Clark Kellogg's laughter came to an abrupt end.

Al Albert saw that his partner was slapped in the face as soon as he finished laughing, and hurriedly explained: "This big man feels pretty good!" ”

Clark Kellogg squeezed out a smile again, nodded and said, "Yes, let him get one!" ”

The Pacers attacked, and the ball was given to Rick Schmitz. Schmitz has scored 18 points today, and he is a little unable to continue, squeezing people and throwing the ball under Da Yao's tight defense!

The Knicks attacked, and the ball was handed to Da Yao again!

Da Yao held the ball and played with his back, squeezed with Schmitz for a long time, and then made a turnaround jumper and scored again!

98：90！

Bird frowned and brought Dale Davis on the field to replace Schmitz.

He knows that this Dutch big man doesn't have much physical strength, if the Knicks don't play Da Yao's singles, it's okay, Schmitz can put all his physical strength on the offensive end, and now that Da Yao has scored continuously, he can only let the Dutchman go off the court and send Dale Davis to defend at the same time.

With two weak offense Davis on the court, the Knicks' interior pressure suddenly lightened, and everyone could more comfortably defend the Pacers' outside three-pointers and breakouts.

The Pacers ran tactically, Chris Mullin wanted to finish with a breakthrough layup, but unfortunately Da Yao stuck the opponent in time and covered the ball!

Nash grabbed the ball that was flapped away, and then played a fast break to score 2 points!

100：90！

The point difference has become 10 points again, and the Knicks are more confident as a team, but the Pacers are not in good shape!

In the next round, the Knicks played a beautiful defense, and Reggie Miller threw the ball!

Turning around, Nash and Daben were in the air!

"Bang!" Big Ben slams the ball into the basket!

102：90！

After the Pacers hit a wave of 9-0, the Knicks returned an 8-0!

The 12-point difference makes the Pacers' hope of advancing slim again!

"Don't panic, we still have a chance!" Bird shouted from the sidelines.

With the team trailing, he had only one timeout left, and he won't call another timeout until he has to.

Fortunately, the Pacers are an experienced team with a lot of veteran players with a strong mentality who are still calm in critical moments!

On the Knicks' side, Li Wei said loudly: "Just fight like this, kill them!" ”

The fans behind Li Wei are booing Li Wei, scolding Li Wei, scolding the Knicks players, trying to interfere with the Knicks' mentality, but who cares about those birdmen at this moment?

At the end of the day, the Pacers' home fans are even more crazy than Madison Square Garden!

"Big Ben, your position is a little outside, Da Yao pay attention to Mu Lin on the bottom line!" Li Wei continued to shout.

Big Ben moved half a step outward, and immediately blocked Reggie Miller's running route, and when Mullin saw Da Yao's gaze, he couldn't sneak attack again!

You come and go, continue the melee!

Two minutes before the end of the game, Alan Houston hit a key three-pointer to stretch the score to 15 points, and then the Pacers recovered five points, but unfortunately the time ran out and they had no chance!

The referee blew the whistle to end the game!

At 112:102, the Knicks won the tiebreaker!

Pacers fans were disappointed, and some even went on to curse.

Al Albert said: "I can't believe that the Knicks actually fought back all the way as the eighth place in the East and became the champion of the East!" ”

Clark Kellogg said: "Damn, this was supposed to be our year, we could have achieved the meeting of two ABA teams, why lost, why is this!" ”

The ABA is another American basketball league formed in the late 60s that used to compete with the NBA. Dr. J. Irving, Moses Malone, Rick Barry, and others have all been ABA stars. The Pacers have reached the finals five times in the ABA league and won three championships, and they are a veritable bigwig.

In 1976, the ABA was annexed by the NBA due to poor management. The 11-team league ended up with only four teams: the Indiana Pacers, the Denver Rockets (later renamed the Denver Nuggets), the New York Nets (later renamed the New Jersey Nets) and the Dallas Junglers (later renamed the San Antonio Spurs).

The NBA's three-point shots, slam dunk contests and other projects were all transferred to the NBA by the ABA, and the NBA did not have these things before.

It can be said that in the late 70s and early 80s, the two major leagues merged, the three-point line was introduced, and then Magic and Bird joined the NBA, the yellow-green battle, and the Lake-Kai showdown was officially staged, and the NBA entered a real boom period, and in 84 David Stern became president, which made the league even better.

However, 20 years after the ABA was merged into the NBA, no team from the original ABA has reached the Finals. History has changed this year, the Spurs, which previously belonged to the ABA, entered the Finals, rewriting the history of ABA teams not being able to enter the Finals, and if the Pacers also reach the Finals, it will achieve an incredible meeting of the two original ABA teams!

It's a pity that the Pacers didn't achieve the great feat of the ABA team meeting in the Finals, and the glory belongs only to the Spurs!

Rick Schmitz had 22 points and eight rebounds on 9-of-18 shooting, Reggie Miller didn't feel good today, scoring just 14 points on 5-of-18 shooting, Mark Jackson 15 points, Jalen Rose 12 points, and Dale Davis grabbed 12 rebounds. Chris Mullin was old after all, scoring just five points on 1-of-6 shooting.

Alan Houston scored 32 points, Garnett had 20 points, five rebounds and six assists, Nowitzki had 15 points and four boards, and Big Ben had six points and nine boards. Nash had nine points and four assists, and Charlie Ward had eight points and two assists.

At the end of the game, all the players on the Knicks bench screamed and rushed to the court, celebrating the victory with their teammates, while the Pacers players walked to the locker room with a lonely face!

Li Wei walked up to Bird, hugged him, and said, "Larry, the Pacers are playing very well!" ”

Larry Bird said, "Let you be proud first, and it will be your turn to cry next year!" ”

Li Wei said: "Haha, you still can't change your problem of pretending, I'm very much looking forward to meeting the Pacers again in the playoffs next year, but the winner is definitely us!" ”

There are medal ceremonies for the champions of the East and West, and trophies are also handed out.

Compared to the championship, this award is relatively low-key, and if you win at home, it is usually presented live and celebrated with the fans. However, if you win away from home, the award venue is usually moved to the press room, so as not to irritate the home fans of the losing side.

Today's award ceremony was held in the press conference room of the Pacers' home arena, and the Knicks put on their pre-prepared Eastern Conference championship hats, and then pushed and shoved, pushing Li Wei to the middle.

The presenter was NBC commentator Bob Costas, who had just finished the game. I saw him say with a spring breeze on his face: "Welcome to City Square Arena in Indianapolis, this is the 1999 Eastern Conference champion New York Knicks!" Congratulations on making them Eastern Conference champions! ”

"Oh——!" The whole team cheered and applauded!

Costas continued, "Thank you to the Knicks owner, Ms. Lovi, and the president, Ms. Xia Cuirong, for forming this luxury team, but both women did not arrive due to pregnancy, so let's wish them a speedy success." Dennis Johnson is here, I see him, he's the general manager of the team! ”

The cameraman turned the camera and took a picture of Dennis Johnson next to him, only to see this celebrity smiling brightly!