Legendary star

Chapter 688

"Boss, we won, we won!"

"Finals, here we come! Finals, here we come!"

On June 2006, 6, on the court of American Airlines Arena in Miami, all the players of the Pacers rushed into the court at the end of the game and began to celebrate wantonly, while the fans on the scene and the Heat players on the sidelines , they all stared dumbfounded at the Pacers players who were having fun on their home court. Maybe they couldn't figure out why this round of the series was played like this. After three games, the Heat still had an absolute advantage. advantage, but then they collapsed inexplicably and were eliminated by the Pacers in three consecutive cities.

Eliminated the Heat to enter the finals, this is the fourth time the Pacers have entered the finals in five seasons, perhaps for Meng Xu, James Posey, Jermaine O'Neal, who have already won the championship and got soft For the players, the finals are just like that. After all, there is still a big difference between reaching the finals and winning the championship, but for Tony Allen, Chris Duhon, Sarunas Jasco For players like Wei Xiusi, this is the first finals in their careers, and it is also a milestone in their basketball career. Similarly, for Anfernee Hardaway who wants to end himself with a championship ring For an old player in his career, reaching the finals means that he is only one step away from wearing the championship ring.

Contrary to the Pacers who were wildly celebrating and enjoying the joy of victory, the Heat players and head coach Pat Riley on the sidelines were staring straight at the field, as if they were not too willing to believe that the game was over, but still stood On the court, O'Neal, who leaned on the basket and refused to leave, looked at his teammates and Meng Xu who was celebrating in the center of the court with complicated expressions. It was him again, and he ruined his team and his hopes again. .

"Dwyane, you performed very well. You played very well throughout the series." After the crazy celebrations and cheers, Meng Xu, who was about to leave, found that Dwyane Wade was still leaning on the sidelines Reluctant to leave on the billboard, Meng Xu took the initiative to walk to Dwyane Wade, hugged him, and encouraged him a few words.

"Thank you." After hearing Meng Xu's encouragement, Dwyane Wade also responded a little shyly. He completely lost his calmness and calmness on the court. Just like the players of Meng Xu's generation who regarded Jordan as an idol, Meng Xu is now also the idol of many younger players, and the object they imitate and want to surpass.

"Don't be discouraged, don't be discouraged, the future will eventually belong to you!" After separating from Dwyane Wade, Meng Xu thought for a while, then said another word of encouragement, and then turned to leave. I don't remember if this is the first few new generation players he said. Similarly, Meng Xu seems to have forgotten that he is not a few years older than Dwyane Wade.

"Yes, I will definitely beat you and get on the highest stage of the NBA!" Seeing the back of Meng Xu leaving, and what Meng Xu said to himself just now, Dwyane Wade also secretly swore in his heart.

After separating from Dwyane Wade, Meng Xu saw O'Neal who was still leaning on the basketball hoop in a daze. The 35-year-old O'Neal is about to enter the twilight of his career. This season may be his last aspiration Now is the opportunity, so Meng Xu can probably understand O'Neill's thoughts now, a strong man is old, a hero is old.

Looking at O'Neill who was in a daze, Meng Xu didn't know what he was thinking, so he went to comfort O'Neill? With O'Neill's character, it would be a shame not to scold Meng Xu, let alone meet Meng Xu and smile away all grievances, so Meng Xu didn't bother himself. O'Neill, Gary Payton, Antoine Walker, these players all had deep prejudices against Meng Xu. They all believed that Meng Xu ruined their careers. Ruined their championship dream, perhaps wait until one day, they successfully avenge Meng Xu in the playoffs, and then they can completely let go of the resentment in their hearts.

"Meng, let's go." The Pacers players who had finished celebrating also began to walk into the player tunnel one after another. James Posey, who was walking at the forefront of the team, saw Meng Xu standing there in a daze, and pulled Meng Xu Xu walked into the player tunnel.

On the second day after the Pacers eliminated the Heat, the Western Conference Finals also had results. The Mavericks defeated the Suns 102 to 93 in the away game, thus eliminated the Suns with a total score of 4 to 2, and joined the finals with the old rival Pacers. This is also the second time they have reached the Finals in the last three seasons.

Because of O'Neal and Meng Xu, plus the first quadruple-double in the playoffs in NBA history, the Eastern Conference Finals received far more attention than the Western Conference Finals, but we must talk about the intensity and excitement of the game In terms of level, the Eastern Conference finals will be slightly inferior, because in addition to the fierce competition in the first two games of the Eastern Conference finals, the next four games between the Pacers and the Heat all played a disparity of about 20 points. There is really nothing exciting to say about the game.

On the other hand, the series between the Mavericks and the Suns can be described as wonderful. The point difference between the six series is about 10 points, especially the first game of the series and the battle of Tianwangshan. In the series G1, the Mavericks and the Suns A total of 6 players from both sides scored 20 points. Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash contributed 29 points and 19 rebounds and 27 points and 16 assists respectively. The last tens of seconds of the game were even more ups and downs. With 20 seconds left in the game, Steve Nash assisted Sean Marion to make a mid-range shot to help the Suns lead the score 117-116. When the Mavericks fans thought the game would be over and began to celebrate the victory, Boris Diaw of the Suns made a fatal shot. Helped the Suns beat the Mavericks on the road.

First lost an away game to the Mavericks, and then won two games in a row, successfully regaining the home court advantage, and in the next series G4, the Suns scored 4 points with 20 players, playing the most disparity in the entire series At the same time, the big score was moved to 2-2.

Compared with the unremarkable Tianwangshan battle between the Pacers and the Heat, the Mavericks' battle at home and the Suns at Tianwangshan is definitely a legendary battle. In this game, Steve Nash scored 25 points and 16 points. Sean Marion had 20 points and 10 rebounds, Boris Diaw had 20 points and 11 rebounds, Tim Thomas made 8 of 6 three-pointers and scored a team-high 26 points. One person scored 20+, and the three scored 20+10 at the same time. However, such crazy data could not bring the Suns a victory.

Because their opponent, the Mavericks, was even crazier than them, Dirk Nowitzki made 26 of 14 shots, 6 of 5 three-pointers, 18 of 17 free throws, scored 50 points and 14 rebounds in a single game, and scored [-] points and [-] rebounds in a single game. In addition, Nowitzki's teammates didn't have any lagging behind, so the Mavericks won the battle of Tianwangshan and took the lead in getting the match point of the entire series.

The last two seasons have been Dirk Nowitzki's divine season, especially in this season's playoffs, which has allowed him to surpass Kevin Garnett and sit on the The second position of the four major forwards, of course, it is not easy for Nowitzki to go further and surpass Tim Duncan to take the top spot. After all, whether it is team honor or personal honor, Nowitzki It's a lot worse than Tim Duncan.

After the Mavericks eliminated the Suns 4 to 2, the finals schedule for this season will be released soon. As the Pacers with the first record in the regular season, they will have home court advantage in the finals, and the schedule for this season will continue In addition to the previous 2+3+2 schedule, the first game of the finals will begin on June 6 at the Bankers Life Arena in Indianapolis.

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