Chapter Seventy-Four: Goodbye, Indiana

"There is not much time left for the Indiana Pacers, although no one really thinks they will complete another Black Eight Miracle, although they have what may be the strongest killer in the history of the league, Reggie Miller, but to tell the truth, Miller's performance in this round of the playoffs is really unsatisfactory, in comparison, the performance of Alan Houston on the opposite side is much more eye-catching, although the two seem to be the same in terms of statistics, but from the perspective of the performance on the court, we have to say that Miller was bitten to death by Sprewell, and Houston, then educated Jalen Rose solidly. ”

"Of course, there is another figure that has to be mentioned in this round of the playoffs, that is, the leader of the Knicks, No. 30 Moxi, in the past games, Mo Xi averaged 34.5 points, 14.6 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 2.8 blocks and 1.1 steals per game, of course, he also averaged 3.4 turnovers per game, but we can obviously find that Mo Xi has entered the playoffs, and even the finals state, obviously the first round of last season had a great impact on him, but I still want to know, what happened on the Silver Lake that night, I always feel that Mo is playing more explosive now. ”

The commentary is still chattering there, but Reggie Miller off the court doesn't know that even if they speak directly in Miller's ear at this moment, they may be directly ignored by Miller.

Miller was angry, angry at his opponents, angry at his teammates, and more angry at himself.

In fact, Miller's performance was quite good, in the first game, Miller scored 26 points to let the Pacers give the Knicks, the first in the East, a head start, but then it has been going down, 18 points, 14 points, Miller's state has been lower, this game has reached the last three minutes of the final quarter, Miller only scored eleven points, and the Pacers also trailed by eight points at 81:89.

Eight points again!

The most hated number for New Yorkers.

The Pacers began to attack, and the Pacers are currently 1-2 behind, which is a life-and-death battle for the Pacers, and there is no room for loss.

As the Pacers' offensive twin arrows, Miller and O'Neal Jr. had to do something.

Miller's feel in this game is not very good, although Miller has a transcendent position in the Pacers, and there is no problem with handing the ball to him at this moment, but now the Pacers have another option, that is, O'Neal Jr. on the inside, O'Neal Jr. did not fall into the bottom when facing Mo Xi, and still played some of his own style. (In the early 2000s, in fact, O'Neal Jr.'s position has always been above Nowitzki, plus the style of play, O'Neal Jr. and several other talents are the four major forwards in the true sense, and Nowitzki at that time was still a little worse.) In these games, O'Neal Jr. averaged 18+8+1 per game, maybe you will think that this data is too watery, but what if you were told that O'Neal Jr. played it in his limited playing time of more than 20 minutes? This game may be the one in which O'Neal has played the most playing time, he has played twenty-seven minutes, and it is estimated that it should be more than thirty minutes.

After O'Neill Jr. received the pass, he was also a little excited, he was beaten too badly by Moxi, and he kept holding his breath and planned to shoot back.

However, Mo Xi's defense is not as weak as O'Neill Jr. thinks, although Mo Xi has always been considered a typical example of strong offense and weak defense, but as a super center, how weak can the defense be?

Little O'Neal turned his back, dug his buttocks, and suddenly retreated and turned around, but Little O'Neill didn't dare to make a move immediately, but slowed down, he was watching Mo Xi's reaction.

As a stronger low-post attacker, Mo Xi made his own defensive moves the moment O'Neal Jr. retreated, and he pressed directly without giving O'Neal Jr. any room to turn.

However, O'Neal Jr.'s eyes lit up, and he suddenly stepped out again, grabbed Mo Xi's side, handed himself out, raised his hand to ask for a low-handed layup, and put the ball in the basket.

Little O'Neal's series of flexible operations seemed to be a rabbit showing off a big stupid bear, but the bear was a bear after all, and Mo Xi turned around and slapped the ball in Little O'Neal's hand.

O'Neal Jr. himself was not finished, and walked out of the court in two steps in succession, completely leaving this basket.

However, the Pacers didn't immediately lose this frontcourt rebound, and a strong figure rushed in at some point, it was Ron Artest. After Jalen Rose's injury, he stepped into the starting line-up and completely wiped Jalen Rose from Indiana's hearts with his excellent defense and strong physicality.

The young Artest is not only physically strong, but his bouncing is also a part of the equation, and although he has suffered a major injury this season, his jumping ability has deteriorated, but no one dares to underestimate him.

Mo Xi's eyes narrowed, his giant palm was raised high, and when he saw the opportunity, he slashed down with one palm, and grabbed Artest's ball firmly in his hand.

Even if he is as strong as Artest, he has to admit that at this time, he is really subdued by this ball cap.

The Knicks did not directly convert into a fast break, now as long as they stabilize the situation, they can advance to the next round, thinking back to Miller's madness, Mark Jackson did not dare to be careless, carefully guarding the ball over the half court, as the best back ability in modern basketball point guards, Mark Jackson is still very strong in protecting the ball, and after the Knicks passed the half, he directly handed the ball to Mo Xi, who straightened his waist and began to look around the court.

In this game, Mo Xi has already got eight assists, and seeing Mo Xi like this, the Pacers players are really a little frightened.

But even more frightening is O'Neal Jr., he has already committed five fouls, and he really doesn't dare to stretch out his hand. Jeff Foster? Or Jonathan Bender?

Mo Xi didn't care what little O'Neal was thinking at this time, he first turned around the frame, shook it for a while, and then turned into his back, suddenly exerted his strength, a top, Shen low, turned his back and walked under the basket, and resisted Little O'Neal to attack the basket directly.

O'Neal Jr. is the best choice in terms of strength, bounce and technique, but there is still a gap from the super center, although O'Neal Jr. reacted, but he failed to block Moxi's attack, and was directly pushed away by the latter, but he was unexpected, and the ghost made God stretch out his hand.

"Drop~"

"Huh~"

The goal works! Mo Xi played 2+1 and sent O'Neill Jr. off the field.

Mo Xi walked to the free throw line and scored the ball steadily, this goal was scored, and the Knicks completely pushed the Pacers into the abyss, although Miller and Atay were still making the final struggle on the court, but the Pacers lost even the theoretical opportunity, and the Knicks finally entered the second round with a score of 3:1 to face the winner between the Magic and the 76ers. (It was supposed to be the Hornets, but let's cut it, after all, the Hornets don't have a point guard, and Jamal Mashburn was injured in the first game)