After the game in Boston, the Pacers didn't have much time to rest, as they were about to travel to Sacramento to take on the Kings, and the day after the game against the Kings, they needed to take on the Denver Nuggets back-to-back.

The Kings had an illustrious history at the beginning of the 21st century, with the 2000-2001 season being the most successful year in Kings history and the team's best season in Sacramento. The Kings, who made the playoffs for the third year in a row, went 55-27 in the regular season, tying the Cincinnati Royals' team record of 55-25 in the 1963-1964 season. But the Kings met the defending champion Lakers in the second round of the playoffs and were eliminated with a 0-4 overall score.

The 2001-2002 season ended the regular season with a league-best 61-21, with 61 wins replacing the 55 wins in 2001 and 1964 to set a new team record and winning the Atlantic Division for the first time in the Sacramento era (the fifth division title in franchise history).

This season, the Kings set a total of three team records for most wins in a single season (61 wins), most home wins in a single season (36 wins), and most away wins (25 wins), and the 36-5 home record ranks first in the league. In addition, it also set a new team record with a wave of 9 consecutive away wins. The last time the team finished the league top spot in the regular season was in the 1951-1952 season. After a stellar 2001-2002 season, the Kings' results began to decline.

In the 2004-2005 season, Vlad Divac returned to the Lakers and then retired, and the Kings began to struggle for power, with the infighting between Chris Webber and Peja Stojakovic, who was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2004-2005 season, and the Indiana Pacers in the 2005-2006 season. In the 2009-2010 season, the Kings' 25-57 record was abysmal.

During the season, due to Kevin Martin's injury early in the season, Tyrek Evans quickly rose to become the centerpiece of the team's backcourt, and the rookie of the year was perhaps the biggest gain for the Kings in 2010.

In 2010, the Kings also selected potential forward DeMarcus Cousins, so the outside world felt that the revival of the Kings would be completed by Evans and Cousins. But disappointingly, Evans hasn't grown as much as everyone expected after a successful rookie season, and the withdrawn personality of the newly drafted DeMarcus Cousins has made the atmosphere on the team extremely tense.

Over the past two seasons, Sacramento has selected Isaiah Thomas, who is only 1.75m, with the last pick, and the little assassin has shown his worth in the following seasons. And in order to make way for the little assassins, the Kings management also chose to trade Evans in exchange for Rudy Gay, just when everyone thought that the Kings formed a new Big Three, the Kings told us with facts that the crane tail will always be the crane tail, and with three super players on the team who average more than 20 points per game, the Kings have only won 23 games so far.

Unlike against the Celtics, the Kings' starting lineup showed enough strength at the beginning, with three quasi-All-Star level players playing back and forth with Ye Xuan and others, but with the coming off the bench, the Pacers bench led by Hill and Watson scored 24 points in just 5 minutes, and the opponent only scored 11 points. With the excellent play of the bench, the Pacers didn't have to expend much effort to win the game. In this game, Ye Xuan played 27 minutes and scored 21 points and 5 assists.

After the game against the Kings, the Pacers rushed to the Nuggets without stopping. Unlike the previous two teams, the Nuggets did not lose their competitiveness after losing their star Carmelo Anthony, but last season, they played a good 57-win record and finished third in the West, but the Nuggets have undergone a sea change in the offseason.

Change happens in every way, not just on the player roster. It would be a huge loss to lose Iguodala in the first place, and the well-known swingman spent just one season on the Denver Plateau before opting to join the Golden State Warriors as a free agent.

Secondly, the changes in the coaching staff and management are also surprising. George Karl, who led the Nuggets to a 57-25 Coach of the Year last season, was fired by the team. And the board also allowed Marseille Ujiri, the "best manager" of the previous year, to jump ship to the Toronto Raptors. For the new season, the Nuggets have named Brian Shaw as the team's new head coach. However, Shaw, who is becoming a first-time manager, may first need to take the time to learn from his players.

And this process will undoubtedly drag down the team's record. Sure enough, this season's Nuggets results have plummeted, with only 30 wins so far, and although the Pacers are fighting back-to-back, it is clear that the first two games did not consume too much physical strength of the Pacers. Pickled pepper was full of fire at the beginning of the game, and directly hit a three-point shot after receiving Ye Xuan's pass at the beginning, and then under the cover of David West, he entered the penalty area to complete the violent dunk, and opened the score in a few clicks.

While Pickled Pepper was going all out, Ye Xuan was also happy to brush up on assists, and after creating opportunities for Pickled Pepper in a row, Ye Xuan only took 23 minutes to efficiently score 13 points and 12 assists, and Pickled Pepper had already scored 39 points at this time. Not long after the third quarter, after Pickled Pepper scored the 41st point, Coach Frank replaced the main players, on the one hand, he didn't want the main players to waste their physical strength on the court, and on the other hand, because the difference in points had exceeded 20 points, it would be a bit disrespectful to put the main team on the court.

After the game, Ye Xuan got a double-double for the second time in his career, while his teammate Paul George scored 41 points in 25 minutes and led the team to a 109-92 victory over the Nuggets.

For three consecutive away games, the Pacers won easily, and the outside media couldn't help but shout that the Pacers had completed the run-in and pointed to the championship. However, the Pacers showed their professional side after the game they were beaten by the Hawks, so they didn't let their training loose because of these three big wins, and after returning to Indiana, the team's training continued as usual.

In addition to using equipment to constantly exercise the strength of his upper limbs, Ye Xuan often teases his teammates on Twitter or something, such as Pickled Pepper's sleeping position on the plane back to Indiana, which was exploded by Ye Xuan. Due to Ye Xuan's active performance on social networks, his number of followers has also grown rapidly, and after just 4 days of road trip, Ye Xuan's Twitter has more than 800,000 followers.