Legendary star

Chapter 745 The strongest in this era

“Congratulations, Meng!”

After the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Tim Duncan, who grabbed the last rebound of the game, threw away the basketball in his hand, walked towards the sidelines with a disappointed face, and prepared to turn the court Give it to the Pacers who celebrated after winning the championship, but before Tim Duncan walked to the sidelines, he saw Meng Xu walking towards him. After hugging Meng Xu, Tim Duncan whispered in Meng Xu's ear Say congratulations.

"Thank you, Tim. I hope we can meet in the finals next season." Meng Xu's mood is very complicated now, especially after hearing the sense of loss hidden in Tim Duncan's congratulatory tone, Meng Xu Xu's joy of winning the championship was also diluted a lot for a while.

"Don't worry, boy, you won't have such good luck next season, just wait to be beaten up by me." Tim Duncan, who was obviously in a better mood, also joked with Meng Xu, Even when he was separated from Meng Xu, he grabbed Meng Xu's head while Meng Xu was not paying attention.

"You bastard." Meng Xu, who didn't know how many hairs were plucked off by Tim Duncan, grinned and chased after Tim Duncan who was running away, planning to pluck some of his hair for revenge.

"Hey, Tim, do you have white hair?" After barely pulling a few short hairs from the back of Tim Duncan's head, Meng Xu found that there were two white hairs mixed in the only few hairs in his hand. hair.

"What's so strange about white hair? I'll be 32 soon, and it's not normal to have a few white hairs." Touching his thinning head, Tim Duncan laughed at himself before leaving Meng Xu walked towards the player tunnel.

"Tim is 32 years old." Looking at the back of Tim Duncan when he walked into the player tunnel, Meng Xu suddenly realized that Tim Duncan has also stepped off the peak and entered the middle and late stages of his career before he knew it. Suddenly, Meng Xu also had a premonition that maybe this finals matchup was the only finals matchup between the two in their careers.

After Tim Duncan left, Meng Xu also walked into the player tunnel. Meng Xu was going to the locker room to take a shower and change clothes before returning to the court to participate in the championship award ceremony. When the Spurs were on the bench, they found Manu Ginobili who was leaning on the billboard on the sidelines and crying silently.

Ginobili is a player that people love and hate. He has saved the Spurs on the verge of failure countless times, but he has pushed the Spurs off the cliff many times with his own hands. Cisky's mindless foul directly caused the Spurs to lose the tiebreaker and be eliminated by the Mavericks. This season's finals impulsively participated in the group fight, which directly ruined the Spurs' good situation. So after missing the championship, it must be lucky Nobili is also extremely self-blame at this moment.

At the moment, Ginobili is also in the same mood as the Spurs' second leader, Tony Parker. As the outside core of the Spurs' dual-core, Tony Parker's performance in this finals is absolutely incompetent, especially in the final game , when Meng Xu switched to No. 1, Tony Parker felt like he was sleepwalking, so after the game, Tony Parker slumped directly on the court, stroking the floor of the Bankers Life Center Arena , while covering his face and weeping.

In stark contrast to the Spurs players are the Pacers players who are still celebrating wildly on the court, especially those who won the championship for the first time. Darko Milicic, Ronnie Brewer and others, Meng Xu, Jermaine - O'Neill and James Posey have all returned to the locker room to take a shower and change clothes, and they are waving towels and running around excitedly.

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"Six seasons, reaching the finals five times, and being crowned champion five times, this is a miracle in the world sports leagues and the entire North American professional sports league, as well as the modern NBA. There is no doubt that the Indiana Pacers are the best of this era. Strong, and the achievements of the Indiana Pacers will also be recorded in the annals of the entire North American sports world!"

After all the players on and off the Pacers put on special costumes to celebrate the championship and stood on the podium in the center of the court, NBA President David Stern walked onto the podium with a smile on his face while holding the O'Brien Cup Central, after delivering a "touching" proclamation, handed the O'Brien Cup to the brothers Herbert and Melvin behind him.

After the Simon Brothers raised O'Brien together, the Bankers Life Stadium had already been prepared. After a burst of impassioned music sounded, countless ribbons and colored papers fell from the sky above the Bankers Life Stadium, and the fans at the scene Amidst the unanimous cheers, the picture of the Simon brothers lifting the fifth championship in the history of the Pacers became the front page headlines of countless newspapers the next day.

After the awarding ceremony of the O'Brien Cup, under the leadership of David Stern, Mr. Bill Russell, holding a trophy one size smaller than the O'Brien Cup, slowly boarded the awarding ceremony in the middle of the court tower.

After Bill Russell, who embraced the finals MVP trophy, stepped onto the podium, the cheers at the scene stopped instantly, and the Pacers players who were celebrating wildly with the O'Brien Cup on the podium were all silent down.

"Meng, congratulations, congratulations on leading your team to win the O'Brien Cup again. You are the most successful player of this era and one of the greatest players in the entire NBA history." Holding Meng Xu's hand After some congratulations, David Stern took the initiative to step aside and handed over the next finals MVP award ceremony to Mr. Bill Russell.

During the entire awards ceremony, David Stern always had a sincere smile on his face. David Stern was really very satisfied with this season's finals, although in the fourth game of the finals Some bad things happened, but the flaws did not conceal the merits. This season's finals is definitely the most successful finals since Michael Jordan's retirement. Whether it is the national ratings or the number of viewers around the world, it is very important. Created a record high since the establishment of the NBA League, the average ratings of the six-game series reached an astonishing 19.3%, and according to some relevant media estimates, during the entire finals, more than 30 billion people worldwide watched this episode. Such a gratifying achievement in the finals of the season undoubtedly shows that David Stern's NBA globalization strategy has achieved unprecedented success.

"Meng, congratulations. I hope I can stand here and present you with this trophy at this time next year." From Bill Russell's words, it can be seen that the old man still has some expectations for Meng Xu.

"Thank you, Bill." After receiving the Finals MVP trophy from Master Bill Russell, Meng Xu held the O'Brien Cup in his arms, and held the Finals MVP trophy high with the other hand. At that time, the entire Bankers Life Arena cheered again.

"He really has the capital to challenge Michael now!" Reggie Miller, who was standing under the podium, said excitedly after Meng Xu lifted the fifth Finals MVP trophy in his career.

(End of this chapter)