On April 17, 2004, after a two-day break, the 03-04 playoffs officially kicked off, as the first day of the playoffs, a total of four games were scheduled this night, namely the Pacers who are the first in the East against the Wizards who are eighth in the East, the Pistons who are third in the East against the Bucks who are sixth in the East, and the two games in the West are the Mavericks who are the first in the West against the Jazz who are the eighth in the West, and the Spurs who are the third in the West against the Rockets who are sixth in the West.

For the Wizards who are "lying" in the playoffs, facing the 74-8 Pacers on the road is really not the slightest desire to win, especially Steve Marbury, the team boss who has had a very unpleasant quarrel with the management in recent times, and is now full of thoughts about a showdown with the Wizards' management after the season. Marbury is the core and boss of both the Nets and the Suns, and Marbury is very dissatisfied with the Suns sending him to the Wizards, but last season there was Jordan pressing, and Marbury didn't dare to disrespect Jordan even if he was dissatisfied, but Jordan chose to retire after the end of last season, and Marbury, who was instructed by Jordan to lead the team well, finally had some fighting spirit and desire out of his commitment to Jordan and his only sense of responsibility. But the two young players signed by the team in the offseason embarrassed Marbury very much, and in Marbury's opinion, Gilbert Arenas and Caron Butler, who should honestly be his younger brother, but also did not give himself face, not only did he disobey his own discipline, but he confronted himself on the training court in front of the whole team, and he also joined forces to usurp the position of the leader of his team, and the management also turned a blind eye to what these two young players did, which also exacerbated Marbury's dissatisfaction with the Wizards, Although the season is not over yet, Marbury has already had the idea of leaving the Wizards to find his next home.

And Marbury's expression at the moment also fell in the eyes of head coach Eddie Jordan, although Eddie Jordan was both excited and excited about the team's "lying" into the playoffs with a record of only 35 wins, but in addition to the excitement, Eddie Jordan had to face a cruel reality, first of all, the huge strength gap between the Wizards and the Pacers, four regular season games, the Wizards lost to the Pacers by an average of more than 15 points, and then the current situation within the Wizards. Arenas and Butler are both very potential young players, the future of the team, from the Wizards' management to the coaching staff are very optimistic about them, originally Eddie Jordan also counted on Marbury to escort them and give them a ride, and when they grow up, the future of the Wizards is definitely very bright, but as soon as these two guys arrived at the Wizards, they quickly colluded together and prepared to overthrow Marbury, no matter how Eddie Jordan persuaded them, these two guys are doing their own thing, If it was possible, Eddie Jordan really wanted to cut them, but the attitude of the management made Eddie Jordan feel cold.

"Are young people nowadays so unruly?" Looking at Arenas and Butler, who had already walked out of the locker room, Eddie Jordan shook his head helplessly, this head coach is really not good.

Winning two consecutive championships has made Bankers Living Arena the most attended arena in the NBA, so when the Pacers start their playoff journey again a year later, the atmosphere at Bankers Living Arena is also unusually hot. When the visiting Wizards players began to walk out of the tunnel, the deafening boos made old fritters like Eddie Jordan feel suffocated from the bottom of their hearts.

And when the Pacers players began to play, starting from Tyshawn Prince, who was the first to play, every Pacers player was greeted by waves of enthusiastic cheers from the audience, especially when Meng Xu was the last to play, the atmosphere on the scene reached its peak.

However, to the surprise of the audience, just when all the Pacers players walked to their bench, Arenas, a visiting Wizards player, walked towards the Pacers' bench with a twist.

"Meng, I will definitely win you today!" Arenas, who walked directly in front of Meng Xu, challenged Meng Xu with a firm face.

"You bastard, are you here to find trouble?" After Arenas' words fell, there was an explosion of abuse in the surrounding audience, and James Posey, who had always been not very good-tempered, rushed directly towards Arenas.

"Then we'll see you on the field!" Meng Xu grabbed Posey's arm and responded to Arenas with a smile. Meng Xu listened to him praise Arenas in the chat with Mike Budenholzer, and Meng Xu still had a little good impression of this young player who was favored by Mike Budenholzer, but it was a pity for Meng Xu that the Warriors that Mike Budenholzer worked so hard to build fell apart as soon as they got a little better, although the league has now introduced a Arenas clause, but for the Warriors, it is too late, and Arenas is no longer a player for the Warriors.

"Good!" After hearing Meng Xu's response, Arenas, who was still confident just now, was a little uncomfortable. In Arenas's heart, he actually still has a lot of respect for Meng Xu, not only because Meng Xu is the first person in the league now, but also because of his former coach Mike Budenholzer.

Arrogant, rebellious, since Arenas entered the league, he has been with him, there were Mike Budenholzer and Jamison to suppress him before, Arenas also knew a little more restrained, but after leaving the Warriors and coming to the Wizards, from head coach Eddie Jordan, to the team's boss Marbury, and then to those role players, the rebellious Arenas is not pleasing to anyone, because in Arenas's heart, he is unwilling to leave the Warriors, Mike Budenholzer, or Jamison.

After two seasons in that vibrant, positive Warriors, Arenas hated a pool of stagnant Wizards, although under the guidance of Mike Budenholzer, Arenas, who was on a six-year contract, has now chosen to be appointed, but he is not willing to be lonely and Arenas, or Butler, who has the same idea as himself, and wants to change the current state of the Wizards together.

Lying in the playoffs is a surprise for the Wizards with a poor record, so the Wizards from management to players have no extravagant expectations for the playoffs, after all, their opponents are the powerful Pacers, and it is already thankful that they are not swept, and because of this, before the series has even started, there is already an atmosphere of negativity and defeat in the Wizards, Arenas hates this atmosphere, and he hates the situation in front of him very much, but the current situation in front of the Wizards, for Arenas, Isn't that an opportunity? A chance to overthrow Marion and prove his leadership skills?

After discussing privately with Butler for a while, Arenas finally mustered up the courage and decided to provoke Meng Xu before the start of the game, putting himself in a situation where there was no way out, wanting to motivate himself and his teammates, no matter what the result was, no matter how powerful his opponent was, Arenas wanted to rush and fight without hesitation, in case the bicycle became a motorcycle!

"Come on!" After the pre-game warm-up, after losing the jump ball without any suspense, when his teammates quickly retreated, Arenas stopped near the center circle, before the game began, Arenas took the initiative to apply to head coach Eddie Jordan to defend Meng Xu, after coming to the Wizards, Arenas has always played scoring guard, originally he didn't have to wipe Marion's ass, but now, since he has made up his mind to change the status quo of the Wizards, it is Arenas's duty to defend the opponent's strongest outside player.