Legendary star

Chapter 354 Winning streak
In the second half of the third quarter, Jeff Van Gundy lost his composure in the previous game. He stood on the sidelines and directed at the Knicks players on the court, waving his arms and shouting loudly, hoping that they could change The situation on the field is getting worse and worse.

But at this moment, the rhythm of the game on the court has obviously been out of their control. After Meng Xu played back singles against Sprewell in a row, the Knicks began to double-team Meng Xu again, and then Reggie Miller's two consecutive The first catch and jumper made the Knicks' defensive will completely collapsed.One-on-one defense, whether it's Alan Houston defending Reggie Miller or Sprewell defending Meng Xu, the success rate is not high, and once the double-teaming starts, the gourd is pressed and the scoop is lifted.

This sense of frustration and powerlessness soon spread on the court, and even Sprewell and Alan Houston, the two core players of the Knicks, were affected. At the time of Prewell, Alan Houston, who was standing not far away, was obviously hesitant about whether to double-team Meng Xu. It seemed that he was affected by Reggie Miller's consecutive facial expressions. Alan Houston's current mental state is obvious. Some are not so good.But when Sprewell started to push Meng Xu with his back and began to push back, he just gave up a symbolic push on Meng Xu, and the previous few attacks told him that no one Assisting in defense, he can't defend Meng Xu's low singles by himself.

"The Knicks are over!" When Meng Xu turned his back and hit the rebound again, Van Gundy called a timeout. When he wanted to make adjustments again, when he saw the frustration on the faces of the Knicks players when they were off the field, the magician Johnson also shook his head helplessly.So far in this game, the Pacers haven't done their best, especially Meng Xu and Jermaine O'Neal. The two of them have been playing back and forth in this game. In this case, the Knicks not only did not cling to the score , or took advantage of the situation to take the lead, but in less than three quarters, they couldn't hold on anymore. From this point of view, the strength gap between the two teams is indeed a bit big, just like Larry Bird and Meng Xu As he said, the Knicks will not pose any threat to the Pacers.

Before the end of the three quarters, Magic Johnson sentenced the Knicks to death, but Michaels did not have any objection, but nodded, expressing his agreement with Magic Johnson.Although there is still more than one quarter of the game, but judging from the current situation, the Knicks have already lost this game. Let alone the nearly 20-point difference, the current mental state of these players on the Knicks field , It is impossible for them to come back in the fourth quarter. A group of players who seem to have lost their courage and fighting spirit, what else can they be expected to do?
In the end, when the game ended, 103 to 87, the Pacers beat the Knicks at home by 16 points and won the first victory in the series.In this game, Reggie Miller scored a game-high 38 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists. Meng Xu, who was expected to make big news on the Knicks, only scored 18 points , 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

On April 2002, 4, after a day off, the second game of the series between the Pacers and the Knicks kicked off. It was basically similar to the last game. In this game, the Pacers' offensive core became Jermaine O'Neal. At the same time, Larry Bird replaced Lorenzen White with James Posey to start the game. Facing the Knicks' seemingly ordinary inside combination, Larry Bird actually only left Jermaine O'Neal as an insider, and resorted to the first half of the regular season, with one team and four teams. Although the game process was a bit tortuous, the Pacers still defeated the Knicks 22-87 Adams took a 79-2 lead.

After experiencing the failure of the first game, in this game, Jeff Van Gundy also adjusted the team, and even picked up the in-out tactics of Pat Riley when he coached the Knicks. Forced, but it’s useless, the group of players who can implement this tactic have all been cleaned out of the Knicks, and now the Knicks no longer have Patrick Ewing, and there is no Big Mom Johnson, Charles Oakley and John Star Knicks, so Van Gundy's nostalgic changes still failed to change the fate of the Knicks' defeat.

"Larry, why don't you look so good? We won the game." When the press conference was over and we were leaving together, Meng Xu found that he was still full of joy at the press conference and scolded Fang Qiu. Libode frowned the moment he walked out of the press conference hall, as if he was unhappy about something.

"It's nothing, I just feel that our state is a little early." Larry Bird touched his chin and said, in the two games against the Knicks, the Pacers players except Meng Xu who deliberately suppressed his state , have shown excellent form, and they are all excited enough, but this is not a good thing for the long playoffs.Every player will have ups and downs, and Laliberd is very clear about this, because even himself in his peak period cannot avoid it, let alone the group of young players in the Pacers.

"Larry, there is a saying in China that goes, good luck comes with misfortune, and misfortune comes with good fortune. This may not be a bad thing for us." What Larry Bird said meant that Meng Xu is also very clear that the state of the game, such a mysterious thing, is not something that everyone can control freely, especially young players, who can't even grasp the way of it.Even if I have a B, I can't adjust my state to the best without relying on enchanting potions, let alone those professional players who can only rely on themselves.

So when he was in the Spurs, Popovich would often adjust the game state of the players. At the end of the regular season, he would use various rotations to disrupt the state of the players under his command. Slowly adjust and gradually stimulate their state, so that after the first round and the baptism of the semifinals, their state will be gradually stimulated. at the pinnacle.This is why some teams always seem to stumble in the first two rounds of the playoffs. Every promotion, or even every game, is full of thrills, but in the finals, their strength suddenly rises to a higher level.And many young teams are extremely brave in the first round, and then they are not as good as one game until they are completely forced. This is actually the so-called playoff experience.

"I hope so." Larry Bird nodded at Meng Xu. In fact, this season has been very successful for the Pacers, and for Larry Bird. It counts as a failure.After all, before the start of this season, the Pacers' goal was to reach the playoffs. Now, the Pacers have entered the playoffs with the No. The opponents, whether it is the Celtics or the 76ers, can't stop the Pacers from moving forward.

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