Chapter 273: We Are Champions (Subscription Requested)
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In the Conseco arena, Nash slowly dribbled the ball and slowly advanced, and now no Pacers players came to interfere with him, but the Timberwolves point guard still didn't have any plans to make a crisp, still controlling the ball unhurriedly, and even in the eyes of the point guard, you can see his expression from time to time in a trance, he doesn't seem to put all his thoughts on the game, he is still thinking about other things.
Nash is indeed thinking about other things, he is thinking about his experience in the past two years, he is thinking about all his days in the Timberwolves, he is thinking about all the loss and happiness, pain and growth of the Timberwolves in the past two years, he is thinking about what he has gained in the Timberwolves in these two years, this time is really strange, it was a game but he always can't help but think of this.
Two years ago, he was just a backup point guard on the edge of the Suns, with no future and no hope, and that situation was even constantly eating away at his own dreams and future, but now he is a first-class point guard in the league, an All-Star player, who has been selected to the league's All-Star team this season, and is even about to lift the NBA's highest honor, O'Brien Cup.
All this is like a dream, all this is brought by the Chinese, Nash is full of thoughts, when he dribbled the ball past half court Pacers point guard Mark Jackson also saw that Nash was a little upset and went directly to break the ball, ready to break the ball, but what made Mark Jackson a little speechless was that Nash seemed to know that Mark Jackson would come to break the ball. Directly turned around Mark Jackson and threw the ball to the basket, and then saw Nash's high-throw pass all gasp, and at this time, the ball kept flying to the basket, and when the eyes of the whole court were focused on the basket, suddenly a tall figure came out directly from under the basket. Then the figure appeared on top of the falling basketball with a large hand, and then the big hand slammed the ball into the basket.
It was Nash's aerial relay with Garnett near the center circle, while the Pacers' Mark Jackson looked back at Garnett hanging from the basket and was dumbfounded, and Dale Davis, who was also pressed under Garnett, was also bitter.
"It's so freehand, this pass is so freehand, I thought Nash was distracted. I didn't expect him to be able to do two things, and he had already observed Garnett's running in advance, this pass was so beautiful" Michaels slapped the commentary table hard, and then stood up directly and roared loudly, this goal Nash passed beautifully In fact, Garnett's dunk against Dale Davis was also very exciting, but it was ignored by Michaels, because Nash's pass gave people the feeling that anyone who received the ball could dunk him.
Nash looked at Garnett, who gave him a thumbs up after getting off the basket, and was stunned. Did I pass the ball after I dodged Mark Jackson? A strong sense of unreality rose from Nash's heart, this was the first time he had unconsciously passed such a pass, as if there was a force driving him to make such a choice, if Mark Jackson knew Nash's heart at this time, he would probably find a place to drill in, which was too shocking.
At this time, Zhuang Fei on the sidelines shook his head secretly. In this game, Nash has made a new breakthrough, and his control ability and awareness have improved again, and in the previous games, Nash learned McBibby's air cut offense seems to have some effect, at least he can react more intuitively to his teammates' air cut runs, although he was a little distracted just now, but the spark generated in a moment can make him make the most correct choice. Although this Nash has not yet reached the level of the peak of the master level in the future, he should be at the master intermediate level now, and he is stronger than when he first became an A-level player. …,
"You have to imagine yourself like an eagle hovering over the pitch. You can see any angle on the court clearly, there are no blind spots and shadows in the eyes of the Eagles, and when you can do that, you are the strongest point guard in the league, and you can lead the team to win all the games."
At this time, Nash recalled what Zhuang Fei had said to him in the training session before, which made him somewhat understand what Zhuang Fei meant.
"Be like an eagle and be the king in the sky above the pitch. And then under your eyes is everything on the pitch? Maybe I can really do it," Nash nodded inwardly, and then turned back to his defense.
