Zhang Kong next to him directly copied the ball in his hand, and at the same time dodged Xinrich's stealing ball, Xinrich's action was very large, which also gave Zhang Kong a chance, a simple turn passed Xinrich, Zhang Kong directly dribbled to the opponent's half.

Although Granger gave up the position of the last boss to Zhang Kong when he played, Zhang Kong would not think that he had given up the position of boss, and he handed the first ball to Granger, a simple ground-hitting pass, and the basketball directly penetrated the defense of Rose and Ty Gibson, and jumped to the inside, just rebounding into Granger's hands.

After Granger received the ball, he was already near the basket, and he jumped up and completed a very beautiful opening dunk!

Behind him, Rohr Deng can only follow him behind the dust, Roel Deng is also a more well-rounded small forward, speed is not his strong point, there is one thing he is quite similar to Granger, that is, both of them are shooting players.

Seeing that Granger played a trick at the beginning, the atmosphere of the whole stadium instantly reached a high point!

"Well done!" Looking at the situation on the field, Zhang Kong yelled at Granger loudly! Granger loves that feeling too! However, this side is celebrating, and the Bulls over there are not too particular, and after serving, they actually play fast break directly.

Rohr Deng, who was violently dunked by Granger just now, passed the ball directly to Ty Gibson, and the Pacers remembered that although it was a little late when they returned to defense, they did not lose their position, so that Ty Gibson's breakthrough could only be abandoned halfway.

But Ty Gibson didn't just attack the basket, he hit a jumper just before looking at his Al Jefferson.

The score was tied at 2-2! I can't bear this kind of thing! In the next offense of the Pacers, taking advantage of the current morale, after breaking through in the air, a simple pull bar pass handed the ball to Dundee Jones, who had slipped to the side, when Duntai Jones was in the Nuggets before, the only thing he needed to do was to defend, like offense or something, and he didn't have a chance to do it, this was the first time he received a basketball that could be attacked at the beginning of the game in the playoffs.

No one wants to be born to be a defensive gate, and the offensive factor has long entered the blood of every man.

After receiving the basketball, Deng Tai Jones gently put the ball into the basket in order to seek stability! The Pacers are overtaking again.

Seeing that the Pacers here played very well, the Bulls over there also wanted to play more smoothly, but they believed the wrong person.

Just Rose's three-pointer...... Not to mention that there is still Zhang Kong, the current No. 1 defensive player in the league (who hasn't won the award yet) standing there in front of him, even if there is no Zhang Kong, his shooting percentage will definitely not be too high, and Rose's biggest use is to break through.

Hit the inside, mess up the opposing defense, and then dunk yourself or split the ball, you see Parker! Ross and Parker have similar roles, except that Parker uses speed, while Rose uses strength, and that's the difference between the two.

Now that Rose is shooting a three-pointer in front of Zhang Kong, there is almost no possibility of entering, and Rose jumps and Zhang Kong also jumps.

One hand sealed Rose's eyes, and the other sealed Rose's exit route, in order to prevent Zhang Kong from covering the ball.

He can only pull the angle of the shot higher, and then adjust the shot, the ball that is unlikely to be scored by straight throwing, is now pulled up and adjusted, how can it be scored! The basketball smashed directly into the basket, and Al Jefferson, who was on the inside, with his thick physique, easily stuck Ty Gibson and took the basketball into his arms! Get your first stats of the game!

After grabbing the rebound, he handed the ball to Zhang Kong to take charge of, which is the Pacers' current offensive routine.

Whenever they get the ball, they will hand it to Zhang Kong as soon as possible, and let Zhang Kong assign the route of the ball.

Of course, if there is a chance to play fast attack and play long passes, they will not be polite! But now it is obvious that the Bulls have retreated, so they still passed the basketball to Zhang Kong's hands at the first time, and Zhang Kong slowly passed the half court with the basketball.

Just when Ross didn't react, he directly pulled out a sneak attack, and Rose didn't expect that Zhang Kong would pull out a sneak attack at this time, and his reaction was half a beat slower. After half a beat slower, it's unlikely that you want to defend against an open shot.

The basketball drew a perfect arc directly in Zhang Kong's hand, and then fell directly into the basket, three points!

The Pacers instantly played a 7-2 start for the Bulls, and seeing such a situation, the Bulls couldn't stand it! Bulls head coach Negro called a timeout, and after the timeout came back, the Bulls all transferred the ball to Rose.

After Rose had the ball, he was not polite to these players of the Pacers, three breakthroughs in a row, although Zhang Kong could prevent his breakthrough, but he couldn't prevent his blocking, three consecutive breakthroughs, three blocks, so that Rose hit three consecutive balls and scored six points. The score instantly changed from 7-2 at the beginning to 8-7, but there is still someone to rely on at the critical moment!

