In his three years in the league, Artest has left a legacy of being brave, irritable, and well-rounded, with 2.1 steals per game last season putting him in the top 10 of the league's steals list. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

But today, in the face of Liu Han, who was once the top figure in the league and is now the dominant figure, Artest's past advantages have all become disadvantages, even if he once broke Jordan's two ribs in the summer training camp in 2001 because of Jordan's ridicule, but in the face of Liu Han, he couldn't even catch a trace of Liu Han's clothes.

The Mavericks and the Pacers played more than halfway through the first quarter, although the score gap between the two teams did not widen, but the advantage was still the Mavericks, the Pacers' defense in the face of Liu Han's flowing breakthrough and "Xiao Li Flying Knife" like accurate three points lost its due role, even if the Pacers began to wrap up the breakthrough Liu Han, he can still send a comfortable pass for his teammates.

Reggie Miller watched his "junior brother" perform with mixed feelings, and he inevitably felt a trace of remorse in his heart. Bird suggested that the Pacers should select Liu Han, maybe his championship dream has already come true, but he was selfish at the beginning, he was afraid that Liu Han would grab his seat after Liu Han, who had already shown good three-point ability in UCLA, came to the Pacers, and now, it is obviously impossible to let Liu Han join the Pacers.

Halfway through the first quarter, the Mavericks led the Pacers by 4 points, which is a small gap, but the gap is always a gap, not to mention that the gap with the Mavericks is often gradually magnified.

In the seventh minute of the first quarter, Coach Carlisle replaced starting center Foster, who had already committed his third foul.

Nelson also began to deploy troops, except for Liu Han, the others were only supporting roles in this game.

Carlisle had the intention to replace Artest and replace the faster player to mark Liu Han, but he was worried that the fast player would not be able to withstand Liu Han's strength, and he was now in a dilemma, so he could only let Artest continue to defend Liu Han.

The Pacers actually have good players on the bench, Al? Harrington, Jamal? Tinsley and Austin? Klohill is a good player, and the Pacers have a little more experience off the bench than the Mavericks.

However, in the face of the Mavericks bench led by Liu Han, the Pacers were still gradually expanding the score.

By the end of the first quarter, the Mavericks had extended the margin to nine points.

Liu Han played the first quarter of the game, with 16 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals.

Artest sat on the bench of the Pacers and was silent, he felt unusually tired, the intensity of today's game was about to catch up with his consumption of the whole game, but even if he worked so hard, there was still no way to prevent Liu Han.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Pacers planned to rely on Liu Han's absence to catch up with the score, their main players all came on the court, and increased the perimeter shots, but their momentum was suppressed by the Mavericks as soon as they started, and the hand felt as cold as Alaska in winter, the Mavericks' basket seemed to be covered, and the Pacers did not score a point in the first three minutes of the second quarter.

Carlisle had to call another timeout, and it was inevitable that the team would continue to lose like this.

At the end of the timeout, the Pacers' performance improved, but Liu Han came on and the rhythm of the game returned to the first quarter.

Artest only felt that there was a fire burning in his head, he had wanted to hack Liu Han several times before, but he was dodged by the other party as if he knew it in advance.

By halftime, the Mavericks had extended the margin to 17 points.

After the start of the second half, the Pacers began to wrap Liu Han, Artest defended but O'Neal Jr. kept around Liu Han.

However, Carlisle's one-inside and one-outside bag defense still has no way to face Liu Han, and Liu Han's nimble footsteps are extremely effective in the face of this kind of inside and outside packing.

In the 4th minute of the third quarter of the game, Liu Han broke through Artest's defense again and entered the three-point line, O'Neal Jr. immediately blocked the position to make Liu Han's foul, and Artest behind Liu Han was full of anger and planned to knock over Liu Han from behind like hitting Jordan.

Liu Han, who was traveling at high speed, took a big step in two directions with his left and right feet in the high speed like a prophet, and the strange travel route not only made little O'Neill dumbfounded, but also made Artest behind Liu Han dumbfounded.

Liu Han almost brushed O'Neal's body for a while, and then made a layup with a low hand, and behind him, Artest and O'Neal Jr. collided hard.

"European steps" are not uncommon in the NBA, but it is extremely rare to be able to use it so delicately and skillfully like Liu Han, and it is still disguised in high-speed travel, which requires a high degree of flexibility in the player's body.

Liu Han's score widened the gap between the two teams to 19 points, but this is not what worries Pacers coach Carlisle the most, he is now worried about O'Neal Jr., who fell to the ground and clutched his abdomen in pain.

The Pacers' team doctor rushed on the court, and O'Neal Jr. was carried off the court on a stretcher after a while, and Artest was already shocked in his heart at this time, and he couldn't imagine that anyone else could do this on the court.

After O'Neal Jr. left the court, the strength of the Pacers' interior line dropped by a level, especially on the offensive end, without O'Neal Jr.'s containment, the Pacers' shots on the outside were much more difficult.

The offense was ineffective and there were problems in the defense, Artest began to show a little dazed after accidentally knocking O'Neal Jr. off the court, and he looked helpless in the face of Liu Han, and paid two fouls in a row, which led to him carrying four fouls before the halfway point of the third quarter.

Carlisle had to replace Artest with the aging Reggie Miller to keep an eye on Liu Han, which was almost indistinguishable from surrendering.

By the end of the third quarter, the suspense had basically been lost, and Liu Han's ultra-long-range shooting in the backcourt at the end of the third quarter allowed him to score the 42nd point of the game, and also brought the difference between the two teams to 28 points.

Liu Han did not continue to play in the fourth quarter, and Nelson boldly used newcomers to practice on the court, and the game lost suspense.

In the end, this matchup between the East and West powerhouses ended with a comfortable victory for the Mavericks, which not only left a shadow on the Pacers players, but also made Artest look unusually regular when he continued to face Liu Han later.