Even if there is a 'battle for the first place in the league' and 'the Lakers' revenge battle', these are all prefixes that have been forcibly put on by the media.

can't hide the fact that this is just a regular season, but even in the regular season, neither the Lakers nor the Pacers are willing to lose this game, under the leadership of Kobe, a famous paranoid in the league, it would be strange if the Lakers would give up the game! Especially for a team like the Pacers, the relationship between victory and defeat in the regular season seems very important to them.

"Good evening everybody, and welcome to the National Men's Professional Basketball League, the Lakers vs. Pacers, this game is brought to you by TNT, this game is extremely important, it heralds the league's first ranking change! The Pacers had a 34-9 win before that, and the Lakers' win was 33-10, just one win behind the Pacers. Kenny Smith patiently explained to the audience in front of the TV that since the game was the focus of the game, the Conseco Arena was naturally overcrowded, and almost all the fans were already waiting in line outside half an hour before the game started.

The security guard at the gate had just opened the door for five minutes, and there were no more empty seats in the entire arena.

Conseco's ticket revenue alone this season is enough to pay the salaries of all players except Zhang Kong.

And the income from other peripheral products and billboards, all of them went into Melvin Simon's pocket, the market behind Chinese players is too big, if Zhang Kong is cheaper, then Melvin Simon will even dream of laughing, of course, his idea is almost impossible, Zhang Kong is not a good old man like Yao Ming.

After the warm-up, the home team players of the Lakers and Pacers came to the court in turn, and the last starter on the Pacers' side was Granger, and it seemed that Granger's position in the Pacers team was untouchable.

In fact, Zhang Kong didn't mean to aggressive him, in his opinion, the boss of the Pacers was Granger, which was justified.

He wasn't interested in anything other than money, stats and winning games.

Today's Pacers' start, a slight adjustment, has always been the starting No. 4 position, Murphy, today appeared in the No. 5 position, that is to say, he came to play center, and let Roy Hibbert return to the bench, there is no way, Hibbert is famous for bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, if he is allowed to defend Bynum, it is estimated that he will be violent, so he can only let him rest off the court first, and the No. 4 position is for Al Jefferson to start, in the face of Gasol, Jefferson still has some advantage.

The small forward is still Danny Granger, but he won't be able to play today because the player he's going to face is Ron Artest, one of the best outside defenders in the league, and if he is allowed to mark it to death, the Pacers' side hangs in the air.

Scoring guard Dundee Jones, today he played Kobe Bryant again, he made Kobe very uncomfortable in the Western Conference Finals last season, and this game, he is also prepared like this, the point guard is still open, but today's opener is stronger.

On the Lakers side, the center is the little shark Andrew Bynum, who is known as a talented insider, and the big forward is the Spanish big forward who has already proven himself, sister-in-law, Pau Gasol! The small forward is one of the hot-tempered in the league, the beast Ron Artest.

Shooting guard Peter Pan, also known as Black Mamba recently, Kobe Bryant, point guard is the old Yu who is almost unable to play, Derek Furscher, he is also the biggest weakness on the court, he is open to the air, according to Kensh Smith's words: more than lucky.

The Lakers' starting lineup is extremely gorgeous, and the bench lineup is even more gorgeous, but today's bench lineup is a notch worse than the Pacers' bench lineup, with today's referee, Kenny Moore's whistle, the orange basketball was slowly thrown into the air, Bynum and Jefferson jumped towards the basketball in the air together.

After all, it was Bynum's height that had some advantages, and as soon as the basketball stopped in the air, Bynum was photographed on his side.

Pau Gasol copied the ball in his hand for the first time, but he didn't rush to attack, but slowed down and handed the ball back to Kobe Bryant next to him, Kobe Bryant faced Dundee Jones, he was not very good, after receiving the ball, Kobe Bryant took the ball over the half court, and then passed the ball to Artest in the distance, Artest did not stop at all after receiving the ball and directly put the ball into the inside, because of the reason that he had just jumped the ball, the inside line on the Pacers' side has not been replaced, Al Jefferson has a height disadvantage compared with Bynum, In addition, one of Bynum's jump balls was directly inserted into the basket, and it was inserted in the reasonable collision zone of the Pacers one step in advance, and it was very difficult to get the ball in such a deep place, and it was very difficult not to score, Bynum received the ball and pressed Jefferson with his body, and gently sent the ball into the air, but was the first ball so easy to score just now?