Nash is no longer an unknown. Even if he has been very low-key, but in this big circle of the NBA, he is now a player who has been studied and watched by everyone, this is the court controller and organizational core of the strongest team in the league, no team's head coach will ignore such a player, Larry Bird is naturally the same, the start of this game Pacers is actually very smooth, the score was once in the lead, the Timberwolves These players are indeed treating this game with the attitude of the last game, For Timberwolves players, it is impossible for such a game to have no psychological fluctuations, so the Pacers can still grasp this opportunity at the right time, and continue to lead the Timberwolves, but as Larry Bird predicts, no team should expect the Timberwolves to sleepwalk in a game, nor to expect the Timberwolves to be nervous in a game, nor to expect the Timberwolves to be in the doldrums all the time, and at any time the Timberwolves will set off an incomparably huge wave when they are ahead or behind, Only by dodging this giant wave of the Timberwolves can we say that we can expect to win the game, and this is the difficulty of the league team beating the Timberwolves.
Thinking of this, Larry Bird couldn't help but sigh in his heart, how did Zhuang Fei make the team so tenacious? In his impression, even the Celtics and Magic-led Lakers led by himself at their peak did not have such strong tenacity, he really wanted to learn from Zhuang Fei and wanted to copy Zhuang Fei, and he understood a lot in the seminar with Zhuang Fei and Magic yesterday. He also knows the gap between himself and Zhuang Fei, once when the Pacers were incomparably brilliant, he fantasized more than once that he was infinitely close to Zhuang Fei, but now it seems that he has not touched some of the core things of Coach Z at all, and only Coach Z can do it in the entire NBA, and there are too many things that no one else can copy. In his playing days, he didn't have to look up to anyone, not even as a player in the history of the NBA, but now, as a coach, he feels like he has to surrender to that Chinese. This made Larry Bird's heart complicated, and as a proud king, this feeling was extremely frustrating.
Larry Bird quickly put aside those complicated thoughts in his mind and refocused on the court, he judged correctly, the Timberwolves have indeed begun to make huge waves, the last game was Garnett in the third quarter, and this time it was Nash who led all the Timberwolves players in the third quarter. It's just that unlike the last game, the Pacers didn't establish much of a lead in this game, and this advantage of only 5 points was basically negligible in the NBA, and soon the Pacers were slowly swallowed up by the Timberwolves' monstrous wave under the eyes of Larry Bird.
This is already a 'game' that can determine the championship, and for the Pacers, it is also a battle of life and death in a sense, and Larry Bird has not thought of overtaking the Timberwolves to win the championship. He also hopes to take away a victory from the Timberwolves and Zhuang Fei in his first trip to the Finals, which is his last requirement this year, as the first in the East in the regular season, the playoffs in the East are obviously higher than other teams for the Pacers, this requirement is not too much, but now it seems that this is not a very excessive request is a bit unrealistic, and the Timberwolves have no intention of letting go of the Pacers at all. …,
As the game progressed, the atmosphere of the fans began to grow stranger. The main reason why the Conseco arena is really weird today is that the crowd here today is no longer dominated by Pacers fans, and the Timberwolves fans who came from Minnesota have taken over half of the Conseco arena. This Timberwolves player came all the way from Minnesota to naturally not mind spending a high price to buy scalper tickets, plus the Pacers are now in a good situation, and the Pacers fans who have tickets have bought the tickets in their hands to the Timberwolves fans at a high price, although the Pacers fans can't retaliate against the Timberwolves players, but they can also slaughter the Timberwolves fans, which makes the current Pacers fans basically the owners of the team package, which is commonly known as die-hard fans. And the Timberwolves fans at the scene are also die-hard loyalists who can go to great lengths to come from Minnesota and pay a high price for second-hand tickets. The diehards on both sides bumped into each other, and the game was always close. How can this not make the atmosphere weird? Because the NBA audience is not divided into some large divisions like football, everyone is sitting together, which makes a Timberwolves fan must have a Pacers fan next to him, and then the two sides are completely interspersed together, which makes the shouts of the fans at the scene of this game very messy, but as the Timberwolves continue to close the score, and finally overtake the score, the Pacers fans on the scene finally lost their voices, this scene is too familiar, and the same is true of the last game, In the end, the Pacers were no longer breathless after being suppressed by the Timberwolves, and at this time they no longer had the spirit to compete with the Timberwolves fans, and the atmosphere on the court began to tilt in the direction of the Timberwolves. And when Garnett's pick-and-roll pass hit the first goal on the left side of the free-throw line with Dale Davis' defense, the Timberwolves fans let out the loudest shouts, as if the victory and this year's NBA title had already been bagged by them.
