The Pacers attack, and the ball is passed to Granger. He is the Knicks' focus and the Pacers' only star, but his ability has been questioned.

From 2008 to 2010, Granger averaged 25 points per game. 3 rebounds, 3-pointer shooting rate is close to 40%. Now just 29 years old, he has begun to decline, and he has too many solo offenses and lacks cooperation with his teammates.

When Granger was injured, the media said "Granger is not there, and the Pacers have no backbone." "Actually, with him and without him, the team has a similar record, but the number of shots he took alone moved to other people.

If there are no injuries, Granger should be Joe Johnson, Rashard? A player of Lewis's calibre, the Pacers wisely didn't sign Granger to that kind of super contract.

Matthews defends alone, constantly making physical contact, and limiting opponents from penetrating, which is his specialty, and Granger has not been as sharp as he used to be this season, relying more and more on jump shots. The reason why D'Antoni dared to let Gallinari play as a substitute was that as long as he prevented the breakthrough, Granger's jumper was not a big threat.

Granger missed a jumper with interference, Pekovic grabbed the backcourt rebound, and the Knicks quickly counterattacked. The ball was handed to Redick, who dribbled through the half court and passed to Zhou Xuan.

Zhou Xuan took a step forward from outside the three-point line on the right side, holding the ball with his right hand and approaching with his left hand.

Again? Collison knew that Zhou Xuan could break through, but he could also grab a three-pointer, and it seemed that the latter was more likely, so he stepped forward. Zhou Xuan used the "Buddha worship" feint, broke through successfully in the middle lane, and rushed to the inside line.

Hansbrough followed Redick to the bottom corner, Hibbert went around the front defense of Pekovic, but was stuck outside, and did not make up the defense, Zhou Xuan saw that there was no one around, jumped up with all his strength, and dunked the basketball with one hand. 7 to 2.

The extremely crisp dunk drove the emotions of the fans in the audience, and everyone stood up and cheered.

Zhang Li said with a smile: "This is Zhou Xuan's second dunk, after the injury, people are worried that his physique is not as good as before, but he is playing more passionately than before." I really didn't expect that. ”

Yu Jia said: "Maybe he could have dunked, but he didn't try, and today he wanted to boost morale." Zhou Xuan's dunk is very simple, but rare, and rare things are expensive, just like the Bulls game back then, Rodman's scoring can boost morale. Even Zhou Xuan dunked, is there a reason not to win this game? ”

The Pacers attacked, and Collison and Hansbrough coordinated to break through inside. Stoudeyer changed his defense, and Zhou Xuan bypassed people and rushed forward to form a trap.

Collison didn't make a strong throw and passed to Hansbru in the middle. Youngster Hansbrough also has advantages, he can shoot in the middle, adjust the ball after receiving the ball, and score a high jumper. 7 to 4.

It's not easy to do, it seems that you can't just change the guard. Zhou Xuan looked at the information and knew that Hansbru could jump shot, just now it was a test test, if the shooting felt great, he couldn't chase the defense.

He took the ball up front and the players pulled away. Stadameyer covered in the middle and blocked Collison, and Zhou Xuan broke through on the left. Pekovic attracted Hibbert's defense on the right side, Zhou Xuan singled out Hansbrough, Collison bypassed Xiaosi's pursuit, and Hansbrough wanted to switch to the middle. But Zhou Xuan dribbled the ball towards him, making him extremely uncomfortable, and brought it to a 45-degree angle Collison, Zhou Xuan hit the ground and passed to the middle from the gap between the two, and Xiao Si scored an empty jumper. 9 to 4.

The big forwards on both sides can shoot from the ground, and Stadamire is undoubtedly stronger.

The Pacers attacked, Collison played the block again, Zhou Xuan followed Hansbrough, the outside line went around the front defense, Collison brought to the right side 45 degrees, turned around and hung to the middle, Zhou Xuan did not jump up to try to break the high ball, lowered the center of gravity against Hansbrough to get off the plate, immediately elbowed after the opponent got the ball, and then put it down. Hansburu took the ball and turned to the left, and just wanted to pass the ball, Zhou Xuan cut it with a palm of his right hand and slapped it on the basketball fool. Then he took a big step forward and grabbed the basketball.

Redick is about to attack, Zhou Xuan passes to the front court with one hand, Paul? George is 206CM tall, not slow, and keeps up with Reddick. Zhou Xuan and Matthews also went down, Reddick gave Matthews, and Zhou Xuan rushed to the bottom left corner.

Matthews passed to Zhou Xuan again, Hansbrough gave up guarding the basket and defended the out, Zhou Xuan shook it, threw the ball high with both hands, and passed it to the middle.

On the field, the speed advantage of Stadamyer was fully revealed, Collison went to chase Zhou Xuan, the middle was completely empty, and Hibbert had not run back, Xiao Si jumped high, and his hands were empty to catch the violent buckle! 11 to 4. Zhou Xuan gave his second assist.

Zhang said: "The Knicks completely suppressed the opponent in the opening game. ”

Yu Jia said: "If the Pacers can't prevent it, they will lose. ”

Both of the Pacers' interior players pulled to the perimeter to block and pick-and-roll, Granger got away from Matthews with the ball, and in the face of Stoudamire forcing a break inside, Pekovic formed a bag under the basket and let Hibbert go.

Granger passes to Hibbert, Blacktower misses an open jumper in the middle, the rebound is got by Pekovic, and the Knicks battle up.

Zhou Xuan made a code, and his teammates pulled away. Two inside players were in the low post, Redick also went to the bottom right corner, and Matthews was 60 degrees on the right, ready to catch the ball for the inside lob at any time.

