Chapter 369: Six more consecutive victories
And after this game, there is also good news in the East, that is, the Cavaliers lost, the Cavaliers lost to the Jazz who also participated in Anthony's trade after winning 16 games in a row, and the Jazz successfully solved their problem of distributing the ball after getting Evans, although Evans is also an offensive-oriented guard, so his assists are not very many, but his organizational skills are not weak, after coming to the Jazz, after being trained by head coach Quin Schneider, His focus has also slowly shifted towards passing and playmaking, and as a result, the Jazz are now starting to exert themselves after getting a point guard with relatively mature skills.
After a period of pain after the trade, Evans, who gradually integrated into the team, also began to bring some different changes to the Jazz, first of all, the original problem of uneven distribution of the ball was easily solved, after all, Evans became famous earlier than Favors, Gobert and the like, after all, he was another 25+5+5 rookie after James.
After defeating the powerful Rockets, the Pacers are gradually on the right track, and the current Pacers team is the Pacers team that has made the playoffs disgraced, and the complete body of this Pacers team is finally back in front of everyone after a lapse of 4 months.
On the 26th, the Pacers traveled to Washington to challenge the Wizards. The Wizards played quite well this season, but unfortunately due to the lack of Ariza, a defensive leader, so in the face of those stronger teams, the performance was not particularly good, although Porter slowly grew up, but his talent tree is more offensive, which also leads to the Wizards are now very biased, with fierce firepower on the offensive end, but it looks a little messy when defending.
At the beginning of the game, the Wizards' offense did make the Pacers a little uncomfortable, because the opponent was not only able to not fall behind on the outside position, but also did not have the slightest timidity in the interior competition, but also because of West's continued slump, and kept attacking the Pacers' interior line, so that the Pacers only had the power to parry.
But as the Pacers replaced Pickled Pepper after the TV timeout in the first quarter of the game, the opponent's offense became not so smooth, because Pickled Pepper's defensive ability is also the top existence in the league, and Pickled Pepper was still a member of the best defensive team last season, so with the help of Pickled Pepper, the Pacers stabilized their position, and in the middle of the third quarter, they took advantage of a wave of vacuum in the rotation of opponents to set the tone of the game in one fell swoop.
Although the opponent tried to use crazy offense many times to chase the score back, the Pacers, who had firmly grasped the advantage, would give them a chance and slowly dragged the Wizards to death. At the end of the game, Ye Xuan once again got a double-double of 30+10 in 36 minutes of playing time, and Wall, who was opposite Ye Xuan, also performed very well, getting 23 points, 14 assists and 3 steals, but unfortunately they could only accept a loss in the end.
After the victory over the Wizards, the Pacers immediately set off again for the cold Milwaukee to challenge the Bucks. It's already the end of March, and most places are in full bloom, but Milwaukee (excluding Alaska), the northernmost part of the United States, is still a harsh winter, and although the snow is beginning to melt, there is frozen snow everywhere, and people don't want to go out at all.
The Pacers actually won this game very easily, although in the first two encounters, the Pacers played very hard, and even lost one game, but now that Pickled Pepper has returned, and after Pickled Pepper to deal with Brother Alphabet, the new leader of the Bucks, everything has become simpler. Ye Xuan also attacked with all his strength with his free hands, and Smith supported him, and there was basically no problem.
Ye Xuan only got 29 minutes of playing time in this game, but he still got a double-double of 24 points and 10 assists, although the data is much lower than that of the single-core time, but it is easier to play. In addition, Ye Xuan is now 0.7 assists per game away from the assist king, and the total assists have been checked almost 50, and he should not be able to get the assist king this season, and the throne of the scoring king, Ye Xuan is basically eight or nine points away, because now his average score per game is nearly 4 points higher than Wei Shao, who began to soar after leading the team with a single core, so Ye Xuan doesn't care about those things, anyway, basically these two projects have been decided, and there is not much room for maneuver.
In the next two games, the Pacers' opponents were not as strong as that, one was the Mavericks who had been hovering on the edge of the playoffs in the West, and the other was the Nets who were hovering eighth or ninth in the East.
Although in the game with the Mavericks, the old driver also tried to fight back, but unfortunately the old driver is not only invincible with two fists and four hands, but also afraid of Shaozhuang, and now not only meets the Pacers led by Shaozhuang, the key is that people are still two people, and the result is naturally that Ye Xuan and Pickled Pepper are beaten to death by a three-point shot and a mid-range shot.
After beating the Nets, which had begun to fall apart, the Pacers finally won six in a row again. And the most important thing is that in this wave of six consecutive wins, the teams they defeated are not particularly weak, the Rockets, that is the second in the West, and the Mavericks, Bucks, and Wizards are also playoff teams in the East and West, the only Nets that have been ravaged twice by the Pacers, and it is also a team that has a chance to impact the playoffs.
After 6 consecutive wins, the Pacers' record is still ranked third in the East, but they are only 1 win away from the second Cavaliers, and the most important thing is that the Hawks in the first place are not very stable, although there are only 8 games left, but if they lose two of them, the Cavaliers and the Pacers are not without a chance to take over.
In addition, I have to say that the point of soaking feet, after the return, the state of the pickled pepper has risen in a straight line, far exceeding the expectations of those brick beasts, this feeling makes Ye Xuan can't help but think of another player - Russell Westbrook, Wei Shao is also like this, after returning from a major injury, it is the same as returning to the factory to update and upgrade, after returning to play better than before the injury, pickled pepper is now also after returning to the starter, starting his own performance, in the game against the Nets, Pickled Pepper slashed 39 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists in 37 minutes, announcing his return to everyone.