So I am the god of basketball?

Chapter 88: Winning first does not count as winning, the one who laughs last is the real winner
  Pat Riley was very happy to see this "best team" list.

He happened to be cheering up the Knicks players before the Eastern Conference semifinals. He didn't know what to say at first, but now he had a reason. He brought the newspaper that reported the news to the training ground and showed it in front of every player:
  "See, this is the opponent you are about to face. They have become one of the best players in this league in the first and second seasons of their careers, right? I don't know, I What I want to know is, do you think so too?”

Pat Riley's rhetorical question stirred in everyone's heart.

At this moment, the fighting spirit of these players was ignited.

In the second round of the playoffs, the first game will be at the Orlando Arena.

However, the New York Knicks successfully turned the tables and started with an 18-9 deficit.

Pat Riley didn't just feed these players "chicken soup", he also made full preparations for this game.

There is a breakthrough in the Magic's lineup, and that is their fourth position:

Jeff Turner!

In the first game of the semifinals, the Knicks took advantage of this point and fought hard. In the end, they won 109-100, with a score difference of 9 points, and the score was 1-0.
  "Is this the 'Best Second Team'? It's nothing special!" Starks played very well and scored 21 points. He was a major contributor to the New York Knicks' victory. After the game, he got carried away and directly named him for selection. Meng Lang, who faced him in the "Best Second Team".

Meng Lang's performance in this game was actually not bad. He also scored 19 points and still had some advantages in shooting percentage.

But if the game is lost, even if the data is outstanding, it is still lost.

There won’t be anyone who loses the game, right?
  After the game, Meng Lang summed up his career's first playoff defeat in four simple words: "I didn't play well!"

Chuck Daly is still not too worried: "It's normal to lose to the New York Knicks. They won one less game than us in the regular season, and the 4 games they played against us were tied 2-2, so we can't be like the first team." It’s an easy win like that in one round, it’s a test!”

Faced with this test, Chuck Daly made his changes in the second game.

Since you're targeting Jeff Turner.

Then I'll take down the Turner!
  Once again, Meng Lang was pushed to the fourth position by Chuck Daly.

When Pat Riley, who had a "big slicked back" haircut and a "godfather" look, saw the Magic's lineup, his eyelids trembled unconsciously, and the painful memories of that game couldn't help but come to mind.

Not only him, but all the New York generals on the field were also nervous for no reason.

In this game, they paid special attention to the Magic's shooting from beyond the three-point line.

So much so that the entire mid-range and inside lines were completely left empty.

It's normal for them to have such a mentality. The last time Meng Lang was moved to the fourth position, the Magic made 18 three-pointers from the outside.

In this era, scoring 48 points from beyond the three-point line, what game can't be won?
  Chuck Daly, who noticed this, decisively concentrated his artillery fire and attacked inside.

You know, this time the Magic have Shaquille O'Neal sitting under the basket.

The inside is not like the "bus" last time. Any New York player can get on and off, in and out.

Their rebounds and scoring inside are guaranteed.

Meng Lang's shooting ability was best demonstrated at the fourth position. Shaquille O'Neal got the opportunity to have a "1v1" with Ewing, which was also the opportunity he was looking forward to.

Ewing was somewhat suppressed.

First of all, this is not the best "gorilla".

Like Wade, the best "gorilla" died in college. In 90, his knee was seriously injured again. The impact of this serious injury was slowly reflected in Ewing's game style:
  Now Ewing is almost a pure "floor flow".

Only the ability to move is still there.

But when encountering a "newborn calf" like Shaquille O'Neal, who has both athletic ability and strength, the point is that he also has a lot of resentment towards Ewing.

Suddenly fell into a disadvantage.

Meng Lang also showed his progress after the "rookie wall". His inside cuts and mid-range shooting made the New York Knicks' defense more passive.

What dealt the fatal blow was Hardaway's pass and Anderson and Scott's "crouching" outside the three-point line.

The "New York Gangs" defensive system that Pat Riley was proud of was obviously stretched and died at the "three-point line" again.

Anderson and Scott teamed up to score 6 three-pointers.

The Magic also completed their revenge with 110 points, 97-13.

Meng Lang scored 24 points, of which only 2 three-pointers were scored. The rest were scored from mid-range and inside the basket. This shows how much damage he caused inside the three-point line in this game.

