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At 7 o'clock in the evening of November 23, 2010 Eastern time, Zhang Kong's first return game after leaving Indiana was about to begin. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

However, Zhang was a little surprised, because the fans did not boo him here, and he also had a good talk with his old teammates of the Pacers before the game began, and the atmosphere on both sides was at least good before the opening period.

Zhang Kong's departure from here can be regarded as a peaceful breakup with the Pacers, and the owner of the Pacers did not say bad things about James and Bosh in anger like Dan Gilbert in the summer and the owner and general manager of the Raptors.

Zhang Kong's current position in the NBA, like a mercenary, last year he was playing for the Pacers, but now he wears the Cavaliers' No. 88 jersey, after the opening harmony, the game started, the momentum on both sides also came up, before the game started, the fans could still applaud Zhang Kong, but now they will still boo Zhang Kong.

The Pacers have also strengthened their roster after sending off Zhang Kong and their championship members.

brought in his original player Josh McRoberts, from the Hornets in exchange for Darren Collisson, who performed very well when Paul was injured last year, and James Posey, while completing his own lineup, but also making his bench depth a little stronger.

Their starting lineup today is center Roy Hibbert, power forward Josh McRoberts, small forward Mike Dunleavy, small forward Danny Granger, and point guard Darren Collison in a very different lineup than last year's.

And the Cavaliers have also changed a little today, the combination of Vallejo and JJ Hickson, who was originally thunderous on the inside, has changed, today Jamison mentioned the position of power forward, JJ Hickson appeared in the center position, and Maddie appeared in the position of small forward, Mo Jr. played point guard, Zhang Kong is also a point guard, such a lineup has obvious weaknesses.

The height of the inside line is too short, not to mention facing a super long person like Hibbert, even in the face of an ordinary inside line, it is too short. JJ Hickson and Jamison are both only two meters and six meters, and it is indeed a bit of trouble for such a height to play inside.

When the Cavaliers put out this lineup, only a few people's eyelids jumped, among which the old Nelson, who is now retired at home, and Danthony, who is now running at Nixon, jumped the most, because they saw a trace of their own shadow from the current lineup of the Cavaliers.

"Chaotic war? Fast break? ESPN's commentator Jeff Van Gundy frowned as he watched the starter come out.

If the Rockets had the hope of winning the championship when they were the most bullish, but as long as they met these two teams, there was no way at all, one was the Suns and the other was the Warriors, to some extent, the Rockets and the Spurs belonged to one type of player, but the Spurs could hold the Suns and the Warriors, and the Rockets couldn't, that was also the pain of Jeff Van Gundy's life.

So now he's very sensitive to this kind of run-and-gun and fast-break, and it's exactly that kind of offense that the Cavaliers are playing right now.

Zhang Kong's passing, can be fast or slow, can run and pass, in the face of the opponent's defense, the Cavaliers are obviously not good at playing positional battles.

In the previous games, it has been proved that the Cavaliers need to run if they want to win, the positional battle is to play the inside, and the running is to play the outside, the inside Cavaliers are too bad, but the outside, they are quite good.

As soon as the game with the Pacers began, the Cavaliers launched their own running and bombing, although the jump ball was taken away by the Pacers, but the first ball on the Pacers' side let the Cavaliers defend, and Granger was about the same size as Maddie.

Now Maddie has settled down, he has been willing to be a role player, the outbreaks in the first few games are just a portrayal of his unwillingness, and now after spilling out the little resentment in his heart, Maddie has also calmed down.

From his current defensive attitude, it is clear that Maddie is ready to be the defensive gate next to Zhang Kong, especially when Zhang Kong is attacking, Granger's first ball, single-handedly beating Maddie, he may also be a light enemy, bullying Maddie is old, and wants to use a simple change of direction to pass Maddie, but it makes Maddie block his forward path, Granger is stunned, and his men are empty.

Maddie had already taken out Granger's ball, and at the same time that Maddie took out the Granger ball, the players on the Cavaliers' side were already about to fall, and Maddie found Zhang Kong for the first time, and Zhang Kong attacked by himself, and the front court was three to two.

When Zhang Kong came to the opponent's three-point line, there was a sudden feint, and Darren Collison, who was defending Zhang Kong, thought that Zhang Kong really wanted to pass the ball, and immediately went to block Xiao Mo next to him, but this also gave Zhang Kong a chance, and Zhang Kong directly took the ball back.

With no one to defend the outside three-point shot, the basketball went into the basket with spin, three points!

