The Pacers' offense was also their first positional offense of the game. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

As the team's head control, George Hill was once favored by the Spurs' old man Popovich and could replace Tony Parker and become the next generation of Spurs head control.

But then in a trade, the Spurs unexpectedly sent away George Hill and then got Kawhi Leonard, who is now gradually coming to the forefront.

George Hill, who moved to the Pacers, has been lackluster and less playmaker, and his strengths lie in his athleticism, scoring ability, and excellent defense.

So, in the Pacers, the task of organizing is given to the newly rising Lance Stephenson or Paul George, and the same goes for this ball, after advancing to the frontcourt, the basketball is given to Lance Stephenson.

Lance Stephenson faced Jack Crowder's defense, made a gesture, directly used the block to kill into the three-point line, dodged the defense, and directly made a mid-range jumper, which was not scored with a bang.

Inside Asik was powerful, directly stuck the position, and grabbed the rebound.

Immediately afterwards, the offense and defense switched, and the 76ers wanted to play a fast break, but the Pacers' retreat was fast enough and it didn't work.

The fast break was not completed, so it naturally entered the half-court position to attack and defend, and the Pacers' defense was still the same, shrinking the defense and wrapping Anxi.

Anxi fell on the bottom line in the half, and he didn't participate in the attack at all, but the bottom line waited for seven or eight seconds, and he still couldn't find a chance after a few cooperation in the front court.

Anxi was also very helpless, and immediately trotted out from the bottom line.

Running to the outside to receive the ball, Anxi faced Paul George's single defense, and the offensive time was running out.

So, this ball is a catch-and-catch ball.

After taking this pot, An Xi didn't waste any more time, directly accelerated, squeezed Paul George to rush a step into the three-point line, and then directly made a stop-and-go jump shot, and before the timer turned on the red light, he faced Paul George's defense and threw the basketball out.

Bang, didn't go in.

Paul George has already interfered with the ball, and it is normal not to score.

There was a fight in the penalty area, but it turned out to be Asik, who roared out, grabbed the rebound directly, and made a dunk!

Just looking at the first two goals, Omir Asik's individual performance was to suppress Roy Hibbert, an All-Star center.

Needless to say, a defensive rebound, this offensive rebound, apparently Asik pressed Roy Hibbert to grab, and after grabbing it, he also completed the dunk and scored 2 points.

Then, the Pacers' offense, Lance Stephenson held the ball and tried to break through for a while, but it didn't work, and finally gave the ball to Paul George, giving Paul George six or seven seconds, so it was also a catch-and-shoot ball.

Paul George made a sideways breakthrough, and An Xi immediately made up for it.

Then, Paul George carried Anxi and rushed two steps, compared to Anxi, Paul George's time was still relatively sufficient.

After rushing two steps, it was time for Paul George to make a move, and An Xi directly reached out to interfere.

Sure enough, Paul George shot an arrow on horseback and threw the basketball out, and it just so happened that An Xi also stretched out his long arm and blocked the basketball with a snap.

"Block!" Reggie Miller shouted.

At the same time, with a buzz, the timer beeped at the end of 24 seconds. The Pacers beat the clock to death, and Anxi's block helped the 76ers get the ball.

Then, on the 76ers' offensive round, McCarvey held the ball.

In the face of the Pacers' strict defense, Anxi played without the ball, passed through the cover several times in a row, and finally received the basketball, received the ball and shot directly, Paul George's interference was a step slower, and with a bang, the basketball passed through the net frame, and the ball went in! Anxi finally scored.

After scoring without the ball, the Pacers' defensive pressure was even greater, and on the offensive end, Paul George faced Anxi's defense and threw a mid-range shot to hit the iron again, and Omir Asik on the inside also pressed Roy Hibbert again to grab the rebound.

After grabbing the rebound, the 76ers immediately launched a fast break, McCarvey broke through with the ball, and all the defensive attention of the Pacers was on McCarvey. As a result, after McCarvey broke into the inside line, a no-look-pass was directly passed to An Xi, who had a vacant position on the outside.

