Legendary star

Chapter 455 Returning to the League One
"Congratulations to the Pacers for winning the longest ten-game winning streak this season, and setting a new record for the longest winning streak in team history!" When the whistle blew for the end of the game, the Bankers Life Arena erupted immediately. There was a burst of cheers like a tsunami. After defeating the Magic at home, the Pacers' winning streak came to ten games. The ten-game winning streak is not only the longest winning streak this season, but also the longest in the history of the Pacers. The long winning streak was recorded.

"Meng, next time, I will definitely not lose to you again!" McGrady, with a face full of regret, found Meng Xu and Jermaine O'Neal waiting for him at the entrance of the player tunnel before he entered the tunnel. After embracing each other, Mai Di punched Meng Xu hard in the chest, as if to vent his resentment.

"Tracey, with your teammates, you will never be able to beat us." Before Meng Xu could speak, Jermaine O'Neal put his arm around McGrady's shoulders, not knowing whether he was comforting McGrady or Sarcastic Maddie.In today's game, the Magic were able to score with the Pacers in the first half, but after the Pacers made a full-court press in the third quarter, the Magic collapsed directly, and the Magic only scored 10 points in the entire three quarters.Although under the leadership of McGrady, the Magic also counterattacked in the fourth quarter, but when the Pacers pressed hard, the Magic collapsed again. After this collapse, the Magic could not organize an effective counterattack anymore. 85, the Magic finally lost to the Pacers by 103 points. Such a difference is undoubtedly desperate.Although McGrady scored 18+ again in this game, it was useless. If he lost the game, no matter how good the data was, it would be meaningless.

"How is Grant doing now?" McGrady, who was originally not in high spirits, became even more depressed after hearing Jermaine O'Neill say that his teammates were bad. Asked McGrady about Hill's situation.

"Grant has no hope for this season again!" After shaking his head, the frustration in McGrady's eyes was already very obvious. Grant Hill has been reimbursed for the season with a serious injury for three consecutive seasons, but Hill Now it occupies one-third of the Magic's salary space, so Hill's contract has always been a big problem for the Magic management.In addition, although McGrady is now the boss of the Magic, any trades of the team will not be discussed with McGrady, especially this time the Magic traded Mike Miller this time. As a friend of Mike Miller, after learning that the team has After making the plan to trade Mike Miller, McGrady approached the management and asked to veto the deal. At the same time, he said that as long as Mike Miller was traded, he would retire, but in the end Mike Miller still was sent away.Not only that, because of dissatisfaction with Mike Miller's trade, McGrady vented all his anger on the court. Throughout February, the Magic achieved an excellent record of 2 wins and 10 losses, so the general manager of the Magic even said that All of McGrady's friends in the Magic should be traded.It is conceivable how depressed McGrady must be in this team atmosphere.

"Hey, you two bastards, you really don't know which pot to turn on. Tonight, you two treat me." After Meng Xu and O'Neill comforted for a while, McGrady finally felt better.

"Small, Meng is now a local tyrant, he invites you tonight." Jermaine O'Neill put his left arm around McGrady and his right arm around Meng Xu, while winking at Meng Xu, meaning that tonight, you are the one to bleed.

"My agent is very strict with me now. I don't allow me to have more than 200 dollars in cash on me, and she has taken away all my cards, so, Jermaine, you understand." Meng Xu's tone was It seems to be complaining, but whenever He Hui is mentioned, Meng Xu has a special look on his face.

Due to the hot sales of the Odin series, according to the sharing agreement in the contract between Meng Xu and Nike, Meng Xu received a pre-tax dividend of nearly 3000 million US dollars from Nike last year alone. With an annual salary of ten thousand, and various endorsement contracts, Meng Xu's annual income has reached 6000 million US dollars. Even after deducting layers of taxes, Meng Xu's annual income has exceeded 3000 million US dollars. He is a veritable local tyrant. Therefore, recently, Meng Xu is always extravagant, often inviting his teammates to dinner and nightclubs, but after He Hui found out about these situations, he immediately confiscated all of Meng Xu's bank cards, and only left Meng Xu a 200 dollar allowance money.

"Meng, you know, I have a mother, a daughter, and a brother, and they all have a lot of expenses now, and you are still a bachelor, so..." After hearing Meng Xu's words, Jermaine O'Neill also began to cry poor.

"Okay, okay, you two bastards, I invite you tonight." McGrady, who was annoyed by Meng Xu and O'Neal, interrupted O'Neal's complaint directly: "What's the matter? Let’s forget about the competition, and invite you bastards out to have fun.”

After the home game against the Magic, the Pacers set off for the West again to meet the last Western road trip of the season. Due to the Lakers, Spurs, Mavericks, Kings, these Western powerhouses, in the first half of the regular season In this period, the Pacers have already played against them, so this road trip for the Pacers is relatively easy. The Timberwolves, Supersonics, and Jazz, except for the Timberwolves who are stronger, the remaining two teams, After losing their own star, their record this season is not as good as before, and the Jazz is now reduced to a bully that everyone bullies.

On March 3, the Pacers played away against the Timberwolves. Due to Garnett's continuous improvement, he gradually showed his dominance. Therefore, the Timberwolves' record in recent seasons has also been getting better and better. A team competing for playoff tickets The fringe team has gradually grown into a powerful team in the Western Conference. It ranked fifth in the Western Conference last season. Although it was eliminated in the first round, the five games against the Mavericks also gave people hope for the Timberwolves. The Timberwolves have gone one step further. After a series of winning streaks after the All-Star Game, they have quietly ranked third in the Western Conference.

