On February 1, the Pacers held a special player conference before the game in an effort to defeat the Wizards in an all-out way.

Several key players and coach Isaiah Thomas gathered in the conference room.

Jermaine O'Neal is currently the strongest player on the Pacers, a 20+10 super power forward. Singles to the basket is what he does best, and he has excellent footwork.

The Pacers' main center is none other than Brad Miller, a team-oriented center who is good at playmaking. His All-Star bench spot is in jeopardy under Ewing's threat.

The small forward is a well-known villain on the court, now called Meta Artest. His defensive ability has already begun to show signs and he is definitely a historic perimeter defense expert. The strong and aggressive body makes every outside swinger worry about being directly hit by him and break his ribs.

Jordan was the unfortunate outside swingman, and since announcing his retirement in January 1999, Jordan did stop training this time, which made him quickly lose health. After careful conditioning and training by Glover, Jordan believes that his form has returned to the level of '98. Old acquaintances including Zen Master, Pippen, Ahmed Rashad and other old acquaintances have said that Jordan's average of 20 points per game after his comeback is not a problem after watching Jordan's training.

To test the results of the training, Jordan brought in Ron Artest, a Bulls rookie and known for his defense. At first, Artest didn't do his best to defend, and Jordan began to tease the rookie after scoring consecutive points: Boy, are you so capable? After being enraged by Jordan's chatter, Artest actively scrambles and hits Jordan with his body in a row, resulting in one of Jordan's ribs being broken.

A broken rib made Jordan have to stop training. After his ribs healed, Jordan forced him to train more in time for the new season, resulting in a swollen knee and a small amount of water. This means that from the very beginning, Jordan's comeback with the Wizards has encountered a lot of trouble.

This incident tells us two truths, one is that if you don't do it, you won't die, even if you are the god of basketball. The second reason is that Artest is not a good stubble, and his defensive ability has been verified by God Joe.

Several main forces are there, and Isaiah Thomas said unabashedly: "Jordan and I are mortal enemies, and I hate him to the core." In this game, we must not let those old bastards win in Indiana, on our turf, and walk away with it. ”

Reggie Miller, though old, is still the soul of this team in his 16th year as a Pacer. He's not the team's highest scorer, but his efficiency is beyond words. He shot 75 percent from the arc, 44 percent from three-point range, and 90 percent from the free throw line.

"Jordan is the coach's mortal enemy, my lifelong enemy of Reggie Miller, and the eternal enemy of the Indiana Pacers. This small regular season game, we have to play as the seventh game of the finals, even if we fight to the last drop of blood, we must kick their ass hard. “

Miller almost burst out with green tendons to utter this sentence.

"I don't want to lose to Jordan again, not once!"

It was the first time Artest was so excited to see his respect for Big Brother, and both he and O'Neal Jr. responded and would definitely kick the Wizards out of Consec Arena.

Thomas felt that the effect was not good enough, and that he had to be motivated again.

"I don't need to say how important this game is, you know it. It's about Brad Miller's All-Star selection, and it's about whether we're No. 1 in the East and whether I can be the All-Star coach in the East. ”

Brad Miller heard that it was still related to him, and immediately responded: "That's right, coach, we'll do our best." ”

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The Pacers take it so seriously, and it makes no sense that the Wizards don't feel like it's a tough game.

On the plane to Indiana, Hu Qingniu and Jordan sat in the last row, which was their special seat on the plane, which was already an unwritten rule on the Wizards' plane, leaving the last few rows for Jordan, Hu Qingniu and a few other bigwigs.

Hu Qingniu and them usually discuss the next battle plan on the plane.

This time, even Jordan is very dignified, after all, he is not an ordinary opponent.

"Michael, what do you think. Your old adversaries are up, and you should know what they think. Hu Qingniu asked pretending to be relaxed.

"Ah," Jordan pondered for a moment, the two old rivals he knew very well, but it was impossible to guess their strategy easily, "I am only one thing sure, this is going to be a war!" ”

Buckley, who sat in the front seat, picked up the conversation, covering his head with a huge cushion. Everyone thought he was sleeping, but they didn't expect him to be eavesdropping.

"To be honest, I know how Miller feels. Patrick and Miller and I used to be old rivals in the East. Almost every year I'm fighting for the position that Michael killed. It feels like a desperate feeling, why it's always you, why it's you again this year, why it's always you. Taxes, deaths, and the Bulls every year are the same truth. I hate Michael too and I'm glad he's my teammate now. The reason why I said yes so happily at the time was because I wanted to feel what it was like to be teammates with Michael Jordan. ”

"Now it looks great! Ha ha! Rodman teased that he had already tasted the sweetness of being Jordan's teammate.

"I'm not like them, I've represented the East in the Finals." Ewing argued.

"No, no, you're just like us," Barkley said, shaking his head and taking the pillow off his head, "Michael was just going to play baseball, and you took advantage of it." ”

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Hu can't let Barkley and Ewing turn a good tactical discussion into an old friend meeting that attacks each other.

"Dennis, Isaiah is your big brother, what do you think he will do?"

"Huh?!" Rodman was dumbfounded, he was in charge of listening to tactical discussions in the past, but he didn't expect that this time there would be his business.

"Dennis's brain is probably full of muscles, don't embarrass him, coach." Barkley smirked.

"Charles, you bastard." Rodman angrily shot back that he really thought of something, "Isaiah likes to have a kick-off meeting before every game, and that's probably what it is." He will assign tasks to everyone. I remember when I was in Las Vegas with Isaiah in the offseason, he said he had a good seed under him, and he wanted me to teach him and use it against Michael next season. ”

"Humph! Isaiah's favored person wants Dennis to teach, probably another villain. Jordan interjected.

"That's right, Isaiah says he has a lot of potential, and he can be a real bad boy, probably called Mata or something." Rodman's points were really added to the muscles, and I couldn't think of the name.

"Mata, do the Pacers have this guy?" Barkley wondered, as the commentator knew each team very well, "Dennis, you can't be mistaken. ”

"I know who that is!" Hu Qingniu said confidently, "It's not Mata, his name is Meta-Artest." It is probably a secret weapon against Michael. ”