"Luck!" Zhang Kong looked at Howard's hook hand and couldn't help muttering in a low voice, but he also knew that there are really not many people in the league who can guard against Howard now, if you want to guard against Howard, tonnage is essential, and at the same time, you must have enough height and strength, the offense can not be gorgeous, but the defense must definitely be quite tough, at present, it seems that there are very few people in the league who have such ability, and Perkins of the Celtics is counted as one, Except for him, there is almost no one who can safely defend against the powerful Howard on his own, and even Bynum, who is known as a genius boy, cannot completely defend against Howard.

What's more, it's other players, Zhang Kong used to defend Howard very perfectly, but that was just bullying Howard at that time with a poor hook shooting rate, and he couldn't shoot, if Zhang Kong went to defend Howard now, it was estimated that he would be hooked.

Optimistic about Howard's hit, Zhang Kong went to dribble the ball past half court, and now what the Pacers need is offense, and he glanced at his teammates on his side, and finally put the ball in the hands of Al Jefferson, who is currently the most consistent scorer.

After Jefferson got the ball, he gently leaned on Lewis behind him, and the strength of the two was really not on the same level.

If Lewis actually plays small forward, with his height and good mentality, winning the game should not be a problem.

But now that he actually plays power forward, at the No. 4 position, he can almost beat Lewis alone, not to mention the former wolf king Al Jefferson, who is also one of the best power forwards in the league, it is almost certain that if Jefferson joined the Pacers very early this year, it will not be to mention enter the league's first team and the league's first defensive lineup, with his offensive and defensive strength.

It shouldn't be a big problem to get into the second or third team in the league or the second defensive team in the league.

It's a pity that he was still late! After easily squeezing Lewis away, Jefferson turned and passed him directly to the basket!

But at this moment, Howard flew directly from here like a big bird, and at the moment when Jefferson just shot the ball, Howard's big hand had already slapped his ball fiercely, I have to say that Howard's movement speed on the inside line really doesn't look like a center, especially his terrible bounce power, which really makes people a little helpless, and he will fan whoever he says.

Al Jefferson became food under the claws of the monster, and the basketball was directly shot away, but the direction in which the basketball flew was in the favor of the pacers! Zhang Kong jumped up for the first time, and with the advantage of his height, he took off the basketball on top of Nelson's head.

After taking it off, Zhang Kong jumped at the moment when Nelson had not fallen, just hitting Nelson with a time difference, Nelson was falling, and Zhang Kong was rising, such a continuous jump was extremely harmful to the knee, but Zhang Kong didn't care.

When he jumped high, Nelson had just landed, and he could only raise his head and watch Zhang Kong shoot the basketball.

"Zhang Kong's three points! Pretty...... Zhang Kong! The DJ at the scene, seeing Zhang Kong hit his first three-pointer after the opening of the game, couldn't help but roar, as long as Zhang Kong was willing, his three-point rain never disappointed the Pacers fans! And today, he also hit a three-pointer at a critical moment, and Zhang Kong here hit a three-pointer.

But Howard over there was still unsolved on the inside, he held the ball again, singled Hibbert, a forced impact, and then turned around directly, Hibbert pulled him down, but it was accompanied by his own foul, seeing Hibbert who raised his big hand, Jim O'Brien's face began to become ugly, and now that Hibbert is off the court, there are only two players left who can play center, Milicic is a player, Jim O'Brien does not trust.

Troy Murphy is trusted, but the only thing this guy does on the defensive end is to brush up on rebounds better than anyone else.

As for Earl Barron, he has long disappeared from the Pacers' rotation lineup, and the original inside trade actually only earned Al Jefferson, and the rest of Milicic, Earl Barron and Tyrus Thomas just appeared on the bench for a spin, and the two free throws of the powerful monster miraculously hit all of them!

And taking advantage of the time between the two free throws, Jim O'Brien also replaced Murphy, but the good shadow was not long, Murphy hit the iron after he came on the court, and after the iron was played, Howard attacked again, this time Murphy was even more simple, and the moment the monster turned to the basket, he directly slapped the ball in the monster's hand, although the racket was fast, but the referee saw that he was clapping his hands out, so that Howard was sent to the free throw line, and Murphy also received his first foul of the game.

