Chapter 406: Breaking the Cauldron and Sinking the Boat
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"Is this the end of this year's finals?" When the third quarter ended, looking at the scoreboard 81-69, and the shouts in the back stands getting weaker and weaker, and even becoming a little confused, as well as his teammates around him and on the bench, Reggie Miller stood in place, crossed his hands, and looked up at the sky above the Bankers Life Arena.
Compared with the dense championship flags over the Staples Center, the sky above the Bankers' Life Arena is a little empty, and the only few flags, most of which belong to the ABA League, and the current Pacers, have nothing to do with themselves, the only thing that belongs to them is the Eastern Championship banner of the 9900 season, but this is not what they want, since entering the league in 87, Reggie Miller has been fighting for the Pacers for 15 seasons, Every season, Reggie Miller and his teammates have worked hard to win the championship, but every time they have come back with a feat. Reggie Miller, who is 37 years old, also knows very well that his peak has long passed, and he has no time to wait for the next opportunity.
"Reggie, the game is not over yet, we will definitely win this game!" Seeing Reggie Miller standing on the field like that, quietly looking at the sky above the court, Meng Xu, who had already walked to the sidelines, immediately returned to the court and ran to Reggie Miller's side.
"Yes, it's not over yet!" When Meng Xu appeared beside Reggie Miller, Regie Miller, whose face was originally a little uncertain, may have felt something, or perhaps thought of something, and the look on his face immediately became firm. Even though I'm no longer young, as long as I can still run, catch the basketball, and shoot the basketball, then I will not give up, never, because I am Reggie Miller! Reggie Miller, who walked side by side with Meng Xu to the sidelines, said softly: "This game has just begun!" ”
Although the sound at the scene was very noisy, although Reggie Miller's voice was very small, so that Meng Xu could only hear a few words intermittently, but Meng Xu could feel the sky-high fighting spirit on Reggie Miller at this moment, looking at Reggie Miller's high-spirited back, Meng Xu was stunned for a moment, then clenched his fists and shouted loudly in his heart: "This game, we must win, for Reggie, for the Pacers, for Indiana, and for me!" ”
"Meng, your physical strength is okay, right?" When Reggie Miller and Meng Xu sat on the bench one after the other, Larry Bird, who had been waiting on the sidelines, immediately took the tactical board and walked in front of Meng Xu.
"Larry, I don't have any problems right now." Although it is not clear what kind of arrangements and changes Larry Bird will make in the final quarter of the game, one thing Meng Xu is clear, not only himself and Reggie Miller, this game, Larry Bird will not give up no matter what, therefore, Meng Xu also nodded at Larry Bird, indicating that there is no problem with his physical fitness, since entering the finals, although Meng Xu is full of firepower on the offensive end, he does not share much energy on the defensive end, so Meng Xu's physical strength has always been no problemAt the current intensity of the game, 45 minutes is still comfortable.
"That's good." After getting Meng Xu's affirmative answer, Larry Bird looked at the other players on the bench: "In the fourth quarter, James replaced Jermaine, Bobby replaced Lorenzen, we used an all-small lineup to press the Lakers all over the court, I hope you can play more active, more aggressive, James, you go around O'Neal, Meng is on the side to help defend, we must cut off the connection between the Lakers' inside and outside lines, and force them to put the ball in Kobe's hands." ”
After arranging the team's defense, Larry Bird took out the tactical board again, and gathered all the players who were about to play around him: "Meng, you come to break through with the ball, everyone else is looking for opportunities on the outside, waiting for Meng's ball, don't hesitate, don't have any worries, take the ball and shoot, and at the same time pay attention to running more, you can give up the frontcourt rebound, and try to make the pace of the game faster." ”
When Larry Bird arranged the final tactics in one go, almost all the players on the Pacers' bench had an expression of disbelief, replacing Jermaine O'Neal with James Posey, Bobby Simmons replacing Lorenzen White, after this substitution, the tallest Pacers on the court is James Posey who is 2.03 meters, which basically means that the Pacers will completely give up the inside, you must know that the Lakers have an inside killer like O'Neal, Larry Bird's bold and almost crazy tactical arrangement scared his players first, you must know that the Pacers are already 12 points behind the Lakers, and then give up the inside line and give up rebounding at this time, wouldn't it be the rhythm of letting the big fat man on the opposite side fly?
