Chapter 679: Advance to the Eastern Finals
"The Pistons have failed to score on four consecutive offenses, and if no one steps up, I'm afraid today's game will end like this."
When the game entered the second half of the fourth quarter, the Pistons not only failed to overtake the score, but also fell into a scoring drought because of the physical decline of Chauncey Billups, who had been leading the offense, and the Pacers took the opportunity to widen the difference, and this point difference is still being expanded.
From the beginning of this game into the second half, Chauncy Billups seemed to have suddenly exploded, not to mention Tony Allen, who was opposite him, even Meng Xu couldn't restrain him, so under the drive of Chauncy Billups, the Pistons always bit the score tightly, but this way of playing is very physically demanding, and before the fourth quarter of the game, Billups's physical strength was problematic, and as Billups's physical strength was exhausted, the Pistons' offense naturally followed suit.
"I didn't expect this series to end like this!" With two minutes left in the fourth quarter of the game, the game has been decided, but this result is obviously beyond everyone's expectations, although the Pacers are the first in the league this season, but the Pistons' record is also second in the East, four games in the regular season, both sides also won two home games, so in the pre-game evaluation, almost everyone believes that the Pacers and Pistons must play at least six games to distinguish the winner, because although the Pacers have a slight advantage, but overall, The two sides are still basically evenly matched, and who would have thought that the Pacers would take only four games to finish the Pistons.
"Congratulations to the Pacers for winning this game and for being the first team to advance to the Division Finals."
As the whistle blew at the end of the game, the Pacers players on the bench on the sidelines rushed into the center of the court and began to celebrate unbridledly.
Just when his teammates were cheering and celebrating wildly around Meng Xu, Meng Xu glanced at Billups and Hamilton who were sitting on the sidelines with their backs against the billboard, Billups' performance today really impressed Meng Xu, from the beginning of the Spurs to the Pacers, almost every time he faced Billups, Meng Xu had the upper hand, and he played with ease at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, but today's game made Meng Xu know a different Billups.
When Meng Xu looked at Billups, Billups also moved his eyes to the Pacers players who were celebrating wildly, especially Meng Xu, who was surrounded by a large group of people, in today's game, Billups has worked hard, in the case that his teammates can't believe and rely on, Billups ignored the team's tactics for the first time and wanted to rely on his personal ability to save the Pistons, but in the end he failed, so Billups is now somewhat lost and unwilling, although his face does not show too much expression, But the look in Meng Xu's eyes still betrayed him.
As a flower show in the same class as Tim Duncan, Chauncey Billups was supposed to have a sunny avenue, but in his rookie season, Chauncey Billups was traded, and in the following seasons, Billups tossed and turned Raptors, Nuggets, Magic and other teams, and finally gained a firm foothold in the Timberwolves, but in the game with the Spurs, he was beaten by Meng Xu, who was still a sophomore at the time, and thus lost his main position, and in the playoffs, Billups was blown up by Meng Xu again, Although Billups always wanted to help the Timberwolves defeat the Spurs, but after that round of the series, he lost the trust of the team, so that after the end of his contract, the Timberwolves directly abandoned him, and after he joined the Pistons, Meng Xu's Pacers became a mountain in front of him, Billups didn't know if he could still mention the courage to confront Meng Xu if he continued to fail like this.
Hamilton, who was sitting on the sidelines with Billups, was also tilting his head to look at the field, looking at the familiar and unfamiliar people, former teammates, current opponents, not knowing what was going on in his mind.
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"The Pacers swept the Pistons and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals first!"
"It's 4-0 again, and the Pacers swept their opponents in two consecutive rounds! Aiming for the overall championship! “
As the only team to advance to the division finals after four rounds, the Pacers are now undoubtedly the focus of all teams participating in the semifinals, the Pistons are not a weak team like the Bulls, the Pistons' record this season is the second in the East, the game between the first and second in the East, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the division finals, so after the Pacers eliminated the Pistons, a wave of public opinion praising the Pacers suddenly emerged.
"The overall winner? The Eastern Conference Finals haven't started yet, so isn't it too early to think about the championship? What's more, it is still unknown whether the Pacers can win the Eastern Conference Finals, the Nets and the Heat are not weaker than the Pistons at all, and neither the Nets nor the Heat have as obvious shortcomings as the Pistons, Shaq and Vince are both players at the same level as Meng Xu. “
As a media that has been black Meng Xu and is mad, as long as there is public opinion praising Meng Xu and the Pacers, the New York Times will inevitably jump out and sing the opposite, after the Pistons were swept out by the Pacers, they put their hopes on the Nets and Heat who are still in the semifinals, while belittling the Pacers, while touting the Heat and the Nets, it is certain that no matter which of these two teams advances to the finals, the media in New York will cheer them on, hoping that they can successfully snipe the Pacers.
It's just that no matter how the New York Times makes noise, no one from the Nets and the Heat stands up to echo them, because in the case of a big score of 2-2, neither the Nets nor the Heat have the extra energy to fight with unrelated people, at least before the end of this round of the series, they will not jump out to provoke Meng Xu and the Pacers as the New York Times wishes, if they just made a bold statement on their side, but they can't even enter the Eastern Conference Finals, how embarrassing it is.
Like the game between the Heat and the Nets, the two sets of matchups in the West are now difficult to solve, and after four games, the Mavericks and Spurs, Clippers and Suns are now tied 2-2.