Legendary star

Chapter 509 The second consecutive victory in history
"18 consecutive victories, 18 consecutive victories, Meng, we have won 18 consecutive victories!" On December 12, when the Pacers defeated the visiting Pistons 4-97 at home, they increased their winning streak to 93 games. After tying the longest winning streak in team history created by the Pacers last season, all Pacers players on the court and on the sidelines bench rushed into the court and started celebrating wildly.

"Let's go, Richard." Richard Hamilton, who has become a member of the Pistons, did not walk into the player tunnel after he got off the court, but stood on the side of the court, watching the ribbons falling from the arena, and Those ex-teammates in the middle of the court were celebrating wildly. The atmosphere in the Bankers Life Arena at this moment was as if the Pacers had won the championship.Milicic, who was about to walk into the player tunnel, mustered up his courage when he saw Hamilton in a daze, and called him softly. In the current Pistons, Milicic has no friends. From head coach Larry Brown to most members of the team, they are not very friendly to Milicic, and only Hamilton takes care of Milicic in normal training.

In today's game, Hamilton, who returned to the Bankers Life Arena as a Pistons player, can be said to be very embarrassing. Although in the finals of last season, Hamilton played a very important role in the series where the Pacers defeated the Lakers. At the same time, he won a big contract for Hamilton this season.However, Hamilton's move to join the Pistons as a free agent during the offseason was regarded as a betrayal by the Pacers fans. Therefore, in today's appearance ceremony, Hamilton was a Pistons player booed by the Pacers fans at the scene , And on the court, as long as Hamilton touches the ball, there will be boos all over the sky in the Bankers Arena. These boos are undoubtedly the fans' return for Hamilton's betrayal of the team.Of course, what made Hamilton the most uncomfortable was that before the start of the game, when Hamilton walked to the Pacers' bench and greeted these former teammates, only Meng Xu hugged him, and the rest of the players all pretended to be innocent. See, ignore Hamilton at all, perhaps in their eyes, Hamilton is also a traitor who betrayed the team.

And Milicic, who came to the Bankers Life Arena, was also a little dazed after seeing Pacers coach Rick Carlisle. In less than 3 minutes of playing time, Milicic only made 2 of 1 shots. Got 2 points and 1 rebound.This year is a big draft year, No. 18 pick LeBron James, No. 4 pick Carmelo Anthony, No. 1 pick Chris Bosh, No. 1 pick Dwyane Wade, and even No. [-] pick Kirk Sheen Rich, they all performed very well in their rookie season, especially James and Anthony, who have now shown their superstar appearance.However, as the No. [-] pick this year, Milicic has rarely played in the Pistons. The Pistons have played [-] games in the new season. However, Milicic only played in five games, averaging [-] consecutive minutes per game In less than a minute, he averaged only [-] point and [-] rebound per game.

Before entering the player channel, Milicic looked back at Rick Carlisle standing on the sidelines, and walked into the player channel with complicated emotions. After Milicic confirmed his participation in the draft, as the head coach of the Pistons, Rick Carlisle I personally contacted Milicic and told him that the Pistons would choose him with the No. 4 pick in their hands, and also made a future development plan for him. Rick Carlisle called Milicic and told him that the Pistons had chosen him as promised. Just one day later, Milicic, who was so excited that he couldn't sleep, received the news that Rick Carlisle was dismissed from get out of class, and Rick Carlisle's dismissal also Cast a shadow over Milicic's upcoming Pistons career.After Larry Brown took office, he traded All-Star power forward Rasheed Wallace from the Trail Blazers. Larry Brown himself doesn't like to train rookies, and Larry Brown doesn't like Millikin either. Sic's playing style, so after having the double Wallace inside combination, Larry Brown is even more displeased with the rookie he selected before. If it weren't for repeated requests from the management, Larry-Brown Brown didn't want to give the limp-looking rookie even four minutes.In Milicic's subconscious mind, if Rick Carlisle was still in the Pistons, he might not be in the current situation. At the same time, Milicic also looked envious when he saw the Pacers players who were celebrating wildly on the field. expression.

