Legendary star

Chapter 169 The Miller Moment
On June 2000, 6, just after Game 11 of the Spurs-Pacers series ended and the two teams rested for 2 days, Game 3 of the Finals between the Spurs and the Pacers was at the Pacers' home banker life The arena opened.

In this game, Larry Bird made a lot of adjustments to the Pacers' tactics. First, he sent Austin Crohill and Rick Schmitz to the inside with two very fast insiders. Defensive tactics of double-teaming and double-teaming against Tim Duncan. Although Rick Schmitz has a height of more than 2 meters, in this era, centers with poor mobility cannot survive at all. .And Austin Croshere is an insider who is known for his speed, and this guy is a little different from the insiders of this era. He can even pull out to shoot 20 points, but his shooting percentage is relatively average.

Then on the defense of Meng Xu, Larry Bird let Jaylen Rose and Chris Mullin take turns, and did not let Reggie Miller go to match up with Meng Xu. In the first two games, Meng Xu and Reggie Miller's exchange made Larry Bird disgusting enough, so in this game Reggie Miller didn't have any contact with Meng Xu on the defensive end at all.

As for the rest of the Spurs' outside players, Larry Bird implemented limited defensive tactics against Sean Elliott and Mario Ellis, and against Avery Johnson, he was all-out. Although Johnson has a strong talent in organizing the team, his shooting has always been his shortcoming, especially the 3-pointers from the outside.

Perhaps it is because the Pacers' defensive strength is very strong. Except for Meng Xu, the Spurs' outside four irons, this game is even more collective failure, and Avery Johnson is not sure if it is out of nervousness when the Pacers are empty all the way. Because of this, Avery Johnson, who was basically unguarded in this game, even made multiple 3-point shots.

As for the Spurs, Popovich continued the tactics of the previous two games, using Meng Xu to smash Reggie Miller on the outside, and against the Pacers' second-in-command Jaylen Rose, he used Sean Elliott and Mario Elliott. Lee implements uninterrupted double-teaming throughout the entire process, and Tim Duncan sits at the basket. One person is enough to deal with Austin Croshire and Rick Schmitz.Perhaps it was infected by the state of the Spurs. The Pacers' shooting percentage in this game was also very low. The head player Reggie Miller only made 7 of 1 shots and only scored 3 points in 7 quarters.At the end of the 3rd quarter, the score of the two teams was astonishingly low 57 to 54.

When the fourth quarter lasted more than 3 minutes, the Spurs led the Pacers by 65 points 59 to 6. At this time, Meng Xu, who had already fouled 4 times, was still following Reggie Miller. After the previous two games, Reggie Miller is already very familiar with himself. In the beginning of this game, Meng Xu was played by Reggie Miller several times, but fortunately, Miller's touch is average, and he made several shots. It's all over.

Although being tricked by Miller is not an embarrassing thing, you must know that even Jordan has been tricked by Miller, but Meng Xu, who has a certain status now, still feels very uncomfortable, but Mi Le this guy is not slippery, even if you want to use small tricks on him, you can't do anything.

When facing off again, Reggie Miller did not run back and forth with Meng Xu as usual, but stopped actively outside the 3-point line, staring at Meng Xu who was tearing his jersey: "Meng, you I have not been so embarrassed for a long time, but what I want to tell you is that my time has begun, and you can watch my performance next."

"Time that belongs to you?" When Miller said this, Meng Xu was also shocked.

Almost at this moment, Reggie Miller pushed Meng Xu away, quickly moved a step to the left, received a pass from Dale Davis, and jumped directly half a step away from the 3-point line Well, Reggie Miller's shooting method is completely another genre in the NBA. Reggie Miller's shooting never pursues any picturesque, but downright pragmatism. His take-off speed is very fast, but after take-off There is a noticeable pause, and then the shot.

Although he knew Miller's shooting posture and shooting trajectory in advance, Meng Xu still had no way to deal with Reggie Miller who had already made a shot. Meng Xu, who was unwilling to give up, still jumped up from Miller's side , I also want to interfere a bit, at least let the coach see that I have worked hard. If Popovich sees that Reggie Miller shot in front of him, but he is indifferent, then after the game, welcome My own must be inhuman treatment.

But when Meng Xu took off, he found that Reggie Miller had adjusted his shooting posture in the air. The moment the basketball was released, Miller leaned towards Meng Xu. On Reggie Miller.

The whistle sounded, Reggie Miller hit a 3-pointer, and Meng Xu made a defensive foul. In just one round, Miller got back 4 points for the Pacers.

Meng Xu, who had already fouled five times, had to sit on the bench and watch Reggie Miller's big kills on the court. After Meng Xu left the court, the entire Spurs didn't even have a player who could keep up with Reggie Miller. In 5 minutes, Reggie Miller made 3 of 7 shots and 6 of 3 three-pointers. He scored 4 points in a row. Popovich called two timeouts in a row, but there was no way to interrupt Reggie Miller's touch.In just 3 minutes, Reggie Miller not only helped the Pacers stop the decline, but also overtook the score in one fell swoop. 14 to 3. By the official timeout of the fourth quarter, the Pacers had overtaken the Spurs by 73 points.

"This is Miller, this is the moment that only belongs to Miller." When Magic Johnson almost shouted out these words with excitement, the entire Bankers Arena erupted.

"Miller time?" On the bench, Meng Xu, who was being arranged by Popovich, murmured after hearing Magic Johnson's roar that spread throughout the stadium.

When the game restarted in the fourth quarter, Meng Xu was graduated by Miller after only two rounds, and Reggie Miller still continued his magic. Throughout the fourth quarter, Reggie Miller single-quarter Scored 26 points and finally helped the Pacers beat the Spurs 95-89. After winning the game, the Pacers also tied the big score of the two teams to 2-1.

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(End of this chapter)