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Chapter 317

Carter was really desperate in this game, and the Pacers didn't play well in this game.

In the last game before the New Year, just as the students who are about to go on vacation don't have the heart to go to class, these players don't have the heart to play.

Li Cheng's playing time was limited, and the performance of other players was not ideal. Carter was on fire again, and the Pacers quickly fell into a double-digit deficit in this game.

Li Cheng is not omnipotent, and he can't save the Pacers in a limited time. In the end, the Pacers swallowed their fourth loss of the season at home, and the top spot in the league was temporarily relinquished to the Celtics.

After this game, it was Christmas, and after a brief post-match press conference, the team was disbanded.

Li Cheng accompanied Nissa home, and the others also went home to reunite with their families.

The pre-Christmas game was over, and the Pacers' pre-Christmas record was 24-4, which was definitely the best record they had in recent years.

After Christmas, the Pacers' first game is on Dec. 27 against the Grizzlies.

After a Christmas, the Pacers' players are clearly suffering from holiday syndrome, and many of them are clearly a little out of their way on the court. And in the end, the Pacers also tasted their first losing streak of the season.

Fortunately, the Pacers won both games against the Hornets and Hawks on the 29th and 31st, and it was their ability to enter the 2009 New Year with a winning streak.

It's always good to have a winning New Year, but it's not nice to have to play during the Christmas holidays.

The good news is that NB players also have their own vacation, and that is All-Star Weekend.

The level of the NB regular season can be clearly divided into two phases, one before the All-Star Game and the other after the All-Star Game.

There are a lot of teams that didn't have a good record before the All-Star break and suddenly hit the ground after the All-Star break, and those teams either suffered from injuries before the All-Star break or died on their own. But for the Pacers, it is clear that this is not the case, and Li Cheng and his Pacers have been in very good form before the All-Star break. The devil of injury is very far away from them.

The Pacers have not had any players suffer any major injuries this season, most notably Granger sidelined three games due to knee discomfort. And the rest are just some minor injuries, as for Li Cheng, he doesn't know what the injury looks like from beginning to end.

Li Cheng has also maintained some very magical records, these things seem very simple, but in fact it is very difficult to maintain them.

For example, Li Cheng's free throw shooting percentage has remained 100 hits so far, and he has not missed a single free throw so far.

This injury-free young team has been in good form and has a 45-9 record in the 54 games leading up to the Phoenix All-Star Game, which is quite impressive. They are just 0 behind the Lakers. 5 wins and second in the league. But they beat the Cleveland Cavaliers' 43-12 record and rank first in the East. As for the defending champions Celtic, who were in unusually hot form at the beginning of the season, they have fallen out of the team due to frequent injuries to the Big Three.

Because the Pacers have achieved such a beautiful record, it is with Lee Sung-yeo that he was able to come to Phoenix to participate in the All-Star Game with a very beautiful mentality.

Overall, this All-Star Game is quite exciting, and there are some scenes that everyone will always remember.

The first is the 5124568 votes of Lee Sung's all-star vote, which is the highest since the all-star vote. The other is O'Neal's robot dance at the opening ceremony of the All-Star Game. This big man who is good at being funny once again made the world burst into laughter. And Dwight Howard, who won the dunk king in a superman outfit, once again made the world remember him. Finally, at the All-Star Game, Li Cheng and Kobe Bryant started a scoring battle from the first quarter.

Li Cheng and Kobe Bryant both want to win. But no one is so easy to win. In the end, Li Cheng scored 41 points, and Kobe Bryant also sent 39 points. However, because it was the Eastern All-Stars who won in the end, Lee Sung-jae was elected as the final V.

At the All-Star Game, Li Cheng won Kobe Bryant again. And this also lays a foreshadowing for the future.

After the All-Star break, Lee and the Pacers became more and more consistent in the regular season. The Pacers have fewer and fewer things to ask Li Cheng to come out to wipe his ass at the last minute, and this young team has become more and more mature.

At the end of the regular season, the Pacers beat the 63-19 Cavaliers to become the regular season champion with a 65-17 record. Bryant's Lakers are next with 64 wins and 18 losses. None of these things matter, what matters is the regular season V and the selection of the best coach this season.

There should have been no dispute about being the best coach, but O'Brien was semi-retired for a long time. That's why the best coach is in dispute. But the ownership of the regular season V is undisputed, if the only controversy is that Li Cheng is too young.

However, in the end, both of these awards fell into the pocket of the Pacers, and some of the more important awards in the league also have Pacers players, and it can be said that the biggest winner this season is the Pacers.

Li Cheng won the regular season V and was selected for the first team, while averaging 32 per game. 8 points won the league scoring leader; O'Brien Wins Best Coach; Granger was the most improved player and was named to the second team; The Rookie of the Year went to Serge Ibaka.

The Pacers, who had a great harvest after the regular season, have adjusted their form before the playoffs and will enter the playoffs in the best way possible, and they will face the Detroit Pistons in the first round of the playoffs.

The skinny camel is bigger than the horse, and the Pistons, who have made a good move this season, still ranked eighth in the East and made the playoffs.

Before the playoffs, Li Cheng successfully received the reward for the "legendary" mission of the "Top of the Basketball System". This time, he was rewarded with an amount of experience and a reward for increasing his full body equipment by one level.

Increasing the equipment by one level increases all the attributes of his equipment by one point, and the excess experience allows him to directly upgrade to level 50.

