"Now that the halftime is over, after we have enjoyed the wonderful performance of the cheerleaders, the soldiers on both sides entered the competition venue!" The commentator at the scene said excitedly as he looked at the Pacers players who returned to the court.

"The Pacers really made a substitution, Hibbert on the inside had no way to contain Horford's impact, and the Pacers made a new change, and now Hibbert is on the court to play the No. 4 position, and Jefferson is playing the No. 1 position, replacing Hibbert. However, Jefferson's height is only six feet and ten inches (208 cm), which is not advantageous in the height of the inside line, and although Horford in front of him is also 208 cm tall, his jumping ability is outstanding. The commentator at the scene looked at the situation on the court and said with some worry, after all, this is the home court of the Pacers, and he naturally insists on commenting the game with the attitude of the home court.

At the beginning of the third quarter of the game, the scores of the two teams were always glued together, with Zhang Kong, Jefferson and Duntai Jones' defense, the Pacers' defensive quality improved instantly, and Murphy helped to grab rebounds on the inside, which also made the Pacers' defense solid, at least the Hawks' three-legged cat kung fu, it was difficult to break through the wall on the Pacers' side, but the team's lack of experience exposed also made the Pacers a little nervous, Al Jefferson was obviously not fully integrated into the team, He received a very perfect pass from Zhang Kong, but dunked unexpectedly without being marked.

The lack of experience, coupled with the fact that the lineup is still in the run-in period, although the momentum of the game is good, but there has been no way to get rid of the Hawks, and the Hawks do not talk about anything else, the lineup is definitely better than the Pacers in terms of running-in.

After all, they have been running in this lineup for a long time, and in the case of tight scores, Hawks Joe Johnson, Josh Smith, Al Hoofd, Mike Bibby (Marvin Williams: I play soy sauce), there is always a way to score the ball.

The two sides take the lead alternately, you take one point first, and I will take the lead again next time, and I have been playing the game like this.

Seeing that the third quarter had already played 7 minutes, the Pacers still did not bring the score back.

Zhang Kong's ability to organize today has been exerted to an extreme, because the four people around him can attack and score.

Before the third quarter of the game was over, Zhang Kong had already brushed up eight assists, but the score was bitten very tightly by the Eagles.

Finally, with 4:21 left in the game, Jim O'Brien on the Pacers' side couldn't sit still.

Taking advantage of a dead-ball opportunity, he first replaced the substitutes, Mike Dunleavy replaced Granger, Luther Hyde replaced Dundee Jones, and on the inside, Jefferson was moved to the No. 4 position by Jim O'Brien, and as for the No. 5 position...... "Darko, you go up and try!" Although I don't understand why Zhang Kong in the locker room would tell himself to let Darko Milicic try it in the second half, but after all, he is the second salary man he brought in this time, if he is not allowed to try it here, it will not only be Jim O'Brien, but even Larry Bird will not be able to hang his face.

Hearing Jim O'Brien's words, Darko Milicic, who was sitting next to him honestly guarding the water dispenser, was stunned for a moment.

He never thought that Jim O'Brien would let himself play at this time, but he reacted quickly, after all, he had already figured out his position when he was in the Knicks, but the Knicks' Dantony didn't give him a chance, and after coming to the Pacers, in the first game, Jim O'Brien let himself play.

Milicic knew that it was estimated that the words that Zhang Kong said in the dressing shirt played a role, seeing Milicic playing, Zhang Kong smiled lightly, he had no impression of Milicic, no impression means no good impression, and at the same time no bad impression...... But he knew that this guy in front of him was very powerful, and the level of up to 86 would not deceive people.

And his characteristics are not as offensive as they have been found? No...... This does not exist in Milicic's instructions, and his strongest point in the instructions is defense! Yes, defending, that word may not have been associated with Milicic at all before.

But I don't know when it started, Milicic began to practice defending, and this defensive titan is not easy to play.

"Played? Behave well! Zhang Kong watched Milicic come on the court and chuckled softly, then walked to the sideline to serve.

