Chapter 170
After listening to Han Yi's interview, everyone just wants to say one thing, Han Yi, you are really swearing!
The Indiana Pacers are already in the post-Jordan era. After the disintegration of the Chicago Bulls, they are the top team in the East in terms of playoff experience and player configuration. Whether in the first round or the second round, they are like the Celtics, one 3:0, the other 4:0 easily defeated the opponent, but how come it becomes so unbearable in your mouth?
But Han Yi could only shrug his shoulders and said that all this is true, okay? I haven't said the more unpleasant words yet, okay?
When Jordan retired, many people, even Reggie Miller himself, were promoting his identity as "Jordan's enemy", saying that he was the uncrowned king under Jordan.
But looking at Reggie Miller's career, he played against Jordan 49 times in the regular season, with a record of 17 wins and 32 losses.
Reggie Miller averages: 19.1 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 35.8% three-point shooting!
Michael Jordan averages: 29.5 points, 6.1 rebounds, 5.4 assists, 32.2% three-point shooting!
In the playoffs, they only played against each other in one round of playoffs, with a record of 3 wins and 4 losses!
Reggie Miller averages: 17.4 points, 1.6 rebounds, 2 assists, 43.6% three-point shooting!
Michael Jordan averages: 31.7 points, 5.7 rebounds, 4.1 assists, 43.6% three-point shooting!
When we compare Jordan and Reggie Miller, we will find that except for Reggie Miller's proud three-pointer, Jordan beats them in all aspects!
As the first scoring point of the team, the difference in regular season averages 10 points, and the difference in playoff averages 14 points, so, you call this a rival? What kind of rival is this!
"The Pacers are an excellent team, and Reggie Miller is an excellent team leader, but I still have a question. Jordan entered the NBA in 1984, and Miller entered the NBA in 1987. The two belong to the Eastern Conference, but how come they only played against each other once in the past ten years? Jordan won the championship six times, but only met Miller once, and when Jordan took a break in the middle, Reggie Miller was still nowhere to be found!"
"Excuse me, I really want to ask you, let's not talk about entering the finals, Reggie Miller has never made it to the Eastern Conference finals, what qualifications does he have to be Jordan's rival? I think this is the biggest insult to Michael Jordan!"
When Reggie Miller saw this interview, he was dumbfounded: I accepted the media interview, just casually saying a few harsh words before the start of the big game to warm up the atmosphere!
If you want to fight back, no problem, scold me a few times, no problem, but as for asking so much questions, have you completely cleared my entire career?
What deep hatred do we have?
Originally, the two teams had no grudges. If we want to sort out the relationship between our two teams, it is not an exaggeration to say that we are friendly forces!
Who is the head coach of the Indiana Pacers now?
It is the Celtics legend Larry Bird mentioned by Han Yi!
This time, the feud is bigger. Before the game started, the Indiana Pacers were pressed to the ground and stepped on by Han Yi!
Why did Reggie Miller talk about Larry Bird in the interview? A big reason for this is to flatter his own head coach. But you use Bird to step on Reggie Miller. Do you want us to fall out with the Indiana Pacers?
"Okay, okay, okay!"
Larry Bird squinted and said, "This new Celtics leader brought in by Auerbach is interesting. Not only does he play basketball well, he also knows military tactics, right?"
Larry Bird didn't say much to the outside world, but he started a high-pressure policy internally:
"Listen, listen, a young man in his early 20s dares to speak nonsense to you, why? Because you are losers, you haven't won anything yet!"
"Do you want to win Han Yi's respect for you? Then beat the Celtics and Han Yi for me, and tell him that it's not easy to become a god in the NBA!"
The Eastern Conference Finals officially started!
Starting lineups of both teams:
Indiana Pacers:
PG: Mark Jackson, SG: Reggie Miller, SF: Chris Mullin, PF: Dale Davis, C: Rick Schmitz
Boston Celtics:
PG: Joe Dumars, SG: Dell Curry, SF: Tracy McGrady, PF: Han Yi, C: Ben Wallace.
Han Yi is very familiar with the Pacers' starting lineup. Last year, the Pacers relied onThis lineup fought the Chicago Bulls for seven games, becoming the biggest obstacle for Michael Jordan to reach the final step of godhood.
Logically speaking, this should be very strong, and it is indeed very strong.
But the only problem is that this lineup is one year older than before, even though it is already fully experienced!
34-year-old Mark Jackson, 34-year-old Reggie Miller, 36-year-old Chris Mullin, 30-year-old Dale Davis, 33-year-old Rick Schmitz!
It is difficult to find a lineup in the NBA that is more senile than this starting lineup!
Let me emphasize that this is not the 2020+ era, but 1999, an era when veterans should be ready to retire in their early 30s, and these old guys are so old from top to bottom, that's good enough!
"Tsk tsk," Han Yi shook his head as he watched. "It is said that champion teams will come up with a moving slogan of growing old together. I really don't understand. What are you guys who have not contributed anything to the team doing here every year? Are you grouping together to retire?"
Joe Dumars and Dell Curry played extremely uncomfortably against the Philadelphia 76ers in the last round because their legs were too slow and they couldn't keep up with Iverson's storm at all. But this time, they don't have to be afraid of playing against the Pacers!
Our legs are slow, and the opponent's legs are not fast either!
Since everyone is playing slowly, the strength of these two old brothers can be fully brought into play!
At the beginning of the game, Joe Dumars used his passing magic, assisting McGrady and Ben Ben in succession, and dunking in the basket. In front of Han Yi's strong gravity, the Pacers' inside line has been beaten to the point where they can't go up or down, and still can't go up or down!
When Larry Bird passively called the first timeout, the score between the two teams was:
0:11!
The Pacers hadn't scored a single goal in the first three minutes, a shattering start!
What's even more devastating is that Han Yi still hadn't scored a single point at this moment, and all these 11 points came from his teammates!
Han Yi smiled and said to Larry Bird, who had a livid face:
"You fell down before I even made a shot?"
