NBA: Magic Johnson opens the season, crowned MOP

David West faced Dio's defense on the court, turned around in the low post, forced his way past the flexible fat man and made a layup.

23:19, the Pacers continued to expand their lead

"Don't pay attention to him, Joey!"

After receiving the serve, Parker walked past Joey and whispered:

"He wants you to lose your mind."

Joey nodded without saying anything.

Parker easily broke through DJ Augustine's defense and entered the inside. Facing Hibbert's backup defense, he turned around and passed him, and then made a signature small lob shot and scored successfully.

The French sports car of this period can be said to be the most perfect peak state of the combination of body and technology.

Although limited by his height of 1.

88 meters, he was already 30 years old and was still selected to the best second team after the end of the regular season this season, and he will be selected again next season.

The signature lob shot on the move is his specialty.

Basically, it is difficult for NBA players in the same position in this period to defend Parker's first step one-on-one!

If Joey's first step master is silver, it is estimated that Parker must be gold...

Then, George responded on the offensive end!

Using his body to carry Joey's defense, even if the latter has defensive badges such as Death Coil, he still can't stop Paul George, who has gradually entered his peak state.

The latter faced the Spurs' not-so-tall inside line and jumped up to dunk.

Bang-bang!

The basket squeaked when it was dunked, and it was a 360-degree dunk that shocked everyone!

The audience was full of The sound of sucking coldness.

Jiao Yi couldn't help marking that George's physical fitness was bursting.

The honor of the best defense is the best evidence!

But in the next few rounds, Joey still gave the quasi -three -array player with a skilled running player by the team's tactical understanding.

George also thought so.

He quickly caught up with Joey at a amazing speed and was ready to cut off the pass at any time.

When I arrived at Parker's pass, Wester on the inside was too late to make up for defense, and did not hesitate to take a shot.

——

""Pop!"

Maybe because he had been sitting on the sidelines for too long, Joey's touch was not good. Even with the badge bonus, he still missed the first shot.

Fortunately, Blair blocked the Pacers' inside tower Hibbert, grabbed the offensive rebound and passed it again.

This time, Joey received the ball and made a slight adjustment before shooting.——

""Swish!"

As expected, the basketball finally went into the net.

George then reacted and realized that he had been fooled.

Cunning rookie!

In the next few rounds, Joey vividly showed George what it meant to be the"king of small moves."

On the offensive end, he relied on running and cutting to constantly consume George's physical strength.

On the defensive end, Joey was like an old man who hadn't touched a woman for more than ten years, constantly using subtle small moves to disrupt George's dribbling rhythm and breakthrough steps.

Snap.——

"Whistle!"

In the last round of the first quarter, with ten seconds left, the Pacers have the ball.

Joey made a"precise" cut, accurately"cutting" George's left hand while dribbling.

The referee gave Joey a personal foul, which was Joey's first foul in the game.

Pacers boundary ball.

George couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Taking advantage of the break between serves, he rubbed his aching chest, looking at the rookie Joey who stared at him even when he was not ready to receive the ball, his face looked very bad: damn rookie, it's okay to have a lot of small moves, but you run without the ball It's too much to deliberately bump into me!

Moreover, these"moves" of Joey were extremely concealed.

The three referees on the field didn't notice them once.

Only in the last ball, Joey slapped his own hand directly and called a foul.

However, Joey's"dirty way" was still useful. Not only did it limit the hot-handed Paul George on the defensive end, making him score only two points in the last five minutes of the first quarter.

At the same time, Joey also helped the team score 5 points on the offensive end with off-ball running, and successfully tied the score before the end of the first quarter.

29:29!

In the last few seconds of the Pacers' ball possession, Granger saw that no one ran out to catch the ball, so he had to bite the bullet and shoot a three-pointer - bang!

He was blocked by Leonard with a paralyzed face, and the basketball was blown to the other half of the court.

"Damn it! Damn rookie……"

As soon as he returned to the bench, George angrily threw the towel handed to him by his teammates on the bench, his face livid.

"He shouldn't be at basketball games, he should be at WLF (Mi Li Jia Free Fighting)……"

"Dirty guy!"

Recalling the"various evil things" that Joey did to him in the first quarter, George was furious.

Damn, he treated him like a dog the whole time, and when defending, he used all kinds of dirty tricks such as elbowing, pulling pants, and stepping on feet!

George said that he had never met a guy who played like this!

It was really eye-opening.

