Legendary star

Chapter 200 Championship Ring

On October 2000, 10, the 31-20002001 NBA regular season officially kicked off. On the first day of the new season, the league arranged a number of focus battles, the Los Angeles Lakers and Trail Blazers, Detroit Pistons and Toronto Raptors, 76ers With the Knicks, these games are undoubtedly strong duels, and as the opening game of this season, the match between the Spurs and the Pacers, the two teams that participated in the season finals last season, is undoubtedly the focus of today's focus.

And the NBA's three major broadcasters, ESPN, ABC, and TNT, have almost abandoned all other games today. The Spurs, who completed the feat of defending their title last season, are undoubtedly the most popular in the entire league. At the same time, because of Meng Xu, the Spurs have a large number of Chinese fans in the entire American sports world. These broadcasters in the NBA have always focused on which team is more popular, and the number of broadcasts is biased towards which team. , At the same time, because the Spurs will hold a championship ring awarding ceremony at the Alamo Stadium today, this also makes the Lakers, Bulls and Knicks, which have always been the darlings of the media, become supporting roles today.

Because the awarding ceremony of the championship ring will be held, the players of the Spurs team entered the court two hours earlier today, and the first player to lead the Spurs into the court is still Meng Xu, although he is already a second-year player, and Meng Xu Xu's status in the Spurs is now very high, but because the Spurs have no rookies this year, and Meng Xu also enjoys the treatment of being the first to play, so this season the Spurs are still the first to walk out of the player channel. Meng Xu .

When Meng Xu walked out of the player tunnel for the first time, the Alamo Stadium, which has been remodeled and can accommodate more than 40000 fans today, erupted in applause and cheers like a tsunami, and the audience of more than 40000 fans all stood up , shouting Meng Xu's name and the slogan of the championship in unison.Then when Duncan, who was the finale, came out of the player tunnel for the last time, the shouts of "MVP, MVP, MVP..." continued for several minutes.

Then when all the Spurs players entered the field, including Steve Kerr and Terry Porter, who announced their retirement at the end of last season, they followed the Spurs owner Pete Holt to the temporary award ceremony in the center of the Alamo Stadium On the stage, there are the Spurs' second championship trophy and Tim Duncan's FMVP trophy.Then, under the auspices of NBA Commissioner David Stern, the Spurs' championship ring awarding ceremony officially began.

Terry Porter, who has retired, took the lead to take over his own championship ring from Pete Holt, and then accepted the cheers of the fans. It is obvious that this 38-year-old veteran has already had wet eyes up.

Perhaps the order of receiving the rings is related to the status in the team. Meng Xu ranked third from the bottom, that is, in front of Tim Duncan and David Robinson. Pete Holt took over his own championship ring, and after putting the ring on his right middle finger, Meng Xu gently kissed the championship ring on his hand, then clenched his fist and held it high. Started, showing the first championship ring of his career to the fans in the audience.

In the first game of last season, Meng Xu witnessed the Spurs' championship ring awarding ceremony. At that time, Meng Xu was envious and jealous, but now Meng Xu finally has a ring of his own. He glanced at the bench. , Those players who only came to the Spurs this season and the players on the opposite Pacers, I am afraid that they are in the same mood now as they were last year, especially Reggie Miller, who has been staring straight at the center of the court. Championship trophy.

Due to the Spurs' consecutive championships, this year's championship ring is more luxurious than last year's one. Each championship ring consumes about two ounces of platinum and is inlaid with 54 natural diamonds. The surface of the ring is carved with two big diamonds to look like two championship trophies, symbolizing that the Spurs have won two championship trophies in a row. Regardless of the meaning contained in this ring, it is just the diamonds on these rings. I'm afraid it has been worth at least tens of thousands of dollars.

When the Spurs players walked off the court amidst the cheers of the audience, the Pacers of the visiting team, led by star Reggie Miller, also came over to congratulate the Spurs players, although The Pacers were defeated by the Spurs in their first trip to the finals last season, but Reggie Miller couldn't hate the Spurs and Meng Xu, who indirectly caused his injury.

