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75: 76!

The Pacers went on a crazy 2:10 run in the last 2 minutes, sweeping away their previous predicament of low offensive efficiency and consecutive missed shots, reversing the score and winning the game in one fell swoop!

The entire Conseco exploded again in an instant. The fans in the entire stadium couldn't contain their excitement. They jumped up from their seats and cheered wildly.

Arenas, who made the buzzer-beater, was even more arrogant. He put one hand in front and the other behind and bowed to Payton and Jones, who were still in disbelief in front of him. Then he turned around and bowed to Pat Riley, who was not far from him.

Finally, he turned around again and did it again to the entire Conseco Center fan base.

grace!

Quite elegant!
After such a big move, Arenas didn't have the chance to continue. The Pacers players rushed over like crazy, surrounded him, and celebrated excitedly.

Including Lin Tian, ​​who had just been "stealed" by Arenas, was rubbing Arenas' head excitedly.

He knew that after tonight, his wide-eyed expression of disbelief when Arenas stole the ball would surely become the headlines of all major media outlets, and his fleeting astonishment and fear would surely be talked about by many people.

But what's the big deal? It doesn't matter at all!
Won!

The Pacers won such a tough game!
"I almost thought we were going to lose! Gilbert, that bastard, I'm going to punish him by making him practice 1000 extra shots after the game!" Carlisle's tone even had a hint of tears.

From hell to heaven, he was really scared just now.

For a moment, he even suspected that Arenas was bribed by Riley to steal the ball and destroy the Pacers' chances of winning.

The moment Arenas reached out his hand just now, he really felt that he was finished!
The same thought probably also occurred to the nearly 20,000 fans in the stadium and countless viewers in front of the TV.

Then, in less than 2 seconds, Arenas went from "Judas gone mad" to "Jesus Christ."

Competitive sports are so crazy and magical.

There is no certainty, no predictability.

Perhaps the only thing that can be determined in advance about tonight's game is that all of Indiana's instant heart-saving pills will be sold out.

That night, Lin Tian played the full 48 minutes without a second of rest and took 30 shots. Although he only hit 12 of them and only 3 of 7 shots from beyond the three-point line, Lin Tian still scored 1 points by making 4 free throws. He also grabbed a career-high 29 rebounds in the playoffs!
In addition, in the offensive climax in the last two minutes, Lin Tian scored 4 points, 1 steal and 1 assist. He alone accounted for 10 of the 7 points. He still shouldered the responsibility of being the team leader and absolute core!
In addition to Lin Tian's 29 points, the Pacers only had Miller with 14 points and Arenas with 10 points. These three players scored in double digits! The team's overall shooting percentage was not worth mentioning at all.

In addition, Ben Wallace grabbed 22 rebounds, and although Webber only scored 7 points, he also grabbed 12 rebounds! This evening, the Pacers did not collapse when facing the fierce Heat. Lin Tian, ​​Ben Wallace and Webber's protection of the rebounds was absolutely crucial!
The situation on the Heat side was similar. In the Heat team that led for 47 minutes, Mourning scored 20 points, 24 rebounds and 5 blocks. Although his shooting percentage was only 23 of 7, he did show the ferocity of a top inside player again!
In addition, although Payton only made 15 of 5 shots and scored only 14 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, he finally defended Lin Tian once. The nickname "Fingerless Glove" should not be called again, at least in this round.

In addition to these two players, only Eddie Jones of the Heat scored 14 points, which was considered to be in double digits. In addition to these three players, no one else on the team scored more than 8 points.

An ultra-fast-paced forging battle in which neither side could find their offensive feel at all; an auditory feast of "bang bang bang".

It is worth mentioning that both sides missed a total of 157 shots in this game, which is the highest record in NBA history!
No matter in the regular season or the playoffs, no two teams have ever played 157 pieces of fine iron in a game!

In fact, before tonight, the NBA's single-game record for missed shots was only in the 1977-78 season, during the Buffalo Braves vs. Kansas City Kings game.

That night, the two teams also had a lot of "bang bang bang", but in the end they only produced a mere 130 pieces of refined iron.

Compared with the 157 yuan tonight, there is indeed a qualitative difference.

Tonight, the basketball rim was almost smashed!

Fortunately, this rim-smashing battle ended with the Pacers' victory. The Pacers defended their home court and restored the confidence of several players who were dizzy and dazzled by their missed shots tonight.

