Chapter 408: A season of being willing to be ordinary, just for the sake of blooming at this moment

"Little bastard, come on, come and have a one-on-one with me!" When Meng Xu rushed towards the Lakers basket with the ball again, O'Neal, who had already left the basket and pounced on Meng Xu not far away, opened his arms and yelled at Meng Xu, who was changing direction. After the official timeout, the Lakers also changed their defensive strategy, and when Meng Xu chose to break through, they gave up the bag on him and let him go to the inside and O'Neal one-on-one, so when Meng Xu changed direction to get rid of Kobe, O'Neal immediately pounced on Meng Xu, and as for Kobe, he went to defend Bobby Simmons.

"Whoever has his head squeezed by the door is going to fight you alone." After completing the continuous change of direction, Meng Xu, who had already pulled his body up, happened to see O'Neill who was glaring at him, but as soon as he saw O'Neill's seemingly pretended serious appearance, Meng Xu couldn't hold it back, he didn't have Duncan's good concentration, and he could maintain an expressionless appearance at any time. Meng Xu is very clear about O'Neal's strength, this big guy is even more terrifying than Duncan, so try not to provoke him if you can not provoke him, but you have to do a full set of acts, and you don't want to fight O'Neal hard, Meng Xu now has to put on a look of dying under the basket, especially the corner of Meng Xu's eyes has been swept away, Reggie Miller, who is on his side, has gotten rid of Rick Fox and is ready to slip to the bottom line, in this case, Meng Xu has to attract all O'Neal's attention to his side.

"Boy, that's the end of this game." When O'Neal saw Meng Xu rushing towards him with a sneer, O'Neal, who was already a little angry, immediately took a small step forward towards Meng Xu again, O'Neal knew very well that he might not be able to keep up with Meng Xu's footsteps, but as long as he occupied the position in advance and had sufficient time to prepare, especially in the range within 3 meters from the basket, with his arm span and first-class small-range maneuvering ability, he had 9 percent certainty of blocking any guard in the league.

"What? This bastard! Just after Meng Xu reluctantly completed the jump in front of O'Neal and made a posture of preparing to shoot, O'Neal jumped up without the slightest hesitation, stretched out his arms and prepared to block Meng Xu, in this position, at this time, as long as Meng Xu dared to shoot, he had ample opportunity to block his shot, but O'Neal, who had already made a blocking posture, found that Meng Xu, who had completed the shooting action in the air, did not throw the basketball in his hand, but shook it in the air. He moved the basketball toward the right side of his body, which was right in the bottom corner.

"This ball is going to be missed, right?" Lester Connell, the assistant coach on the sidelines, also frowned after seeing Meng Xu's somewhat freewheeling pass this time, when did it happen, Meng Xu was still like this. In the regular season, you can play some fancy passes to please the fans, but this is the finals, please, it's not good, this is a mistake, thinking of this, Lester Connell shook his head, these words, he has said to Larry Bird more than once, but every time the result is gone, Larry Bird is too indulgent Meng Xu.

At this moment, a scene that surprised Lester Connell appeared, when Meng Xu jumped, Reggie Miller, who was still on O'Neill's side, at the moment of Meng Xu's pass, went from behind O'Neal along the bottom line to the bottom corner on the right, and what was even more strange was that Reggie Miller, who was obviously facing away from Meng Xu, seemed to have known in advance that Meng Xu was going to pass the ball to himself, and the judgment of Meng Xu's passing route was so accurate, Reggie Miller, who had just stepped on the 3-point line with one foot, immediately turned towards the left side of his body, which was not bad at all, The basketball that was thrown out by Meng Xu as he wanted appeared in Reggie Miller's hands very accurately, turning, catching the ball, leaning back, shooting, hitting, all in one go.

"Reggie Miller's beautiful 3 points, hey, the referee blew Robert Holly for a foul, 3+1, it turned out to be 3+1!"

When Reggie Miller hit a free throw, 98-96, narrowing the score between the two sides to only 2 points, the originally somewhat low Banker's Life Arena instantly erupted into a tsunami of shouts, and nearly 20,000 fans in the stadium all chanted Reggie Miller's name in unison.

"I'm willing to be ordinary, but I'm not ordinary, I'm willing to be lonely, but I'm not lonely!" After hitting the 3-pointer, Reggie Miller squeezed his fist fiercely, and after hitting Meng Xu with each other, he calmly walked to the free throw line, grabbed the basketball handed over by the referee in his hand, looked at the surrounding stands, and looked at his teammates, Reggie Miller said something silently in his heart.

"It's just luck, it's just luck." Phil Jackson, who has long been unable to calm down, began to think on the sidelines after Reggie Miller completed 3+1, maybe only in this way can he paralyze himself. It's just that when Meng Xu stole Fisher and assisted Reggie Miller to hit a shot, Phil Jackson couldn't deceive himself anymore, looking at the score of 98-98 on the scoreboard, Phil Jackson looked dazed and didn't know what to say.

"Larry, I'm not dreaming, I'm not dreaming!" At this moment, not only the Bankers Life Arena, but even the Pacers' bench is already boiling, the 12-point difference was leveled in the fourth quarter after 7 minutes of play, and all the Pacers players on the bench rushed to the sidelines, frantically waving the towel in their hands, and roared at the court with a hideous face, and the assistant coach Lester Connell, who was frowning just now, is now a little incoherent.

