"The Wizards played so badly today." Looking at the score difference of more than 20 points on the scoreboard, the reporters on the sidelines and Michaels and others on the commentary bench all shook their heads, obviously very disappointed with the Wizards' performance today.

Maybe for the Wizards, they think that the series with the Pacers is bound to lose, so in today's game, the Wizards basically gave up the victory without much resistance, except for the first quarter of the game, the rest of the three quarters of the game, the Wizards up and down feel like they are dealing with errands, it is completely like losing early and ending early, maybe when they are playing the game, they are not thinking about how to win, but where to go on vacation.

78-106, and finally at the end of the game, the Wizards who were fighting away lost to the Pacers by as many as 28 points, and the 28-point difference was also the largest difference in all four games in this round.

"Gilbert, I don't know why, I can't feel your fighting spirit now." When the game between the Pacers and the Wizards ended, Meng Xu, who walked to the sideline and hugged Arenas, said something that surprised Arenas with a blank face after separating from Arenas.

Maybe it's because of personality, or maybe it's because of Mike Budenholzer, Meng Xu and Arenas have a very good relationship in private, and in the offseason, Meng Xu occasionally trains with Arenas, and for Arenas, Meng Xu is also very optimistic, and even after the Wizards formed the Three Musketeers, Meng Xu once regarded the Wizards as his competitor, but under the rule of the top three in the East, the Wizards have never been able to make a breakthrough in the playoffs.

As for Arenas himself, after joining the Wizards, he has indeed gradually grown into a first-line star in the league as Meng Xu expected, and has been selected as an All-Star for three consecutive seasons, and has also entered the best team, every time he plays with the Wizards, Meng Xu plays very "cool", but Arenas's performance today made Meng Xu a little disappointed, Arenas, who averaged 28 points per game in the regular season, only shot 4 of 12 today, got 9 points and 5 assists.

"Meng, I 。。。。。。" Looking at Meng Xu's eyes, Arenas hesitated for a long time and didn't know how to answer, perverse, domineering, has always been the label of Arenas, but under Arenas's unruly appearance, there is a heart that longs for tolerance and recognition, and in Arenas's heart, there are several people he has always respected very much, his head coach Mike Budenholzer during the Warriors, and Big Brother Antoine Jamison, and one is Meng Xu, so after hearing Meng Xu's almost questioning tone, Arenas was also speechless and didn't know how to answer.

In today's game, Arenas really can't raise the slightest fighting spirit, in the face of most teams in this league, Arenas is unwilling to admit defeat, even if it is this season's scoring champion Kobe Bryant, Arenas is not scared at all, and even scored a career-high 60 points in the game with the Lakers, but only in the face of the Pacers, facing Meng Xu, Arenas will always feel lack of confidence and don't know how to beat him, Arenas is too familiar with Meng Xu, and the more familiar he is, The more Arenas felt that Meng Xu was invincible.

In fact, not only Arenas, including Wizards head coach Eddie Jordan, the whole Wizards team is now relatively low, originally at the beginning of the season, the Wizards were ready to take advantage of the opportunity for the Pistons and the Heat to enter a trough and make a big move, but in the middle of the season the Wizards suffered from injuries, the Wizards three musketeers Arenas, Jamison and Butler, missed more than 50 games this season, affected by this, the Wizards only barely entered the playoffs with a record of 41 wins this season, although they entered the playoffs, but the first round will be against the Pacers, who won 70 in the regular season, and the Wizards can't raise the fighting spirit to win, after all, the Wizards have lost to the Pacers in the playoffs many times, and head coach Eddie Jordan has publicly said that as long as they are not swept by the Pacers, it will be a victory for the Wizards, so the Wizards are now looking forward to the early end of this series, after all, no matter how you play, you will lose, it is better to lose a little faster, hello, hello, hello, hello everyone.

"Gilbert, I remember you saying that basketball is your love and your life, but now I feel that basketball is just your job and your means to support your family." Although it is not good for the Pacers and Meng Xu to stimulate Arenas too much, it will undoubtedly increase the difficulty of the Pacers to advance, but Meng Xu still did it, because Meng Xu didn't want to see Arenas depressed like this, what Meng Xu wanted to see was the Arenas who dared to compete with him all over the court, and the Arenas who would never admit defeat.

"Meng, don't worry, I won't let you down in the next game." Looking at Meng Xu, who turned to leave, Arenas, who had already woken up, secretly swore at Meng Xu's back, once upon a time, Meng Xu was still the target that Arenas wanted to surpass and defeat, but I don't know when Arenas didn't have any thoughts about Meng Xu except looking up.

Perhaps Meng Xu's stimulation really worked, in the second game of the Pacers and Wizards, Arenas changed the decline in the first game, from the first quarter of the game to the last minute of the fourth quarter, he always showed a very strong and efficient, under the defense of Tony Allen, Arenas shot 16 of 29 from the field, cutting a personal playoff high 43 points.

But the Wizards' interior line was completely blown up by the Pacers, and the Pacers grabbed nearly 20 more rebounds than the Wizards in the whole game, no matter how the NBA develops, it is always an unchanging truth that the rebounders win the world, so in the case of losing so many rebounds, it is obviously impossible for the Wizards to upset and defeat the Pacers.

After winning two games in a row, the results of this round of the series between the Pacers and the Wizards have basically been seen, with the strength of the Wizards, it is obviously impossible to reverse the situation in the case of falling behind 0-2, but the Wizards have not given up, after all, no matter what, they are not willing to be swept by the Pacers.