The Pacers have won six in a row and will face the Nets on their home court. Before this game, this ordinary regular season has been overshadowed by a lot of different colors.

The Lopez brothers derby, the Chinese derby between Li Cheng and Yi Jianlian, the bet between Li Cheng and Carter......

However, what intrigued fans the most was the bet between Lee Cheng and Carter, and although no one knew what the bet was between them, it didn't prevent them from wanting to know the final outcome of the bet.

There is another layer of suspense in addition to enjoying the game, which is what everyone likes to see the most, which is why many people like to spend some money to gamble while watching the game. Because this can cast another layer of suspense on the outcome of the game.

The feeling of suspense being revealed is always very refreshing, and maybe it will be lost, but whether it is loss or joy, it is better than plain!

After the game against the Thunder, the Pacers ushered in a day of rest, and Li Cheng accompanied Nissa to the outskirts of Indianapolis for a good day. In the crisp autumn season, it's also a good idea to go out for an autumn trip, especially if you're traveling with something you like.

Li Cheng and Nissa can also feel real happiness together, they set up a tent in the suburbs, and then make some barbecue, they both had a lot of fun this day.

After returning home, Li Cheng did not continue training, he accompanied Nissa to a movie, and it was almost eleven o'clock when he returned home.

After yesterday's fun, Li Cheng is in very good shape today. And the Pacers obviously don't have too much of a problem to win against the Nets. But the main thing is the bet between Li Cheng and Carter, and the outcome of this gamble is not completely controlled by Li Cheng.

Before the game, in the team's locker room, Lopez was talking to Li Cheng.

"Captain, I'm a little nervous." Despite having made countless decisions in his mind before, Lopez was still a little nervous before the game. If it was just a simple game, Lopez would definitely not be so nervous, but this game is also about the face of someone he cares about so much in this team.

"I'm not nervous, what are you nervous about?" Li Cheng said lightly.

Lopez shook his head and said, "Captain, I don't want you to lose." But I'm afraid that I'm not capable enough. ”

"What are you afraid of? Basketball is a five-person sport. We'll try to pass you the ball as much as we can. Li Cheng comforted.

At this time, Granger ran and moved in the direction of Li Cheng, and then said to Lopez: "Robin, what are you afraid of?" We're better than them, and now we're number one in the East and they're second to last in the East. We're much better than them overall. ”

Lopez bowed his head. Didn't speak.

Then. Jack, the oldest member of the team, walked up to Lopez and said, "Robin, don't be afraid. We'll all pass the ball to you. We don't just have to win the game, we have to win the bet. ”

"Robin, we'll help you." Ford also said.

At this time, Lopez still had his head down, but his fists were already tightly clenched.

Li Cheng stroked Lopez's shoulder and said, "Robin, what do you think you have to be afraid of?" Everyone will help you, and as long as you do your best, it's okay to lose. ”

Lopez was so moved that he held back the tears in his eyes and said, "Thank you, thank you." ”

Li Cheng patted Lopez on the back and said, "Robin, you have to remember, no brother, no basketball." You also have to remember that as long as you have teammates around you and basketball in your hands, you should be fearless. ”

"Fearless?" Lopez looked up at Li Cheng.

Li Cheng stretched out a fist and said, "Be fearless!" ”

Lopez also stretched out a fist, collided with Li Cheng's fist, and said, "Fearless!" ”

Until this moment, Lopez can really integrate into this team, maybe he will have to run in with this team for a long time, but from today he finally began to recognize this team. Unlike a few days ago, he only recognized Li Cheng alone.

Then the players ran out of the locker room to warm up, but Lopez remained silent and did not speak. But Li Cheng could feel the power in Lopez's heart.

The silent will erupt.

During the warm-up, Li Cheng first said hello to Yi Jianlian and chatted for a while, and then he was stopped by Carter, who was late.

"You're so positive in your warm-up today!" Li Cheng teased.

Carter smiled, "I'm going to win you later, can I not be active in warming up?" ”

"You don't have to win today!"

"Haha! Do you think you're going to be able to turn the tables around? ”

The two also rubbed a little spark between talking and laughing, they are both relatively competitive people, even if they lose the game, their faces can't be lost.

"We're number one in the East, don't you think I can't win?" Li Chengdao.