Zhang Kong's three fingers were raised high, just like he used to do here at the Conseco Center, but now he was wearing red clothes instead of white, and the Cavaliers here played fast break, and the Pacers over there still played three-pointers.

This is also the Pacers' dominant offensive method, passing the ball in position, not running, not bumping, that is, relying on outside defense to brush up three points.

This style of play was very effective last year, but now this kind of offense is useless, because Zhang Kong is too familiar with this style of play, Zhang Kong and Medica are in front of Dunleavy and Granger, and no matter how much they pass on the outside.

Darren Collisson's passing level is not bad, especially direct assists, this kid has a strong level of assists.

But his scoring ability is very weak, and his body is very poor, which is much different from Xiao Mo, which also gives Xiao Mo a chance.

The Pacers' outside rotation is not up, while the Cavaliers' defense is very tight, if there is any difference between the current Cavaliers and the original Suns, it is that their defense is really too strong, especially the outside defense.

The defensive combination of Zhang Kong + Maddie, especially when both of them are not slacking off, it is almost impossible to break through.

The Spurs' outside trio rotated, and they were all killed by the Cavaliers in the end, let alone a team like the Pacers.

From the very beginning of the game, the Cavaliers' side developed a strong offensive ability, JJ Hickson's bounce allowed him to occasionally make a cameo role as Smalls on the inside, and Jamison's defense on the interior was not too bad, coupled with good outside offensive ability.

There was also Zhang Kong's pass, which instantly revitalized the current Cavaliers, the Cavaliers started the game with an 8-0 run, Zhang Kong in addition to a three-pointer, but also handed out an assist, which was a ground pass to JJ Hickson, who dunked it violently.

The morale of the Cavaliers is really not ordinarily high, and when halfway through the first quarter, after the bench players were replaced on both sides, the Cavaliers instantly changed their style of play, and the interior combination of Vallejo and Milicic was also more suitable for positional battles.

And Zhang Kong's fast and slow style of play is also undoubtedly revealed, Zhang Kong, Parker, Moon, Vallejo and Milicic's bench lineup, the defensive level has risen sharply, although the offense is hafnium, but the offense is enough to have a gap.

"These are two completely different teams, one on the outside that is not inferior to the strongest Suns team at the time, and the other is not inferior to the Pistons team at the time!" This is Jeff Van Gundy's original words, of course, there are some exaggerated elements in this statement, the world knows, Jeff Van Gundy is very loving to the Chinese, no matter what this Chinese fights like, of course, Zhang Kong plays quite well.

At the end of the first quarter, the Cavaliers led the Pacers by four points at 28-24, and in the second quarter of the game, the Pacers took advantage of Zhang's absence to launch an onslaught, scoring 38 points in a single quarter, but also consuming too much physical energy.

The Cavaliers scored 34 points in the second quarter, and the halftime on both sides ended with the Cavaliers and Pacers tied the game at 62-62...... It can be seen that the defense on both sides today is not good, although Zhang Kong, Maddie and Parker's defense is good, but they can only be regarded as point control, that is, they can only control one person, not field control, and do not have the ability to improve the quality of defense on the whole court.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the feel on both sides declined, and at the end of the third quarter, the Pacers slightly led the Cavaliers by 2 points at 83-81, but Zhang Kong rested for half a quarter in the third quarter, and at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Zhang Kong came on the court and began to counterattack with the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers have been running in the lineup for three quarters, and now they have a faint understanding of how to play, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers are not polite to the Pacers, and the outside point control is getting better and better, the defense is getting better and better, and the offense is getting sharper and sharper, and in the last quarter of the deciding set, the Cavaliers beat the Pacers a 33-17, with a net win of 16 points in a single quarter.

At the end of the game, the Cavaliers won the game 114-100, with a 14-point advantage, which is also the first four-game winning streak since the Cavaliers started this season, Zhang Kong's full-court score was not as high as the first two games, maybe he also thought that it was not good to face his old club, so he only scored 22 points in the whole game, only 13 shots, but there were 16 assists, 5 blocks, 4 rebounds and 2 steals, and once again won a 20+10 record, among the remaining players of the Cavaliers, Jamison scored a team-high 18 points, plus 10 rebounds and a double-double, Mo Jr. only scored 6 points on 3-of-9 shooting today, Vallejo scored 6 points on 2-of-6 shooting, JJ Hickson scored 9 points on 4-of-8 shooting, but Sessions who came off the bench scored 12 points in a limited time, Gibson scored 15 points, Maddy played against Granger today, and limited Granger on the defensive end to only score 14 points today, while he himself only scored 8 points today, but his role was played to the extreme.

(To be continued)