After tying the record for the longest winning streak in team history, the Pacers at this time are already thinking about making persistent efforts to break the Bucks' 20-game winning streak. As for the Lakers' 33-game winning streak?For the Pacers, who have only won 18 consecutive victories, that is still too far away.

In this case, the high-spirited Pacers started a new round of road trip. On December 12, the Pacers defeated the Knicks 6 to 106 in the away game, and then in back-to-back away games, Relying on Meng Xu's lore, the Pacers defeated the Nets 83 to 93, and the winning streak officially reached 92 games.

Just when the entire NBA and even the American sports world were discussing the Pacers' crazy 20-game winning streak, the results of the first stage of the 2003-2004 season's All-Star voting were released. This year's All-Star voting began on November 11. There are 13 candidates in each of the East and West. After a total of three rounds of voting, five All-Star starters will eventually be selected.After Shaquille O'Neal and Rasheed Wallace traveled east, this season's Eastern Conference All-Star voting has become more and more intense. At the center position, there are veteran All-Stars like Mutombo and the two-time best defensive player. -Wallace, and the most dominant center in the entire league, Shaq O'Neal, at the forward position, there are Jermaine O'Neal, Rasheed - Wallace, Vince Carter, Paul Pierce, as for the guard position On the other hand, after Meng Xu switched to point guard, the competition was especially fierce. Meng Xu, Jason Kidd, Allen Iverson, Tracy McGrady, no matter which of these four players was absent Losing this year's All-Star is undoubtedly a very big loss for the entire league and all NBA fans.

Finally, after the league announced the results of the first round of voting, Ben Wallace won 54 votes, surpassing O'Neal in the first place in the Eastern Conference center position, and Mutombo behind O'Neal, the distance O'Neill only had a gap of less than [-] votes.Originally O'Neal's fans thought that after leaving the West, without Yao Ming's suppression, O'Neal could become the All-Star starter again, but they didn't expect that even in the East, it would not be easy for O'Neal to take the starting position.

As for the striker position, Vince Carter outshone the other candidates with the second most votes in the league, far ahead of the other candidates behind him. Behind Vince Carter, Jermaine O'Neal also led Rashid -Wallace and Paul Pierce have a lot of results. Although it is only the first round of voting results, the voting for the forward position has basically had the result now, because whether it is Vince Carter or Jayme Because of O'Neal, the leads of both of them are really too big.

Finally, there is the result of the voting for the guard position. After the first round of voting, Meng Xu became the top voter in the first stage with 87 votes. Behind Meng Xu, Allen Iverson, Teddy Lacey McGrady, Jason Kidd, the gap between the three of them is only tens of thousands of votes, and it may have to wait until the final round to finally determine who among them will be the All-Star starter.As for this year's No. [-] pick, LeBron James, it's really sad. His position in the All-Star voting this year is a guard. Therefore, with four great gods on his head, James basically has no hope this season.

As for the Western Conference, this year's All-Star voting is as stable as last season. At the center position, Yao Ming outshine the others. Two forwards, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett, and two guards, Kobe Bryant and Steve -Francis is far ahead of the other candidates behind. After the first round of voting, the five of them have basically determined the All-Star starters for this season.

After the results of the first round of the All-Star voting came out, all the focus was on the All-Star voting for a while. Under such circumstances, the Pacers team also came to Boston with great ease, preparing to hit the league's second-best team. win record.

The Celtics sent away Antoine Walker, one of the twin stars, and helped Paul Pierce back up this summer. The Celtics, who had reached the conference semifinals for two consecutive seasons, were full of thoughts on improving their careers this season. Further, but the current situation has cast a shadow on everyone in the Celtics. With the strong rise of the Heat and Pistons this season, the Celtics have now fallen to the sixth position in the Eastern Conference.

However, the Celtics still have a very good strength. From the first quarter of this game, the Celtics were biting the score tightly, and even led the Pacers at the end of the first half. Two points, but in the crucial third quarter, the Celtics were beaten by the Pacers 35 to 22 in a single quarter. Finally, at the end of the game, the Pacers defeated Kyle 116 to 107 special people.

After winning this game, the Pacers officially ranked second in the NBA's historical winning streak with a record of 21 consecutive victories. The only ones ahead of them are the Lakers' 33 consecutive victories.

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