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Chapter 62 The Regular Season Begins (Let's bookmark and recommend!)
10 month 30 day.

The first stop of the 2014-2015 regular season for the Pacers will face the challenge from the Philadelphia 76ers at the home banker life arena.

Before the game, the two sides entered the ceremony.

Pacers fans rejoice after what has been a rollercoaster ride this summer.At the end of last season, they were delighted to discover that their favorite team had a "savior" Paul George, who led the team to the last minute with the Miami Heat, which owns the league's "Big Three".Although they lost the game in the end, it was the third consecutive year they had reached the Eastern Conference Finals by then, and they were beaten by the Heat every time.

They are also quite pitiful. If it weren't for the "big three grouping together" at their peak, this result would be hard to say.

Since Reggie Miller retired, the Pacers haven't had a decent leader for a long time.When Reggie Miller just retired, they tried in vain to continue to hit the Eastern Conference championship with O'Neill as the core, but O'Neal was still unreliable and did not support them.

Jermaine O'Neal is actually very sympathetic to Xu Xiang. He has strengths. After all, he has made 7 All-Star appearances in his career, and he has a strong low-post defense and is very good at causing offensive fouls.But his injuries have affected his performance too much, and his knee has always been a mountain that prevents him from moving forward.

When they found that O'Neal was not good, they turned their attention to another person, and that was Danny Granger.

This person can be said to have taken over the scepter of leadership perfectly, and Pacers fans also readily accept such a player as their boss.Why? Because this guy is a bit like Reggie Miller, Pacers fans' idol.The same three-pointers are outstanding, they are all thin and tall, and their scoring ability is terrifying. They have no reason not to like such people.

But the same nightmare came, and after winning the "Most Improved Award of the Year" and entering the All-Star for the first time, Granger did show the strength of a team leader, but in the 2012-2013 season, he also had a problem with his knee and announced that he would be absent indefinitely.This suddenly seemed to destroy all the fantasies of Pacers fans, but the "savior" appeared. Paul George perfectly took over the leadership position and led the team to the Eastern Conference Finals three times. People saw hope again, thinking that Paul George must be a future superstar.

Everyone thinks so, and Paul George is not Jr. O'Neal and Danny Granger. He is very healthy and has no injuries.As a small forward who can match up with James without losing a bit, his future is limitless.And he is still young, he still has room for improvement, who knows where he can go?

The Pacers are not weak, they have Paul George.This is what all fans think, and it is true. The Pacers team with Paul George has never been a bad team. He should be one of the top small forwards in the league. Such a promising person, without any injuries, if he can find a helper for him, the Pacers fans dare not think about it. The picture is so beautiful. They seem to see the future championship trophy beckoning to them.

But who would have thought that in a small match, this person would be destroyed, and the hopes of all Pacers fans would also be destroyed.

They were angry, they were resentful, and they felt that they should have told him earlier not to play for the U.S. national team, but it was too late to say anything now, an All-Star was lying in the hospital, and he didn’t know when he would come back, even if he came back, whether he could recover his peak strength would depend on God’s will.

Just when they felt that their favorite team was dead this season, Xu Xiang turned out to bring them another dawn.

This year's Pacers don't have a first-round pick. Their first-round pick was sent away in a deal with the Suns in 2013, so they feel that it is obviously impossible to pick a powerful rookie without a first-round pick.

When the Pacers announced that they had selected Xu Xiang, they didn't care too much about it. It was just a second-round pick, and whether he could sign it was still a question.However, after the Pacers signed a good contract with Xu Xiang, they have a little expectation. Is this Chinese kid good?Otherwise, the team's management is not a fool, signing such a big contract with a second-round pick.

But there are still some fans who don't understand, and think that this money should be spent elsewhere, such as the introduction of an All-Star player.

But it's okay, anyway, this season is out of play, and they don't want to over-spray the team's management, it doesn't matter, you can do whatever you want, let the rookie be like this.

Summer League?Oops, I don’t want to watch it, and there’s nothing to watch. Why watch a game if you don’t have players you like?

"What did you say? Averaged 26.8 points per game, well, it's not bad, at least you can score."

"He also beat Smart and Aaron Gordon? Well, that's it. I have already seen that Smart is not good enough. It was a mistake for the Celtics to choose him."

"What? He beat all the rookies? Including the sophomores? Brother, you're dreaming!"

After the end of the summer league, these remarks spread instantly. In the end, they came to the unanimous conclusion that this Chinese kid should be able to serve as a scorer for the backup lineup.

Until the day when Xu Xiang defeated the Cavaliers in the preseason, all the fans were silent.In the past, there were not many people in Cleveland who supported the local team, but everyone who came back was touched. The Pacers relied on Xu Xiang's own strength to win the "New Big Three", and finally got "divine" statistics for rookies.

When the preseason ended, they found that they seemed to be looking forward to it again. Could this kid carry the banner of the team like Paul George?Let's take a look first, um, you can encourage more, maybe the dream will come true all of a sudden?You are right.

Xu Xiang was the penultimate player, followed by Roy Hibbert.Xu Xiang didn't speculate on what was wrong with this order of appearance, but neither George Hill nor David West seemed to have any other objections to this phenomenon.

When Xu Xiang entered the arena, his ears were filled with huge cheers. Although the audience seats at home were not full, the explosion was still not small.This is what I am fighting for, Xu Xiang clenched his fist tightly, let's start!

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