Indiana is located in the north-central United States, and although it is close to the eastern coast, it is a true inland city. It was formerly the territory of the Native American Indians, and of course the first colonies.

The inland, the Indians, the first colonial cities, these three factors made the people of Indiana famous conservatives in the United States.

Perhaps due to the influence of the city's culture, the Pacers have been tepid, and since the team moved from the ABA to the NBA, it has not achieved too good results, but at the same time, the Pacers have not made any big moves.

Since the beginning of the new century, since the retirement of Pacers legend Reggie Miller, the Pacers have entered the Granger generation, but the times have been bad, and Granger has been plagued by serious injuries. Luckily, they had George Paul again, but it was the beginning of a nightmare, as they were eliminated by the Heat for the third year in a row, then George Paul was reimbursed for another season with a serious injury, and then they have been slumped until now.

Hope, disappointment, renewed hope, disappointment again, this is the journey of the Pacers in this decade.

Zhang Feng's Kings team departed from Sacramento, first by plane, then by bus, after a journey of almost 10 hours to Indiana, the team finished resting in the early morning of the game day, so the team only had less than 3 hours of training time.

At 3 p.m., the Kings entered the Conseco Arena for a tactical drill.

"It's good that they're a weak team, otherwise it would have been a lot of work to play tonight," Mason started to play after throwing a basketball.

The stadium is not large, and the game has not yet started, and there is no one in the entire stadium, Mason's words were almost heard by people in the global arena, and most of them stopped practicing and looked at Mason.

"What do you want me to do? I have a photo of Kim Kardashian out of the bath on my face? Mason was stared at by the crowd and tried to change the subject.

"Is it the recent winning streak that has made you too inflated? Or is the training task I assigned to you not heavy enough? David said coldly, and the Kings players all smiled knowingly.

The Kings were last 12th in the West, but this season they are in first place in the West, so it's normal for players to have such impetuous thoughts, and head coach David can only remind them in a joking way.

"What's wrong with what I'm talking about? Even if they had Paul George, they wouldn't be our opponents, let alone in the current situation, what would they do to fight us? Mason argued.

"That's right, there are only three teams in the East that have the power to fight, and that is the Celtics, Cavaliers, and Bucks," Randolph said in solidarity with Mason, and the two high-fived in celebration.

Originally, David wanted to stop Mason, but Randolph's remark by name suddenly increased the attention of many people to the king's warm-up training.

"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and practice three points, the one with the worst three-point shooting rate in the evening will be responsible for the takeaway at noon tomorrow" Zhang Feng looked at David and stopped talking, and hurriedly helped him yell a sentence.

It's a pity that Zhang Feng shouted too late, and a reporter on the sidelines had already written a sentence in his notebook:

"The Kings despise the Pacers and shout that the team is too weak."

In less than 2 minutes, the story appeared on Twitter, and after another minute, various media outlets began to retweet the message. All of a sudden, fans, especially Pacers fans, began to spray the Kings, Mason was sprayed as a megalomaniac, and the Kings were accused of being very inflated.

However, neither Mason, who was still chatting and fartizing, nor David, who was thinking about how the game would play on the sidelines, or Zhang Feng, who was frantically contacting the three points, did not notice this incident.

Within minutes, the king's media chiefs noticed the message, and they anxiously informed David.

In order not to shake the morale of the army, David did not announce the matter in public, but quietly told Zhang Feng first.

Kill and don't admit it! After the two discussed, Zhang Feng gave this suggestion, and the reason for this is very simple, because the reporter did not record it, as long as he gritted his teeth and did not let go.

Originally, this was not a big deal, not to mention that Zhang Feng thought that what Mason and Randolph said was right, but they were only questioned because of the different places where they said these words, if they really said it openly on the show, then there would be no such trouble.

When did the Celtics say the Lakers would never win a championship, but what happened? It's just that people have become more and more sensitive in recent years, obviously they are playing a weak team, and they still have to praise their opponents, Zhang Feng doesn't like this kind of behavior.

However, even if you don't admit it, you must communicate well with the whole team, and don't talk about it when the time comes, it will be very embarrassing.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Feng said seriously: "I'll carry this pot, and I'll come forward to respond to this matter later."

"Okay, I'll tell the whole team not to make any further comments on this matter later," David patted Zhang Feng on the shoulder.

At 8 p.m., the game finally began, and when the two teams came on the court, there seemed to be some fire in the eyes of the Pacers, and the fans of the Conseco players also changed their usual dullness and used all kinds of means to mock the King.

"Don't worry, it's just a small thing, as long as we beat the Pacers, they won't have anything to say" Looking at Mason on the bench shivering, Zhang Feng walked to the side and comforted.

"It's just, what are you afraid of, I just think they're weak" Randolph didn't get the slightest frustration, after all, the stadium is an old hooligan.

"I said something, and I want you to help me take the blame, I feel guilty" Mason shook his head and sighed.

"Who made him the boss, he doesn't take the blame, who carries the blame," Randolph smiled.

"Okay, I'll carry this pot" Zhang Feng got up with a smile, he had already seen the reporter walking towards him, and he knew that trouble was coming.

The reporter walked up to Zhang Feng, handed over the microphone, and asked with a little excitement:

"Zhang Feng, what are you looking forward to tonight's game?"

"Of course you win the game."

"Do you have any special plans?"

"Defend well, connect the team's offense, protect rebounds, and increase the frequency of passing"

"And do you think the Pacers can handle you?"

If the reporter wants to stop asking about the Pacers, Zhang Feng has to wonder if the reporter has forgotten, and now it seems that the reporter is extremely patient, and only asks the real question after laying the groundwork for two questions.

Scheming with me? Zhang Feng felt that this reporter was a little funny, although the other party looked perfect and crab technology, but Zhang Feng knew how to make the other party's evil purpose fall through with a few words.

Even if your routine is strong, I don't follow the routine, you can't do anything, this reporter wants to ask questions step by step, then I will give him a Gatling machine gun answer, with no tricks to win!

Zhang Feng felt that his plan was seamless, and it was a plan to kill two birds with one stone