On the opponent's side, although a total of 5 people scored double-doubles, there was no significant scoring point, and Gallinari, the highest-scoring player, only scored 15 points, which is one of the reasons why the Nuggets lost so badly in this game. In the end, the Pacers extended their winning streak to five games with a win over the challenged Nuggets on their home court, while also improving their record to third place in the East, as their opponents tomorrow, the Bulls, lost to their opponents in yesterday's game, and now have a 6-3 record, already behind the 7-3 Pacers.

This season, after bringing in Gasol, a champion interior from the Lakers, the Bulls' strength has been strengthened again, although their former core Derrick Rose is still recovering from injury, but with Jimmy Butler's performance getting better and better, the Bulls are now slowly on the right track.

In addition, some role players on the team have begun to slowly grow, such as blue-collar players Ty Gibson and Nikola Mirotizi, both of whom have also rapidly improved their role on the offensive end, and both have averaged more than 10 points per game in the past nine games this season, and both can contribute more than 5 rebounds per game, which is one of the reasons why the Bulls were able to achieve a 6-3 record when Rose was not yet back.

Time flies, in a blink of an eye, the time has come to November 16th, the Pacers are making the final lineup adjustment in the away team's locker room, and the difference from the previous games is that Coach Frank chose to put Scola on the bench this time, because Scola was still a little too tall in the face of Gasol, so Coach Frank put O'Neal Jr. in the starting list, on the one hand, he also thought that O'Neal Jr. was actually about the same age as Gasol, and the physical consumption should be about the same, On the one hand, it is also because Gasol has been at a disadvantage when he played against O'Neal Jr., so he wants O'Neal Jr. to put a little pressure on the opponent on the field.

The game started in a blink of an eye, Hibbert successfully won the jump ball in front of Noah, Ye Xuan slowly controlled the basketball and came to the Bulls' half, which is very similar to the choice of other teams, the Bulls also chose to let their outside defenders come to guard against Ye Xuan, after all, as long as Ye Xuan can be locked, the current lineup of the Pacers basically has no ability to fight back.

However, Ye Xuan is obviously used to defending himself in the face of these opponents who are taller and stronger than himself, so when facing Jimmy Butler's defense, Ye Xuan does not have any special feelings, after all, in the finals last year, except for the first game of the finals against Parker, Ye Xuan basically used to guard him at other times, and obviously now Ye Xuan is used to it.

Therefore, in the face of Butler's defense, Ye Xuan still chose to forcibly break through the opponent, on the one hand, to try out the opponent's defensive intensity, and on the other hand, to beat the team's morale. However, Ye Xuan obviously still underestimated the strength of the opponent, although Butler was a little-known defensive blue-collar at the beginning, but with Rose's injury, Butler also got more opportunities, so now for defense, Butler is still very confident.

After Ye Xuan's continuous change of direction was defended by the opponent, he had to pass the ball to Shambaugh and pour a hand, and then re-organize the attack by receiving the ball outside the three-point line, this time Ye Xuan didn't dare to hold it up anymore, and beckoned O'Neal Jr. to help block and dismantle, which finally got rid of Butler's marking. After Ye Xuan passed Butler, he went directly to the opponent's penalty area, but he was immediately frightened by the opponent's interior defense, not to mention that Gasol's side came out from the flank, Noah, the best defensive player last season, actually slipped over and prepared to block Ye Xuan, so frightened that Ye Xuan quickly changed his shot in the air, turned the shot to throw the ball, and threw the ball high.

The basketball crossed the fingertips of Noah, who jumped up and was about to block Ye Xuan, and then was grabbed by Hibbert behind Noah, and then smashed into the basket fiercely. Although the process was very difficult, the results were good. After completing this aerial relay at the beginning, the morale of the Pacers' side was also boosted, and in one go, they directly beat the opponent 14:7 in the opening 4 minutes, at which time Tom Thibodeau also had to call a timeout to cool down the opponent.

I don't know what Thibodeau said during the timeout, the rhythm of the entire offensive end was different when the Bulls came on the court again, as a high-pick player of the 03 generation, Koke Hinrich also suddenly began to exert power, although he had no good way to face Ye Xuan's defense on the offensive with the ball, but his assist became the key to threading the needle for the team.

After a short timeout, the situation between the two teams was like a change, and it only took 5 minutes for the Bulls to chase back the 7-point difference, while the Pacers' performance on the offensive end was quite decent, but it couldn't stop the opponent's sudden and direct outburst.

After being quickly caught up with the score by the opponent's consecutive three-pointers and two plus one, Coach Frank also couldn't sit still, and called a timeout, wanting to adjust the state of the players on the court, and by the way, he also made a substitution, he replaced the other three except Ye Xuan and Solomon Hill, and replaced them with Scola and Smith.

Back on the court, Smith hit a three-pointer that was one step away from the three-point line, and he had a good hand today to pass him a few more balls before suddenly coming up and pressing the court. For Ye Xuan's sudden change, Xin Li Qi didn't react for a while, and was almost cut off by Ye Xuan, but fortunately, Xin Li Qi is also a veteran of the league for 11 years, so he quickly stabilized his position, held the ball in his arms and waited for his teammates to come and respond.

Butler rushed over to receive the pass and before he could push forward with Hinrich's pass, the referee on the sidelines had already blown the whistle, and it turned out that Coach Tom Thibodeau saw that the team was about to violate the 8-second half of the half, so he had to call a timeout to avoid the ball being taken away by the opponent.