What do you say?

Not to mention anything else, the strength to play in the NBA is still there.

You can't be a core player, but you can definitely be a good blue-collar player.

After all, in the league now, a space-based power forward like him is too popular, he can play, pass and defend, and his attributes are perfect.

Xu Xuan had an idea in his heart, but he had to ask the UAE about his wishes.

......

April 17th.

City of Indianapolis.

Tonight's Bankers Life Arena has turned into a sea of white, white is the color of the Pacers' home uniform, and the 18,345 home fans are chanting in unison—

“M——VP！”

“M——VP！”

“M——VP！”

For the sensation caused by Xu Xuan every time he played, the Pacers' players were no longer surprised.

Frank Vogel didn't make any sensational speeches before the game, and the last thing Frank said in the locker room was: "If the tactics can't be opened, give Xu a single." ”

That sentence was enough to boost the morale of the Pacers' players.

I'm not afraid, because I have thighs!

Thinking of this, my chest involuntarily straightened up.

The opponent in the first round of the playoffs: the players of the Heat are not so easy, judging from the record of the two teams in the regular season, although it is a draw, but Bosh is not there, and I always feel that there is less confidence.

After all, their main core player on the inside is playing the playoffs for the first time, and his performance in the regular season is certainly amazing, but no one knows if he will drop the chain in the playoffs.

Wade's expression was very serious, and his cheeks looked bigger than usual.

As soon as Xu Xuan looked at the state of the Heat players, he knew that most of them were Riley doing pre-game devil training.

Pat Riley is still a bit of a talent, both as a head coach and in management.

But this guy is just like that, the pattern is too small, far inferior to the real masters in the professional field like LOGO man and Anji.

On the big screen at the scene, the two teams started tonight.

Pacers: Xu Xuan, CJ Myers, Paul George, PJ Tucker, McGee.

Heat: Goran Dragic, Wade, Joe Johnson, Luel Deng, Hassan Whiteside.

Both sides are the strongest teams in the regular season.

Especially on the Heat side, the strength on paper looks really wonderful.

Dragic, the current point guard in the East, Wade will not talk about it, "Single Joe", "Eagle King Joe", Ruel Deng's words Although many people say that he is a brush, people can score.

Overall, the Heat are very strong on paper.

During the jump ball, there was a battle between the dragons and the dragons, and McGee finally won the first opportunity for the Pacers to attack the opening game with his super jump.

It's the first game of the Pacers playoffs, but it's not the first game of the playoffs in the league.

Yesterday, a total of 8 groups of playoffs on both sides have been played in 4 groups.

Among them, on the Eastern side, the Raptors defeated the Hornets 1-0, and the Hawks defeated the Celtics 1-0.

On the Western side, the Warriors beat Mosaic 1-0 and the Thunder beat the Mavericks 1-0.

Today, the game between the Pacers and the Heat was the most talked-about game, and even the Cavaliers playing the Pistons were not as eye-catching as this game.

After all, no one is optimistic about the Pistons, no matter how weak the Cavaliers are and how old the tigers are, they will eat people.

The Pacers and the Heat's are different, and as of now, most of the major handicaps are open at five.

After the start, it was not what Xu Xuan and Frank Vogel expected before the game, the Heat just planned to increase the defensive intensity, reduce the rounds, use fouls to make the game fragmented, and disrupt the rhythm of the Pacers' offense.

Improving defense in the playoffs is the norm.

Xu Xuan didn't rush to hit this ball, but handed the ball to the pickled pepper that came out to catch it.

Although Xu Xuan played without the ball, the Heat team still didn't dare to relax, and Dragic glared at Xu Xuan as if he wanted to stare him to death.

however

After the start of the game, 3 minutes were played, and the score of the two teams was 1-4......

The Heat didn't score a single open game goal in 3 minutes, and could only rely on their overall defense to barely hold the Pacers down.

It was time for the Pacers to attack again, and Pickled Pepper missed the mid-range, but the grumpy McGee grabbed the offensive rebound from the big white side and hit a small throw and caused a big white side foul, stretching the difference to 5 points and making free throws, and the Heat's Coach Eric called a timeout.

Their defense was good, but the offense was too poor, Wade started with 2 of 0, and he didn't dare to catch the ball and shoot later, which seriously affected the organization of the offense and tactical arrangement.

