Rest is always the shortest, and when the Pacers return to their home arena of Indianapolis on December 8, they begin to enter the intense preparation phase because they will soon have another game to play.

On December 9, 2009, U.S. time, the Pacers ushered in the challenge of the Western powerhouse, the Trail Blazers.

The league is now full of youth troops, and the Pacers are also part of the youth army, after all, Granger and they are not big, but when it comes to the leaders of these youth armies, it must be the Portland Trail Blazers, even the Thunder, who are now in the limelight, can only be ranked below him, and the core players in the Trail Blazers team are not ordinary masters.

They play the team's offensive and defensive routines around Brandon Roy, who has a total rating of 92, this year's Aldridge has been reimbursed again because of Oden's season, so he has more playing time, and the rating has also reached 89, in addition to Roy and Aldridge, the two masters inside and outside, they also have Andre Miller, Stephen Blake and other players, who are also performing quite well, and there are also Fernandez and other good substitutes, and now the Trail Blazers if their team doctor is a little more normal, It's definitely a strong team in the league, but the team doctor of the Trail Blazers is very stupid and naïve, and this matter is not a secret in the league.

The Trail Blazers' side has been plagued by injury problems, and the Trail Blazers' Oden, Fernandez and other giants have needed surgery to recover due to injuries, and conservative treatment is simply useless, even coach Mike Milan has not been spared.

Under the leadership of the assistant coach, the Trail Blazers' recent record is still relatively stable, before the game started, the assistant coach on the side of the Trail Blazers once let go of the arrogant words, the Pacers are just a pseudo-strong team, even if the current Trail Blazers only have half a team of people to play, they can still easily win the game away from home, Jim O'Brien, who knows the news, did not reply like when the Cavaliers were arrogant, and the current Cavaliers are recognized as one of the strongest teams in the league, so the Cavaliers are arrogant, There is nothing the Pacers can do, they have the capital to be arrogant, but you dare to be arrogant even a pioneer with a battalion full of wounded soldiers, this will not work! With Jim O'Brien's words at the press conference, the tone on both sides was not going well.

Jim O'Brien had this to say: "We're 14-4 right now, which is not ideal. Hey, you know, we are working hard to be the first in the East, but even with this result, we will not be complacent, we will play every game seriously, even if the opponent is a team with a lower winning percentage than us, we will do our best! ”

After saying this, the face of the assistant coach of the Trail Blazers, who was sitting on the other side of the press conference, turned green.

Now the Trail Blazers' win rate has a 13-9 record, but obviously in Jim O'Brien's words, this team with a winning rate that is not as good as his own is just a 'fish belly' and a grandiose clown, after returning to the locker room, the assistant coach of the Trail Blazers is on fire and is bound to win the Pacers, I have to say that the Trail Blazers are really arrogant.

Roy Hibbert, who played well in the last game, was added to the starting lineup again in this game, as the starting center, the power forward is still Troy Murphy, the small forward is Danny Granger, the scoring guard is Dundee Jones, and the point guard is Zhang Kong.

The rest of the players are all bench players, ready to let the Trail Blazers know what they can do on the bench.

In the end, the physical strength and feel of the walkers are in trouble, after two days of rest, there is no problem with the physical strength of the walkers, but the hand is still a little cold, which can be seen from the training match, the only thing that is not affected by the feel is Zhang Kong, the freak, the Trail Blazers today because of injuries, so the lineup is not too neat.

The center is Joel Pulzbilla, the power forward is LaMarcus Aldridge, the small forward is Martell Webster, the scoring guard is Brandon Roy, and the point guard is Steve Blake.

Other superstars are all particularly strong, for example, James is strong in the body, for example, Kobe Bryant is strong in shooting, Wade is strong in speed, Anthony is strong in playing, and Roy is strong in all-round.

Looking at his nirvana, it can also be seen that Roy's nirvana is all-round, and buddies who have played 2k11 or 2k10 know that all-round is also known as all-incapability, and it is impossible to play too well in the early days, which is a very chicken skill.

But it is this skill that has allowed Roy to successfully play in the NBA, his all-round is all-round, in the face of poor defenders, he can use strength, slow he can use speed, short he can shoot, slow feet can break through.

