Legendary star

Chapter 687 Another victory

"Dunk from the free throw line! Top [-] dunks of the season!"

"28 points, 14 rebounds, 11 assists, 10 steals, the fifth quadruple-double in NBA history, the first quadruple-double in the playoffs, tonight, Odin dominated the American Airlines Center!"

"A great legendary battle. The Pacers beat the Heat away and Meng Xuhao scored a quadruple-double. This playoff is destined to become the most unforgettable game in NBA history."

"Epic-level defense, the Pacers beat the Heat away, and there are only two games left in the finals!"

Before the start of this game, it was the mainstream of public opinion to look down on the Pacers. Whoever made them lose a home game and lost in an away game has no temper at all. Let those media who have always disliked the Pacers, find The opportunity to make things worse.

After the game, the public opinion in the United States reversed instantly. Almost all the media began to praise the Pacers and Meng Xu, as if the reports that looked down on the Pacers before the game had nothing to do with them. The hardcore Meng Hei New York media all coyly praised Meng Xu in their sports section.

Before this game, since the NBA has block and steal statistics, the NBA has had a total of four quadruple-doubles, an average of once every 8 years, but these quadruple-double data are all obtained in the regular season. Xu's quadruple-double in the playoffs is so rare. It is no exaggeration to say that Meng Xu's quadruple-double in the playoffs is a legend!
For a commercial league, every legendary event is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so under the secret promotion of the NBA, the entire North American press is full of news about Meng Xu's quadruple-double in the playoffs. The post-game quadruple double is a gluttonous feast for all fans who follow the NBA, various sponsors of the NBA, and the media who are inextricably linked with the NBA.

Laymen watching the fun, experts watching the doorway, most people who eat melons focus on the legendary data of four doubles in a single game, and even sparked discussions about five doubles, Chamberlain, Russell and other ancient mythical beasts. Discussion, and those experts, or to put it directly, are the Pacers' opponents and potential opponents, their attention is all focused on the Pacers' full-court pressing tactics.

The full-court press is a very common defensive tactic. Almost all NBA teams can use this tactic proficiently. Most teams will also use the full-court press when the game is about to end or when the score is behind. The pressing tactics are the last fight, but the team is different from the team. Some teams' full-court pressing tactics are a magic weapon for chasing points, while some teams' full-court pressing tactics are full-court pressing tactics.

The Pacers are obviously the former. In the fourth game of the series between the Pacers and the Heat, the Pacers finally beat the Heat by 9 points with 15 more fouls and 22 fewer free throws than the Heat. The situation is simply unimaginable, and the direct cause of this result is that the Heat made 28 turnovers and the Pacers scored nearly 40 points in fast breaks. It can be described as vulnerable.

After this game, all the teams that regard the Pacers as their opponents are racking their brains and looking for strategies and methods to break the Pacers' full-court press, especially the Mavericks and The Suns, the management and head coaches of these two teams are now thinking in their shoes, what should they do if their team encounters the Pacers in the finals?
As for the Heat, who are in the Eastern Conference Finals with the Pacers, Pat Riley and Eric Spoelstra are both losing a lot of anxious hair now. After the game, Pat Riley brought He led his assistants into the video room, watched the video of this game repeatedly, and even dug out the video of the Bulls' game for more than ten years.

The full-court press is a tactic with a long history, and the theory of cracking the full-court press has appeared long ago, but when some teams use the full-court press, you can't crack it anyway. This was the case with the Bulls back then, and it is the same with the Pacers now. Unfortunately, both teams were met by Pat Riley.

Under such circumstances, the situation in the Eastern Conference finals changed suddenly. After the first three games, the Heat still had a considerable advantage and were favored by most people. After the fourth game, they suddenly became Alone, almost all the experts who predicted the outcome of the game are more optimistic that the Pacers will eliminate the Heat and advance to the finals.

On June 2006, 6, the fifth game of the series between the Pacers and the Heat, the Battle of Kings, officially started at the Pacers' home stadium, the Bankers Life Arena. Although the loss in the last game was terrible, today's Before the start of the first game, the Heat were still chanting the slogan of winning, even if the whole world was no longer optimistic about them, they did not give up on themselves.

As for the Pacers, after the victory in the last game, their mood is much more relaxed now, especially for the fans at the scene. It was after the big victory in the last game that the Pacers fans at the scene became more confident in the Pacers' prospects.

In today's game, the Pacers still maintained the starting lineup of the previous game, and launched a tight defense against the Heat in the first quarter, perhaps because they have been practicing and adjusting for the past few days, compared to the previous game , the Heat's turnovers have been significantly reduced, but they still can't find a strategy to completely break the Pacers' press, so after the game started, the Pacers took advantage of the field.

From the Heat's lineup today and the way they play on the field, it can be seen that Pat Riley still made attempts and changes. In order to reduce the number of times of being hit by fast breaks due to steals, the Heat played very well today. Calm, not making dangerous passes and dangerous offenses at all, even Jason Williams, who likes to play tricks, seems to be a different person today, put away those moves and passes that are designed to please the fans , honestly played the floor flow.

However, the final result of the game proved that Pat Riley's change was futile, 78 to 93, and the Heat lost the battle of Tianwangshan by 15 points in the away game.

After winning two games in a row, the Pacers also became the first team to win the match point in the two division finals. As long as they win another game, the Pacers will reach the finals again.

(End of this chapter)