The Spurs did not make any major changes this season due to their successful run in the Finals last season, and the staffing is still similar to last season, but because the GDP is a year older, their record this season is not as good as last season. The bout was soon in motion, with Hibbert once again beating Duncan, his old rival in last year's Finals, in a jump ball.

After Ye Xuan received the ball, he began to slowly walk towards the opponent's half, Leonard immediately posted it, ready to defend Ye Xuan closely, it is worth mentioning that now Leonard's various statistics have basically surpassed Duncan, and he has become the most important person in the Spurs, and his scoring has risen to an average of 17 points per game this season, ranking first in the Spurs team with relatively average offensive data.

Ye Xuan is no longer as passive in the face of Leonard as he was in the finals last season, at least in terms of figure, Ye Xuan has become much stronger, you must know that Ye Xuan has lost a lot of fat content after gaining new physical fitness talents, coupled with the weight gain after that, Ye Xuan has become a lot stronger than before, and his height is now as tall as Leonard, although Leonard's arm span is still far beyond Ye Xuan's arm span, but at least the gap is not as exaggerated as the original, So in the face of Leonard's defense, Ye Xuan also seemed much more comfortable.

But Leonard is not without progress this season, so in the first round of Ye Xuan's attack with the ball, he still hasn't been able to successfully hit the ball, this time attack, Ye Xuan is ready to try it out by himself, and when he came to force a breakthrough, Ye Xuan found that he still had no way to get rid of Leonard completely, unless he called for blocking, otherwise he would still be interfered with by the opponent, his first shot was to accelerate the breakthrough, thinking that he had got rid of Leonard, was interfered with by the opponent from behind, and almost threw a three-no-stick.

At the turn of the day, the Spurs' offense is now more likely to shift to the outside, no longer relying on Duncan or Dio on the inside like last season. When it comes to defense, Ye Xuan actually can't defend against Leonard, because Leonard's physique is still stronger than Ye Xuan, although Ye Xuan is also very strong, but after all, he is still the body of an outside player, and Leonard played small forward from the beginning, so he naturally has to be stronger, fortunately, the Pacers still have Solomon Hill to do these dirty work.

However, in addition to the increase in Leonard's opportunities on the offensive end this season, he also began to organize the team's offense, and it can be seen that the old man Zhuge Vic has also spent a lot of effort to cultivate Leonard, and now Leonard has gradually shown his leadership temperament. Under the defense of Solomon Hill, Leonard did not force a shot, but split the ball after the breakaway, helping Danny Green on the perimeter to shoot a three-pointer from the outside.

After being taken the lead by the Spurs, Ye Xuan was very unhappy, and immediately controlled the basketball and rushed to the opponent's half, and with the help of the double cover of Shambaught and West, he successfully found an opportunity to shoot, Ye Xuan was also very decisive, and directly pulled up a three-point shot after running out of this gap on the outside, with the blessing of his ultra-high shooting rate and scope, the basketball went straight into the basket, 3:3 draw.

The two teams played so-for-tat at the beginning, and the Pacers fans on the scene also enjoyed watching it very much, coupled with the rendering of the media before this game, which also made this game more interesting.

The Spurs served the ball in the backcourt, Parker slowly controlled the basketball and walked forward, Ye Xuan seized the opportunity that he was raising his hand to direct his teammates to run, and directly turned around and pasted it towards Parker, Parker was also taken aback, and his hand moved, and he was immediately stabbed out by Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan saw that the basketball was about to go out of bounds, and immediately came to a flying pounce, the basketball was hooked by Ye Xuan from behind to the Spurs' half, and Solomon Hill's reaction was very fast, When Ye Xuan grabbed it, he was already preparing for a fast attack, so now in addition to Parker, Solomon Hill is closest to the ball.

And because Parker was stealed, his first reaction was to go to Ye Xuan, so he also delayed the time to chase the ball, and finally Solomon Hill lived up to expectations, hurried two steps to catch up with the basketball, and then easily scored two points with a one-arm dunk, which also made Ye Xuan's assists rise by one, and the audience at the scene saw that their team was playing so hard at the beginning, of course, they also responded with warm applause and cheers.

I have to say that the old man is indeed scheming, and seeing that the atmosphere and momentum of the scene have completely fallen to the Pacers, he doesn't care if the game has just started for 1 minute, and directly calls a timeout to adjust the mentality of his disciples, and by the way, it also cools down the momentum of the Pacers.

At the end of the timeout, the Spurs served on the sideline in the front court, Parker immediately handed the ball to Leonard who ran without the ball and went straight to the inside, Solomon Hill's defense was blocked by Duncan when he served, Leonard was very calm after receiving the pass, and in the face of West's supplementary defense, he easily threw the ball out with a small hook that turned, and the basketball turned twice on the basket, and finally fell into the basket steadily.

In the next few rounds, it was basically a battle between the two teams, and Ye Xuan's performance on the offensive end was much better than the last time he met the Spurs, in addition to the improvement of Ye Xuan's own physical fitness, the main reason was that their interior line was not at a disadvantage in the confrontation, so there was no need to assign people to help the inside line relieve the pressure.

The first quarter of the game was played until the advertising timeout, and the scores of the two teams were still tightly bitten, 15:14, the Spurs led by one point, but the Pacers had the ball. After returning from the pause, Ye Xuan suddenly began to change his offensive strategy, no longer holding the ball to attack, but handed the ball to the inside Hibbert to play alone, Hibbert can be said to have been blown up by Duncan in the finals last season, but this game is different, Duncan is now 39 years old, and his physical fitness has regressed in all aspects compared to last season, and Hibbert is now just beginning to find his senses and prepare to exert his power, so Hibbert's first attack after receiving the ball hit smoothly.