The reporter asked him: "Aren't you going to respond to what John Starks said yesterday?"

Meng Lang shook his head: "Forget it, there's no need, lest fans who don't know better think he is on the same level as me..."

This made Starks very angry.

But as the main defender against Meng Lang, he really couldn't keep up with Meng Lang's unpredictable movement. He's not a good on-ball defender, let alone a good off-ball defender.

The Magic's change of formation was a great success. The third game of the series moved to New York, and Chuck Daly continued to use this formation.

What he didn't expect was that Meng Lang, who had performed well enough in the last game, actually performed even better in this game:

29分4篮板2助攻3抢断，全场一共投进了5记三分球！

After figuring out Starks' off-ball defensive ability, Meng Lang completely let go of his hands and feet, and his shots became smoother and smoother. He once wondered if he had turned on the "Buddha's Light".

Starks felt a little pained in his balls, and the way Pat Riley looked at him also felt a little pained in his balls. He wanted to say something:
  "John, John, why are you messing with this newcomer from China?"

Yes, I used the fact that he was in the "best team" to motivate you.

But there’s no need for you to bring this matter up and make a fuss!
  Okay now, you shaobao, you are "burning" others!

The New York Knicks already have a point that cannot be solved, and that is Shaquille O'Neal.

In the two games, Shaquille O'Neal averaged 29.5 points per game, which was even more fierce than the last round against the Nets.

Of course, Meng Lang was there to contain him, but there was another very important reason why Oakley couldn't double-team:
  Shaquille O'Neal is really jealous!
  He was eager to prove that those two "Best of the Month" should not be Ewing's.

Originally, there was no good restriction method. Pat Riley had already planned to default to the Magic team winning 30 points in every game. Anyway, the Magic team's restriction method for Ewing was also very limited. Ewing could also score two points in each game. Sixteen or seventeen points.

As long as the rest of the Magic team can be restricted, New York can still slowly stabilize its position in the Magic team's "strange formation."

But now, Meng Lang's outburst forced Pat Riley to target Meng Lang more in the future.

The New York Knicks have quite a lot of defensive resources.

As mentioned before, four players in the starting lineup have won the "Best Defensive Team" award.

Oakley was even named to this year's All-Defensive Team.

The only problem now is:
  Meng Lang, the atypical fourth position, stepped outside the three-point line, basically destroying most of Oakley's skills. Pat Riley's use of Starks to follow up and defend was also not very effective. The only one left who can be used is Derek Harper.

Others are either too young and have little experience; or their body types don’t match...

What!

Pat Riley scratched his "big oily head" and smoothed his hair.

If you are annoyed, your hair should not be messed up.

He didn't expect that he would be as uncomfortable as eating fly shit from such a pitcher.

The New York Knicks didn't think of a way to restrict Meng Lang so quickly, but time waits for no one, and the fourth game of the series came as scheduled.

The Knicks showed their tenacity in this game, but the Magic always maintained a 5-point lead.

In the last 35 seconds, Spike Lee on the sidelines almost screamed out his tonsils. He screamed for a full hour. From the beginning to now, even during the break, he has been shouting. But he still could only watch Meng Lang hit the "key three-pointer" that sealed the victory.

"Uh--"

Meng Lang turned towards Spike Lee and performed Reggie Miller's classic "death choke" celebration.

At this moment, the entire audience was speechless.

The expressions of the "diehard" Knicks fans are completely opposite. Their eyeballs are bloodshot, as if they are facing a powerful enemy.

Amid boos from the audience, 101 to 92, a 9-point difference, the Magic won another away game, with the big score reaching 3-1!

There is only one game left to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals.

Meng Lang was interviewed on the sidelines. He went crazy again tonight, scoring 25 points and hitting 4 three-pointers. He was the Magic's highest scorer tonight.

"Will this series end in Orlando?" the reporter asked.

Meng Lang replied: "I hope so!"

But at the end of the game, the looks in the eyes of the New York Knicks guys told him that this series was not over easily yet!
  The teams coached by Pat Riley and his disciples have a very distinct characteristic. They always show their toughness.

This tenacity is most likely related to Riley beating the entire team hard.

If we stop like this, wouldn't all the sweat we shed normally be in vain?

The Magic still have a difficult game to play, this is Meng Lang's intuition.

