"Alright, it's over!" As the first quarter of the game drew to a close, watching Kenyon Martin's performance on the court, Magic Johnson on the commentary bench glanced at his brows and shook his head continuously.

"Erwin, you mean, can the debate over who is the number one forward in the East be ended between Kenyon and Jermaine?" Originally, before the game, Michaels was still very much looking forward to the showdown between Kenyon Martin and Jermaine O'Neal, but after watching the first quarter of today's game, Michaels was completely dead, whether it was on the offensive end or on the defensive end, there was a big gap between Kenyon Martin and Jermaine O'Neal, especially when Jermaine O'Neal was surrounded by Mutombo to fill in for him, Kenyon Martin In addition to the short-lived performance in the opening game, It's hard to describe as miserable, Michaels can't remember how many shots Kenyon Martin took in the first quarter of the game, but his statistics in the first quarter, Michaels remembers very clearly, 2 points, 1 rebound, 3 turnovers, 1 foul.

"Yes, it can be over, although this series has just begun, but the debate about which of the two of them is better can be ended now, Kenyon Martin and Jermaine O'Neal are not players of the same level at all, maybe Lawrence Frank needs to put him on the bench and calm down now!" Glancing at the court again, Kenyon Martin, who was already like a gambler who had lost a red eye, and Magic Johnson also had an expression of hatred for iron.

Magic Johnson is anxious, Nets head coach Lawrence Frank is now more anxious than him, looking at Kenyon Martin on the court, who is already on the verge of rampage and collapse, Lawrence Frank is really helpless now, replace him? At this time, Kenyon Martin like this, as soon as Lawrence Frank called a timeout to replace him, this game or even this series, Kenyon Martin was over. And if you want to beat the Pacers, Lawrence Frank still has to rely on Kenyon Martin, so no matter what, Lawrence Frank has to keep Kenyon Martin, fortunately, there is not much time left before the first quarter of the game, so Lawrence Frank can only stand on the sidelines with an anxious face, but extremely painful and wait for the end of the first quarter of the game.

As the whistle blew at the end of the first quarter, Lawrence Frank finally breathed a sigh of relief, but after looking up at the scoreboard, Lawrence Frank's mood sank to the bottom again, 18-28, and the Nets lost to the Pacers by a full 10 points after the end of the first quarter.

"Jermaine, awesome job, you're the best power forward in the Eastern Conference, no, you're the best power forward in the entire league!"

"Jermaine, that kid is about to be beaten to tears, haha, he's not your match at all."

When the first quarter of the game ended and all the Pacers players on the court went off the court, the Pacers' bench, from the coach to the water cooler administrator, all rushed up, surrounded Jermaine O'Neal in the middle, 6 of 9 shots, 3 of 6 free throws, in the first quarter of the game, Jermaine O'Neal cut 15 points, 7 rebounds, 4 blocks, and broke up the Kenyon Martin who kept shouting before the game on both offensive and defensive ends.

"Routine operation, routine operation." Listening to the praise of his teammates around him, as well as the applause from the audience behind the bench, although Jermaine O'Neal likes this feeling of stars holding the moon very much, but Jermaine O'Neal is not hot-headed, or even complacent, but very calm, because Jermaine O'Neal knows in his heart that he can comprehensively suppress Kenyon Martin in all statistics, but it is not just his own credit, Meng Xu constantly tears up space for himself, and sends him wonderful good balls again and again, And Mutombo is constantly making up for himself in the back, and it is with such a group of teammates who are both excellent and selfless, he can have the upper hand in the Kenyon Martin duel.

"Kenyon, rest well and don't have too many thoughts." On the edge of the Nets' bench, from the players on the court to the bench off the court, it is now a gloom, especially those bench players, who have been sitting off the court, after seeing with their own eyes the miserable picture of Kenyon Martin being played by the Pacers' two interior lines just now, until their scalps are still numb, so while head coach Lawrence Frank comforts Kenyon Martin, they also look at the expressionless Kenyon Martin with sympathetic eyes. Before this game, Kenyon Martin was so high-spirited that he vowed to pick Jermaine O'Neal off the horse and become the No. 1 forward in the East, but in just one quarter of the game, Kenyon Martin fell from heaven to hell, not to mention the unscrupulous media who cheered for Kenyon Martin before the game, and even the teammates on the bench had any illusions about Kenyon Martin challenging Jermaine O'Neal.

After a short break, the two sides sent their respective bench lineups to play in the second quarter of the game, but compared with the full bench lineup on the Pacers' side, the Nets, who were behind by a large score, still arranged Richard Jefferson and Corey Kidders, two starters, with a group of benches, to take advantage of the beginning of the second quarter to narrow the gap between the two sides.

However, just two minutes into the second quarter, Lawrence Frank had to call a timeout and replace all of his main players except Kenyon Martin. Originally, Lawrence Frank wanted to take advantage of the time when the Pacers were on the bench to chase points, but the Pacers' bench was too violent, especially Derrick Coleman, this old guy was like taking CHUN medicine, in this offense just now, Jason Collins was a one-handed dunk, and Derrick Colman beat his chest and roared at Jason Collins like a beast after the dunk, which scared Jason Collins into tears.

"It looks like the Nets are losing this game." Although the second quarter of the game was only halfway through, looking at the 17-point difference, Magic Johnson on the commentary bench directly sentenced the Nets to death. Although Kenyon Martin's performance today is very poor, his role on the defensive end and his ability to protect the basket are still essential for the Nets, although Jason Collins, who replaced Kenyon Martin, also performed well on the offensive end, but this little guy is too soft on the defensive end, not to mention defending Jermaine O'Neal, even Meng Xu can eat him with his back, Jason Collins, as a role player, is not as ambitious as Kenyon Martin.

Although the Nets, under the leadership of Jason Kidd, never gave up, and even organized waves of counterattacks, but the results were all in vain, falling behind the Pacers by 20 points in the first half, even if the Nets' counterattack was ferocious, it was useless, and finally at the end of the game, 81-96, the Nets lost the first game of the series on the road.

"What an unexpected matchup." After getting the final technical statistics of this game, Magic Johnson also glanced at Kenyon Martin sitting on the sidelines with interest, Jermaine O'Neal 37 points, 18 rebounds, 7 blocks, Kenyon Martin 11 points, 7 rebounds, in this battle for the first big forward in the East, Kenyon Martin was defeated. But as a senior, Magic Johnson also very much hopes that Kenyon Martin can learn a little lesson from today's game, and life experience, which will undoubtedly be good for his future career.

Although Kenyon Martin is not Duncan and O'Neal, the kind of chosen person who has already succeeded half of the success as long as he enters the league, Kenyon Martin, who entered the league as the champion, is also a well-deserved pride of heaven, and Kenyon Martin has been firmly in the main position since entering the league, first Marbury, Van Horn, and then Kidd, under the leadership of a group of big brothers, Kenyon Martin has grown from a rookie to an All-Star every year, his career is actually very smooth, and this kind of player, In Magic Johnson's view, he needs to go through setbacks and grinds to achieve more, but whether he can be reborn from setbacks depends on himself.