Indiana has never been a big ball market, at least not compared to Los Angeles. This also led to the star effect that the Pacers were keen on for a period of time, and the final result was ruinous.

When the famous coach Duncan took office, the Pacers also took on a new life. He not only packed the three so-called stars that the team had hoarded in exchange for a few new blood with good strength and potential, but also re-tailored new tactics for the team.

In this all-encompassing team, the starting line-up is not fixed, and in addition to adjusting to the opponent, it will even take into account the level of the player's pre-match evaluation to select the best.

Duncan is not very experienced, but he is a young coach with a high ball quotient, and the same name as the legendary star 'Stone Buddha' Duncan immediately became popular in the public eye.

Not only did he take the Pacers in the lottery area to third place in the East in his first year. Because of the huge improvement in the record, coupled with the fact that the team's lineup is not qualitatively improved, this makes the judges extremely favor Duncan, and the best coach may be the biggest affirmation for the rookie coach.

Before this game against the Lakers, Duncan also took the players to do a review, and the results were the same as he expected. In the face of the so-called Brown Bear Sanjie, he has made complete preparations.

Wacker is also a newcomer to coaching, and his starting point is much higher than Duncan's obscurity as a player.

And after entering the Hall of Fame, if he can make a name for himself with the Lakers, he may even become the second man to be selected into both the Top 100 Players and the Top 100 Coaches.

This game is the best experience, and the Lakers team carefully studied the opponent's video for this, but unfortunately because of the Pacers' changeable lineup, they don't know what will happen when they really play.

God knows how Duncan came up with these tactics, because Nelson Sr., the tactical inventor before him, didn't come out of nowhere, and the bombardment was completely derived from the characteristics of his own players. But this Duncan is not, he is like a chess player who is always in the layout, and he is very sophisticated.

This game is also seen as the biggest test the Lakers have faced so far, and before it even started, tickets for Staples Arena sold out again. You must know that in the hard-hit NBA league, a team like the Lakers is sitting on the home court without absence, and there is no second team in the entire league.

Even the dynastic Golden State Warriors are the same. Because it has become a tradition for them to win, the crowd lacks a lot of excitement and fun.

So now the Warriors are likely to lose games that are likely to be full, such as the game against the Lakers six days later, not only are tickets sold out, but the first volleyball tickets have been sold to more than $50,000, and the special seats have even reached 6 figures.

The first official matchup between Curry Jr.'s successor and Curry Jr. himself was certainly eye-catching enough, not to mention that the game between the two in the preseason was already exciting enough, but at that time, neither team showed real skills, including them.

In this game, whether the Pacers, the roadblock, can stop the Lakers who put on an invincible performance has also become the most important topic in the four games played at the same time tonight.

During the pre-game warm-up, the 12 members of the Pacers team were as meticulous as soldiers, and no one could tell which one was the starter in this game.

Because Duncan simply treats everyone equally when teaching tactics and problems, and even when he speaks, everyone is gathered together. This is easy to say, but it is actually very harsh for a professional team, because the NBA team is a commercial league, and the status of the star is different from the average person.

Even the Pacers have players who can average 20+ per game, in fact, they are a bit like the Spurs during the Popovich era, and the GDP with the best team statistics may not have a good performance in the bench rotation.

It's just that the Pacers are more thorough than the Spurs because they don't have a core team like GDP. The player who got 20+ in this game may play as a substitute in the next game because of the restraint of the style of play.

Wacker carefully watched Duncan's words and deeds, and if the current head coach in the league made him look respectable. Except for the famous commander of the workers, it may be this Duncan.

If the average manager kicks a star player off the bench, he will be ruthlessly attacked by the Internet and that player. But Duncan's charisma keeps his relationships with all the players in healthy territory.

In addition, the Pacers have come up with refreshing everyone's results again and again, which makes him have no obvious black spots, and there are few head coaches who are not scolded on the Internet, but when it comes to good coaches, he is always the first few in everyone's mind.

The Pacers have always been a strong contender for the Eastern Conference title, but they don't get much news exposure. Duncan's recent interview is still his opinion of Zhang Yi.

At that time, Duncan praised the staggering strength of the Eastern player, and more importantly, he also mentioned the ability of the coach Wacker in his words, so this made everyone in the Lakers have a good impression of him.

Before the game, the Pacers' players were friendly. Even if the Lakers players have several times the resources they have, it doesn't matter, because the players are just a job, they get a high salary, and the only purpose is to win.

Duncan can make them win, and if they can still put in such a strong performance without the Pacers, these players know very well. It's hard because they don't have any stars on them.

Even if it is jealousy, the most dazzling in their eyes is Zhang Yi. But it doesn't have anything to do with the game.

The game officially started, and the Pacers really came up with an unconventional starting lineup. There is no real center forward among the five, and the tallest one is only 2.06 meters, which is even 3 centimeters shorter than Vali.

The on-site commentator also thought that the reason why the Pacers lowered their average height in this game was because they were afraid of the Lakers' counterattack. But in fact, these people can defend, but the speed is not particularly advantageous......

"I still can't understand Duncanbu's game, but it's surprising that he didn't use the core small front of 30+ in the last game in this game."

Another commentator was quick to say, "The Pacers don't have a core. Anyone can get 30+! That's not an exaggeration at all.

Of the starting five, the only one who also started the last game was point back Toney. The most lethal of the rest of the people should be the 'fast gunman' Philip, just like the nickname, he has excellent marksmanship, extremely fast shots, and is also a good player at fast attack......

But from all this, you can't guess the way the Pacers played. "It must be interesting." Zhang Yi said excitedly. Wacker nodded, "It should be!" ”