The Pacers have lost a lot of strength since they traded O'Neal Jr. - Chamberlain has never understood that the Pacers are so eager to send away the former team boss?

Just look at the terms of their trade: the 17th pick in the first round this year, an expiring contract and a point guard suffering from a neck injury. For these few conditions, the Pacers sent away the leader who had been loyal to the team for 12 seasons without hesitation.

In 1996, O'Neal Jr. entered the draft as a high school student and then came to the Pacers, where he stayed for 12 years, and for the glory of the team, he himself became riddled with injuries, and was eventually abandoned by the team indifferently.

Perhaps this is also the reason why Harrington chose to accept the trade on his own, he has already seen that no loyalty, honor, in the end, can compare to the green dollar.

In fact, you can't scold the Pacers for being ruthless, not to mention that the league is essentially a business field, just that O'Neal Jr. himself is really a little unbearable: he missed a full 40 games last season because of a knee injury, and in the past four seasons, he has missed an average of 30 games per season, and I am afraid that the uniform group will not be able to stand it on any team.

O'Neal Jr.'s big contract constrains the Pacers, and as long as he doesn't go, the team can't rebuild. However, O'Neal Jr. is gone, and the spirit of the Pacers has collapsed, at least for a short time, just like Chamberlain thought, O'Neal Jr. dedicated his youth and best years to this team after all, and in the end was sent away mercilessly by the team, can others not lose their lips and teeth? After all, everyone gets old one day and can get hurt at any time.

The atmosphere of the Pacers is not very good, they have not come out of the predicament of the captain leaving, trading the captain is a big deal for any team, Danny Granger is also a good guy, but he is not good at words and is not as passionate as O'Neal Jr., so he has not shown leadership after being the boss, and the team has been slow to improve.

The game didn't start, the players from both sides met and chatted, Iverson went to the Pacers coach, and the two talked and laughed together.

The Pacers coach is Jim O'Brien, who is also a veteran coach with more than 30 years of coaching experience, but most of his experience is focused on college games, and he entered the NBA relatively late, entering the NBA at the end of the last century as an assistant coach with the Celtics.

His first head coach job was with the Philadelphia 76ers, in 2004, and he took Iverson for a while, but like other head coaches, his relationship with Iverson was not good at the time. But now that time has changed, and Iverson is more mature, it is more pleasant to talk about the past.

At seven o'clock in the evening, it was time for the game, and the starting lineups of both sides came on.

The Warriors' lineup is Chamberlain + Harrington + Jackson + Iverson + Curry.

The starting lineup of the Pacers is the center is the 2.13-meter big man Lasso Nestrovich, the big forward is the team's veteran Murphy, this is also a player from the era of O'Neal Jr., the style is very tough, the rebounding ability is good, the small forward is naturally the current team boss Granger, the playmaking guard is TJ Ford, and the scoring guard is Mike Dunleavy.

Because of Harrington's incident, Chamberlain was a little distracted, and when he jumped the ball, he was a little distracted, and Nesterovic was the first to touch the ball and pick it up to Ford.

Ford has had a nickname since he was in middle school, called 'Mustang'. The Mustang was a sports car produced by Ford in the sixties and seventies, and it was very famous, when it coincided with the Vietnam War, and the young people were full of rebellious spirit, and this car was sold well, and its most appreciated thing was its speed.

With the nickname 'Mustang', you can see how fast Ford is, in fact, when he entered the league, he was regarded as Iverson's successor in terms of speed, of course, only in terms of speed. However, today's Iverson successor met the real Iverson, which is a bit of a Li ghost meeting Li Kui, and the game is very interesting.

As early as last season, many experts swore that Iverson was too slow to get old, and although Iverson's recklessness was a lot more restrictive because of age, he was still the arrogant answer, and he had been holding his breath to use reality to fight back against those experts, and this game finally gave him a chance.

Ford also wanted to prove his strength by beating Iverson head-on, and the two met this time, and it was really a needle-to-needle.

