"As long as you grasp a certain degree, even if it is a killing path, you can reach the top." At 7 p.m. on November 6, 2001, in the away team's locker room at Madison Garden Plaza, Meng Xu leaned against the locker and kept echoing in his mind the last words Anna had said last last night.

At this moment, Larry Bird, who has already laid out the starting lineup, and all the players and staff of the Pacers, have focused their eyes on the TV in the visiting team's locker room, and what is now playing on the TV is the Knicks' rebounding Dowlan and the wild words of some Knicks players in pre-game interviews.

"Larry says he's averaging 36 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists per game right now? I know what Larry means, and I can tell you that if this kid can get half of that stat in this game, I'm willing to lick his shoes. Now the one who is making a big splash on TV is the Knicks' second-in-command Ratrill Sprewell, looking at Latril Sprewell's arrogant posture, the Pacers all turned their heads to look at Meng Xu in unison.

"I couldn't agree more with what Ratrill said, what the league's top five supergiants, fart, that kid is an out-and-out brush, this kind of player will never be worthy of the great New York, and the great Knicks." After Latrill Sprewell, the under-beaten face of the Knicks owner, Dolan Jr., reappeared on the screen.

"The Pacers have always been a strong team, and they have a very good group of young players, so they're a team with a lot of potential." Compared to the owner and the players under his command, Knicks head coach Jeff Van Gandhi is much more cautious and modest.

"Alright, it's almost time, it's time for us to play." Just then, Larry Bird stepped forward and turned off the television, signaling that it was time for everyone to leave the locker room.

"What are you all looking at me for?" When Meng Xu stood up, he found that the Pacers were up and down, almost all eyes were now focused on him, as if they were waiting for him to make an impassioned pre-game speech, coughed, and after thinking about it for a while, Meng Xu really didn't know what to say, before the Spurs, Duncan didn't say anything before the game, the Spurs were so calm from top to bottom, often when Duncan closed the book, the Spurs should walk out of the locker room, so he didn't learn how to encourage teammates in the locker room, : "In this game, let's kick the ass of these arrogant New Yorkers." After thinking about it, Meng Xu still raised his right hand, clenched it into a fist, and shouted loudly.

"Kick the New Yorker in the ass."

"Alright, let's go." Just after the Pacers players in the locker room echoed Meng Xu's chanting in unison, Larry Bird waved his hand and led the whole team out of the locker room.

After several years of playoff battles, the game between the Knicks and the Pacers, no matter when, will gather a lot of attention and attention, especially today's game, the war of words between the two teams began a few days ago, and with the help of the media, today's game broadcast live in the United States has undoubtedly added a lot of new highlights.

Although this game was the home court of the Knicks, when Meng Xu walked out of the players' tunnel, there were not many boos in the Madison Garden Plaza, on the contrary, there were a lot of applause and cheers. And there was also a stand with hundreds of spectators, all of them friendly yellow faces, all wearing Spurs or Pacers' No. 5 jerseys, and these people were undoubtedly from New York.

"The Pacers haven't been in good form lately, and if they continue to do what they did in the previous games, then this game 。。。。。。." Michaels shook his head and didn't continue.

"Al, it's really hard to say, the key to this game is actually on Meng, if Meng performs well, then the Pacers will have a big chance of winning, otherwise the Knicks will win." Although ABC did not broadcast the Pacers' games live in the first few games, but these games of the Pacers, Magic Johnson watched them all without falling, to be honest, Magic Johnson After watching the videos of these games, Magic Johnson was still somewhat shocked, in the first half of last season, Magic Johnson found that Meng Xu actually had two days to choose from, and finally through Meng Xu's performance throughout the season, Magic Johnson could feel that Meng Xu had chosen a path similar to himself, But after watching the first few games of the season, Magic Johnson suddenly found that Meng Xu is now taking the second path, no matter whether Meng Xu can finally go through this road, Meng Xu's talent is amazing enough, he has two choice paths, and both paths have been passed, among all the people Magic Johnson knows, there is only one.

"Latrier, aren't you trying to guard against me for 20 points?" When the starting lineups of the two teams began to warm up, when Meng Xu turned his head to look at the players on the Knicks, he and Latrill Sprewell looked at each other, Meng Xu actually found that this kid was dodging his gaze, didn't he say that he was going to abuse himself? After discovering this performance of Latrill Sprewell, Meng Xu also took the initiative to walk to the half court where the Knicks were warming up, and shouted at him at a distance of about 4 meters from Latrill Sprewell.

"Boy, don't be too arrogant." Seeing Meng Xu actually took the initiative to run over to provoke himself, Ratril Sprewell's anger immediately came up, originally in the locker room after being told by head coach Jeff Van Gundy, after realizing that he might be a little arrogant, Ratril Sprewell was a lot more low-key, after all, Meng Xu is now a popular star in the league, is taken care of by the league and has a star whistle, but this guy actually took the initiative to provoke himself, which made Ratril Sprewell a little unbearable.

"Am I arrogant? The arrogance is still to come! Looking at Ratriel Sprewell, who was standing in place and glaring at him, but did not show anything, Meng Xu turned his head and left with a disdainful face. This season, the New York Gangs have completely disintegrated, since Pat Riley left, the members of the New York Gangs have left or been traded one by one, until Larry Johnson, the last player in the New York Gangs this season, chose to retire, and the synonym of the Knicks in the 90s finally withdrew from the stage of history. And although Ratril Sprewell looks arrogant, the little brother in the New York gang has also lost his greatest reliance and confidence after the group of big brothers and big brothers behind him have all left.

"In this game, the Knicks' starting lineup made certain changes, Felton Spencer replaced Ocella Hanington as the starting center, Kurt Thomas also replaced Clarence Witherspoon in the power forward position, the small forward is still Latrill Sprewell, scoring guard Alan Houston, and playmaking guard Mark Jackson." Just after the conflict between the two teams subsided before it could be provoked, Michaels began to announce the starting lineups of both teams.

"The Pacers still maintained the starting lineup in the first few games of the season, center Jermaine O'Neal, big forward James Posey, small forward Meng Xu, scoring guard Reggie Miller, playmaking guard Jamal Tinsley, the Pacers' current starting lineup, the more obvious weakness is the interior, especially the big forward James Posey, Posey's physical fitness is absolutely first-class among small forwards, but it is not enough to play power forward." After Michaels, Magic Johnson also announced the Pacers' starting lineup, and just after Magic Johnson finished reading, the starting lineups of both teams were officially played.