Zhou Xuan singled Corlison, dribbled and retreated under the crotch in the periphery, holding the ball in his right hand, leaning close with his left hand, lightly beating it, and pulling the ball dry. Collison lowered his center of gravity again to prepare for a breakthrough, but just a low-lying movement made him unable to block. Zhou Xuan pulled out a jumper, and Stoudamire and Pekovic were ready to grab the rebound, and the ball arc was very flat, and the back edge of the basket bounced in. 14 to 4. Zhou Xuan's personal 8th point.

Pacers head coach Vogel called a timeout, trailing by 10 points at the beginning, and if he doesn't adjust, he'll wait to be abused.

Vogel arranged for George to defend Zhou Xuan, and Collison to defend against Redick, and the difference in size was not too big.

The Pacers' No. 1 spot is too poor, with Ford averaging 5 per game this season. 4 points 3. 4 assists and shooting just 38 from the field. 6%, 18 three-pointers. 8%。 Another Price6. 5 points 2. 2 assists on 35-goal shooting. 6%, also can't shoot three-pointers. The Pacers can only rely on Collison.

D'Antoni did not make substitutions, continuing to emphasize Zhou Xuan's possession of the ball and having unlimited shots.

At the beginning of the game, the Pacers had the ball, Granger relied on a double block to break through and fell into the bag, the ball passed to the perimeter, and George took advantage of his height to shoot a three-point jumper in front of Redick.

In the Knicks positional battle, the person who defended Zhou Xuan became George. Zhou Xuan still asked his teammates to pull away.

George, who was born in May 1990, was one year younger than Zhou Xuan, and joined the NBA after his first year of college. He has great height, reach, explosiveness, and can be athletic both offensively and defensively. Some people say that he looks like a young Maddie, and Zhou Xuan is interested in trying it out with him.

The Pacers have always advocated individual defense, each taking care of their own defenders, Zhou Xuan knew that no one would come up, he dribbled the ball under his crotch twice, did not retreat, but rushed towards George, with his left hand to his right hand, his left shoulder shook lightly, and his right hand dribbled behind his back.

It seemed that he was going to change direction with the dribble behind his back, George hurriedly moved a step sideways, but he didn't expect Zhou Xuan's back dribble to be very small, from the crotch through the left hand and a beat, and again the crotch was handed over to the right hand to break through the middle, George's center of gravity went to the left side, and there was no way. Zhou Xuan pulled the ball in the middle and jumped up under the basket in three steps, attracting Hibbert's supplemental defense. He leaned against Hibbert, half-turned and passed the ball to the right basket with a left-handed backhand, and Pekovic received the ball and scored the cricket ball easily. 16 to 4. Individual's third assist.

"It's so beautiful, Pekovic didn't dunk, otherwise it would probably be another five-best shot." Zhang Li shouted.

Yu Jia said: "Zhou Xuan is invincible on the field today, and he can't change George Fang. ”

Granger cut off the ball and scored on the basketball. Pekovic turned too slowly and didn't make up for it. 16 to 6.

Zhou Xuan singled out George again, dribbled under his crotch to the right side, and then dribbled behind his back to change direction to the left. George followed this time with small steps, and Zhou Xuan's left hand dribbled to his right hand behind his back, but his body moved to the left.

This is a very awkward action, if the ball feels bad, it is likely to make a mistake, George's body moved a little to the left with Zhou Xuan, found that the ball was in the right hand, took a step to the right, and forcibly changed the center of gravity to reach out to steal, and the result of this was that his legs were greatly apart.

Zhou Xuan dodribbled the ball under his right crotch to avoid the steal, first wore his crotch, and then wore George's, and passed the ball to the low Stadamier in a magical way. 18 to 6.

George didn't expect Zhou Xuan to play like this, and Hansburu didn't expect it. Before he knew what was going on, the ball was in the hands of Stoudamire, who was not prepared enough, and Zhou Xuan had his fourth assist.

Yu Jia exclaimed, "A very creative pass!" ”

"Maybe many years from now, someone will ask: 'Who is better than a magician to pass the ball?'" Zhang said. The answer is 'Mage' Zhou Xuan! ”

The Pacers attacked, Granger forced a shot from outside the three-point line, and the rebound was picked up by Pekovic again. As long as Hibbert doesn't play, Pekovic can play a little longer, and his slow disadvantage won't be exploited by opponents.

In the Knicks positional battle, Zhou Xuan passed the ball to Redick, who singled Collison and missed a pull-up jumper, Stoudamire grabbed a frontcourt rebound, and there was Hibbert under the basket, and he passed to the outside.

Zhou Xuan took the ball on his left side and stretched out his fingers, looking like he was going to control the rhythm and play for another 24 seconds, after putting down his hand, he took the ball and retreated, holding the ball in his right hand and bringing his left hand closer.

George instinctively thought that he was going to wait for his teammates to come up to cover, lower his center of gravity and prepare to prevent a breakthrough, but Zhou Xuan made a quick shot at 60 degrees on the right side, George jumped forward and sealed his eyes to no avail, and the ball went in! Zhou Xuan scored 10th personally. 20 to 6.

Vogel saw that George couldn't defend against Zhou Xuan, and if he changed again, he could only let Granger defend, but Granger's defense was no better than George's. Picking George, the coaching staff wants him to use his talent to become a super defensive player. It's a pity that George couldn't do it in the first year.

The Pacers attacked, and Granger singled out Matthews and scored on a pullup jump shot. 20 to 8.

Zhou Xuan dribbled the ball through half the court, and before he made a move, George had an ominous premonition......