Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Mtnomo County, located not far south of the mouth of the Willamette River where it joins the Columbilly River, and is the second largest city in the Pacific region of the northwestern United States.

The city before him was Seattle, where there was still a supersonic, but now this supersonic team has been transferred to Oklahoma City and has become the team there, now known as the Oklahoma City Thunder, and Polante has become the largest city with a team in the region.

But don't forget, at the beginning of the century, the Knicks were not the bad team they are now, and the super bad team at that time was someone else.

At that time, the super bad team was the Trail Blazers, and the owner of the Trail Blazers, Paul Allen, was known as the No. 1 wrongdoer in the NBA.

Paul Allen is one of the founders of Microsoft, and he is the partner who broke into the world with Bill Gates, a rare super investor in history.

He was like this when he was doing business, but unfortunately when it came time to start the team, he was still like this, which player he fancied, he poached it with a high salary, and then made him his own player, and the Trailblazers at that time raised a lot of idlers.

Pay luxury taxes every year, but the results are quite poor, the pioneers at that time played a dozen games, those who wore shoes, picked their feet, and took a bath in the middle of the night. Drug-addicted, smoking, gambling. There are everyone, but there are no good people.

One by one, the locker room is full of miasma, drugs, and alcoholism all day long, and it is precisely because of those guys that Paul Allen gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, from a particularly generous person, to a particularly picky guy in a blink of an eye, since choosing Roy, Paul Allen directly pushed down the original luxury lineup and began to rebuild.

You must know that they reached the Western Conference Finals in 99 and 2000, especially in 2000, when they fought seven games with the Lakers, and in the last fourth quarter, they once led by 15 points.

Since then, the Trail Blazers have suffered a lot of vitality, and the team has fallen from the peak to the trough, and the only thing they can praise is that in 03, Rasheed Wallace led them to the playoffs with a seventh finish in the West, and was eliminated after the Mavericks, and then they have been neither high nor low, tepid...... After four years of decline, in the summer of '07, the Trail Blazers exchanged for the so-called Duncan and Gasol complex, the champion Greg Oden, and replaced Randolph, which was considered to have completed the team's rebuilding work and instantly became a powerhouse in the West.

And successfully entered the playoffs last year, although it was eliminated, but after all, it was the first time to enter the playoffs after six years, and under the leadership of the young army led by Roy, the Trail Blazers will also create a new miracle.

No matter what the Trail Blazers say, the Pacers team still came to Portland and came to the Rose Garden Arena.

In the matchup between the two rivals, the lineup on the Trail Blazers' side today is Marcus Camby, power forward LaMarcus Aldersch, small forward Nicholas Batum, scoring guard Brandon Roy, and point guard Andre Miller.

On the Pacers' side, Jim O'Brien thought about it for a long time and used a lineup that performed well at the beginning of the season.

One big with four small! Center Troy Murphy, who is 211 centimeters tall, does not take advantage of the inside, but he does not suffer either.

After all, the interior height on the Trail Blazers' side is not particularly tall, and Aldridge and Camby's first position is power forward.

Power forward Danny Granger, small forward Mike Dunleavy, scoring guard Zhang Kong, point guard Earl Watson.

Dundee Jones, Roy Hibbert and other fresh forces all sat on the sidelines, watching the main force on the field and the big battle against the other side.

After the absence of Al Jefferson, the head coach of the Trail Blazers, Mike Milan, focused on attacking the No. 4 position on the Pacers' side at the beginning of the game.

What's more, he has to face Aldridge and Camby, and Aldridge faces Granger on the offensive end, and he poses a greater threat to Granger, the two teams originally had a feud, plus this time it was at Portland's home stadium.

The Pacers' offense was at a low point for a while, and when his height was not dominant, Earl Watson was dumbfounded, and after two consecutive jumpers missed, he began to play the ball to Zhang Kong, and Zhang Kong passed to Mike Dunleavy a few later.

This kid's shooting is also quite unscored, and Jim O'Brien who watched the court shook his head with the wind.

