Legendary star

Chapter 53 The Pacers

"Well, I have watched the video of this game. Meng's performance is very good. You must know that he is only 19 years old this year, and his future is limitless."

"Will he become the second Larry Bird? I still say that every player in the NBA is unique."

"What advice and suggestions do I have for him? I hope he doesn't stay on the perimeter all the time, and can be closer to the basket, which will make him more deterrent and dominant. I think he can consider participating in this year's All-Star 3 point contest."

"What do you think of the Celtics this season? The results of the Celtics are really frustrating, and Anthony Walker's performance is also disappointing. Obviously he hasn't learned how to be a qualified leader."

Immediately after the game between the Spurs and the Celtics, there were reporters who watched the excitement and didn't think it was a big deal. They ran to interview Larry Bird immediately. In addition to his appreciation for Meng Xu, Larry Bird's Dissatisfaction with the Celtics is still revealed between the lines. "

"I believe in Larry's vision. Meng will be one of the best rookies this year. His outside shooting is very good. As Larry said, his scoring methods are too single. This is not a good phenomenon. He wants Learn to use more ways to score." Going to the Pacers interview, of course, can't leave the Pacers' boss Reggie Miller behind. Fortunately, as an old man, Reggie Miller did not express dissatisfaction with Meng Xu between the lines.

"Greg, are you still thinking about that deal?" On the night of January 1, when the Spurs and the Trail Blazers were playing a close game, the Spurs coach Popovich still had a sad face.

"Yeah, I thought about it all night, and I couldn't figure out how much potential Meng has, which is worth the price the Celtics have to pay." Because just after the Spurs rejected the Celtics' trade application, Kyle The Celtics sent a fax again today. This time the Celtics’ sixth man Calbert Chaney was added to the trade list. Calbert Chaney is an important substitute for the Celtics. He averaged 25 minutes per game and contributed 13 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1.2 steals.If Popovich agrees to this deal, then all the Spurs' shortcomings will be filled, so this deal also makes Popovich very entangled.

Meng Xu has excellent defense and a good 3-point ability, but he is limited by his physical talent. His upper limit is not high. He will never become a superstar like David and Tim.But the more this happened, the more entangled Popovich became. It must be that he hadn't discovered Meng's excellence, otherwise, why would the cardinal pay such a high price to trade him?
In the end, the Spurs lost 95 to 105 at home to the Trail Blazers in this game. After losing this game, the Spurs also fell from the second place in the league to the third. 29 wins and 10 losses, but the Spurs have lost all three meetings between the two teams this season.

The Blazers are also a very strange team. Relying on a boss who is not short of money, the Blazers have also accumulated a group of All-Star players. The starting five are Rasheed Wallace, Arvidas Sabonis, Monte Stoudemire, Scottie Pippen, Steve Smith are all All-Stars, with Detlef Schrempf, Jermaine O'Neal, Bunch Wayne on the bench. With these powerful substitutes like Ernes, if you only look at the lineup on paper, the championship should go to the Blazers every year. I don’t know if it’s the suppression of the league or bad luck. The Blazers are so short every season.

In this game against Scottie Pippen, Meng Xu also suffered a lot. In the previous game, Meng Xu was still a nobody and had not attracted the attention of Scottie Pippen. After being hyped by the media for a while, Scottie Pippen also came up with the idea of ​​"educating" the younger generation, so in this game Scottie Pippen completely gave up the offense and entangled him on the defensive end. Living in Meng Xu, although he is getting old, Scottie Pippen, who has 1 A-level defensive skills and 2 B-level defensive skills, is very scary once he gets serious. In the end, Meng Xu was only He made 6 of 1 shots and scored 3 points with a lucky ball in the fourth quarter. He scored 3 points and 4 rebounds in the game. It was also Meng Xu's worst performance this season.

Different from the Spurs, the Trail Blazers have as many as 20 players with the ability to score 6+ points in a single game. The side is different. After resting the two main players, Tim Duncan was also very difficult to play under the attack of Arvedas Sabonis and Rasheed Wallace. With Peng completely frozen, the Spurs also lost the game as expected.

After the end of the game against the Trail Blazers, the Spurs set off for the East again, starting a new round of road trip, and the first opponent of this road trip is the Pacers, currently ranked No. [-] in the East.

The game has not yet started, and the atmosphere in the Conseco Arena, the home of the Pacers, is also extremely hot. After two years of sinking, the Pacers have once again become a powerful player in the league after Larry Bird took over. The 9798 season ball The team achieved the best record in team history of 58 wins and 24 losses, and finally reached the Eastern Conference Finals that year, losing to the King Bulls led by Jordan in 7 games. The 9899 season reached the Eastern Conference finals again, and finally lost to the New York Knicks 4-2, and entered the conference finals for two consecutive years, which also tied the best record in Pacers history created by Larry Brown.

Last year, on November 1999, 11, the Pacers moved into the team's new home stadium, the Conseco Arena. After two consecutive years of poor conference finals, this year's Pacers are also ambitious and hope to win the championship.The current Pacers also have a record of 6 wins and 27 losses, ranking fourth in the league and first in the Eastern Conference.
After Larry Bird took over, the Pacers have a very stable lineup. The team currently has Reggie Miller, Jaylen Rose, Chris Mullin, Rick Schmitz and many other All-Stars. The paper lineup is second only to such a powerful team like the Trail Blazers.

"Hello everyone, we meet again." The game between the Spurs and the Pacers is another live broadcast across the United States, and it is said that this game will be broadcast live simultaneously on CCTV through satellites. This is also the first time that CCTV will broadcast a regular game The game, and the commentator of this game, no surprise, is Michaels again.

"Hey, Al, this game will be against one of the best backcourt combinations in the league. Whether it's Jalen Rose or Reggie Miller, they are all players with All-Star strength. I don't know about Larry's What kind of performance will the successor have?" Michaels' partner Mike Brand in this game looked at Michaels with a smile.

"Of course, Meng is one of the best rookies this year.  …"

"Oh, El, put away your rhetoric, you've praised this Chinese person too much, didn't you watch the game the day before yesterday, Meng was so embarrassed by Scottie Pippen, in Sri Lanka In front of Coty, Meng is like a child." Before Michaels could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Brand.

　This chapter is to make up for yesterday, and there will be another chapter at the party.

　　I'm really sorry yesterday. I had some sudden incidents at night. It's already 11:[-] when I got home. I'm very sorry.

　　Thank you again, those book friends who voted for me every day.

　　Ice Rain. Cold Night, Cavalry and Infantry, v I want to be quiet, Tang Seng uses Sassoon to wash his hair, especially Shang Song, with 13 votes every day.If I have time, I will write another chapter for Shang Song.And __bad bad children's shoes.

　　


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