Chapter Twenty-Six: The Aftermath of the Race

On the commentary stage, O'Neill was very excited, "Have you seen it, the magical leaf, from a magical country, brings us a magical performance." I don't know who came up with the tactic of not calling a timeout in the end, but judging by the performance of the Pacers' players, it should have been premeditated. All I can say is that the guy who came up with this tactic was a real genius. ”

Barkley also didn't forget to rub salt in the Spurs' wounds: "That's what I said, the charm of basketball, and as a team, you can't be too unimaginative. And the Spurs are obviously such an unimaginative team. They're troops, but they're too rigid for Popovich to stifle their imagination, and while that makes the role players more important, they lose a sense of spirituality when it matters most. In the past, they did have the likes of Finley and Robert Horry. But more often than not, they become a stepping stone for someone else. From the 0.4-second kill of Fisher, the little fish in the Lakers period, to the 35.13 seconds that Tracy McGrady touched God in '04, and then to Ray Allen's three-point continuation in the sixth game of last year's Finals. Spurs are always knocked down by all sorts of flashes of inspiration. A team like the Spurs is terrifyingly stable, but it's destined to miss greatness. ”

The fans of the Consec Arena have experienced the process of heaven to hell and then to heaven, and people can't help but feel that the ups and downs of life are so exciting. When he saw Parker's three-point shot, the fans in the audience let go of their clenched fists in frustration, and 2.7 seconds later, Ye Xuan rejoiced the lost fans. The fans of the entire Consec Arena were boiling, frantically hugging their friends.

In the middle of the court, unlike the Spurs who lost their position, the Pacers players rushed into the arena and directly pushed Ye Xuan to the ground and then stacked Arhats. 90:92, the last 2.7 seconds of the counter-lore was successful. Ye Xuan relied on his excellent performance and final kill, and won the best in the game steadily. After celebrating for a while, Ye Xuan was rescued from the crowd and came to the sidelines to be interviewed by Barkley.

"Hello, Ye, first of all, congratulations on your successful lore."

"Thank you, Sir."

"I want to ask you, you played very anxiously in this game, and the score never opened up more than 8 points, this should be the first time you have played such a tight game, right? Don't you feel a little stressed? actually hit such a difficult lore at the end. ”

"Jazz, have you ever experienced that moment when a ball determines whether you can live or not, if you have experienced it, you will know that no matter how much pressure the game is in front of me."

"Wow, it seems that you have a lot of untold stories, so can you tell us about today's game?"

'Both teams played really well today, they defended very strongly, so that's all I have to say.

"Okay, thank you for your interview, Ye, I hope you will become stronger in the future."

Although Ye Xuan did not express any dissatisfaction in the face of the interview with the TNT cross talk group, but in the face of reporters, Ye Xuan didn't want to simply let go of the spurs, and when he returned to the locker room, Frank immediately sent a face-to-face opportunity with reporters, "Ye, follow me to the press conference." ”

At the press conference, Spurs coach Popovich, who was playing away, and his beloved apprentice Duncan had already finished the interview and began to retire. Ye Xuan came to the news table and sat down, and immediately a vote of reporters in the audience raised their hands in the hope of asking questions.

A random reporter got up, "First of all, congratulations on winning today's best game, we all noticed that in the final moments of the game, you didn't call a timeout after Parker hit a three-pointer, is this tactically designed?" Or did you simply forget to call a timeout? ”

"Actually, it was decided after I talked to Coach Frank because we were two points ahead and I didn't think they had the stamina enough to go into overtime, so they were going to shoot three points. We tried our best to defend the opponent's outside shots, and we talked about what we were going to do if they hit a three-pointer. In our Chinese parlance, it's inertial thinking, they think that as long as they make a three-pointer, we will call a timeout to arrange the next offense, and I just seized on that and caught them off guard. As you can see, the 2.7-second backcourt serve is a stunner. ”

After answering two more irrelevant questions, a reporter asked the question Ye Xuan wanted to hear: "Can you talk about that technical foul you ate in the game?" ”

"I don't have anything to defend for that technical foul, I did push Green. But I want you to take a good look at the little gestures he made to me before I pushed him, and all I can say is that the Spurs are uncomfortable, not only will they push you in the thighs, they will pinch your waist, and they will step on the heels of your shoes. I don't understand why the Coalition would acquiesce to this. ”

Hearing Ye Xuan angrily spewing at the Spurs, the reporter below recorded it quickly, and the reporter seized the opportunity to ask another question, "So what do you think of Paul George's foul at the last moment?" Do you think the referee missed the verdict, or was the pickled pepper itself not violated? This reporter is obviously making a mistake, trying to induce Ye Xuan to say something questioning the referee.

But Ye Xuan is obviously also a person, "I don't have any opinion on this, the referee said that there was no foul, then there was no foul, I respect the referee's decision." The reporter sat down disappointed and began to record. Frank, who was sitting on the side, broke out in a cold sweat nervously, afraid that Ye Xuan would have a brain twitch and say something that would displease the alliance. However, after hearing Ye Xuan's rational answer, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, the press officer clicked on another reporter with an Asian face. After the reporter asked some things about endorsements, he sat down, and Ye Xuan was ready to end here. He nodded to the press officer and left the press conference with Frank.

The next day, the league also made its attitude clear, announcing that it would send someone to investigate the Spurs' small movements. At this point, the game between the Pacers and the Spurs came to an end, and the game, which was hailed as a possible rehearsal for the finals, finally ended with Ye Xuan's long-distance run 2.7 seconds before the end of the game, killing the opponent.

After this game, Ye Xuan has changed from a super pitcher and super sixth man in everyone's opinion to a game finisher with a big heart, a star-level player who can decide the direction of the game. Nike's senior executives smiled, they signed Ye Xuan at a high price to prevent Ye Xuan from being robbed by other companies after Ye Xuan completely shined. And Ye Xuan's sneaker advertisement, which was originally planned to be filmed half a year later, was also put on the agenda.