The Celtics seemed a little out of shape today, and they had no problem executing their tactics today, but they couldn't get the ball to the basket.

On the other hand, the Pacers, Li Cheng and Granger are both riveting to win.

Although there is a huge gap between the strength of the Pacers and the Celtics last season, Li Cheng and Granger have no awareness of weakness at all, and in their hearts, the Celtics are already their biggest and most important enemies.

In the face of such an enemy, the two of them will naturally not be relentless in the slightest.

Lee Cheng was even more excited today than the Bobcats facing Larry Brown, and his desire to attack today was particularly strong.

The Pacers team is completely built with Li Cheng and Granger as the core, and the whole team can be said to serve the two of them. Led by the two of them, the whole team of the Pacers was very excited.

In this situation, the Pacers did not let up at all, and after a wild attack, they led the Celtics 33-18 at the end of the first quarter.

"The Celtics can't see the defending champions at all, they seem to be beaten by the Pacers and can't find their way at all."

"Is this a delusion? Is this Pacers too strong, or is this defending champion already on the rise? ”

The commentators couldn't find a hint of defending championship feeling in this Celtics team, and of course this is the local Indiana commentators, and their commentary is naturally biased towards the Pacers.

In fact, if you put it in a fair way, the Celtics are not behind the Pacers on the field today. It's just that they can't score goals that they should score, and they can't score goals that shouldn't be scored.

Even Ray Allen had a mid-range shot that didn't score, and Ray Allen, who shot more than 90 percent of his free throws, missed both free throws in the first quarter.

You don't know what the last time Ray Allen missed two free throws, according to common sense, giving Ray Allen a free throw is a point, but today the sharpshooter is off par.

Ray Allen's form today is a reflection of the form of the Celtic team, who were in a collective slump today.

Second quarter game. The Celtics' bench played some of the defending champions' style, and in the space of three minutes, they went on an 8-2 spurt to make it 26-35 and cut the deficit to single digits. And at this time, Li Cheng played again.

The Pacers' entire bench lineup seems to have undergone some changes when Lee Cheng is on the court, and Lee Cheng is too important for this young team.

Whether it is Li Cheng's scoring ability or the ability to connect the whole team, it is indispensable for the current team. After O'Brien announced that the team's captain had become Lee Sung, his place at the heart of the team became even more apparent.

As soon as Li Cheng came on the court, he immediately assisted Hibbert to complete a three-point dunk under the basket, but this guy's free throw shooting percentage is really worrying. His free throw bounced off the front of the basket, but the guy used more force than the big ball to bounce far.

Rush jumped out and took the ball into his arms, and the Pacers had another chance to attack.

The Celtics didn't grab this rebound and it was a little messy, Rush turned around and handed the ball to Li Cheng, Li Cheng stopped his steps in an instant, and then he raised his hand to make a three-point shot.

Stegan saw Li Cheng's shot next to him, and a smile appeared on his face. In fact, if you are not an insider, you can't see that Li Cheng's shooting posture has changed at all, but the effect is very good.

"Huh!" A bang. There was a crisp grinding sound between the basketball and the net.

After Li Cheng returned to the court, the Pacers scored 5 points in an instant, and the difference came to 14 points again.

Less than 1 minute after seeing Li Cheng come back, the Pacers opened the score again, and the fans at the scene gave their warmest cheers and applause.

With the start of a new season. Li Cheng's position among fans has become more and more important. He is getting closer and closer to the image of God in the hearts of Indiana fans.

Rivers was sweating on the sidelines, and he couldn't figure out what was going on with his players today. Everyone seems to be a little absent-minded, but at this time, he can only change people according to his own ideas.

Pierce and Garnett were substituted and the team was asked to break through more and strengthen their defense.

Since the whole Celtic team is not in good shape today. Limit your opponent's score and score further from the basket yourself!

But today's Celtics' breakthrough was not as sharp as it used to be, and the basket was like a lid today.

Pierce had a licking basket that almost pulled down empty. But after two spins on the basket, the basketball miraculously popped out of the hoop.

The Celtics' hit rate today is really low and terrifying, but Li Cheng's hands are as hot as practicing the Burning Palm.

Under the advantages of the other, the difference between the two teams has been widened more and more.

By the end of the half, the Celtics and Pacers were already 21 points apart.