It's also Chuck Daly's intuition.

So even though the whole of Orlando was happily celebrating that the team had reached the Eastern Conference Finals, when he returned to Orlando, the first time he got off the airport, Chuck Daly only said one thing: "Everyone must show up on time at 9 o'clock tomorrow. Arena!”

The sense of urgency he created made the Magic players extremely serious during training the next day.

Of course, this sense of urgency was not deliberately created by him.

The strength gap between the Magic and the New York Knicks is not big. The big score of 3-1 is entirely due to the impact of Meng Lang's strange formation at the fourth position.

How long can this lineup last? This is actually a "ticking time bomb." If Pat Riley finds a way to limit this tactic, then this big score of 3-1 will most likely become 3- 2, 3-3!

Don't forget, aside from the regular season game in which Meng Lang played the fourth position, the Magic's record in the remaining three games against the New York Knicks was 1 win and 2 losses.

Fortunately, judging from the arrangement of the New York Knicks in the fifth game of the series, Pat Riley really didn't have any tricks, and he even used the "shark-killing tactic".

This caused some trouble for the Magic, but it did not have a fatal impact.

The harm of the "shark-killing tactic" is actually mutual. Shaquille O'Neal's free throws are indeed a big problem, but the New York Knicks also paid the price of fouls. The number of fouls a person can use is only 6, especially for key players, the number of fouls they have is more valuable.

Pat Riley is a head coach who likes to use a fixed rotation of 8 to 9 people. If he uses the "shark-killing" tactic too much, it will inevitably affect the New York Knicks' normal rotation arrangement.

The most important thing is that Shaquille O'Neal's free throw shooting tonight was pretty good. He made 10 of 7 free throws. It still wasn't good enough, but it was enough to break Pat Riley's "Shark Chopping".

When Pat Riley had no choice but to end "shark chop", when Shaquille O'Neal walked past him, he deliberately shook his shoulders greatly, as if to say:
  Shark?

Who are you with?
  The Magic finally defeated the New York Knicks 98-88 with a 10-point margin. This was their fourth victory in this series.

Big score 4-1!

The Magic officially advance to the Eastern Conference Finals!
  The cheers at the scene reached their climax at this moment.

Shaquille O'Neal was slightly surprised, and even Meng Lang was a little surprised.

The cheers of the fans that echoed in the arena at this moment were the loudest they had ever heard.

Obviously, the team's historic breakthrough has given these Orlando people even more enthusiasm!
  And this is also a process of transformation from ordinary fans to "die loyalists".

One thing Meng Lang never understood:
  Later, under the leadership of Shaquille O'Neal and Hardaway, after the Magic reached the Finals for the first time in team history, the team's "die-hard fans" must have grown to a certain extent. So why did it only take one year? When the "Orlando Sentinel" asked "Is Shaq worth a [-] million contract?" so many of them chose "not worth it"?
  When the final whistle sounded, Shaquille O'Neal couldn't restrain his excitement and shouted loudly.

There is the excitement of reaching the Eastern Conference finals in the second season of his career, and the joy of defeating Ewing and venting his inner depression.

这轮系列赛5场比赛，沙克-奥尼尔场均可以拿到了28.8分14.6篮板3.4助攻2.6盖帽，力压尤因的24.4分11.6篮板3.8助攻2.4盖帽。

Ewing sincerely congratulated Shaquille O'Neal. In fact, since the first game last year, he believed that Shaquille O'Neal had a bright future. He had no idea that Shaquille O'Neal was competing with him.

Then he glanced at Meng Lang. In this series, Meng Lang's presence is no weaker than that of O'Neal. He averaged 5 points per game in 24.8 games, sufficient output, including output at many critical moments.

When the New York media ridiculed them, they hung Meng Lang's "death choke" photo instead of Shaquille O'Neal's photo.

This newcomer has gone crazy in this series.

but……

Turning around and walking straight towards the visiting team's tunnel, Ewing still couldn't forgive Meng Lang for saying "gorilla".

"How does it feel to reach the Eastern Conference Finals in your first season as a professional?"

The man being interviewed on the sidelines tonight is Shaquille O'Neal.

However, as soon as Meng Lang entered the player tunnel, he was surrounded by reporters.

"I remember you when you made me look forward to the playoffs..."

