On June 18, 2007, the battle between the Pacers and the Spurs on Tianwang Mountain, because of the lack of three main players on both sides, also made today's game before it started, it became the focus of research and prediction of various bricks, almost everyone is looking forward to the lack of three main Spurs and Pacers, how to play today.

For the Pacers, no matter what Jermaine O'Neal looks like by Tim Duncan, he is also the Pacers' second-in-command, the Pacers' interior core and an important tactical response point, and the second-leading scorer and rebounding champion in the Pacers.

On the Spurs side, since entering the Finals, Manu Ginobili is the second scorer in the Spurs team, second only to Tim Duncan, and because Tony Parker's performance has always been unsatisfactory, Manu Ginobili has also become an important player that the Spurs rely on very much, in the last game, Popovich even arranged the entire Spurs team to play around Manu Ginobili, which can also see the importance of Manu Ginobili to the Spurs.

After Ginobili missed the battle of Kings Mountain due to suspension, Popovich rearranged Michael Finley into the starting lineup, hoping that Michael Finley could make up for the gap caused by Ginobili's absence, although Michael Finley is now 34 years old, but Finley is also an all-round player who can attack, defend, break and shoot.

Today's game is the last home game for the Spurs in the Finals, once they lose this game, the Spurs may be doomed, so for many fans who support the Spurs, although Ginobili is missing, they still hope that the Spurs can win today's game, after all, they still have Tim Duncan, as long as Tim Duncan is there, then everything is possible.

The lack of a number of main players will definitely affect the arrangement of the head coaches of both sides, but for many viewers who watch the Spurs and Pacers games, just to watch Meng Xu and Tim Duncan, today's game is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, without the second scorer of their respective teams, and several main players, then Meng Xu and Tim Duncan will inevitably strengthen their respective offenses to make up for the firepower of their respective teams on the offensive end, so for this kind of people, Today's game is a game worth looking forward to, who wins and who loses has never been their concern, they only care about it, that is, whether Meng Xu and Tim Duncan can join forces to contribute a wonderful game.

The process of today's game is indeed a little different from the previous games, the Spurs side is Tim Duncan leading a group of pitchers, and the Pacers side, when Tony Allen is suspended and Chris Duhon can't prevent Tony Parker, Meng Xu went directly to play the No. 1 position.

Michael Finley, who replaced Ginobili's tactical position, did not disappoint Popovich in the game, Michael Finley's three-point shooting percentage today was simply like a miracle, shooting 6 of 7 in the first half alone, scoring a game-high 23 points and 23 points in the half, and also breaking Michael Finley's half-court scoring record in the playoffs.

Led by Michael Finley's near-anti-sky performance, several of the Spurs' pitchers also broke out alternately, and the Spurs' three-point shooting rate was an astonishing 12 of 18 shots throughout the first half, and the Spurs were pressing the Pacers from beginning to end, and the Pacers also seemed to be stunned by the Spurs' three-point rain, and they didn't show any fighting back from beginning to end, and they were almost 10 points behind the Spurs.

And the Spurs fans at the scene also seemed to be infected by the excellent performance of the home team, and they were cheering for the Spurs from beginning to end, which can also be seen how much these Spurs fans on the scene hope that the Spurs can win today's game, because only by winning this game can the Spurs see the hope of winning the championship again.

"It's incredible that the Spurs can keep the Pacers down without Ginobili." After the end of the first half, looking at the score on the scoreboard, Barkley, who has always supported the Spurs, couldn't believe that this was a game that the Spurs could play without three main players?

"The Spurs shot 12 three-pointers in the first half, which is obviously abnormal, and the Spurs' lead in the score is also thanks to this, we all know that no matter how stable the pitcher is, it is impossible to maintain this shooting rate throughout the game, so the next third quarter is the key to this game." As soon as Barkley finished speaking, Reggie Miller began to contradict him.

"Well, what Reggie said does make a lot of sense." As soon as Reggie Miller's words fell, Magic Johnson expressed his support for him.

"These bastards." Although he still has a smile on his face, but in Barkley's heart, he has already scolded now, when he was in TNT, Barkley could still argue with Reggie Miller and be evenly matched, but after being invited by ABC to comment on the finals, Barkley once again experienced what it means to be alone and difficult to beat three.

Just when Barkley chose to keep his mouth shut, ready to refute them with the Spurs' excellent performance after the game started, the third quarter of the next game changed abruptly, and when they were 11 points behind, the Pacers once again sacrificed full-court pressing tactics, and Meng Xu was even more crazy after the game started, so that he frantically grabbed three points, making it as if the game was not two quarters left, but two minutes before it ended.

"This is, pumping, jerking?" Seeing Meng Xu hit two three-pointers in a row in just one minute of the game, the corners of Popovich's mouth, who had been standing on the sidelines, began to twitch uncontrollably.

How strong Meng Xu's three-point ability is, the whole league knows, and it is based on his strong three-point ability that Meng Xu has super scoring explosiveness and scoring ability, for many players, scoring 20+ in a single quarter is already a great thing, but for Meng Xu, 20 points in a single quarter is just a routine operation, even if it is 30 points in a single quarter, it has appeared many times in Meng Xu's career.

"This, this is a convulsive moment?" When Meng Xu hit a three-pointer again, in a very short time after the opening of the third quarter, after three shots and three hits, Barkley on the commentary bench wanted to cry, don't play like this!

As long as the difference between the two sides does not exceed 20 points, the "moment of pretending to be pressing" lasting 6 minutes is enough for Meng Xu to narrow the difference to an acceptable point, and even overtake the score in a wave. Because the cooldown time of the "pretending moment" is 500 minutes of game time, basically every dozen games, Meng Xu will use a "pretending moment", but in the league, Meng Xu's "pretending moment" has another name, that is, the convulsion moment, as soon as the convulsion moment comes out, there must be a team that will become Meng Xu's subordinate ghost, so Popovich will subconsciously twitch the corners of his mouth after Meng Xu began to grab points.

"Spurs are coming to an end." In the first three minutes of the third quarter, Meng Xu shot 5 of 7 three-pointers, narrowing the difference between the two sides by 11 points to only 2 points, although the Spurs still maintained the lead, but with Reggie Miller's understanding of Meng Xu, the Spurs' lead did not last long, and once the score was overtaken, the fighting spirit and spirit of the Spurs would collapse, and when he was a teammate with Meng Xu, every time Meng Xu entered the "convulsion moment", he kept chasing points with three-pointers, Reggie Miller didn't feel anything other than feeling enthusiastic, and after Reggie Miller retired and became a bystander, Reggie Miller knew how much psychological pressure Meng Xu's crazy pursuit of points would bring to the defender, and those players with poor psychological quality might even collapse directly in this state.

"It's over." Just one minute after Reggie Miller finished speaking, Meng Xu helped the Pacers overtake the score, and after Popovich's continuous timeouts failed to interrupt Meng Xu's hand, but the score difference was widened, the outcome of the game was already doomed.