More importantly, the Heat's momentum was cut off by them! The confidence and determination accumulated in the previous two rounds, not to mention that they were completely destroyed because of this game, but tonight's blow to them was definitely huge!
After all, tonight's game was under the control of the Heat from the first minute.

Tonight, whether it was the referee's whistle, the Pacers' shooting percentage, or the playing style and rhythm of both sides, they were all under the control of the Heat. They were all the styles that the Heat wanted and hoped to play.

And they did indeed hold the initiative in the first 47 minutes of the game.

But it was the loss at the last minute that made all their efforts go to waste.

That one minute of play could easily raise a question in the minds of the Heat players.

We still lost after such a long time. So what do we have to do to win?
In the next game, can our state, rhythm and condition be better than this one?

Obviously it is difficult.

Even if the Heat can maintain their fighting spirit and form tonight, will the Pacers always be restricted by them and unable to make shots?

Obviously that is impossible!

The blow of this game to the Heat is far greater than a 20-point defeat!

They won’t feel disappointed if they lose a game, but they obviously can’t accept losing like they did tonight!

The reversal in momentum between the two sides came faster than expected!

In the second game of the series, the Pacers really found their feeling. Carter and Webber, who scored less than double digits in the previous game, both scored 20+ points. In addition, Lin Tian also found his touch and scored 30+12+11 efficiently. The Pacers played in their style in the second game of the series!
78: 110!

The Pacers won a 32-point victory without any danger and defended their home court!

They will then travel to Miami for two away games.

But everyone who knows the Pacers knows that after these two home games, after watching the body language of the Heat players in the second game of the series and the obvious gap in momentum between the two sides, everyone can be sure of one thing.

There is not much suspense in this series anymore!

In the third game of the series, the Pacers continued their efforts and once again put up a brilliant offensive performance. The two sides were evenly matched in the first half.

But in the second half of the third quarter, when Carlisle put out the full offensive lineup of Webber, Harrington, Miller, Carter and Lin Tian, ​​the Heat's resistance quickly disappeared within 3 minutes!
21: 5!

In just 4 minutes in the second half of the third quarter, the Pacers launched a wave of offensive frenzy that netted 16 points. It was also thanks to this offensive wave that the Pacers successfully widened the gap to more than 20 points!
Given the Heat's current offensive firepower, the fourth quarter will basically become garbage time.

After all, in this season's playoffs, they won by relying on defense!

Their average score in the first two rounds was only 91.7 points! On average, even if the Pacers didn't score a single point in the fourth quarter, it would be difficult for the Heat to make up for the huge 1-point difference.

Their lineup is really too poor in attack.

Not to mention that the Pacers were in hot form tonight. Not to mention 1 point, even if they only scored 20 points in the fourth quarter, it would be considered a poor performance and a bad state for them.

Needless to say, the result of this game.

110: 90!

The Pacers won another game and won their third consecutive victory in this series with a 20-point advantage!

The Heat, who had created miracles and defeated the opponents in the first two rounds, were finally forced into a desperate situation by the Pacers in this round of the series!
They fell into a dilemma of 0:3 behind.

This time, even the most optimistic Miami fans don’t think their team can create a miracle again.

This time the desperate situation is too dire, and this time the opponent is too powerful.

How could the contemporary champions, who have won three championships in four years and were aiming for three consecutive championships, be defeated four times in a row when their morale was high and they were in peak condition, becoming the first team in NBA history to fall behind 4:3 and then reverse the situation?
Just think about it and you will know that this is impossible.

This is at least 10 times more difficult than defeating the Martians with Bugs Bunny and Mickey!
This decadent mentality did not ease even after the Heat won Game 1 and tied the score to 3:.

The fans and the team all thought that was enough! They all thought that if they could win a game and not get swept, they could prove that they were indeed the second best team in the East and become the only team in the East that was not swept by the Pacers. That would be enough!

They were quite satisfied with the outcome of this battle of dignity!

As a human being, you should be content! It is a great success to make it to the Eastern Conference Finals! It is a great success that Alonzo Mourning can come back and play a very good season! Not to mention that the team still has a lot of salary space. As long as Riley can make some magic in the offseason, we can be a championship team again in a few minutes!
As for this year?

It’s already very successful!

Anyway, Heat fans are very satisfied with this season.

They were so satisfied that after they had secured victory in Game 4, they actually started cheering, shouting Carter's name.

"Give us Vince!"

“Vince is always welcome in Miami!”

"Here are the hottest girls in America!"

“You can get everything here!”

"You'll be our MVP!"

The battle for Carter continues!

