If the Bulls didn't have Li Ming, the biggest dark horse of the season would definitely be the Magic, but the Magic began to decline after the heavy defeat against the Bulls, and the chemistry that had been formed disappeared, and they have lost four in a row so far.

During this time, another dark horse team, the Indiana Pacers, began to rise, with four wins and one loss in the last five games, and is the hottest team in the East except for the Bulls.

This is something that many fans can't even think of in the offseason.

Because this summer, they sent their star to the Thunder, as if they were ready to enter the rebuilding stage. However, Oladipo, who was traded, played at an All-Star level, coupled with the growth of newcomers and the explosion of veterans on the team.

Surprisingly, the Pacers' record is even better now than at the same stage last season. It currently sits in fourth place in the East and has the best record since the Bulls, Celtics and Raptors.

Teams on both sides entered the pitch after the referee blew the whistle.

The Pacers started with point guard Collison, shooting guard Oladipo, small forward Bogdanovic, power forward Thaddeus Young and center Myles Turner.

On the Bulls' side, Hojberg's starters today are point guard Grant, scoring guard Li Ming, small forward Holiday , big forward Mirotic and center Lopez.

The players on both sides were in their respective positions, and it was Turner and Lopes who jumped the ball. Born as one of the best high school students, Myles Turner was once one of the best three high school students, and before he even entered the NCAA, he already possessed a delicate skill set far beyond his peers, and could dominate the court on both the offensive and defensive ends.

The height of 2.11 meters also allows him to switch between the two positions of center and power forward at will, and if it were not for the lack of explosiveness and a little less aggressiveness in his style of play, I am afraid that in the 2015 draft, he would not have been picked by the Pacers in the first round of the eleventh place.

It's only been three years now, and he's grown into a front-line interior player in the league.

Competing for the ball with López, he has no advantage in height, but the positivity and the reaction of the young people helped him pick the ball.

The ball was handed to Collison, who dribbled slowly.

Collison is a typical example of fame at a young age, when he first entered the league, he played as a substitute behind Paul, and seized the opportunity to play in a period of Paul's injury, handing over 17 points and 18 assists in the first game of his career, and then he played a triple-double of 18 points, 13 boards and 12 assists, and a big double-double of 16 points and 20 assists.

In short, the period when Paul was injured was the highlight of Collisson's career.

At the end of that season, Collison left the Hornets, but unfortunately Collison has never had such a highlight moment since then, although he still grew into a qualified starting point guard, but there is still a big gap from the title called "Paul II" back then.

Some experts say that if he had been willing to stay behind Paul for a while, he would have more potential to cash, and he was too anxious to blame.

In short, Collison is a very qualified starting point guard, but that's about it, his strengths are as prominent as his weaknesses, his pass-oriented selfless style, and the lack of defensive end due to his natural height disadvantage.

Although Li Ming plays a scoring guard, his defensive counterpart is Collison, because the latter's current positioning is more of a projection point guard, that is, a fake point guard, a real scoring guard.

The ball was basically in Oladipo's hands. This guy who played the worst season of his career with the Thunder, was called the worst second leader in history, and almost became another garbage contract spokesperson, ushered in his rebirth with the Pacers.

For the first time in his career, he averaged more than 20 points per game, and the numbers in the four big data statistics columns of rebounds, assists, steals and blocks also reached the peak of his career.

Such a fiery state is like a silent roar, shouting to tell all the fans that Lao Tzu has never been the second leader, and Lao Tzu will be the boss of the team if he wants to.

Collison dribbled the ball through the front court, and did not break through at all in the face of Li Ming, and passed the ball directly to Oladipo.

Oladipo without the ball and Oladipo with the ball in his hands are completely two levels of players, the former form of him can barely be called a qualified starter, and the latter form of him is a strong contender for the new season Eastern Conference All-Star starters.

In the face of Grant, he put on a triple threat pose, waited for Thaddeus Young's block, and went straight into the penalty area, and Lopes quickly blocked it.

He didn't force a layup, and transferred the ball directly to Bogdanovic on the outside, who received the ball, first made a feint, deceived Holiday and didn't shake it, he took a big step to the right side, dribbled the ball, this time it was thrown directly, Holiday was not tall enough to bounce together, so he interfered a little, but the latter's shooting rhythm was very good, and the ball drilled into the frame like an eye.

3 to 0.

As an international player, Bogdanovic inherited the soft touch that international bigwigs have, and was known as "Snodjakovic Jr.".

Just one goal showed his superb shooting skills.

When it was the Bulls' turn to serve, Grant dribbled to the frontcourt, and it was Oladipo who was in the opposite position. The coaches of both sides have an unexpected tacit understanding, and they have avoided the core direct confrontation.

And Grant's tactical positioning is actually similar to that of Collison on the opposite side, dribbling to the front court and passing the ball to Li Ming.

The same positioning of a fake point guard, a real pitcher.

Li Ming won the ball and faced Collison, although the latter often became a breakthrough on the defensive end because of his natural disadvantage of height and stature, but he was not afraid of physical confrontation, not only was he not afraid, but he also took the initiative to come up to find confrontation.

Li Ming half-turned his back to him, dribbled behind him, leaned against him with his body, and the hand without the ball stopped him, so that the latter's hand could not interfere with his dribble.

Then he turned around directly to the right and threw Collison behind him, but the latter was not discouraged, and chased after him from behind, Li Ming's body was stunned, and he suddenly stopped.

This action was something that Collison didn't expect, but he chased after Li Ming with all his strength, and the latter paused, and he couldn't dodge and could only hit him straight up.

"Toot!" The referee's whistle blows, and Collison defends a foul.

The Bulls re-served, and Li Ming got the ball again, this time Collison didn't dare to be so active anymore, and honestly kept a distance of half an arm and stared at Li Ming.

Li Ming smiled secretly in his heart: Let you have the strength and nowhere to go, come, you are active again, I will take a look.

Now, he has a lot of experience in how to create fouls on defenders.