"Meng, congratulations on winning the championship you have always dreamed of, but I will beat you in this match." After Reggie Miller walked over, he hugged Meng Xu, patted Meng Xu on the shoulder, and Walking towards Tim Duncan next to Meng Xu.

"Hey, Reggie, you got it wrong. This should be your dream championship." Reggie Miller pretended not to care, but his tone and words betrayed him. He didn't win the championship this season, and there are still a lot of opportunities. How can he dream of a championship just after entering the NBA.

After Larry Bird resigned as the head coach of the Pacers this season, under the recommendation of Larry Bird, the smiling assassin Thomas took over Larry Bird's coach. Yesterday, the Pacers and the Trail Blazers completed the Pacers' only deal this summer. The Pacers traded for the Blazers' backup center Jermaine O'Neal at a small price. A well-known talented player in the United States, but after entering the NBA, due to the fact that the Blazers had too many insiders, O'Neal basically didn't get any chance to play. For 4 consecutive seasons, he played a total of 200 games off the bench, averaging 10 games per game. Minutes of playing time, and there are many games that can only be done on the bench for one night.O'Neal averaged 4.5 points and 3.4 rebounds per game in his best season. Seeing Iverson, Ray Allen, and Kobe in the same class as himself became superstars, while he was still on the bench Struggling, Jermaine O'Neal finally couldn't bear it anymore, and had a final showdown with the Blazers' management, either trade me or let me play the main force, but with Sean Kemp, Rasheed Wallace, Detlef Schramf, Arvedas Sabonis, Dale Davis and other strong insiders, it is not so easy to want to be in the top position. In the end, the Blazers also chose the small O'Neal was traded to the Pacers.And after getting Jermaine O'Neal, the Pacers' internal strength has also directly improved to a higher level. Although Jermaine O'Neal's statistics in the past few seasons are not very good, no one will question Jermaine O'Neal's ability, prospects and future of.

"Hi everyone, I'm Michaels, and now it's my time again. First of all, Irwin and I will introduce to you the starting lineups of both sides in this game. For the Spurs, the starting center is Tim Duncan. Forward Sean Elliott, small forward Meng Xu, shooting guard Mario Elli, point guard Avery Johnson. This lineup is the same lineup that the Spurs beat the Trail Blazers and Pacers last season, but it is strange Yes, David Robinson, who returned from injury, is still sitting on the bench. As a core player of the Spurs' twin towers, he was put on the bench. Popovich's move is very puzzling. Could it be that David's injury hasn't healed yet?" After reading the Spurs' starting roster, Michaels was also very puzzled by Popovich's personnel arrangement in this game.This lineup on the Spurs field has proved its uniqueness last season, but it is incomprehensible for Popovich to let David Robinson not use it. You must know that David Robinson has the highest score with the Spurs this season. The salary, and with David Robinson's current strength, he has not yet reached the point of being a substitute.

"This may be a tactical change for the Spurs this season." After explaining the NBA playoffs last season, Magic Johnson also renewed his contract with ABC for one year this season. Magic Johnson will still be with Michael Stanley's partner explained this season's NBA regular season.Regarding Popovich's arrangement in this game, Magic Johnson can also see clearly. Both the Lakers and Pacers this season are stronger than last season, so in order to achieve the Spurs' 3 consecutive championships Therefore, Popovich must make some changes while maintaining the integrity of the lineup, especially Meng Xu. After showing his strong ability and potential in the playoffs last season, Popovich Veitch is bound to let Meng Xu succeed the aging David Robinson and become another core of the Spurs.

"For the Pacers, today's starting center is Jermaine O'Neal. Jermaine made a good choice this summer. Maybe next season, Jermaine will be selected as an All-Star." For Jermaine O'Neal, the Magic Johnson has always been very optimistic, so when talking about O'Neal, the magician also smiled, and then continued: "The power forward is Sam Perkins, and Jaylen Rose was diagnosed with a stomachache before the game. Inflammation, so he will miss this game. He will be replaced by small forward Austin Crohill. After Jaylen Rose is absent, Reggie Miller will also play shooting guard in this game. The point guard is still Travis. Best. This summer, the Pacers did not make too many trades. According to some media reports, it was because of Meng Xu, but we don’t know the specific reason.”

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