"Hah, the Pacers are in trouble today!" On the TNT comment bench at the Bobcats' home court, Barkley gloated as if he would be happy to see the trouble on the Pacers' side.

"Hey, don't say that, you have to know that the team you're talking about now just taught you a good lesson for your old rival!" Kenny Smith next to him is none other than James.

Buckley and Zhang Kong are not in harmony, this is a matter of face, and Buckley and James are not in harmony, it is a matter of philosophy, and it is not pleasing to the eye.

"I won't be happy if the two of them fight, no matter who wins, Kenny, don't you know me?" Buckley grinned as he conditioned his partner, while his partner, Kenny Smith, just smiled and didn't say much.

"In today's game, the Pacers looked like they were in trouble, the game the day before yesterday really reduced their form, and throughout the game, except for Zhang Kong, who was still stable, the rest of the people performed poorly, especially Danny Granger!" Kenny Smith is right, and the Pacers are in trouble right now.

Prior to this game, the Bobcats were in a very poor situation, they had lost seven in a row before that, while the Pacers were in very good form, before that they won eight in a row, and they were 9-1 throughout the season, firmly sitting at the top of the Eastern Conference.

At the beginning of the game, the Pacers led the opponent with their winning streak and scored four points in a row, but the Bobcats quickly made adjustments and tied the score, and then the two sides tied seven times in succession, until there were 3 minutes and 40 seconds left in the first quarter and Nelson Sr. Captain Jack's Stephen Jackson dunk to give the Bobcats a two-point lead, and at the end of the first quarter, after Jim O'Brith replaced all the main players, the Bobcats went on a quick 8-0 run to give the Bobcats a 28-20 lead over the Pacers at the end of the first quarter.

In the first quarter of the game, the substitutes didn't score a point! It seems that the last game has exhausted their energy and shooting percentage.

The Bobcats are arguably the absolute defensive giants in the league this season, conceding less than 90 points per game, which is not for fun.

At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, they played a sharp defensive counterattack at the beginning of the game with the defense of the public, and after a wave of 10-2 offense, the Pacers went straight to the circle, and the Pacers did not score a single sports battle for more than four minutes.

The difference between the two sides was then stretched to 16 points, and Jim O'Brien had to replace his main player.

In the last game, he bombarded the referee and had already received a penalty from the league, 35,000 dollars, and the ticket had already come down before the game.

After the main players came up, they immediately recovered the decline, Zhang Kong first cooperated with Hibbert, and the air relay was slammed into the hand.

Then Zhang Kong assisted Deng Tai Jones to hit a three-point success on Muhammad's body, halfway through the quarter, the Pacers began a continuous counterattack, with Zhang Kong's three-point hit, the Pacers played a wave of 8-0 small **, chased back some points, the first half of the game, the Bobcats only led the Pacers by five points at 52-47 into the second half.

In the third quarter, Granger, who was silent for the first half, tried to set off the prelude to the Pacers' counterattack with a three-point shot, but the two guys Dior and Felton teamed up to take the Bobcats to play a wave of 10-0 attacks**, and when Zhang Kong came on the court, the score had reached as many as 18 points, Zhang Kong's defense was very powerful, but in the face of Larry Brown, the league's top defensive master.

Zhang Kong's personal defense does not play a particularly important role in such a defensive battle.

Because the Bobcats don't have a main offensive point, in Larry Brown's lineup, no one has special exceptions, no one has unlimited shots, not even Allen Iverson, who was in the limelight at the beginning, to play such a team without an offensive point.

Other teams may be easy to play when they meet, whether they play inside or outside! But this style restrained the Pacers, and the Pacers are now a bit like a dog biting a hedgehog, and they can't eat it! At the end of the third quarter, the Bobcats led the Pacers by 11 points 81-70 into the final quarter, and the Pacers still did not give up their ninth consecutive win in the last quarter, that is, the Bobcats' offense was very stable at this time, as long as they wanted to play the Pacers, they could always find the place to play, Zhang Kong was not right to defend Wallace, it was not right to defend against Dior, it was not right to defend against Jackson, and it was not right to defend Felton.

This kind of defense is a piece of sewage, because in addition to the No. 5 position, their remaining positions, players can attack with the ball by themselves, No. 2, 3, 4 positions, constant rotation, constant transposition, whether it is Jackson, Dior or Wallace, can play three positions, such back and forth interspersed with positions, the Pacers' defense collapsed directly, of course, the most direct reason is because the Pacers have no feeling, and the three points that are really empty do not score, and the Pacers' eight consecutive games were finally terminated in Charlotte.

