It was a game that attracted the attention of Chinese people all over the world, and this atmosphere actually had a deep impact on these two teams.

"Li, Chinese people all over the world are watching this game, and I definitely won't let you be embarrassed in front of your compatriots." Granger said solemnly to Li Cheng before the game.

Maddie said something similar to Yao Ming, "Yao, this game is important to you!" People in your country are watching this game, and I will definitely help you win it. ”

From the very beginning of the game, Maddie has been proving what she says with her own actions.

Within the opening 4 minutes, Maddy's inside and outside shots scored 8 points in a row, and the Pacers fell to the bottom under Maddy's ferocious firepower. Li Cheng was closely marked by the "defensive master" Battier, and he was somewhat affected.

The Pacers 9-16 Rockets, O'Brien stood on the sidelines with his hands folded in front of his chest and a slight frown. At this point, he didn't have the idea of calling a timeout, after all, his team was not off track before the game. Under Maddy's outburst, no team can take advantage.

The most important thing is that Li Cheng has not yet begun to break out. No player has been able to maintain an efficiency throughout the game, and O'Brien believes that by the time Lee breaks out, the current score deficit will be reversed.

"Things are not going well for the Pacers right now! Maddie was on fire today, hitting 3 of 5 shots and scoring 2 points from the free-throw line. If Maddie had been so efficient, the Pacers would have been dangerous. ”

"Actually, the Pacers have one of those players who scored on his first shot in the opening game, and then missed the next shot and then didn't shoot again. If he can follow in Maddy's footsteps and explode, the Pacers are still promising. ”

"Unconsciously, has Li Cheng grown to the level of a player with Maddie?"

"Maybe it's not as good as it is, but it's the same in terms of team. The Pacers' wins and losses depend heavily on Li Cheng's play. ”

Yang Yu was gnawing on a duck neck, and he was a little anxious when he looked at the score on the field. It's a Chinese derby, but he really wants the Pacers to win, and he actually wants Li Cheng to win.

Laughing self-deprecatingly, Yang Yu couldn't tell why, maybe it was because Li Cheng was able to bring him a special feeling! It is also possible that Li Cheng's path is different from that of many basketball players across the country, and this experience has given Yang Yu a strong sense of substitution!

Suddenly, Yang Yu stopped moving his whole body, and his eyes were staring at the TV smoothly.

At this time, Li Cheng stood on the left side of the free throw line and shot. It's still a big fallback, and it's still that ethereal and agile shot.

"Good shot!"

The basketball floated gently into the hoop. I don't know if it's an illusion, Yang Yu felt that Li Cheng's basketball was very light, as if it was floating into the basket.

"Li Cheng's shot this time is a forced shot in the face of Battier, Battier has completely pounced on Li Cheng, but there is nothing he can do about his defense this time."

Previously, Battier was very successful in defending to cut off Li Cheng's receiving route, but this time, Li Cheng finally created a passing space with his run. After receiving the ball, he was under Battier's defense and blocking, and made a very beautiful shot. ”

Li Cheng's shot doesn't have to be completely out of the space before making a shot, as long as he receives the ball, he can send the ball to the basket with his very wide-angle jumper.

For the Pacers, this is just the beginning, and in the next three attacks, Li Cheng shot one after another, shot 2 of 3, and scored 4 more points. Li Cheng scored 6 points in a row, and instantly hit the Rockets with a wave of 6-2, and the 7-point disadvantage was chased to 3 points by the Pacers.

Then Maddy forced a shot from outside the three-point line, which directly stretched the Pacers' narrow gap to 6 points.

Maddy's eyes, which seemed to never wake up, revealed a faint glimmer of light when he shot just now. Others may not have seen it, but Li Cheng caught it.

Looking at Maddie's figure again, Li Cheng clenched his fists, and at the same time shouted in his heart: "Lao Tzu must beat him!" He hadn't forgotten the "Top of the Basketball System" that would take him away.

As the game continued, Lee Cheng came out of the baseline and received a pass from Granger.

On the right side of the basket, Li Cheng made a feint with his left foot to break through. People all over the world know that Li Cheng will not break through, but he still often makes such feints. This action of his is not meaningless, for example, this "fake" action of his makes sense.

Battier actually took another step forward after Li Cheng's "fake" action to break through, and seeing that the opponent was pressing so tightly, Li Cheng's breakthrough "fake" move directly became true.

He took a step forward with his left foot and followed with his left hand.

Battier quickly understood that he had been fooled, and hurriedly reached out to pull. When he was pulling Li Cheng's vest, Li Cheng jumped directly.

The referee's whistle sounded at the same time as Li Cheng jumped, and the basketball thrown by Li Cheng went into the basket again.

“2+1！” Yang Yu slammed the beer can on the coffee table, "Beautiful!" ”

After Li Cheng scored this goal, he glanced at Maddie, who had retreated outside the three-point line. Maddie stood cross-legged, feeling very loose, her eyes drooping, giving the impression that she hadn't woken up.

Lee Sung made a very steady free throw, and the Pacers once again narrowed the gap to 3 points.

Maddy's next pull-up was deflected off by Granger's interference, and the Pacers had a chance to counter.

Foster grabbed the rebound, Tinsley received the ball and ran quickly to the Rockets' basket, and Li Cheng took Battier to move in the direction of the baseline. Seeing that Tence used a street ball move to shake off Alston and was about to complete a layup, Maddie, who was still some distance behind him, suddenly made a force.

Maddie's powerful explosiveness directly reduced the distance between the two of them by two-thirds, and if Tinsley wanted to make a layup at this time, Maddie would definitely use his jealous body to teach Tinsley to be a man.

But at this time, the back of Tinsley's head was like an eye, and he threw the ball to Li Cheng, and Li Cheng didn't mean to shoot the ball by himself, he jumped up and threw the ball to Murphy, who was already standing in the bottom corner on the other side.

Troy Murphy, jumped up and hit a three-pointer, the ball hit the basket and fell into the basket.

21 to 21! The Pacers tied the score.

Adelman had to call a timeout.