Chapter 694: Finals Opponent

"Boss, we won, we won!"

"Finals, here we are! Finals, here we are! ”

On June 4, 2006, on the court of the American Airlines Arena in Miami, all the players of the Pacers rushed into the court at the moment of the end of the game and began to celebrate, and the fans and Heat players on the sidelines were all stunned to look at the Pacers players who were playing on their home court, maybe they couldn't understand why this round of the series was played like this, obviously after three games, the Heat still had an absolute advantage, but then they collapsed in a daze, Eliminated by the Pacers in three consecutive cities.

eliminated the Heat to reach the Finals, this is the fourth time the Pacers have reached the Finals in five seasons, maybe for Meng Xu and James Posey, Jermaine O'Neal, these players who have won the championship and won the championship, the Finals are like that, after all, there is still a big difference between reaching the Finals and winning the championship, but for Tony Allen, Chris Duhon, Salunas Jascovitius These players, this is the first Finals in their careers, It's also a milestone in their basketball career, and for Anfernee Hardaway, a veteran who wants to end his career with a championship ring, reaching the Finals means he's only one step away from wearing a championship ring.

Contrary to the Pacers who were frantically celebrating and enjoying the joy of victory, the Heat players and head coach Pat Riley on the sidelines were staring at the court with straight eyes, as if they didn't quite want to believe that the game was over, and O'Neal, who was still standing on the court, leaning on the basket and reluctant to leave, looked at his teammates and Meng Xu who was celebrating in the center of the court with a complicated expression.

"Dwyan, you're doing well, you're playing really well throughout the series." After the frantic celebration and cheers, Meng Xu, who was about to leave, found that Dwyane Wade was still leaning on the billboard on the sidelines and was unwilling to leave, so Meng Xu took the initiative to walk to Dwyane Wade's side, hugged him, and encouraged him a few words.

"Thank you." After hearing Meng Xu's encouragement, Dwyane Wade also responded a little shyly, completely lacking the calmness and calmness on the court, just like Meng Xu's generation of players regarded Jordan as an idol, Meng Xu is now also the idol of many young generation players, and it is also the object of their imitation and want to surpass.

"Don't be discouraged, don't be discouraged, the future will be yours after all!" After separating from Dwyane-Wade, Meng Xu thought about it, then said another word of encouragement, and then turned to leave, Meng Xu didn't remember what he said to the first few new generation players, and Meng Xu also seemed to have forgotten that he was not a few years older than Dwyan-Wade.

"Yes, I will definitely beat you and get to the top of the NBA!" Looking at the back of Meng Xu leaving, and what Meng Xu said to himself just now, Dwyan-Wade also secretly swore in his heart.

After separating from Dwyane Wade, Meng Xu saw O'Neal who was still in a daze by the basketball hoop, O'Neal, who was about to be 35 years old, had entered the twilight of his career, and this season may be his last chance to win the championship, so Meng Xu can probably understand O'Neal's current mind, the twilight of a strong man, and the twilight of a hero.

Looking at O'Neill who was in a daze, Meng Xu didn't know what he was thinking, to comfort O'Neill? With O'Neal's character, it is very face-saving to scold Meng Xu, not to mention meeting Meng Xu with a smile and grudge, so Meng Xu did not go to self-deprecation, O'Neal, Gary Payton, Antoine Walker, these players all have deep prejudices against Meng Xu, they all think that Meng Xu ruined their careers and ruined their championship dreams, maybe one day, they successfully took revenge on Meng Xu in the playoffs, and they can completely let go of the resentment in their hearts.

"Meng, let's go." The Pacers players who had finished celebrating also began to walk into the players' tunnel one after another, and James Posey, who was at the front of the team, pulled Meng Xu into the players' tunnel after seeing Meng Xu who was standing there in a daze.

The day after the Pacers eliminated the Heat, the Western Conference Finals also had a result, and the Mavericks defeated the Suns 102-93 to eliminate the Suns with a total score of 4-2, and meet the old rival Pacers in the Finals, which is also the second time they have reached the Finals in the last three seasons.

Because of O'Neal and Meng Xu, with the addition of the first playoff quadruple-double in NBA history, the Eastern Conference Finals have received much more attention than the Western Finals, but when it comes to the intensity and excitement of the game, the Eastern Conference Finals are slightly inferior, because in addition to the first two games in the Eastern Conference Finals, the Pacers and the Heat have played the next four games with a disparity of about 20 points.

On the contrary, the series between the Mavericks and the Suns can be described as wonderful, the difference between the six series is about 10 points, especially the first game of the series and the battle of Tianwang Mountain is the most exciting, in the series G1, the Mavericks and the Suns have a total of 6 players on both sides to score 20, Nowitzki and Steve Nash contributed 29 points and 19 rebounds respectively, and 27 points and 16 assists, and the last few tens of seconds of the game are even more ups and downs, first when there are 20 seconds left in the game, Steve Nash assisted Sean Marion on a mid-range shot to help the Suns take a 117-116 lead, and then the Mavericks' Devin Harris hit a quasi-final shot with 4 seconds left in the game, and the Mavericks took the lead again, just when the Mavericks fans on the scene thought the game would be over and began to celebrate the victory, the Suns' Berrest Dior threw a fatal shot to help the Suns beat the Mavericks on the road.

The Mavericks lost an away game first, and then won two games in a row to successfully regain home-court advantage, and in the next series G4, the Suns scored 20 points with four players, playing the game with the most disparity in the entire series, and also moved the big score to 2-2.

Compared with the uneventful battle between the Pacers and the Heat, the Mavericks sat at home and the Suns in the battle of King Mountain, which is definitely a legendary battle, in this game, Steve Nash 25 points and 16 assists, Sean Marion 20 points and 10 rebounds, Burris Dior 20 points and 11 rebounds, Tim Thomas three-pointers shot 6 of 8, scored a team-high 26 points, the Suns scored 20+ points on the four teams, and three of them scored 20+10 at the same time, but such crazy data, But it couldn't bring a victory to the Suns.

Because their opponent Mavericks were even crazier than them, Dirk Nowitzki shot 14-of-26, 5-of-6 three-pointers, 17-of-18 free throws, and scored 50 points and 14 rebounds in a single game.

In the last two seasons, it has been Dirk Nowitzki's season of godhood, especially in this season's playoffs, which has made him more than Kevin Garnett and the second place of the big four forwards, of course, Nowitzki wants to go further and surpass Tim Duncan to sit in the top spot, it is not easy, after all, whether it is team honors or individual honors, Nowitzki is much worse than Tim Duncan.

After the Mavericks eliminated the Suns 4-2, this season's Finals schedule was quickly released, and the Pacers, who had the first regular season record, will have home-court advantage in the Finals, and this season's schedule still continues the previous 2+3+2 schedule, and the first game of the Finals will kick off on June 7 at the Bankers Living Arena in Indianapolis.