But obviously, Carter was completely ungrateful for all this. After Lin Tian analyzed the situation with him, the Heat was no longer on his list of candidates.

Someone with his personality would not choose to work with Riley.

The horoscopes are incompatible.

This ingratitude continued until the fifth game of the series. When the game was over, when the Heat was swept by the Pacers with a score of 4:1, when Riley walked up with a smile and wanted to shake Carter's hand, and then said a few polite words to seduce him.

Carter just ran away without giving Riley any face at all. He didn't even give him a smile or a perfunctory response, which made Riley, with his hands raised in the air, feel very depressed and helpless.

"Pat, your tricks don't work on young people! We don't buy your tricks!" Lin Tian stood beside Riley with a smile and said to him: "In the future, it will be difficult for you to find a few more guys like Alonzo, Patrick and Irving who will listen to you completely!"

"Hmph, let's wait and see." Riley snorted. He knew that it must be Lin Tian who whispered in Carter's ear, so he waved perfunctorily at Lin Tian, ​​turned around and left.

Riley sneered at Lin Tian's words.

If you, little fox, don't fall for my tricks, how can others not fall for it?
I can find a guy in the league or college in a minute who is hard-working, fierce, desperate for victory, and very easy to fool!

The Heat will be able to complete the reconstruction in two years at most!
Riley turned and left with his ambition. In his mind, he had already started to think about the rookies for the next two years. As for Lin Tian, ​​he chatted casually with Mourning, Payton and others. "How are you, Alonzo? Don't be so stubborn! By the way, if you can't hold on and feel that you can only play 15 minutes a game and have to go down to catch your breath, come to Indiana anytime. I can help you win the championship."

"This thing is within my reach!"

"FUXX!" Mo Ning gave Lin Tian a middle finger without hesitation and said, "Have you always been so annoying since you were a child, or did you become like this after you grew up?"

"I've been so annoying since my last life." Lin Tian smiled and waved at Mourning, then hugged Payton and turned to leave the court.

The season isn’t over yet!
Even their final opponent this season has not been announced yet!

Of course, whether it's the Lakers or the Kings, the first thing the Pacers have to do is pack up.

Because those two teams have better records than the Pacers, their season has to start on the road anyway!
The day after the Pacers eliminated the Heat, the decisive battle between the Lakers and the Kings began!

It is definitely unexpected that this series has reached the fifth game!
It's not just because the two sides tied 2:2 in the first four games, but also because the Kings really played an almost crazy shooting performance on the offensive end as their fans expected!
With Peja and Bibby as the absolute core, plus top shooters such as Bobby Jackson and Hedo Tegeklu, the Kings really just used shooting or breakthroughs after pick-and-rolls to make the Lakers' O'Neals tremble and suffer terribly!

They almost never went to the basket, but used mid-range and long-range shots to punish the Lakers' weaknesses that they could not defend against time and time again.

系列赛前四战，虽然国王完全顶不住湖人队的火力，让奥尼尔场均以58%的命中率拿下29分14篮板，让科比场均拿下27分7篮板7助攻，甚至湖人队的三号人物小奥尼尔每场都能供献15分9篮板！

It's unstoppable! It's totally unstoppable!
But the Kings have never been known for their ability to defend their opponents. What they have always advocated is that it’s fine if you can score, I just have to score better than you!
In the first four games of the series, Bibby averaged 22 points and 8 assists, with a 3-point shooting percentage of 44%, and Peja averaged 31 points and a 3-point shooting percentage of 48%!

Both of them played the most brilliant series of their careers!

In addition, there are Turkoglu who has a 3% 40-point shooting percentage and Jim Jackson who has a 3% 43-point shooting percentage. Even Divac, the big center, made 3 of 4 3-point shots in the first four games, constantly giving the Lakers severe blows from outside the three-point line!

The Kings, who played at the league's top level, tied with the Lakers in the first four games as they wished!

When it came to the crucial decisive battle, the Lakers obviously really played for their lives. The elder and younger O'Neals were no longer trapped under the basket, but rushed out of the 3-second zone again and again to interfere with the Kings' pick-and-roll and shooting. In addition, Kobe wandered around to assist in defense and fill in the gaps. In this game, the Kings' offense was completely extinguished!
95: 110!

After the Kings lost the decisive game by 15 points, almost everyone felt that the Lakers had found a way to curb their terrifying offense and shooting, and that the Lakers had taken the initiative in the series!

But the unexpected event in the sixth game of the series plunged the entire Los Angeles into despair.

