The Fifth Point Guard

Barkley, who was rarely sane, was busy expressing his opinions, but he did not see the eyes of the Cavaliers players on the court full of fighting spirit and eager to challenge.

The referee blew the whistle and the game officially started at Indiana's Conseco Arena!

O'Neal Jr. jumps the ball for the Pacers.

Everyone originally thought that O'Neal would definitely win the jump ball easily, even though Ilgauskas standing opposite him was 10 centimeters taller than him.

but!

Big Z was very proud to win the ball for the Cavaliers first!

Cavaliers attack.

Seeing this scene, Barkley said: "The Cavaliers players seem to be very motivated. They should also know that they must withstand the opponent's first wave at the beginning."

Wagner controls the ball from the outside.

The Cavaliers used skilled Eagle tactics in the opening game.

James and Shentong kept crossing positions and looking for opportunities through air cuts.

But the Pacers were prepared.

As Paul Silas predicted, the Pacers played very targeted defense against Shentong and James.

Smith said: "The Pacers' defense was pretty good. Shentong and James had almost no chance to get the ball, and they were very defensive."

Miller and Artest's defense is the Pacers' best.

Miller's clinging entanglement and Artest's physical confrontation left Wagner without a very good opportunity to pass the ball.

After searching for opportunities to no avail, Wagner put the ball down from his head, stepped down and dribbled, and started to do it himself.

Tinsley has gone through more than two years of training, and he is no longer the stupid young man who could be convinced by Shen with just his mouth.

However, what he didn't expect was that Wagner, who was facing him, was also a very good player.

Wagner took a step forward with his left foot, moved the ball from under his stride to his left hand with his right hand, and swayed his body to the left.

Tinsley's defensive focus immediately shifts to his right side.

However, Wagner used a large crossover to instantly transfer the ball back to his right hand, and his body jumped past Tinsley's left side like lightning.

"Wow!"

With Barkley's exclamation, Wagner used a very beautiful fake move to pass Tinsley and go straight into the penalty area.

O'Neal immediately moved forward and raised his right hand to block the shot.

Facing the 2.11-meter O'Neal, Wagner's eyes did not show any timidity or shrinkage.

Facing O'Neal Jr., Wagner kicked off his left foot and jumped into the air!

"Tell you, who is the real third child!"

Wagner, who was flying in the air, made a throw in front of O'Neal.

The arc of the shot was so high that O'Neal's block was in vain.

Accompanied by a "swish" sound.

The falling ball passed through the net.

"snort."

Wagner, who scored a wonderful goal, showed a disdainful expression, staring at O'Neal who failed to block his shot, as if to say: "Starting in the All-Star Game? That's it?"

Barkley couldn't help but praise: "Dajuan scored a very beautiful goal. If there are players besides Shentong and James who can stand up, then the Cavaliers can still hope to win an away game." .”

How can O'Neal, who has been playing smoothly this season, swallow this sigh of relief.

The young and energetic Xiao Ou immediately blocked Boozer in the paint, preparing to play singles and venting his anger.

Dribbling, turning, and making baskets.

The movements were done in one go, just like usual.

Facing the basket that was so close, O'Brien threw the ball and was already ready to celebrate.

However, as soon as the ball flew toward the basket, a giant hand reached in front of him.

"Snapped!"

The crisp sound was transmitted to the live broadcast room through the microphone on the court.

Barkley couldn't help shouting: "What a face-blocking shot!"

It’s Big Z!

This guy came over to cover the moment O'Neill passed Boozer.

As for Foster, he didn't believe O'Neill would pass the ball to this guy at all.

Xiao Ao was also very cooperative and did not pass the ball as expected.

So the astute Big Z guarded the basket and blocked Xiao Ao's attack!

After blocking the shot, Big Z showed a rare expression of excitement on his face, and even raised his hands as he ran forward.

"I am indeed one of the Big Three, let me guard the basket!"

Thinking of this, Big Z looked at the coaching bench on the sidelines.

Silas gave Big Z a thumbs up.

When Big Z took a look, he was in a good mood and felt that his running steps were a little lighter.

Smith explained: "The Cavaliers started with great momentum."

Barkley said: "Like I said, the Cavaliers tried their best to defend the opening attack."

Just when Barkley was commenting on Big Z's block just now, the Cavaliers had already scored.

The owner of this goal was not Shentong or James, but Boozer, who was just eaten by O'Neill.

This guy was so thief just now that he sneaked out of the penalty area while Xiao Ou was stuck in the paint. After receiving the pass, he immediately threw a half-moon scimitar and contributed to the Cavaliers.

Immediately afterwards, the Pacers missed a shot, and Boozer swung his muscular arm to hold the defensive rebound in the crowd.

"Did you see it? With this extremely sharp combination of offense and defense, I can only be the third player on the team! I am the third leg of this team!"

Carlos's very straightforward shout made Big Z and Wagner tense up again.

So, in the first quarter, something surprising happened.

Shentong and James, who the Pacers tried their best to guard, had no chance to perform, but Big Z, Boozer, and Wagner played like crazy.

It was as if they had been given a shot of chicken blood. The three of them seemed to be trying their best to fight each other.

Big Z succeeded under the basket, and Boozer immediately dunked.

Boozer completed a jump shot, and Wagner immediately made a wonderful breakthrough layup.

Not long after Wagner stole the ball, Big Z made another big block on the defensive end.

Not only the Pacers players found it incredible, but even Shentong was dumbfounded.

I never thought that even if I was competing for the top spot, even the third youngest would be so popular.

James, who is in a very stable second position, has his hands on his hips and is very happy to watch the performance of his teammates.

This helps him lighten a huge burden.

In the first quarter, the Cavaliers turned away and blasted a 29-17 wave.

Shentong and James only scored 4 points together.

Under the abnormal performance of these role players, the Pacers began to lose sight of one thing.

Just when the defensive goal and focus was shifted to Big Z and others, Shentong and James, who felt "neglected", began to perform again.

Shentong's three-pointers hit consecutively.

James declared his importance in the team with a putback dunk and a bulldozing layup.

At the end of the first half, the Cavaliers already led by 20 points!

The score is 53-33.

Halftime break.

Buckley's mouth was half open and he couldn't say a word.

Smith smiled and said, "Charles, don't you think you should say something?"

Barkley "coughed" twice and said, "Let bygones be bygones, let's talk about the next half!"