In the first quarter of the game four minutes and forty seconds, Zhang Kong made a very precise pass and handed the ball into the hands of the team's boss Granger, and at this time, Granger faced Rohr Deng, made a breakthrough feint, and shook Rohr Deng, and then stepped back to hit a three-point shot.

With Gran's three points, the Pacers overtook the score for the second time, and then Hibbert, who was inside, received a pass from Zhang Kong, and dunked it with both hands! And Cinnrich beside him originally wanted to guard against it, but how to prevent his height and weight?

So he pulled it and just sent Hibbert to the free-throw line! Hibbert's free throw is a solid hit.

13-8, the Pacers also gave the opponent a 6-0, and that's not all!

Every player performs differently when they play the playoffs for the first time, some people are more wooden, their tense muscles are shaking, and some people are more crazy, like Hibbert, who doesn't seem to be affected by the first game of the playoffs at all.

In the next offense, it was him again, after winning Dundee Jones's mid-range rebound, he hit an easy layup, 15-8, and the score was close to pulling away! At this time, the Bulls couldn't sit still, the game had just begun, and it was played like this, even if Negro had already prepared in his heart, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, so he had to call a timeout again and make a good arrangement for his players!

Not to mention, there was some improvement on the Bulls' side after the timeout, Kirk Hinrich took the ball and hit a jumper from 14 feet away from the basket, but less than six seconds after he hit the jumper, Zhang Kong rushed into the opponent's interior and made a layup! This is the fast offense on the Pacers' side, and with their speed, if they run, the Bulls may not be able to keep up! Under the joint suppression of Zhang Kong, Granger, and Hibbert, the Bulls' side is not having a good time.

And after they increased their defense, the Bulls' side couldn't open the offense! They held on for nearly three minutes of the 10 points, and it was not until there were 3:35 left in the game that Hinrich received a return pass from Noah, who couldn't hit the inside, and hit a jumper 20 feet away from the basket.

The Pacers have taken advantage of the three-minute time to score 7 points, and in the first quarter of the game, the Pacers did not give the opponent any chance at all, 32-18, in the first quarter of the game, the Pacers have led the Bulls by a full 14 points.

The Pacers' offense here is extremely fluid, while the Bulls' offense is more ugly, and Hinrich has become a firefighter at key moments, and his six, all of which came at the most critical moment for the Bulls! And Rose scored 8 points in this quarter, but it didn't make any sense, all 8 points were two points, a total of 4 shots, but he shot thirteen balls, in front of Zhang Kong, such an offense was useless, with a 14-point advantage, the Pacers and Bulls entered the second quarter of the game.

The second quarter of the game was time for the benches to perform, but even on the benches, their defense on the inside was extremely sharp.

The Bulls hit the inside and couldn't get in! They can only bet on their own feel on the outside, although the three hands of the inpatients at this time are okay, but this is not enough to compete with the Pacers, after Zhang Kong came on the court, a very simple change of hands to the layup, so that the Pacers led the Bulls 46-28 to 18 points, nearly two minutes later, Rose with a double block, finally got rid of Zhang Kong, and made a layup, which was the sixth point scored by the Bulls in the restricted area in this game, and it was also the only six points in the first half!

Although Rose felt good, he used his own players to block and dismantle, dodge the air, and scored 14 points at halftime, but the gap between the two teams is still very large! On the Pacers' side in the second quarter, except for Zhang Kong, who returned to the court after four minutes of the game, the rest of the players came back with three minutes left in the game, and they had plenty of physical rest.

But even so, the Bulls trailed the Pacers by a full 15 points at 41-56 heading into halftime.

Zhang Kong scored 14 points in the first half of the game, like Rose, but handed out seven assists and three blocks.

It may be that the Bulls really didn't feel it, and in the third quarter of the game, the Pacers directly used an overweight right hook!

In addition to Ty Gibson, who hit a board-beating jumper in the opening period, Noah later hit a two-point jumper from 17 feet out.

The rest of the third quarter is all show time for the Pacers! Zhang Kong hit a three-point shot from the outside, Hibbert dunked on the inside, Al Jefferson and Zhang Kong's aerial relay layup, Deng Tai Jones's mid-range shot hit the board, and Granger rushed into the interior to cause Roel Deng's foul, and at the beginning of the third quarter of the game, the Pacers directly played a wave of 10-4 offense**, turning the score directly into 66-45, and the lead of the game reached more than 20 points for the first time.

(To be continued)