Legendary star

Chapter 806 Feelings and Business

Since Meng Xu retired, the Pacers' record has been declining all the way. Those players who brought the Pacers two dynasties have also left the team in the following years. In this season's Pacers team, There are only a handful of Meng Xu's former teammates, and now only Tony Allen, Darko Milicic, and Kwame Brown are still playing for the Pacers.

Like the Celtics team without Larry Bird, the Pacers began to look for Meng Xu's successor year after year after Meng Xu retired. Larry Bird signed a Another small forward, hoping to usher in a Meng Xu-style player again and lead the Pacers back to the top. Last season, the Pacers finally showed signs of revival. Paul George, selected with the No. 10 pick, has already shown the potential of a superstar. With the help of Tony Allen, Darko Milicic, and Kwame Brown, the Pacers have no superstars. In the case of sitting in town, they had to fight the Heat with the Big Three in the Eastern Conference finals in seven games before deciding the outcome, so although they failed to usher in Meng Xu's comeback, the Pacers have also seen a bright prospect and future.

Paul George, who has been identified by the Pacers as the core of reconstruction, also seemed very excited when he faced Meng Xu today. He put up 120 points of energy and all his strength on both ends of the offense and defense. The seniors showed a good face, but Paul George was taught a lesson by Meng Xu in the game. He made 13 of 3 shots, 8 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, and 5 turnovers. 5 fouls, this is the report card handed over by Paul George after the end of the game.

Paul George, who was taught by Meng Xu on both offense and defense, was not obviously unhappy after the game. Instead, he ran to Meng Xu very excitedly to ask for the jersey Meng Xu wore in today's game.

After taking off his jersey very readily and exchanging with Paul George, from head coach Rick Carlisle, former teammate Tony Allen, Darko Milicic, Kwame Brown, to the recent few The new players who came to the Pacers this season, Meng Xu and the Pacers hugged each other. After walking into the player tunnel together, Meng Xu also sent them an invitation to reward them after the game. As for the location, of course It was Meng Xu and others who invested in the nightclub owned by Jermaine O'Neal. It has been three seasons since Jermaine O'Neal left the Pacers, but Jermaine O'Neal's assets in Indianapolis and It was not handled by Jermaine O'Neal with the departure of Jermaine O'Neal. On the contrary, during the offseason every year, Jermaine O'Neal returned to Indianapolis, which has replaced Portland and became Jay's Maine O'Neal's home.

After defeating the Pacers in an away game, the Spurs left Indianapolis on the second day and went to the next away game to face Meng Xu's old rival Boston Celtics. Since Meng Xu came to the East, Kyle The only two peaks of the Special People were all wiped out by Meng Xu. Cardinal Auerbach never forgot, and Danny Ainge's long-awaited revival plan was all compromised by Meng Xu. So the Celtics have a thousand reasons to hate Meng Xu, but as Larry Bird's designated successor, Meng Xu is also extremely popular in Boston, and many of Larry Bird's Supporters, after Meng Xu turned out to be born, transferred their "love" for Larry Bird to Meng Xu.

The closest year for the Celtics Big Three to the championship was the 09-10 season. In that season, under the leadership of the Big Three, the Celtics returned to the Finals again after a lapse of 23 years, but they were defeated in seven games. After losing to the Lakers led by Kobe, it was a pity to miss the championship. It was the season when the Celtics Big Three were closest to the championship, but it was not the strongest season for the Celtics Big Three. It is recognized that the season with the strongest strength was the season when they just formed the army, but the Celtics, who had the first record in the regular season and each of the Big Three was in good shape, lost to the Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals. After that, the Green Army, which was plagued by injuries, could no longer reach its former peak state.

And this season's Celtics are even more on the decline. After the playoffs again last season, due to contract renewal and internal strife, Ray Allen, one of the Big Three, chose to leave Boston and join the defending champion. The champion Heat, go and continue to pursue your dream of being a champion.

As the one who sacrificed the most among the Big Three, Ray Allen did not get the respect he deserved in Boston. When both Garnett and Pierce reached a contract extension after the end of the contract, Ray Allen was taken by Danny. -Angie has repeatedly put on the shelf, trying to squeeze out the last bit of Ray Allen's value through trading. It even happened that Ray Allen, who started the game, was directly replaced by the head coach at the beginning of the game, notifying him that he had been traded Therefore, he felt betrayed by Ray Allen. After the end of last season, he left Boston directly and joined another Celtics enemy, the Miami Heat.

For Ray Allen's choice, the Celtics obviously couldn't accept it, so after the Heat announced the signing of Ray Allen, the Celtics players except Garnett began to denounce Ray Allen angrily. , and some people even directly labeled Ray Allen as a coward and a traitor, but in this turmoil, Meng Xu was firmly on the side of Ray Allen, with Jermaine and others leading the way. Afterwards, Meng Xu was very able to understand Ray Allen's feelings when he chose to leave the Celtics. Ray Allen talks about business first, so don't blame Ray Allen for not talking about feelings later.

Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett are one year older. With the departure of Ray Allen, the Celtics are destined not to be competitive this season, but the Celtics and the Spurs There are still a lot of things to watch in this game, and the biggest thing to watch is undoubtedly the No. 21 battle between Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett, the strongest in history. For them, who are already 36 years old, It is said that the game between Duncan and Garnett is now one game less. Maybe at some point, these two bad old men will both retire.

What the fans want to see, what the audience wants, everyone knows, and the head coaches of both sides are also very face-saving. In today's game, Duncan and Garnett were almost on the same level, and finally at the end of the game At that time, Tim Duncan scored 34 points, 22 rebounds and 15 assists in 5 minutes. Kevin Garnett also scored 21 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists and two 21 Number, teamed up to contribute a wonderful share of the game to all the audience watching this game.

Garnett did not fall behind in the confrontation with Duncan, but the rest of the Celtics players did not play very well. In the end, the Spurs defeated the Celtics 90-83 in the away game and won three away games. Streak.

(End of this chapter)