"Guys, I've always believed in miracles, and if miracles had a color, it would be white on you today!" Looking at the flushed players around him, although Larry Bird was still trying to keep his composure, but the waving arms and trembling voice still betrayed him, Larry Bird shouted loudly while slapping the jerseys of the players in front of him, because the Lakers' jerseys are yellow, so in order to distinguish them from the Lakers, in this series, whether away or at home, the Pacers wear white striped jerseys.

"Rick, keep up with your defenders, don't let that old guy throw you off, and you, Derek, don't make mistakes." Compared with the excitement on the Pacers' bench, the Lakers' bench is now in a gloomy atmosphere, and before Phil Jackson could speak, O'Neal sprayed at those teammates who were not performing well, especially Rick Fox, even if he couldn't prevent Meng Xu, now even Reggie Miller, an old guy, couldn't get it, and he became a colander on the defensive end.

After a roar from O'Neal, Rick Fox and Fisher sat on the bench, their heads bowed and didn't dare to come out, O'Neal was angry now, and they didn't want to touch O'Neal's mold. As for Robert Hawley, he had a nonchalant expression, and after wiping the sweat from his head, he reached out to Mark Madsen, the water cooler manager at the end of the bench, and asked for a glass of water, and drank it himself.

"Alright, alright, the timeout is coming to an end, coach hurry up and arrange tactics, that old guy is very strong, Rick, and Derek, you need to cheer up and show all your strength." Just when O'Neal sprayed his teammates, Kobe, who was sitting at the front of the bench, finally couldn't stand it anymore, and if he didn't stop O'Neal, the 120-second short timeout was about to end, and O'Neal sprayed his teammates at this time, which also made Kobe very unhappy, because Kobe always felt that O'Neal's behavior was actually aimed at himself.

After Kobe Bryant opened his mouth to stop O'Neal's criticism of his teammates, the Lakers' bench instantly quieted down, and everyone, including Phil Jackson, looked at Kobe Bryant in surprise, even Robert Hawley, who didn't care just now, stared at Kobe Bryant with a strange face, O'Neal is the boss of the Lakers, the core of the team, within the team, even Phil Jackson would not speak to O'Neal like this, let alone others, but Kobe Bryant now does not give O'Neal any face, Although Kobe's words seem to make a lot of sense, everyone knows that some things can't be said.

"Kobe Bryant, you still know me best, I've really done my best." Watching Kobe stand up for himself, Rick Fox and Derrick Fisher, who were criticized by O'Neal and didn't dare to raise their heads, also looked at Kobe with a look of gratitude in their eyes.

"Okay, everything will be over later, this game is not as easy as we imagined, and the Pacers are better than we imagined, so take all your strength, as long as we win this game, we are only one step away from defending the title!" As the head coach of the team, Phil Jackson immediately stood up and opened his mouth to resolve the embarrassing situation in front of him, and the thing that worried Phil Jackson the most finally happened, but Phil Jackson also believes that both Kobe Bryant and O'Neal are very professional players, and in the face of the temptation of the championship, they will definitely let go of the dirt in their hearts and unite as one.

"Hmph, for the sake of the championship, I won't bother with you for now." With this episode, the Lakers' timeout was basically in vain, and no adjustments were made, and the 120-second short timeout was over, O'Neal threw off the towel around his neck and walked onto the court without looking back.

"Someday, I'll replace you!" After O'Neal, Bryant also took to the court.

98-98, less than 5 minutes into the game, the final moment to decide the outcome of the game came.

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"Reggie's performance in this game was amazing, especially in the final stages of the fourth quarter, when Kobe Bryant and Rick Fox combined couldn't stop his hot touch. When the outside world kept saying that he was old and that he was no longer good, he used his performance to hit them back. When the timeout ended and the game restarted, Reggie Miller's performance continued, it seemed to be back to his youth, Reggie Miller ran all over the court, with tireless running, and his weird running position, and rich game experience, he got rid of the defense of Rick Fox and Kobe again and again, and then shot again and again, with less than 2 minutes left in the game, Reggie Miller completed a 4-point shot again under Kobe's defense, following the first quarter of the single quarter after scoring 15 points, Reggie Miller shot 8-of-11 in the fourth quarter, including 5-of-7 3-pointers and 2-of-2 free throws, scoring 23 points, and after hitting free throws in the cheers of the audience, Reggie Miller's score in this game has reached 42 points, and the 42-point single-game score is also the highest playoff score in Reggie Miller's career.

"Yes, the Lakers couldn't contain Reggie at all in the fourth quarter, he was still the key gentleman, Reggie Miller, and anyone who ignored him would pay the price for his comeback." After Magic Johnson's evaluation, Michaels also echoed that today's Reggie Miller, especially Reggie Miller in the fourth quarter, is too abnormal, but when he thinks of Reggie Miller's glorious experience, Michaels naturally thinks that this is the real Reggie Miller, no matter how old he is, he has the ability to change the game, and the fourth quarter of this game is also a Miller moment that belongs to Reggie Miller!