Chapter Seventy-Six: The Devil's Home Field
After a three-day break, the Nuggets began flying to Indianapolis to take on the Pacers on the road.
Indianapolis is the largest city and capital of the U.S. state of Indiana and the twelfth largest city in the United States.
On the evening of March 2nd, Conceco Center Arena!
Countless Pacers fans in white jerseys, like countless white clouds, began to converge from all directions of the city.
As more and more fans entered the stadium, the arena quickly became noisy, filled with the chaotic sounds of fans.
The current home court of the Pacers, which is also the home of the famous Devils, is at least much noisier than the home court of the Nuggets, which is closely related to the team's record and court design.
"Of all the teams, the Pacers' home court feels the noisiest to me. But every player has to adapt to this situation, don't worry, there's no court in the NBA that can't be conquered! ”
In the player's tunnel, McDies hooked Ji Liang's shoulder, and he felt that Ji Liang seemed to be affected, and couldn't help but comfort him.
"Don't worry, Antonio! I believe it won't be long before we conquer this devil's home field! ”
Chi Liang nodded, he was not afraid, that is, he was a little nervous, the first time he felt the atmosphere of the devil's home field, nervousness was inevitable, and it took a certain amount of time to adapt.
Led by the staff, the Nuggets made their way to the away locker room.
Among the many stadiums, there is a big difference between the home team and the away team's dressing room, and the difference in treatment is most obvious.
The home team's dressing room is spacious, well-equipped and soundproofed to minimise the condition of the players. If you come across a boss with deep pockets, they will furnish the home team's dressing room in a lavish finish.
Compared with the home team's locker room, the away team's locker room is undoubtedly much more miserable, the space is small, there is a lack of a lot of equipment, the cabinet for clothes is very small, such as heating, water heaters are often broken, in order to affect the state of the away team's players, the management of each team is also well-intentioned.
However, this is a professional league in the end, and everyone looks up and doesn't look down, so it is naturally impossible to do it, and the away team's dressing room can still meet the basic requirements of the players.
The Pacers' away locker room, the space is very small, and it is painted with red paint, which is like blood under the light of incandescent lights, giving people a very uncomfortable feeling.
In addition, the facilities are seriously lacking, except for cabinets and a few stools, there are only a few showers, and nothing else.
"Damn, every time it's like this, I know their heating is broken again! Next time they come to Denver, we'll turn off the heating in the away team's locker room so they can have a good experience! ”
McDyce pressed the heater a few times, and when he found that the heater was not powered on, he couldn't help but complain.
"I hate the Pacers, Jazz and Celtics the most, they have unfriendly fans and terrible locker rooms!"
Stich clasped his hands on his shoulders, felt the temperature in the locker room, and shivered in a hurry. If you don't turn on the heating in this kind of weather, your hands and feet will be stiff after staying for a long time, which will easily affect your feel and condition.
"Well, it's not like I've never seen this before. In order to avoid affecting the state, we don't want to stay here, everyone changes their clothes first, and then warms up on the court, presumably the temperature of the stadium is much better. ”
D'Antoni raised his hands to stop the players' complaints, and when all the players had changed their jerseys and jackets, he led the way towards the players' tunnel.
“Waste,You're gon na lose! (Trash, you're doomed!) )”
As soon as the Nuggets entered, the Conseco Center arena instantly became noisy, and the audience resounded with the taunts of Pacers fans.
McDyce shrugged his shoulders and said to Chi Liang with emotion on his face: "This is the fans of the Pacers, they are always so uneducated, I am used to it!"
Since the two practiced together, the relationship between Chi Liang and McDece has become better and better, McDece has a generous personality and always takes care of Chi Liang more or less.
While the Nuggets were warming up, more and more fans began to enter the arena, and the arena seemed to become a sea of white.
Suddenly, the crowd erupted in unusually strong cheers, and it turned out to be the Pacers who began to enter.
Ji Liang stopped to warm up and looked towards the players' tunnel, and under the chairmanship of the DJ, the Pacers players began to walk into the court. In their encirclement, a skinny player wearing the number 31 was the most 'dazzling'.
He is Reggie Miller, and at the age of 34, he is still the core of the Pacers.
After entering the league, Chi Liang often heard about Miller's deeds, and he was curious about how such a mediocre player could burst out with such powerful energy and become Jordan's mortal enemy.
Chi Liang, who is familiar with later generations, knows that if history does not change, Reggie Miller will become a tragic superstar without a championship in his life along with Barkley, Malone, and Stockton.
Reggie Miller suffered from a congenital hip disorder, and doctors even declared him unable to walk. But with Miller's hard work and the help of his sister, his hip was rehabilitated, and eventually Miller became a great basketball player as well.
Now Reggie Miller is still the first in the NBA's all-time three-point list, and he is also the NBA's famous 'Mr. Key'.
Miller doesn't have strong muscles, which makes many people mistakenly think that he is strong on offense and weak on defense, when in fact his defense is not bad.
Miller is a very important chess piece in the defensive system of the Pacers, who is extremely stubborn, entangles with anyone to the end, and never admits defeat until the last minute, making him ferocious and abnormal on the defensive end, and his kraft-like close defense has confused many scoring masters, including Jordan.
He is also a big heart player, always able to step up and win for the team in key moments, the most famous is naturally the 'Miller moment', once Miller scored eight points with 8.9 seconds left in the game to help the Pacers beat the opponent, which was also Miller's highlight moment.
In addition, there is the famous 'Miller kick', which has become a habitual move for shooters before Miller's law was introduced.
The current Pacers are very strong, and last season, it was the best time for the Pacers to reach the Finals. With the likes of Dutch elder Rick Smith, 'God's Left Hand' Chris Mullin and Antonio Davis, Miller led the Pacers to the Eastern Conference Finals and met Jordan in a narrow meeting. The two sides fought hard until the seventh game. The Pacers retained three home games but lost to Red Bull.
When Ji Liang looked at Miller, Miller seemed to feel something, and turned to look at Ji Liang. After seeing Ji Liang's complexion, Miller immediately recognized his identity, but he didn't have the idea of saying hello and began to practice shooting on his own.