Just as the basketball was floating in the air, a figure suddenly appeared next to him, this guy wearing the white No. 88 jersey did not give Bynum and his basketball any chance, and the basketball had not yet fallen, Zhang Kong had already arrived.

A slam dunk like a big windmill, except that there is no ball in Zhang Kong's hand, and his purpose is to fly the racket.

His right hand circled around his side, and just when he reached the very top, Zhang Kong's right hand met the basketball ...... The basketball was still moving forward according to its original path, but it was slapped on the rebound by Zhang Kong.

The huge rebound force made the basketball bounce out after stopping on the rebound for a while, and Deng Tai Jones, who had been paying attention to it here, took a step before Kobe, jumped high and took the basketball into his arms, and then glanced at Granger, who was already about to fall.

When two teams play, the first ball must be handed over to the boss of their own team, even if they can't get in.

Dundee Jones did not hesitate, and directly passed the basketball to Granger's hands, if it was against other teams, maybe Granger had already slammed the dunk at this time, but for the Lakers, Granger's situation was not as good as imagined, he was limited!

was restricted by Artest, Artest's squeezing action made it difficult for Granger to make layups or slam dunks.

In the last few games, Granger, who has not played very well, saw Artest actually make himself like this, and he was also annoyed in his heart, and he was ready to take three steps directly with the ball, but Artest was not so easy to let the opponent start.

Still sticking to Granger's side, Granger leaned on Artest, ready to force a layup, Artest also jumped up and prepared to block Granger's layup, but was blocked by Granger with his left hand...... The referee's whistle sounded immediately, after all, this game has just begun, and it is better to blow it strictly.

Artest fouled and Granger, who had lost his balance, did not put the ball in with his right hand, but he did get two free throws, and Granger did not waste those two free throws, and the Pacers opened the scoring and led the Lakers 2-0 at home.

If it is another young team, it was blocked once at the beginning, and then the opponent's counterattack scored two points, and let his main defensive player receive a foul, it is strange that he is not impetuous, and it can be seen from this point that the Lakers are really stable.

They were not in a hurry to attack, and the second attack of the Lakers did not rely on the ability of Kobe or others to play alone, as the Pacers thought, but still playing cooperation.

Zhang Kong vs. Lao Yu, that's a total victory, whether it's offense, defense or figure, it's almost an impossible task for Lao Yu to kill Zhang Kong, after all, Zhang Kong's defensive skills are there, so Lao Yu didn't think about the problem of singles.

Break through directly, and his breakthrough looks flawed in Zhang Kong, and a relaxed horizontal card position has been blocked in front of him, completely preventing the breakthrough of the old fish, but at this moment, the old fish suddenly changed direction, and threw the ball in his hand at the inside line, looking at the ball road, Zhang Kong's eyebrows couldn't help jumping, looking at this ball road, then there must be someone on his side who did not play according to the routine, and sure enough, when Zhang Kong turned around, he saw that Murphy's position was a little too backward.

Bynum easily received the ball and did not hesitate, directly turned around and jumped, although Bynum's jump shot was very bad, but after all, he had this basket, and his luck was good today, although the layup just now was covered by Zhang Kong, but this time the shot hit steadily, equalizing the score, and the third offensive round, the Pacers Granger's trial missed.

On the other hand, the Lakers are looking for Bynum here, and Bynum is still playing Murphy, but this time he didn't turn around and jump, but took advantage of the opportunity to run, and directly dribbled the ball to break through Murphy, who had not yet stood firm, and made a layup.

The first quarter of the game was fast-paced, and the first minute was not yet over, and there were already three rounds of fighting on the court.

At this time, Jim O'Brien also saw that the Lakers were preparing to fight with the Pacers at the beginning of this game, and the Pacers are also a well-known slow-burning team in the league now, among the thirty teams in the league, the Pacers' offensive efficiency in the first five minutes can be ranked among the bottom three, this is not a joke, only the Spurs in the league can fight with the Pacers to see who plays worse in front, and the Lakers obviously grasped this weakness of the Pacers, So at the beginning of the game, I wanted to cripple the Pacers' side first, and then find a chance to grind slowly, if the Lakers led by more than ten points, it would not be so easy for the Pacers to turn over again, and Jim O'Brien, who saw the Lakers' strategy, secretly gave Zhang Kong a gesture on the sidelines, asking Zhang Kong to slow down the pace of the game.

(To be continued)