"If you talk about the final result of the game, I'm sure you can win. You rookies are too weird for me to stand it, but if you're going to say you can win a bet between us, I really don't believe it. You're under pressure to win six in a row and you really want to win today, but we don't have any pressure, we lose and we lose. A lot of people think we're going to be at the bottom this year! And now we're not rotten to the bottom. ”

"Don't you want to make the playoffs at all?"

"I just want a championship, and if it's just a playoff round, I'd rather go home and fish early." Carter's words were a bit insincere, but it did show that he didn't care too much about the outcome of the game today, and what he wanted was to win Li Cheng.

"It's useless for us to talk about the stars here, and in the end we can only see the final result."

"Then let's talk with the facts."

After separating from Carter, Li Cheng warmed up seriously as always, and Carter was also very involved in the warm-up today, which is very different from his previous style. Even some reporters on the sidelines found it strange.

"Why did Carter come out to warm up today?"

"Who do you ask?"

"Don't forget the bet between him and Li Cheng, it seems that he cares very much about this bet."

"I'm curious what the hell is betting between them?"

"No matter what you bet on. To lose is to lose face. If Carter, an old-timer, loses to Li Cheng, he will be ashamed. ”

"That's right, it seems that today's game is very interesting!"

"It's a brotherly derby, it's a Chinese derby, and there's a bet between Li Cheng and Carter. This game is really lively! ”

"Fans like to watch games, don't they just watch the excitement? The livelier the better. ”

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Soon the excitement of the game began, with both Lopez starting the game without any surprises. Both teams went crazy in the opening stages of the tournament to give the Lopez brothers a chance to score.

"It was a lively game, but the score grew slowly."

"Didn't you notice that even if the players on the field ran out of the way, they didn't choose to shoot themselves, but chose to pass to the Lopez brothers?"

"This is also true, it seems that Li Cheng and Carter's bet has involved everyone! I'm getting more and more curious now. Which of the two of them will win in the end. ”

The first quarter of the game lasted 3 minutes. The two teams played to a 6-6 draw. However, such a score does not mean that the two teams are really tied.

The Pacers' six points were all contributed by Lopez Jr., while Lopez Jr. contributed only four points to the Nets, and two points came from Yi Jianlian's rebound.

The game has just begun, and Li Chengcheng has already recovered a 2-point disadvantage.

But as the game progressed. Lopez Jr. still fell into the disadvantage. He's both in experience and in strength. They are far from his brother. If it weren't for the overall strength of the Pacers, it was relatively strong. Lopez Jr. may have been blown up by his brother.

Halfway through the first quarter, O'Brien called a timeout.

O'Brien called a timeout not because the Pacers were behind, as the Pacers were leading the Nets by three points. But Lopez Jr. is not in good shape on the court at this time. So O'Brien thought about it and called a timeout. Now even O'Brien has to take into account Li Cheng's feelings, and Li Cheng's influence now is definitely very different from a year ago. O'Brien didn't want to contradict Li Cheng because of such a trivial matter, on the contrary, he wanted to continue to increase his friendship with Li Cheng through this matter.

At this time, Lopez Jr. scored 8 points and 2 rebounds, while Lopez Jr. had already cut down 12 points, 3 rebounds and 1 block. With the cooperation of the whole team, Da Lopez is obviously more comfortable than his younger brother. He scored 8 points in a row in more than two minutes, and such strength had to make him sigh that he did have a certain ability.

The players were all around the manager, but Lopez Jr. clenched his fists tightly, and after playing the game for so long, his watch was not satisfying.

"I must not let the captain down, I must not let everyone down......" Lopez Jr. told himself over and over again in his heart, and his teeth clenched tighter and his fists tighter......

"Robin Lopez, you must not let the captain down!" Little Lopez shouted frantically in his heart.

In order to score with Lopez Jr., O'Brien replaced Ford, who shot more accurately, in order to help open up space for the interior and give Lopez Jr. more opportunities to score.

Seeing that the coach also helped him like this, Lopez Jr. could only shout infinitely in his heart.

After the game restarted, Lopez Jr. worked harder to get in the position with Lopez Jr., and he used all the offensive skills in his head. But the Nets took a completely strict defense against Lopez Jr., and the Nets' strategy was very clear - even if they lost, they couldn't let Li Cheng win the gamble.

