After winning their first two preseason games, the Pacers players are finding their groove in the game, and on October 13, they came to the American Airlines Center in Dallas to challenge the Mavericks, who just signed a contract extension this summer. This summer, because Carter did not choose to stay in Dallas, the Mavericks had to pay a high price to poach the "rich handsome" who performed very well, Chandler Parsons, from the Rockets. The three-year, $46 million contract also made the Rockets directly give up their intention to match this contract.

And in addition to Chandler Parsons, the Mavericks are also constantly recruiting during this holiday season, Richard Jefferson, one of the Nets' three musketeers that year, joined the Mavericks with a one-year veteran base salary, and then traded in exchange for Tyson Chandler, the hero who won the championship that year. then renewed Harris's contract and snatched El Aminu from the Trail Blazers, which can be said to be a great deal of reinforcement.

However, just when the Mavericks thought that their roster had been strengthened very well and could once again wrestle with the top teams in the league, the visit of the Pacers directly made them understand what the difference in strength was.

Because the opponent this time was stronger than the opponent in the previous two games, Coach Frank decisively let Ye Xuan play for a while longer, and after the playing time of the main players was increased, the true strength of the Pacers team was highlighted. In the first quarter, the opponent also sent all the main forces to respond, but obviously they were not able to withstand the fierce attack of the Pacers.

And the inside Tyson Chandler also seems a little powerless in the face of Hibbert, the most unacceptable thing for Mavericks coach Carlisle is that they spent a lot of money to sign Chandler Parsons after a holiday swing, the game form plummeted, although after a period of adjustment, the state has picked up, but obviously did not meet the requirements of Coach Carlisle, nor can he play in line with his $15 million annual salary level.

The main forces of the two sides of the game played each other for nearly 9 minutes, and the Pacers quickly beat the opponent with Ye Xuan's full firepower, although Nuo Tianwang was rejuvenated and scored 15 points alone in a single quarter, but he still couldn't stop his teammates' infinite leakage, Ye Xuan forcibly broke through Ellis at least 6 or 7 times in a quarter of the game, and repeatedly caused the opponent to be forced to make up for the situation, and then assisted his teammates with the ball. And the performance of Shambaught and Solomon Hill outside the three-point line did not disappoint Ye Xuan, and 7 three-pointers in a single quarter directly made the Mavericks stupid.

After the end of the first quarter of the game, the Pacers have led the opponent by as much as 10 points under the leadership of Ye Xuan, and I don't know if the opponent didn't take this preseason game too seriously or the Pacers felt too good in this game, and in the subsequent bench battle, the Pacers still had the advantage, logically speaking, the opponent bench has former All-Star players such as Nelson, Jefferson and Devin Harris, and there are also strong players such as Illanieuver, and most of the benches in the league should not suffer. However, against the Pacers, a bench led by a few big-name players, they were not able to play an advantage.

Due to the excellent performance of the bench players, Ye Xuan did not play again in the entire second quarter, and the Pacers still led the opponent by 14 points into the second half. Because it was a preseason, the Mavericks themselves didn't pay much attention to the outcome of this game, so in the second half, Carlisle simply let his group of old men rest, but it was also said that 36-year-old Nowitzki, 32-year-old Tyson Chandler, and 35-year-old Jefferson. It's true that I can't afford to toss, so let's play less unnecessary games if I can.

So the entire second half of the two teams was basically a training session and training for new players. In the end, the Pacers won 108-101 on the road and won three straight preseason games. Although some problems were also exposed during the period, such as West's ability to face a big forward who is taller than him will be very disadvantaged, such as Hibbert's failure to find his form so far this season, and for example, except for Ye Xuan in the entire starting lineup, the ability of the other four people to hold the ball and play alone is very limited. But all of this was overshadowed by Ye Xuan's super personal ability.

However, in the next game, the Pacers will face their strongest rival of the year, the Cavaliers. After getting LeFou, the Cavaliers formed a new Big Three, Irving is like a young version of Wade who breaks through very sharply, and Irving's range seems to be longer, Lefou's performance in the Timberwolves is also epic 30+30 in a single game, 20+ rebounds in a row, which makes people feel that he is super capable. And he also has the ability to shoot three-pointers, so in this way, the Cavaliers are simply a strengthened version of the Heat.

And after the trade, Hill successfully integrated into the Cavaliers, Irving was not a particularly capable of organizing the offense, and no one on the bench could stand up to solve problems for James and share the pressure, but after getting George Hill through the trade, the Cavaliers successfully made up for their shortcomings, not only improved the defensive ability on the guard line, but also was able to organize the team's offense when James was not on the court.

In addition, Hill is also a championship guard, and his experience in the playoffs can be said to be more abundant than most of the Cavaliers, not to mention that the other two giants of the Cavaliers except James have not even played in the playoffs, coupled with the calmness brought by his Spurs background, he has also become the highest-ranking member of the Cavaliers except for the Big Three.

On October 16, the Pacers set off again to challenge the Cavaliers at the Sindath Center in Cincinnati, because the Cavaliers' home court should still be closed, so they can only borrow someone else's arena to play this preseason game. But after getting the opponent's appearance list, Ye Xuan knew that the opponent was not ready to show his strength in this game, because he found that LeBron James did not appear in the player list.