Chapter 357: We Want Black Eight

"Meng, look at this newspaper. On April 17, 2002, Meng Xu, who had just finished recovery training, saw James Posey waving a newspaper in his hand and walking into the training ground before he sat on the chair on the sidelines.www.biquge.info

"James, you don't mean to tell me that you're late because you're queuing up for this newspaper." Taking the towel handed over by the staff, Meng Xu wiped the sweat from his head while pretending to be dissatisfied and looked at James Posey, who had already walked to his side.

"That's it, James, although the regular season is coming to an end today, it doesn't mean we can relax now, and the tougher playoffs are still waiting for us." Reggie Miller, the team's boss and the leader of the locker room, also stopped training and walked to the sidelines to see what was happening today.

"Hey, hey, hey, you guys look like this, it's really funny, it's still 20 minutes before the training session starts, it's not that I'm late, it's that you're too early, okay." James Posey pointed to the timer above the basket and muttered dissatisfied.

"Idiot." Taking the newspaper handed over by James Posey, Meng Xu probably skimmed through it, and threw the newspaper directly to the ground.

"Bastard, who are you calling idiots?" James Posey, who was taking off his training clothes, heard Meng Xu's scolding, and directly threw his coat to the ground, and stretched out his big hand to pinch Meng Xu's neck. Meng Xu is the boss of the Pacers and the core of the team, and he is the same in the team, and because of this, many players in the team, especially newcomers who have just entered the league, are somewhat afraid of him, but these people do not include James Posey, on the team's training ground, the laughter and scolding between James Posey and Meng Xu is already one of the daily items.

"Let go of me, you idiot, I'm talking about Little Dowland." Meng Xu, who was choked by James Posey's neck, almost kicked James Posey's vital point with the constant fluttering of his legs, and James Posey also pretended to be in pain, covered his key parts, and fell to the ground.

"A pair of idiots." Looking at Meng Xu and James Posey, who were fighting, Reggie Miller rolled his eyes and picked up the newspaper that Meng Xu had thrown away.

"We're going to black eight again!" The newspaper that Meng Xu threw away was today's New York Times, and on the front page of the sports section, it was these blackened and bold fonts, and below was a large color portrait of New York Knicks owner James Dowland.

"The game against the Raptors, I deliberately asked Jeff to lose, so that we could meet the Pacers in the playoffs, and then we will be like in '99, create another Black 8 miracle, and then reach the Finals and win the championship." Seeing Xiao Daolan's wild words in the interview with the New York Times, Reggie Miller was also speechless for a while, no wonder Meng Xu scolded him for being an idiot, this guy is obviously missing a string in his brain.

Last night, the Knicks played at home against the Raptors, before that both teams were 42-41, because in the first three games of the season, the Knicks won one more game against the Raptors, so the Knicks ranked seventh in the East, and the Raptors ranked eighth in the East, but in this crucial closing game, the Knicks sent a full bench lineup, and finally gave the Raptors a victory for nothing, and the Raptors also relied on this victory, with a record of 43 wins and 41 losses, rose to seventh in the East, successfully avoiding the Pacers who have locked the first place in the East.

This behavior of the Knicks also made almost all basketball bricks scratch their heads, and at the post-game press conference, Knicks head coach Jeff Van Gundy was also hesitant, wanting to stop talking, stopping and talking. The New York Times, who wants to get to the bottom of it, interviewed Knicks owner James Dowland overnight last night, and James Dowland's answer also made the New York Times very satisfied, the Knicks deliberately lost in order to harden the Pacers in the playoffs, which is definitely an explosive news that can detonate countless eyeballs. Therefore, the New York Times, which had already arranged a press release, immediately gave up the headlines on the front page, not only that, but also carried a lot of private work in the news, cheering for the Knicks while secretly belittling Meng Xu, although the New York Times is not very sure that the Knicks will definitely be able to get down, but its tendency is self-evident.

"Huh." After reading the newspaper, Reggie Miller smiled and threw the newspaper into the trash, the Pacers have only one mortal enemy, that is, the Knicks, originally Reggie Miller was still regretting that he couldn't meet the Knicks in this year's playoffs, but he didn't expect the Knicks to deliberately send it to the door, and he deliberately released water, and he also wanted to play the Pacers in the playoffs, is this the so-called hero see the same? Ahh The bears are pretty much the same, especially the Knicks owner James Dolan, and that brain CAN fan Spike Lee, these two guys are definitely a great hammer.

Although he is very disdainful of the Knicks, Reggie Miller's mind still unconsciously recalls the history of the Pacers and the Knicks for so many years, since he entered the league, the Pacers met the Knicks six times in the playoffs, overtaking, reversing, stealing seven, and killing, each time the two sides fought extremely fiercely, and several times almost caused a group fight.

The Knicks and Pacers won three of those six matchups, and the only one that made Reggie Miller regret was the Eastern Conference Finals in '99, the first season after Jordan's second retirement and the season in which Reggie Miller thought he was most likely to win a championship. That year, the Knicks hacked the Heat, who were the first in the East, in the first round, and then went all the way down to the Finals, which can be called the most glorious season of the Knicks in recent years. In the Eastern Conference Finals that year, the Knicks and the Pacers played inextricably together, with a very small margin in each game, and two of the games were decided by a smash and a quasi-shootout. At the end of the four games, the two sides were tied 2-2, and in the crucial battle of Tianwang Mountain, Reggie Miller scored 30 points and 6 rebounds, but he went off the court due to injury in the fourth quarter, and finally the Pacers lost the battle of Tianwang Mountain. In the final game, Reggie Miller, who was unwilling to lose, came on the court with an injury, but handed over the data of 3 of 18 shots, that year, it was the year when Reggie Miller was most likely to win the championship, so as long as he recalled that season, Reggie Miller will feel extremely regretful.

"Reggie, don't worry, the Knicks are no threat to us at all." Meng Xu, who ended the fight with James Posey and restarted training, found that Reggie Miller seemed to be a little absent-minded.

"Hmm." Reggie Miller, who was interrupted by Meng Xu, first nodded, then shook his head, and Meng Xu on the side was also confused.

"Reggie, don't worry, I will definitely bring you a championship to Indiana." Looking at Reggie Miller's back, Meng Xu also understood Reggie Miller's abnormal behavior just now, Reggie Miller, who is 36 years old this year, really has no years left in his career, perhaps for this veteran who has worked hard in the NBA for 15 seasons, being able to wear a championship ring before retiring is his last wish.

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