"These two inside lines of the Wizards are really bad!" Although he had been prepared for the jump ball results of the two sides, when Michael saw Brandon Haywood and Jermaine O'Neal's jump ball passing, he couldn't help but shake his head, it is estimated that Brandon Haywood didn't think he could jump to win Jermaine O'Neal, so when the two sides jumped just now, Brandon Haywood only symbolically tiptoed, and then quickly retreated, and there was no intention to compete with Jermaine O'Neal at all.

"Actually, it's all Michael's fault, hahahaha." After hearing his partner's words, Johnson, the Magic on the side, also began to complain about Jordan, Jordan's two seasons with the Wizards, in 01, he drafted Kwame Brown with the No. 11 pick, and in 02, he drafted Jarred Jeffries with the No. 11 pick. Although there is some hindsight, many media, and even the management of the Wizards, until now believe that Jordan's decision to use the top pick to sign Kwame Brown is definitely a very stupid act, if they did not choose Kwame Brown, but Pau Gasol, with the current configuration of the Wizards, the Wizards' record would have flown long ago. Paul Gasol and El Harrington can both win 50, and if Paul Gasol plus Steve Marbury and Gilbert Arenas are too beautiful to think.

Just when Magic Johnson was still complaining about Jordan, Meng Xu had already advanced to the front court with the ball, because the Wizards' retreat was very fast, so in this round, the Pacers did not find a chance to break fast, since there was no chance to play fast attack, then the two sides could only slow down and play positional battles, but some surprises were that the Wizards did not arrange a bag for Meng Xu, but used Arenas to defend Meng Xu alone.

"The guys in this house are really powerful." Arenas, who wanted to defend Meng Xu closely, tried several times in a row, but was squeezed away by Meng Xu. Although Arenas's height is only 1.91 meters, Arenas's body is very strong, belonging to the typical type of player who is not as strong as me and is not as fast as me, which is also the basis for Arenas to be able to stand in the No. 2 position. I have always heard that Meng Xu is one of the best among all the outside players in terms of speed and strength, but in the past, the two sides did not have a direct alignment, so Arenas did not have an intuitive understanding of Meng Xu's specific ability, until today after defending Meng Xu in person, Arenas can really feel Meng Xu's metamorphosis, a round has not ended, Arenas has already felt the gap between himself and Meng Xu, speed, strength, agility, foot, Meng Xu is stronger than himself in all aspects, Although he had tried his best to defend Meng Xu, he tried his best to make Arenas unable to see any results.

"Beautiful three points, Gilbert is too short, and it is definitely a very unwise arrangement to let Arenas, who is only 1.91 meters tall, go to defend Meng Xu alone." The first attack of the Pacers, Meng Xu didn't even call his teammates' cover, after passing the ball through the middle circle, he directly advanced to the top of the three-point arc against Arenas's defense to a position less than one meter away from the top of the three-point arc, and jumped up close to Arenas's defense, with a height difference of 10 centimeters, Meng Xu didn't even have to step back, and Arenas couldn't interfere with Meng Xu's shooting.

"Gilbert, this game, I hope you can unleash your individual offensive ability on the offensive end, Reggie Miller is old, he is our best breakthrough, don't hesitate, break through him at the first opportunity, and break him hard." Meng Xu's YAN shot just now is very easy to make people feel desperate, but Arenas is not so easy to despair and retreat, on the contrary, the stronger the opponent, the more it can stimulate Arenas's fighting spirit, therefore, just after a moment of frustration, Arenas recovered, and while trotting towards the front court, Arenas also remembered the advice of head coach Eddie Jordan before the game.

Marbury, who is still the core and boss of the team, is Meng Xu today, so Eddie Jordan didn't expect Marbury to beat Meng Xu, and he could drag Meng Xu at both ends of the offense and defense, consume his physical strength, and Marbury's task has been completed.

There are a lot of excellent organizational guards in the league now, the all-round Jason Kidd, the offensive and defensive Steve Nash, and the rhythmic Chauncey Billups, but the only one who gives Marbury a headache every time he encounters it is Meng Xu, his height, arm span, and strength are much stronger than himself, but the speed is not satisfied at all, as long as he meets Meng Xu, Marbury will play very aggrieved, shoot, the opponent's height and arm span are there, break through, the success rate is too low, it can be said that he is controlled everywhere, That's a big reason why Marbury doesn't have much hope for this playoff trip.

This offense is the same again, just after Marbury passed the half, Meng Xu began to press closely, and after protecting the basketball for a distance, Marbury passed the basketball to Caron Butler, who had covered for himself, like a hot potato.

"Gilbert, catch the ball." Caron Butler, who was posted by Meng Xu, had no intention of showing his offensive ability in front of Meng Xu at all, but quickly passed the basketball to Arenas, who had already been one-on-one with Reggie Miller.

"Old fellow, let's hurry up and go home and rest." Arenas, who couldn't take advantage of Meng Xu in the slightest, was almost crushing in the face of Reggie Miller, and Arenas, who received Butler's pass, squeezed away Reggie Miller very easily, leaving a sentence that embarrassed Reggie Miller a little and walked away.

"This kid is amazing!" When Arenas got rid of Reggie Miller and hit a pull-up jumper in the face of Jermaine O'Neal, many viewers at the Bankers Living Arena began to re-examine the young player who could not be named.

"Gilbert, that's it!" Although the current score is 2-3, after seeing that his arrangement worked, Eddie Jordan on the sidelines was in a good mood for a moment, and he continued to applaud Arenas who began to retreat.

As the game progresses, the Pacers are still methodically executing their tactics, and the Wizards are always a move on the offensive end, let Arenas play Reggie Miller alone, or let Caron Butler single Reggie Miller, anyway, whoever rotates to Reggie Miller will hold the ball alone, Reggie Miller at his peak may not be afraid of them, but Reggie Miller is now 40 years old, and Reggie Miller, whose physical condition has declined seriously, is really powerless in the face of these young players.

"The Wizards' performance today was a bit of a surprise! If they can play like this throughout the game, then there will really be some suspense in this series. After the end of the first quarter, the two sides were tied 26-27, and the Wizards playing away only trailed the Pacers by one point, and Magic Johnson on the sidelines also praised the Wizards' performance on the court, and today's Wizards and the Wizards in the regular season looked like two completely different teams.

"Gilbert was in very good shape today." Although in the second half of the first quarter, Rick Carlisle replaced Reggie Miller with Tyshawn Prince, but Arenas, who had gone crazy, was still unstoppable in the second half of the game. In the entire first quarter, Arenas shot 6-of-11 and scored 15 points in a single quarter.