Kevin Garnett's exit was the most dramatic scene of the night. It was too sudden. The Bulls were not prepared, the Pacers were not prepared, the players on the court were not prepared, the coaching staff on the court were not prepared, and the audience outside the court was not prepared. Even Xie Hou, who took the initiative to take the initiative to attack, did not expect to knock Garnett out of the court.

It was these incredible moments that made Xie Hou believe that Ron Artest was not an earthling.

If you want to use a normal person to guess his way of thinking, you may think of what he does.

"Ron, if we win this game, you are today's mvp." Xie Hou praised from the bottom of his heart.

Artest never thought of taking on this great achievement.

Xie Hou's praise made him laugh, and the Bulls unexpectedly launched Garnett's successor, Tyrus Thomas. His athletic ability can still crush the Pacers' penalty area.

Outstanding talent is the basis of their alliance.

Now, the Bulls who lost Garnett are still ridiculously strong, but they are not a team that makes people feel invincible.

The most intuitive change in Garnett's departure was that the Bulls' inside space was reduced. Howard's back-playing authority was removed by the coaching staff, and the offense was only relied on eating cakes and grabbing offensive rebounds; he fought for a second attack. Without Garnett to open up the space, his downs were no longer easy. Howard and Thomas both blocked the space, and the offense from the outside was also affected.

That is the impact of the offensive end, and the change on the defensive end is that Xie Hou, who has lost his confinement, has once again become an unrestricted existence.

The Bulls were able to limit him before, relying on two elites taking turns to watch over the 3D. Garnett and Howard, two DPOY-level insider locks, were always cared for. Now Garnett is no longer here. Howard, in addition to protecting the basket, also has to guard against the situation, and the defense effect has declined significantly.

Xie Hou let go of his hands and feet, and the supporting roles around him appeared vividly.

French striker Nicholas Batum is like a fish jumping out of the water, allowing people to see his slippery figure and style of play.

His offensive ability and round share have never been higher than 19%. He lacks low-post skills and ball-holding ability to watch the ball. His scoring on the offensive end depends on various miscellaneous items, such as tactical empty cuts, layups after handing the hand, fixed points when being released, occasional misplaced shots, free throws that are needed by cleverness, etc. Big spiders like Garnett and Howard, who have a wide range of movement and can exert influence everywhere, are deadly restricted to him.

In the rest of the second quarter, Batum took the lead and gave way to Pacers fans to briefly forget Danny Granger's performance.

A fixed-point three-pointer and an empty cut layup caused Howard to make a shooting foul on the free throw line.

He scored 7 points, each of which was beautiful, and his comprehensive skills exuded a vivid talent.

"First of all, Nicholas will give us more surprises in the future." Bobby Leonard said objectively, "At this stage, he is indeed far inferior to Danny. The transaction has already happened. There is no need to complain about irreversible things. It is better to cherish the present and discover the beauty in front of you."

The chain reaction of Garnett's decision to leave was Batum's outbreak and the Pacers' from falling behind to leading.

At the end of the half, Garnett left, and the Bulls, who were all in the game, didn't know how to maintain their original advantage.

54 to 47

For the first time in the series, the Bulls fell 7 points behind the Pacers in half.

During the half-time interview, reporters asked about Garnett.

"Why did kg suddenly lose control of his emotions?"

"I don't know either..." said the perpetrator innocently. "Ron and I just retelled some things he did and he got angry. The things that followed were not something we could control. I'm glad there were no casualties..."

Want to have casualties? There is a story in the reporter's smile.

The Bulls suddenly lost Garnett. The latter's offensive position was not high, and the defensive end was not an ineffective axis. But without him, what was missing was not just a strong man with an offense and defense, but also a golden voice that roared to remind everyone to take the place.

The state of confusion will not continue.

Last year, they didn't add Nate and played the seventh game with the Pacers, let alone making progress in all aspects now?

The walkers at this time were much weaker than last year.

The situation surged in the second half, and the Bulls's core core, Chris Paul, led the Bulls to launch an offensive.

Paul was majestic and Kevin Martin was beside him delivering firepower from outside.

The Pacers could hardly resist it. At a critical moment, Theo Papalucas made a key three-pointer, allowing the gap to return to 4 points, stabilizing the team's morale.

"Theo's three-pointers bring not only three-pointers, but also confidence."

Papalucas scored three-pointers, which inspired others' enthusiasm for shooting.

In the second half, Xie Hou frequently held the ball at the high position, and his playing style was very similar to Drummond Green later - after all, he was a tall ball holder second only to the Magician (perhaps) in history. Whether it was holding the ball at the top of the arc or the low position, serving the ball was his strength. He was different from Green, who made Warriors fans so angry that the unsolved offensive threats made him stand at a high position and would not ignore his opponents completely, and focused all his attention on other main attackers.

Since Green's teammates, to be precise, are too capable of running without the ball without the ball. As long as Green does a good job in dealing, cutting, covering and transferring the ball, he can still maintain smooth and efficient operation on the offensive end. Volkswagen's opinion on Green's offensive role and ability has been relatively unified - he needs to match a very strong tactical shooter on the offensive end.

Xiehou is another concept.

Both of whom are dealing cards at high positions, Green is strong because of his teammates, but Xie Hou's teammates are thanks to his strength and strength.

