The Magic were completely sleepwalking in the first half today, their scoring difference was outrageous, and there was no way to limit the Pacers' offense on the defensive end, so that the opponent scored 52 points in the first half, in fact, for the Pacers, 52 points in the half is not yet full firepower, according to Jim O'Brien's words, I don't have a touch today, let you go...... But who knew that the Magic team's hand was even worse, looking at Da Van Gan, this gloomy face knew that after returning to the locker room, these players of the Magic couldn't help but taste 'Stan's roar', who called them so unhelpful?

"Now the Pacers now have a strong will to fight, after the run-in at the beginning of this season, the Pacers' combat effectiveness has increased sharply, and the inside and outside lines are becoming more and more balanced, even in the face of an old strong team like Magic, whether it is at home or away, they have an absolute advantage, with the sudden rise of the Pacers, it seems that the pattern of the entire East will change!" ESPN's comments Jeff Van Gundy looked at the situation on the field in the studio and said beautifully, he and his brother are not as good as everyone thinks, the so-called peers are resentful, not to mention that these two guys are still brothers, so the relationship between him and his first brother cannot be harmonious, and now seeing his brother's team depressed, Jeff Van Gundy is very happy.

"There are a lot of people who say that Zhang Kong's play is a bit special, and there is some poison, and now his offense is not good, if the offense is good, he has a tendency to be the poison of the team, but I want to say a few good words to him."

"Look at Zhang Kong's data and the current Pacers' win rate, why Jim wants to let Zhang Kong come alone, and destroy the overall lineup situation, because with the existence of Zhang Kong, the entire Pacers need any formation configuration, this is not a joke, but real! Look at Zhang Kong's passing, you will understand that as long as you run out of the open space and stand in your offensive position, the Pacers players really rarely fail to catch the ball, and when on the defensive end, the heavy responsibility of the defensive perimeter core is also empty, such offense and defense, there is no need to take any rotation lineup. With Zhang Kong, it is natural to let him play freely, and things like rotating the lineup are just restricting his play! "Jeff Van Gundy has a special love for all Chinese players, which can be regarded as a love house! After all, Yao Ming and Zhang Kong are from the same country.

The second half of the game continued, in the first half, Howard played for less than six minutes in total and went down to cool down, it can be seen that the referee's ultimate existence is really powerful, the fouls of the inside players feel easy to find in the eyes of the referee, all day long there round arms and thighs to play body contact, there will always be people who move a little bit too much, make some fouls, or at home, it is very easy, but no matter how good the referee is, he still needs to have a little scruple about a final-level player like Howard!

At the beginning of the second half, Howard showed extremely threatening interior dominance, and several consecutive interior rebounding scrambles made the players on the Pacers' side break out in a cold sweat.

And there are a lot of inside giants on the Pacers' side, although Hibbert softened after Howard came up, but it is surprising that Milicic, who came off the bench, dared to limit him with such Howard.

However, although Howard was restrained on the inside, on the outside, the Pacers finally found their touch in the third quarter.

For a team like the Pacers that uses shooting as the basic offensive routine, as long as the hand comes up, no matter who the opponent is, no matter how the defense is, the opponent can only tilt his head, twist his cervical spine, and watch the ball go into the net.

Since Zhang Kong joined the Pacers, the Pacers' shooting rate and the average number of personnel will have increased significantly, although the Pacers do not have a crazy man in the orthodox sense, but in the face of the Pacers' outside shooting player, the difficulty of the Magic team to turn the game can be imagined...... Under the leadership of Pacers boss Granger, the Pacers began to show their strong outside offensive strength on their home court, and let the fans in the All-Conseco Arena know that they are very confident to break into the playoffs and even go further! The fierce battle was staged, and the two teams finally began to show all their strength.

The game was exciting, at least from the point of view of the fans in the stadium and in front of the TV.

Few people like to play like Celtic and Cavaliers, at the beginning of the game, they use yin tricks to hit the opponent with a dismount, knock the opponent to the ground, and then make up for their vital points, so that the opponent can't turn over the whole game, of course, those who can turn over means that these guys are pure masters...... And there aren't too many people who like a game like the Spurs, where they are knocked to the ground by their opponents from the beginning, and then kick at the critical point, and because of this kick, they start to break out in the end! The Spurs are a bit like the fighters in the game Yamaguchiyama, who are not beaten, and if they don't take a few punches first, they won't be angry and killed!