This time offensively, Lee Chengtong guò ran without the ball to shake off Carter, and after Granger threw the ball to him, he wanted to find holes in the Nets' defense and pass the ball to Lopez. But until Carter came back from the fill-in, Li Cheng didn't find a chance to pass the ball. What's even more terrifying is that there was at least two seconds between Li Cheng getting the ball and Carter sticking it, and he was completely empty in those two seconds.

"Li Cheng was completely emptied? This is definitely a very rare thing. ”

"It looks like the Nets don't want to win now, and they're going to do whatever it takes to help Carter win the game."

"In that case, it's very difficult for the Pacers."

Li Cheng definitely didn't want to lose to Carter, but the Nets directly prevented Lopez from death. This made Li Cheng a bit of a dilemma. ”

Li Cheng frowned, he could only helplessly continue to dribble to find an opportunity.

Carter laughed and said, "I didn't expect that! In order to win you, we have paid a lot of money! ”

"So you're not afraid of being scolded after the game?"

"After so many years, I don't know how much dirty water and honor have received, do I still care about such a little abuse from the fans?" Carter said indifferently.

Li Cheng said helplessly: "You are really unscrupulous in order to win me!" ”

"Is that not it?" Carter laughed.

"But I'm not going to throw in the towel." Li Cheng said firmly.

"Then try it! See how you solve this situation for us. ”

Li Cheng snorted coldly, and didn't talk to Carter anymore, he swung sharply, and then took a step in the direction of the bottom line, and then jumped directly to shoot.

Carter only made a symbolic defense. Li Cheng easily sent the ball into the basket.

"Damn it!" Li Cheng scolded secretly.

It seems that Carter has made up his mind. He will use this dishonorable means to ensure the victory of the gambling game.

"It's useless if you have to score as many points, as long as Lopez Jr. doesn't score, I'll win. You're going to invite us to play. ”

Li Cheng glanced at Carter. He could only shake his head helplessly.

At this time, the scene resounded with overwhelming boos. Indiana fans expressed great disdain for Carter's approach.

"Fucking shameless Canadians."

"That's it! He didn't care about the team's victory at all, and he was damn so selfish. ”

"It's unsportsmanlike."

"You have the ability, you have a fair fight with Li Cheng."

Indiana fans were scolding. But Carter didn't care about it. Now Carter is completely different from his pursuit, and Carter already has the one he wants, except for the championship. And winning Li Cheng once is also something he didn't get. So now in order to win Li Cheng, he has not hesitated to put down his face and use the strength of the whole team to win a victory with Li Cheng.

Li Cheng's brows were furrowed, and he was desperately thinking about countermeasures. And Lopez Jr. was also very anxious on the inside at this time, and he was completely caught in the opponent's defensive quagmire and couldn't extricate himself. He didn't have many offensive means in the first place, not to mention that now he was caught in the opponent's tight defense.

Li Chengyi waved his hand and shouted, "Defend!" ”

Li Cheng's gesture meant to make the whole team of Pacers shrink, and everyone instantly understood Li Cheng's thoughts. With Lopez Jr. in a siege, they couldn't let Lopez continue to score either. At least the situation must be stabilized, as for the overtaking and reversal, as time goes by, the way will always come up, and the living can still suffocate to urine?

Although Lopez Jr. is also anxious now, he quickly calmed down and did his defensive work.

The Lopez brothers were frozen, but even if the current situation continued, Li Cheng would lose.

After the first quarter, the Lopez brothers' numbers did not change, but the scores of the two teams changed dramatically.

In the second half of the first quarter, Li Cheng took over the game directly, and he helped the Pacers score 15 points with a burst shot. In doing so, the Pacers led the Nets by as many as 14 points at 35-21 after the first quarter.

Little Lopez sat on the sidelines and felt a little depressed, he felt very uncomfortable, he didn't want Li Cheng to lose the game, but he had no choice.

"I'm useless!" Lopez Jr. thought to himself.

Li Cheng gently patted Lopez Jr. on the shoulder and comforted: "Robin, the game is far from over, we will always find a way to break their defense against you." ”

Little Lopez shook his head, and Li Cheng said again: "Don't play later, you have a good recovery, we will discuss it at halftime, and we will always think of a way." ”

Little Lopez nodded lightly and said, "Captain, I listen to you." ”

"You have to think hard when you sit on the sidelines and see if you can think of a way."

"Hmmm! Good. ”

O'Brien set his eyes on Li Cheng and Lopez Jr., his brows furrowed tightly. The outcome of the game is irrelevant, and the Pacers are not in danger of losing, but the gamble between Lee Cheng and Carter is ......

