Thanks to the half-demon Yi Tianxiao and Bi Jianghan for the reward.
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After completing the interaction with the fans, Edison returned his attention to Game 5 between the Bulls and the Heat.
In the end, the Heat defeated the Bulls 110-99 and became the second team in the Eastern Conference to advance, but Edison got a huge piece of good news.
In this game, the Bulls' young players cannot be said to have played hard. Chandler scored 15 points and 10 rebounds in front of O'Neal, Hinrich scored 13 points, Antonio Davis scored 13 points and 11 rebounds, Duhon,
Harrington and Noccioni each had 12 points, Noccioni grabbed 9 rebounds, and Ben Gordon only scored 8 points.
Five players in the team scored in double figures, and they were completely deserving of a victory, but they encountered Wade, who had already turned on the killer mode.
Wade played 40 minutes in this game, making 13 of 20 shots and 7 of 9 free throws. He scored a game-high 34 points, 9 assists, 4 rebounds and 1 steal. Eddie Jones scored 21 points, Haslem
4 points and 11 rebounds, Dulin came off the bench with 11 points. Damon Jones played abnormally today, making 3 of 9 shots, only 2 of 8 three-pointers, and only scored 10 points and 3 assists. Former Dream Team player Christie
Ann Laettner also scored 11 points.
O'Neal's performance in this game was mediocre, with 17 points and 8 rebounds. O'Neal's poor performance in this game is not what excites Edison the most. The key is that six minutes into the fourth quarter of the game, O'Neal failed to stand firmly after a dunk.
He stretched his problematic right leg again. As a result, he left the game half a quarter early. The news after the game was that O'Neal had strained his thigh muscle and would be sidelined for at least a week.
In other words, in the first two games between the Magic and the Heat, Shark will definitely not be able to play. The best situation is to come back in the third game. Edison was in a good mood after receiving the news and didn't sleep all night.
The next day, I came to the training ground with a black circle. (This is not a cheat I gave for the sake of plot. In fact, in that series, O'Neal's leg was really injured once, and he missed 2 games in the second round.)
Because of O'Neal's injury, the Magic are in good shape to advance again. According to the odds offered by many bookmakers, the Magic surpassed the Heat for the first time.
After all the games on this day, the situation of the playoffs became much clearer. A total of 5 teams, including the Heat, advanced to the next round.
The Spurs in the Western Conference swept the Grizzlies 4-0 and entered the next round early. The SuperSonics and Nuggets both defeated their opponents 4-1 and advanced to the next round. McGrady teamed up with Stoudemire in the Suns and the result was still not better than himself.
The first round of magic.
Now in the Western Conference, only the Mavericks and Rockets are left fighting. It seems that everything has returned to the original history of Edison. After the Rockets won 2 away games, they returned to home and lost them all. However, they did win at the Mavericks' home court.
After a victory, we now lead 3-2. In short, no matter who can advance in the end, this series is really confusing.
Competition for the other two spots in the Eastern Conference is still fierce.
The 76ers now lead the Celtics 3-2. Iverson has already said that he does not want to play Game 7 and will resolve the battle in Boston. Paul Pierce's response was also very domineering, "Let's stop it in Boston."
You guys should be dismissed on the spot."
But "a dog that bites doesn't bark." Although the two sides were shouting fiercely, the two teams played very well in the previous games without making any big moves.
On the other hand, the Pistons and Pacers are different. Before every game of these two teams, the players will consciously mute their words, and no one will provoke the opponent. But it is different on the playing field. They are really fighting to the death. After every game
, the hem of the player's jersey will grow very long, and it is not uncommon to see people falling over their feet.
Because the fighting was too intense and the smell of gunpowder was too strong, Stern ordered that every game must be strictly guarded to prevent any further trouble. But in this world, the more you are afraid of something, the more likely he will be.
More and more...
May 7th, the sixth game between the Pistons and the Pacers. The Pistons led 3-2 in the previous five games. Today they are a guest at Conseco Arena in Indianapolis.