Howard made consecutive fouls, hit three of four free throws, and then Lewis, who had been beaten by Al Jefferson, broke through to the layup again and scored seven points in a single quarter, and in the round where Zhang Kong let Al Jefferson find ballast, Jefferson was hatted again, but fortunately, Murphy on the inside grabbed the rebound, and then made a layup...... At the end of the first quarter, the Pacers at home fell behind the opponent by two points at 23-25, and the Pacers didn't have many ways to defend Howard! The strong performance of Warcraft on the inside really made the Pacers a little helpless, although Howard only scored five points in the first quarter, but these five points were all on point.

It makes the players on the Pacers' side particularly uncomfortable, and in the regular season, the Pacers can have the overall upper hand.

The main reason is that in the regular season, the Magic's defense was not as tight as it is now, and they could always find opportunities on the outside, although in this quarter, the Pacers' scoring was very average, but the effect was not as good as before.

"Don't play inside, look for opportunities outside, if we don't shoot the three-pointer, it's not so easy for us to win the Magic!" It wasn't what Jim O'Brien wanted to see in the first quarter, so during the breaks in the first and second quarters, he began to lay out the rest of the game and wanted to shoot the ball from beyond the three-point line.

The first thing needed is to be strong inside, and now the Pacers' interior line wants to be strong, but he can't be strong.

Murphy and Hibbert faced Howard on the inside, and they couldn't even protect themselves, let alone attack! As for Al Jefferson, he played really well against Lewis, but when Howard came to help defend, he was a little weak.

Jefferson also belongs to the kind of player who likes to play downwind, and the offensive means are not particularly rich, and his favorite game is back singles, but this move is really meaningless in the face of magic with Warcraft.

"Let me break through!" After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Kong took the initiative to ask the actual player of the Pacers.

"In this way, the most important three-point point of our outside line will disappear!" Hearing Zhang Kong's words, Jim O'Brien's brows couldn't help frowning, Zhang Kong's most powerful offense now is his three-point rain, sometimes he scores several, and he can directly pull away or catch up, Zhang Kong will always be the guy who dares to shoot the most in the league.

Other people's big hearts also have a amount, six in a row do not enter, maybe they don't dare to vote, Zhang Kong don't say six in a row, seven in a row he dares to continue to vote, and the eighth must enter! (When Zhang Kong started to play three-pointers, the shooting percentage was not lower than 30%, so of course he dared to shoot) This is one of the scariest things about Zhang Kong.

Now let Zhang Kong break through, then his offensive range is bound to be reduced, and now Jim O'Brien is also thinking, Zhang Kong is always a threat to the Magic on the outside, if Zhang Kong breaks through, then most of his offense can only be completed within the three-point line, when the time comes, the opponent will have a pack, or a co-defense, Zhang Kong will move his back instead, but now except for Zhang Kong, there is really no way for others, although Granger is at the super level of 89, but most of his abilities are in shooting, not a breakthrough!

More than 100 seconds is still a short time, and at the moment when the electronic bell rings, Jim O'Brien can only grit his teeth and let Zhang Kong break through, because he can't think of any other way besides this method, because the opponent's Howard has not ended.

So Zhang Kong on the Pacers' side didn't end up, Zhang Kong held back at home for seven days, his physical strength was very sufficient, and he didn't scare Howard! The players on both sides came to the court in turn, but the main players were only Zhang Kong and Howard.

Because the jump ball was jumped by Hibbert, the Magic team served first, and JJ Reddick was born a calf who was not afraid of tigers, and after dribbling the ball over half court, he did not choose to stop at the first time, but rushed directly towards Zhang Kong.

For players like JJ Redick, it is a good practice to dare to challenge players who are stronger than themselves, losing is to accumulate experience, and winning can also increase self-confidence, so Big Van Gundy will not rigidly demand that every ball be played according to his own will, and now even Po Povich knows to be flexible, let alone Big Van Gundy.

JJ-Reddick is actually not convinced by Zhang Kong, what is so great about Zhang Kong in his opinion! The height is not much higher than himself, the hit rate is not much stronger than himself, and the body is not much stronger than himself, why is he the best son of the sky, but he can only be reduced to a substitute, so he is unhappy, they are all young people, who is afraid of whom, they are all a pair of eyes, a nose and a mouth!

So JJ Redick rushed directly towards Zhang Kong with the ball, and he wanted to compete with Zhang Kong......

(To be continued)