roccoschili Chapter 278 How Much Time? 55...
Chapter 278 How Much Time? 55...
Chapter 278 How Much Time?five five.
The big screen showed the starting lineups of both sides. For the Pacers, Xu Xiang and George Hill were on the perimeter, Pickle and Plumlee were on the front line, and Hibbert was the center.
For the Jazz, Raul Neto and Hood are on the outside, Hayward and Trey Lyles are on the front line, and Derek Favors is the center.
The jump ball was won by Hibbert, and the Pacers won the first attack. Favors just jumped symbolically. From Xu Xiang's perspective, he basically didn't move. He is only 2.08 meters tall. Hibbert is directly 10 centimeters taller than him. Even if he wants to fight, it is impossible to win.
After Xu Xiang held the ball for half the court, he found Paul George who was out of his pocket. Pickled Pepper didn't shoot after getting the ball, and continued to give it to Xu Xiang who was about to come down. Just as Hood was about to come over to intercept, Xu Xiang directly exerted force and passed him like a gust of wind. The two cooperated in a wave and scored a layup.
This is the pressure Xu Xiang and Paojiao put on the opponent when they are on the court at the same time. Neither of them can let go.
At the end of the first half, the Pacers led 54-44 by 10 points.
In the second half, both sides had a full bench lineup. Under the leadership of Lu Wei and Jokic, the Pacers pursued the victory and led the point difference to 15 points in one fell swoop. Coach Nate originally wanted to make a substitution, but he didn't expect that the point difference could lead so much.
The game ended 102 to 94, and the Pacers won by 8 points.
徐向全场比赛只出战15分，罚球2中1，拿到8分3助攻的数据。
This is also the first time he has not scored more than 10 points since the start of the season.
After playing against the Jazz, the Pacers had two days to rest. After all, this kind of three-game streak is quite hard, and the team is also very strong. They took a day off and returned to the arena on the 7th to continue training.
"Xu, can we talk about contract renewal?" In a top-notch cafe, Kevin Pritchard sat opposite Xu Xiang and Mike.
During this period of time, Kevin Pritchard was very anxious. Every day at the high-level meetings, the first thing to do was to urge him to reach a contract renewal with Xu Xiang as soon as possible, but Mike didn't let go of his mouth for a long time, so he could only find the real owner directly.
Xu Xiang frowned, looked at Mike next to him, and saw that he spread his hands and didn't speak. He knew what Kevin was going to say before he came.
"Kevin, my contract hasn't expired yet."
Xu Xiang said slowly, in good conscience, now he doesn't want to renew his contract with the team ahead of schedule, the season is not over yet, it could happen at any time, it's hard to say, what if the Pacers won the championship this season?
"Xu, I..." Kevin Pritchard became anxious when he heard this, and was about to say something when Xu Xiang stopped him.
"Kevin, don't worry, I just want to play the ball well now. As for the contract issue, I don't think about it at all now, and you don't have to worry about what agreement I will reach with other teams."
Now people from all walks of life in the league are speculating about Xu Xiang's whereabouts next year, and many people have offered him an olive branch.
Kevin left with disappointment. He didn't get Xu Xiang's words, but he didn't dare to cut Xu Xiang's playing time according to the conventional routine.
Dilemma on both sides.
On December 12, the Pacers, who had been resting for a few days, finally ushered in their next opponent. The opponent's name was the Golden State Warriors!
With a 22-game winning streak and a 31.2-game winning streak, both sides have appeared in front of people with a complete victory since the beginning of this season, and the core players on both sides have played very well. Curry averaged 28.6 points per game, and Xu Xiang averaged [-] points per game. Due to the decrease in the number of shots Xu Xiang made in recent games, his scoring average also dropped a lot.
The Pacers are playing at home in this game. Xu Xiang has been saying that the Pacers' schedule is unreasonable. In fact, the Warriors' schedule is even more unreasonable. Counting this game, they already have five consecutive away games, and there are two away games next, which is equivalent to seven consecutive away games!
This is the real "devil's schedule"!
However, even in such a high-intensity game, the Warriors can still keep a game without losing, which is really explosive!
At 8 o'clock in the evening, the Bankers Life Arena is full of seats at the moment.
The Pacers have won 22 consecutive victories, and the Warriors have won [-] consecutive victories. Neither side has lost yet, but after today, there will definitely be a team whose winning streak will be broken, but I don't know who it is.
And no matter who loses, the indomitable momentum will be disintegrated in an instant. This is how games are. Sometimes winning does not depend entirely on strength, but also on momentum and luck.
No one wants to be that loser, no one wants to keep winning!
In terms of momentum and tacit understanding, the Warriors definitely have a certain advantage. After all, they are the defending champions, the defending champions who defeated the Cavaliers with James, and their tacit understanding is far from what the re-formed Pacers can match.
But in terms of physical strength, the Pacers have an advantage. They are playing at home, and they have rested for a few days before, while the Warriors have been in an intensive schedule. Everyone in the team did not have time to rest, so they had to go back and forth between the airport and the hotel.
The Pacers are waiting for work!
Before the game, many media reporters, including some experts, were predicting the result of the game, but they didn't expect the final result to be [-]-[-]!
Half think the Warriors can win, half think the Pacers can win.
What both parties said is well-founded. As far as Xu Xiang knows, an American university even held a debate contest with this proposition, recorded the video and posted it on Twitter. Xu Xiang went to check it out. The proposition was "Can the Warriors continue to win?" "
This video was also frantically reposted by fans, and Xu Xiang also deliberately went to the bottom of the video to comment:
"Thank you to the students on the opposite side. After today, you will know that your views are extremely correct!"
As soon as this sentence came out, it immediately grabbed the headlines of the major media. This sentence is a bit arrogant, is it a tactic?Or gauntlet?
Maybe Curry also saw Xu Xiangfa's words, and he also left a message under the video:
"I have never seen such sharp affirmative debaters. I like them very much, because they are all right!"
"boom!"
Curry's words are more influential than Xu Xiang's. Everyone is now starting to take sides for their favorite teams. Even the spokesperson of the White House in the United States has been asked this question by media reporters.
The spokesperson is very bachelor, and clearly stated: He is a fan of the Warriors, and he supports the Warriors!
The match between the two sides has not yet been played, but the smell of gunpowder is already very strong!
(End of this chapter)