Early the next morning, Ye Xuan got up for a morning exercise, and then went to the arena to gather with the team, because they were going to Milwaukee to challenge the Bucks today. As a team that selected Chinese players with the sixth pick in 07, everyone must have a little impression, but in fact, after 2000, the Bucks have been in an embarrassing state, rebuilding every year, and the rebuilding effect is not good every year, but the history of this team is still quite brilliant.

The Milwaukee Bucks, founded in 1968 and joined the NBA in the same year, finished last in the Eastern Conference with a 27-55 record in the 1968-69 season, but this result proved lucky, under the rules of the league at the time, the last place in the East and West divisions decided the draft pick by a coin flip.

The newly signed Phoenix Suns, who finished bottom of the Western Conference with a 16-66 record, were joined by the Bucks in a conference call with then-NBA commissioner Walter Kennedy. Suns boss Dick Brockch guessed heads, while Kennedy's 50 cents were face down.

As a result of the draft, the Bucks selected Lou Alcindo (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), a 7-foot-2 center who led the UCLA Bears to three NCAA championships in three years, with an elegant, unique, lethal "sky hook" to easily win the 1969-70 Rookie of the Year season with an average of 28.8 points and 14.5 rebounds per game. He also made the All-Star team and was named to the All-NBA Second Team and All-Defensive Second Team at the end of the season.

Before the 1970-71 season, the team traded Flynn Robinson and Charlie Paulk for the Cincinnati Royals' star guard Oscar "Big O" Robertson, laying the foundation for the team's success. Robertson, while not as brave as he was when he was younger, brings skills and experience to the young Bucks and is still averaging 19.4 points per game.

The team's star, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, averaged 31.7 points per game and was voted the NBA's Most Valuable Player. In addition to Abdul-Jabbar and Robertson, the Bucks started Joan McGlocklin, Bob Dandridge and Greg Smith, plus Bob Boozer, Lucius Allen and Dick Cunningham off the bench, giving the team a staggering 66-16 in the newly formed Midwest. The Bucks lost just two of their 12 playoff games, winning 4-1 overall over the San Francisco Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers, and swept the Baltimore Bullets in the 1971 NBA Finals to claim that year's championship.

In the years since, although the Bucks have maintained their competitiveness, they have lost to the Lakers, who have Wilt Chamberlain and Jerry West. After that, this cold city failed to keep the heart of Tiangou, and had no choice but to trade it to the Lakers, after which, the Bucks seemed to be cursed, although they also had a good performance, but they never won the championship again, and the outstanding rookies selected also chose to flee here.

After being swept by the Big Three in the first round of last year's playoffs, the Bucks' management was determined to rebuild, so four of the team's top five scorers (Ellis, Jennings, Redick and Dunleavy Jr.) have moved to a new club, and one of the team's best defenders, Luke Bamott, was traded to the Kings in the offseason for only two second-round picks. In his place are O.J. Mayo and a number of role players who have played supporting roles in previous NBA careers.

No offense to Brandon Knight, Carlos Delfino, Zaza Pachulia and Luke Ridno, but it's clear that the Bucks didn't improve their roster this summer offseason. That is to say, compared to previous years, this year's swing is more thorough, and the record tells everyone everything, the Bucks have played 75 games and won only 14 games.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the game, the Pacers completely mastered the rhythm of the game, facing the opponent's interior line with little resistance, Hibbert took what he wanted in the restricted area, and successively won singles in the interior position. And Ye Xuan didn't seem to have any desire to attack in this game, but chose to help his teammates score (in fact, he just wanted to brush two doubles to get rewards).

When the TV pause reached the first quarter of the game, the Pacers had already taken a double-digit lead, and when the TV pause came back, Ye Xuan continued to help the Pacers complete the offense with consecutive throws and passes, and it only took 3 minutes to not only increase his score to 8 points, but also to 7 assists.

In the middle of the second quarter, the main force of the Pacers was replaced again, and Ye Xuan took the opportunity to make his data go further, and after easily scoring 5 points and 3 assists, he went down to rest satisfied, because now the Pacers have a 20-point lead over the opponent.

Although at the beginning of the third quarter, O.J. Mayo suddenly broke out and scored 11 points in a row, but after the Pacers changed the main lineup to the court again, the situation was instantly stabilized. In the end, the Pacers easily won the game under Hibbert's beast-level performance of 29 points and 16 boards, and Ye Xuan also won a double-double in the second consecutive game after the previous game. As for the Bucks, except for O.J. Mayo's impressive performance, almost everyone else is in a state of walking.

After this wave of six consecutive wins, the Pacers have improved their win to 54 wins, which is already 3.5 wins ahead of the Heat. As long as the next game is not continuous, I believe that the Pacers will definitely be able to get the first place in the East. However, after this game, the Pacers will finally face the last tough opponent left in the regular season - the Thunder, led by Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant.

The Thunder reached the Finals in the 2011 season only to be beaten 4-1 by the Heat's Big Three, and then the team lost their best sixth man, James Harden. But Harden's departure did not make the Thunder uncompetitive, but continued to remain competitive with the rapid growth of rookie Jeremy Lamb and the outstanding performance of the remaining three young people, and the Thunder have also achieved 53 wins this season, and are now temporarily ranked second in the West, second only to the Spurs.

In fact, speaking of the Thunder, we have to mention last year's playoffs, they met the Rockets led by their younger brother Harden in the first round of the playoffs, in the case of a 3-0 lead, due to Wei Shao's injury, the Rockets pulled two games in a row, although they finally defeated the Rockets 4:2, but the Thunder, who lost Wei Shao, also seemed to have a weak follow-up, and finally unfortunately was eliminated by the Grizzlies 1:4 in the semifinals.