In the third quarter, the beginning and end belonged to the Pacers, but the middle belonged to the Magic, and after the interior was contained, although Howard was very dead defended by Milicic and Al Jefferson on the offensive end, it was almost impossible to connect the ball.

But because he was prevented from dying, he liberated the perimeter, and under the leadership of Barnes and other players, the Magic side began to fight back.

In the middle of the game, a wave of 12-6 small ** was played, and the score was finally narrowed to 10 points.

But in the last two minutes of the game, the Pacers once again let the Magic know the secret of their becoming the No. 1 in the East, that is, the strong offensive firepower on the outside, Dunleavy was silent for almost the first three quarters, and finally broke out at the end of the third quarter, one person even shot five points, and then Zhang Kong floated a three-pointer on the outside, the Pacers played a wave of 8-0 small **, and once again stretched the score to more than ten points, this time Lewis did not have the luck to start, and he could hit more three.

And this time his three points came out of the basket, and in the third quarter, the Magic finally led the Pacers by one point at 24-23, but the score difference between the two sides was still as much as 12 points, with such a score, as long as the Pacers did not rout in the fourth quarter, if they wanted to win the Magic at home, it was not a big problem! At the beginning of the last quarter, the Magic really began to chase points, and they calmed down for a whole three-point shot and finally played it when the main force of the Pacers was not on the court, hitting three three-pointers in a row, chasing the score only three points, the Pacers immediately replaced Dunleavy and Murphy, and the two immediately launched a wave of 12-6 attacks on the outcourt, Carter and Lewis were still sleepwalking in the fourth quarter, and the Pacers played a wave of 10-4 small ** again after the official timeout, Stretched the lead to 12 points again...... This point difference also discourages the Magic...... Zhang Kong supported his knees, trying to adjust his breathing, the high-intensity game is very physically demanding, but the Pacers are okay, after all, there is rest time before the game, and his playing time is very free, although Jim O'Brien on the sidelines is not a famous coach, but he has a lot of trust in Zhang Kong, Zhang Kong's playing time, he gives enough freedom, as long as Zhang Kong wants to play, wants to rest, all with Zhang Kong, such a game may spoil Zhang Kong, Those coaches with particularly strong discipline will never let Zhang Kong look like this.

But in the Pacers, Zhang Kong represents more than just an ordinary player, and now Zhang Kong is extremely important.

Zhang Kong's performance today can only be regarded as mediocre, nothing too outstanding, shooting 5 of 12, 4 of 10 three-point shots, a total of 17 points in the game, one of two free throws, he is still not very good at cheating fouls, assisted under the Pacers' strong three-point approach, brushed 12, and blocked this game not much, because Nelson's shots are relatively small.

Without Howard on the inside, Nelson, a guy with a hot head, is no longer in a hurry to attack.

The game came to the last minute of the final quarter, and there were only 2 minutes left before the end of the game, and the Pacers sent all the main players to the court, while the Magic still couldn't find a good way to restrain Zhang Kong and the Pacers.

In fact, the Magic's recruitment this summer looks very wrong in Zhang Kong, if Nelson is an orthodox point guard, then it is understandable to send Turkoglu away, but obviously Nelson actually has nothing to do with guards except for height, looking at the whole game, Zhang Kong now has 12 assists, while Nelson only has 3 assists...... With Carter brought in and Turkoglu gone, it looks like the Magic's offensive ability has improved significantly, but in terms of defense and team connection, it is much worse...... Finally, with 1 minute and 51 seconds left in the game, Zhang Kong broke through to the inside, and the inside passed to give Hibbert a chance to attack the basket inside, Hibbert did not waste it, and directly attacked the basket, although it did not score, but it caused Howard's sixth foul, watching Howard graduate with six fouls, everyone knew that the magic was over...... With Nelson's missed shot, the Magic was powerless in the end, but after Howard was no longer troubled by fouls in the second half, it can be seen that the new round of defensive strategy on the Magic's side can really curb the Pacers' offense a little, and the Pacers, who scored 52 points at halftime, did not break 100 and only scored 99 points in the end, which is a bit surprising.

(To be continued)