Getting the ball, Ford flicked his calf and suddenly rushed forward as if he was stepping on Hot Wheels. Curry wanted to keep an eye on him, but Iverson waved his hand and chased after him.

In the face of Iverson's defense, Ford was extremely excited, and after reaching the three-point line, he first stabilized his body and did a few crotch dribbles, Iverson narrowed his eyes slightly, and his sharp eyes stared at Ford's eyes: The ball will deceive, the action will deceive, but the eyes are the windows of the soul, and this will not deceive people after all.

Ford shook his shoulders and made two feints in a row, and then, regardless of whether the other party was fooled or not, the sole of his right foot rubbed hard against the floor, and his figure was like a ghost, and he quickly slapped the ball and killed it directly from Iverson's left side.

As Ford got started, Iverson didn't move sideways to the left, but took half a step to the right as if he had been fooled. Seeing this, Ford was secretly overjoyed, and immediately accelerated to the extreme. Iverson moved to the right, then turned, and Ford just broke through him, and then he reached out of the ground like lightning.

Ford, who was proud of the spring breeze, only felt a lightness in his hand, and then his heart suddenly became very heavy: how could he not know what happened to him, and the ball was stabbed off!

Jackson grabbed the ball in his hand first, and then he reached out and threw the ball to the front court, Iverson saw that Jackson was closest to the ball after stealing the ball, and then turned around and ran down regardless of what was behind, and at this time the Pacers were busy attacking in the running position, how could they expect that the offense and defense would suddenly switch?

Iverson jumped up for a layup, and Ford chased after him, but he didn't even catch a fart.

was stealed at the beginning, Granger was a little helpless, if Kobe Bryant would have scolded a long time ago, but he was much more restrained and calm, but when Ford was ready to break through and single-handedly Iverson, he would come up to answer the ball.

Ford had no choice but to pass the ball, and Iverson looked at him and smiled: "You have a good boss, right, look at how much your boss is worried about you." ”

Ford pouted, and of course he could tell Iverson was saying the opposite. It's actually inappropriate for Granger to do this, the Warriors have a tradition, that is, whoever loses face gets it back, if Iverson was stealed by Ford just now, then this ball must have been played by him, at most Chamberlain and others came up to help him cover, but in the end, the task of completing the fatal blow was handed over to Iverson.

This kind of self-recovering the lost face can help a player retain confidence to the greatest extent, and for NBA-level players, confidence is more important than anything else.

Gran misses a shot, and Jackson's defense is just a good way to restrain a small forward like him — not very versatile offensively, good at shooting, and physically good but balanced. Chamberlain rolled over and picked up the rebound and threw it to Curry, who took the ball to the front court and glanced at Iverson, Dunleavy thought he was going to pass the ball and turned sideways to cut off his passing route, but Curry did pass the ball, but passed the ball to Chamberlain.

Chamberlain is the boss, and Curry has a sense of being the boss.

As soon as Chamberlain got the ball, Nesterovic immediately became nervous, and Murphy did not dare to hesitate and hurriedly came up to wrap him.

But Chamberlain didn't intend to come on his own at all, didn't Harrington ask to be traded? Another tradition of the Warriors is that players can eat a full meal before the trade and then hit the road, so he passed the ball to Harrington.

Harrington was unguarded and missed a mid-range shot from a jump. Murphy and Ostrovsky jumped up with their arms raised, and the basketball bounced off the hoop and fell and fell, only to have a slender and powerful arm come first, grab the ball in their hands, and pass it to Harrington again after landing, and its owner shouted, "Come again!" ”

Harrington took a deep breath when he received the ball, and this time he took a step forward and then jumped calmly, shook his wrist softly, and hit.

Iverson and Harrington hit four points for the Warriors first, and Nesterovic played against Chamberlain, who squeezed under the basket with brute force and stuck Chamberlain's position, only to eat a big hat from Chamberlain when he turned to the basket. Granger followed up with a quick shot and finally scored two points for his team.

