Legendary star

Chapter 170 The Shining Left Hand of God

After the third game of the finals between the Spurs and the Pacers, at the Pacers' home banker life stadium, under the superb performance of Reggie Miller, the Pacers tenaciously pulled back a game, and after this game , Those remarks that predicted before the game that the Spurs would sweep the Pacers to win the championship immediately disappeared without a trace.The Pacers' outstanding performance in the third game also made many Spurs come out again. They have begun to question whether the Spurs can win the championship this season.And Miller's reappearance from time to time was also on the headlines of almost all newspapers that day.

On June 2000, 6, the fourth game of the finals between the Spurs and the Pacers was about to start half an hour later. Looking at the players of the two teams who were warming up on the court, after introducing the starting lineup for the game, Magic Johnson And Michaels also started to predict the results of the two teams' game again.

"Ervin, in this game, who do you think has a better chance between the Spurs and the Pacers?" Although Michaels is not hostile to the Pacers, as the number one player in the league, he naturally hopes that the Spurs can laugh at the end. , and Meng Xu was repeatedly put off by Miller, and even Popovich's use of Meng Xu made Michaels very unhappy.

"El, judging from the previous few games, the Spurs' outside touch has not been very good. I still say that Tim Duncan alone cannot beat the Pacers. And the Pacers' side The state is obviously better, and the key to this game is whether the Spurs can recover their touch on the perimeter. If it is still the same as the previous game, then the winner of this game will still be the Pacers." The magician saw blood for a while pointed out the shortcomings of the Spurs. Although this shortcoming has plagued the Spurs for several seasons, but now the Spurs obviously have a solution, but they don't use it there. For Popovich's stubbornness and hesitation, the Magic Teacher Johnson is also a little difficult to understand.

"Erwin, I don't think Miller will be able to do the same thing as the previous game. You know, if miracles happen often, then he can't be called a miracle." After hearing the magician's choice, Michaels also smiled. Lol, if it wasn’t for Reggie Miller’s outburst in the fourth quarter, the Pacers wouldn’t have won the last game, and Reggie Miller wanted to continue the magical state of the fourth quarter of the last game to this one, obviously impossible.

"El, we have to believe that miracles will always happen, don't we?" Magic Johnson smiled and continued: "Okay, the game is about to start, and whoever wins will soon have a result. "

The lineup of the two teams in this game is basically the same as the previous game, but Popovich also made a little change in the use of Meng Xu. In the last game, after Meng Xu left the field, no one could limit Reggie Miller The scene of the game has also been wandering in Popovich's mind, so Popovich no longer wants to let Meng Xu and Reggie Miller swap sons in this game.Miller's almost God-possessed game state in the fourth quarter of the last game also made Popovich shocked by this former superstar who was no longer at his peak, so Popovich arranged for Meng Xu and Mario Ai in this game. The two took turns defending Reggie Miller, and even arranged for the two to double-team Reggie Miller at critical moments.

And in this game, Reggie Miller obviously didn't have the touch he had in the previous game. He made 7 of 3 shots in the first half and scored 11 points, which is not bad, but the Pacers are 43 to 47. 4 points behind the Spurs. Under the tight defense of the Spurs, the entire Pacers team in the first half, only Reggie Miller and Chris Mullin played normally. -Ross is a bit out of order.

After the intermission, the two teams sent their respective substitutes. The Spurs' second team was led by Mario Elie and Trieber, while the opposite Pacers were led by God's left hand Chris Mullin.

Chris Mullin is 37 years old this season, and was injured again in the second half of the season, so he has been in a state of recuperation. Chris Mullin, who came back from the last game, only played for 10 minutes, But the state shown is still good, and in this game, Larry Bird also placed high hopes on Chris Mullin. The Pacers' bench lineup obviously revolved around Chris Mullin, and Chris Mullin was Larry Bird did not disappoint in the previous game.

The first offense after the start of the second half was executed by the Pacers. After the Pacers' backup point guard Travis Best slowly pushed the ball across the half, it was directly handed over to Chris from beyond the 3-point line. Mullin, and after Chris Mullin dribbled the ball a little, he jumped directly against Mario Elli, who was more than 5 cm shorter than himself. Shooting is very similar to Tracy McCready of the Raptors, but after experiencing constant injuries, Chris Mullin's take-off speed and take-off height are not as good as before.

After Chris Mullin took off, he leaned back a little bit, and the left-handed shot with his right elbow forward is undoubtedly very difficult to be disturbed. Mario Elli, who took off and blocked Chris Mullin, Can only watch Chris Mullin throw the ball, and hollow into the net.

"The last time Mullin was in such a good state, it was a few years ago." Michaels, who has served as the commentator for N seasons, is naturally very familiar with Chris Mullin, a former superstar, only because of Chris Mullin's glass Lin attribute has been removed from the top players in the NBA for a long time. The 9293 season was the last peak of Chris Mullin. Since that season, Chris Mullin has been plagued by injuries, and his playing time and appearances have become less and less. The left hand of God has disappeared from everyone since then, and even his playing style has changed a lot. Chris Mullin in this game seems to remind people of the omnipotent left hand of God when he was young. Chris Mullin, who only played 8 minutes in the game, has made 7 of 6 shots, scored 14 points, 4 rebounds, and 2 assists.

"It's another dry shot from outside the 3-point line. Chris Mullin's figure is very stretched and his movements are very beautiful." Chris Mullin is Magic Johnson's old opponent, and for this former opponent, the Magic The magician is also very respected, and the title of Chris Mullin's left hand of God was first given by the magician.After Chris Mullin made this 3-pointer, his personal score has risen to 17 points, which is the highest scoring player of the Spurs and Pacers so far.

After hesitating for a long time, Popovich still did not call a timeout. It was not justified to call a timeout less than one minute after the start of the game.But soon Popovich paid the price for his contempt for Chris Mullin. When Chris Mullin made another 1-pointer and made 3 consecutive 3-pointers after the start of the third quarter, the Blazers The momentum of the counterattack soon became unstoppable.Although a timeout was called and the main players were replaced, relying on Chris Mullin's outstanding performance and the high morale of the Pacers, when the third quarter ended, 3 to 3, the Pacers had already overtaken the score.

At the end of the 3rd quarter, Chris Mullin scored a game-high 29 points, almost starting from the 3rd quarter, whenever Chris Mullin made a goal, all the fans in the Bankers Life Arena would cheer. Shouting "ChrisMullin, ChrisMullin, ChrisMullin"

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