Legendary star

Chapter 168 What a pity

In the final game between the Spurs and the Pacers, it also ended with the Spurs beating the Pacers lightly, 90 to 78. The Spurs won their first home game and made a good start in the 7-game 4-win system. .

In this game, Reggie Miller, the head player of the Pacers, was trapped in a foul crisis and only played 25 minutes. He made 9 of 5 shots, 3 of 4 three-pointers, and 2 of 9 free throws. Points, 8 rebounds, 20 assists.

"Mr. Greg, congratulations to your team for winning." After the game, Larry Bird came over to shake Popovich's hand.

"Thank you, Mr. Larry, your team is also very good." Although Larry Bird and Popovich both have big mouths, same-sex attraction still makes sense, at least Popovich and Popovich Larry Bird's current dialogue is completely sympathetic.

"Mr. Greg's vision is really amazing. He was able to select such an unlimited player as Meng with the 29th overall pick." The pick is only No. 26.And because last year was a small year in the draft, Larry Bird didn't pay the slightest attention to last year's draft. He just asked his assistant to randomly pick a guard. If there is a chance to choose Meng Xu before the Spurs, Larry Bird will regret it for a while.

"Thank you for your appreciation. To be honest, I didn't expect Meng to grow so fast." Originally, when Popovich was in the draft, Meng Xu was required to be a substitute and an outside defensive gate. But with Meng Xu's continuous progress this season, Popovich is already worried about Meng Xu's growth too fast. Although this is a happy worry, it is enough to give Popovich a headache.

"Mr. Greg, I don't think this kid can show all his abilities under your command, and he will become the source of the Spurs' turmoil at any time, so please consider my suggestion carefully." Thinking of this game, Bobo Larry Bird's heart was bleeding when Vicky used Meng Xu. From the beginning of the game, Larry Bird kept shouting in his heart: "It's a pity, it's a pity." Although the Spurs and Meng Xu Still his opponent, but Larry Bird made no secret of some things.

"No, I will definitely find a way." Looking at the figure of Larry Bird going away, Popovich gritted his teeth and said.And Larry Bird's rhetoric also strengthened Popovich's determination to try, but even if he wanted to try, he would not act rashly in this season's finals, but in the next season's regular season. , even if it fails, there is still a chance to start again, and in the finals, it is absolutely impossible to play with fire.

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After the end of the first game of the two teams, the second game of the finals between the Spurs and the Pacers began on June 2000, 6. In this game, as the current best players in the league The coaches, Popovich and Larry Bird have all changed their formations. The Spurs first played a half-court combination of inside and outside tactics, then played a quarter of bombardment, and even picked up the triangle offense to play. Now For Popovich, the two teams are still in the stage of testing each other.As for the Pacers, Larry Bird first tried the three-inner tactic and the bombardment tactic, and even tried the combination of inside and outside tactics. Don't admit it, Popovich and Larry Bird really know how to play.

The trajectory of this game is basically the same as the first game of the two teams. Although Larry Bird replaced Jaylen Rose to defend Meng Xu in this game, Jaylen Rose was soon put on the bench by Meng Xu In fact, under such circumstances, Reggie Miller had to play in person, and Meng Xu and Reggie Miller once again started the mutual injury mode. In the end, the two also successfully exchanged each other. Meng Xu only played for 3 minutes in the last quarter. , and graduated with 6 fouls by Reggie Miller, and Reggie Miller also had 5 fouls on his back, and played cautiously in the last quarter. Although at the last moment of the 4th quarter, Reggie Miller scored 8 points in a row, But still unable to recover, 81 to 89, after the Spurs won their second home game, they led the Pacers by a big score of 2 to 2, and they have seen the dawn of the championship.

When the second game between the two teams ended, Larry Bird in the live TV still had a calm face, and it was completely impossible to see that the Pacers were already 2 games behind.Looking at Larry Bird's confident fan, those who didn't know thought it was the Pacers leading the Spurs 2-2.Although judging from the score, the Pacers seem to have been driven to a dead end, but due to the problem of the finals system, the side with home court advantage, even with a 0-2 advantage, sometimes cannot have the last laugh, because the next The Spurs will go to Indiana to play 0 consecutive away games. If they are not careful, they will be tied 3-3 by the Pacers.
Having said that, when the Spurs won two home games in a row and led the Pacers by a big score, almost all Spurs fans are already imagining the championship. You must know that as long as they win one of the next three away games, then Back to the Spurs' home court, the championship is basically in the Spurs' pocket.

"Tim, thank you, and Meng, thank you, thank you." The most excited people in the Spurs team now are the two veteran players, Tliebert and Steve Kerr. At the end of the [-]th century, they were winning a championship. Both of them took a salary cut to come to the Spurs to hold their thighs. Steve Kerr was a little bit better. The first championship in the fight.Although he has not yet won the final championship, but at this moment, Triibert could no longer hide his inner excitement. He had already started talking nonsense in the Spurs locker room, and even rushed to Duncan. Get down on your knees to express your admiration for Duncan.

"Okay, okay, don't make a fuss, everyone pack up your things, let's go." Seeing the performances in the locker room getting bigger and bigger, assistant coach Mike Budenholzer hurried out to stop them If this kind of scene is seen by the head coach, he will definitely not run away after a few hours of extra training.

(End of this chapter)