"The Pacers' interior line does have quite a strong change, after Jefferson came, the quality of the Pacers' interior defense has obviously improved a lot, the first quarter of the game, this is the first time the Pacers have faced a strong team, and they can also take the lead in rebounding, although they are still behind the opponent in scoring, but it is certain that as long as the Pacers' outside feel is restored, it is easy to chase it back!" The commentator at the scene looked at the game on the field and said excitedly.

There's no reason why he shouldn't be excited, and the Pacers have always been called a pseudo-powerhouse by the media and bricks in the league.

Although you can ignore them, it's still uncomfortable to be scolded by others like this, not to mention that the other party's scolding is not unreasonable, the inside line on the Pacers' side is indeed very vegetable, and the dishes are outrageous, so you can't blame others.

In a normal game, the total score of the inside line is more than 30 points, which is more than double the 60 or 70 points obtained by the outside line, and in this case, even the die-hard fans on the Pacers' side can't help but want to curse.

But now, after the Pacers traded, the level of the interior immediately changed, probably to show their level in front of the new club, and the first quarter substitutes after Ferson and Earl Baron performed well on the defensive end.

Not a single offensive rebound was grabbed by the opponent, and this was also the first time that the Pacers faced a team with a top 10 record in the league, and the rebounds did not fall behind but led, and the score on the inside, also because Zhang Kong deliberately threaded the needle, so that the Pacers' two new interior lines scored a lot of points, and at the end of the first quarter, the Pacers trailed the Hawks by five points at 28-33.

However, this lag did not last long, and in the second quarter of the game, Granger came on the court and Zhang Kong went back to rest.

As soon as Granger came on the court, he directly hit a three-pointer, and Granger, who felt cold in the first quarter and didn't score a point, began to exert his power at the beginning of the second quarter, uniting with Dunleavy to bombard the Hawks' outside line together, and the new recruit Tyrus Thomas also withstood the opponent's attack on the inside, and the performance was remarkable, successfully using his own defense to withstand the inside support point of the Pacers bench group, and Jefferson, who was pushed to the center position, also succeeded in attacking again and again.

In the blink of an eye, the Pacers played the Hawks a 9-0 small ** directly at the beginning of the second quarter, forcing the Hawks to call a timeout, the original 5-point gap, fell behind by four points in a blink of an eye, and Woodson also had to carefully deal with the powerful attack group of the Pacers, and after the timeout came back, the Eagle King Joe Johnson, who had been bullied by Zhang Kong, suddenly became powerful, his level was 89, although he did not comprehend the nirvana, he was always bullied by Zhang Kong.

But it doesn't mean that Dunleavy and Granger can also bully him, first with a stop-and-go shot, and then burst into the interior, causing Jefferson's foul, thus standing on the free throw line, at this time Jefferson has been fouled twice in the 7 minutes he played, so he had to rest and replace the main center Hibbert.

And when Hibbert plays, Howard is happy, if you talk about talent, the current Hibbert is a few streets worse than Hoford, but if you talk about the current level...... Hibbert estimated that Hoford was no longer in the same city...... Joe Johnson scored four straight points to get the score back, and then the Hawks began to hit the center.

Horford bullied Heber, just like a high school student bullying a baby, leaning on his back, and then turning around, just getting up and buckling directly, it's as simple as that, just this one routine, Hibbert has no way to parry, he usually bullies those less famous players, and he is very handy, but when it comes to dealing with these masters now, he is a little inadequate.

Although Jefferson's height can't compete with Hoford, his weight and skill are there.

It's not a guy that Horford can easily offend, Horford, a player, is a bit of a bully in playing, this is the evaluation that Zhang Kong gave him, when facing Howard, he was beaten like his grandson, but whenever he faced Howard's stand-in Gortat, he could always turn over and beat Gortat like his grandson, which is why the Hawks have not been able to win the Magic, and the Pacers are now on the court like Gortat.

was bullied by Hoford like his grandson, and finally Jim O'Brien couldn't help it, and with 6 minutes and 57 seconds left in the second quarter, he first replaced Hibbert with Murphy, and let Murphy play center, although this is not a good way, and then let Zhang Kong play, and form a Pacers backcourt trident with Dunleavy and Granger to cooperate with the opponent's drill.

