After a day of rest, the Pacers once again ushered in a strong opponent, the Toronto Raptors, the Raptors' combat effectiveness this season is still very powerful, especially after getting Louis Williams, a strong sixth man, their bench lineup combat effectiveness is also very amazing, since the formation of Lowry and DeRozan's backcourt double-gun combination, the Raptors' record has been at the forefront of the East, but their performance in the playoffs has been unsatisfactory, The main reason is that they don't have a qualified sixth man who can help stabilize the team after coming off the bench.

And in addition to the point of Louis Williams, they also unexpectedly dug up a fairly good seedling inside, that is, Patrick Patterson, the small forward who was selected by the Rockets in 10 years, proved himself perfectly. Rockets abandoned 'BUFF, in this season, he came off the bench, playing an average of 26 minutes per game, and his data also reached an average of 8 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists per game, in a very important position on the bench, and the most important thing is that he developed his three-point ability this season, and his original three-point shooting rate was only 32%, and his three-point shooting rate this season suddenly rose to 37%+.

Coupled with Valansius and Terrence Rose, who once scored 50 points, the Raptors' combat effectiveness after the run-in is also very amazing, and they are currently only half a win behind the Bulls and 1.5 wins behind the Pacers, and the records between several teams are very close. So this game is also very important for the Pacers.

The time soon came to the start of the game, and the atmosphere on the Pacers' side was relatively relaxed, because they were at least psychologically advantaged, after all, the Pacers had won against their opponents in this season's meeting, and it was a big victory.

At the beginning of the game, Hibbert beat Valanhunnas and slapped the basketball into Ye Xuan's hands, unlike other teams, the Raptors did not let their small forward Terrence Rose defend Ye Xuan, but still let the small steel cannon Lowry defend Ye Xuan, in fact, this is also very reasonable, on the one hand, because Lowry's defensive ability is indeed quite good in the position of point guard, on the other hand, Terrence Rose's defense is indeed a bit watery, at least in the face of Ye Xuan, His defense is largely ineffective. The last time he played was when he defended Ye Xuan, but he was taken by Ye Xuan, which led to the team losing the game in the end.

Ye Xuan controls the basketball, in the face of Lowry's defense, it is not particularly difficult for Ye Xuan to break through, but the opponent's interior line is indeed a little powerful, Aamir Johnson and Valanshuinas combined, but the interior combination that can send nearly 3 blocks per game, plus Terrence Ross who is on the side, Ye Xuan is not ready to be too arrogant to force the opponent alone, so he beckoned to hand over West to help block and dismantle, and then used his speed to quickly take two steps inward and made a throw.

easily hit the first goal, Ye Xuan is also very excited now, and while returning to the defense, he did not forget to wave to the spectators in the stands. Looking back, the Raptors also started their own offense, the first ball, it was DeRozan to play, Solomon Hill was responsible for defending DeRozan, but DeRozan's style of play seems to be a little restrained Solomon Hill, because DeRozan has a lot of feints, and he is not a breakthrough-based player, but a player who shoots for a living.

After hitting both free throws, the two teams returned to the same running line. Ye Xuan continued to play blocking and dismantling, trying to use this simple way to deal with the opponent, but the Raptors' defensive reaction was very fast, and immediately arranged for Terrence Ross, who defended Shambaugh, to wrap and clamp, although the clip will leak to Shambaugh to shoot, but Shambaugh Porter's shooting rate is also terrible low under Aamir Johnson's position supplement, and after three consecutive rounds of blocking and dismantling to break through the ball to no avail, the Pacers had to change their tactics, and at this time, The Raptors already have a 6-2 lead over the Pacers.

Fortunately, at this time, Ye Xuan began to exert his power, in fact, the tactics of the Pacers are still relatively simple, basically some basic blocking tactics and running tactics, after playing, there is only one tactic left, that is, Ye Xuan's singles, at the beginning, Frank Vogel relied on Pickle Pepper Singles, West Singles, this superstar tactics and simple running positions to bring the Pacers to the Eastern Conference Finals, and now Pickled Pepper has not returned, and West is in a very poor state, so he can only let Ye Xuan play alone, And Ye Xuan's singles did not disappoint them.

After a continuous change of direction in front of the body, Ye Xuan suddenly accelerated after a step back, directly past Lowry, and then made a stop-and-go jumper against Terrence Rose's supplementary defense, and the basketball went straight into the basket. Today, Ye Xuan also felt that he felt good, and after hitting the two shots in the opening game, Ye Xuan began to brew his singles plan.

The Raptors actually have a good defense against Ye Xuan, but today's Ye Xuan's hand is indeed a bit perverted, and without shaking off Lowry, he can also shoot the ball directly when the opponent's hand has sealed his eyes. After that, there was a wonderful goal of a pull-up layup against Valansiunas after passing three people in a row, and the audience at the scene was also enthusiastic.

When the TV was suspended in the first quarter of the game, the Raptors finally began to make personnel adjustments, replacing Terrence Ross with their super sixth man, Louis Williams, Lu Wei is also an old opponent for Ye Xuan, when Ye Xuan was still playing on the bench, he had a crazy confrontation with Lu Wei on the court, but now Ye Xuan has gradually grown up, so Lu Wei has not been able to cause too much trouble to Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan is still playing well on the court, Although after Louis Williams came on the court, the Raptors' offense also began to open, but it still failed to suppress Ye Xuan's firepower, and when the first quarter of the game was 10 minutes old, the Pacers took the lead in making substitutions, replacing Ye Xuan, who had scored 21 points, to rest, and replacing C.J. Watson to fight with Lu Wei.