On October 31, 2000, the 20002001 NBA regular season officially kicked off, on the first day of the new season, the league arranged a number of key battles, Los Angeles Lakers and Trail Blazers, Detroit Pistons and Toronto Raptors, 76ers and Knicks, these games are undoubtedly strong matchups, and as the opening game of the season, the two teams that participated in the season finals, the Spurs and Pacers, are undoubtedly the focus of today's focus.

The NBA's three major broadcasters, ESPN, ABC, TNT, the three major television networks, have almost abandoned all the rest of the games today, and the Spurs, who completed the feat of defending the title last season, are now undoubtedly one of the most popular teams in the entire league, and because of Meng Xu, the Spurs have a large number of Chinese fans in the entire American sports world. At the same time, because the Spurs will hold a championship ring presentation ceremony at the Alamo Coliseum today, this also makes the Lakers, Bulls and Knicks, which have always been the darlings of the media, also reduced to supporting roles today.

Because of the championship ring awarding ceremony, the players of the Spurs team entered the court two hours early today, and the first to lead the Spurs to enter the court is still Meng Xu, although he is already a sophomore player, and Meng Xu's status in the Spurs is now very high, but because the Spurs have no rookie this year, and Meng Xu also enjoys the treatment of being the first to play, so the first Spurs to walk out of the player channel this season is still Meng Xu.

When Meng Xu was the first to walk out of the players' tunnel, the Alamo Sports Stadium, which has been renovated to accommodate more than 40,000 fans today, immediately erupted into a tsunami-like applause and cheers, and more than 40,000 fans in the stadium all stood up and chanted Meng Xu's name and the slogan of the championship in unison. Then when Duncan, who was the finale, was the last to come out of the player tunnel, the whole court was full of "MVP, MVP, MVP ....." The shouting continued for several minutes.

Then when the entire Spurs roster entered the game, including Steve Kerr and Terry Porter, who announced their retirement at the end of last season, followed by Spurs owner Pete? Holt, arrived at the makeshift podium in the center of the Alamo Arena, on which the Spurs' second championship trophy and Tim Duncan's FMVP trophy were placed. Then, under the auspices of NBA commissioner David Stern, the Spurs' championship ring presentation ceremony officially began.

Already retired Terry Porter was the first to take a break from Pete? Holt took the championship ring in his hand, and then accepted the cheers of the fans, and it was obvious that the 38-year-old veteran's eyes were already moist.

Perhaps the order in which the ring is received is related to his status in the team, Meng Xu is in the bottom 3, that is, in front of Tim Duncan and David Robinson, after hugging David Stern, from Spurs owner Pete? Holt took the championship ring in his hand, and after putting the ring on the middle finger of his right hand, Meng Xu gently kissed the championship ring on his hand, and then raised his fist high, showing the first championship ring of his career to the fans in the audience.

Meng Xu's first game last season witnessed the Spurs' championship ring awarding ceremony, Meng Xu was both envious and jealous at that time, and now Meng Xu finally has a ring of his own, glancing at the bench, those players who have only come to the Spurs this season and the players of the opposite Pacers, I am afraid that the current mood is the same as last year's self, especially Reggie Miller, whose eyes have been staring directly at the championship trophy in the center of the court.

Due to the Spurs' consecutive championships, this year's championship ring is more luxurious than last year's one, each championship ring costs about two ounces of white gold, a total of 54 natural diamonds are inlaid on it, and the surface of the ring is carved with two large diamonds into two championship trophies, symbolizing the Spurs won two championship trophies in a row, not to mention the meaning contained in this ring, just the diamonds in these rings, I am afraid it is worth at least 100,000 US dollars.

When the whole team of Spurs players walked off the court in the cheers of the audience, as the Pacers of the visiting team, under the leadership of the star Reggie Miller, they also came over to congratulate the Spurs players, although the Pacers' first trip to the finals last season was defeated by the Spurs, but Reggie Miller in his heart, for the Spurs, for Meng Xu, who indirectly caused his injury, did not hate at all.

"Meng, congratulations on winning the championship of your dreams, but in this game, I will beat you." After Reggie Miller walked over, he hugged Meng Xu, patted Meng Xu on the shoulder, and walked to Tim Duncan next to Meng Xu.