The only thing the Pacers' interior line needs to do is to defend the opponent's offense, and the Pacers' half-court marking tactics have also become 2-2 joint defense, no mistake, it is 2-2, because Zhang Kong wants to go out to defend the opponent's top players, he is not counted in the defensive lineup, which is also one of the roles of Zhang Kong not joining the team's joint training, he has a 360-degree perspective, so he can know the position of his players, and he will definitely not run out of order, nor will it cause the collision of his players, precisely because he knows that Zhang Kong has such an ability.

So Jim O'Brien was relieved to let Zhang Kong play such a game, after Murphy came on the court, he used his sense of smell on the rebound to help the Pacers slowly pull back the defeat, but he is not a defensive master, so for the time being, the score on both sides has entered the stage of alternating rise, and the outside feel of the Hawks is the sharpest one to say that the Hawks King Joe Johnson.

But Zhang Kong seemed to specifically restrain him, and Joe Johnson put out the fire in the last game.

Joe Johnson has no temper at all, I don't know why Joe Johnson, a shy player, will be depressed every time he touches Zhang Kong, and he sometimes wants to yell: What are you going to do! I'm going to play!

Zhang Kong doesn't care whether the opponent wants to play or not, standing on the court to win the game is more important than anything else.

It's like right now, Zhang is on the field with the ball in front of him and the player in front of him is Joe Johnson, who is opposite him.

Zhang Kong was never polite to him, and ran directly past him, not giving Joe Johnson any chance at all.

Joe Johnson had already tried Zhang Kong's power, so he retreated as soon as possible, and then began to slowly squeeze Zhang Kong with small movements.

Therefore, it is necessary to cooperate with the role of the team to break the power breakthrough of Zhang Kong, first use one person to slow down Zhang Kong's speed, and then use another person to restrict Zhang Kong's movement, so that Zhang Kong's advance speed can be slowed down.

As long as Zhang Kong's speed slows down, it is relatively simple to restrain him, but who knows that Zhang Kong later learned to make a layup, so the original defensive method collapsed in an instant at this moment, which is also the reason why the Celtics lost the game.

Although Doug Rivers made the adjustment in the fastest time, it did not let the Celtics just take the win of the game.

This time Joe Johnson is ready, and he has good luck hitting it, Zhang Kong's breakthrough is to use the layup of the bulldozer to make the opponent defend, but Zhang Kong will not only attack by himself, he is more powerful than the team's offense.

When the opponent's encirclement was just formed, Zhang Kong seemed to have eyes in the back of his head, and threw the basketball directly behind him from the pile of people, and behind Zhang Kong was Murphy who had just arrived, after Murphy received the ball, he easily aimed and shot without anyone guarding him, and the basketball flew in the air for a while, and then went directly into the net, and added an assist to Zhang Kong.

"Beautiful!" Watching Murphy hit, Zhang Kong jumped up happily, this Murphy has played really well in the last few games.

Although on the offensive end, Murphy played well, but on the defensive end, he was inevitably beaten by Horford.

It's really a pity, but at this time, the Pacers have no way to let Murphy off, Earl Barron, who can play center, is just a role player, and there is no way to face Horford's offense, and Jefferson is still fouled, so he doesn't dare to let him play for the time being, after Hibbert plays, he will be beaten even worse, and the problems in several other positions on the Pacers' side have been solved for a while, but the problem in the position of center does not seem to be solved too perfectly.

At halftime, the Pacers only trailed the Hawks by one point at 50-51, and the Hawks had three double-doubles in the half, and Horford was on the inside to get the wind and the rain, and at this time he had a double-double of 12 points and 11 rebounds.

"You need to find a way to restrain him!" Sitting inside the locker room, Jim O'Brien pinched his chin in contemplation.

"How tall are you?" Just as everyone was trying to rest, Zhang Kong suddenly asked a big white man in the locker room.

"Uh...... Seven feet (two meters and one three). The big white man obviously didn't expect Zhang Kong to ask himself if he was a little surprised.

"Enough, coach, let him try in the second half if he can!" After speaking, Zhang Kong pointed to the big white man sitting next to him and said to Jim O'Brien next to him, hearing Zhang Kong's words, Jim O'Brien's brows furrowed, because the guy Zhang Kong was referring to was none other than the one who was known as the shame of the 03 generation, the leader of the 03 generation, Darko Milicic.

(To be continued)