Legendary star

Chapter 165 Come and pick me up

On June 2000, 6, the first game of the 6 season NBA Finals was held at the home court of the San Antonio Spurs. The Alamo Stadium opened. As the largest stadium in the entire league, the Alamo Stadium can accommodate more than 9900 people. There are no seats left today.As the defending champion, almost all the home games of the Spurs this season are extremely hot, especially after entering the future games, and the atmosphere in the entire Alamo Stadium today is extremely hot, from the moment the Spurs players walked out of the player tunnel , the Spurs fans in the audience kept shouting "champion, champion, champion..." and this kind of cheering lasted for several minutes, until the commentator at the scene began to introduce the starting players of the two teams. Only then stopped.

"Hi everyone, I'm Michaels. I believe everyone is familiar with me. Okay, let me introduce the starting lineup of the Spurs for this game." The same, or by Michaels partner Magic Johnson.

"In this game, the Spurs' starting lineup is basically the same as the previous games. Center Tim Duncan, power forward Sean Elliott, small forward Meng Xu, shooting guard Mario Eli, point guard Ever Li Johnson. I think this lineup, not only me, but also the audience friends in front of the TV can memorize it." Michaels also said jokingly after reading the Spurs' starting lineup list. After Povich took over the Spurs, the Spurs' main lineup was the same as the Spurs' results. .

"For the Pacers, the starting center is Rick Schmitz from the Netherlands, the power forward is Dale Davis from Georgia, and the small forward Jaylen Rose, in this year's playoffs, Jaylen Rose With an average of 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists per game, Jaylen Rose will surely be selected as an All-Star next season. The shooting guard is Pacers star Reggie Miller. Compared with the regular season, this year's Miller's performance in the playoffs is also very good, scoring a full increase of 6 points, reaching 24 points, while the point guard is Mark Jackson."

"The Pacers are the team with the highest 3-point shooting percentage in the entire league this season and the team with the most 3-pointers per game. The Spurs are the team with the most 3-pointers and the most hits in the playoffs , the Pacers followed closely behind, and who has the better 3-pointer between the Pacers and the Spurs is also one of the highlights of this year's finals."

After Magic Johnson and Michaels introduced the starting lineups of the two teams, the referee on duty took the basketball from Tim Duncan and was about to blow the whistle to start the game.

"El, Meng Xu and Miller, one is the player with the best perimeter defense in the league, and the other is the perimeter player with the best off-ball running ability. Do you think that the match between Meng and Miller will win the game? Who is it?" Before the game started, Meng Xu, who was playing small forward, took the initiative to entangle Miller near the middle circle. Just like the magician said, Meng Xu was the best player on the outside defense of the Spurs, and Rejimi Le is the most threatening perimeter player for the Pacers, so Meng Xu was naturally arranged by Popovich to defend Reggie Miller.

"Of course it's Meng. Although Miller is a very difficult player, don't forget that Meng is the best perimeter defender in the league. In the two games between the Spurs and the Pacers this season, Meng Ke defended Miller. It's very uncomfortable." Michaels still couldn't get rid of his true nature as a Meng Chui, and without even thinking about it, he firmly believed that Meng Xu would definitely be able to defeat Reggie Miller.

"El, I don't think so." After hearing what Michaels said, Magic Johnson shook his head and said: "Miller's off-ball running position is historical, and not only his offense, Miller's defense It’s also very good, even if Michael meets him, he can’t take advantage of it.” I don’t know if he will sing a double reed with Michaels, basically, in the commentary of the two, as long as Michaels agrees, the magician will basically Objection, and vice versa, it's just that Michaels has always played the role of Meng Chui, while the magician's remarks are an out-and-out Meng Hei.

"Haha, Ervin, that was Miller when he was young. You have to know that Miller is old now, he is 35 years old." Michaels is also a fan of Jordan, the story between Jordan and Miller, Michaels is naturally familiar.

"Meng, are you interested in coming to Indiana to pick up my class? Larry appreciates you very much." When Meng Xu and Reggie Miller got entangled, the first sentence Miller said made Meng Xu a little speechless , this is the finals, you are so blatant?If you want to dig me, should you talk to my agent in private?

"I haven't won the championship in the Spurs yet, and I don't want to go anywhere now." Seeing that Miller didn't talk trash at him, all the countermeasures that Meng Xu had planned in advance were useless, and he didn't know how to deal with it. Meng Xu said that directly.

When Duncan succeeded in jumping the ball, Miller also shook his head and began to retreat. Although Pacers center Rick Schmitz is much taller than Duncan in height, he is restricted by the physical fitness of the whites. Meeting the Spurs, or meeting other teams in the league, basically the Pacers rarely win with a jump ball.

"Why isn't Miller defending me?" Jaylen Rose immediately posted up after Meng Xu passed halftime, shaking his head with some regret, and Meng Xu started running without the ball.Since learning Mario Elli's mid-range shooting skills, Meng Xu's mid-range shooting percentage in training has improved a lot. Of course, Mike Budenholzer attributes all this to Mario Elli's personal teaching for the sake.

After determining the opponents for the finals, Popovich and Mike Budenholzer, facing the weaker Pacers insiders, firmly established the combination of internal and external tactics with Duncan as the core. At this moment, Meng Xu was training The good mid-range shots shown in the class also made Mike Budenholzer more determined. He was determined to mold Meng Xu into the Spurs' Reggie Miller. Xu formulated some tactics to cooperate with Duncan in running positions.

(End of this chapter)