The regular season averaged nearly 38 points in the firepower output. Not to mention emptying him, the Bulls didn't even dare to give him some gaps.

The closer they take care of Xie Hou, the more likely Xie Hou's teammates will get a shot. At this time, Garnett's importance comes out. He can go to the high position to force Xie Hou, and interfere with passing, with long hands and feet. As a seven-foot-long man, his range of movement has been rare in ancient times. It should be said that in history, no seven-foot-long man has caused a devastating blow to pick-and-roll tactics and high-position ball-holders' offenses, and is rarely caught and beaten by misplaced.

Even a basketball player with a lower IQ than Stromayer Swift will have to make such a choice if his brain gets into water or his brain hits a wall. Oh, let me say more, except for Colin Sexton1.

1 It is possible to make the defender who is so soft that he is so popular that he goes crazy on the spot.

Xie Hou's threat is unsolvable for the bull.

Howard and two major 3D wings took turns to take care of them, Papalucas, Artest, Tim Thomas, Josh McRoberts, and Sun Yue started to shoot three-pointers.

The easier they get three-pointers, the easier it is to score.

The Bulls are like Pacers in the last game.

The Pacers were beaten by the Bulls at home two days ago, mostly behind double digits. They were in a better position.

At the very least, it was 4 points behind, and at the most it was only 8 points.

Being able to bite the game when you are knocked out is also a reflection of your strength.

In the third quarter, the Bulls pulled the score difference to 4 points many times.

Xie Hou may attack by himself or make three-pointers from the outside with a high position, and can always increase the gap to 6 points, 7 points or 8 points.

The tug-of-war between the two sides lasted for a whole period.

Paul's buzzer-beating attack in the third quarter used the change of rhythm to hit Xie Hou's 21.

62 to 66

Still 4 points behind, the game entered the fourth quarter.

Before the end, Paul gave Xie Hou an unspeakable look.

Howard said: "Even if kg is not here, we can win the game, let's see!"

That's what happened in the last quarter was not Paul with a scary look, or Howard who made harsh words, but Kevin Martin who was calm like Tamsui.

The biting dog does not bark.

He shot three-pointers in a weird posture, and Howard's strong cover made him shoot the second three-pointer. It was that goal that the Bulls tied the score.

But he was not satisfied because he beat this way.

He was not satisfied at all.

It would be a pity if James Harden's son of Jingdezhen did not commit a few fouls during his performance.

His way of creating fouls is worse than Harden, and he is hard enough to dare to get into the body.

His body is of level difference from Harden, which is why the latter has caused double fouls for years. His opponent wants to kill him but he is still strong, while Martin is suffering from injuries and has not had a season of his career healthy attendance.

To become the son of Jingdezhen, you must not only give face to the referee, but also to resist the body. If the body does not resist the body, you can't bear the frequent attacks on you who are tired of being fouled by you. From this point of view, Harden's despised foul numbers are still worthy of praise. After all, there are so many people coming and going in the league, and for the time being, only he can have such terrifying explosive power.

Martin's outbreak began with the Pacers' poor defense and ended with Artest's violent confrontation.

But his performance has already brought the Bulls a turnaround.

Xie Hou took over the game in time, and then passed the ball after shooting inside and outside, so the Pacers regained the lead.

Howard grabbed three offensive rebounds in a row, and the Bulls reversed.

Papalucas' three-pointer, and the Pacers regained the lead.

Paul and Xie Hou fought against each other, and the battle for the lead peak was like a fierce battle. To seize the commanding heights, they sacrificed not only ammunition, but also countless lives.

Both sides attacked tensely, and finally pushed the game to the height it should have.

"This is the highest level contest in the East!"

"No, it's the highest level in the league!"

One minute before the end of the game, Paul's attack was caught up by Xie Hou and was nailed to the hat.

"Nice!" Xie Hou's teammates stood up one after another.

But the rebound fell into Howard's hands, and the Indiana live announcer said that it was Howard's 25th personal rebound.

He dominated the rebounds, just like the No. 1 center.

When he grabbed the offensive rebound at that position, no one could stop him from attacking the basket. What happened immediately has happened countless times.

Howard scored a dunk and the Bulls led the way.

The Pacers did not call a timeout because there were 40 minutes left in the game, and even because Thibodeau knew that even if he called a timeout, he would arrange tactics to catch the ball and fight for Xie Hou. Since that's the case, it would be better to let him dribble the ball from the backcourt across the frontcourt. Anyway, he played all the way.

Any team with the first player in the league will eventually learn the winning strategy of throwing the player at critical moments.

Xie Hou was one-on-one in the frontcourt, and the person who faced him was Cory Brewer.

At this time, he still looked less like Sun Desheng, the commander of the cavalry company. He was just himself, a young man with hair, vitality and extraordinary talent.

Xie Hou started his left hand and changed direction. The basketball entered his hips and slapped back and forth, just like a volatile water flow, and like a flipped flying object. No one knew where it would go except to control its original deity. Brewer had already done his best to stand up and defend, but Xie Hou was swaying past his center of gravity, smoothly stepped forward and took a step back, and then he shot a quasi-killing kill of "laughing loudly or crying"!

Xie Hou has never been good at erupting in silence.
Chapter completed!