"Don't let your emotions take over your reason, Paul……"

Danny Granger, the elder brother, consoled him.

Head coach Frank Vogel also consoled him, and George's mood finally eased.

On the Spurs side, seeing that Joey was effective in defending Paul George, the old man was happy to keep him on the court.

After a simple deployment, the electronic reminder sounded, and the players of both teams stepped onto the court again.

………

In the second quarter, the Pacers stepped up their attack on the"aging" inside line of the Spurs. Although Duncan, who was already 36 years old, was still in good shape, he still couldn't resist the attacks of George, Granger and even Stephenson.

Even the pick-and-roll single-player tactics of George Hill and Roy Hibbert were aimed at the"No. 21 rookie" whose footsteps had become slow.

The old man off the court saw the opponent's intention, so he replaced Duncan, who had already committed three fouls, with Split and Aron Baynes, a younger inside pair.

Sure enough, the Pacers' frequency of attacking the inside line became less frequent.

It was at this time that Joey returned to his best point guard position, and with Leonard and the"Martial Saint" Jackson who had just returned to the rotation lineup, he began to block the Pacers' outside line.

First, George Hill lost the ball due to a double-team by Leonard and Joey. The Spurs launched a fast break, and Granger and Hibbert had already returned to the basket to form a local"2 on 1".

With the support of the dribbling veteran, ball protection master and silver powerful terminator badge, Joey used a skillful and large-scale back-to-back jump step to shake off the two defenders and score a layup. In the next round, George wanted to force Leonard, who used his super long wingspan to steal the basketball from behind when George had already completed the breakthrough.

From the audience's perspective, Leonard put one hand into George's armpit, as if he was holding the latter up, and his waist just hit his hips - a real back-to-back!

The scene was quite explosive!

After completing the steal, Leonard quickly passed the ball to Joey who had already rushed to the half court.

(Don't ask why Joey had already rushed to the half court, the answer is trust!)

George gritted his teeth, and the Pacers teammates quickly returned to defense.

The fastest CBA star"junior brother" had caught up with Joey, who was about to layup the ball against the unattended basket - the junior brother, who had a basketball IQ of at least 250, could not let him do what he wanted, and took out all the strength of the real James, soaring like a roc spreading its wings.

Hmm?

As soon as he took off, his junior brother noticed something was wrong - how come I'm already flying, but Joey is still taking three steps? Is he trying to steal my"Eight Steps of the Dragon"?

Watching his junior brother fly out of the baseline, Joey smiled and knocked the ball onto the backboard - he rushed out of the baseline without looking back.

"Bang!"

Leonard followed closely behind and rushed up, with a hand big enough to hold E, stuffing the rebounding basketball into the basket.

Wow - shouts came from all directions of the ATTT Arena, and the Spurs fans were cheering for this wonderful fast break dunk!

Old man Popovich on the sidelines smiled - it seems that since this kid came to the team, the Spurs' style of play has become much more gorgeous...

Spurs owner, Pete Holt, the largest tractor manufacturer in Texas: Of course, more tickets will be sold!

All of the above are just some microcosms of the Spurs' offensive end in the second quarter.

At the end of the second quarter, the score between the two sides was 51:58. The Spurs relied on the outside defense lineup composed of three forwards to cause the Indiana team to make six turnovers in a single quarter. Relying on defensive counterattacks, they actually led the Eastern Conference powerhouse Pacers by 7 points at halftime.

The advantage over the Spurs in the second half of the game became greater and greater - the Pacers' starting five almost played the full���In the first half of the game, except for Duncan who played for one and a half quarters, Manu and Parker all rested for a full quarter!

It is hard to imagine that the Spurs, whose average age is about 30 years old, can lead the Pacers, a young team in the Eastern Conference, by nearly ten points in the first half without much GDP. Sure enough, at the beginning of the second half, except for George, the Pacers' lineup was replaced by the main rotation players. The four starters, including Hibbert who scored 9 points and 10 rebounds on Duncan in the first half, were all replaced.

Faced with such a situation where the enemy is obviously weak and we are strong, how could the GDP Big Three miss such a good opportunity? They took turns to exert their strength and blossom inside and outside - facing the younger generation, Paul George, who is faintly known as the top three small forwards in the Eastern Conference, the energetic demon sword fully demonstrated what"old ginger is still spicy", and broke through and shot, tearing up the Pacers' proud perimeter defense, and also scored 11 points in a single quarter on George, and caused the latter to foul twice.

George, who had already committed four fouls, had to be replaced.