"Meng, don't be nervous, no matter what the outcome is, we believe in your choice." 102-103, the Pacers trailed by one point with 0.4 seconds left, and the Pacers' hope of winning was slim, but Larry Bird still did not give up, calling three timeouts in a row, first to calm the emotions of his players, and then began to arrange the tactics of the last shot.

"Reggie, after the timeout, the Lakers are likely to put all their defensive attention on Meng, and once Meng can't get rid of the defense, then this last shot will be executed by you." The time of 0.4 seconds is fleeting, and the Lakers will naturally focus on defending Meng Xu, who is the most threatening, so in this last offense, Meng Xu is likely to not even receive the ball under the strict defense of the Lakers, so it is necessary to arrange an alternative to replace Meng Xu to carry out this last shot, and Reggie Miller is undoubtedly the best candidate.

"James, you and Jamal pay attention to distance themselves and create opportunities for Meng and Reggie! Once Meng and Reggie don't have a chance, no matter who the two of you are, don't have any hesitation or concern. In the last 0.4 seconds, it no longer makes sense to continue to send a blue-collar interior player like Lorenzen White, so Larry Bird replaced Lorenzen White with James Posey, who is very threatening both on 3-pointers and mid-range shots.

"Jermaine, wait a minute, I'm going to run beyond the top of the arc and then I'm going to run back to the basket, and as soon as I turn around and run across the free throw line, you're going to pass the ball right away, understand?" Just when Larry Bird finished arranging tactics and pulled James Posey and Jamal Tinsley to teach him face-to-face, Meng Xu also took out a tactical board and pulled Jermaine O'Neal to his side to communicate with him about the specific details.

"Erwin, at this time, reminds me again of last season's Western Conference Finals, it was Derrick Fisher's 0.4-second stunning strike that helped the Lakers eliminate the Spurs and reach the Finals." When the whistle sounded continuously, Larry Bird and Phil Jackson were seizing the time to arrange tactics, Michaels on the commentary seat, his palms were already full of sweat, Michaels can now clearly feel that his hands are already trembling slightly, this is excitement, it is excitement, in the face of this kind of bloody fighting, and lore and anti-lore, no one can remain calm. After drinking a glass of water in one go, Michaels barely calmed down his excitement, looking at the players of the two teams who had reappeared, Michaels looked at his partner: "Erwin, do you think there will be a miracle today?" ”

"If a miracle happens every time, then he can't call it a miracle." After hearing Michaels's words, Magic Johnson subconsciously shook his head, but after a slight pause, Magic Johnson said with a smile: "The NBA league's motto is where miracles are born, for all young people with dreams, there are dreams, there are efforts, there will be miracles!" ”

Listening to his partner speak at length, but as if he didn't say anything, Michaels smiled and shook his head, then turned his gaze to the court.

Under the constant urging of the technical officials on the sidelines, Jermaine O'Neal, who served the sideline ball by the Pacers, walked to his position, and Shaq O'Neal stood not far from him, constantly waving his arms, blocking his vision while also distracting him by the way. The remaining players on both sides were all gathered in a small area near the free throw line and the top of the arc, dragging and tearing each other, especially Meng Xu, who was sandwiched between Kobe and Rick Fox like sandwich cookies.

After all the players on both sides were in place, the entire Staples Center fell silent, and everyone stood up, quietly waiting for the last 0.4 seconds. When the referee on the sidelines put the whistle in his mouth and Jermaine O'Neal raised the basketball in his hand, the 0.4 seconds that decided the game, and even the championship of the season, were finally about to begin.

When the referee's whistle blew, the players on both sides who had gathered near the free throw line immediately dispersed like a swarm of bees, Jamal Tinsley ran directly towards the nearest bottom corner, while James Posey and Reggie Miller went straight to the left and right sides of the 3-point line, as for Meng Xu, what was surprising was that when Meng Xu pushed away Kobe Bryant, who tore himself, just after stepping on the top of the arc, he immediately stopped his steps and ran towards the basket in reverse.

"Robert, protect the basket!" After seeing Meng Xu turn around and go straight to the basket, Phil Jackson subconsciously said badly, because when he was arranging defense, he didn't expect Meng Xu to go to the basket at all, and the Lakers' defensive attention was all on defending the Pacers' mid- and long-range shots. Just when Meng Xu ran back, James Posey, who had already run to the far point outside the 3-point line, suddenly turned back, not only got rid of Robert Holly, who was defending himself, but also just blocked Kobe Bryant behind Meng Xu, and now Phil Jackson can only pin all his hopes on Robert Holly, who changed the defense.

"Meng, catch the ball." When Meng Xu rushed into the paint area with Robert Hawley, who was changing the defense, Jermaine O'Neal on the sidelines immediately exerted all his strength and threw the basketball in his hand, and the basketball thrown by Jermaine O'Neal flew over O'Neal's head and flew towards the basket in a very high arc.

The basketball flew very high, and at this time, everyone's eyes were focused on the flying basketball, and at this moment, the entire Staples Center was as quiet as suffocation.

When the flying basketball began to land in an arc, a player in a white striped shirt also flew up.

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"Meng, congratulations." Seeing Meng Xu hanging on the basket with one arm on the TV, Duncan, who was watching the live broadcast of the game from afar in the Virgin Islands, picked up the wine glass on the coffee table, raised it to Meng Xu in the TV, and then whispered a few words. Last season's Western Conference Finals has always been a pain in Duncan's heart, and Duncan also knows that not only himself, Popovich and Meng Xu, but even David, Shaun, Mario, everyone in that Spurs team, are obsessed with that 0.4 seconds. Maybe without that 0.4 seconds, the Spurs are likely to establish a dynasty, and that 0.4 seconds is also the fuse for the Spurs to fall apart, Sean and Mario retired at the end of the season, Meng Xu chose to leave, and the Spurs that won two consecutive championships collapsed.

Raise the wine glass and drink it down, in the TV screen, the Pacers players have begun to celebrate wildly, on the court, on the sidelines, everyone rushed into the court, behind their crazy celebration, the Lakers players are still standing in place, countless spectators on the scene have put their hands on their heads, as if they can't believe all this in front of them.

Just when the Pacers were celebrating frantically around Meng Xu, Reggie Miller didn't know when, he had quietly sat on the sidelines, leaning on the billboard on the sidelines, holding the jersey on his chest with one hand, tears slipped from the corners of his eyes irrepressibly, 15 years of hard work and hard work, finally paid off, and the oath he made when he entered the league was finally fulfilled today.