Can Pierce lead the Celtics to another super-comeback today?

Pierce did want to, but their hand was so bad today. In the second half, the Celtics' situation improved, but they still couldn't stand the Pacers' hot touch.

And Li Cheng scored like he didn't want to die today, and today he seemed to be unwilling to break the Nets.

In the third quarter of the game, Li Cheng had already scored 36 points, and Granger also contributed 19 points. The difference between the two teams remains at 20 points.

Finally, in the fourth quarter, Rivers simply replaced all the main players. The team is in such a state today, there is really no need to play anymore, and it is a waste of the players' bodies to play any longer, so it is better to give up this game and leave time for the older Big Three to rest.

In the end, the Pacers defeated the Celtics 109-81 on their home court, and they made it three wins in a row for the new season.

And this game ended with Li Cheng scoring 48 points, if it weren't for the Celtics' early surrender, Li Chengcheng would have become the first player in the NBA to break 50+ this season. Although he is now also the first player to score more than 45 points in a single game.

Bryant scored 43 points in the Lakers' game against the Thunder that ended earlier, so much so that Peter Pan is the first player to score more than 40 points in a single game in the new season.

In this game, the Pacers made a big improvement in substitutions compared to the first game, and the team's deployment was more reasonable.

Stegan put them on the court based on the characteristics of the rookie players, and with Lee Cheng and Granger leading them, they can obviously get into the rhythm of the game faster.

However, this result of this game was not so good for Li Cheng, who scored 48 points almost without anyone today, while the Celtics did not put up some decent resistance.

After the game, Li Cheng looked at Ray Allen very complainingly, and his eyes were embarrassed to see Ray three points.

"You ruined the game." Li Cheng was obviously very dissatisfied.

Ray Allen scratched his head and said, "You guys got an easy victory. ”

"I don't want a win like that."

Li Cheng's competitive spirit Ray Allen obviously understood, and he said helplessly: "We can't pitch today, this thing is too weird." We are not to blame. ”

Li Cheng said a little helplessly: "Actually, it's not a bad thing if you keep going like this. ”

Ray Allen laughed, "You kid live in a dream!" ”

Obviously, Li Cheng knew very well in his heart that the Celtics didn't know what the devil was in this game, and the result of such a game could not reflect the true strength of the Celtics at all.

In fact, after they arrived in Indiana yesterday, the Celtics went to nightclubs until the wee hours of the morning, and it was obviously understandable that they had such a game form at night.

Such a battle of revenge was meaningless for Li Cheng, and he went back to the locker room after being interviewed by Nissa.

At the press conference after the game, the reporters also looked a little bored, and the revenge battle that everyone was looking forward to was completely one-sided, which was obviously not good news for the reporter brothers who didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement.

However, what these reporters are best at is making things out of nothing, and even if there is no news explosion, they will create their own zào.

After the Q&A session began, a Los Angeles reporter stood up and said, "First of all, congratulations on your big home win over the defending champions. ”

Li Cheng bowed slightly and said, "Thank you!" ”

"Do you think the state of the Celtics means that the era of the Big Three is over? Today, they really don't have a performance that matches their worth and fame. ”

"Isn't that obvious?" Li Cheng scolded secretly in his heart, but said: "The Celtics are still one of the strongest teams in the league, and their strength is beyond doubt. If they all make the playoffs healthy, the Green Shirts will be the biggest enemy of any team aiming for a championship. ”

"Including you?" This is another provocative question, but Li Cheng is not prepared to answer this question head-on. At this time, even if he is very hungry for a championship, he can't say it, and if he says this goal at the beginning of the season, this move will put a lot of psychological pressure on the team's rookies. Li Cheng must not bring a mountain of pressure to those rookies in the team for the sake of his own momentary pleasure. Now he's the captain of the team and he's responsible for his teammates no matter what.

Li Cheng smiled: "A driver who doesn't want to learn barbering is not a good cook!" ”

The reporter was stunned, and he didn't react to what Li Cheng meant by this. But soon he understood, and he sighed in his heart, "This rookie, who was still pink last year, has learned badly this year." ”

But he didn't know how to review himself, if he didn't play charades with reporters like them every day, how could Li Cheng go back to learn "bad"? (To be continued......)