"Hey, Reggie, you're wrong, this should be the championship you've always dreamed of." Reggie Miller pretended not to care, but the tone of his voice and the words he said betrayed him, Meng Xu is still a rookie, even if he didn't win the championship last season, there are still a lot of opportunities, how can he dream of a championship just after entering the NBA.

This season, after Larry Bird resigned as the head coach of the Pacers, under the recommendation of Larry Bird, the smiling assassin Thomas took over the coaching whip of Larry Bird, after repeatedly trading Meng Xu to no avail, just yesterday, the Pacers and the Trail Blazers completed the only deal of the Pacers this summer, the Pacers exchanged for the Trail Blazers' backup center Jermaine O'Neal at a small price, O'Neal Jr. was a nationally famous talent in high school, but after entering the NBA, Because the Trail Blazers have too many interior strongmen, O'Neal Jr. basically doesn't get any chance to play, 4 consecutive seasons, a total of 200 games off the bench, an average of about 10 minutes per game, and many games can only be done on the bench for one night. And O'Neal Jr.'s best season was only an average of 4.5 points and 3.4 rebounds per game, seeing that Iverson, Ray Allen, and Kobe Bryant, who were in the same class as him, all became superstars, and he was still struggling on the bench, O'Neal Jr. finally couldn't help it, and made a final showdown with the management of the Trail Blazers, either trade me or let me play the main team, but in the team with Sean Kemp, Rasheed Wallace, Detreve Schramf, Avidas Sabonis, Dale Davis, which is so easy to get on the bench, and finally the Trail Blazers also chose to trade O'Neal Jr. to the Pacers。 After getting O'Neal Jr., the Pacers' interior strength has also been directly improved to a notch, although O'Neal Jr.'s data in recent seasons is not very good, but no one will question O'Neal Jr.'s ability and future and future.

"Hi everyone, I'm Michaels, and it's my time again. First of all, Erwin and I will introduce to you the starting lineups of both sides in this game, on the Spurs side, the starting center is Tim Duncan, power forward Sean Elliott, small forward Meng Xu, scoring guard Mario Elie, and playmaking guard Avery Johnson. This lineup is the same lineup that the Spurs defeated the Trail Blazers and Pacers last season, but what is strange is that David Robinson, who has returned from injury, is still sitting on the bench, as a core player of the Spurs' twin towers strategy, but was put on the bench. After reading the Spurs' starting list, Michaels was also very puzzled by Popovich's personnel arrangement in this game. The Spurs' lineup on the court has proven its uniqueness last season, but it is incomprehensible that Popovich does not use David Robinson, you must know that David Robinson has the highest salary of the Spurs this season, and with David Robinson's current strength, it has not yet reached the point of playing as a substitute.

"This may be a tactical change for the Spurs this season." After commenting on the NBA playoffs last season, Magic Johnson also signed a one-year contract extension with ABC this season, and Magic Johnson will still partner with Michaels to comment on the NBA regular season this season. For Popovich's arrangement in this game, Magic Johnson can also see more clearly, this season, both the Lakers and the Pacers are stronger than last season, so in order to achieve the Spurs' 3 consecutive championships, Popovich must also make some changes while keeping the lineup intact, especially Meng Xu, after showing his strong ability and potential in the playoffs last season, Popovich is bound to let Meng Xu replace the aging David Robinson, Become another core of the Spurs.

"On the Pacers' side, today's starting center is Jermaine O'Neal, Jermaine made a good choice this summer, maybe next season, Jermaine will be selected as an All-Star." For O'Neal Jr., Magic Johnson has always been very optimistic, so when talking about O'Neal Jr., Magic also smiled, and then continued: "The big forward is Sam Perkins, Jalen Rose was diagnosed with gastroenteritis before the game, so he will miss this game, and he is replaced by small forward Austin Crohill, after Jalen Rose was absent, Reggie Miller also changed to a point guard in this game, and the playmaker is still Travis Best." In the summer, the Pacers did not make too many trades, according to some media revealed that it was because of Meng Xu, but the specific reason is unknown. ”