The New York plane slowly arrived in Indiana and landed in a snowy blanket. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe Indiana of Christmas does not have the madness of the metropolis of New York, nor the warmth of those small clubs, but it seems very ordinary, and although the Christmas atmosphere is everywhere here, you can never expect the farmers to get out of their homes in such weather, maybe at best to go to the nearest bar.

Indiana has a rustic feel, and it's not without its superstars, such as Larry Bird and now Reggie Miller, but they're either rustic old men or country riffraff, all of whom have been marked by Indiana. Overall, Moxi's impression of Indiana is that this is a good place to come after retirement.

Of course, he only dared to think about this kind of thing in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it. Soon, however, he felt that he had made a mistake in his thinking.

This year, Indiana's new arena was built, and the Pacers finally didn't have to share a arena with college teams, knowing that in the country, locals value their universities more in college leagues than in leagues, and in March Madness, people don't even want to go to league games and choose to support their alma mater.

All in all, after getting the bonus of the new arena, the Pacers are in full swing, and they are tied for first place in the East with the Nets, but in the eyes of the infinite scenery of the Pacers, there is one thing that has always been unforgettable for them, like a fish in the throat and a grudge. That is, in June, they lost in that round of the series, and under a good advantage, they were moved three games in a row, coupled with Johnson's stunner, which made them extremely uncomfortable, the unprecedented three plus one, so they were used as a background wall, and which of the lads under Larry Bird's account was not arrogant, and how could they be willing to suffer this humiliation.

Now, at the time of the Christmas war, the whole United States is broadcast live, and there is nothing more hearty than staging crazy revenge in such a situation.

“Beat New York！”

“Beat New York！”

“Beat New York！”

“Beat New York！”

The Knicks had no idea that they would be treated like this here. This situation is Ewing is well-informed, and he has only seen it during the Bulls' 72-win period, when the Bulls won 72 victories in a situation where the world was invincible. Now, the Knicks are in Indiana, and Indiana is very unwelcoming to them, so the Knicks have become a public enemy here.

Compared to last season, the Pacers didn't make too many changes to their lineup, except that Jalen Rose was put in the starting lineup and replaced Chris Mullin. The left-handed god has only averaged more than 10 minutes per game so far this season, shooting more than 40% from three-point range, but the miraculous thing is that his total shooting percentage was once lower than that of three-point shooting, and his scoring has dropped significantly, and it is rare to score more than 8 points in a game.

The Knicks were the original team of the playoffs, with Ward starting point guard, Sprewell and Houston forming the perimeter, Johnson and Ewing forming the interior, and Moxi and Camby watching from the bench.

At the start of the game, Schmitz jumped the ball away from Ewing with his height advantage, and the Pacers started their first offense.

The Pacers are also a team that emphasizes shooting, and the difference with the Knicks is that the Pacers' shots are mostly concentrated on the three-point line, while the Knicks are mid-range shots.

Mark Jackson controls the ball, and the man who is currently in one of the strongest point guard positions in the league effortlessly squeezes Ward away, and there is an open space in front of him, but Jackson is not sure that he can shoot directly in such a situation, and his better way of shooting is the jump shot after receiving the ball. Mark Jackson bobbed and stepped tentatively, and Sprewell stepped back a little bit to make up for it.

Mark Jackson broke through, but he only took two steps before being stopped by Sprewell, but Jackson did not panic, turned around, turned his back to Sprewell, and used his strongest weapon, the huge hips to push Sprewell, and then flicked his hand to pass the ball to Reggie Miller.

At this time, Ward was making up for it, and it looked like Miller had missed the shot, but Indiana's supporters didn't think so, and they let out a huge cheer that the ball hadn't been shot yet, but in their opinion, it had gone in.

Reggie Miller received the ball, ignored Ward, who was coming from the defense, stepped back slightly, put the ball to the side, pulled aside in an awkward-looking way, jumped, and made a three-point shot.

Although Miller looks very thin, Miller is also two meters tall, and Ward's height of less than one meter nine is difficult to interfere with Miller's shot.

The ball seemed to be mounted with a guidance system, and flew straight towards the basket, slamming into it cleanly, splashing a white wave.

Miller's ball, like the determination of a pacer, is resolute and decisive, both in his eyes and in his actions, with layers of killing intent. This goal was scored, and Miller didn't forget to open his chattering mouth and spray: "Hey, that little black man, do you know how to defend?" Is that what your mom taught you? Do you want your dad to teach you? ”

Despite his tough style of play, Ward himself is good-natured. But his teammates are different. Seeing Reggie Miller squirting again, Sprewell didn't hesitate to go back and said, "We all practiced by ourselves, not like you were taught by a, is your sister?" No wonder you play so ugly, clamping your ass as if someone is behind you xx you. ”

Miller was angry when he was angry, and he was going to go back, but the Christmas war, how could the referee not strictly control the scale on the field, as early as when Miller sprayed Ward, he had already focused his attention here, and when he saw that the two sides began to spray each other, he walked over directly and gave both sides a warning look, you know, this is a national live broadcast, if there is a fight on the court, he will not want to be a referee in the future.

The Knicks went on offense.

Ward, knowing full well that he was going to be at a big disadvantage against Mark Jackson, did not hesitate to give the ball to Sprewell after half-time and ran into the bottom corner to ambush himself.

Both sides made personnel changes in this game, with Sprewell defending Miller and Jalen Rose defending Houston. Ward's pass was directly given to the two who had just had a conflict.

After receiving the ball, Sprewell adjusted himself to the side to face Miller, while elbowing it without hesitation.

How could Miller suffer, and immediately returned an elbow, staring at the two of them tightly, completely ignoring the referee's card.

