Hey, I heard the Pacers lost to the Timberwolves again? ”

"This is the second time they've lost to the Timberwolves this season, tsk"

"Killing the Thunder Spurs and losing to the Kings Huskies, this Pacer is really getting more and more incomprehensible."

"Shhh Aren't they acting? Pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger? ”

"Shhhh Who is Tiger? They even killed the Thunder Spurs, what tigers are there? Such ups and downs can only show one problem, and that is that their form is inconsistent! ”

"This flaw may not be harmful in the regular season, but it is absolutely fatal in the playoffs!"

The day after finishing a practice with Durant and Willis' best friends, the Pacers lost to the Timberwolves again in Minnesota.

This is the second time they have lost to each other this season.

Compared to the teams they won before, such as the Grizzlies, Spurs and Thunder, the Timberwolves are far inferior in terms of strength and record, but they just lost.

"Damn, you can't really be acting, are you?"

At the end of the game, Andrew Wiggins, the star of the Timberwolves for 14 years, looked at Xu Xuan with a painful look on his face and said, "How do I feel that you don't have any effort?" ”

Xu Xuan laughed and grabbed his shoulder: "Thinking too much about Andrew, how could I not contribute?" To tell you the truth, I can't stand on my feet when I'm tired. ”

"Really?" Wiggins squinted at Xu Xuan.

"Of course it's true, I can't lie to anyone, I'm a good person, I never lie to my brother." Xu Xuan patted his chest and reassured.

The two parted, and an hour later, Wiggins walked into the arena again.

Wiggins looked at Xu Xuan in front of him angrily: "Damn, didn't you say you can't stand on your feet?" How can you still have the energy to train here? ”

"What's that, it's all a misunderstanding," Xu Xuan rolled his eyes: "Ahem, you may not believe it, I'm a thief who recovers quickly?" I was tired just now, but now I'm not tired......"

Wiggins: "......"

What about taking me for a fool?

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After a two-game road streak at Christmas, Xu Xuan and the Indiana Pacers returned to the East with an 18-12 record.

That record was enough to satisfy Frank, even though his original plan was to lose to the Thunder and then win against the Timberwolves.

But for now...... It doesn't matter.

Back in the East this time, the Pacers don't have much time to rest, playing the Timberwolves on the 27th, and on the 28th, today, they will also face the Atlanta Hawks at home.

Inside a training gym somewhere in the city of Polis.

As the head coach of the Hawks, Mike Budenholzer arrived early.

As the league's new coach, Budenholzer, who led a group of civilians to the first place in the regular season and won the best coach last season, although this is only his third year at the helm, the whole person has a trace of majesty.

However, coaching the Eagles this season has been one of the most challenging jobs of his career.

It's a strong team, it's a team that's on the verge of breaking and needs to be reshaped.

Bringing a team out of the mire from last season's No. 1 Black Eight in the league is a very difficult challenge.

Black Eight, Black Eight......

He was now very irritated when he heard the word, and that inexplicable irritability was like a noisy fly buzzing in his ears all the time.

Since being swept by the Black Eight last season, Mike Budenholzer has been working on a problem.

They

How did the Atlanta Hawks get black-eight?

You know, in the three encounters in the regular season last season, they all lost to the Pacers.

Not a single mistake!

It was not a single mistake!

Budenholzer can remember what people said about the Pacers last season after the playoff roster was established.

Bad team!

Teams that made it to the playoffs by luck!

Weak!

Impotent!

...... All kinds of bad labels are put on the walkers.

That's how other people think, so what did he think of the team at the time?

Shh

Either way, can the Eagles still lose to such a team?

That's what Mike Budenholzer thought before that desperate series began.

But the truth slapped him in the face.

This team, which was seen by others and weak and bullied in his eyes, turned into a man-eating devil in that series, and simply tore and chewed the Atlanta Hawks as a delicious snack little by little.

They were blackened.

They were swept away.

They were not only blackened, but also swept by the black!

When the final result appeared in front of him in such a situation, in front of everyone in Atlanta, they were all stunned.

Then there is boundless, boundless frustration and self-blame.

They don't even want to talk about who, they lose their dignity, they are forever nailed to the "pillar of shame" of the Union.

At this time, is the question of whose question still needs to be discussed?

No need!

No one has a problem!

Of course, it can also be said that everyone has a problem!

This summer, the Hawks' team, including Budenholzer's coaching staff, has worked hard.

They are the last team in the league to go on vacation, and they are also the first team in the league to train out.

For what?

Wash away the shame on your body!

Not only to wash away the shame, but also to challenge themselves this season, challenging the impossible!

It's ambition and dream!

It's hard for him to imagine that anyone can expect so much from a team that has just been black-eight, and so many fantastic ideals for the core of a team that has just black-eight.

But they are not the same!

They're the Eagles, they're a civilian team, they don't have the baggage of idols.

Failure is sad, but failure also makes them stronger!

"Be mental, show your energy and confidence, they were back-to-back games and I don't want to see anything wrong with this game!

Remember, it's any hint! ”

Budenholzer said sternly.

And the Eagles players in front of him, who were sweating in training, roared in unison: "No problem, coach! ”

Morale is available!

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"It's coming, it's coming, it's finally coming after waiting for so long, this battle of grievances is also a battle of revenge! Atlanta Hawks take on Indiana Pacers away! ”

"The Hawks should have been waiting for a long time, and at the same time, as an Eastern team, they actually played two months before the two teams started G1, I really don't know how the league's schedule is arranged."

"When I talk about that, I think of last season's Eagles...... Poor thing! The first place in the east was swept by the black eight. ”

"I've seen those who didn't have a black eight, and I've seen those who were swept away, but I haven't seen anyone who was swept and added to a black eight...... Thank you Atlanta for opening my eyes, and I really learned from the past. ”