"Yes, Dream, I'm glad you still remember me."

"No, that's not the case!" Meng Lang waved his hand while looking at the reporter who looked at him eagerly, "I'm just impressed by what I said!"

Now that the Magic have reached the Eastern Conference Finals, they are at least worthy of their regular season efforts.

"A very cliché question, who are you more looking forward to meeting in the Eastern Conference Finals next? As a reminder, the Pacers now also have a 3-1 lead."

"It's indeed a very old question." Meng Lang complained first, and then said, "I hope to meet the Pacers!"

"Is it... the reason I thought?" The reporter smiled strangely.

Meng Lang said: "I just think the Pacers are easier to deal with!"

"Isn't it because of the grudge with Reggie?"

"I won the final victory in every encounter. If there was any grudge, it was one-sided between him and me, not me against him."

"If the Pacers really make it to the Eastern Conference Finals, do you think you will definitely make it to the Finals this year!?"

The reporter dug a big hole, and Meng Lang jumped in without hesitation: "Definitely!"

Meng Lang's words stimulated Indiana and the Pacers.

It just didn't lead to a Game [-] win in the series.

The Hawks, who returned to Atlanta, defended their home court well and rewritten the score to 2-3.
  The atmosphere at the scene was not optimistic, and the shouts for Wilkens to be dismissed from get out of class continued throughout the game. Atlanta people obviously don't want to forgive Wilkens, even though the old guy has a deep connection with the Hawks.

But this is not the reason why he traded Wilkins without authorization.

The departure of the "team soul" has a fatal impact on a team. The three lost games and the sixth game of this series all prove this:
  When chaos broke out on the field, Wilkens, the head coach who could only stand on the sidelines, and Danny Manning, who had just arrived on the team, were unable to stabilize the situation.

The person who can stabilize the situation is gone, to Los Angeles!
  It's your own choice, old man!
  2-4!

The Eagles, ranked first in the Eastern Conference, were "upset" out of the playoffs.

What makes Atlanta even more angry is that Wilkens, who was stopped in the semifinals, still thinks with a shy face that they have had a successful season. They are first in the Eastern Conference this season. But there is no mention of the fact that the first place in the Eastern Conference stopped in the Eastern Conference Semifinals.

The Atlanta media quoted Meng Lang as saying: "With the Hawks' record, only by reaching the Eastern Conference Finals, no, the Finals, can they be worthy of their efforts in the regular season!"

The first place in the Eastern Conference should have entered the finals!
  If you can't make it to the finals, it can only mean one thing:
  You, the "No. [-] in the East," stole it!

What makes Atlanta fans even more desperate is that the Hawks management does not intend to fire Wilkens. For the first time in the past nine years, the "big pie" of being "No. 9 in the Eastern Conference" did not deceive Eagles fans, but it stunned the Eagles management.

The Atlanta fans who lost were very angry, and the Indiana people who made it to the Eastern Conference finals were also very angry.

But unlike Atlanta's anger, which was directed inward, their anger was directed outward, toward Orlando and Meng Lang, that bitch.

The two places in the Eastern Conference Finals have the final result. In the Western Conference, the Jazz defeated the Nuggets 4-3.

The first "Black Eight" team in history stopped here, ending their rather legendary season.

The Jazz have gotten a big deal. If they were allowed to play a series with the Sonics, they would probably lose in a few games.

Gary Payton's restriction on Stockton is enough to cause problems in the entire Jazz offensive system.

Another matchup in the Western Conference semifinals is the Rockets VS last season's runner-up Suns.

These two teams also played a full 7 games.

太阳队在大比分3-1领先的大好局面下，让火箭队连扳3场，3-4淘汰出局。

It is worth mentioning that next year, when the Suns and Rockets meet in the playoffs, it will be the same scene. They lead 3-1 first, and then were defeated in three consecutive games. It was at this time that the Rockets became known as the "Texas Boys."

Before the first game of the Western Conference Finals, Olajuwon received his regular season MVP award at the Rockets' home court.

Coupled with the "Best Defensive Player Award" he just won not long ago, he has become another player in NBA history to win the "Best Defensive Player" and "Regular Season MVP" in a single season.

He is also the only player to do this.

The last one was Michael Jordan.

However, compared with the greater advantage he had when winning the regular season MVP, it was not easy for Olajuwon to win this "Best Defensive Player Award".