Even against players like Kobe and James, Roy can still play the game very smoothly.

And he is a leader personally, and he has a big heart, his three-point shooting level is not necessarily stronger than Zhang Kong, but he can perfectly dribble his own skills that are not top notch, everything is a first-class level, and he is quite familiar with controlling the rhythm of the game, there are two masters in the league who control the rhythm of the game, one is Rondo, and the other is Roy.

With the referee's whistle, the game officially begins! In today's game, Granger's hand is still not very good, he tried to shoot twice in the opening court, both of which were off, and then he did not take the initiative to ask, as long as there is a chance to open the air or pass the ball to him.

And Aldridge on the Trail Blazers' side, there is some meaning of bullying Murphy's poor defense, at the beginning of the game, he played a very magical performance, one person even threw free throws to cover the first ten points of the Trail Blazers, Aldridge scored a full 12 points in the first quarter, and the Pacers' offense was more sluggish, Zhang Kong's pass was still the same sharp, the Trail Blazers' defense line would always be easily torn apart by Zhang Kong, but the players did not feel good, and there was no way.

But fortunately, Zhang Kong has recently begun to slowly reveal his offensive surname, and when there were 3 minutes and 15 seconds left in the first quarter, Zhang Kong started his first active attack in this game, looking at Blake who was defending himself in front of him, Zhang Kong smiled.

Blake on the opposite side, his body is not good, his height is not good, and his technique is not good, he is a relatively balanced player, such a player is destined to be difficult to make any big waves, because he has no characteristics at all, and he belongs to the basketball leader who is indispensable for every team.

Zhang Kong's breakthrough, James can't prevent it, not to mention the guy Blake, just before Roy next to him wants to come over to make up for the defense, Zhang Kong made a quick stop, and then took a step back, retreating outside the three-point line, ignoring Blake who had been squeezed away, and hit an easy jump shot, the opponent's assistant coach used Blake to defend Zhang Kong today, which was a mistake in itself.

Looking at the accurate hitting of the basketball, Roy can only cry out in vain, in the last few games, Zhang Kong's offense is really strong.

When his teammates can't score, Zhang Kong will always step up and help his teammates score.

In the remaining three minutes of the first quarter, Zhang Kong also shot three three-pointers, but unfortunately only hit one, but with Zhang Kong's two three-pointers, the Pacers still bit the tail of the Trail Blazers tightly, and the game ended in the first quarter.

The Trail Blazers only led the Pacers by one point at 26-25 and waited until they were out of the break.

The first half of the second quarter of the game became Taylor Hansbrough's show time, and after the Trail Blazers' Aldridge got off the court, the No. 4 position on the court was the veteran Juwan Howard, which is what we often call Uncle Huo, who played in the Rockets at the beginning, but now he has become a wanderer in the league, and there is no fixed team to give him a relatively long annual salary.

Taylor Hansblu, this year's rookie, faced the old and decrepit Uncle Huo, but he was not polite.

How to fight Yindang, eat with strength, eat with speed, eat with your own size, Uncle Huo is now a master who is eaten by force, his defensive ability is almost zero, if it weren't for some contributions on the offensive end, he might have been out of the game a long time ago.

Looking at Taylor Hansblu's style of play on the court, Zhang Kong couldn't help but nodded, rookie, just be shameless.

Because you don't have any reputation at all, why James has been practicing his skills in recent years, is because he cares about the media saying that his skills are not good, in fact, if Zhang Kong practices any skills, his strongest point is strength.

Then as long as you practice strength, the strength is alone in the NBA, there is no problem at all, and when you are in the opposite position with Kobe, you will hit him!

James wouldn't do that, but Zhang Kong would, and he liked the feeling of crashing into a trapeze, so he did it.

Tyler Hansbrough is now using his strengths to bully Uncle Huo's shortcomings, if it weren't for Miller's old guy's scoring ability at critical moments, maybe the Pacers' benches would have pulled the score away.

If the substitutes don't suffer, the main force will naturally not ...... It won't be too much of a loss, when Zhang Kong played again in the second quarter, he changed with Deng Tai Jones when he changed defenses, Deng Tai Jones couldn't restrain Roy a little, but it didn't mean that Zhang Kong couldn't restrain him!

(To be continued)