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After a four-game road streak, the Lakers are finally back at home, and they will face the Pacers at home, although the Pacers lost Paul George this year, but their trade from the Thunder Oladipo was a surprise.

Oladipo was originally just a bargaining chip between the Thunder and the Pacers in trading Paul George, and although the Pacers had expectations for him, the expectations were not very high.

But what everyone didn't expect was that this season in the Pacers without a king, Oladipo played the strongest statistics of his career, averaging 23.3 points, 7 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game All-Star performance.

It was a back-to-back game for the Lakers, but since yesterday's win over the Heat didn't take much effort, all the physical exertion wasn't particularly large.

The Lakers' starters have not changed much, the starting point guard is Ball Lonzo, the scoring guard is Kentavios Cardwell Pope, the small forward is Kyle Kuzma, the power forward is Brandon Ingram, and the center position is the "monster newcomer" Chen Hao!

The Pacers' lineup starts point guard Darren Collisson, shooting guard Victor Oladipo, small forward Bojan Bogdanovic, power forward Thaddeus Young, and center Myles Turner.

At the beginning of the game, the Pacers used the same tactics as the Heat last game to deal with the Lakers, shrinking the defense to the interior to limit Chen Hao.

As for being shot by Ball in the last game, in the eyes of the Pacers' coaching staff, it's just that the Lakers have taken shit luck, and today is still back-to-back, and today's Lakers outside line should be the same as before, and they should recover from an inaccurate state.

At the beginning of the game, Chen Hao jumped to the ball.

Ball took the ball to the three-point line, faced Collisson's defense and couldn't find any chances, so he could only give the ball to Ingram, but once again something unexpected happened.

After Ingram received the ball, he actually shot three points directly!

"What do we see?" O'Neal said in the commentary room, puzzled by Ingram's shot options.

Although Ingram's shot selection was not good, the ball still went in!

This goal directly ignited the atmosphere in Staples Arena.

A young Lakers fan stayed directly on the sidelines, then turned his head and looked at his dad, as if to say, "Dad, is this still the Laker I know?"

His father didn't, he just hugged his son's head and kissed it.

"Blanton, that's not your style!" Ball walked over and gave Ingram a high-five.

"That's not my style, I've always been so tough!" Ingram smirked as he put his hands in his eyes before the Pacers were half-time.

"You don't learn the boss's swelling enough, the boss won't be as stupid as you!" Bauer quipped.

However, the younger brothers are so powerful, as the eldest brother, Chen Hao will not have a voice, and on the defensive end, he directly gave Oladipo, who has been in the limelight recently, a big hat to cover the sky.

After the cover, Chen Hao didn't forget to show off his muscles to Oladipo.

On the offensive end, the Lakers' role players maintained their usual style, and the outside touch soared, with Ball, Kuzma and Ingram destroying the confidence of the Pacers' perimeter defenders with their three-pointers.

The Pacers are in the same predicament as the Heat in the last game, whether to let it go or not.

The Pacers' coaching staff thought about it for a long time and decided to let it go, but asked their players to quickly pinch Chen Hao if the Lakers passed the ball to Chen Hao.

However, after the pause came back, Chen Hao's performance directly made him desperate.

Because Chen Hao couldn't give him this kind of opportunity at all, the Pacers' players leaned out on defense, and the Lakers' group of younger brothers immediately hoisted the ball to Chen Hao on the inside.

You expect Chen Hao to give you two slow shots like some of the current center forwards, and you are attacking.

No way!

Chen Hao jumped directly after receiving the ball, pressing the Pacers' center Turner to the ground and rubbing it.

What kind of character are you Turner, and why are you jumping in front of Chen Hao.

The Lakers' style of play is unsatisfactory to beat the Pacers, and one is accurate.

Due to their poor performance on the defensive end, it can also be said that the Pacers, who had nothing to do on the defensive end, also lost confidence on the offensive end.

No matter how much he breaks through and faces Chen Hao's basket, he can only shoot outside.

But although the Pacers players say that everyone can shoot three-pointers, the shooting percentage is not high, so 3 shots and 2 irons, and the remaining one may not go in.

"We can see that the Pacers can't do anything with the Lakers, whether it's on the defensive end or on the offensive end!" O'Neal said, looking at the situation on the court.

"If you look at the expressions on the faces of the Lakers players, I don't know how much it has swelled!" Barkley continued O'Neal's words, "I was wondering how much strength the Lakers used today!"

The game actually entered garbage time in the second half of the first quarter, but for the sake of insurance, in the second and third quarters, Wharton still let Chen Hao go up and play for a while.

In the end, at the end of the game, the Lakers defeated the visiting Pacers with a huge margin of 123-90, and Chen Hao's data in this game is still very dazzling, but limited by playing time, he only got 38 points, 15 rebounds, 1 assist and 4 blocks.

Sure enough, after the game, a reporter stopped Chen Hao outside the locker room and asked: "Chen Hao, according to the ranking, your opponent Pacers today is a step better than the Heat, but like yesterday, you all defeated the opponent very easily, may I ask how much strength you used today." "

When Chen Hao heard this question, he instantly frowned.

When the reporter saw him like this, he thought that Chen Hao didn't want to say it, but this was a news with a lot of traffic, and he wouldn't let it go, so he wanted to say another sentence and paraphrase Chen Hao's words.

"Although I am a little reluctant to admit it!" Chen Hao still frowned.

"Isn't Chen Hao inflated?" The reporter was a little afraid that Chen Hao would not swell.

"Actually, we didn't even use a quarter of our strength today!I don't want to say it, in fact, I'm afraid of hurting the confidence of the Pacers players!" Chen Hao looked like I didn't want to hurt others.

"Hahaha! Sure enough, it's impossible for Chen Hao not to swell!" The reporter immediately laughed, "Oh no, it should be counted as the entire Lakers team is inflated by now!