He received 22.77% of the votes, David Robinson received 21.78%, and Mutombo also received 18.81%. It can be called the smallest gap in the "Best Defensive Player Award" in NBA history.

It seems that David Robinson can be called the "biggest eyebrow pencil" this season.

The kind that is even more unlucky than the Sonics team that was "blackballed".

He missed the "Best Defensive Player Award" by less than 1%. He also ranked second on the regular season MVP list, only missing about 6% of the votes. He missed the "Scoring Champion" by just a few points. to 0.3 points.

But I missed everything...

Many experts believe that he is one of the "one step behind, every step behind" and wins the "scoring champion". Maybe this season's "MVP" will be his.

If he really wins the MVP, maybe the "Best Defensive Player Award" will also be his.

In this way, he can rival Jordan and become another player who won the "Scoring Champion", "Best Defensive Player Award" and regular season MVP in the same year.

David Stern's intention to create another "god" is quite obvious.

It can only be said that David Robinson missed a good opportunity by not winning the "scoring title".

Meng Lang naturally knew that these were all nonsense. David Robinson originally won the "scoring king", but the regular season MVP and "Best Defensive Player Award" still belonged to Olajuwon.

David Stern's most obvious change since then is that he doesn't put his eggs in one basket.

The most obvious example is the 96-97 season. The Bulls, who had just finished 72 wins and 10 losses last season, won another 69 wins and 13 losses, but the regular season MVP was not Jordan's, but Karl Malone's.

Jordan also missed the honor of "three consecutive regular season MVPs" in his career.

Before the Western Conference Finals started, the Eastern Conference Finals had already started.

The Magic and Pacers have had so many stories this season, and they are already very familiar with each other. As soon as the Eastern Conference finals came up, the two sides became very angry. Schmitz, who was not positioned well, saw Shaq O'Neal. He wanted to turn around and dunk, but even with a hard push, Shaquille O'Neal was pushed to the ground.

There were bursts of boos at the scene, like a roaring tsunami.

Entering the Eastern Conference Finals, the scale of Orlando's home court has been upgraded again. All Orlandoans have put on uniform blue support uniforms, and the entire arena is like a blue "ocean" surging.

The referee blows the whistle at this time:
  Common foul!
  Chuck Daly next to him smiled.

He is the number one player in "large-scale defense." The Pistons relied on this set of defense to win two consecutive championships. Now Larry Brown wants to play with him in what he is best at. The key is to watch the referee like this Zi, seems to have acquiesced in this defensive method.

Then don't blame me for reviving my "memory"!

At 4 minutes and 35 seconds of the first quarter, he called a timeout and called everyone in front of him: "Listen, I don't know how well you think you defended yourself, but there is only one feeling for me. A bunch of girls are playing ball on the court. Guard them and be tough. This is our road. If they want to pass from here, they must leave something behind!"

Meng Lang always felt that Chuck Daly fit the image of a godfather better than Pat Riley.

But after leaving the Pistons, his energy seemed to disappear.

but now……

Meng Lang felt like they were all back!
  Back on the court, the most intuitive feeling of the Pacers guys is that the attitude of the Magic guys has become more vicious.

In almost every confrontation, they could feel the fierce aura, as if they were facing ferocious beasts.

Suppression of momentum is sometimes an advantage on the basketball court.

At the end of the first half, the Magic took a 4-point lead.

But in the second half, Meng Lang saw the "God Miller" who performed far better in the playoffs than in the regular season. He made only 5 of 1 shots in the first half. In the third quarter, he made 7 of 6 shots and 3 of 3 free throws. One person scored 15 points, helping the Pacers even the 4-point difference before the fourth quarter and gain a 3-point lead.

At the end of the third quarter, the Orlando Arena, which was originally bustling with people, silenced him alone.

"Bitches, where's your cheer?"

Reggie Miller danced a flamboyant and funny celebration dance, staring provocatively at Meng Lang as he walked off the court.

"This is the playoffs, this is the playoffs, bitch, do you think you have adapted to the playoffs? You haven't paid the tuition yet!"

he yelled.

He is also qualified to shout like this. While he played so well, he also restricted Meng Lang very well.

Meng Lang only made 5 of 2 shots in the third quarter. Not only did he not perform well in this quarter, Meng Lang's touch has not been very good so far in tonight's game.

