Ma'Reef wanted to kill Zhang Kong, he wanted to do it very much, but he just thought about it, the Kings' lineup was not the opponent of the Pacers last season, not to mention after Zhang Kong joined this season, although at the beginning of the game, the boos and scolding from the audience made Zhang Kong and the Pacers' generals feel uncomfortable, but Zhang Kong and they didn't get angry, they would shut up these guys during the game! As soon as the game began, Zhang Kong made a cooperation with Granger and Murphy, Zhang Kong broke through and passed to Murphy next to him, Murphy shook the other party, attracted the defense and passed back to Zhang Kong, Zhang Kong did not receive the ball, and directly slapped the ball to the inside, Granger killed from the side, and after receiving the ball, he dunked violently, and the first ball Pacer played his own momentum.

On the other hand, the Kings have fallen into a strange circle, the Kings' rookie this year, Tyrek Evans, nicknamed 'James in the No. 1 position', shows that he is still very confident in his body, after Martin's recent injury, the ball in the team was handed over to Tyrek Evans according to the coach's arrangement, whether it was he attacking himself or letting his teammates attack.

As long as he wants, he can do it, this ball naturally went to Evans's hands, after Evans took the ball through the half, Zhang Kong, who was standing in the No. 1 position, walked over, he saw the fighting spirit in the eyes of this kid, but this kind of fighting spirit Zhang Kong didn't like it very much.

This is a look that sees him as a prey, Zhang Kong has never been a prey, he has always played the role of a hunter.

Only such a rookie will show his intentions so blatantly, which can be regarded as a birth calf that is not afraid of tigers! Looking at Zhang Kong's defense, Evans signaled that he wanted to play alone, and Zhang Kong's news has been very hot recently.

As the league's first rookie this year, Evans is ready to tell Zhang Kong who is the king of rookies.

The crotch, back, and shoulders trembled, and the constant feints were used on the young man's body, but Zhang Kong did not move, a pair of eyes were still staring at each other, and Granger next to them smiled casually.

Doesn't this rookie know that there is no point in feints in front of Zhang Kong? Seeing the battle between the two at the top of the three-point arc, the rest of the Pacers laughed, and Evans was a little impatient at this point.

No matter how Zhang Kong in front of him swayed, his center of gravity remained the same, and seeing Zhang Kong's playful face made him even more crazy, and after a thousandth of a second, he was ready to break through! It's like dealing with other rookies, relying on your own body.

Evans copied the ball lightly, and then broke through to the right of Zhang Kong, the kind of tough defense he had thought of did not appear, Evans easily ran past Zhang Kong's side, and when he passed through Zhang Kong's defense, he was also stunned for a moment.

"Didn't you say that this kid has a strong defense? Why is there no action? Is it just fame? Although Evans had a strange mind, he was not slow on his feet, and he ran to the basket on the Pacers' side, and then jumped high.

"Be careful!" Dante Green, who was on the court, saw Evans flying like this, and he couldn't bear to watch it anymore.

"Careful? Be careful of what? Someone to make up for it? Hearing Dante Green's words, Evans was stunned for a moment.

But then reality told him to be careful! The moment the basketball just left Evans' hand, a large hand slapped directly from his left side, and a volleyball smash action directly slapped the basketball out of the air.

"Attack!" Evans looked at the ball with a look of surprise, and then looked back at Zhang Kong beside him blankly, wasn't he just passed by himself? Did he do it on purpose? He guessed correctly, Zhang Kong did it on purpose.

When he was on the Kings, he liked to use this defensive routine, first letting you pass, and then looking for opportunities to cover you.

Now Zhang Kong still likes to use this method, because it is very educational! Seeing Evans, who had been educated to the point that his face turned blue, Zhang Kong smiled, and then quickly launched a counterattack with the team! This time it was an easy layup from Dundee Jones.

The Pacers started the game 4-0, while the Kings were a little demoralized, but it was only after head coach Paul Westfair gave instructions on the sidelines that the Kings slowly calmed down, and the Kings slowly launched a counterattack.

Dante Green, who was only playing soy sauce last season, hit first, and after the big trade this season, the young players have plenty of playing time, coupled with Martin's injury, which also gives Dante Green and other young players a lot of opportunities to perform.

For the rest of the first quarter, the Kings and the Pacers engaged in a tug-of-war, and if you score, I could score.