Sprewell is the kind of person I can slap you, but you can't slap me, after eating Miller's elbow, he was also anxious, and directly returned another elbow back, but this time he added some changes, and before Miller could return him, Sprewell had already accelerated and rushed over.

Miller was about to elbow back again, but he didn't expect Sprewell to ignore him at all, and he left ruthlessly, Miller chased the defense from behind, but after all, the start was slow, Sprewell easily shook off Miller, Davis, who was trying to make up for the defense, had been firmly locked by Johnson with a muscle at this time, and Schmitz on the other side was even more so, although he had a good height, but his weak body made him completely nowhere to play.

Sprewell hit an easy dunk.

Although the game had just begun, the two sides quickly got into the groove and looked like they were all in full swing.

The Pacers attack again.

Mark Jackson controlled the ball to the half, he first put the ball in the hands of Schmitz on the inside, but Ewing is different from Moxi, the pure traditional center Ewing protection of the interior is very good, Schmitz almost lost the ball under Ewing's pressure, and hurriedly passed the ball out in a panic.

It was Jalen Rose who received the ball. At this time, Jalen Rose was about to usher in the peak of his career, but at this time, he was still a little lacking in offensive means. Jalen Rose tries to break through.

But Houston, who defends him, is by no means a good match for him, although he is not obvious defensively. Before Jalen Rose could take the second step, he was pressed directly into place by Houston, and Jalen Rose had to hold the ball tightly to his chest.

Miller tried to run out to pick up Jalen Rose, but was entangled by Sprewell, and the two almost scuffled together, but fortunately, the Pacers had a great physical advantage on point guard, and Mark Jackson stepped forward to pick up.

Mark Jackson got the ball and reorganized on the outside, and after looking at the time, Jackson forced into the three-point line and pushed directly with his back, but Ward couldn't resist it and retreated.

Seeing that Mark Jackson was on the edge of the three-second zone, Johnson decisively put down his defender and stepped forward to pinch Jackson.

Jackson heard a bad wind blowing on his side, knew that it was not good, and hurriedly protected the ball, and when Johnson caught it, Mark Jackson accurately found the gap between the two and passed the ball out, and the target was Davis who was vacant on the side.

Davis is a typical emotional player, passionate on the court, able to drive the emotions of the whole team, but a little less good in some small technical aspects. Davis shot at the half-volley position, Ewing stepped forward to make up for it, but it was a little late, and Davis still shot almost without interference.

However, Davis' shot was missed, and the rebound was picked up by Ewing, who turned around.

Ewing handed the ball directly to Houston, and the Knicks intended to tentatively come up with a wave of fast-break counterattacks.

Houston dribbled forward quickly, but was caught up by Jalen Rose just through halfcourt, Jalen Rose's defense and his offense were not at the same level, hands and feet together, Houston was stopped alive.

Houston had to pay attention to passing to Ward, who touched him on the side, and at least, in terms of speed, Ward still had some upper hand. But the Knicks' fast break was still disrupted, and the Knicks slowly shifted to the position to attack.

Ward forced control of the ball in front of Mark Jackson and hoisted the ball to Ewing on the inside, who still had a big advantage over Schmitz.

Ewing stuck his position and chiseled hard into it, just like the remake of Jackson beating Ward just now, Schmitz was also powerless to resist. Ewing quickly advanced to the side of the box, and Jalen Rose wanted to go over to the box, but every now and then, Houston would move directly to the free throw line, and Jalen Rose did not dare to move. As for Al Harrington, who is on the other side, well, even in his rookie years, he didn't want to defend, let alone play against the league's top centers.

Ewing has come to a strong scoring position, Ewing did not hesitate, the shoulder is forced, Schmitz stumbles on his feet, Ewing rolls over and retreats to shoot. The angle of the ball was actually a little crooked, but it was lucky to brush it off the rebound and bounce into the basket.

The Knicks overtook the score.

But at this moment, the situation on the court changed abruptly, and Mo Xi vaguely saw Larry Bird quietly gesture to the court, and the Pacers players understood.

The Pacers served quickly, Mark Jackson didn't even pass the halfcourt, and threw the ball directly to Jalen Rose, Jalen Rose dribbled and Miller crossed the run, passed the ball hand-to-hand, Sprewell was blocked, and took this opportunity to reflexively dribble and turn the original way, and shot directly outside the three-point line.

In a cold sweat with the Knicks, Miller's shot was deflected, but Dale Davis won Johnson in this round of wrestling, grabbed the frontcourt rebound, and threw the ball directly out to the outside Mark Jackson.

Mark Jackson pretended to push with his back again, a reflexive heavy heart from Ward, but instead of hitting him with his back, Mark Jackson turned and passed him past him, and then struck a blow to the side to Schmitz, who scurried in from the backcourt, and the latter easily hit a shot when Ewing couldn't defend.

Then the Pacers' offensive rhythm suddenly accelerated, like a storm, and the shooting became more rapid and decisive, but they still remained tough on the defensive end, which caught the Knicks off guard, and was beaten 14-7 for a while.

Van Gundy called a timeout, the Pacers' offense gradually became fluid, and Ward was completely powerless against Mark Jackson, and even the organization was not so good, and Van Gundy couldn't help but think of a temporary response in the playoffs.

Mo Xi came on the court and replaced Ward, and the Knicks started a three-interior lineup, saying that it was a three-inside lineup, but in fact, Johnson pulled to the small forward position without pressure at all.

The Pacers also made changes, Al Harrington came on the court, and the Pacers put on a lineup of one big and four small, singing the opposite tune of the Knicks, that is, to strengthen the offense and speed up the offensive tempo.

With 6:47 left in the first quarter, Mo Xi walked into the court to start the first Christmas game of his career.