Xie Hou returned, and the Pacers won seven consecutive victories.

The team that ended their winning streak was the Chicago Bulls. Paul solved the defense from the outside, and Howard was in the penalty area and completely swallowed the Pacers' defense.

Xie Hou's performance of 34 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists became a foil, and by the way, the Bulls surpassed the Celtics and ranked first in the Eastern Conference.

If the Suns and the Celtics were expected to be strong, then the Bulls were unplanned.

Hinrich, Howard, Paul, Kevin Martin, Big Ben, Seifrosa, some people say that these are the strongest seven people a team in the Eastern Conference can choose.

When they stay healthy, they look unstoppable.

The Celtics have lost several games recently, not as strong as the start of the season, but the Bulls won consecutive games, ending the Pacers' seven consecutive victories and continuing their winning streak to nine games.

"They are an underrated team." Xie Hou commented on the Bulls.

The situation seems to have stabilized.

The three-time Eastern Conference are separated, and the Pacers feel that it is good to enter the playoffs at the beginning of the season. Now they are steadily behind the Celtics and the Bulls, but ahead of other Eastern teams.

ESPN ranks in regular season teams, as of January 15, the T1 team only has the Suns.

The Celtics were also at the T1 level in early January, but recently they lost games that should not have lost in a row, and their winning rate dropped and they were assigned to T2.

There are three teams in this level of T2, the Lakers in the West, the Celtics in the East and the Bulls.

The defending champion, with 29 wins and 14 losses, ranked third in the Eastern Conference, and was shortlisted for the T3 level with the Spurs and Mavericks.

No one expected that these three teams would fall into this stage. This is a downside to them and a direct reflection of the current situation.

Who would have thought that these teams are as powerful as these, and even the second-level teams cannot be ranked.

The one who is most dissatisfied with the division performance is the Pacers. They are the defending champions at least. The worst result in the past four years was the defeat in the division finals. Why is it so low?

As a result, ESPN really responded: "The Pacers have lost 14 games now, and the teams in the T2 level, such as the Celtics and the Pistons, have only lost 8 games at most. The decline in dominance is a fact and it is also the natural law of the league. Everyone has a day of decline. The Pacers are still great, but now it is time to enter a new era."

Should the alliance enter a new era? Pacers don't care. They just care very much about being ranked so low.

Just as the Pacers were sprinting for their record, the All-Star voting deadline came.

Xie Hou was elected as the voter king for four consecutive seasons, Yao Yong was elected as the voter king in the Western Conference, and Space was naturally selected for the rookie challenge. Wang Zhizhi also signed up for the three-point contest and received the consent of the league.

What does that mean? For the first time in history, four Chinese players will be playing in the NBA's All-Star weekend.

Xie Hou also specially checked Wang Zhizhi's data for this matter.

But he said that Xie Hou changed to the power forward, Xiao Ao and AK's injuries were the main reason, and Wang Zhizhi's transfer magic actually played a role in promoting it.

The Pacers originally wanted to let third-grade Andre Brachi come up, but he couldn't attack and did not play tricks. The defense was as good as Wang Zhizhi.

He played the starter with O'Neal Jr. at the beginning of the season, and was soon scored by Claire for his poor performance.

When Xiao Ao also fell down, Xie Hou changed to a power forward and became a foregone conclusion.

If Wang Zhizhi was still in the team, that difficult period might be put on the starting lineup. His defense would not help, but his offense was repeatedly proven. Joining the Magic, he received the best career and the last NBA contract. He lived a carefree life, played games without results, played for about 30 minutes every night, and averaged 13 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists per game.

His offense, rebounds and assists totally reflects his level.

When Xie Hou found out his data, he was surprised to find that Lao Wang averaged 7 three-pointers per game this season, hitting 3 goals, and his shooting percentage was as high as 44%.

"Good life!" After reading the data, Xie Hou applauded him at the laptop screen.

This incident was the only episode before February arrived. After experiencing the division, the Pacers were holding their breath and ending the January journey with three consecutive victories. They entered February and scored two more games. They arrived in San Antonio with five consecutive victories to challenge the "prestigious" T2 team Spurs.

