When Game 3 of the finals between the Spurs and the Pacers ended, at the Bankers Life Stadium, the home of the Pacers, under the supernatural performance of Reggie Miller, the Pacers stubbornly pulled back a game, and after this game, those pre-game predictions that the Spurs would sweep the Pacers to win the championship immediately disappeared without a trace. And the Pacers' outstanding performance in Game 3 has also made many Spurs jump back on, and they have begun to question whether the Spurs can win this season's championship. And Miller's reappearance was also in the headlines of almost all the newspapers of the day.

On June 13, 2000, the fourth game of the finals between the Spurs and the Pacers was about to start in half an hour, looking at the players of the two teams who were warming up on the court, after introducing the starting lineups for the game, Magic Johnson and Michaels also began to predict the outcome of the game again.

"Erwin, in this game, who do you think has the better chance between the Spurs or the Pacers?" Although Michaels is not hostile to the Pacers, as the number one Meng Chui in the league, he naturally hopes that the Spurs can laugh at the end, and Meng Xu has been continuously brought down by Miller, and even for Popovich's use of Meng Xu, it makes Michaels very unhappy.

"El, judging from the previous games, the Spurs' several outside lines, the hand has not been very good, I still say that Tim Duncan alone cannot beat the Pacers. The Pacers' side is obviously in a better state, and the key to this game is whether the Spurs' outside line can recover their touch, if it is still the same as the previous game, then the winner of this game will still be the Pacers. Magic pointed out the shortcomings of the Spurs for a while, although this shortcoming has plagued the Spurs for several seasons, but now the Spurs obviously have a solution, but they are not used there, for Popovich's stubbornness and hesitation, Magic Johnson is also a little difficult to understand.

"Erwin, I don't think Miller can be like the last game, you know, if miracles happen often, then he can't be called a miracle." After hearing the Magic's choice, Michaels also smiled, if it wasn't for Reggie Miller's outburst in the fourth quarter, the Pacers would not have won the last game, and Reggie Miller wanted to continue the magical state of the last game in the fourth quarter to this game, which was obviously impossible.

"El, we have to believe that miracles always happen, don't we?" Magic Johnson smiled and continued, "Okay, the game is about to start, and who will win will soon have a result." ”

The lineups of the two teams in this game are basically the same as the last one, but in the use of Meng Xu, Popovich also made a little change, after Meng Xu left the last game, no one could limit Reggie Miller's scene, and it has been wandering in Popovich's mind, so in this game Popovich no longer thinks about letting Meng Xu and Reggie Miller exchange seeds. Miller's almost God-possessed game state in the fourth quarter of the last game also shocked Popovich to this former superstar who was no longer in his prime, so in this game Popovich arranged for Meng Xu and Mario Elie to take turns defending Reggie Miller, and even arranged for the two to wrap up Reggie Miller at critical moments.

And in this game, obviously Reggie Miller didn't have the feeling he had in the last game, shooting 3 of 7 in the entire first half, scoring 11 points, which was normal, but the Pacers were 43-47, 4 points behind the Spurs, under the Spurs' tight defense, the entire first half of the Pacers, only Reggie Miller and Chris Mullin played normally, and the rest of the players, even the Pacers' second-in-command Jalen Rose were a little out of sorts.

After halftime, the two teams sent their own benches, with the Spurs leading the second lineup led by Mario Eli and Tryber, while the opposite Pacers were led by God's left-handed Chris Mullin.

Chris Mullin is 37 years old this season, and he was injured again in the second half of the season, so he has been in a state of recuperation, Chris Mullin, who came back in the last game, although he only played 10 minutes, but he showed a good state, and in this game, Larry Bird also has high hopes for Chris Mullin, the Pacers' bench lineup is obviously around Chris Mullin, and Chris Mullin did not disappoint Larry Mullin in the previous games.

The first offense after the start of the second half was executed by the Pacers, and the Pacers' backup point guard Travis Best slowly advanced the ball through the half, and handed it directly to Chris Mullin outside the 3-point line, and Chris Mullin jumped directly after dribbling the ball a little, directly sticking to Mario Elie, who was shorter than himself by more than 5 centimeters, and this kind of forced dry shooting without shooting opportunities to create shooting opportunities, is very similar to the Raptors' Tracy McCreddy, but after experiencing constant injuries, Chris Mullin's take-off speed and take-off height are much worse than before.

After Chris Mullin pulled up and jumped, he leaned back a little, and the left-handed shot of the right elbow forward was undoubtedly very difficult to interfere with.

"The last time Mullin was in such good form was a few years ago." Michaels, who has been the commentator for N seasons, is naturally very familiar with Chris Mullin, a former superstar, but because of Chris Mullin's glass forest attributes, he has been removed from the top group of players in the NBA for a long time. The 9293 season is the last peak of Chris Mullin, since that season, Chris Mullin has been plagued by injuries, and the time and number of appearances are getting less and less, and because of continuous injuries, the elegant left hand of God has since disappeared from everyone, and even the style of playing has changed a lot, and Chris Mullin in this game seems to remind people of the all-powerful left hand of God when he was young, so far this game has only played 8 minutes Chris Mullin, He finished with 14 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists on 6-of-7 shooting.

"It's another dry pull-up shot from outside the 3-point line, Chris Mullin's figure is very stretched, and his movements are very beautiful." Chris Mullin is an old rival of Magic Johnson, and for this former opponent, the magician is also very respectful, and the title of Chris Mullin's left hand of God was first from the mouth of the magician. Chris Mullin's 3-pointer has risen to 17 points, the highest scoring player for the Spurs and Pacers so far.

After hesitating for a long time, Popovich still didn't call a timeout, and the game was called a timeout less than 1 minute after it started, which was a little unreasonable. But it didn't take long for Popovich to pay the price for his disdain for Chris Mullin, and when Chris Mullin hit another 3-pointer and hit three straight 3-pointers after the start of the third quarter, the Trail Blazers' comeback momentum quickly became unstoppable. Although a timeout was called and the main player was replaced, relying on Chris Mullin's excellent play and the Pacers' high morale, when the third quarter ended, the Pacers had overtaken the score 69-66.

At the end of the third quarter, Chris Mullin scored a game-high 29 points, almost from the third quarter, every time Chris Mullin made a shot, all the fans in the Bankers Living Arena would shout "ChrisMullin, ChrisMullin, ChrisMullin"

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