Chapter 35 Consecke's Three-point Rain

The Indiana Pacers are a veteran team in the league. They once reached the finals with the efforts of Reggie Miller, Rick Schmitz, Dale Davis and others. They had no choice but to face the Lakers who had won three consecutive championships, the "shark-cutting tactics" did not cut off the Sharks at their peak.

Later, Bird resigned, Smits retired in dismay, and Dale Davis left Portland due to contract issues. At this time, everyone, the Pacers, the old powerhouse, began to collapse.

Who knew that Isia Thomas was so fucked by Bird's position, Dale Davis went to Portland, but the Pacers got Jermaine O'Neal who was tinky on the Portland bench.

Since then, the Pacers have adopted Miller as the core to promote newcomers such as Al Harrington and Artest. The Pacers have once again maintained their true colors as strong teams. Unfortunately, the playoffs in 2004 became Miller's masterpiece, and Auburn Mountain Palace even ruined the Pacers.

After Miller retired, the Pacers gradually declined, and O'Neal Jr. was plagued by injuries. As Granger matured, the Pacers threw away O'Neal Jr. and began to rebuild.

Currently, the Pacers' inside line is Li Feng's senior brother, traditional center Roy Hibert, who graduated from Georgetown University. Before the 2007 draft, Hibert announced his withdrawal from the draft. Hebert could compete with Oden for the first place in the draft year, but in the second year, Hibert, who had not made any progress in college, fell outside the lottery and was finally sent to Indianapolis as a bargaining chip for O'Neal Jr.

The power forward is a double-double machine, Troy Murphy. Last season, Murphy scored 14+11 in the Pacers, and supported the inside appearance when O'Neal Jr. left and Hibert was not mature.

The Pacers' small forward is naturally the protagonist Granger, while the shooting guard is the defensive defender Dante Jones (also known as Deng Tai Jones) who played in form last year, and the point guard is TJ Ford, who is faster than Iverson.

Judging from the lineup, the gap between the Pacers and the Grizzlies is not obvious.

"We must have a victory at Consecco Stadium, yes, in other words, we can only accept victory."

Before the game, Hollins issued a heroic declaration at a press conference. 60% of the media expressed tactful support for this seemingly heroic declaration. The other 40% believed that the Pacers were bigger, after all, Consecco Stadium could accommodate 18,435 people.

Compared to Hollins' majestic appearance, Pacers head coach Jim O'Brien is somewhat humble. He made a social rhetoric professionally towards the camera.

"Well, this... victory is what we pursue, and we will do our best to strive for it."

It is worth mentioning that Granger, who is the player representative, also expressed a similar view.

Such rhetoric was considered to be the smoke bomb released by O'Brien before the game after the game, but perhaps only the person involved knew what the fact was.

In short, at 7 p.m. on October 27, under the gaze of 18,000 fans at Consecco Stadium, the opening game of the regular season kicked off.

Fifty-five-year-old stadium commentator Alves obviously didn't expect the first goal to come so quickly.

He just picked up the teacup and took a sip of water, and immediately choked on the throat by the boiling boiling water.

"Ahem... the game has just begun. Roy Hibert jumped the ball to defeat Marc Gasol, TJ Ford broke through the inside and scored a layup, the Grizzlies' new player Allen Iverson sat on the bench, and Mike Conley didn't even react. The Pacers gave the Grizzlies a warning at home."

The game just started, Ford broke through and beat the Grizzlies off guard, and the Grizzlies made a mistake in passing during the attack, allowing Dante Jones to get a basketball. Jones was extremely fast and ran all the way, breaking through the penalty area before the Grizzlies returned to defense. The Grizzlies' inside lineman Mark Gasol naturally jumped up to try to stop the opponent.

But Jones made a fake move, and the basketball swung, Danny Granger at the bottom corner received the ball, and took a calm move. With a beautiful curve, the basketball flew into the basket.

The goal suddenly caused the fans gathered at Consecco Stadium to burst into overwhelming calls.

After Granger scored, he excitedly slammed Jones into his chest to celebrate.

Even Alves was strange. Even those who don’t understand the ball could see clearly that Guy’s passing mistake just now was an incredible mistake in the professional arena.

"Is Memphis destined to be a slim fish?"

He thought.

But then shook his head, what does it have to do with him? He supports Pacers. The weaker the opponent, the closer they are to victory.

The game continues.

After scoring early, the team at home seemed to have found a breakthrough point for the offensive, and the center of gravity of the offense was tilted to the outside line. Granger maintained a high record and perfect feel, completely defeating Guy.

Fortunately, Mayo is in good shape on the Grizzlies, scoring 10 points with a sudden shot.

"His grandma, if this continues, several big holes will definitely be poked."

Li Feng sat on the bench with his arms in his arms, muttering, and Iverson beside him nodded in a resentful way.

"You said, Rudy was Tracy when she was training, why did she be Theresa during the game?"

Li Feng remembered Guy's usual performance. His condition is too unexpected today, and he doesn't look like a man.

“This game is very likely to win the Pacers.”

Iverson made an assertion, but there seemed to be nothing else to say, and just glanced at Hollins and fell silent.

"Maybe..."

Li Feng nodded and his eyes continued to fall on the field. The dazzling lights of Consecco Stadium made him a little dazzled, and the neat shouts of 18,000 fans made him a little confused.

"Danny hit the three-pointer again. Looking at Danny's No. 33, I seemed to have an illusion that this is not No. 33, but No. 31!"

Amid the neat cheers, Alves shouted with enthusiasm.

Just six minutes into the game, Granger made 7 three-pointers in front of Guy and scored 21 points. This is the beginning!

I analyzed before the game that the strength of the two sides is not much different. According to performance, Granger and Guy are half a dozen, Marc Gasol and Hibert are evenly matched, Randolph is slightly stronger than Murphy, Mayo is also slightly stronger than Jones, and Ford is slightly stronger than Conley, but the score is 12-27. If you continue, 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 patience, don't panic, you will only be able to make a shot if you have the chance. Don't play if you don't end up seriously!"

Such a roar was still effective. Randolph kept working with his teammates inside-out, and the Grizzlies gradually stabilized their positions.

But within a few minutes, Murphy fired back. Although Randolph had been different recently than before, even if he had a defensive attitude, he could not hide the fact that he was not defending, not to mention that Murphy's shooting was also very strong.

Swish swish swish swish!

Indianapolis rained three-pointers, ending the first quarter, 25-42, and the Grizzlies were behind in the score.

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