O'Brien could never have imagined that Carter had such a deep obsession with winning Li Cheng once, and that he would be so unscrupulous to win a private gamble between the two.

"It's fine if Carter wins in the end. What if you lose? O'Brien thought maliciously. But judging from the current situation, it seems unlikely that Carter will lose!

During the break, O'Brien laid out a furious attack. As long as Lopez doesn't play on the opposite side, the Pacers will have to continue this frantic offensive streak.

"We tried to finish the game before the end of the first half, and we played with Robin in the second half." O'Brien said fiercely.

In the second quarter of the game, the Pacers were in a crazy offensive posture as soon as they got on the court. The head coach of the Nets seems to be very pleased with the Pacers' situation, and if the Pacers don't put Lopez Jr. on the court, then he doesn't need to change his tactics to help Carter win the game without thinking, and he can be free to execute his own tactics.

On the team, even the head coach of the Nets has to listen to Carter. After all, the Nets' uniform team is already very sorry for Carter. If they make their only box office guarantee angry, their relationship with their fans can quickly deteriorate to unimaginable proportions.

So if the head coach has a conflict with Carter, it will definitely be the head coach who will go in the end. The Nets won't give up Carter without the right chips. At least that's the case this season.

Carter wanted to take advantage of this time to let Lopez go up and brush up a little more points. In this way, you can guarantee your victory. But he said he couldn't move the manager. Carter could only sit helplessly on the sidelines and have nothing to do. At this time, if Lopez is sent to brush up on the jù, then he will win today, but now the head coach has a lot more reasons than him. He couldn't have made any more unreasonable demands.

After all, as the head coach of the team, he can't listen to Carter for everything. And Carter doesn't have any particularly good reasons, and he can't be unreasonable without reason. After all, everything has to be done in a certain way.

O'Brien saw that the Nets did not send Lopez, but opened a posture to fight him, and the heart he was carrying also put into his stomach.

Li Cheng also breathed a sigh of relief after seeing this scene, if they wanted to win Carter, they had to come up with a way during this period of time, otherwise he could only obediently invite Carter to play at night. Spending money is a small thing, but this face is a big thing.

It's not unreasonable for Carter to want to win Li Cheng so much, so far, Li Cheng has almost maintained a sweep of the league's top superstars, except for the deflated Celtics.

At the Olympics, Li Cheng single-handedly defeated the incomparably luxurious lineup of the American Dream Team. Then he went on to win all against LeBron James. In addition, Kobe Bryant has never lost to Li Cheng in the NBA, and Maddie also lost to Li Cheng last season with full firepower.

If Carter can win Li Cheng once, at least he can get by in terms of face.

In the second quarter of the game, the Pacers' offense played very wildly. And the Nets also hit back the Pacers with a very crazy offense, and with both sides on the bench, the Pacers and the Nets were evenly matched. The Pacers didn't have much of an advantage.

However, this situation is not a bad thing for the Pacers, at least they maintain the lead in the score, and also keep the hope of Lee Cheng winning the game.

Lopez Jr. frowned tightly on the sidelines, he didn't know what else he could do to help Li Cheng win the game. The more shameless Carter wanted to win, the more he didn't want Li Cheng to lose.

"I don't know what they gambled on, but I don't want the captain to lose."

Li Cheng was also thinking of a way on the sidelines, he did think of a way, but he didn't think that this method was feasible.

Li Cheng was also very depressed in his heart, so he simply didn't waste his brain cells on the field. In the seventh minute of the second quarter, Li Cheng asked O'Brien to play.

Originally, the Pacers maintained a lead of about 15 points, and O'Brien didn't want to replace Li Cheng, but since Li Cheng asked for it, he still replaced Li Cheng.

After Li Cheng came on the court, he turned all his frustration off the court into strength, and all his helplessness was frantically vented to the Nets' basket.

In five minutes, Lee scored 11 straight points to help the Pacers take a huge 69-51 lead at the end of the first half.

The head coach of the Nets was very dissatisfied with the team's defense, and they were beaten into a sieve by Li Cheng alone. But he could only reluctantly accept such an ending.

Carter, on the other hand, was very happy, he was not ready to win this game. Li Cheng was a little depressed, not at all like a big score lead.

"Is it the rhythm of winning games and losing bets today?" Li Cheng thought a little depressed. (To be continued......)