"Anxi received the basketball, no one guarded, this is a good opportunity!"

Anxi slowly shot after receiving the ball, huh! Three-point hit!

9:2！ The 76ers opened with a wave of small high-tides, and the Pacers, who made a careful arrangement, were directly overwhelmed by Anxi's off-ball, and their own offense did not play at all because of Anxi's strong defense.

Except for the opening fast break, the game has been played so far, and the Pacers have not scored a point.

Frank Vogel was also a little impatient, he didn't call a timeout, stood on the sidelines, and waved.

Fans and reporters familiar with the Pacers will understand that Frank Vogel meant to let his team hit the basket more than he could shoot from mid-range. If you think about it carefully, Lance Stephenson and Paul George fired consecutive mid-range shots, and when the game just started, the shooting rate of continuous outside shots will naturally not be very high, especially when they meet the 76ers' outside single-defense duo, Anxi and Jack Crowder.

After Frank Vogel made a gesture, the Pacers' offense immediately changed.

George Hill held the ball, attacked the basket with the help of the pick-and-roll, and made a layup, finally solving the Pacers' current scoring drought.

On the 76ers' side, Anxi ran without the ball again and then caught the ball and threw it, and with a bang, it didn't go in again.

Then the Pacers turned around and hit a 76ers shot, and Lance Stephenson cut to the basket and made a jumper.

The score gradually came back.

The defensive intensity of the two teams at the beginning was not small, the Pacers put all their energy into the defense of Anxi, thus giving Pau Gasol a lot of opportunities to play, and the 76ers, they used more single defense on the outside of the Pacers, so soon the Pacers also stabilized the situation by constantly covering the basket and David West's continuous mid-range shots.

In the second half of the first quarter, the Pacers gradually entered the state, and they gradually found a long-range shooting touch through the cooperation of Paul George and Lance Stephenson on the outside, as well as a dry pitcher such as George Hill, and began to occupy the lead on the court.

With two minutes left in the first quarter, Brett Brown was forced to call the first timeout of the game because Paul George and George Hill hit two three-pointers in a row to put the score on the lead, 24-20, and the Pacers led the 76ers by four points.

After the timeout, the two teams gradually switched to a rotating lineup, and An Xi continued to play.

On the first shot after returning from the timeout, he broke through Paul George hard, and scored a goal while hitting the basket causing Paul George's foul.

After the free throw, there was one point left in the difference.

And Anxi relied on this 2+1 to increase his personal score to 12 points in the first quarter.

In the first quarter, Anxi was not very efficient, hitting only 4 of 10 shots, including a three-pointer, and 3 free throws.

However, the performance at the critical moment still attracted Reggie Miller's admiration: "Anxi's performance this season is really strong, and now it seems that he has a good chance to compete for the regular season MVP trophy, the 76ers' record is not bad, and Anxi's personal performance is even better, the combination of the two, I even think that this season's MVP trophy already belongs to Anxi." ”

Steve Cole shook his head on the side: "But the media doesn't seem to be very optimistic about Anxi, as far as I know, Anxi has never been in the top five in the MVP rankings launched by the NBA official website, and he has not even entered the top ten in the first two months of the league, and has only gradually entered the top ten in the last two months, hovering in eight, nine, and thirteen positions, in contrast, Anxi's opponent in this game, Paul George, has always been in the top five, and once broke into the top three." ”

Reggie Miller frowned, the MVP ranking is basically the vane of the regular season MVP, from the ranking point of view, Anxi's ranking is indeed low, and it seems that it is difficult to win the regular season MVP trophy.

However, Reggie Miller took a look at Anxi's personal data, averaging 28.7 points, 4.2 rebounds, 7.4 assists, 3.4 steals and 0.8 blocks per game, plus the team's 41-23 record.

Compared with Paul George, Anxi's disadvantage is only a record, but the regular season MVP is a personal honor, and the record is up to standard, so it stands to reason that it will not affect Anxi's advantages in other aspects, but the ranking of eighth, ninth and tenth is really lower. (To be continued.) )