104-96, the Pacers' side scored the most points again, Dundee Jones, he scored 19 points, Granger's hand today is still ridiculously poor, 5 of 14 shots, only 18 points, only Zhang Kong scored 14 points among the remaining players, and then no one on the Pacers' side scored double-doubles, Hibbert seven points, TJ-Ford seven battles, Blanton Rush nine points, Murphy seven points and eight rebounds, on the other hand, on the Bobcats' side, six people scored double-doubles, and the entire offensive and defensive routine was extremely balanced, I have to say that this old Larry Brown really has two hits, no wonder he has crazy capital, the whole team is indeed very powerful, but the star effect is a little worse.

Gerald Wallace had a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds, Dio 17 points, Jackson 18 points, Nazel Mohammed 10 points, Ronald Murray 10 points, Derrick Brown 13 points, and the scores were extremely balanced both on the main and off the bench.

In such a situation, there is nothing to say about the streak being ended, and in the post-game press conference, Jim O'Brien also explained that the last game against the Cavaliers was too physically exhausting, and now the Pacers are not very good in terms of physical strength and feel.

With Zhang Kong's passing level, he only had eight assists in this game, 14 points, 8 assists and 5 blocks, no rebounds and no steals.

This may be the most ugly game Zhang Kong played since joining the Pacers, and Zhang Kong could only shake his head helplessly after the game.

They have half a day off tomorrow, and then they will fly to Toronto, where the Raptors are waiting for them, this season's Raptors have been shaking, originally at the beginning of the season to harvest Turkoglou, they also think they have the hope of fighting for the playoffs, but the season has played so far, almost a month, the Turks have not been integrated into the team's offensive system, and the core of the team, Chris Bosh has been complaining about the team recently, Why don't you find him a more powerful teammate, and his performance on the court can only be regarded as average, the Raptors' current record is still ranked in the ranks of the East eight, but if it continues like this, the Raptors' playoff journey will be farther and farther away from them.

However, the affairs in Toronto have nothing to do with Zhang Kong, so he didn't have the good heart to worry about his opponent.

Early the morning after playing against the Bobcats, Zhang Kong came to Mike Dunleavy's room and needed to talk to him.

"Who?" Mike Dunleavy is fully dressed at this time, he has removed the protective gear at this time, his recovery has been quite good recently, it is conservatively estimated that he will be able to play in another week, he has recently participated in the team's training, but he has not practiced together, just like Zhang Kong, doing recovery training in the distance.

"Hi Mike!" If Zhang Kong is not mistaken, this should be the second time he has taken the initiative to greet him after joining the Pacers.

The first time was the day Zhang Kong entered the team, of course, he just said hello, and then he went to play next to him.

"Hmm...... Something? Mike Dunleavy looked at Zhang Kong in front of him, and asked with some surprise, a face that felt very tired no matter how he looked at it, and it was full of puzzlement, because in his impression, Zhang Kong was the kind of guy who would never take the initiative to talk to others.

"Got time? Going out for a walk together? Zhang Kong pointed outside, and then asked Mike Dunleavy with a smile.

"Okay!" Mike Dunleavy hesitated for a moment in the face of Zhang Kong's invitation, but still agreed, and left the hotel with Zhang Kong.

The two did not go far, but came to a small garden next to the hotel, Charlotte was not a big city in the first place.

However, there should be places in the city, maybe because it is a small town, the scenery and the like are good, in the weather at the end of November, everything is a little bleak, Zhang Kong and Dunleavy walked around twice and then found a place to sit down.

"Zhang, let's talk about something here, my legs can't support me to go too far!" Dunleavy looked at Zhang Kong and said, it is not unreasonable for him to say this, when Zhang Kong looked for him, he said that he was going out for a walk, and fools know that Zhang Kong has something to say.

But after walking two laps, Zhang Kong still didn't say a word, and Dunleavy was a little impatient, and took the initiative to ask Zhang Kong.

"Heh, it's actually not a big deal, I can make your legs better faster, and even catch up with tomorrow's game, but I don't know what you mean!" Zhang Kong touched his head and smiled at Dunleavy.

(To be continued)