papalucas, who averaged 8 assists per game in the regular season and 9 assists per game in the playoffs, became the team's brain and organizational core.

It is precisely because of his outbreak that Xie Hou was able to calmly and calmly averaged 6 assists per game.

6 assists were a career low, but the Pacers' offense was not affected.

The cooperation between him and Papalucas reminds us of the CSKA Moscow, which once had an invincible rival in Europe.

In the second section, they returned to the period when they dominated Europe.

Xie Hou's first attack faced Iguodala, and a gentle emergency stop and lean back jump shot.

Rotary counterattack dunk;

Nash responded, Xie Hou changed direction and misplaced across the half-court to catch Nash's loophole, and was not afraid of Garnett's assisted air defense layup and hit the board.

Another half minute, Xie Hou received the Greek pass and turned over and jumped into the game again.

16 seconds later, the Greek suddenly shot with a three-pointer.

What makes Phoenix feel the most heartbroken is the connection between Xie Hou and his teammates. He greatly increases the proportion of offense, but his influence on his teammates has not decreased much.

The Suns' defense was one layer after another, and they made up their minds to intercept Xie Hou. However, Xie Hou broke their defense by scoring continuously. When the Suns mobilized heavy troops to siege Xie Hou, he started passing the ball again.

21 to 14

The Pacers also gave the sun a dazzling attack.

After more than half of the third quarter, the score was 58 to 69.

The Suns' lead was less than 10 points, and D'Antoni specifically called a timeout for this.

The Suns are of great significance to Xie Hou's defense. In fact, if Xie Hou's offense is unstable, the other points of the Suns are enough to withstand the Pacers.

If Xie Hou attacks according to the frequency just now, the Suns will rely on multiple players to help trap Xie Hou. Although there is hope for success, Xie Hou will not only attack in one direction. The offense is limited, so he will choose to pass the ball. Because too many players are sent to defend Xie Hou, the Suns' inside loss after the replacement can easily make Xie Hou break through and pass the ball successfully.

How to deal with the walkers after Xiehou's outbreak is a major problem for the sun.

The third quarter game showed that no one could guard against Xie Hou. Although Iguodala was tall enough, the referee did not give him face. He could not limit Xie Hou's pace. He was accelerated by a continuous change of direction and his self-esteem was almost injured. In the third quarter, Xie Hou's line breaks through almost every time that triggers the Suns' rotation to fill up the position comes from his personal attack.

Until the pause was over, they used Laga Bell's single defense, and Garnett stared at Xie Hou's attack like a teacher watching the child's homework.

Strictly speaking, Bale's defensive talent is not as good as Iguodala. He has two major advantages over Iguodala: he is smaller in size and faster in steps, so he will not be able to break through in one step. Moreover, he is worse than Iguodala, and dares to attack on the defensive end. Iguodala is a young man after all, and he is a defensive player who can be loved by fans. However, if he wants to defend the first person in the league, the regular movements cannot complete the tasks arranged by the coach perfectly.

The Pacers' offensive was so strong that they once closed the score to 6 points.

The sun's eyes couldn't hold on, but unexpectedly the walker made a mistake.

Xie Hou is in a brave state and will attract many people's attention every time he attacks.

Kirilenko, O'Neal Jr., Artest will get more offensive opportunities. What they have to do is to seize those simple attacks. Sometimes, seizing offensive opportunities is not easy.

Artest used the stadium disappearance technique. Players who like to defend will easily disappear on the stadium once the offense loses their feel.

Artest disappeared, Kirilianko was not accurate in three-pointers, and O'Neal Jr. had no ball and singles, his presence was thin.

If his teammates fail to make three-pointers, Xie Hou's breakthrough effect will be greatly reduced. What he needs to adjust is not only the style of play, but also the offensive method. I think that in the dark defense era, he was able to break through the Pistons' iron barrel formation. Now facing the overall strength is not as strong as the Pistons, but his personal defensive talent is far stronger than the Pistons, his breakthrough should be more resolute. With this idea, Xie Hou made a heavy blow. Within a few minutes, the Suns' position was overturned by him alone, and it was unstoppable. It seemed that he really wanted to take the game away with his own strength like in previous years.

"This situation reminds me of the second game of the Eastern Conference Finals."

"I have always believed that if the Celtics did not lose the second game of the series, then the Eastern Conference Finals would have to play at least six games. The whole team worked together but lost to Arthur alone, which would be devastating to the team. The Suns must bite. If they lost two home games in a row, for these 'rookies' who have never played in the finals, the psychological burden would first crush them!"

That was the closest time for the Pacers to complete a turnaround.

Mike D'Antoni called out a pause expressionlessly.

