Chapter 424: Reggie Miller with No Regrets
"Hey, Reggie, don't you think you're going too far? It's just a girl, you should be tired of sleeping all night, right? On the plane back to Indiana, Meng Xu, who was just about to close his eyes and rest, faintly heard a noisy sound in the cabin, opened his eyes, took off his earplugs, and Meng Xu heard the voices of a group of people accusing Reggie Miller.
"That's it, it's time for us to touch it and take a few pictures by the way."
Yesterday, the whole Pacers team, first held a temporary celebration ceremony in the hotel, and then James Posey and Jermaine O'Neal were not happy, and a group of people went to the nightclub in Los Angeles, and drank until more than 3 o'clock in the morning before returning to the hotel, after returning to the hotel, it was one phone call after another, from Duncan, David Robinson, Mario Eley, these former teammates, to Nowitzki, Szczebiak, Elton Brand, these current players with a good relationship, and then Liu Yudong, Hu Weidong, Wang Zhizhi, Yao Ming, Li Nan, these teammates of the national team, it wasn't until the sky was dark that Meng Xu had time to lie on the bed and sleep for a while.
"You little guys, how can you understand the mood of an old man like me." In the midst of accusations, Reggie Miller hugged the O'Brien cup in his arms tighter, and then said without changing his face: "You have a chance in the future, why do you have to fight with me?" Carry forward the style, respect the old and love the young, you look at Meng, and then look at you, it's really useless. ”
After hearing Reggie Miller's words, Meng Xu also shook his head helplessly, since he left the Staples Center yesterday, Reggie Miller held the championship trophy tightly in his arms, for fear of being snatched away by others, after ending the celebration in the hotel, Reggie Miller, who was called "Nightclub Ray" by the Pacers, rarely refused James Posey's invitation to go to the nightclub carnival, but held the championship trophy and went back to his room in a hurry, according to Jamal Tinsley, who was next door to Reggie Miller, said afterwards, Reggie Miller slept all night with the O'Brien Cup, and when he went to wake him up in the morning, he still held it. It's the same today, from breakfast in the morning to boarding the plane, Reggie Miller is holding the O'Brien Cup inch by inch, Reggie Miller's behavior obviously aroused public anger, under the provocation of Jamal Tinsley, everyone except Meng Xu Pacers joined in the merciless criticism and condemnation of him.
Due to the personalities of Meng Xu and Reggie Miller, the atmosphere in the locker room of the Pacers has always been quite harmonious, although Meng Xu is not a good man, but because his personality is not particularly strong, and because Meng Xu learns Duncan everywhere, Meng Xu has no frame at all when he faces other players of the Pacers in private. As the leader of the Pacers' locker room, Reggie Miller is a guy who looks unruly and has a fiery personality, but in private he is a very funny guy, and with the addition of Larry Bird, an old comic and joker, so there is no strict hierarchy in the Pacers' team, and it is common for the whole team to have fun and play with each other.
Maybe because he won the championship with the Spurs in his rookie season, Meng Xu is obviously not as excited as the rest of the Pacers, and now Meng Xu is still facing a very difficult problem, that is, whether to return to China to participate in the Asian Games, Meng Xu himself has no problem participating in the Asian Games, and because the Spurs and the Basketball Association have an agreement before, Meng Xu can not participate in the Asian Championships and Asian Games, so even if Meng Xu does not go to Busan, it will be said in the past. But now the problem that plagues Meng Xu is Dazhi, because he feels that it is the reason why Dazhi was expelled from the national team, so when Coach Jiang Quan found Meng Xu and hoped that Meng Xu could participate in the Busan Asian Games, Meng Xu said very deadly, that is, Dazhi participated, I participated, without Dazhi, I won't go. But these problems, Coach Jiang Quan can't make the decision, so just yesterday, after the last discussion between Jiang Quan and He Hui was fruitless, Coach Jiang Quan returned to China in the early hours of this morning to prepare for the Busan Asian Games.
"Forget it, forget it, don't think about it." How to solve the affairs of the national team, Meng Xu has no clue now, it is still early before the opening of the Asian Games, everything still has room to turn, and now, Meng Xu and the Pacers should think about today's championship parade.
Although there are also many Pacers fans who went to Los Angeles with the team and witnessed the historic moment of the Pacers at the scene, after all, most of the fans are still in Indiana, waiting for them there, waiting for them to return home with the coveted O'Brien Cup.
After a long flight of more than 6 hours, when the charter flight taken by the Pacers returned to Indianapolis by the whole team, although the time was already evening, when the Pacers walked out of the Indianapolis Airport, Meng Xu was still startled by the crowd picking up the airport in the square, and the square of nearly 100,000 square meters outside the entire Indianapolis Airport was crowded with people wearing Pacers jerseys, which was at least several times more than the pick-up fans when Meng Xu won the regular season MVP, which can also be seen, Indiana Pacers fans are taking the team's first championship seriously.
Especially when Reggie Miller held the championship trophy on the temporary high platform, the cheers resounded over the entire square, and even overwhelmed the sound of the plane taking off, originally according to the convention, at this time, it should be the head coach Larry Bird and the team's owner Simon Brothers to meet the fans with the championship trophy, but as a reward for Reggie Miller's 15 seasons with the Pacers, the Pacers' owner Simon Brothers is now just as a foil, following behind Reggie Miller, letting Reggie Miller hold the trophy high, Accept cheers from all the fans. At this moment, the Simon brothers gave all the glory to Reggie Miller, to this Reggie Miller, who dedicated all his youth to the Pacers, and they are still the Simon brothers who silently dedicated themselves to the Pacers in the background.
Looking at the crowd of crazy celebrations, and waves of cheers, Reggie Miller can no longer hide his emotions, in front of tens of thousands of fans in front of the stadium, this call himself "old guy" Reggie Miller tears again, this season's championship, not only let Reggie Miller's career have no regrets, but also let Reggie Miller realize the promise he made when he entered the league.