"Tony, well done!" At the end of the third quarter, as soon as the sweaty Tony Allen stepped off the court, the head coach Rick Carlisle, who was standing on the sidelines, personally handed Tony Allen a towel, and then patted Tony Allen on the shoulder and praised his performance on the court just now.

"Thank you, Coach!" Flattered to take the towel handed over by Rick Carlisle, Tony Allen wiped the sweat from his head while saying words of thanks to Rick Carlisle. It is very rare for a head coach to hand out towels to players who are off the court, whether in the Pacers or on other teams, and in the Pacers, basically only a certain player can enjoy this treatment when he is particularly good on the court, and Tony Allen is the first time since joining the Pacers.

Tony Allen is very satisfied to be able to join the Pacers at the beginning of the league, because it means that he may wear the championship ring that everyone dreams of and covets sooner than the rookies of the same class. But after entering the Pacers, Tony Allen is not very satisfied with the team's positioning of himself and his position in the team, and any ambitious player will not be willing to sit on the bench forever, so after joining the Pacers, Tony Allen has always been one of the most hard-working players on the team, because Tony Allen wants to change and hopes to change his status in the Pacers team with his own efforts.

It's just that compared to Sarunas Jascovitius, who has an excellent view of the overall situation and is proficient in scoring organization, and Chris Duhon, who has a balanced offense and defense, and Tony Allen, who is positioned as a two-way guard by Rick Carlisle, the shortcomings are too obvious, so throughout the season, Tony Allen has played very little time, and most of the time is spent silently on the bench, but this situation that is different from the imagination did not make Tony Allen sigh to himself, but aroused Tony Allen's competitiveness even more. Let him put more effort and energy into training.

Although Tony Allen played the No. 2 position in college, led Oklahoma State University to the final four of the NCAA Tournament, and was also named the Big 12 Player of the Year, but in terms of scoring ability, Tony Allen is far inferior to Sarunas Jascovisius, not to mention the passing that Sarunas Jascovisius is good at, even if it is a second-round pick Chris Duhon, he is better than Tony Allen in these two aspects, But in the comparison with these two, Tony Allen is not useless, 1.93 meters tall, more than 2.10 meters of arm span, so that Tony Allen is born an excellent defender, knowing that he can't compete with Sarunas Jascovisius on the offensive end, Tony Allen, put all his efforts on improving and strengthening his defense, under the joint guidance of Meng Xu and James Posey, Tyshawn Prince, Tony Allen's defensive ability has improved by leaps and bounds, Countless times in the team's training matches, Sarunas Jascovisius has been embarrassed.

So Tony Allen has been waiting for an opportunity, waiting for a chance to prove himself, waiting for a chance to get on top, and today's playoff game with the Wizards, Tony Allen seized the opportunity, throughout the third quarter, as the Eastern All-Star starter, Arenas, under Tony Allen's spare no effort to defend, only 1 of 6 shots in a single quarter, although Tony Allen did not make any achievements on the offensive end, only relied on free throws to score 2 points, 2 points, 1 steal, 1 rebound The data looks very mediocre, But as long as you watch the third quarter of this game, you are undoubtedly very aware of Tony Allen's role on the court, it is precisely because of Tony Allen's excellent defense of Arenas that completely disrupted the Wizards' counterattack plan, and at the same time, after Tony Allen replaced Sarunas Jascovitius, the Pacers' shortcomings on the defensive end were completely compensated.

Tony Allen, Tyshawn Prince, and Meng Xu teamed up to completely block the Wizards' proud outside three musketeers in the third quarter, and the Wizards, who scored 56 points in the first half, scored only 12 points in the third quarter. Relying on excellent defense, the Pacers beat the Wizards 25-12 in the third quarter, so the suspense of this game was completely lost after the end of the third quarter, and the Wizards, who were already 22 points behind, had no chance in this game.

On the bench of the Wizards, Gilbert Arenas, Caron Butler, and Antoine Jamison sat directly in the seats after getting off the court, staring at the scoreboard in the distance with expressionless faces, and the score of 68-90 made them feel like they were in an ice cave.

The outstanding performance in the last round made the Wizards high-spirited, and the two home and away wins over the Pacers in the second half of this season made the Wizards team more confident, but after only one game, or just one game, the fighting spirit and confidence of the Wizards dissipated almost, looking at the bloody score on the scoreboard, and the cruel situation on the court just now, the current Wizards are on the verge of collapse.

"Is Eddie Jordan just giving up the game?" After the start of the fourth quarter, looking at the lineup of players who were coming on the Wizards side one after another, Michaels said with a puzzled face. Although the Wizards are already 22 points behind, but this game is the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals, even if it is a big score behind, you have to pretend to rescue it, if the first game is slaughtered by the opponent with a big score, it will definitely hit the confidence of the team hard, especially the Wizards, a young army that lacks playoff experience, a fiasco in one game, it is likely to collapse.

"Eddie Jordan's move should be preparing for the next game, but his move is still a bit under-considered, the Wizards are not Pacers, and for a new team that lacks playoff experience, morale is very important." Obviously, Magic Johnson also does not approve of Wizards head coach Eddie Jordan's move, the playoffs and the regular season are not the same, and if you lose, you don't have a chance.

Because the Wizards have taken the initiative to give up, the Pacers did not send the main lineup in the fourth quarter, but used the bench lineup to play the entire fourth quarter, 92-121, after the end of the bench battle with a series of mistakes, the Pacers won the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals at home with a 19-point advantage.