Chapter 800: Feelings and Business
Since Meng Xu's retirement, the Pacers' record has been declining, and those meritorious players who brought the Pacers two dynasties have also left the team in the following years, and in this season's Pacers team, Meng Xu's former teammates have only a handful, and now only Tony Allen, Darko Milicic, and Kwame Brown are still playing for the Pacers.
Like the Celtics who once did not have Larry Bird, the Pacers began to look for Meng Xu's successor year after year after Meng Xu retired, Larry Bird signed one small forward after another, hoping to usher in a Meng Xu-style player again to lead the Pacers back to the top, and last season, the Pacers finally had a little sign of revival, Larry Bird selected Paul George with the No. 10 pick in 10 has shown the potential of a superstar, and in Tony Allen, Darko Milicic, Kwame Brown, with the assistance of these veteran players, the Pacers and the Heat, who have the Big Three, fought seven games in the Eastern Conference Finals without any superstars, so although they failed to usher in Meng Xu's comeback, the Pacers have also seen a bright future and future.
Paul George, who has been identified by the Pacers as the core of the rebuild, also looked very excited when he was facing Meng Xu today, and took out 120 points of energy and all his strength at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, wanting to leak a good face in front of his idols and predecessors, but Paul George was taught a solid lesson by Meng Xu in the game, shooting 3 of 13 in the game, 8 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 turnovers, 5 fouls, this is the report card handed over by Paul George after the whole game.
Paul George, who was taught a lesson by Meng Xu at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, was not obviously unhappy after the game, but ran to Meng Xu very excitedly to ask for the jersey that Meng Xu wore in today's game.
Very refreshingly took off the jersey on his body, and after exchanging with Paul George, from head coach Rick Carlisle, former teammate Tony Allen, Darko Milicic, Kwame Brown, to the new players who have only come to the Pacers in recent seasons, Meng Xu and the Pacers hugged one by one, and after walking into the player tunnel together, Meng Xu also sent them an invitation, ready to treat them after the game, as for the location, of course, it is the nightclub that Meng Xu and others invested and Jemaine O'Neal was the owner, It has been three seasons since Jermaine O'Neal left the Pacers, but Jermaine O'Neal's assets in Indianapolis have not been disposed of by Jermaine O'Neal's departure, on the contrary, every offseason, Jermaine O'Neal has returned to Indianapolis, which has replaced Portland and become Jermaine O'Neal's home.
After the away victory over the Pacers, the Spurs left Indianapolis the next day and went to the next away game to face Meng Xu's old rival Boston Celtics, since Meng Xu came to the East, the Celtics' only two peaks were all extinguished by Meng Xu, Cardinal Auerbach never forgot it, Danny Angie was eager to revive it, and the revival plan that he had been thinking about at night was all lost in Meng Xu's hands, so the Celtics had a thousand reasons to hate Meng Xu, But as Larry Bird's designated successor that year, Meng Xu also has a very high popularity in Boston, and many Larry Bird's supporters transferred their "love" for Larry Bird to Meng Xu after Meng Xu was born.
The closest year for the Celtics Big Three to the championship was the 09-10 season, that season the Celtics returned to the Finals after 23 years under the leadership of the Big Three, but they lost to the Lakers led by Kobe Bryant after seven big games, unfortunately missed the championship, it was the season that the Celtics Big Three were closest to the championship, but it was not the strongest season of the Celtics Big Three, the season of the Celtics Big Three was recognized as the strongest season was the season when they just became an army, However, the Celtics, who had the first regular season record and were in good form in each of the Big Three, lost to the Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals, and after that, the injury-plagued Green Army could no longer reach its former peak form.
After losing the playoffs again last season, because of contract renewal and infighting, Ray Allen, one of the Big Three, chose to leave Boston and join the defending champion Heat to continue to pursue his championship dream.
As the biggest sacrifice of the Big Three, Ray Allen did not get the respect he deserved in Boston, in the case of Garnett and Pierce both reaching contract extensions after the end of the contract, Ray Allen was repeatedly put on the shelf by Danny Aine, trying to squeeze out the last bit of value of Ray Allen through trades, and even happened that the game just started, and the starter Ray Allen was directly replaced by the head coach to inform him that he had been traded, so he felt betrayed by Ray Allen, after the end of last season, He left Boston directly and joined the Miami Heat, another enemy of the Celtics.
For Ray Allen's choice, the Celtics are obviously unacceptable, so after the Heat announced the signing of Ray Allen, the Green Army players except Garnett began to denounce Ray Allen with anger, and some people even directly labeled Ray Allen as a coward and a traitor, but in this turmoil, Meng Xu was firmly on the side of Ray Allen. Then it's all about feelings, if you want to talk about business, then only talk about business, since the Celtics talk about business with Ray Allen first, then don't blame Ray Allen for not talking about feelings later.
Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett are one year older, and with the departure of Ray Allen, the Celtics this season are destined to be less competitive, but this game between the Celtics and the Spurs still has a lot to watch, and the biggest attraction is undoubtedly the strongest No. 21 battle in history between Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett, for them who are already 36 years old, the game between Duncan and Garnett is now one less game, maybe when, The two bad old men both retired.
What the fans want to see, what the audience wants, everyone knows, and the head coaches of both sides are also very face-saving, in today's game, Duncan and Garnett are almost the same as above, and finally at the end of the game, Tim Duncan, who played 34 minutes, scored 22 points, 15 rebounds, and 5 assists, and Kevin Garnett also scored 21 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, and two No. 21s, and teamed up to contribute a wonderful game to all the viewers who watched the game.
Garnett did not fall behind in the confrontation with Duncan, but the rest of the Celtics players did not play well, and in the end, the Spurs won 90-83 against the Celtics, making it three consecutive wins on the road.