In this way, Big Z became a free agent again, and then put himself under the command of the Cavaliers, but in order to prevent such stealing and slipping, they let Big Z return to the Cavaliers very late, and he didn't come back until the playoffs began.

Therefore, the Cavaliers temporarily lost their center without O'Neal, and could only let Antoine Jamison and JJ Hickson play as the interior together, hoping to use their experience and momentum to withstand the Pacers' interior line.

And the small forward is of course the undisputed little emperor, LeBron James! The organization of the backcourt is composed of Mo, Morris Williams, who has the nickname 'Mo Buchuan', and Anthony Parker, a tall defender.

And the lineup on the Pacers' side has also changed, Tyrus Thomas, who has been playing power forward, was once again pressed to the bench by Jim O'Brien, it seems that he will not stay long with the Pacers, and Murphy, who has returned from injury, appears in the starting power forward position. Partnered with Hibbert, and it became the lineup at the beginning of the season, with center Roy Hibbert, power forward Troy Murphy, small forward Danny Granger, scoring guard Dundee Jones, and point guard Zhang Kong, whose reputation has skyrocketed.

Now Zhang Kong and James are the strongest contenders for the regular season MVP this season, and this game is also extremely crucial.

Before the start of the game, Zhang Kong first replaced the survival points he had saved in these games with the surname points.

After playing the Suns, the Pacers have played a total of five games recently, and in those five games, they have won two and lost three.

This kind of result is not stable, but in order to let the players on the Pacers' side get enough time to rest, so they have to deal with it carefully, five games, Zhang Kong has obtained a total of 38 points, deducting the consumption of 1 point of surname, a total of 37 points of surname, these surnames Zhang Kong did not add randomly, all of them were added to the offensive surname, and now his offensive surname is too weak.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Kong increased the slam dunk to 80, and then added the offensive rebound to level 67, so that he can be regarded as a new force when rushing for offensive rebounds, because the interior figure of the Cavaliers is not high after all.

With the referee's whistle, the orange basketball was slowly thrown into the air by him, Hibbert, who had a height advantage, jumped for the first time and slapped the basketball into Zhang Kong's hand, after Zhang Kong received the ball, it was not Xiao Mo who should be with him who came to defend him, but James, Mike Brown is not stupid, he wants to defend Zhang Kong, with Xiao Mo's small body...... It's just like giving points, Zhang Kong has been so angry recently, and he didn't dare to get scared, so he directly sent the trump card.

Let James come to the opposite position of Zhang Kong, hoping to limit Zhang Kong, although there is a gap between the strength of Zhang Kong and James.

But on the outside, the gap can be said to be the smallest, and James has a height advantage, and the Cavaliers' awareness of assisting and changing defenses is very good.

So he didn't dare to be careless, he stopped in front of the opponent's three-point line, with James's defensive ability, his three-point shooting rate in front of him will definitely not be too high, so Zhang Kong didn't think about the matter of wasting the shot, the first ball in the opening game, since it is difficult to play on his side, then hand it over to the side that is easy to play! Zhang Kong glanced at the situation on the court, and sent the ball directly to Granger next to him, because James came to defend Zhang Kong, so Granger was there to defend him is Anthony Parker, Anthony Parker This player, may not be very famous, his offense is not outstanding, the defense is not outstanding, the only outstanding thing is his height, 198 cm, which is relatively tall in the guard, but in the face of Granger he is still a piece shorter, but he struggled to block Granger's forward route, so that Granger can only try his hand on the outside.

Today, Granger's first attempt, the situation was not good, the basketball smashed directly into the neck of the basket and bounced off.

was taken into the arms of the opponent's inside JJ-Hickson, and then passed to Xiao Mo, after Xiao Mo dribbled the ball past half court, it was not Zhang Kong who defended him, Zhang Kong was a tough match with James today, he is also defending James now, Xiao Mo wanted to pass the ball to James, and found that James was watched by Zhang Kong, and the player who guarded him was Deng Tai Jones.

This guy's defensive level is very strong, even Kobe Bryant is not afraid, not to mention that it is just Morris Williams, Xiao Mo glanced at Dundee Jones's defense and knew that unless he was throwing, there was no chance.

But just at the beginning, I wasted my ...... glanced at Mike Brown next to him, and estimated that this fat man with glasses would change himself directly! It's okay to throw it in, but if you can't put it in, then it's not going to be good! After balancing the pros and cons, he made a decision.

"It's better to be steady!" Seeing that Hickson on the inside had rushed to the free throw line, Xiao Mo no longer hesitated.