There are no changes to the lineups of both sides today. The two guards of the Pacers are still Miller and Tinsley, power forward O'Neal Jr., small forward Stephen Jackson, and the center is one of the "Two Evils in Indiana" who has returned to his hometown.
Dell Davis. Pistons Billups, Hamilton, Prince and Wallace also all appeared.
After the opening of the first quarter, the Pacers, playing at home, took the lead. O'Neal Jr. and Miller Sr. felt great and scored 5 goals in a row, leading the home team to a perfect start of 10-2. This wave of attacks seemed to indicate that the Pacers would
After winning their home court, the series will begin in the 7th game.
Pistons coach Larry Brown had no choice but to apply for a timeout. After the timeout came back, the Pistons began to feel a little better. Billups, the MVP of last season's finals, responded with 4 points in a row. But it was not until 4 minutes before the end of the first quarter.
, Billups hit a big three-pointer from 25 feet away, and the Pistons were still 5 points behind at 9-14.
After that, Larry Brown began to rotate. Insider McDyess, who came off the bench, and Arroyo, who transferred from the Jazz in the middle of the season, scored consecutive jump shots, helping the Pistons hold on to the score, but the Pacers always maintained the lead. In the first quarter
In the last 7 seconds, Prince dribbled the ball past Captain Jack. After evading O'Neal's block, he made a layup with a low hand and hit 2 points. The Pistons ended the first quarter with a 2-point deficit, 19-21.
After the start of the second quarter, the Detroit people were still passive, and O'Neal Jr. also worked hard today. He showed no mercy in the face of his mentor Wallace, and used the low post attack technique that Wallace taught him to score 4 points in a row, leading the ball again.
The team had a 10-2 spurt, and with James Jones' jumper, the score was rewritten to 31-21, giving the Pacers a 10-point lead.
But immediately "Roaring God" Rasheed Wallace told O'Neal what it means to teach a tiger to save a hand. He started to show off his power from outside the three-point line and responded with 6 points, and there were still 4 points left in the second quarter.
At 11 seconds, after a pick-and-roll with Billups, he used a powerful dunk to narrow the point difference to 34-38. The two sides were in a stalemate.
Until the last minute of the second quarter, veteran Miller once again hit two consecutive three-pointers from 24 feet away like a miracle. He scored a game-high 17 points and helped the Pacers regain a 9-point lead at 46-37. However,
In the last second of the final half, Prince made a layup and hit 2 points at the buzzer. The Pistons ended the first half trailing by only 7 points, 39-46.
At the end of the half, Reggie Miller made 7 of 9 shots, including 3 of 4 three-pointers. He scored a first-half high of 17 points and 1 rebound. O'Neal Jr. had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Visiting team Rasheed Walai
Steve also scored 14 points, Billups had 7 points, Hamilton had a poor touch and only scored 6 points on 3 of 9 shots. Ben Wallace had 0 points but 5 rebounds.
In the first 2 minutes of the second half, both sides felt bad and did not score a single goal. However, in the next minute, the Pistons suddenly changed their rhythm and launched a wave of fast breaks. As a result, the Pacers could not react in time and were beaten.
A 6-2 spurt. After Ben Wallace grabbed an offensive rebound and hit his first point of the day, the Pistons were only 3 points behind, 45-48. The Pacers couldn't help it.
Coach Carlisle could only request a timeout.
Speaking of the Pacers, the one who wants to beat the Pistons the most is probably head coach Carlisle. Carlisle worked hard in the Pistons, started with defense, and built the then weak team into a strong force in the Eastern Conference. However, due to two consecutive years, Carlisle
After failing to reach the finals, he was fired by the Pistons boss. What was hateful was that in his first season with the Pistons, Larry Brown won the championship when everyone was not optimistic about it. This greatly stimulated Carlisle.
So he worked hard in the summer and persuaded Bird to upgrade the team, hoping to get rid of Brown and avenge his shame, but everyone knows what happened next...
However, although the team was sentenced to death, facing the Pistons, Carlisle still used all his skills, with a do-or-die attitude.
