At the end of the warm-up, Li Cheng was walking towards the players' tunnel, and the reporters who saw him after the warm-up were over on the sidelines swarmed around.

Looking at these Chinese reporters around him, Li Cheng was stunned for a moment, and then he figured it out. He smiled disdainfully and ignored the reporters who gathered around. Li Cheng took the reporters around him as air and walked straight to the players' tunnel.

When those reporters saw Li Cheng's cold face, they could only shake their heads helplessly, they were doing it themselves!

Li Cheng returned to the locker room, and Durant, who also finished warming up, was embarrassed to go back directly after being stopped by reporters.

"Mr. Durant, first of all, I wish you a smooth game tonight."

"Thank you."

"What do you think about Li Cheng in Indiana?"

"Lee and I were the same rookie as me, which was very surprising to me. However, if he can show such strength sooner, this year's rookies will have to be reordered. ”

"Now that Oden is out for the season with a serious injury, a lot of people think you're the rookie of the year, and now Lee is out of the picture, so who do you think will be stronger between you and him?"

"Ugh! Now the Pacers have basically occupied the playoff spot, and we are still at the bottom of the league. As he spoke, a hint of bitterness flashed in Durant's eyes, and from this point of view, "He's better than me." ”

"And what kind of night will you have in Indiana today?"

"I'm going to do my best and prove my quality with the game."

"Oh okay, thank you for the interview."

Duran nodded, gestured, and walked into the players' tunnel. Where the reporter's camera couldn't capture it, Durant clenched his right fist and looked at his clenched fist with a determined look. "I will defeat you!"

His heart is extremely determined, and in this season when the team is destined to achieve nothing, Durant wants to be the ray of sunshine that shatters the team's gloom.

Li Cheng did not accept the interview with reporters, O'Brien couldn't escape anyway, he looked at the microphone in front of him, and pouted a little irritably, but he still accepted the interview patiently.

"In today's game, you have a good chance of winning, but there is a very strong rookie on the opposing team, what do you think of Durant?"

"Durant is a good player and what he can achieve in the future is limitless." A very routine answer.

"Did you make a specific arrangement for him tonight?"

'We're not going to change the setup of the team for the sake of one player, our team is a team. In fact, the Pacers basically don't make defensive setups for the sake of a player, because the means they rely on winning is offense! Tonight's encounter with the SuperSonics, O'Brien only said one thing to the team - "Let it go!" Lads! ”

Li Cheng sat in the locker room, chatting with Granger and waiting for the game to start.

The wait is never too long, and to the melodious music in the dressing room, the staff knocks on the locker room to remind them that they are ready to play.

Soon, amid the passionate shouts of the live DJ, the Pacers players appeared one by one.

Now Li Cheng's appearance order is the second from the bottom, just ahead of Granger. The bigger the stars in the NBA team, the more they come in line. Right now, Li Cheng's foundation in the Pacers is not too stable. By the time the team signs him to a new contract next season, coupled with a series of trade adjustments, Li Chengcheng is likely to be established in the core of the low post, and he should be last in the order of appearance.

In today's game, the result is not what the media care about at all. The media believes that the biggest attraction of this game is the battle between Li Cheng and Durant, the battle between these two rookies this year.

Li Cheng stood on the sidelines and saw the "pride of the sky" in this year's draft. Durant stood very quietly on the sidelines, and Li Cheng glanced at him. Durant's eyes are very quiet, like a pool of quiet lake, without any waves.

The starters of the two teams were slowly walking onto the court, and Li Cheng waved his hand to Durant, which was regarded as a greeting.

Durant shook his lips and said, "I'm ashamed, I didn't know you and I were the same rookie at first. ”

"It's okay, that's my reason. At least you know by now, don't you? Li Cheng said with a smile.

Durant didn't say anything more, just nodded.

Foster tossed the ball to Granger, who got the basketball first and tossed it to Tinsley.

After three consecutive road games, the Pacers' first home game officially kicked off. The adrenaline hormones that the fans at the scene had accumulated for a week began to explode at this moment.

Roars, applause, cheers, endlessly.

The Pacers' offense was also smooth this time, and Li Cheng was very active in running at the beginning of the game. His running seemed to carry the wind, disrupting Wilkins' footsteps. Tinsley's pass was like a cannonball, directly penetrating the supersonic defense line and coming to Li Cheng's hands.

Just when Li Cheng got the ball, the cheers of the audience were getting louder and louder, as if the ball had already been scored.

Lee didn't disappoint the fans, and his guided missile-like shot scored the Pacers' first two points of the night.

"Beautiful shot, really lucky. Such a beautiful shot that can be continued in the center of the Conseus. Mark Boyce's voice still accompanies the Pacers' game.

Today, Pete Ella is once again bringing her son to the Conseth Center. Little Ella was wearing a jersey like a dress, shouting excitedly. He pointed to the "No. 23" on his clothes and exclaimed, "Dad, I want to be like him, I love his shooting so much." ”

Pete Ella touched her son's head dotingly and said, "When you grow up, you will be like him." ”

During the time that Pete Ella was communicating with his son, Durant also relied on his long arms to throw in a mid-range shot.

As soon as the game started, the tempo seemed to be going the way the media had hoped.

The outcome of today's game is secondary, and the contest between Li Cheng and Durant is the main event. Some media outlets dubbed the match "the best rookie contest".

And some media called this game "Huang Ni and Caiyun's PK on the same stage!" ”

Durant, who is the star of the show, is considered Caiyun, and Li Cheng, who is at the end of the second round, is likened to yellow mud, and this game is a battle between two people who are "born" different, but now have the same status in this league.