Legendary star

Chapter 704

"What happened to the Pacers?"

Since the schedule entered February, almost all the media in the United States have been asking the same question, that is, what is going on with the Pacers now?Because they maintained a complete victory in January, the Pacers only lost two games in the first 2 games. In the seven games before the All-Star Game, they lost four of them, basically one loss. Win a game, lose another game, and win a game in an infinite loop.

Originally, after all the games last month were over, almost all the media in the United States were enthusiastic about the Pacers, cheering for the Pacers, hoping that they would make persistent efforts and strive to break their record of 74 wins in the regular season. There is no shortage of killers and fishers in troubled waters, but everyone hopes that the Pacers will break the regular season record. The face is dull, we finally decided to support you once, but you fell off the chain.

Compared with the media who watched the excitement and didn't think it was a big deal, and the melon-eaters who desperately hoped that the Pacers could break the record of regular season wins again, the Pacers were very indifferent to whether they would break the record of the regular season. Because even if you win 82 wins in the regular season, the championship trophy will not be awarded directly to you. Therefore, the head coach of the Pacers Rick Carlisle began to prepare for the playoffs in advance. As for the regular season winning record, Rick Carlisle really couldn’t see it. After all, 74 wins and 8 losses were caused by Rick Carlisle. It was played by the Pacers, so it doesn't matter if you refresh it or not.

This season's All-Star Game can be said to be a special one. Unlike previous bids by cities where NBA teams are located, this season's All-Star Weekend was held in Las Vegas, the casino. I have been chanting the slogans of green, healthy, and fair, so the NBA clearly opposes the NBA's involvement in gambling, but this time, the NBA is tightly tied to Las Vegas, so the outside world has always been Guess whether the wind direction of the NBA is about to change. After all, opening a handicap or something can earn much more than the ticket money for a game.

When we came to Las Vegas, the gambling city, everyone naturally wanted to have some entertainment. Under the leadership of the newly promoted All-Star Carmelo Anthony, Meng Xu had a good taste of what is called Las Vegas style. The so-called small gambling is fun, but big gambling hurts the body. After losing thousands of dollars in chips, Meng Xu decisively stopped.

As for this year's All-Star Game, it seems that we have played too much, especially the All-Star Game, which is the finale of the All-Star Weekend, is full of entertainment. All-Star Game, today's All-Star Game has no defense at all, everyone is trying to attack, and they are doing it in any way, how to do it, how to do it, all kinds of alley-oops are full of the whole world. The court, as for defense, has long been taken over by Java. Without defense, basketball will naturally be played more beautifully. Therefore, this season's All-Star Game has also set a record. In the same situation as in the NBA, the Western Conference scored an astonishing 153 points, and even the losing Eastern Conference scored a high score of 145 points. Therefore, this All-Star Game was dubbed an exhibition game without any difficulties.

After the end of the All-Star Weekend, most of the teams that have confirmed their places in the playoffs have begun to adjust their status, striving to be in the best condition to face the playoffs in the near future. Before the All-Star Game The Pacers, who have already started to adjust, are naturally impossible to fall behind. On the second day after the end of the All-Star Game, the Pacers' official website released a wave of injury information, including Jermaine O'Neal. Pacers players will miss one to two weeks due to various injuries.

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"Whether the early comeback is due to the Pacers? Of course, although my injury has not healed, I am very excited when I think that the Pacers are coming to the American Airlines Arena. I can't wait to compete with the defending champion." It's over."

"Our situation this season is a bit bad, but don't forget, it was when Dwyane and I were absent, and now Dwyane and I have returned, so our season will definitely be For the playoffs, as for the goal of the playoffs, we always have only one goal and that is the championship."

The day after the All-Star Weekend, the Pacers will go to Miami, where they are preparing to face the Heat. Since the two cores of the Heat are all absent due to injuries, before this game, Rick Carlisle rested several The main players, but what I didn't expect was that just after the Pacers arrived in Miami, Shaq O'Neal, who hadn't recovered yet, announced his early comeback.

Jermaine O'Neal and Mutombo are all on rotation, so after Shaq O'Neal announced his early comeback, Rick Carlisle is still under a lot of pressure. He thought it was a game of abuse, but now it is likely to evolve It will be a tough fight, and judging from O'Neal's tone, O'Neal is indeed angry. Rick Carlisle knows what an angry shark looks like, so who will play in this game? At the 5th position, Rick Carlisle has always been a little wobbly.

"Today may be an opportunity to test Darko's strength." Darko Milicic has become the Pacers' No. 2 center after coming to the Pacers, and occasionally he will be arranged by Rick Carlisle to start a game. The team paid attention to, trained hard, and increased playing time. With this series of favorable factors, Darko Milicic has made significant progress this season. However, because he played off the bench most of the time, Darko Milicic There are still very few opportunities for Qi and the star to match up inside. In today's game, knowing that NN-Hilario and Jeff Foster can't resist O'Neal, Rick Carlisle had to Catch the ducks on the shelf, arrange Darko Milicic to start the game, and go to match up with O'Neal. For one thing, Rick Carlisle is really no one to use. Another point is that Rick Carlisle also wants to test Darko Milicic. Odd the training results since most of the season.

(End of this chapter)