On May 22, 2ooo, at 8 o'clock in the evening, when the Spurs players led by Tim Duncan walked out of the players' tunnel, they were greeted by the earth-shattering boos of the fans, according to the convention, as a rookie this year, when Meng Xu was the first to walk out of the players' tunnel with open arms, the boos of the audience reached the peak, and Meng Xu instead had an expression of enjoyment, facing the boos in the sky, Meng Xu waved his arms to greet the fans in the stands. Although in the second half of this season, Meng Xu's status in the Spurs has changed dramatically, but Meng Xu, who is used to being the first to play, still took the initiative to ask for the first appearance in the later games, the first to enjoy the cheers of the fans at home, and the first to feel the boos and even abuse of the away fans at home. Meng Xu has long been accustomed to the current scene of the Moda Center, and he also regarded these boos as a kind of praise and glory.

"Stupid Antonio, get ready to be swept away."

"What you did to us last season, now we're getting it back."

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Although he has been prepared for the possible birth of the Moda Center, but being scolded by these angry fans, Meng Xu is still a little surprised, he has played more than 4o away games with the Spurs this season, and the boos are very normal, even if it is the Staples Center, which has always prided itself as a nobleman, Meng Xu has been booed many times, but it is the first time to see the Trail Blazers fans who hate the Spurs like this, you must know that the Trail Blazers fans have not been so arrogant in the regular season.

But think about it, Meng Xu quickly understood the reason, last season's Western Conference Finals, the Trail Blazers were swept out of the game by the Spurs in an almost humiliating way, 4-o, especially in the 4th game, after the Spurs won and entered the finals, the Spurs' old guys celebrated wildly at the home of the Trail Blazers, and they were regarded as a great shame by countless Trail Blazers fans. However, the rotation of heaven and retribution are not happy, this season the Spurs and the Trail Blazers will meet again in the Western Conference Finals, which is the opposite of last season, and now it is the Spurs who may be swept away.

Trail Blazers fans and players have been waiting for this day for a long time, they have been waiting for this opportunity for revenge since last season, and almost all the players of the Trail Blazers this season, as long as they play the Spurs, are particularly energetic. So in the first game between the two sides, the Trail Blazers fans were like mobs, madly humiliating the Spurs. It seems a bit wrong to say that the Pioneers were originally a bunch of mobs.

"Judging from the situation on the field, the players of both teams are in good shape, and I am looking forward to the performance of the players of both teams in this round of the series." Looking at the players of the two teams who were warming up on the court, Magic Johnson and Michaels on the side said with a smile: "El, who are you more optimistic about in this round of games." ”

Michaels is a Meng Xuchui, and it is now a well-known thing, once the Spurs game is commentated, Michaels's IQ will plummet, and even arrears, and this round of the Spurs and Trail Blazers series, it is Michaels who served as the on-site commentator. At this moment, Magic Johnson really wants to know what kind of astonishing remarks Michaels' big mouth will say. Magic Johnson, who was invited to be a guest commentator for the Spurs and Lakers series in the last round, officially signed a short-term contract with ABC TV after the game to continue to cover the remaining games of the playoffs.

"Of course I'm more bullish on the Spurs because they have a combination of Tim and Meng, Tim and Meng, and I think Irvin should know best, they teamed up to knock out the Lakers, the strongest of the season, so I don't think the Trail Blazers can stop them from moving forward." After Michaels finished speaking, there was a burst of boos at the scene, but fortunately, the Trail Blazers fans behind the commentary seat were still relatively calm, otherwise Michaels would have been put to the ground by now.

Hearing Michaels' words, the Magic smiled and did not answer, what will be the final result of this round of the series, and the Magic does not dare to draw conclusions now, but the Trail Blazers will be hacked is certain, even if the Trail Blazers pass the Spurs, they will definitely lose to the Pacers or the Knicks in the Finals. The league does not have any prejudices about the Trail Blazers team and players, but in this league anyone can win the championship, but the Trail Blazers can't, the president of the league, David Stern, is very disgusted with the Trail Blazers boss's set, and the current NBA is still a league that advocates heroes, so for the Trail Blazers, the practice of piling up stars and forming a group, not only the top of the league, almost all team owners are very disgusted, once the Trail Blazers win the championship as they wish, then the wind of star huddles will inevitably intensify, the competitiveness and ornamentation of the entire league will inevitably decline significantly, and the resulting economic losses are also immeasurable, so preventing the Trail Blazers from winning the championship is almost the consensus of the entire league, and this limelight is even more ferocious than the Bulls of the year.

"It's going to be a big game for Duncan and Meng, and while it looks like they're in good shape, it's going to be a tough game." Although the Spurs lost David Robinson, with Meng Xu coming out in the series with the Lakers, the overall strength of the Spurs did not decline much compared with the regular season, and although the Trail Blazers won 4 times against the Spurs in the regular season, it was the regular season after all, and neither the intensity of the game nor the importance of both sides could be compared with the playoffs.

While Magic Johnson and Michaels were still talking about the prospects of this series, several players were already leading the way as the home team's trailblazers.

"Okay, let's take a look at the lineups of both sides first." After seeing that the players of the two teams had already entered the field, Michaels picked up the list prepared in advance from the table: "On the Trail Blazers' side, the center is Avidas Sabonis from Lithuania, although he doesn't play much, but Avidas Sabonis is also a big center with 2O1O ability. Power forward Rasheed Wallace, since the beginning of this season, Rashid has been the main player in the Trail Blazers, and in the series with the Jazz Timberwolves, he has not fallen behind in the face of Garnett and Malone. The small forward position is Scottie Pippen, after coming to the Trail Blazers this season, Pippen seems to have a second spring, although it is still far from being compared with the peak season, but compared to the last years of the Bulls, and the state of the Rockets, there is still a lot of improvement. The shooting guard is Steve Smith, and the point guard is Damon Stoudemire. ”

After Michaels introduced the list of Trail Blazers in one breath, Magic Johnson went on to introduce the Spurs' list of players: "On the Spurs' side, the center of this game is Tim Duncan, after David Robinson's injury, Duncan appears in the center position more and more, compared to playing power forward, Duncan is also at ease in the center position, or even better." At the power forward position is Sean Elliott, and after David Robin needs to be injured, the Spurs' interior line is also facing the dilemma of being unavailable. Elliott has had kidney surgery this season, and his condition is much better than last season, and the Lakers can average 15 points per game in the series, almost double the regular season, and his 3-point shooting rate has reached an astonishing 43, the small forward position is still Meng Xu, scoring guard Mario Elli, similar to Sean Elliott, Mario Elli has rejuvenated himself in the playoffs this season, Mario Elli, who has never been good at 3 points, In the series against the Lakers, he also shot 39 from 39 points and contributed 12.3 points per game to the Spurs. Point guard Avery Johnson, compared with the regular season, Avery Johnson's status in the Spurs has changed a little, but Avery adapted very well, in the series with the Lakers, Avery hit more than half of the number of 3-pointers in the entire regular season, it can be said that the Spurs can beat the Lakers, and this group of excellent 3-point shooting has a direct relationship. ”

"Boy, congratulations on making it to the Western Conference Finals, your performance compared to the regular season is simply amazing, but the winner of this game, it's still me." When Duncan and Avedas Sabonis began to prepare to jump the ball, Scottie Pippen walked to Meng Xu's side, which seemed to be provocative and encouraging, which also made Meng Xu a little confused.