"Kevin Garnett, level 92 (declining), superstar player, nirvana: by playing turn-back jumpers, strengths: one of the best power forwards in the league, can defend five positions, rich offensive means, extremely sharp young, both offensive and defensive, after moving to the Celtics, has become the Celtics' interior defensive gate and defensive core. Weaknesses: Excessive age, lack of physical strength, coupled with the invasion of injuries, it is difficult for the physique and physique to maintain a strong whole game, and the weakness is in the second half. ”

"Paul Pearce, Level 93 (Falling), Superstar Player, Must-Kill: Floor Flow (Power Bonus for All Floor Flow Moves), Strengths: One of the best small forwards in the league, strong defense, sharp offense, extremely tenacious vitality, violent physique, once slashed more than a dozen times, can still be alive and kick when finished, can play against James without falling behind. Weaknesses: Grumpy, although he can always shoot some key balls at critical moments, but when he is on the field, he will inevitably have some 'take it for granted', although there is no problem with physical strength, but there is a problem with his attitude, and he is too arrogant. ”

"Ray Allen, Level 90 (Falling), Superstar Player, Must-Kill: Spitfire (0.4 second three-point shot), Strengths: The best pitcher in the league, none of them! Under Garnett's infection, the defensive ability has also made great progress, and the offensive means are single, but just this one-handed shot can make all the enemy teams want to die! Advantage: When he was young, he used to be a dunk, so his speed and breakthrough were considerable, but the strongest point was his shooting, which felt like no one could defend against! Weaknesses: There is no way to defend closely, disdainful of using small moves, but you will always be victimized by the opponent's small moves. ”

"Rajon Rondo, level 87 (growing), All-Star, strengths: strong control of the tempo, making him the best point of control on this court, and surrounded by the Big Three, his passes and assists are amazing! Weaknesses: The shooting is too poor, the projection ability is almost zero, and it is also a problem to enter, as long as you prevent his breakthrough, it is not a big problem! ”

"Rasheed Wallace, Grade 86 (5-drop), All-Star, Strengths: Extremely wide offensive range, from under the basket to beyond the three-point line, he can do anything! Weaknesses: Too old, physical strength and physique can no longer keep up with the opponent, and sometimes it is easy to waste. ”

"Perkins, level 82, star-caliber player, strengths: strong defense and strong physical fitness, one of the few players in the league who can compete with Howard on the inside, and his defensive ability is extremely outstanding! Weakness: Barely offensive. ”

The above is the introduction of the Celtics team with more than 80 points, if you only look at the introduction, then this game does not need to be played, although it seems on the board that the Pacers cannot be the opponent of the Celtics even if they break their heads.

But the Pacers are not pessimistic, because they are on the momentum, their side has won four in a row, and they are full of energy, as for the Celtics, they just lost 86-97 at home yesterday to send themselves to the second place.

Today, I will fly to Indiana to play against the Pacers, and most of their team is veterans.

When there is no problem with physical strength, it takes a long break to play, let alone such a continuous game.

Today, the Pacers still fielded their own lineup with four small players, in addition to center Hibbert, the Pacers' main player Danny Granger sat at the power forward position, and Dundee Jones appeared in the starting lineup today.

Because of the lack of firepower from the bench, TJ Ford was thrown off the bench and Earl Watson appeared on the court.

And the position of the shooting guard is still Zhang Kong, Zhang Kong has played a total of five games with the Pacers, and now he has firmly sat in the position of the team's main force, without his offensive strings, the Pacers would not have won four consecutive victories so easily.

At the beginning of the first quarter of the game between the two teams, it entered the catch-and-tear stage, Hibbert and Perkins's jump ball, which was still more energetic for young people, slapped the basketball to his side, and Danny Granger received the ball and handed the ball to Earl Watson.

Who knew that Watson didn't organize the attack, but waited until the opposing players came over and handed the ball back to Granger.

After Granger opened the game, he attacked on his own, facing Garnett, who had not yet fallen into position, and hit a jump shot directly.

Granger scored a goal here, Garnett over there was naturally not polite, Pierce also intended to help Garnett, so he also passed him, Garnett was just like Granger just now, he didn't adjust after receiving the ball, but hit a jump shot directly.

But Granger was really excited today, as if he had never enjoyed the honor of being the first in the East since he came to the team, so today he felt so good that it was hot, and less than ten seconds after Garnett hit the basketball, Granger came again, and after making a cooperation with Zhang Kong on the outside, he got up and jumped directly one step away from the three-point line.