You must know that after entering the playoffs, his overall ability value increased by 7%!

With a feel of 95 points and a 7% increase, it has already exceeded 100%!

So since Meng Lang entered the playoffs, except for some struggles in the first game, he has played well in every game so far. Even if there are ups and downs in the hand, he can adjust quickly with his over [-] ability value.

It's just that the intensity of the confrontation tonight was too great, and his strength was consumed so much that it affected his shots.

He has been trying to adjust, but the effect is not satisfactory.

Daley noticed this situation and asked: "Dream, are you OK?"

Meng Lang nodded: "Of course!"

After receiving an affirmative answer, Daly nodded, took out his tactical board, and began to draw tactics for Meng Lang's movement. On the data sheet in the hand of the Magic assistant coach next to him, Meng Lang's 14-for-4 shooting percentage was extremely dazzling.

But Daly still drew tactics for Meng Lang without hesitation, while Shaquille O'Neal and Hardaway gasped, listening to Chuck Daly's arrangements, nodding repeatedly, and no one raised any questions.

At this point in the game, it is clear to everyone that the Magic now need Meng Lang's shooting to open up space.

Earlier, Chuck Daly replaced Anderson and Scott, trying to let them attract some of the Pacers' defense.

Scott couldn't even complete the goal. Although Anderson scored, Larry Brown remained unmoved and focused all his defense on Shaquille O'Neal and Meng Lang.

At this time, only if Meng Lang steps up and continues to score goals and attract more defense can Shaquille O'Neal receive less defensive pressure in the paint.

As the game resumed in the quiet Orlando Arena, there were more cheers.

There is hope in these cheers!

Reggie Miller continued to output towards Meng Lang.

He finally caught such an opportunity. He shined brightly, and Meng Lang was like an "invisible man".

He has been waiting for this opportunity for a season. Even he himself did not expect that this opportunity would come so hard.

Meng Lang glanced at him expressionlessly without any response.

From the beginning of the bickering with Reggie Miller, to now he has said nothing.

It's not that Meng Lang shut up out of curiosity, or that he was a little nervous about the heavy responsibility he was shouldering, but...

Tired!

Before time travel, he had also heard of Reggie Miller and regarded him as one of the many "mountains" in the 90s. But after this season, he had beef with Reggie Miller so many times. There is only one feeling:
  This thing is not a "mountain".

But yes, Reggie Miller only entered the league in 87, 3 years later than Jordan. Coupled with his shooting attributes, he had no voice in the late 80s, and he also had no voice in the early 90s until he accumulated enough After losing one game after another, his voice suddenly became louder.

"One person, one city" was shouted loudly.

One person fought against so many cities, but he didn't have the last laugh.

If this can be considered a "high mountain", then it really corresponds to Guo Degang's words:
  Living a long life is also a way to become an old artist!
  Of course, Reggie Miller is definitely a tough opponent.

But that's about it.

Like Jordan said, I respect all opponents except Reggie Miller.

Among the "mountains" Meng Lang wanted to conquer in the 90s, Reggie Miller was not included.

"What are you looking at? You bitch!" Reggie Miller noticed Meng Lang's eyes. The emotion in his eyes made him curse in dissatisfaction.

Meng Lang was completely focused on his movement at this moment, and Reggie Miller was following behind him. No matter how suddenly he ran back, Reggie Miller followed him like a ghost.

Look, let's just say it's a tough opponent.

Meng Lang winked at Anderson. After a season, they now cooperated very well.

A pick-and-roll was formed near the high post. Meng Lang bypassed his screen and moved outside the three-point line again. This "big loop" forced the distance between Reggie Miller and him. Anderson seemed to be protecting the "chicken" "Hen" firmly stuck Reggie Miller.

Turn around to catch the ball, raise your hand and throw it!
  With everyone watching, Meng Lang steadily hit a three-pointer and evened the score.

The Orlandoans who were holding their throats could finally scream.

Chuck Daly loosened his fist hidden in his pants pocket, feeling relieved...

Reggie Miller's form continues.

In the Pacers' offensive round, he faced Meng Lang from the mid-range and completed a 2-point shot.

But before he could be happy for too long, Meng Lang hit a three-pointer again, responding to his 2 points and scoring 1 more point.

