Standing pretty old

Chapter 483

Egghead sat in a corner of the dressing room with an indifferent face.

Normally, this time would be the time when he would lash out at the team, or summon all the players to pour chicken soup, but today, Woodson didn't say a word, as if he was originally a taciturn person.

If the head coach doesn't speak, then the leader of the team - Ruan Erniu should come out and say a few words!
Jon Jonson, Salmon, President (Ronald Murray), Dragon Ball (Dragic), Birdman, Golden Belt (Novak) and others also focused their attention on Kraft.

But what about Ruan Erniu himself?
He didn't have the slightest intention of presiding over the situation. Is this expressing his dissatisfaction with his teammates?
The atmosphere in the Eagles locker room was unprecedentedly dignified, which has never been the case before.

Jiong Jisen, who is usually ruthless to the end, should have stood up after this. He is the second person in the team and the oldest existence in the team.

But Joe Johnson didn't seem to be interested in speaking tonight, so he didn't say a word, and sat on the side to rest quietly.

Just when everyone was about to despair, veteran Mike Bibby played the role of the locker room leader, stood up with a smile and said to everyone: "Take a deep breath! Relax! Take a deep breath! Relax! What are you afraid of? The opponent is just the Pacers. Don’t you think our strength is inferior to that of our opponents?”

Bibi's words instantly stabilized the morale of the army, and the generals of the Eagles also began to speak privately in twos and threes.

The ice in the locker room was broken, and the Hawks finally regained their vitality.

Ruan Erniu, who was sitting on the chair, suddenly said: "This game, no matter whether we win or lose, we should sum it up. Don't worry, I have no opinion on anyone. What I'm talking about is our team's game state and emotions. !"

Mike Woodson nodded secretly, he and Kraft wanted to go together.

The Eagles are neither lacking in strength, nor do they suffer from fatigue at this stage. To be beaten into such a state by a mid-range team can only be due to a problem with their own mentality.

In fact, this is also the biggest obstacle on the way for the Eagles to win the championship. Pure winning or losing is easy to say, but the psychological ups and downs of the players are a big problem, and the adverse effects it will cause are even more difficult to predict.

Losing to the Pacers is not terrible. The terrible thing is that the Hawks themselves cannot learn from the loss and grow.

The second half started quickly.

Ruan Erniu led the team back to the field.

Larry Bird on the sidelines only took a look, and his face, which was joking with his assistant just now, immediately tensed up.

Kraft Nguyen's eyes have changed, which is not good news for the Pacers.

On the offensive end of the Pacers, Rasu Nesterovic ate ​​Pachulia on the inside.

After two steps in, Nesterovic chose to turn over and hook.

This ball, Nesterovic felt that he had it the moment he shot it, and his shot was quite smooth.

The next moment, a huge black shadow enveloped Nesterovich's head.

"Snapped!"

A powerful hot pot, the basketball was shot off the backboard and bounced out of the penalty area.

Granger got the offensive rebound, rushed forward, flew into the air, and directly attacked the basket.

The next second, that huge figure flew into the air again, and the dark blue No. 88 jersey flew in the air.

"Snapped!"

It's Ruan Erniu again!
He blocked Granger's attack again!

With a momentous snap, Ruan Erniu killed the performance of the leader of the Pacers with one hand!

The basketball flew out again.

The Pacers miraculously got the basketball again, unfortunately, this time it was TJ* Ford.

A guard with a slightly cooler mind would never choose to continue attacking the rim at this time, but TJ* Ford is obviously not one of them.

He rushed into the penalty area again, made a folding dodge in the air against Ruan Erniu's defense, and then threw the basketball in his hand before falling.

"Snapped!"

A big top hat!
Ruan Erniu directly put the ball into his arms in the air this time, and then passed the ball directly to Jiongsen in front of him.

Jon Jonsen dribbled the ball straight to the frontcourt. Will he easily put the ball into the basket and end this offense?

No, Jiong Jisen said that he prefers the beauty of adults.

Jiongsen, who broke into the penalty area, made a three-step layup, but deliberately did not take off in the last step. Instead, he stretched his hands behind his back, then turned his fingers and wrists upwards, and threw the basketball in his hand high into the air.

From the No. 88 ball inserted in the back to the person, he jumped high, and after playing a wonderful windmill in the air, he smashed the ball into the basket with one hand!

Ruan Erniu raised his arms and roared, the entire Conseco Arena fell into dead silence, and the fans in Indianapolis were obviously stunned.

Even though there were still sporadic curses coming out slowly, the entire stadium was shocked by Ruan Erniu's powerful talent!
After blocking the opponent three times in a row, he was able to run directly from the backcourt to the frontcourt, and succeeded in an alley-oop dunk.

Is this really something humans can do?
Is this yellow man a Martian in disguise?

The Pacers slowed down their baseline shots, and just after halftime Granger followed coach Jim O'Brien's instructions and called a long timeout.

The Pacers are still ahead of the Eagles, but in terms of morale, they are a little confused.

Ruan Erniu, who returned to the players' bench, received crazy hugs and high-fives from his friends, and Birdman even bumped shoulders with him directly.

Woodson kept his face on the surface, who knows if he has already clicked 32 likes for Er Niu in his mind.

This is the charm of a superstar. Even if the team's condition is not ideal, he still has a way to wake up his teammates with his own power, so that everyone can rekindle their fighting spirit.

After the timeout ended, the fight between the two teams continued.

The Hawks did recover a lot, but the Pacers were far from surrendering.

They also played at a level of more than 200% tonight.

The team leader who had just been blocked immediately recovered. Since he couldn't play inside, Granger immediately chose to fire outside.

After TJ* Ford broke through, the ball was given to Granger who was open.

Granger was not soft, and made a three-pointer from a 45-degree angle, and hit it again!
Don't look at Ruan Erniu's slam dunk, but in the end it was only 2 points. Granger's understatement of a three-pointer once again widened the difference between the two sides by 1 point.

The Eagles immediately responded offensively.

Salmons also got a chance on the outside. Ruan Erniu instantly attracted three double-teams on the inside, so the Bulls split the ball. Bibby, who was in a bad position, immediately passed the ball to Jijisen, Jijiu Sen then sent the ball to the unguarded Salmon.

On the defensive end, Salmons was overwhelmed by Granger, but on the offensive end, he still saved the points with a three-pointer.

"brush!"

A hollow three!
Salmons raised his shooting hand high, and retreated back in a showy manner.

The Eagles showed high fighting spirit throughout the third quarter, and the Pacers also blossomed a lot.

Ruan Erniu, Jon Jonson, and Salmons were all very active, while Granger, Nesterovic, and Murphy also showed their strength.

At 86:88, the three quarters ended, and the Hawks were still behind their opponents by 2 points.

Ruan Erniu scored 45 points, 19 rebounds, 7 blocks, and 4 assists in the three quarters. He also broke his personal block record with 5 blocks in a single quarter.

The brutal final battle is about to begin.

　Thanks to E Ye Gulan for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)