Chamberlain had the upper hand against Nesterovich, and the Pacers bullied them into back-to-back plays, so they subconsciously increased the pace of offense and defense, which actually fell into the preferences of the Warriors - their lineup is one big and four small, and Iverson and Curry are both athletic experts.

On the other hand, the Pacers, Nesterovic and Murphy, two seven-foot big men, can their athleticism be as good as the outside players?

When they found out about it, it was too late to slow down, Curry and Iverson took over the rhythm of the game, as long as the offense two no matter who had the ball, they must have lowered their heads and rushed forward.

Curry and Jackson each hit a three-pointer, the Pacers suffered from small-ball tactics, they didn't have the kind of point guard who could reasonably distribute the ball, Ford was far behind in other aspects except for speed similar to Iverson, Iverson's worst organization was better than him, how could it be compared?

The Warriors made a 12-4 start, and then Ford finally broke through with the help of Granger's cover, he made a layup and threw a shot, and then wanted to steal Iverson's pass, but was teased by the answer, Iverson pretended to pass the ball and then shook his wrist, Ford subconsciously cut out of the gang, but Iverson did not pass the ball but played a similar street wrist flip action, and waited for Ford to retreat and he broke through directly into the restricted area to score a layup.

Ford chased the referee and said it was a violation, the referees gave him a roll of the eye and no one cared about his opinion, Iverson's ball was a side-rubbing ball, and the action was fast, so it looked like a wrist flip, but in fact, there was no violation of the law, of course, if it was not him who was a famous superstar but a rookie who performed the action, it must be a violation.

O'Brien called a timeout, and then began to switch lineups, although Ostrovich was tough, but in the face of Chamberlain did not seem to be able to play his strength, the Pacers restricted area was full of talent, so he sent a big man center Hibbert who was just selected this year, let him fight against Chamberlain, and also had the intention of training him, in addition, the guard replaced Daniels, who was more attacking, and let him open the situation.

Daniels is also a nerve knife, with the rise of West, some people call him another mad dog, he is a bit similar to West, whether it is ball style, personality or even physical fitness, but it is inferior in every aspect, except for guts.

At the beginning of the game, Daniels got the ball and shot a three-point shot from a distance, at this time he was still one step away from the three-point line, but the ball actually hit, this scene made West, who was also on the bench, sullen and scolded: "Shit, this is a mad dog with rabies!" ”

Chamberlain watched the game with his chin on the bench, and the old man replaced him again, and it was clear that he was going to play in the more important second, third and fourth quarters.

Daniels's three points were regarded as a challenge by West, after the offensive and defensive conversion, he ignored the opponent's pressing, and was stunned to break through, Daniels really couldn't do anything about it, he was too ruthless and suffered a foul, the Warriors re-served West or broke through, this time Daniels didn't dare to make a big move, and West made a layup.

When Chamberlain went off the court, the Warriors arranged Evans and Harrington inside, both of whom were not tall enough, and the Pacers focused on the interior.

Hibbert wanted to hit Evans with speed, but as soon as the two hit him, he was directly overturned, and the referee blew him for walking violations, Hibbert was about to cry, but there was no small action against Evans just now, who let him play confrontation when he was not as strong as others?

WEST BROKE THROUGH IVERSON, BUT IT WAS FORD WHO DEFENDED, AND IVERSON SHOWED HIS CROSS-OVER IN FRONT OF HIS SUCCESSOR, PASSING FORD AND SMASHING INTO THE BOX, ATTRACTING A DOUBLE INSIDE IN A ROW, AND THEN HE GAVE THE BALL TO HARRINGTON, WHO MADE A JUMPER.

The Pacers were determined to play inside, and they did have the advantage, with Murphy and Hibbert both having a height advantage, and the two took turns to slowly recover the lost point difference for the Pacers.

The Warriors played on the outside, Iverson and West attacked and then distributed the ball, and the Warriors did not have a pure playmaking guard, using two offensive guards to take the lead.

At the end of the first quarter, the Pacers relied on a three-point shot from Granger at the end of the game to take a 29-27 lead.