Chapter 35: The Three Rains of Consec

The Indiana Pacers are a veteran powerhouse in the league, and they have reached the Finals with the efforts of Reggie Miller, Rick Schmitz, Dale Davis and others.

When Bird resigned, Smitz retired and Davis left Portland for contract issues, the Pacers, an established powerhouse, began to fall apart.

Who knew that Isaiah Thomas, who picked up Bird's position, had a brilliant move, Davis went to Portland, but the Pacers got Jermaine O'Neal, who was frozen to the point of numbing his scalp on the cold bench in Portland.

Since then, the Pacers have taken Miller as the core, promoted newcomers such as Al Harrington and Artest, and the Pacers once again maintained their strong nature, but unfortunately the 04 playoffs became Miller's swan song, and the Auburn Hills Palace ruined the Pacers.

After Miller's retirement, the Pacers were in decline, O'Neal Jr. was riddled with injuries, and as Granger matured, the Pacers got rid of O'Neal Jr. and began to rebuild.

At present, the Pacers inside line is Li Feng's brother Georgetown University graduate of the traditional center Roy Hibbert, 07 before the draft Hibbert announced his withdrawal from the draft, Hibbert could compete with Oden in the draft year, but the next year, Hibbert, who did not improve in college, fell out of the lotto, and was sent to Indianapolis as a bargaining chip for O'Neal Jr.

The power forward is a double-double machine Troy Murphy, who played a brilliant 14+11 with the Pacers last season, and propped up the façade of the interior when O'Neal Jr. left and Hibbert didn't mature.

The Pacers' small forward is naturally the protagonist Granger, while the scoring guard is Dante Jones (also known as Dundee Jones), a defensive guard who played the Nuggets last year, and the point guard is TJ Ford, who is better and faster than Iverson.

Looking at the lineup, the gap between the Pacers and the Grizzlies is not obvious.

'We've got to get a win at the Stade Consec, well, in other words, we can only accept the win.'

Before the game, Hollins made a bold declaration at a press conference. Sixty percent of the media euphemistically expressed their support for this seemingly over-the-top declaration. The other 40 percent believe the Pacers are bigger head-on, given the 18,435 seats at Consec Field.

In contrast to Hollins' grandeur, Pacers head coach Jim O'Brien was somewhat humble, and he made a rather professional social speech against the camera.

"Uh, this...... Victory is what we are looking for, and we will do our best to fight for it. ”

It is worth mentioning that Granger, who is the representative of the players, also made a similar opinion.

Such rhetoric was thought to be a smoke bomb released by the treacherous O'Brien before the game, but what the truth is, perhaps only the person concerned knows.

In short, at 7 p.m. on October 27, the regular season opener kicked off with the watchful eyes of 18,000 fans at Consec Stadium.

Alves, the 55-year-old stadium commentator, clearly didn't expect the first goal to come so quickly.

As soon as he took a sip of water from his teacup, he immediately choked on the boiling water.

"Ahem...... The game had just begun, Roy Hibbert jumped the ball to beat Marc Gasol, TJ Ford broke through the inside line to score a layup, Grizzlies' new recruit Allen Iverson sat on the bench, and Mike Conley didn't even react. The Pacers gave the Grizzlies a downshot at home. ”

At the beginning of the game, Ford broke through and caught the Grizzlies off guard, and the Grizzlies made a mistake with Guy's pass when attacking, allowing Dante Jones to get the basketball, Jones was extremely fast, running all the way, rushing to break through the restricted area before the Grizzlies could return to defense, and the Grizzlies inside Mark Gasol naturally jumped up and tried to stop the opponent. …,

But Jones made a feint, the basketball flicked, Danny Granger in the bottom corner caught the ball, calmly shot, a graceful arc, and the basketball flew into the basket.

The goal caused the fans gathered at the Consec Stadium to burst into cries.

After Granger scored, he excitedly bumped his chest with Jones in celebration.

Even Alves is strange, even those who don't understand the ball can understand that Guy's passing mistake just now is simply an unbelievable mistake in the professional arena.

"Is Memphis destined to be a fish belly?"

He thought.

But then he shook his head, what did it matter to him, he was rooting for the Pacers, and the weaker the opponent, the closer they were to victory.

The game continued.

After scoring an early goal, the home team seemed to have found a breakthrough point in the attack, and the center of gravity of the attack was all tilted to the outside, and Granger maintained a high record and perfect touch, completely blowing up Guy.

Fortunately, the Grizzlies were also in good shape for Mayo, scoring 10 points on consecutive shots.

"His grandmother's, if she continues like this, she will definitely be poked into several big holes."

Li Feng sat on the bench with his arms crossed, muttering in his mouth, and Iverson next to him nodded with concern.

"You say, Rudy was Tracy when he was training, why is Teresa in the game?"

Li Feng remembered Guy's usual performance, today's state was too unexpected, he didn't look like a man.

"It's a good chance that the Pacers will win this game."

Iverson asserted, but there seemed to be nothing left unsaid, just a glance at Hollins and silence.

"Perhaps......"

Li Feng nodded, and his gaze continued to fall on the field. The blinding lights of the Consec Stadium dazzled him, and the neat shouts of the 18,000 fans made him a little fascinated.

"Danny's three-pointer hit again, and looking at Danny's number three, I seem to have the illusion that this is not number three, but number three!"

Amid a neat cheer, Alves shouted with great interest.

Just six minutes into the game, Granger hit seven three-pointers in front of Guy and scored 21 points, and that's the beginning!

It was analyzed before the game, the difference in strength between the two sides is not large, according to the performance, Granger and Guy are half a pound, Marc Gasol and Hibbert are evenly divided, Randolph is slightly stronger than Murphy, Mayo is also stronger than Jones, and Ford is slightly stronger than Conley, but the current score is 12-27, if it continues, the Pacers can consider 50 points in a single quarter.

The Grizzlies were really bearish in this opener, and Hollins couldn't keep his composure, he stood up and roared:

"Play patiently, don't panic, only vote when you have the opportunity, and don't play if you don't get serious!"

THE ROAR STILL HAD SOME EFFECT, AND RANDOLPH KEPT INSIDE-OUT WITH HIS TEAMMATES, AND THE GRIZZLIES GRADUALLY STABILIZED THEIR GROUND.

But within a few minutes, Murphy shot back, although Randolph has been different from before recently, but even if he has a defensive attitude, he can't hide the fact that his defense is poor, not to mention that Murphy's shooting is also very strong.

Whew!

A three-point rain fell in Indianapolis, and the first quarter ended at 25-42, with the Grizzlies trailing by a wide margin.

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