"It's not just the Timberwolves players who have occupied the Conceco Center, but now the Timberwolves fans are also occupying it, and it looks like the Conceco Center will become a target center for another place tonight, the Timberwolves have a great coach and a great team and a group of great fans, and they deserve to win this year's championship" As a commentary seat sitting surrounded by fans, Magic Johnson naturally felt the change in the atmosphere and the change between the fans, Obviously, when Magic Johnson said this, he also thought of his previous time with the Lakers, when the NBA was not so highly commercialized, the Lakers' home court was not occupied by some rich celebrities, and the fans at that time were as simple and great as the current Timberwolves fans. It's just that the current Lakers are no longer comparable to the Timberwolves, whether it is a coach, a player or a fan, which also makes Magic Johnson sigh in his heart.
"The Timberwolves are starting to pull away, and it looks like that's the end of the Pacers' struggles for this game. The Pacers players don't seem to have given up on this game, which may be their last pride, this is a group of players worthy of respect, even if they fail in the end" Michaels looked at the new changes on the court and sighed and said, the Pacers, a team of classic car level, are not as tough as the Timberwolves in terms of player tenacity because of the limitations of their strength. But they are also not to be underestimated, and they are still making a final effort.
The strength of the Pacers is definitely not comparable to that of the Timberwolves, and at present, the Lakers can only compare with the Timberwolves in terms of strength, maybe the Grizzlies who have grown up and the Trail Blazers who have run in well can also, but it will definitely not be the Pacers in the East, the only advantage that the Pacers have over the Timberwolves is their experience, which is also the biggest source of hope they have always had for this series. But after these days of games, the Pacers players found that the current Timberwolves are not a 'typical young team' at all, and even their maturity is not much worse than their own, in this case, the Pacers players have found that this is the most difficult game of their careers, falling behind in all aspects, being suppressed in all directions, and even the Bulls led by Jordan did not put so much pressure on the Pacers before. Under this pressure, these Pacers players still haven't given up. This also has to be admired, and Michaels, a Timberwolves fan, is also sympathetic and admired by these veterans. …,
Just between the shouts of all the Timberwolves fans and the silence of the Pacers fans, the Timberwolves players completed a huge blow to the Pacers, and at the end of the third quarter, the Timberwolves stretched the score to more than 10 points in one fell swoop, and when the fourth quarter of the game began, the Timberwolves and the Pacers did not make substitutions. All of them are still the main battle, the Pacers are still insisting, and the Timberwolves have chosen to respect this group of veterans who insist on their pride. With the main force against the main force, and then completely defeating them with strength, only when the Timberwolves play their full strength is the greatest respect for the veterans of the Pacers.
Since Nash and Garnett brought up the wave of the Timberwolves, the Timberwolves have no intention of stopping, and the offense is coming more and more fiercely, and at this time the Pacers have long been left with only the power to parry.
Nash looked at Garnett, who was ahead of him, and then swam around the top of the arc for a while, and then handed the ball to Pierce on his right with a fake pass, at which point Nash took Mark Jackson with him in front of him. And the defense of Garnett also stifled too much of the Pacers' interior energy, and at this time Pierce had a good opportunity to play one-on-one against Rose. After Pierce received the ball, he just leaned slightly on Rose's body, and then his eyes glanced around to know that this was a good opportunity, the Jordan successor did not hesitate, holding the ball in one hand with his right hand, and then leaning on Rose's chest with his left shoulder, at this time Rose was already half-bent over and looked at Pierce with burning eyes, he was already preparing to defend Pierce's breakthrough.
The attackers kept playing against and fighting each other for several games, and Rose knew very well what Pierce's characteristics were, and he also knew what the preferences and habits of this small forward were, but although Rose was fully prepared, when Pierce really moved, he realized how weak all the preparations were in the face of this person.
