The third stop of the Pacers' consecutive away games came to Dallas, a city where Zhang Kong had just left for a week, but the last time he came here, Zhang Kong was a guest here, and now Zhang Kong is the enemy here, and Cuban can't put every regular season game in the cowboy arena, if the Mavericks reach the finals, the last game of the finals, they may move the cowboy arena out again, but after all, it is a football venue, and the football team still needs to play there.

The American Airlines Center of the Mavericks is very famous in the league, and the away locker room of the general team is not too good, which is also a common point, the away team's locker room is not good, and it is also an off-court pressure on the away team, but since the Nets broke out, the Nets' away team locker room does not even have a good chair, and the away team locker rooms of other teams have been renovated.

It's still not as tattered as the home team, but at least it's not as tattered as it once was.

The Mavericks are unique in the league, and their visiting locker room is arguably the best in the league.

Kuban not only has a good dressing room for the away team, but also treats guests to eat steak, anyway, he came to Dallas to play, and everyone is in a good mood, of course, Zhang Kong's mood has nothing to do with steak, he likes to eat meat, but he can't eat Dallas's steak, because he can't eat it...... Steak, steak, when it's grilled, it's not called steak.

So Zhang Kong's steak naturally went into other people's stomachs, and they all said that the mouth of eating people is short and the hands of people are soft, but these guys in the NBA don't have such ideas, which can be seen from the Mavericks' home record, these guys who eat steak, the ball that should be won will still win, and the Mavericks' activities of sending steak here have now become a habit.

The aftermath of the All-Star Game has not completely dissipated in Dallas, so this game between the Pacers and the Mavericks still filled the seats at the American Airlines Center, and many people were still holding posters from the All-Star Games a week ago, and Zhang Kong also took one at that time, there was no way, the league required it, Zhang Kong had to go to the damn photo studio to get a few of them.

However, other players are very fond of taking photos, and Zhang Kong may not be born to be a special swaggering person!

Of course, this refers to when he is off the field, and he is not polite to anyone on the field! After the Wizards' locker room gun incident was exposed, the entire Wizards were uprooted in an instant, the owner accelerated the progress of selling the team, the players scattered quickly, the main offender Arenas didn't want to play again this season anyway, as the so-called tree fell and scattered, these fallen monkeys were naturally accepted by other big trees, the most ruthless of them were the Mavericks and the Cavaliers, the Cavaliers exchanged Big Z for the Wizards' All-Star level power forward Jamison, and Big Z was not ready to play for the Wizards, but directly bought out the contract, is preparing to return to the arms of the Cavaliers, and for a practice like Big Z, the Cavaliers have little problem except for a lack of money.

And with the inside line of Big Z, Vallejo, O'Neal and Jamison, everyone dare not underestimate it.

Another one that robbed the Wizards was the coolest is the Mavericks, the opponent's All-Star backcourt player Caron Butler was directly snatched away by the Mavericks, and the opponent's starting main center Brandon Haywood was not spared, the two guys were traded to the Mavericks with a smile, and the Wizards exchanged for a Howard who likes to smoke marijuana, but before Howard played, he only played four games, and he took a break, although these four games are four consecutive wins, but it also makes the current Wizards mourn. It's not that easy for the Wizards to rebuild, and unless something as big as the Auburn Hills Palace incident happens on the Pacers' side, the Pacers will move forward steadily! Butler and Haywood have only recently come to the Mavericks, just like Al Jefferson when they first arrived with the Pacers, and they didn't integrate with the team, which is also a great opportunity for the Pacers, as long as they play well, they don't want to eat the Texans' steak here and win the Texans' team! At 8:30 p.m., the game officially began.

Today, the Mavericks' lineup has not changed, the center is still the new signing Brandon Haywood, Haywood's starting line has been very stable, Eric Dampier has been injured recently, and it seems that Cuban is no longer ready to give Dampier more opportunities.

And the big forward is naturally the leading player of the Mavericks, Dirk Nowitzki, the small forward is the hacker Marion, since Marion ran around last season and couldn't find a team to play, this season he came to the Mavericks, and immediately gained everyone's common sense, a defensive titan like him, as long as he puts down his body, he can go anywhere, but his offensive ability is a little poor.

Scoring guard Caron Butler, this guy's nickname is not for nothing, this guy is really fierce, and the point guard is naturally the veteran Jason Kidd, such as Jason Teshi, Stevenwood, Boobwa, Nahula, Barria, Carroll and other players, all sit on the bench, and now the Mavericks' lineup is really very luxurious.

