Chapter 172: A Desperate Walker
"Serpentine Breakthrough can still play like this?" After landing, Meng Xu was also a little surprised, just now in the air when he was about to collide with Rick Schmitz, Meng Xu thought that he was going to make a mistake, just his small body, not to be pretended to be crippled by Rick Schmitz, but also to be knocked half to death, at this time Meng Xu remembered that he still had a change of direction that was not used, so he was in line with the principle of giving it a try, but he didn't expect it to be unexpected by Meng Xu, although he couldn't make that kind of large weird change in the air, but it made Meng Xu change direction to the side, drifted for a long distance, and in Meng Xu's memory, it was only a god like Jordan who had the ability to stay in the air that could make such a large-scale drift.
After landing on the ground, Meng Xu, after seeing the basketball falling into the frame, was about to turn around to celebrate, but saw Reggie Miller lying on the ground, who had been slowly lowered by Meng Xu's open arms, Meng Xu walked quickly to Reggie Miller's side and asked Miller about his injury, seeing Miller's painful expression, Meng Xu knew that Miller was a little bad, and the situation of Miller lying on the ground also reminded Meng Xu of David Robinson, who was injured in the Lakers series.
"Reggie, are you okay?" After Meng Xu walked over, Reggie Miller's teammates also surrounded him, but no one challenged Meng Xu, but asked about Miller's injury with concern.
But Reggie Miller gritted his teeth, curled up, hugged his ankles with both hands, and did not respond, it can be seen that Reggie Miller's injury is very serious.
When Reggie Miller, who was in tears, was carried out on a stretcher by the staff on the spot, the fans of the entire banker life players all stood up and chanted Reggie Miller's name in unison, this kind of scene made Meng Xu also very shocked.
Reggie Miller, who was about to be carried into the players' tunnel, endured the pain, sat up from the stretcher, and waved to the fans, at the same time, tears crossed the face of the tough guy Reggie Miller and quietly dripped on the floor of the stadium. For Miller, his long-awaited journey to the first Finals is over, and perhaps his era is over.
In the end, Miller did not return to the court, and the Pacers, who lost Reggie Miller, seemed to have lost their backbone, except for Chris Mullin, the rest of the Pacers players had no fighting spirit, and finally when the whistle blew at the end of the game, 88-97, the Spurs won the Pacers on the road.
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"Larry, how is Reggie's injury now? Is it convenient to reveal? "At the press conference after the match, almost everyone forgot about the result of the match, and now they are most concerned about the injury of Reggie Miller, who is 35 years old, and any injury can be devastating to his career.
"Unfortunately, Reggie has an ankle injury, and the initial diagnosis may require five to seven weeks of rest, and the doctor has not yet determined whether surgery is needed." Larry Bird, who has always been arrogant, is also very depressed at this time, Reggie Miller's injury means that in this year's finals, the Pacers have no chance, and it is also unknown whether Reggie Miller can recover this season's form after the injury, what does injury mean to an athlete, Larry Bird knows best, in the latter part of Larry Bird's career, a back injury has been bothering him, and finally Larry Bird had to retire early. And Reggie Miller's injury also means that the Pacers will be forced to start rebuilding.
"Reggie Miller is a very great player, and I'm very sorry for what happened to him today, although Miller's injury has nothing to do with Meng, but I want to say sorry to Miller here for Meng." After Popovich got up, he also bowed to the live broadcast camera, although Miller's injury was not caused by the direct confrontation with Meng Xu, but Popovich was also afraid that these undisciplined reporters would lead the fans' anger to Meng Xu. In the purpose of protecting Meng Xu, Popovich still hopes that these reporters can aim their artillery at themselves, as an old fritter, Popovich has long been immune to the slander and blame of these undisciplined reporters, and Popovich has never had much hope for these guys who can say that Meng Xu is his illegitimate child.
But the situation was a bit unexpected for Popovich, when Popovich bowed, the reporters on the scene rarely gave Popovich a round of applause, although in the heart, few sports reporters in the United States like Popovich, but today Popovich showed a mind, still worthy of everyone's respect.
After losing this home court, the Pacers have fallen behind the Spurs 1-3, and now the Pacers are really standing on the edge of the cliff, and after losing the core of the team, Reggie Miller, basically the Pacers have no chance of turning around, and now all the Pacers fans, in addition to the injury of the star Reggie Miller, are concerned about whether the Pacers can keep the last dignity of the Pacers at the last home court.
For the Pacers' first trip to the Finals, the Pacers are very disappointed from the fans to the players, throughout the career of the Pacers and Reggie Miller, it has been very sad, as one of the biggest victims of the Jordan era, Reggie Miller's peak basically coincides with Jordan, which also means that the Pacers who are in the same East with Jordan have no chance at all, and there is also the existence of the New York Gangsters as a competitor during the same period, after Jordan retired, the Pacers finally ushered in a glimmer of light, After crossing the final hurdle of the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals, all the Pacers were looking forward to winning Indiana's first championship, and after winning the last game, the Pacers really saw hope, but now with Reggie Miller's injury, that last hope has been dashed.
"I don't blame him, my injury has nothing to do with Meng." Meng Xu was also very moved when he saw Reggie Miller defending himself in an interview, although he wanted to come forward to see Reggie Miller, or apologize or something, but Popovich banned Meng Xu from all activities, and could only stay in the hotel or the training ground for the past two days. Popovich was afraid that Meng Xu would say something that would make them misinterpret when he faced this group of undisciplined reporters. The Spurs and Pacers don't need any more in their final game, and Popovich is desperate to get the game off to an early start and return to San Antonio with the second championship of his coaching career.