Xu Xuan watched the defensive battle between his own team and the opponent, and scored 6 points in more than 3 minutes...... It's too much!

Attack too!

Where's my spicy attack?

The action of the two teams was much more than Eric expected, and the feeling of watching the game live and watching the game on TV was completely different!

The confrontation has clearly risen more than one notch!

"This guy wants to break my defense with defense?"

On the bench of the Heat, Si Shuai looked confused.

He actually made several sets of plans, all to deal with the Pacers' "fast break" and "small ball tactics", but he didn't expect the Pacers to abandon their best offense and switch to defensive battles.

The point is!

Judging by the current situation, the Pacers seem to be playing well, they are ahead, they are five points ahead.

Seashell...... What the heck?

Si Shuai's brain was a little down.

Feed!

You didn't follow the script!

Shuai has a script, and his script was written by the famous "screenwriter" Pat Riley, who patted his chest and assured him that the Pacers would fit the show perfectly, but ...... Match a fart!

What's next?

Do you want to lower your defense and speed it up?

No!

It can't be like that!

If you do that, you'll fall for the tricks of the hanging people on the other side!

They must be ready, and as soon as my side changes, they will immediately follow suit.

No way!

I can't be fooled!

He doesn't follow the script, I have to follow the script!

Defend!

Step up your defense!

After a fierce psychological game, Shuai decided to continue following Pat Riley's script.

To be honest, it would be really difficult for him to change his skills and tactics on the spot.

"Wait a minute, we will continue to strengthen the defense, just now in the past 3 minutes, you played well, I am very satisfied......"

Hearing this, Wade's brows furrowed.

It's okay to continue to strengthen the defense, it's ...... It was a good fight just now, how did you see that?

Feed!

We're lagging behind now, not a bad yarn!

"Well, listen to me, I'll stare at the No. 23 opposite, he didn't score a point in 3 minutes just now, and he didn't even have an assist, which shows that our tactics are very right, let's continue to consolidate and implement, staring at the No. 23, the rest of the Pacers don't have to worry."

Si Shuai looked confident.

He's not pretending, that's what he really thinks.

When preparing for the game, Pat Riley said that as long as the Pacer Xu Xuan didn't open, everyone else would be a mallet!

Is that so?

Wade gave him a suspicious look, but there was nothing he could do about it right now.

Believe him once, after all, Si Shuai looks so confident and calm.

The Heat's offense after a timeout still didn't work.

In this ball, Wade ate ate the first foul of the opening in order to prevent Xu Xuan from scoring, Xu Xuan walked to the free throw line, and made both free throws for the Pacers to score two more points.

1-8, the Pacers opened the game with a 7-point lead!

"Xu Xuan's ball is really hard enough!" Yu Jia explained.

"In the playoffs, isn't it tougher than anyone? But you have to know that Xu Xuan is not O'Neal, if the Heat continues to foul like this, Xu Xuan can kill the Heat by making free throws. Zhang said reasonably.

As one of the new members of the 180 club, free throws are not a difficult thing for Xu Xuan.

On the court, Dragic passed the half court steadily, and the Heat offense was not in a hurry, and the time passed just after halftime.

Pressed to the extreme.

“Defense”

“Defense”

“Defense”

The crowd at the Bankers Living Arena shouted for defense from the start of the attack.

The front court asked for a block, and Dragic directly hit himself.

Dragic is a man of great pride in his heart, and in Xu Xuan's previous life, when people were talking wildly about a young man named Luka 077, Dragic, who was Doncic's former Slovenian national team teammate and Euro 2017 MVP, seemed unknown, although he was the first firepower on the bench and the absolute control of the ball in Miami.

Even on the Heat, people are talking more about Jimmy Butler, a hardcore man who has just signed a maximum salary and refreshed the leader-led team model, the low-profile version of Adebayo, or the other two non-draft rising stars, Nunn, who just scored 33 points, and Duncan Robinson, who has a bit of Klay Thompson's charm on the offensive end.

Indeed, Dragic is not like the genius Doncic, from the first day he stepped into the league, he has mastered a whole set of offensive methods to deal with various environments, and he has a lot of experience in three-point shooting and foul making by relying on the dividends of the times, and he also has a broad vision of a natural playmaker, so he has become famous and comparable to legends.

