On June 17, 2004, the Bankers Life Arena in Indianapolis, Game 6 of the Pacers and Mavericks Finals had even begun, and the Bankers Living Arena was already in a frenzy.

Although for some special reasons, the Pacers missed the opportunity to sweep the Mavericks and win the championship with a playoff record, and were won by the Mavericks twice in a row, but for Pacers fans, this episode in the finals also made the Pacers usher in the opportunity to win the O'Brien Cup at home.

"Dirk, are you alright?" Under the boos in the sky, the visiting Mavericks players took the lead out of the players' tunnel, and looking at Dirk Nowitzki, who looked a little weird next to him, the old Nelson had another point of worry in his heart.

After winning two games in a row, not only the morale of the Mavericks was unprecedentedly high, but the wind direction of the outside world also changed, under the leadership of the New York media, a frenzy of touting the Mavericks began to spread in American public opinion, but the old Nelson knew very well in his heart that the reason why they touted the Mavericks so much was not that the strength of the Mavericks really surpassed the Pacers, the main reason was that the Pacers won the championship for two consecutive seasons, 74 wins in the regular season, and 15 consecutive wins in the playoffs, and the Pacers have long become the entire NBA. Public enemy", those who are hostile to the Pacers, do not like the Pacers, naturally do not want the Pacers to complete the three-game championship and create a dynasty of their own, after the Nets and Pistons failed to stop the pace of the Pacers, they pinned all this last hope on the Mavericks, originally after the Mavericks lost three games in a row, these guys already had little hope for the Mavericks, but after the Mavericks won two games in a row, they didn't jump out to blow a wave of Mavericks, how to be worthy of themselves.

Unlike the Mavericks fans who are crazy touted by the media and have high confidence, the Mavericks are still quite sober now, although the Mavericks have won two games in a row, but the Pacers still have a match point in their hands, and the next two games are still the home court of the Pacers, so you can imagine how much pressure the Mavericks are under at the moment, especially the old Nelson as the head coach and Dirk Nowitzki as the core of the team.

"Don, I'm fine." After retracting his eyes and thoughts from the O'Brien Cup in the distance, looking at Old Nelson with a concerned face, Dirk Nowitzki shook his head at him.

Perhaps it was a deliberate arrangement before the game, but a few minutes after the Mavericks walked out of the players' tunnel, the Pacers, as the home team, slowly walked out of the players' tunnel amid the cheers of the fans.

"Erwin, do you think it's possible that the O'Brien Cup will be held for two days?" After the Pacers won three games in a row, the O'Brien Cup and the Finals MVP trophy were placed on the sidelines, and Bill Russell, and NBA President David Stern and a number of sponsors of the NBA league also appeared on the scene, and countless people are looking forward to and waiting for the championship trophy presentation ceremony, but under the "manipulation" of the league, The O'Brien Cup has been on the sidelines for several games without being awarded.

"Well, it's hard to say." After hearing Michaels' question, Magic Johnson laughed a few times, this question is really difficult to answer, judging from the comparison of the strength of the two sides, Magic Johnson is obviously inclined to the Pacers, but if David Stern continues to operate one or two, the result is difficult to say.

Just when Magic Johnson and Michaels were still chatting awkwardly, Jermaine O'Neal and Sean Bradley, who jumped the ball on behalf of both sides, had already entered the middle circle, and the starting lineup of the Mavericks today also changed a little, Antoine Walker was put on the bench, and it was Antoine Jamison who started in place of him, but Antoine Jamison's position today is not a small forward, but a big forward, and Dirk Nowitzki, who was supposed to play a big forward, should be playing small forward today. Dirk Nowitzki plays small forward, it is not an uncommon thing, under the old Nelson, Dirk Nowitzki often goes to the small forward, although the height and weight are too high, obviously limiting Dirk Nowitzki's mobility, but his projection ability and attack range, playing small forward is no problem at all.

"Ah。。。。。。h With a roar on the court, all eyes on the scene were focused on Sean Bradley, who finally became the protagonist of the court while running and waving his fists, because in the jump ball just now, Sean Bradley actually defeated Jermaine O'Neal and won the ball for the Mavericks to attack for the first time.

"Jermaine - don't take it personally." Jermaine O'Neal also didn't expect to lose to the old guy Sean Bradley in his best jump ball, so when he stepped back, Jermaine O'Neal was obviously very annoyed. However, Meng Xu didn't take this to heart, how can you walk by the river without getting your shoes wet, you are in Niu B, and it is impossible not to lose once, so after seeing Jermaine O'Neill passing by him, Meng Xu patted him and signaled him not to care.

Since Dirk Nowitzki played small forward today, in the Mavericks' first offense, it became Antoine Jamison who blocked Steve Nash, and Dirk Nowitzki was cruising around the three-point line on the left side of the court like an outside player.

And by Nowitzki's side, Tyshawn Prince has always been tightly pestering him. Due to the lack of Meng Xu and James Posey's extraordinary strength, Tyshawn Prince relies more on his arm span and defensive skills when defending, excellent arm span and defensive skills, coupled with first-class movement speed and the spirit of never giving up, which makes Tyshawn Prince quickly grow into an excellent wing defender, Kobe, Maddy, Carter, these super scorers have suffered under Prince, and the Eastern Conference Finals against Richard Hamilton's defense is perfect. But defending Nowitzki's type of player is really the first time for Tyshawn Prince.

When Steve Nash, who was advancing with the ball, got rid of Meng Xu who was closely following him through the blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation with Antoine Walker, Dirk Nowitzki, who was still "walking" on the left side of the court just now, also moved, and after running two steps towards the bottom corner, Dirk Nowitzki suddenly stopped his footsteps, used his height and weight advantage, directly crashed into Tyshawn Prince, rushed to the three-point line, and used the mismatch advantage at the same time to barely get rid of James Posey's Steve Nash, After cutting halfway to the basket, he directly passed the basketball in his hand to Nowitzki on the left.

Because Nowitzki's movement speed is really average, although Nowitzki knocked away Tyshawn Prince, the moment Nowitzki received the pass, Tyshawn Prince chased after him and blocked Nowitzki's basket directly.

Dirk Nowitzki, who received a pass from Steve Nash, leaned sideways against Tyshawn Prince, slapped the basketball on the spot to adjust his body posture, and then completed a half-turn in front of Tyshawn Prince, and then jumped slightly.

"**, it's too bullying!" When Dirk Nowitzki hit a shot in front of Tyshawn Prince, there was immediately a boo on the sidelines, Nowitzki's height is almost ten centimeters taller than Prince, such a big height advantage, Nowitzki is still playing a step-back jumper in front of Prince, isn't this obviously bullying!

"Why is his shooting stance so weird?" Meng Xu, who was not far from Nowitzki, witnessed every detail of Nowitzki's shot just now, to be honest, Meng Xu had never seen such an ugly backward shot, but this ugly way of shooting to the explosion seemed so inexplicable, although Nowitzki didn't jump high when he shot just now, but Nowitzki's amplitude when he leaned back just now, and the action he made by the way, not to mention Prince, even Jermaine O'Neal was afraid that he couldn't interfere with his shot.

"Nowitzki's trick came out years in advance!" Just when Meng Xu was thinking back to Nowitzki's ugly shooting posture just now with a strange expression, Anna's voice sounded in his ears.

"Tricks? What's the trick? Meng Xu, who was startled by Anna's voice, subconsciously asked.

"Golden Rooster Independence!"