"Meng, I've been waiting for this day for a long time!"

On May 21, 2007, U.S. time, at the Bankers Living Arena in Indianapolis, after the appearance ceremony, LeBron James walked directly to the edge of the Pacers' bench.

Like many people, when James first came into contact with basketball, his idol was Michael Jordan, but after James entered high school, James's idol became Meng Xu, and when he participated in the draft, James was the "successor of Meng Xu" to the league that he entered with the title, so all along, James has regarded Meng Xu as the object he wants to surpass, and even in terms of playing style, James is also imitating Meng Xu intentionally or unintentionally, this is not just because James regards Meng Xu as an idol, Instead, head coach John Lucas, who brought him to the Cavaliers, told him that Meng Xu's style of play was the most suitable for him, and he would one day become an epoch-making player like Meng Xu.

Although John Lucas quit after James joined the Cavaliers for half a season, John Lucas's tactical system built around James was left behind, and James always remembered John Lucas's advice to him at that time, training hard day after day, strict with himself, James also hopes that one day he can be like Meng Xu, lifting one MVP trophy and championship trophy after another.

Since last season, James has felt that his strength has reached a new level, and the swing man of the entire league, except for Meng Xu, no one can suppress himself at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and in the heads-up with Meng Xu, the two have also changed from the previous 28 open, 37 open to 46 open, and this season, James feels that his strength has gone further, and as a result, James also feels that he has reached the time to challenge Meng Xu.

In the playoffs this season, the Cavaliers led by James first swept the Bulls in the first round, and then eliminated the Nets with Vince Carter and Jason Kidd 4-1 in the second round, and entered the division finals for the first time in their careers.

"LeBron, I'm looking forward to fighting you, too, but I'll tell you that you can't beat me yet, because it's still my time!" After James wrote a war letter to Meng Xu, Meng Xu also responded to James with a few words, but Meng Xu still had a smile on his face when he spoke, without any unhappy expression on his face.

"Uh." James, who was already a little lacking in confidence, became even more apprehensive after hearing Meng Xu's words, but after thinking about it, this was originally Meng Xu's style, so James replied unceremoniously: "Then let's wait and see!"

"Haha, LeBron, we have a gift for you today, and we hope you will happily accept it." Looking at the back of James turning away, Meng Xu remembered the scene when head coach Rick Carlisle was arranging to defend James in the changing clothes just now.

"Erwin, do you think LeBron can still show the same dominance in today's game, or in this series, as he did in the previous two series?" Unconsciously LeBron James, who holds the title of "Meng Xu's successor", has begun to challenge Meng Xu, Michaels is a hardcore Meng Mi, and Michael is also a fan of James, so for the Pacers and Cavaliers This Eastern Conference Finals, Michaels is also very much looking forward to it, in the first two rounds of the series, James averaged 28 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists per game, showing dominance, so Michaels also wants to see James when facing Meng Xu, Can you still get such explosive data?

"It should be difficult, although LeBron's strength is already very strong now, but he is still a little bit behind Meng Xu, but it is not necessarily true to say that LeBron will completely lose this series." After Michaels finished speaking, Magic Johnson expressed his support for Meng Xu very decisively, through the series with the Wizards, Magic Johnson has already spied on Meng Xu's current true strength, players in this realm are difficult to beat, and even in the current league, there are very few players and teams that can force Meng Xu to go all out, unless there is a player who is in the same realm as him, or a number of players who are slightly inferior to him can beat him. And the Cavaliers and James obviously don't meet this condition, but a player of James' level can't be completely locked up, plus James is the only strong point of the Cavaliers, so Magic Johnson's words also reveal that the Cavaliers lose the game, but James will win the data.

After Magic Johnson finished speaking, Michaels also smiled and nodded, agreeing with Magic Johnson's point of view, maybe it will be a few more seasons before James and Meng Xu can stand in the same position.

James is now a young player who is still on the rise, and Meng Xu is a king who has stood at the top of the NBA, even if the strength of the two is equal, Meng Xu will also occupy an absolute psychological advantage and experience advantage, not to mention that the strength of the two is currently a certain gap, so Magic Johnson's analysis just now is likely to be the trend of this series.

Just when Michaels and Magic Johnson were discussing Meng Xu and James with great interest, under the leadership of Meng Xu and James, the starters of the Pacers and Cavaliers had begun to appear one after another, while Meng Xu and James stopped not far from the center circle and looked at each other.

"The winner of this contest will definitely be me!" James is now like a lion ready to overthrow Meng Xu's rule, staring closely at Meng Xu not far away, this shot, this kind of scene, has appeared in James's dreams and fantasies countless times.

"Come on, then." Smiling at James, Meng Xu turned around and walked towards the top of the arc.

Although the regular season record difference between the Cavaliers and the Pacers is nearly 20 wins, because the Cavaliers are also playing the James-centered breakthrough and blocking tactics, the Cavaliers are very similar to the Pacers in terms of the composition of the team lineup. The Cavaliers modeled after the Pacers.

Similar to Meng Xu, James is also a player with his own tactical system, and it is very coincidental that James's system is also a breakthrough system, so since John Lucas, the Cavaliers have been building a team lineup around James according to the Pacers' lineup, and James has also lived up to expectations to lead the Cavaliers to a step a year and attack the highest honor in the NBA.

On the Pacers' side, there are no changes to today's starting lineup, which is still center Nn Hilario, power forward Jermaine O'Neal, small forward Meng Xu, scoring guard Tyshawn Prince, and playmaking guard Tony Allen, Rick Carlisle has been used to adapting to change, so the Pacers' starting lineup has always been very stable.

When Zajunas Ilgoskas and Jermaine O'Neal, who jumped the ball on behalf of both sides, entered the center circle, the battle between Meng Xu and Meng Xu's successor officially began.

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