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Chapter 153: Discord within the team

Since the end of 2001, the Heat have never beaten the Pacers even once at Conseco Stadium.

However, just as the game started, the Heat showed off their strong offensive ability. They have never lagged behind the Pacers since the beginning, but the Pacers were not pulled away. TJ-Ford has now completely ignored Zhang Kong.

His pass is indeed not good, but he can break through, and he can score himself. So when he started scoring, Jim O'Brien didn't say anything. He was still observing the movement on the field. Although Zhang Kong also ran on the field, he did not try to organize the offense. However, on the defensive end, he did a pretty good job. Wade also showed no way to do it under Zhang Kong's defense. With 5 minutes and 12 seconds left in the first quarter, the Pacers called a timeout and replaced Jeff Foster with Troy Murphy, who had just recovered from injury and was not in good condition. The Heat used Haslem to replace Michael Beasley. At this time, the score was 15-11 on the field. The Pacers were four points behind the Heat at home, and the shooting percentages on both sides were particularly low.

They have been using free throws to slowly increase their points. The two teams that advocate offense have played until 4 minutes and 11 seconds left in the first quarter, but they actually scored a 19-13 score, which is a bit beyond others' expectations.

And just when everyone thought that this game would be consumed slowly, Joel Anthony from the Heat was the first to show his strength.

He first received Mario Chanmos' assist and layup, then assisted Haslem to a powerful dunk. Then Daquian Cook, who was on the outside, was not polite and directly made a three-pointer one step away from the three-point line! The scores of the two teams instantly opened. At this time, Jim O'Brien off the court could not sit still, and immediately asked Earl Watson to replace TJ Ford on the court, because the old guy is now like a headless fly, constantly spinning around on the court. Apart from the four points he scored at the beginning, the old guy didn't score a single point, but wasted all the offensive opportunities on the Pacers!

There was no way, Jim O'Brien had to let Earl Watson take the bench off the bench, and then handed over the banner of organizing the offense to Zhang Kong. He just turned to TJ Ford this season, and the Pacers also had high expectations for him, after all, his annual salary was also quite large.

But just by looking at his playing level in recent games, he can only say that he is just a douche, not even considered an ordinary person. Zhang Kong is obviously an unexpected gain. After Earl Watson came on the court, although he still played No. 1 position, it is obvious that the person who organized the offense had transferred from the point guard to Zhang Kong. Just after halftime, Earl Watson handed the basketball in Zhang Kong's hands.

This is the first time Zhang Kong has got the ball in a sports game in this game, yes! tj-Ford ignored Zhang Kong at all, and did not even pass the ball during the game, and Zhang Kong spent the rest of the time to touch the ball when serving the ball outside the boundary.

Earl Watson did not learn from TJ Ford, and handed the ball directly to Zhang Kong after halftime.

Zhang Air transported the ball and looked at Wade in front of him. Today, Zhang Air defended Wade, and Wade was also defending Zhang Kong. Wade has made three shots now, but unfortunately he missed one shot. Two points were made after the breakthrough, causing Hibert to foul and cheated him. However, this year's Zhang Kong is not as strong as last year. That point won't make you ruthlessly. He chewed the gum easily, and Zhang Kong looked up at the basket in front of him.

When someone defends, it is impossible to play a jump shot with Zhang Kong's surname, but others don't know.

Seeing Zhang Kong looking up, Wade took a step forward immediately. He wanted to defend Zhang Kong, and Zhang Kong was waiting for this step.

The ball quickly crossed the right hand, and then used the instantaneous burst of force with speed and strength. Before Wade stood firm, he broke through like a flying breakthrough. Wade was hit by Zhang Kong and his body could not withstand it, so he naturally gave up and allowed Zhang Kong to easily break through to the inside line.

Haslem, who was inside, couldn't help but jump when he saw Zhang Kong breaking through, and let a defender break through. This was not fun, so Haslem appeared in front of Zhang Kong as soon as possible, spread his arms and blocked Zhang Kong tightly.

I hope I could stop Zhang Kong, but Zhang Kong was not so easy to stop. When I leaned against Haslem, Haslem felt a huge force coming. People have always said that Zhang Kong's power was invincible in the alliance, but looking at him with small arms and calves now, it is hard to imagine that this guy's physical strength was so terrifying!

Haslem was squeezed open a gap, but Zhang Kong did not continue to break through. Instead, he took the ball with both hands and used this gap to throw the ball behind Haslem. A white and yellow figure flashed by. After picking up the basketball, he made a layup directly. Danny Greenger, he just wanted to run back and dodge the opponent's defense, but he didn't expect that just after he ran to the position, Zhang Kong's pass came. After the ball entered, Granger looked at Zhang Kong and couldn't help but give him a thumbs up.