Although the Timberwolves with Kevin Garnett can also be called a strong inside team, but under the joint strangulation of Mutombo and Jermaine O'Neal today, Garnett's performance is somewhat unsatisfactory , and Jermaine O'Neal also played the best game in history against Garnett today. He made 18 of 9 shots and scored 26 points and 16 rebounds, surpassing Garnett's 18 points and 9 rebounds. rebounds.

106 to 95, in the case of Garnett's poor performance, the Pacers defeated the Timberwolves very easily. In this game, Meng Xu made 23 of 12 shots, 3 of 7 three-pointers, 3 of 11 free throws, and scored again. 9 points, extending his consecutive 36+ scoring record to 30 games.

"Wally, why do you seem to have something on your mind?" Meng Xu, Posey and Szczerbiak were rookies in the same year, and they had a very good personal relationship, so every time Meng Xu was a guest in Minnesota, Szczerbiak For the sake of the landlord, this time was no exception, but during the banquet, Meng Xu saw that Szczerbiak's brows were tightened, and he looked preoccupied.

"Is Wally worried about the contract renewal in the summer?" James Posey on the side seemed to have seen the clue, and said it in advance before Szczerbiak could speak.

"Yeah, this year is my contract year. I originally wanted to play well. I signed a big contract in the summer, but I suffered from major and minor injuries. Before the end of the season, I have missed more than 20 games." Szeby Yake first smiled self-deprecatingly, and then began to shake his head as he spoke.

Although Szczerbiak and Meng Xu Posey were both rookies for one year, but because Szczerbiak was the No. 6 pick in the first round, the Timberwolves directly signed him with a four-year 4 million contract, which made him James Posey, who can only sign 1000 million for 3 years, and Meng Xu, who is 360 million for two years, are envious, but when the rookie contracts of Meng Xu, Posey, and even Brand are over, after signing the big contract However, Szczerbiak still has an annual salary of less than 300 million.Originally, he was able to contribute 300 points, 19 rebounds, and 4.8 assists per game last season. After scoring an average of 3.1+25+6 in the playoffs against the Mavericks, his contract expired this summer. Szczerbiak can sign at least 6 years of 6 million, or even 8000 years of 6 million, and the Timberwolves have enough salary space when renewing Szczerbiak. Even Billup Sto was sent away in vain, but Szczerbiak was injured at the beginning of this season, and it was a repeated injury. Compared with last season, all statistics, including shooting percentage, have declined in an all-round way. Therefore, the Timberwolves are now in Szczerbiak also began to hesitate on the issue of contract renewal.

"What's the big deal? If the Timberwolves don't renew your contract, you will come to the Pacers. Anyway, you won't win the championship if you stay here. At that time, we will find a way to get Elton and Andre. We The five musketeers swept the entire alliance together." James Posey, who saw through Szczerbiak's mind, patted Szczerbiak on the shoulder, wanting to comfort him.

"James is just kidding. I'm going to the Pacers. There's no room for me there." Szczerbiak also knew that Posey wanted to comfort himself, but Posey's statement was obviously unrealistic. Let's not talk about how the Pacers got it Elton Brand and Andre Miller, as far as the Pacers' current lineup, the small forward and shooting guard positions have already been saturated, and let alone the Pacers can give themselves a big contract, even if they go , and there is no playing time.And there is also a very important point, that is, the boss of the Pacers is Meng Xu, not James Posey. If Meng Xu invites him to go to the Pacers, he may still consider it.

"Wally, everything will be fine, James and I believe in you!" After Percy, Meng Xu also put his arms around Szczerbiak's shoulders. Meng Xu could not treat Szczerbiak like Percy What kind of promises and invitations will Zerbiak make? Posey is used to being careless and will not think so much, but Meng Xu can't. Meng Xu not only has to consider for his own team, but also for Szczerbiak. As Szczerbiak said, even if he goes to the Pacers, does the Pacers have a place for him?I, Posey, Prince, Miller, Hamilton, Simmons, the Pacers now have six forwards and guards, and the current Pacers can't give Sczerbiak a big contract. Meng Xu doesn't want to let Szczerbiak easily sacrificed tens of millions for the so-called friendship.

After the game against the Timberwolves, the Pacers came to Seattle. In fact, if you want to count by record, the Supersonics record this season is actually not bad. With the Supersonics current record of 34 wins and 33 losses, if it is placed in the East , can also be ranked sixth, but the supersonics are in the highly competitive west, not to mention fifth, not even ninth, and the supersonics are currently ranked eighth in the west. With 15 wins, and 36 games left in the regular season, unless the Grizzlies have a series of defeats, the Sonics have little hope of making the playoffs, let alone the Grizzlies. The 31-[-] Suns.

Although the strength of the Supersonics is obviously not as good as that of the Pacers, the Supersonics still fought with the Pacers to the last moment, especially Derek Fisher and Rick Fox, who were sent to the Supersonics by the Lakers because of the loss in the finals, even more so. It was the enemies who were extremely jealous when they met. In an ordinary regular season, sparks were scattered everywhere, but in the end the Pacers still defeated the Supersonics 96 to 89 in an away game and won 12 consecutive victories.

On the day the Pacers defeated the Sonics, the Mavericks lost to the Spurs away. After 40 days, the Pacers returned to the league's first position again.

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