The Pacers haven't been in great shape lately, and despite winning four in a row, their three-point rain has always been inconsistent.

In such a situation, it is very good to have a long break, and it is at this time that the All-Star is about to begin, and before the All-Star starts, the league has announced the players who will be selected as All-Stars this year.

Sure enough, on the Pacers' side, Granger still didn't get into the eyes of the head coach of the East and West, and was eliminated, think about it, you know, the head coach of the East is Stan Van Gundy, this old boy's magic is not in harmony with the Pacers, and the head coach of the West is George Karl of the Nuggets, and the All-Stars of the two teams have a total of 24 people, many of whom cannot participate.

In terms of Western All-Stars, a total of four guards were selected, starting guards Zhang Kong, Wade, backup guards Rondo, Rose, Joe Johnson, a total of three small forwards, starting small forward LeBron James, backup small forward Paul Pierce, the first All-Star player of the Bobcats Cats, Gerald Wallace, a total of two big forwards, starting Wolf King Garnett, substitute Dragon King Bosh, there are actually only a few good interior players in the East, and a total of two people were selected for the center position.

Starting center Dwight Howard replaced him with the Knicks' David Lee, the All-Star players in the East have a total of these people, and Kobe, who was originally selected in the West, missed this All-Star weekend because of the broken index finger again, although he must also go to Dallas, and at the same time the Western Army was absent Roy, he also missed the All-Star trip due to injury, because Kobe Bryant and Roy could not participate, the starting lineup has also changed, the starting point guard is Steve Nash, the son of the wind, There are more backup point guards in the West, reaching five, Deron Williams, who was selected as an All-Star for the first time, Chris Paul, who has not had a very good record this year, and Chauncy Billups, the Nuggets' leading point guard, and Jason Kidd, a veteran of the Mavericks, a total of six people play a position, and it is estimated that the playing time is not easy to score.

And just before the All-Star break, Chris Paul was already sure that he wouldn't play because he also injured his foot.

Compared to the bloated point guard line, the other lines are not bad, and in terms of scoring guard, Carmelo Anthony was put on top and let him play as a starter, and his replacement is Kevin Durant, a Thunder youngster who is very hot this year.

The starters of small forward, power forward and center are the host Dirk Nowitzki, Fertim Duncan, and the small bully Stoudemire, and the three of them are the Clippers' interior main player, the German ugly man Chris Kaman, the Lakers support Pau Gasol on the inside, and Zach Randolph, who has recently risen strongly with the Grizzlies.

Although in terms of personnel, this year's All-Star Battle is not as passionate as in previous years, and there is always a theme to be found.

But this time Cuban moved the arena to the cowboy arena, which can seat a total of 108,000 spectators, which is also a new NBA record, and the thought of playing under the noses of more than 100,000 spectators, all the players who were selected as All-Stars feel excited, but before playing All-Star, the Pacers still have one last game to play, the game against the Bulls.

No. 9 is at home to the Bulls at 7 p.m., and their next game is to chase down No. 17, where they will play the Spurs at home, and those eight days of rest are enough for the Pacers players to relax.

Jim O'Brien is ready, and regardless of the outcome of this game, it's important that the eight-day break gives the Pacers players enough rest to be able to cope with the rest of the regular season.

In the four games in which Zhang Kong returned to the court, Zhang Kong's recovery was very perfect, in the first game of his comeback against the Raptors, Zhang Kong scored 24 points, 11 assists and 9 blocks, only Al Jefferson scored 26 points in the whole game, which was a little more than Zhang Kong, and the outside line was unfavorable, and the inside line became the main offensive point, 82 points out of 117 points were scored on the inside, not to say that the players on the inside line scored, many of the balls were scored by the players on the outside line rushing into the inside line.

The wounds caught by the big bird, which had been treated before Zhang Kong came on the court, but these injuries seemed to him to be his own shame, with such anger, Zhang Kong came on the court, and did not give the Raptors any chance at all, and the three-and-a-half-quarter game directly solved the battle, and then returned to the home court to play the Raptors again, and did not give the Raptors a chance, but this time Zhang Kong's offensive rhythm slowed down slightly, after all, he is mainly a point guard, not a point guard, not a point guard, 18 points, 14 assists and 7 blocks, still dazzling.

Then against the Pistons, 19 points, 11 assists and 6 blocks were enough for Zhang Kong to show off.

In the last game against the Bucks, against Jennings, Zhang Kong educated this year's rookie well, and they will meet at the All-Star Game, Zhang Kong has been selected for the second-grade team, and Jennings is on the first-year team, and the two are definitely going to face each other again.

