Chapter 356: Half Moon Time (Part II)

After beating up another wave of Knicks, the Pacers returned to Indiana and rested for three days until the 11th, when they welcomed their next opponent, the Orlando Magic. The Magic team is actually a fish belly team this season, but compared with the 76ers and New York, which are still rebuilding or preparing to rebuild, the Magic team is obviously a little stronger, at least they have now found the core of their reconstruction, at the beginning, the Magic team pinned their hopes on Oladipo who was in the same class as Ye Xuan, but then the Vucevic they obtained in the trade showed excellent strength, so the core of the Magic team's current team is Vucevic on the inside, Outside Oladipo up.

Although Oladipo this' The core is not particularly reliable, but Vucevic's play is still good, this season's Vucevic has grown into an excellent interior who can contribute 19 points and 10 rebounds per game, although Oladipo can also contribute 17 points and 4 assists and 4 rebounds per game all-around data, but his shooting percentage and shooting selection are indeed a bit of a headache for the management of the Magic team, which is why the Magic team is still not able to enter the ranks of the Eastern Conference playoffs, and is ranked 12th in the Eastใ€‚

After easily defeating the Magic team with a score of 108-90 again, the Pacers finally came out of the frustration of being cut down by the Bulls, but they are about to face another strong opponent, which is still enmity with the Pacers, that is, the Milwaukee Bucks who defeated the Pacers in January.

The Bucks are really the benchmark in the rebuilding team this season, because the Bucks, who only had a total of 15 wins last season and ranked first in the league, are now surprisingly good, and now they have 32 wins, although they are still a little far from the Pacers' 42 wins, but they are among the top eight in the East with this number of wins, and even ahead of the Nets and the Heat, ranking seventh in the East.

Ye Xuan, who is bent on revenge, is also ready to teach Brother Alphabet a lesson in this game, but Ye Xuan still underestimates this big-handed monster in the same class as him, after this season's training, the Bucks' current run-in is basically in place, although their rookie Jabari Parker is injured this season, but the run-in between other players is basically in place, plus they robbed McCarvey from the 76ers at the trade deadline, who is also a 13-time rookie, This has also strengthened the Bucks' perimeter strength.

Originally, a letter brother could prevent Ye Xuan's uncomfortable Bucks team, and now he has recruited a point guard who can rank in the top ten in the league in steals per game, which is simply specifically aimed at Ye Xuan, and the result is not surprising, Ye Xuan's game is still very difficult, and I don't know if it is because of the outbreak in the previous period of time, so the physical exertion is too great, or Ye Xuan has really met the nemesis in this game, to sum up, Ye Xuan's performance in this game can only be described as sleepwalking, when being defended by Brother Alphabet, Ye Xuan was still able to play a little, but once he encountered the bag, Ye Xuan suddenly had no choice, and the Bucks relied on this move to take the ball from Ye Xuan's hands again and again.

After the whole game, Ye Xuan was stunned, because he sent a total of 7 mistakes in this game, which was a new high in his career, although the score still reached 35 points, but the offensive efficiency became very low, 28 shots in exchange for 35 points, which was really unacceptable to Coach Frank, so Coach Frank, who has always been very accommodating to Ye Xuan, also grabbed Ye Xuan for a long time after this game.

The media in the outside world is even more lively, and they have used reports such as "Quasi-regular season MVP defeated Milwaukee", "13th Civil War, Best Rookie Wins", "Is it abnormal or exposed" and other reports to ridicule Ye Xuan. Due to losing the game again, the Pacers' record suddenly became a little weak, and the Pacers, who should have been firmly in the top three in the East, were also a little flustered at this time, because the Bulls behind them are now only 1 win away from them.

Ye Xuan's side is also starting to be a little unbearable, mainly because his popularity is rising too fast, so there are a lot of black fans and winning fans, and now the results are not particularly satisfactory after a few games, this group of people jumped out and went crazy, so Ye Xuan now casually opened his Twitter or INS, there were a lot of black fans besieging messages, and finally Ye Xuan had to close his comment area in order to barely calm down.

Fortunately, the Pacers are about to have a chance to prove themselves, and on March 15, they continue to sit at home, ready to meet the challenge from the Celtics, who are now ranked eighth in the East behind the Bucks, but you know, they started out in 10th place in the East, but after the trade, their record skyrocketed.

The first thing to say is Thomas Jr., as the strongest end show, Thomas Jr. was not particularly happy during the period when he was traded to the Suns this season, because his positioning suddenly changed from a thunderous starter to a sixth man, he originally contributed an average of 20+ points per game last season, and his data also plummeted, during his time with the Suns, he could only average 14 points per game, but fortunately, Danny Ainge got him to the Celtics after a meal. In the Celtics, he doesn't seem to need to run in, and he directly integrates into the team, and now he has played almost 20 games in the Celtics, with an average score of 24 points per game.

Under the strong leadership of Thomas Jr., the Celtics' record has also skyrocketed, from tenth in the East at the beginning of the season, to a valuable playoff spot. While it looks like the season isn't over yet, they now have a three-game lead over the Nets, who finish ninth in the East, and it's going to be easy to keep that playoff spot in those final 15 games. And today, it's a chance to prove what they have to do to keep that playoff spot.