But first, you need to turn the timeline back to two days ago.

Official news from the Pacers: Jermaine O'Neal is expected to make a comeback in the away game against the Spurs on February 5!

Immediately, the Pacers' team doctor confirmed the news.

Claire led O'Neal Jr. to hold a press conference and returned to the battlefield after three months. He was excited.

“Is there a clear date for Andrei Kirilenko’s comeback?”

Claire was in a good mood and answered their questions with a smile: "Andre is actively recovering from training every day. His body has not yet returned to his best condition. We have the patience and he has the patience. His situation is getting better and better. I believe he will definitely come back before the end of the regular season."

Before the end of the regular season...

There is still a risk of not being able to play in the regular season? Kirilenko's injury is beyond the imagination of the outside world.

In fact, if the Pacers had not required the results, for the sake of safety, Kirilianko might have been reimbursed for the season.

But they can't do that, because everyone in the team wants to win three consecutive championships, and the importance of Kirilianko to the team is self-evident. Xie Hou changed to play power forward and let everyone play self-confidence is indeed an important move, but with the current personnel alone, teams with strong inside strength will be in an extremely unfavorable situation.

The comebacks of O'Neal and Kirirenko are all needed by Pacers, even if they are no longer who they were.

Although this approach is suspected of ignoring the physical condition of the players for the sake of performance, it is also the common demand of the Pacers and Kirilenko. They both hope to make a comeback as soon as possible and the team is in a well-equipped manner to develop chemical reactions.

Two days later, the away game against the Spurs and O'Neal Jr.'s comeback has extremely important significance and value to the Pacers.

Veteran Jeff Foster, who has played for three months in the starting center and averaged 8 points and 9 rebounds per game, returned to the bench.

From the heart, his three months of starting are not wrong, and his contributions are quite good. His protection of defensive rebounds and offensive rebounds is better than that of O'Neal Jr., but his defense is not reliable enough.

What is strange about Foster is that as a white-skinned black man, he has a strong athletic ability and an offensive rebounding rate at the top of the league, but his assisted defense, especially the blocking, is not outstanding at all.

In the few months of starting, he averaged 28 minutes per game and blocked 0.6 times per game. This is a Bag-level protection of the basket.

This is also the reason why O'Neal Jr. just returned and didn't even try to get the main player right away.

The difference between the two in their ability to cooperate is not a small part.

When they entered the ATT center, a harsh boo sounded.

Spurs fans have reason to hate the Pacers.

Even if the Spurs were in the first three championship seasons, they were only able to fight in 1999.

The Spurs in 1999 had the peak Duncan and All-Star David Robinson, and with many substitutes, they won the cup smoothly after losing two games in the playoffs. If it weren't for the shortening of the season schedule and the ZZ reason that the Chinese people did not understand the history of that season enough, the Spurs that season would have been more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

In the 2007 Spurs, Duncan was still at the peak, Parker reached the peak, and Ginobili was also at the peak. The system he built over several years was great, the regular season was strong, and after defeating the Suns in the playoffs, the championship climate has become.

In the finals, the battle against the Pacers in the King Mountains, Horry's foul on Kirilenko, which ruined his life seemed to increase the Spurs' prospects for winning the championship. The championship climate that they broke by the Pacers seemed to be coming back. As a result, Xie Hou scored 65 points in a single game, and once again broke Jordan's single game score record in the playoffs, indicating that he did not need God to wear his jersey. In that game, he acted no differently from God, and he was God.

Therefore, the more he is now, the more hatred the Spurs fans are.

Both sides warmed up the shooting before the game, and Xie Hou continued to enjoy the treatment of increasing the booing on the spot before every shot. This did not affect him, but it once again affected his teammates, especially Sun Yue, whose feet were almost frightened.

"Will they rush into the field and beat us to death?" Sun Yue asked.

"Yes." Xie Hou was so scared that Sun Yue's hand shook and the ball fell.
Chapter completed!