In the face of Zhang Kong's encouragement, Milicic obviously felt a strange atmosphere, this handsome Yugoslav guy, some surprised to look at Zhang Kong on the sidelines, in the past six years, he has become accustomed to being ridiculed by others, and is called a victory cigar by fans.

has been on many teams, but has not been trusted, from the Pistons at the beginning, then to the Magic, and then to the Grizzlies, until they joined the Knicks this year...... After joining the Knicks, his playing time was compressed by the extreme.

He played in only eight games with the Knicks, without starting a single game, averaging 8.9 minutes per game, averaging 2 points and 2.3 rebounds per game.

The label of parallel goods seems to have been fixed on his body, which also makes Darko Milicic confused, and he has no choice but to do so for a while.

Until this season, after he had a lot of free time, he began to organize his life, the life of the 26-year-old was very easy to organize, it didn't take too long, and soon he integrated his life, and he felt that his life was wrong from the beginning of entering the NBA...... His talent in attack is not as good as he imagined.

And now is the time for him to make changes, but unfortunately, it is useless to change, in the Knicks team who does not defend at all, even if he becomes a player like Ben at his peak, he is destined to not have room to play, and at this time he came to the Pacers, originally he thought that he needed to be familiar with it for a period of time, and then show his defensive ability to the head coach in exchange for playing time, but who would have thought that before he could show it, he had just practiced together for a morning.

Zhang Kong, who is now one of the most vocal in the team, actually took the initiative to help him ask the head coach for playing time.

And from Zhang Kong's smile, he didn't see a trace of contempt, even the greeting just now.

He hadn't felt such a feeling in a long time...... After hearing Zhang Kong's greeting, Darko Milicic nodded a little woodenly, and then ran into the inside, he wanted to let the coach of the Pacers and the coach of the other party know on the court that he Darko Milicic is no longer the parallel commodity he was back then, and he wants to complete self-redemption!

"Oh my God, Jim O'Brien has been replaced by Darla Milicic, what is he doing here? Did you deliberately lose this game? Looking at the situation on the field, the commentator on the sidelines shouted loudly, and as soon as he said this, everyone noticed that the center forward who had just been replaced on the field turned out to be Darko Milicic wearing No. 31, the biggest parallel commodity of the 03 generation...... For a while, the fans didn't know what to do, they were all stunned, and there was no applause, and in their own home stadium, it was obvious that they could not welcome the player with boos, if it was away, there would have been people laughing.

In the face of such a situation, everyone can only be silent, and silence is not bad for Darko Milicic.

"Hey, brother, are you going to help us win?" At this time, Al Hofford, who was retreating from the defense next to him, said with a grin.

Obviously, it is difficult to see the respect that this veteran who has played in the league for six years should have in his rookie, but in this case, Milicic is used to it, and did not refute, but passed the half silently.

"Run as you're used to!" After half-time, Zhang Kong shouted to all the players, in fact, Hyde and Dunleavy didn't need him to shout and start running a long time ago, but Jefferson and Milicic were still a little uncomfortable.

Zhang Kong may also be trying to cheer up Milicic, and after seeing him run out of the void, he passed the ball as soon as possible.

However, this pass scared Milicic, how long has it been...... How long has no one passed the ball to him, he almost forgot what it was like to catch the ball, and in this stunned effort, the basketball was touched by Horford, and after Bibby next to him picked up the basketball, the long pass was handed to Joe Johnson who was running in front, who hit an easy dunk and pulled the score to three points.

"This ......" Seeing that he had lost the ball, Milicic sighed helplessly, and then retreated to his own half with the big team, and his players did not come up to encourage him at this time, because even Al Jefferson, who came to Indianapolis with Milicic, did not know what Milicic was capable of, and they did not have data glasses.

"Don't be too nervous, except for Danny's guy in this team who needs a certain amount of shots, the rest of the shots are run out through the players, you just get used to it!" Only Zhang Kong deliberately walked to Milicic's side and patted him on the shoulder when he retreated, Zhang Kong usually said very little, but today he was particularly tolerant of Milicic.

"This Zhang Kong, he must know something!" Looking at Zhang Kong, who encouraged Milicic, Jim O'Brien also narrowed his eyes on the field, and in the next ball, Milicic let O'Brien know why Zhang Kong took special care of him.

(To be continued)