The current Pacers' record is 42-10, firmly in the league, of course, no reporter is asking Jim O'Brien if he wants to hit the 72-10 record held by the Bulls dynasty, because it is possible, there are still 30 games left, the Pacers cannot not lose a single game, and maintain a winning streak until the playoffs, even the Pacers have no such intentions, they just want to play the regular season now, according to the current record and the level of the Eastern East.

Even if they lose the rest of the game, the Pacers can easily enter the playoffs, and there is no big problem.

Zhang Kong's first goal for Larry Bird has been achieved just over half of the season, and Zhang Kong's annual salary has also followed the trend, rising to $20 million in an instant, of course, these are all off-court gossip, Zhang Kong is not satisfied with his annual salary of only $20 million, the last game of the Pacers before the All-Star break is about to be staged this evening.

In fact, for the Bulls, they are also looking forward to the All-Star Game, this is the team's leading player, Derrick Rose participated in the All-Star Game for the first time, and participated in the All-Star game in the second year of his season, which proves that Rose's strength and potential are very good, but unfortunately, this game is only the last game of the Pacers, not the Bulls.

The Bulls have one back-to-back game tomorrow before they can take a break, and their schedule is much denser than the Pacers'.

At the beginning of today's game, the Pacers, who were fighting at home, may have played a wave of 11-3 small ** at the beginning of the game, and directly hit the Bulls, and after the Bulls paused, they immediately adjusted their playing style and began to specialize in the interior, but slowly caught up with the score, and the three-point shot was not good at the critical moment on the Pacers' side.

However, Zhang Kong showed extremely strong combat effectiveness, and even scored five points in a row with a sudden throw, and stabilized the situation at a critical moment.

In addition, Zhang Kong's breakthrough shot was still sharp, but the Pacers could not completely stifle the Bulls' offense defensively, and at the end of the first quarter, the Pacers led the Bulls by one point 30-29 into the second quarter.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the benches of the two teams entered a tug-of-war, and it turned out that the 11-3 attack ** that the Pacers just opened was a false fire, and now the Pacers players just want to finish the game quickly, and then they can rest to the sky, slow down their tired bodies and tight nerves, the two teams from 37 to 41 points, then to 49 draws, and finally to 55 draws, at the end of the second quarter, Granger finally began to exert his power, after holding the ball, he broke through Roel Deng, and hit a layup, At the same time, it caused Zhang Kong's old teammate, Brad Miller's foul, 2+1, after hitting the free throw steadily, the Pacers led the Bulls 60-57 at halftime and entered the second half, after the start of the third quarter, the Pacers always maintained the lead in the score, and at the halfway point of the quarter, they once took an 11-point lead at home.

Then the Bulls' side finally couldn't bear the humiliation, and when the Pacers' main players were resting, the Bulls' benches began to fight back decisively, and Rose did not rest, and kept fighting with the Pacers' bench players on the court.

In the All-Star Game, Rose has to play two games, both of which are teammates with Zhang Kong, and it seems that Zhang Kong starts and substitutes himself, this last year's champion can be described as quite unhappy in his heart, in his opinion, Zhang Kong is not better than himself!

Players like this, they don't just throw in the towel! Under Rose's strong rebound, the Bulls began to slowly narrow the score, and when the score was only five points left to be caught up, Zhang Kong appeared again, and after the court, he hit his fifth three-pointer of the game, directly stretching the score from five to eight points, and the Pacers ended the third quarter 89-88.

In the last quarter of the game, the Bulls suddenly seemed to be enraged, raised their horns and headed towards the Pacers, the Pacers at the beginning were beaten and retreated, until the inside line also had a passionate Milicic hit two consecutive shots, only to temporarily press down the Bulls' arrogance, and then after Zhang Kong broke through, he made a layup, which once again caused Rose's foul, and the free throw was deliberately missed, so that Hibbert grabbed the rebound in the front court, and after the return pass, Granger assisted on the outside, although Granger still felt bad today, But at least it's not as good as before, at present he has shot a total of six three-pointers, two of which are still some shooting percentages, and this three-pointer, Granger did not hesitate, and he did not have time to hesitate in the position where he stood, before Rohr Deng came over, he hit a jump shot, and with the Pacers scoring five points in a row, the Bulls had no hope of turning the tables.

With Granger's game-high 27 points, the Pacers finally struggled to achieve the last victory before the All-Star break at home, Zhang Kong scored 22 points in the game, 8 of 18 shots, including five three-pointers, three layups and one free throw, 10 assists just up, 7 blocks, five of which were given to Rose, and Rose really lost his rules in order to prove himself today

(To be continued)