The Kings still have some advantages on the inside, Hibbert, the old boy, has too many fouls, and Murphy will only grab rebounds.

At the end of the first quarter, the Pacers ended with a 33-30 lead, and in the second quarter, the bench players came on, and the bench players did not give the opponent a chance when the bench was on the court, and Mike Dunleavy made a mid-range shot to pull the score away again.

The Kings had to send their main players to stabilize the situation, but the Pacers were not without main players.

Under Granger's three-point shot, the Pacers once again played a wave of 6-0 small **, directly pushing the score to 11 points.

However, the Kings did not give up, and in the following time, the Kings played a wave of 20-9 attacks under the cheers of the audience, and even equalized the score strongly.

With Thompson scoring six straight points inside, the Kings temporarily led the Pacers by three points at 60-57 after halftime.

After the start of the third quarter, the Kings continued to perform bravely, and they easily played a wave of 9-4 attack waves at home to take a double-digit lead, but the Pacers would not give them a chance, Zhang Kong passed four assists in succession, and Watson also took this opportunity to score seven points in a row, and the Pacers also used a wave of 15-2 super attack wave to directly overtake the score back, and at the critical moment, the former Bulls player Nocioni, who just joined the Kings this year, used a three-point shot to change his fate. But it's a pity that he was blocked twice by Zhang Kong, and directly broke the opponent's attack! And the Pacers' defensive counterattack also scored, and at the end of the third quarter, the Pacers led the Kings by five points at 93-88, and everything looked like there was still a chance.

But Zhang played 12 minutes in the final quarter, always holding the initiative on the court, and the Kings did not have many chances, until the end of the game, the Pacers maintained a lead of more than four points, although the Kings tried.

But it's a pity that the gap between the two teams is still a bit big, the Kings scored seven points in the whole game, in addition to the twin towers on the inside, Thompson and Howard scored 22 points and 21 points, Evans also had 16 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds, but he let Zhang Kong make 5 mistakes, and he also got five fouls on Zhang Kong's body, although Zhang Kong's score was not as high as his, but he educated the young man in front of him well! Nocioni also scored 13 points, Dent Green had 12, Omi Cosby had 10 and Zhang Kong's old friend, Bino Udri, had 10.

Only five players on the Pacers' side scored in double figures, Danny Granger scored a game-high 33 points, shooting a respectable percentage on 6-of-11 shooting, Dundee Jones scored 16 points, and he didn't feel good today and tried to shoot a few three-pointers without hitting them, Murphy had 13 points and eight rebounds, and Hibbert played a total of 16 minutes and scored only seven points.

Earl Watson played 28 minutes and had 15 points, three rebounds and two assists.

Zhang Kong only scored 11 points in the game, but he had 12 assists, and he was not a scoring guard.

At the same time, there were eight blocks, four of which were given to Evans, and after playing, Evans didn't even dare to break through to the inside, although Zhang Kong didn't score as much as Evans, but he was a defender in this performance.

The whole game, the team was connected perfectly, the offensive routine, the defensive routine, if it weren't for the Pacers' interior line was too weak, maybe the Pacers would have pulled the score apart and played with the recent lineup.

It is not a big problem for the Pacers to enter the playoffs, but it is a problem to go further, and those who win the playoffs win the world!

Even if Zhang Kong's level increased to more than eighty by then, it would be impossible for him to go too far without the help of the insider.

In the boos of the audience, Zhang Kong and they easily took away a victory from the ARCO arena.

The team's recent difficulties, the team's top management also looked at it, because of Zhang Kong's annual salary problem, some Pacers owners refused to take more money to sign players, but he can allow the trade, as long as it doesn't cost money, how to trade depends on Larry Bird, and recently Larry Bird is also looking for interior issues about each team.

The current league belongs to the outside era, batch after batch of point guards, scoring guards, and small forwards have played amazing results, but it is the interior line, which is more and more confused, and there are very few interior lines in the league recently, which also makes the Pacers a little helpless.

Hibbert's potential is good, 218 cm tall, 126 cm in body, to be a big man, to have strength, to be tall and tall, and to have a good soft feel, but the inside style of play is really a little flattering.

However, he is a member of the team after the Pacers, and he will not sell it now, since the main force is not good, then he can only think of a way in terms of substitution, but the space for the substitute to work is really not very big

(To be continued)