Seeing Zhang Kong actually helping Granger break the deadlock, Jim O'Brien couldn't help jumping from the chair excitedly.

"Beautiful! Zhang Kong continues to organize, and when defending, Zhang Kong is the core!" Jim O'Brien shouted loudly on the bench. Zhang Kong's passing ability is not very strong. He just increased to 70. He can't make the pass that is too beautiful and weird.

At most, he can guarantee that the orthodox passes will not be intercepted by others. The passes like Jason Williams and the others in the White Chocolate were not yet able to do with Zhang Kong's passing ability. Compared with those super point guards, the only advantage he now is that his vision is without blind spots. Just like just now, he clearly turned around, but he still knew Granger's position. As long as he knew the position of his teammates anytime and anywhere, Zhang Kong's passing could always find them.

tj-Ford watched Zhang Kong start organizing the offense, the team's morale, offense and defensive quality have improved to a certain extent.

I felt even more upset. I remember that he had always played the first shot in the Bucks. Later, because of Xiao Mo's appearance, he was traded to the Raptors. He played for two years in the Raptors and had always played the first shot. Then Calderon came and started playing the substitute himself.

Now that the substitute hasn't played a few games, he got the Pacers directly. Last season, he played 74 games in the Pacers, but only 49 starts, and this year it's even more rare. He just played a few games, and his playing time was compressed by Zhang Kong. People are selfish. He TJ Ford, he is extremely unhappy now. Zhang Kong is a cancer of the team. He wants to get rid of it quickly. Unfortunately, looking at Zhang Kong's performance on the field, it is not easy to get rid of him.

Zhang Kong's pass did not have the effect of reviving the team like those passers-masters, but his passes and assists were extremely stable. In the remaining two minutes, he led the Pacers to slowly chase the score on the field.

With 2 seconds left in the first quarter, Zhang Kong entered the inside with the ball and finished the last layup. After completing the last draw, the Pacers slowly scored the score at home to 28-25, only 3 points behind at home. In the last two minutes, the tactic with Zhang Kong as the core of defense took effect. Only O'Neal, the Heat, cheated a foul on the inside, made two free throws, and scored two points. The others did not score a single point. With such a score, both sides entered the second quarter.

The second quarter was the time to be substituted. Zhang Kong was replaced by the original Rockets player and Luther Hyde. It can be said that in the team, Zhang Kong has the best relationship with Luther Hyde and Earl Watson. The former is because he was Yao Ming's teammate and had some understanding of China. You can also say a few simple words to Zhang Kong, while the latter is the one who benefits the most during the time when Zhang Kong played.

Zhang Kong always finds the best position for passing the ball. Granger is the first point, and Watson is the second point, because Watson likes to run and can always pull out the space. As long as he has an available space, Zhang Kong will definitely pass the ball as soon as possible.

Zhang Kong played in one quarter and scored only 2 points in total, but he gave 3 assists in two minutes. At the same time, he also sent two blocks and one rebound in the whole quarter. Zhang Kong's performance was still so comprehensive, and he didn't like his own offense.

Nowadays, point guards are more likely to compare not to passing but scoring. It is difficult to see Zhang Kong, who doesn't score by himself and is dedicated to assisting his teammates. Such a selfless player is always what a team needs the most.

Looking at the teammates who were particularly friendly to Zhang Kong on the bench, the fans at home were a little at a loss.

They clearly saw Zhang Kong's position on the court. Although some fans were still dissatisfied with him when Zhang Kong took the ball. Boos were flying all over the sky, Zhang Kong's performance won the support of more fans.

At least now, his assists are definitely the highest in the team, and his selfless style of playing basketball has also infected the rest of the Pacers.

In the second quarter, the Pacers controlled the rebound well from the beginning. In the first quarter, Hibert's continuous strong attack at the basket also prevented the opponent's score gap from being widened, but there was a trend of narrowing.

Although the Heat tried hard to maintain the lead, the effect was not good. With 7 minutes and 46 seconds left in the second quarter, Granger first played and replaced Dengtai Jones. Then with 6 minutes and 12 seconds left in the second quarter, the Heat began to make a big change of blood. First, Dwayne Wade replaced Joel Anthony, who performed well in the first quarter, then Mario Chanmos replaced Daqun Cook, and finally Jermaine O'Neal replaced Carlos Arroyo.

When Jim O'Brien saw Wade on the court, he immediately replaced Zhang Kong and replaced Luther Hyde.

(To be continued)hf();
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