Pierce just turned around clearly, accelerated, and then rushed past him in a puff of smoke, and he himself stood still and couldn't move, at this time Pierce, who broke through Rose's defense, went directly to the basket, and Dale Davis was watching Garnett, and Smitters also focused on Garnett's help defense, this time Pierce's breakthrough was too fast, the Pacers' help defense was too late, Pierce basically completed this one-handed split dunk without defense.
Because the momentum was too strong, Pierce himself rushed straight out of the court and almost hit the photojournalist sitting under the basket on the bottom line, Pierce didn't think about whether he was injured or not, got up directly from the photojournalist, and then screamed wildly at the camera there.
Pierce's goal almost brought the atmosphere of the scene completely, all the Timberwolves fans on the scene stood up and continued to applaud and shout, and some bigwigs on the scene such as David Stern, Michael Jordan and others also stood up and applauded, at this time there were still eight minutes before the end of the game, it was obvious that these people were not ready to sit down, these people were ready to applaud the Timberwolves and Pacers until the end.
"Zhuang, it seemed to me that you would win the NBA championship sooner or later, but when you really won this championship, I found that I would still be extremely shocked, extremely sighing, you are a dream maker, you will create a lot of difficulties for me, you will make me dare not really pick up the whip of the head coach, because I don't know if I can get you when I coach in person, I now find that I don't dare to become a head coach anymore" D'Antoni looked at Pierce, who was already a wind demon on the court, and sighed softly, Zhuang Fei, who was beside him, naturally heard D'Antoni's heartfelt words, but Zhuang Fei didn't say anything, but was silent, and it wasn't until a while later that the silence was broken. …,
"Mike, anyone's goal should not be someone else, what anyone wants to pursue should not be changed easily, Mike, why did you come to the NBA when you left Italy, what were your original goals and dreams, the shadow you want to compare will never be me, I am just a tablet in the middle of the road in your dream road, and your real dream is in the distance of this tall tablet, when you leave this huge tablet you will know what will be written at the end of the road"
"Yes, it's me who is too persistent" D'Antoni is a smart man, and he quickly understood what Zhuang Fei meant, maybe now is the time to leave this tablet and write his own inscription.
"Mike, you're going to be a great coach," Zhuang Fei patted his assistant on the shoulder and said with a smile. D'Antoni nodded with a wry smile.
"Is it great? Perhaps," D'Antoni sighed again.
When there were six minutes left in the game, the Timberwolves finally made substitution adjustments, Garnett, Pierce, Nash, some O'Neal, Jackson's main force all went down, and Wang Zhizhi, Lewis, Ginobili, Mobley, Bowen replaced them, when the Pacers saw the Timberwolves make substitution adjustments, Larry Bird also removed all the players, for the Pacers These veterans who have been fighting for 18 minutes in a row have reached their limit, Larry Bird knows that Zhuang Fei has also seen this, and he also knows that if the Timberwolves don't replace the main force first, these Pacers veterans will not play, and it is enough for these Pacers players to play so far.
When the Timberwolves players and Pacers players completed the handover of the lineup, the scene was set off again, and now the Pacers fans all stood up, and more than 20,000 spectators at the scene were applauding hard, which was the most neat applause at the Conseco Center today, which was given to all the players on both sides, although there were winners and losers in this game, but greatness did not all belong to the winners, and today's greatness belonged to everyone on the court.
"It's a great game, even if it's 20 points, but I would still say it's a great game," Michaels said affectionately in the commentary box, at which point the commentator's eyes were twinkling, and Johnson, the magician next to him, stood up and applauded.
Zhuang Fei smiled and looked at the disciples who were replaced from the court one by one, and at this time, the Timberwolves players were a little excited.
"Coach, we are champions, we are really champions" Garnett's voice almost choked up when he hugged Zhuang Fei.
"Yes, we are champions," Zhuang Fei patted the big man on the back lightly, and then repeated.
"We are champions" Zhuang Fei thought of this sentence in his heart, and his eyes couldn't help but moisten.