There is no way, Al Jefferson's departure, coupled with the back-to-back back-to-back battles on the Pacers' side, and the fact that they are still on the opponent's devil's home court, all these unfavorable factors weigh on the young players of the Pacers, which is really too heavy.

Although now they can run up with these pressures, but the running is obviously not as fast as the other party, the game just started, the Trailblazers played the Pacers a 10-2 small ** start, Zhang Kong began to try everyone's feel, but after trying a lap, no one can throw the ball in, seeing this situation Zhang Kong also knows that the Pacers are in trouble in this game.

After dribbling the ball again after half the court, Zhang Kong looked at the defense of the Trail Blazers in front of him and couldn't help but sigh helplessly.

"Here!" Just as Zhang Kong was about to come by himself, he suddenly heard someone shouting next to him, Zhang Kong could hear that this was Granger's voice, and now Zhang Kong is not too sure about his breakthrough, and the defense of the Pioneers is very tight.

As long as Zhang Kong passes half court, Roy will stick to him, and the defense of the Trail Blazers, because the opponent's shooting is not good, has also changed from the beginning of the half-court man-to-man defense to a 2-3 joint defense, except for Rose who is wandering outside, the others are guarded on the inside, they are guarding against the breakthrough on the Pacers' side, and the closer to the basket, the easier it is to score.

In the same way, when you don't feel good, as long as you are kept away from the basket, you will not be allowed to put the ball in!

At the critical moment, Zhang Kong heard Granger's call, and after thinking about it, he still stuffed the ball directly, after Granger received the ball, he directly faced Aldridge, just now he tried his hand is not particularly good, and wasted two good opportunities, but he has a feeling that his goal will definitely score! As a pitcher, feeling is important.

After Granger received the ball, he dribbled twice, and suddenly broke through to the inside, Aldridge's level is not low, looking at Granger in front of him, he will not be careless enough to let Granger easily break through from his side.

As long as he dares to break through, then he and Camby, the inside line, a double bag can wipe him out there.

Aldridge's idea is good, but it's a bit whimsical! Granger's breakthrough turned out to be just a feint, after shaking off Aldridge, he threw the ball out with a direct step-back shot, Aldridge is very young, even if he played the playoffs last year, but the experience is still not as rich as Granger's, plus he is heavy on offense and light on defense, and he was really taken by Granger, of course, this is also related to Granger's feel, just now Granger didn't score a few shots in front of him, and he didn't score when two balls were empty, and now he actually shoots under his own defense, this may not be a big surname!

Obviously, he underestimated the heart of a team leader! Now the Pacers need someone to step up, Zhang Kong's offense is data-based, just stable, and if you shoot a certain number of balls, there will definitely be a certain number of results, so you can't point to scoring a lot in a row to boost morale, and Zhang Kong's role in the team is not that kind of anchor.

Granger naturally knows this, so he chooses to believe in himself at the most critical time! The moment the basketball is shot.

Granger laughed because he knew the ball was there! Seeing Granger's smile, Aldrie's heart couldn't help but feel a chill!

Looking back, the basketball fell right into the hoop, bringing a wave of netting, and the Pacers finally broke the silence!

When the Pacers' offense fell into a slump in the first quarter, Granger first faked to shake off Aldridge, then received an empty assist, hit a three-pointer, and watched Granger give strength, Jim O'Brien immediately changed the core of the offense.

From everyone being the main attacker, it instantly became a situation where Granger and Zhang Kong were attacking together...... Now the Pacers need Zhang Kong's stability, and they also need Granger's explosive power, only the two of them work together to win this game, the three cores, now missing a leg, only with Granger and Zhang Kong...... If Granger can hold on all the time, he can barely wait for Al Jefferson to come out, which is why the Pacers don't bother with Al Jefferson's injury, as long as Granger can play, plus Zhang Kong's help.

The Pacers carried through the three-point rain to the end, and they still have a good chance of going forward, after all, they played this way without Al Jefferson at the beginning of the season, but just when they thought they would continue this game like this, the Pacers suffered another heavy blow!

And this time it is still the interior who is injured, and the only interior player on the Pacers court at the moment, Troy Murphy!

(To be continued)