Chapter 253: 4 Consecutive Strong Enemies
The Pacers are on a three-game winning streak after Sacramento slashed their opponent and will have another two days off as their next game doesn't start until Dec. 9.
However, the next four games are the real test for the Pacers, because their next four opponents are all teams that have performed very eye-catching in this season, first of all, the Atlanta Hawks, who have flattened the Pacers.
This can also be seen how lucky the Pacers were last season, and it happened that the opponent's main big man Al Horford was injured and the season was reimbursed, otherwise where would the Pacers be able to directly sweep the opponent when they encounter such a strong opponent?
And in this game, the Hawks' generals are obviously still haunted by the opponent's sweep last season, even if they have already beaten the Pacers in a game, the Hawks still spare no effort to kill the Pacers again. The inside line composed of Hibbert and West was completely exploded again, although compared with the last encounter, the Pacers lasted longer in this game, but unfortunately Ye Xuan's CD of small physical recovery potion did not improve, so in the middle of the fourth quarter, Ye Xuan was physically exhausted again, and the Pacers finally lost the game 93:98.
Ye Xuan played 36 minutes in this game, with a total of 36 points and 8 assists plus 3 steals, although the data still looks very good, but Ye Xuan's shooting rate in this game was suppressed by the opponent to less than 50%, for other outside players, 50% shooting rate is already very high, but for Ye Xuan, his shooting rate did not reach 50%, which is very rare. Mainly in the fourth quarter of the game, Ye Xuan missed consecutive shots due to physical exhaustion, which made his shooting rate drop so much, and because of this, the Pacers lost the opportunity to turn the tables.
After the end of this game, the Pacers will immediately welcome the challenge of the Los Angeles Clippers on December 11th, sitting on DeAndre Jordan and Blake Griffin, as well as Chris Paul, the commander to thread the needle, the Clippers' interior combat effectiveness is also better than the Hawks, and the Pacers' defense of Paul in this game is not particularly successful, although Ye Xuan suppressed Paul's score at 13 points, but Paul used the pass to beat the Pacers, 15 assists, this is the answer Paul handed over when facing the challenge from Ye Xuan, the new top point guard.
Compared with Ye Xuan's 31 points and 9 assists, Paul's personal offense was reduced, but his assists revitalized all his teammates, so the Clippers also won the final victory.
The Pacers are also annoyed by these reports, but if you think about it, the Pacers have basically never won against the relatively strong teams in the league, except for winning a game against the Trail Blazers and a win against the Wizards, the rest of the games have basically been lost, including losses to the Cavaliers, losses to the Hawks, losses to the Mavericks, losses to the Spurs, losses to the Clippers, and even losses to the Grizzlies.
This also makes people have to complain about the Pacers, because they look like they are completely bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, and when facing an opponent who is relatively weak, the Pacers can press the opponent to the ground and rub it. When facing a stronger opponent, the Pacers are struggling very hard, and it seems that now they can only play relatively smoothly against the Trail Blazers, so the Pacers are also full of energy, wanting to regain their confidence in the Raptors and prove that they still have strength.
The strength of the Raptors this season is still good, although their record at the beginning of this season is not particularly good, but it is also somewhat related to their early schedule, their ear schedule and the Pacers are compared, it is simply a heaven and an earth, because the Raptors, who have played 20 games so far, have almost beaten the strong teams in the league, from the Spurs to the Thunder, from the Rockets to the Warriors, from the Hawks to the Cavaliers, all of them have played against the Raptors. Even so, the Raptors' current record is still not far behind, and they are currently 11-9 and in fifth place in the East.
The Raptors, who were eliminated in the first round by the Brooklyn Nets last season due to the lack of a reliable bench, also brought in a super sixth man, Louis Williams, in the offseason. After Lu Wei joined, he quickly integrated into the Raptors and instantly became the third scoring point in addition to DeRozan and Lowry.
But unfortunately, in this game, the CD of Ye Xuan's small physical recovery potion had already been transferred, so at halftime, in order to be able to win this game and end the two consecutive defeats, Ye Xuan decisively used a bottle of small physical recovery potion, and the result was naturally that the opponent was taken away by the energetic Ye Xuan with Ye Xuan. Ye Xuan played for 39 minutes again in this game, although he was once caught by Lowry and Terrence Rose halfway through, and made two mistakes in a row, but as the game went to the last moment, Ye Xuan's side also broke out with all his strength, and Ye Xuan, who maintained his physical strength quite well, suddenly made a mistake when there were 4 minutes left in the fourth quarter of the game, leading the Pacers to directly play a wave of 7:0 small **, and finally won the game in one fell swoop.
107:103, in the end, the Pacers only won by 4 points, but winning is winning, after defeating the Raptors, the Pacers can be regarded as ending their two consecutive defeats, but they don't have any respite, because the Trail Blazers team they just played against was killed immediately, and this game is still back-to-back, Ye Xuan used up the physical recovery potion in the game with the Raptors, this game against the Trail Blazers will be even more difficult.