While Dragic started off the bench as Nash, and while it is fortunate to have a good mentor, Nash's presence also means that Dragic can't grow up in the same environment as Doncic, which means less ball possession, less error tolerance, and more contrast with legendary point guards.

Fortunately, Dragic, who has experience in the European league, has slowly grown up, and has been influenced a lot by Nash in terms of overall vision and physical maintenance. The first time he amazed the world was on May 8, 2010 in the Western Conference semifinals against the Spurs who had selected him and then changed hands to Phoenix, and he scored 23 points in the final quarter to lead the team to complete the comeback after trailing by as many as 18 points, and swept the Spurs away to advance.

Dragic's breakthrough is very particular about card man, feints and rhythm, and he is very good at using height when facing small people.

But now he is facing Xu Xuan.

I really don't know if MMP should talk about it or not.

What about the 191 that was said to be good?

What about the same height as me?

What's the matter with you being so much taller than me?

Xu Xuan touched his head, little question mark, do you have many children?

Don't ask, stand up and hit your ball.

Dragic's shot was still slow, and he made a mid-range jumper after a change of pace.

I didn't go to the basket because it was too crowded.

Bang bang -

Xu Xuan's defense played a role, and the goal was not scored.

McGee protected the rebound, handed it to Xu Xuan, and quickly advanced.

As soon as he arrived at the frontcourt, Xu Xuan hadn't made two strokes before the Heat's pinching attack arrived.

Xu Xuan had expected it, and directly divided the ball to CJ Miles, and Miles then divided the pickled peppers, and the empty cut on the side of the pickled peppers-

By the time Joe Johnson reacted, Pickled Pepper had already gone straight to the basket and completed the dunk!

1 to 10!

The margin has widened to 9 points.

A difference of 9 points!

The Pacers fans at the scene were all excited, and this ...... I didn't expect it to go so smoothly before the game!

Surprise!

Coming back, the Heat attacked.

After a block, Wade puffed out his cheeks and rushed in.

Not to mention, the ball was really rushed by him.

Pickled Pepper, Tucker, and McGee retreated, and all three of them had a strong sense of defense and willingness.

But Wade is not a vegetarian either, as soon as the trail is opened, the inside line directly makes a difficult throwing board.

The arc directly made people wet.

Bang!

Swish!

As Wade fell to the ground, the basketball fell into the Nets.

The goal went in.

"It's so difficult! That's Wade, you can't score this goal if you change someone. Yu Jia exclaimed.

"Well, except for a few people in this alliance such as Xu Xuan, there should be no one who can do it, this soft touch is simply unreasonable!" Zhang Lili chimed in.

Yu Jia: "......"

Don't make a fuss, I'm talking about Wade, why did you pull Xu Xuan in again.

Seeing this scene, Si Shuai was also secretly relieved.

At the beginning of the game 1-10, he was under a lot of pressure.

This scene is not easy to film, the other side does not follow the script, they cross the river by feeling the stones at every step, and they are always worried that the "investor" will withdraw him, and he is hovering on the edge of the cliff every minute and every second.

It's hard to be a director!

4 to 10.

Wade also found McGee's foul and hit a 3-pointer.

The Pacers' baseline ball, Xu Xuan still didn't choose to attack in sports battles, he has only scored 2 points so far, and he still relies on free throws to get it.

Frontcourt.

A wave of organization.

Xu Xuan threaded the needle and went to the bottom corner, and Pickled Pepper held the ball in a three-threat position on the three-point line.

But......

There were still two trembling people in front of Xu Xuan, including singles Qiao, who were all paying attention to Xu Xuan's side.

It's a really good defense.

However, Xu Xuan was prevented, what should the rest of the walkers do?

No one really thinks of them as mallets, does they?

Pickled pepper frontcourt three-point line, domineering dry pulling-

Bang!

Basketball hollow into the net.

4 to 13!

The margin returned to 9 points.

"Have you noticed that the Pacers score seems to be quite simple......" Yu Jia asked a question.

It seems that the Heat's defense is really good, after all, the main core of the Pacers so far, Xu Xuan only scored 2 points on free throws.

Almost confined to death.

But the weird thing is that the Pacers have a full 9-point lead!

Where did these 9 points come from?

Heat's defensive ...... Where is the defense of Dute Meow?