"Victory!" After Larry Bird's tactical arrangement was over, Meng Xu immediately waved his arms and roared angrily, and after Meng Xu's roar, the other players around him who were a little stunned also shouted with Meng Xu. Meng Xu is now very clear that Larry Bird's arrangement is actually a ruin, continuing to use conventional tactics, the Pacers have no hope of defeating the Lakers, especially when the team is 12 points behind, if they play one board at a time, the Pacers will not only have no way to move back to the score, but will definitely lose even worse, so now they can only go off the beaten path and fight to the death. Larry Bird is now sending this lineup, 5 players all have a good 3-point shot, Reggie Miller, James Posey, Jamal Tinsley, Bobby Simmons, they all shot about 40% of their 3-point shooting in the regular season, not to mention Meng Xu, the three-point team is talking about the Pacers' kind of lineup.
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"Erwin, am I dazzled, these five players on the court of the Pacers don't even have an orthodox interior line? Are they going to give up? When the fourth quarter of the game began, looking at the lineup of the Pacers on the court, Michaels, who was originally chatting with Magic Johnson, was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time, his mouth was open, and after being silent for dozens of seconds, Michaels still had a look of doubt and shock, 3 guards, two small forwards, this kind of lineup is simply unheard of, even the two crazy people of Nelson and Pat Riley don't dare to send such a lineup in any game.
"This guy is too bold, so bold!" Magic Johnson, who thinks he already knows Larry Bird very well, really can't imagine that Larry Bird will send such an earth-shattering lineup, although James Posey has been playing power forward in the first half of the season, and he is also very good at defending big man players, but he is now facing a big guy like O'Neal, which is a big shark that even Jermaine O'Neal can ruthlessly crush. This is the finals, and it is crazy that the world dares to send such a lineup in the finals.
"Why do you feel like this guy is a little different?" After settling down, Kobe, who was entangled with Reggie Miller, had clearly felt that the momentum on Reggie Miller had changed, and in Kobe's realm, every move of the opposing player, and even every change in breath, could be observed. Reggie Miller, who scored 15 points in a single quarter of the game, was under the care of Kobe, and in the second and third quarters, a total of 6 shots were 2 of 2 and scored 4 points, so the Lakers relaxed their vigilance against Reggie Miller, after all, even if he was crazy, he was still locked by Kobe, but now Kobe smelled a trace of danger in Reggie Miller's body.
Just when Kobe Bryant was still wondering why Reggie Miller had become a little different, Meng Xu, who received a pass from Jamal Tinsley, had already gotten rid of the bag of Rick Fox and Bryan Shaw under the cover of James Posey, and rushed towards the basket guarded by O'Neal.
"Boy, I've been waiting for you for a long time." O'Neal, who was under the basket, saw Meng Xu rushing towards him directly with the ball, first in ecstasy, and then immediately pulled out from under the basket, and stood in a position two meters below the free throw line, ready to block Meng Xu's breakthrough this time, in this round of the series, O'Neal has been waiting for Meng Xu to impact the basket, and then he has the opportunity to teach him how to behave, but this guy is very chicken thief, never to the basket, not floating outside to shoot, is the back-to-back singles in the 45-degree angle area, the only one in the four games, he was also a footnote, and became the background board for Meng Xu's 3-point air pull-up, so seeing that Meng Xu was about to impact the basket at the beginning of the fourth quarter, O'Neal immediately became excited.
"Is Meng going to directly impact O'Neill?" Seeing Meng Xu accelerating towards the basket, Magic Johnson on the sidelines also showed a solemn expression on his face, although O'Neal's deterrence under the basket on the defensive end is not as good as Duncan's, but in the current league, it is definitely one of the five strongest inside, but Meng Xu is like crazy at the moment, to impact O'Neal's basket, this offensive choice is obviously problematic.
"Is that what Larry is doing this change?" Just at the moment when Meng Xu was about to collide with O'Neal, the basketball in Meng Xu's hand disappeared, Meng Xu's breakthrough not only attracted O'Neal's defense, but also added Rick Fox and Bryan Shaw, who still did not give up chasing behind him, the Lakers had three players at the same time who put defensive attention on Meng Xu, at this moment, James Posey, Bobby Simmons, all stood straight outside the 3-point line, no one defended them at all, and no one paid attention to them. When the basketball passed from behind Meng Xu reached the hands of James Posey, with a beautiful arc, 81-72, the difference between the two sides was narrowed to less than 10 points.