When O'Neal was trying to block Bibby's breakthrough, he did not stand firmly when he landed, and his ankle turned 90 degrees!
Considering his weight, even if this sprain is not fatal, it is definitely enough for him to rest for at least 2-3 months!
After all, the ankle is already under a lot of pressure, and he has been defending outside for two consecutive games, which has greatly increased the pressure on his ankle.

Of course, what is more important is that although O'Neal won the MVP this year, his performance on the court was somewhat disappointing. His free throws were not as good as last year, his defense was not as active as last year, and even his weight was heavier than last year!

Obviously, after last year's burst of momentum, O'Neal is in a state of decline this year.

He can still play at a top level, but his mentality and preparation are definitely not as good as last year.

But no matter what, no matter whether O'Neal regrets not training as hard this year as he did last year, he will definitely not be able to play in the next game!
He was too heavy! This advantage that had helped him to dominate the league and sweep the inside line in the past became O'Neal's Achilles' heel at this time.

In the second quarter of Game 7, with the Lakers leading by points, O'Neal left the court due to injury!
This injury completely led to a reversal of the situation between the two teams!

Even though Kobe was completely in a rage after this game and scored a personal playoff high of 49 points, the Kings' outside firepower was too fierce, and the Lakers were never able to completely take control of the game.

To make matters worse, three minutes before the end of the game, O'Neal Jr. received his sixth foul and had to leave the court regretfully!

Under this circumstance, in the last 3 minutes of the game, Kobe could only fight alone and attack the Kings' formation alone!
But the Kings are not fools. Although they are not good at defense and do not like defense, when two of the opponent's three most important players are gone, they become more and more unscrupulous in double-teaming Kobe!
Kobe was double-teamed, and neither Fisher nor Shaw made the shot after several passes. In addition, with the absence of the two O'Neals, Divac suddenly turned into an inside monster in the last 3 minutes of the game, continuously scoring in singles and grabbing multiple frontcourt rebounds!
As a result of this loss, the Lakers regrettably suffered a defeat on the road!
3: 3!

The series was dragged into a seventh game!
After the game, Kobe was interviewed with a serious expression: "I know Shaq can't come back for this series, so we will take on everything! The rest of us will take on everything!"

"We can't lose. If Shaq comes back for the finals, but we've already been eliminated, how are we going to face Shaq?"

"Since 49 points doesn't win the game, then I'll get 59 or 69 points! I don't care how many points I can score in the end, as long as the team wins, as long as we advance to the finals, as long as Phil asks me to do it!"

Kobe said so, and as usual, he did so!

In the final Game 7, Kobe really went all out. He alone shattered the entire Kings' defense into pieces. No matter who stood in front of him, he would be easily crushed by them!
第一节11投7中拿下18分，第二节9投5中拿下12分，第三节又是15投8中轰下21分！
After three quarters of the game, Kobe had scored 51 points!
It only took him three quarters to set a new career high. He fulfilled his promise and did everything on the court!
But the problem is that the Kings on the opposite side are absolutely unwilling to give up the opportunity that is within their grasp. This is the first time in their team history that they have the chance to reach the finals!
Facing Kobe's madness, the Kings responded with Peja's 3 points in 31 quarters and Bibby's 23 points and 9 assists in the first three quarters!

These two people are also unleashing their firepower to the fullest and trying their best to carry the team into the finals!
After the first three quarters, the score between the two sides was temporarily fixed at 81:80!

The Lakers lead by 1 points!
In the fourth quarter, the main players of both teams obviously had no time or capital to rest, and both coaches directly sent out their entire main lineups to duel!

The scores of both sides were evenly matched, and neither side was willing to give the other any chance!

The suspense of the game lasted until the last 2 minutes. At this time, the Lakers still had a 4-point lead and Kobe had scored a full 60 points!
But his scoring tonight stopped here!
Kobe, who didn't rest for a single second on the court and bombarded the entire game, seemed to be suddenly tired in the last 2 minutes. In the last 2 minutes of the game, he suddenly lost all his aim. He missed 4 consecutive shots. Everything seemed to have returned to the game against the Jazz in his rookie year!
On the Kings side, Peja and Bibby continued their madness. One on the left and one on the right, each made a 3-pointer. Not only did they reverse the score, they also successfully maintained this advantage until the end of the game!
Tonight, Kobe, just like that night, sent the team out of the playoffs with four consecutive misses!

And the Kings made it to the finals for the first time in team history!
Finals matchup: Sacramento Kings vs. Indiana Pacers!
After the game, Kobe sat alone in the middle of the court, biting his lips, and didn't say a word for a long time.