In order to target the opponent's interior, the starters on the Pacers' side have been adjusted, and the backcourt is of course still the same three people, point guard Zhang Kong, scoring guard Dundee Jones, small forward Danny Granger, one offense and one defense in a series, such an outside triangle tactic, no matter which outside line touches will be numb, the interior side today in order to deal with Nowitzki, Jim O'Brien deliberately put Al Jefferson to the position of power forward, among the starting players, his defensive skills can be said to be the best.

And Murphy went to the No. 5 position to play center, which is not without reason, it is not a good thing to deal with Brandon on the inside, this guy is not good at skill and his feet are not fast, but this head can be placed there, which is not easy to deal with.

With the referee's whistle, the game between the Pacers and the Mavericks officially began, and the orange ball just rose into the air, allowing Haywood to jump away, after all, it was the future core of the Wizards team, whether it was in terms of height, physical fitness, or bounce height, he was a level stronger than Murphy, although Murphy also had 211 cm, but the jump ball was indeed not his strong point.

The basketball was photographed by Haywood in the air, and after Kidd received the ball, he didn't rush to break through, because he saw that Zhang Kong had already stood in the half-court position, and now he was waiting for him to pass! Looking at Zhang Kong's position, Kidd would not be naïve enough to think that this kid's defense was just like this, so he didn't rush forward, but slowly grinded forward.

After halftime, Zhang Kong kept the distance between him and Kidd while slowly moving backwards with small steps.

Seeing Zhang Kong's footsteps, Kidd secretly praised Zhang Kong in his heart, this guy's defensive level is really not covered.

However, Kidd did not mean to come by himself, he walked to the position, did not stop and wait for the opportunity, but directly hoisted the ball into the inside, the game has just begun, everyone's physical strength is very abundant, so directly hoisted the ball to Nowitzki singles, this is a very good opportunity, Nowitzki received the ball, leaned on Al Jefferson behind him, but did not lean.

Al Jefferson, as the boss of the former Timberwolves, is not untouched by Nowitzki, Nowitzki's offensive moves, he is very familiar with it, but this guy also belongs to the technical flow, for a beast like himself, the power flow can't play back fighting, Nowitzki obviously knows his weaknesses, and playing with the black fat people in these leagues is almost looking for death.

What's more, there is also a block master Zhang Kong next to him, after playing the All-Star Game with Zhang Kong, Nowitzki has a great change in his opinion of this young man, atmospheric, powerful, very attentive to both defense and offense, and has a wide field of vision.

Such a player is best suited to play as a team, but he can also step up if his teammates can't score.

The Western Army lost the game in the end, it can be said that it was all thanks to Zhang Kong, he not only scored four points at the end, but also his three-man ball and the scoring of helping his teammates played a very important role, and the last ball directly broke the image of the eastern side, and he could only accept the fate of defeat.

There is Zhang Kong watching from the side, Al Jefferson is behind him, Nowitzki doesn't dare to be careless, after shaking his shoulders a little, he directly leans back and jumps to shoot, which is also his trick, since it can't play strength, then let's play technology!

Nowitzki played with the technique, so Al Jefferson had no choice but to watch Nowitzki turn around and jump, if he stretched out his hand, nine out of ten would be fouls, and it would be better to spell Nowitzki's RP at this time.

Obviously, Nowitzki's RP is good, after all, it was the first goal in the opening game, his hand was still very good, the basketball didn't fly too far and fell directly into the basket, seeing Nowitzki score, the audience also burst into cheers.

And the fat cheerleader next to him also swayed to the sound of music, this fat cheerleader is a specialty of the Mavericks.

Seeing Nowitzki's opening hit, Zhang Kong just smiled, since this ball was scored by Nowitzki's single Al Jefferson, then let this ball be played by Jefferson! Since Zhang Kong began to control the ball of the Pacers, the 'unspoken' rule in the league that the first ball was played to the team boss was broken by Zhang Kong, and Granger was also big-hearted and didn't care!

After dribbling the ball past half court, Zhang Kong faced Kidd just like the ball just now, Zhang Kong did not hesitate, and directly hoisted the ball into the inside line and handed it to Al Jefferson, and the person who was opposite Jefferson at this time was Nowitzki, and he was going to take revenge!

(To be continued)