The New York team's Game 7 attracted some attention when they met the Indiana Pacers.

The reason why this game has attracted attention is also very simple, the Pacers, who have played six games, are now in third place in the East!

This is something that many fans didn't expect!

Although it is said that the east is strong and the west is weak, this is only relative, after all, the vanguard of the east is also the top level in the west.

It can be said that it is easy for teams from the West to come to the East and get into the top eight, and in any case, every year the eighth record of the East is about the same as the 11th and 11th of the West, and there are only 15 teams in a division.

But the problem is that it is not so simple for these teams to come to the east to have home advantage!

Let's take a look at the top teams in the East this year!

Needless to say, the New York Knicks, last season's championship, led by Yi Jianlian, who is a man who is a man of all tens, are the only two undefeated teams in the league now.

This proves that they are still ferocious this season.

Underneath them, the Bulls, who had the best record in the league last season and have only lost one game so far this season, it's clear that the Windy City have risen, at least in the regular season.

In addition, there are the "Big Three" Heat team in the East, in addition to the Magic team led by Anthony and Howard, and the Celtics.

If you want to rush into these teams, you can imagine the difficulty.

Even if it is those teams in the west, if they want to reach the top four, I am afraid it is not a simple matter!

It is also for this reason that the Pacers can temporarily finish sixth in the new season, which is something that many people did not expect!

Every year in the NBA, there will be dark horse teams, and the Pacers are obviously the dark horses in the 2011~2012 season.

Judging from the overall situation of the current league, the Pacers are also the only dark horse team, and the rest of the league is no different from last season, the weak ones are still thinking about how to mess up, and the strong ones continue to be strong!

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The Pacers are also one of the strong teams in the league at the beginning of the 21st century, but unfortunately the Auburn Hills Palace incident made this team silent, the original Pacers that year seemed to many people to be able to impact the championship, but unfortunately an accident made everything disappear, Reggie Miller also regretted retiring after this game, becoming another uncrowned king of the "Jordan era".

After that, the Pacers went into a full-court rebuild, and the team started to get better after Larry Bird became president.

They drafted Leonard with the No. 15 pick this summer and then traded the latter to the Spurs in exchange for George Hill.

Looking at the results, the Pacers clearly didn't realize what exactly they were missing, but for now, the deal was worth it!

At least in quite a few media articles, the benefit of this deal is the Pacers, not the Spurs.

In Yi Jianlian's view, whether this deal is now or in the future, it can only benefit the Pacers, for many reasons, an important reason is that Leonard and Paul George's early playing style and functionality overlapped, although these two people joined forces later.

But in the first three years, which are very important for growth, if you are on the same team, the result is bound to be mutually influential, and it is better to have a mature defender to help the team.

In addition, there is another reason, the Pacers are not the Spurs, and there is no old foolish Popovich and his coaching staff who are unique in developing new talents, and Leonard may not be able to grow to the current stage in other teams, just like Kobe Bryant would not have had such an impact if he had played his entire career with the Hornets.

It's impossible for the Pacers' management and coaching staff to have such and such patience with Leonard!

After all, Leonard really made a name for himself in the 2014 Finals, whether it was deliberately concealed or unintentionally caused, but before the playoffs started that year, the entire league basically forgot about the "No. 15 show of the 2011~2012 season" Leonard, and suddenly looked back and found that this guy had grown to such a point.

That's why the Pacers are sure to make a profit.

Another small reason is that the Pacers lineup may not be able to wait for Leonard to grow, and everything that should be bought will be sold out!

After all, the "black version of Yao Ming" Roy Hibbert is the biggest victim of the "small ball era"!

And the Golden State Warriors quietly selected Klay Thompson in the draft this summer, and the backcourt combination of the "five small lineups" is already in place.

Since the "five small" are combined, there are only three guys left.

And after the terrifying "five smalls" are officially assembled, the alliance will also officially enter the "small ball era"!

Hibbert will also be completely eliminated at this time!

It's only been two or three years.

When Leonard grows up, the Pacers have officially entered a rebuild!

So, this deal is a sure win for the Pacers!

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The competition has officially begun.

The starting lineup on the Knicks' side: Dragic, Petrus, Yi Jianlian, Xiaosi, Tyson Chandler.

The starting lineup on the Pacers' side: Collisson, George Hill, Danny Granger, Tyler Hansbrough and center Hibbert.

Judging from the composition of the entire lineup, this is a team with strong defense and weak attack, from the first position to the fifth position, except for Granger, the others are capable of defense.

It's a bit like the Bulls flipping the board, with Granger at the No. 3 position as the main attacker, but he's not as good on the offensive end as he is when it matters to come.

Of course, this is also normal, after all, Derrick Rose was the second on the MVP list last season, and where a star can compare.

But the overall offensive ability of the other players of the Pacers team is also a little better than that of the Bulls.

In fact, it can be seen from the rise of the Bulls last year and the rise of the Pacers this year that the lower limit of the team that started with defense will not be low, and the ceiling will not be too bad!

Even if it is the later "five small", they attack smoothly on the offensive end, but they are also very active on the defensive end, and their defensive counterattacks have been unsolvable in the entire league for a long time!

Of course, this is also normal, giving up part of the inside line height, naturally there is an increase in movement speed.

This is also the true meaning of the "five smalls".

The game officially began, and the Pacers grabbed the ball.

There was also a lot of cheers at their home stadium.

Hibbert got the ball and gave it to Collison.

How to evaluate this player, who became famous for the Hornets and was not willing to be a substitute player for Chris Paul, he has two brushes, which no one can deny.