This time, Reggie Miller was only one step away. When he rushed forward, Meng Lang had just completed his shooting action, and the ball almost flew out from his fingertips.

But the ball went in!

What makes Reggie Miller angry is:
  He noticed that Meng Lang made an obvious adjustment while taking the shot.

This is using him as a "cannon mount" and adjusting the "trajectory"!
  The game entered a moment of competition between these two people.

Reggie Miller was in really bad shape, and Meng Lang also made consecutive shots after regaining his touch.

But the team that became more anxious was the Pacers.

because……

Even though Reggie Miller hit every shot, all he scored were 2-pointers. Under the watchful eye of Larry Brown, he didn't dare to shoot a three-pointer.

Meng Lang scored 3 three-pointers during this period. Except for the 3-pointer that equalized the score, he also won by 2 points.

What's worse is that Meng Lang found his form outside the three-point line, and Larry Brown's defense layout had to expand outwards. Shaquille O'Neal was liberated. Players the Magic can play plus 1!

Looking at the Pacers, they usually rely on Reggie Miller to score, and during this period it was Reggie Miller who was attacking. The ball basically just passed through their hands, so that they subconsciously looked for it at the moment. Reggie Miller's position.

Chuck Daly saw it clearly and made another adjustment on the offensive end. Meng Lang's offensive burden fell on Shaquille O'Neal. Anyway, for a while, his shooting was enough to contain it, and the Pacers did not dare to shrink the defense. .

Meng Lang's task became to "single-replace" Reggie Miller.

So that he can no longer devote himself to the offense.

As far as the defensive standards defaulted by the referee tonight, there is still hope to achieve this. In a few minutes of the fourth quarter, Meng Lang followed Reggie Miller, who had no right to breathe freely.

With only room to catch the ball and no chance to shoot, Reggie Miller just ran while watching other Pacers teammates waste one shot after another.

The score difference gradually widened and reached 6 points.

Reggie Miller was a little anxious, and he began to move more outside the three-point line. This not only gave him more room to move, but also gave him more opportunities to take shots.

but……

Today, his offensive rhythm has been within the three-point line, and he suddenly tried a three-pointer. Although the first "sudden shot" was scored, he missed two consecutive three-pointers.

Larry Brown gritted his teeth in anger, and the Pacers fell behind by 7 points. If these two offenses had all gone in from the mid-range or the basket, they would have been only 2 points behind.

At that time, if Reggie Miller gambled on a three-pointer, he wouldn't say anything.

"You idiot, why are you shooting so many three-pointers all of a sudden? How many mid-range shots did he hit tonight?" he yelled angrily at Reggie Miller.

Reggie Miller is also angry in his heart. If you hadn't let me shoot three-pointers, I would have scored three-pointers against Biao. Would the Pacers still be 2 points behind? ?

Miller feels that this is the fundamental problem of everything.

Wake up, "my lord"!
  It’s already 1994!

Do you still look down on three-pointers?

He roared in his heart, but only in his heart.

The final whistle sounded and the game ended. The Magic won their first victory in the Eastern Conference Finals with a score of 89 to 82, with a score difference of 7 points.

"Reggie Miller, I'll give you an old Chinese saying. The first win doesn't count. The one who laughs last is the real winner. You were too damn happy just now, bitch!" Meng Lang said toward Reggie. -Miller shouted, and the answer was Reggie Miller's cool middle finger.

In the ESPN commentary box, Bill Walton summarized the game and talked about the most impressive point:
  Meng Lang's ability to adjust!
  The biggest problem for shooters is that they are prone to unstable touch. The reason why Chris Mullin is called "God's left hand" is because the media lamented that his touch is so stable almost every night.

He always has a way to solve the ups and downs of his hand.

Now Meng Lang also feels like Bill Walton.

Everyone saw how bad Meng Lang's shooting was in the first three quarters, including him, but in the last quarter, Meng Lang suddenly found his touch.

"This is very uncreative, but I feel that the 'right hand of God' has also come to the NBA!"

The commentator next to him said: "It seems that Michael Jordan is more suitable for this nickname?"

"No offense meant, before he developed his own three-point shot..." Bill Walton pouted and shook his head, but he still seemed to feel that it was too offensive to say this, so he added another sentence, "Besides, he is already Black Jesus!"

(End of this chapter)