Years of consecutive failures and losses made him confused about himself again.

Phil said I'm the best shooting guard, am I?
Kobe, who was sitting on the ground in silence, formed a sharp contrast with the Sacramento people who were celebrating wildly around him, and the whole of Los Angeles was destined to be unable to sleep that night!
Of course, no one would blame Kobe for trying his best, just like no one would blame O'Neal for trying his best but leaving the game injured.

The Lakers tried their best and the players played well.

It was just pure bad luck.

They failed to make it to the finals for the third consecutive year, and they once again fell on the road to chasing the championship.

After the game, the ones with the most solemn expressions were not Kobe and O'Neal.

It was Jerry West.

The godfather of the Lakers, who made great contributions to the team both as a player and as general manager, couldn't help but think more at this time.

Do you want to change the team's lineup?
Should we break up the OK combination and seek new opportunities or lineups?

Is it possible for the Lakers to win the championship with this lineup?

In fact, it’s not a problem of strength, but when such an absolutely top-notch lineup has not been able to achieve a real breakthrough for so many years, maybe the lineup is not good?

In short, West's tasks this summer may not be very heavy, but he must think carefully about how the team should move forward in the future.

Like West, Lakers owner Buss also had a serious expression on his face.

He moved his head even more than West did.

After these consecutive failures, Buss felt that perhaps it was not just the core lineup of the team that should be replaced, but even West, the meritorious player, should be moved and replaced by someone else.

The Lakers, like many teams, may be facing a change of circumstances this offseason!
As for these disturbances and off-court issues, at least at this moment the Kings don't care about them at all.

Excited! Crazy! Celebrate!

This is the first time in their team history that they have reached the finals, and this is the first time that they have been so close to the championship!
Everyone in the team, from top to bottom, is extremely excited!

At this time, the Pacers in Indiana were just as excited as the people in Sacramento.

"Stable!"

“Three consecutive championships!”

"Hooray! The people of Sacramento killed the annoying Los Angeles fat guy and the paranoid little brother!"

"YES! It's much easier this time!"

"Dynasty! We are the dynasty team!"

Yes, the Pacers have already started celebrating their championship!

There is no way, compared to the Lakers, the Kings are definitely the easier team to deal with!
The Kings and Pacers are both extremely offensive teams, and both teams rely on shooting and passing!

These two teams can even be called the two most pleasing teams to watch in the league today, their attributes are so similar.

But no matter from which angle you look at it, the Kings are at least one level worse than the Pacers!
The Pacers are not strong inside, and the Kings are even weaker inside!
The Pacers focus more on offense than defense, while the Kings focus more on offense than defense!
The Pacers' strengths are transitions and three-pointers, while the Kings' strength is only three-pointers!
Everyone knows that the most important thing to defeat the Pacers today is to curb their offense, force them into positional battles, and force them into individual singles.

But the problem is that the above happen to be the king’s weaknesses and also the things that the king is least good at.

In the past three series in the Western Conference, they have not been able to defend even one of the opponent's core players!

Kobe, O'Neal, Nowitzki, Finley, Lewis
Let me put it this way, as long as you have a bit of skill, you can definitely get some nice stats against the Kings!

Then you see, what a coincidence!

The Pacers happen to have a lot of players who fit the description of "as long as they have a certain level of ability". They have many players who can put up shocking performances and statistics when facing the Kings!
At the very least, in terms of defensive resources, among the entire Kings' starting five, not even one person has the word "good at defense" written on his head.

The only one who can be considered good at defense is Divac, but Divac is good at acting!

He can fake a fall, scream, be twisted all over by you and then wait for the referee to blow the whistle.

But when it comes to rim protection, top defense, and help defense...

Not worth mentioning at all!
Let me put it this way, when it comes to defense, the Pacers can easily suppress the Kings!

Because the Pacers just don’t like defense, and there are two players in the starting five who are not good at defense. But in terms of defensive resources, the Pacers have the best defensive players and the top one-on-one defense experts!

And more importantly, even if we ignore the gap on the defensive end.

Just talking about offense.

Is there any team in this league, or even in the history of this league, that can compare with this Pacers team?

Their firepower is far ahead of other teams!

Ever since the Pacers successfully formed their team, all the teams that wanted to compete with them on offense have been defeated!
Each death was more miserable than the last.

At this time, all the Pacers players believed that the Kings would suffer a more miserable death! (End of this chapter)