He replaced Iguodala with a poor touch and replaced veteran Grant Hill.

"Someone said that offense may betray you, but defense will never be. In my opinion, this sentence needs to be divided. For example, now, our defense has completely betrayed us. No matter how much we invest on the defensive end, Arthur will use his talent to destroy us. In that case, why should we put all our efforts on the defensive end? We are an offensive team, and even if we die, we should die in the offensive."

D'Antoni's words ignited the passion of the entire Suns' team.

They came on the court with a strong desire to win and began a round of counterattack that surprised their opponents.

After the suspension, the Suns first recovered from the defensive end. They first defended Xie Hou's attack, followed by Nash's short-term solo performance.

Three points to chase;

During the counterattack, he did not look at the ball and found someone to fake his eyes. His actions not only deceived Xie Hou, but also deceived his teammates. Even his teammates thought he was going to pass the ball, but he actually jumped at the free throw line.

Half a minute later, Xie Hou missed a jump shot. He hit the ground and passed the ball during the counterattack, giving Garnett, who jumped and dunked.

Nash's offense started to stop from that time, Garnett dunked, Hill made a three-pointer, and Bale made a layup quickly - during this period, only Xie Hou completed one attack.

14 to 2

The sun burst into a shocking climax, which made the Pacers call for a timeout, and Claire helplessly replaced Xie Hou.

This is not to give up the game, but to let him rest for a while and recover some energy to prepare for the final battle in the fourth quarter.

83 to 60

The 23-point gap enters the fourth quarter, and the opponent is a team like the Suns who like to attack.

To reverse the 23-point gap, the Pacers need not only offense, but also defense.

Claire is well aware of this matter, and they need high-intensity defense.

"Don't worry about fouls, we have to show the defensive quality that makes them unable to score!" Claire said heavily.

In that period, the referee seemed to be willing to defend the scale.

The Pacers show the unchanging side of the Eastern Conference team: tough defense and sufficient confrontation. Every last moment, similar defensive strategies always show power.

Every player present is full of physical fitness as if he had just started the game, with tight defense, fast attack, and wind in the sea, rain and wind in the sky.

Next, the timely three-point rain came by accident - at the last moment, the Pacers and the Sun entered an unusual state. The former went wild, while the latter encountered high pressure defense and performed poorly.

The 23-point gap is rapidly decreasing at a visible speed.

19 points;

17 points;

15 points;

12 points;

10 points;

At this time, halfway through the fourth quarter, Xie Hou stole Nash's pass and counterattacked and dunked, and the gap narrowed to 8 points.

The sun called for a pause.

"Tonight, the sun will have an effect every time it pauses, see how it will be this time," Barkley said.

Chasing to 8 points is not the end of the pursuit battle.

After the timeout, the Suns' offense lasted 24 seconds but couldn't understand it. For the running team, how terrible it would be if they didn't get a chance for a round of 24 seconds?

This terrible thing also hides even more terrifying content: D'Antoni's pause has not worked.

The Suns failed to attack.

The rebound bounced out, Xie Hou grabbed it, and pushed it into the frontcourt to chase the three-pointer.

That was his personal 45th point, and at the same time, it narrowed the gap between the two sides to 5 points.

"A great reversal is close, is the Sun going to follow the footsteps of the Celtics?"

“The 70-win team is no different from a 65-win team?”

"If this is the case, that's the most ridiculous thing of the year!"

The Sun's answer to this matter is, no.

Nash's accurate three-pointer was thrown one meter across the three-point line and hit.

Xie Hou's counterattack encountered Garnett's assisting defense. He wanted to stick to the wolf king's body to find a layup, but was leaned against someone, and the key layup was blocked.

The Suns counterattacked fast attack, and Iguodala dunked to the end.

Just back and forth, in less than a minute, the Sun widened the score difference to double digits.

10 points.

The Pacers once felt that victory was close, but the 10-point gap was a difficult number to smooth against the sun that was holding on to the pressure.

The Pacers never gave up, but unfortunately, this is still away. Many factors needed for reversals - referees who follow suit, familiar baskets, and the passion that the audience cheered for - are not there. The craze for chasing points came to an abrupt end in the last few minutes.

"It was a game many years later, we could brag while watching the biopics, 'In 2008, the Pacers were 23 points behind in the last quarter, and they launched an astonishing offensive to turn defeat into victory!'. Unfortunately, this was destined to not happen." Kenny Smith said with regret.

There are still many things that should not be forgotten.

Xie Hou's 49 points, the sun went from behind to leading, was caught up, pulled away, and then caught up, pulled away again.

This battle tonight convinced the Suns that the Pacers were the strongest opponent they met this season.
Chapter completed!