Accurate basketball hits, 5-2...... Not to be outdone, Garnett hit a layup after receiving a pass from Rondo, making it 4-5.

Granger's performance didn't end there, assisting Hibbert, who hit a jumper 4-7, which Perkins saw Hibbert throwing, and his side was about to get the ball, and after forcing Hibbert away, he made a layup, 6-7! The scores on both sides continued to rise alternately, Perkins on this side just hit, and Dundee Jones on that side had already rushed into the interior line, causing the opponent's foul.

As soon as Zhang Kong broke through to the layup, Ray Allen hit a jumper on this side, and just like that, the score on both sides was extremely stalemate.

After playing for seven minutes, the Pacers still only led the Celtics by two points at 20-18 during the regular timeout.

And at the five minutes, the two switched to the bench ball, Hyde and TJ Ford, and Solomon Jones came on, Zhang Kong's top to the small forward position, and the game played until 1 minute and 46 seconds left in the first quarter, Rajon Rondo pulled Paul Pierce's assist, hit a layup, and scored two points, at this time the Celtics finally opened the score a small point, 27-24 The Celtics led the Pacers by 3 points, and there are not many threes, but you know, This was the first time the Celtics had led the Pacers by more than one point in this game, and as soon as the ball went in, Jim O'Brien on the Pacers' side felt that something was not right, walked to the sidelines, and waved his hand at Zhang Kong, who understood the meaning of this gesture.

In recent days, Jim O'Brien has taught Zhang Kong how to use and mean tactical gestures on the court.

When the time comes, Zhang Kong is like the last time, get something to attack on the whole line, sometimes even if the other party guesses his own style of play, he can't let the other party tell clearly, Zhang Kong saw this gesture, and then asked for the ball from TJ Ford's hand, although Zhang Kong and TJ Ford are very bad off the field, but they can still cooperate on the field.

Controlling the ball, Zhang Kong slowly passed the opponent's half, because Zhang Kong's position was a small forward, and in the position of the opponent's small forward, Pierce had not yet rested, so Zhang Kong just passed the half, and Pierce pasted it.

Constantly using his hands to harass Zhang Kong, but Zhang Kong's dribble is 80, which is not worse than the average point guard.

So I didn't care about the other party's disturbance, and I still walked around by myself while watching the results of the lineup on the field.

Just when everyone thought he was going to pass the ball, Zhang Kong suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the inside, Pierce didn't expect Zhang Kong to break through when he said it, but years of experience still allowed him to block Zhang Kong's forward route.

Zhang Kong looked at Pierce with open arms, he has always been so defensive against others, and others have really never been so defensive against themselves.

"It seems that you are satisfied with your own strength, so let me destroy what you are most proud of!" Zhang Kong looked at Pierce's defense, he didn't play against the Celtics with the Kings last season, but he played a few games with James.

James didn't dare to defend Zhang Kong with such a wide open door, because he knew that Zhang Kong was a power monster.

And Pierce didn't know that in his view, he was a wall, and the Chinese in front of him played the ball well, but how was his opponent looking at his small arms and legs? He seemed to have seen Zhang Kong flying out by himself.

Pierce's body is indeed very strong, but Zhang Kong is not an ordinary person, if his body is a very heavy wall, that Zhang Kong is a big iron ball specially used to tear down the wall, it is the kind of hanging on a big cart, swinging back and forth, and then slamming the big iron ball that directly collapses the wall, Zhang Kong with his habitual surname and speed, it is really like a big iron ball, directly smashed on Pierce's body, and Pierce is not Zhang Kong's opponent at all, he was directly used to falling to the ground, and slid backwards for a long distance.

The referee didn't give Pierce any sympathy, but just blew a defensive foul, because Pierce had just moved and didn't stand still. Looking at the referee's gesture, the guys on the Celtics' side stopped doing it one by one, obviously it was Pierce who was knocked away, why did he still foul? Pierce also got up from the ground and kept saying something to the referee.

Suddenly, there was a deafening boo on the field, and when the Celtics players were still puzzled, the referee pointed to the TV in mid-air, and the TV had clearly released the situation just now, Pierce did move, Zhang Kong did not sink his shoulders, but just hit Pierce with his big arm, which is a normal contact, and Pierce was knocked away, which can only be blamed on his poor health.

Seeing Zhang Kong walk to the free throw line with a relaxed face, the Celtics really gritted their teeth with hatred! The number of fouls they had just made was reached, and this was the fifth foul, so now Zhang Kong is going to make free throws!

(To be continued)