Slipped the ball straight past Dundee Jones' hand, and luckily, J.J. Hickson intercepted the basketball at the first point.

Then he took a big step and made a layup, taking the lead before Hibbert could react.

"Hey, I didn't pass it on to you!" Looking at Xiao Mo's pass and assisting JJ Hickson to make a layup, Zhang Kong looked at James with some surprise and said, in fact, this is just a trash talk, but obviously James is still relatively immune to Zhang Kong's trash talk.

"The Cavaliers are a team as a whole? Don't you know? When James heard Zhang Kong's words, he was naturally not to be outdone.

"Uh...... Brother, are you telling a bad joke? Zhang Kong's eyes narrowed, and he glanced at James next to him and said.

Hearing Zhang Kong's words, James pursed his lips, and he was gloriously defeated in Zhang Kong's disdainful gaze.

The second offense on the Pacers' side, Zhang Kong handed the ball directly to Hibbert on the inside, just now he let the opponent play, this ball is naturally going to be given to him, after Hibbert took the ball, leaned on JJ-Hickson, felt the opponent's strength, and directly stepped back to shoot, Hibbert has a very good advantage in the face of JJ-Hickson, his height is much taller than JJ-Hickson, after all, the opponent's previous main position was to play power forward, and now to play center, there is no other way except to be raped.

The first offensive was almost all directed by a few lines, to Zhang Kong's surprise, the first few balls, did not even pass to the team's leader James, but Xiao Mo has been looking for JJ Hickson there, the second ball is JJ Hickson received Xiao Mo's assist, both hands slammed the dunk into the dunk, but then Granger assisted Murphy three-point shot, the score overtake, the first quarter of the game, both sides played the offensive card, in the game for four minutes, both sides played a 10-10 draw, and then the Pacers started to get angry! Zhang Kong dribbled the ball through the half court again, changing his previous mentality of passing the ball after half time.

Directly passing the ball to James in front of him broke through, watching Zhang Kong break through, James was stunned for a moment, and let Zhang Kong break into half of the body, but James's reaction was not unpleasant, and immediately stood up to Zhang Kong, speaking of strength, he may not be as good as Zhang Kong, but when it comes to playing experience, he, a guy who has played for seven years, is always stronger than Zhang Kong on more than one street.

But just when he thought that Zhang Kong was going to complete the attack by himself, Zhang Kong passed the ball, and the ball directly wiped the face of Xiao Mo, who wanted to come over and wrap Zhang Kong, and passed to Deng Tai Jones's hands, vacant! After cooperating with Zhang Kong for a long time, Deng Tai-Jones has long been accustomed to such a sudden pass, and after receiving the ball, he threw the ball out without saying a word.

Throwing a mid-range shot 17 feet from the basket, Dundee-Jones was relatively accurate, and the basketball went straight into the basket.

And in turn, the offense on the Cavaliers' side was handed to Antoine Jamison, and the opponent made a shot from the same position in the Pacers' half, but it was missed, allowing the rebound, uh no...... A rebounding master, Murphy took the rebounding ball into his arms for the first time.

The long pass was handed to Zhang Kong, and at this time James found out that Zhang Kong had rushed through his half court at this time, and he wanted to chase back, but when he saw Zhang Kong's actions, he knew that it was hopeless to chase back, Zhang Kong received Murphy's pass after half the court, and just took two steps with the ball, Zhang Kong made an emergency stop, braked outside the three-point line, and then directly threw the basketball out.

Normally, this kind of three-point stop only appears in the Warriors' games, but now it often appears in the Pacers' games, and after Zhang Kong's emergency stop, he directly shoots three points, this time there is plenty of time to aim, and there is plenty of time to shoot. It's still an empty space, and JJ-Hickson on the inside line thought that Zhang Kong was going to break through, and he had shrunk to near the reasonable collision zone.

Such a good opportunity, how could Zhang Kong not grasp it, and directly shook the basketball out, and the basketball plunged into the basket.

"Yaha!" Zhang Kong saw that the three-point shot had scored, and couldn't help but wave his fist heavily, seeing Zhang Kong swinging his fist, Xiao Mo, who had already chased back to the vicinity, suddenly dodged away, and it seemed that he was also frightened by the video of Zhang Kong's fight.

"This guy is such a nuisance!" Seeing that the Pacers were already leading by five points, Mike Brown off the court had a gloomy and terrible face, he knew that the team's interior was in trouble now, and the outside line seemed to be in trouble, Zhang Kong and Granger The outside line they composed of was too lethal, as long as they felt good, anyone would be killed by them! Looks like we've got to figure it out!

(To be continued)