After the timeout, the Pacers relied on the jump shots of O'Neal Jr. and Miller to gradually widen the point difference. With 3 minutes and 39 seconds left in the third quarter, Captain Jack Jackson's three-pointer missed, and substitute center Foster
He squeezed away McDyess, grabbed the offensive rebound and made a second layup. The Pacers once again led by 7 points 61-54.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Before the home audience could relax, the Pistons quickly responded with a 6-0 shock wave. Prince's three-pointer from 24 feet from the left wing helped the visiting team fall behind by only 1 point, 60-61.
After that, Billups and Jackson each made a shot, and the Pacers barely led 63-62 by 1 point entering the fourth quarter.
In the last quarter, Hamilton, who had been silent for the Pistons for a long time, suddenly started to exert his strength to help the visiting team cling to the score. At 8 minutes and 16 seconds in the fourth quarter, he used a breakthrough goal that he was not good at to assist Wallace inside.
At this time, Wallace scored a game-high 22 points, and the Pistons successfully overtook the home team by 1 point 69-68.
This was also the first time the Pistons took the lead in this game. Since then, the visiting team has always maintained the lead. With 3 minutes and 18 seconds left before the end of the game, Billups bulldozed a breakthrough layup, causing the Pacers' Johnson to foul.
After making all the free throws, the Pistons widened the point difference to 5 points 79-74.
Seeing that there was only 1 minute and 30 seconds left in the game, veteran Miller stood up again. He hit his fourth three-pointer of the day from 26 feet outside the top of the central arc, but the score was 79-83.
The winner was still 4 points behind. Immediately afterwards, Hamilton received a pass from Prince and succeeded in a mid-range shot, but Miller missed a three-pointer from 26 feet away on the right side. There were only the last 30 seconds left, and the point difference was 6
points, the Pacers can only resort to foul tactics.
But no one expected that an accident would happen at this time.
The Pacers' Tinsley found Billups immediately after the Pistons served. I don't know if it was because the hatred between the two teams was too deep, or because the anger accumulated in the previous five games was too great; it was the Pacers
I had been leading for 40 minutes and was upset when I was suddenly overturned. It was simply because Tinsley was constipated today. In short, Tinsley's foul was too harsh. It can be said that he gave it to Billups with a round hand.
His arm was slapped. The sound was crisp and clear, and the stadium was relatively quiet at that time, so the whole audience could really hear it.
Even though Billups looked very stable, he actually had the same bad temper as Nash. He quit at that time and the two started fighting.
Before the referee blew the whistle to separate the two people, the whole place exploded again.
I don’t know what the old Miller was thinking. He rushed over and punched Billups in the face, but he was dodged. Rasheed Wallace, who was staying in the backcourt, saw that Billups was being bullied.
, immediately gave up and pushed Miller back. Who is Miller? The man who dared to fight with Jordan back then can now suffer such a disadvantage. When he dances, he will run towards Wallace.
He rushed over. Then the two of them got entangled.
Fortunately, the league was well prepared. Referees and courtside staff rushed in. One group of people stopped others who were trying to join the fight, and another group of people quickly pulled away the four people who were struggling.
After the situation stabilized, the referee blew the whistle several times and ejected all four parties involved in the fight.
At this time, the home fans gave up. They knew that this might be the last game of the old Miller, and they had to let him finish the game no matter what, so they booed all over the sky.
Reggie Miller, the best scorer in NBA history, the most legendary shooter, and the star of the greatest moment in the history of the league, at this whistle, his career ended. In fact, for someone like him who will never
For people with different personalities, admitting defeat and being forced to leave the stadium may be the best destination. Because in this way, people's memories will be full of his beautiful moments. When people talk about this game in the future, they can say
, "If Miller is here, the 6-point gap is not a problem, and it is not impossible for the Pacers to win."
After the turmoil subsided, the final 26.4 seconds of the game had actually settled. As Jackson missed a three-pointer, the final score was fixed at 88-81, and the Pistons successfully advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals.
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I wrote an ending that I think is most suitable for Miller. He is not a loser, but he was not given a chance to make a comeback in the end. And given his character, it would be too boring to retire quietly.
Also, the team song is not "Flag Flying", but a song to encourage losers, somewhat similar to "You'll Never Walk Alone".