After reaching level 50, Li Cheng found that he had reached the top level and could no longer be upgraded. And the system also reminded him that if he could complete the mission, he would ask for control of the system. Because the system's promotion of him is over, and the playoffs will be the last test of him. If this assessment is successful, it proves that there is no problem with the players created by the system, and if the assessment fails, then as a "defective product", what awaits him is to be disposed of by the system.

So this season's playoffs are a dream trip for others, but for Li Cheng, this is a way to save his life.

Li Cheng's first task on the "road to life" is to lead the team to the finals, which is the second phase of the task given to him by the "Top of the Basketball System".

In fact, if Li Cheng can't lead the team to the finals. Then he may really be obliterated. But if he can make it to the finals, then the punishment he will receive will not be wiped out.

God created a player, He created a perfect player, and He didn't want the "product" he created to be labeled as "defective".

The first battle of Li Cheng's "road to life" was the Detroit Pistons.

In the playoffs, Stegan still limited Li Cheng's playing time and did not give him more opportunities to play. But the Pacers, with their increasingly mature performances, have won two in a row on their home court, taking an absolute advantage in four of seven games.

After going to Detroit. The Pacers lost one game first, but then with Li Cheng's stunner, the Pacers returned to Indiana with a total score of 3-1.

In Indiana, the Pacers won 98-90. They also sent that group of veterans out of the fray for the season once and for all.

Sending the Pistons away, what awaits the Pacers will be the winner of the Magic vs. Heat.

It's good that Wade, who is struggling to do it alone, can send the Heat to fifth place in the regular season, and it is understandable that it will be difficult to make the team go further. In the end, the Heat lost the first round of the playoffs 4-2, and the Magic became the opponent of the Pacers.

Perhaps the biggest pain for the Pacers this season is the Magic. And the Pacers did meet the Magic in the playoffs. There has been some speculation that perhaps the Magic are deliberately finishing fourth in the East in order to meet the Pacers.

Face the magic. Stegen didn't dare to continue to restrict Li Cheng, otherwise the team would not have time to familiarize themselves with their strongest combat power.

I don't know if it was intentional or not, but the Pacers played seven games against the Magic, and in the end they won a tough game and then advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals.

The performance of the Pacers has also changed the direction of public opinion, some people feel that the Pacers have run out of talents, and their winning mode will not allow them to break through the Eastern Conference Finals, but this does not affect the pace of Li Cheng and the Pacers.

The Indiana Eagle is flying!

The opponent of the Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals - the Cleveland Cavaliers.

This pair of enemies has met again.

The Celtics lost 4-2 to the Cavaliers in the second round of the playoffs because of Garnett's reimbursement, and the defending champion's road to defending the title was forced to end. However, no matter who they face, the Pacers have always maintained a very good mentality, and in the face of the Cavaliers, the Pacers have a very big psychological advantage.

Psychologically superior and home advantage, the Pacers gave the Cavaliers a wave of 2-0 as soon as they came up. Then to Cleveland, Li Cheng scored 49 and 53 points in two games, directly ending the little emperor's championship dream.

The curse of the little emperor is still continuing, and the Pacers have already met the Lakers in the Finals.

The old hatred of the All-Star Game has not yet passed, and the Pacers and Lakers, Li Cheng and Kobe Bryant meet again.

This time, neither side will hide their strength anymore, and it will be a real hand-to-hand fight.

This hand-to-hand fight is indeed fierce, and the outburst of Li Cheng and Kobe Bryant makes this round of the series particularly good-looking. In the first six games, the Pacers and the Lakers are tied 3-3, and they will play the final showdown in Indianapolis.

If the Pacers and the Magic have played seven games, and there are reasons why the team needs to run in, their seven games with the Lakers are completely real.

For the final game, Pacers legend Reggie Miller arrived at the Conseth Center, where he sat at the front of the arena and wanted to see his apprentice, his favorite team...... Win!

A particularly tragic game, but it is also the one that highlights Li Cheng's value the most.

If you have watched the Olympic final, it will be familiar to you, and this game is like a replica of the Olympic final.

When the whole team was nervous and felt cold, Li Cheng carried the team's offensive banner alone.

The Pacers are nervous, and the Lakers on the other side are actually not easy.

At this time, Li Cheng's super high scoring efficiency fully showed his value.

Especially at the beginning of the third quarter, when Li Cheng scored 16 points in a row for the Pacers on 7-of-7 shooting to help the team build a 14-point lead, the entire Conseth Center was completely crazy and completely boiling.

Then in the fourth quarter, the Lakers scored three three-pointers from Kobe Bryant and Ariza respectively to narrow the gap to four points. But Li Cheng opened the ornaments and shot two three-pointers in a row, directly knocking the Lakers apart.

With Kobe Bryant's miss shot, Ibaka grabbed the rebound, and Li Cheng dribbled to his basket, running out of time...... A hero is born!

Reggie Miller jumped directly over the seat, rushed in front of Li Cheng, and knocked Li Cheng down......

"I read that right, Bird read that right, you won!"

"Win, win, win!"

Before Li Cheng could push Miller away, more people were stacked on top of him......

Li Cheng was elected to the finals V, becoming the double V of the regular season and the finals, and at the same time, he also branded the regular season and the finals V as the "youngest"!

Looking at the carnival crowd, Kobe Bryant was lonely. He looked at the young figure, speechless, and sighed, "This Chinese can't stop ......"

The unstoppable Chinese god of war flew over Indiana, and he never left Indiana until he retired after winning the championship.

Li Cheng and Miller also became legends that Indiana would never be able to go far after a few years...... To be continued......