The Battle of Tianwang Mountain ends on November 15. Two days later, the Pacers will bid farewell to the home fans and head to Phoenix, the field where they had won a victory before.

In the first two games of the finals, the Suns, who had a home advantage, looked for the rhythm and atmosphere of the finals. They faced Pacers who were far more experienced than them and lost their home advantage.

Espn solemnly reminded the fans at the time: "This is the first home court the Suns have lost in the playoffs. If the regular season is included, they have only lost two home courts at the moment."

The amazingly high home win rate shows that they are an amazingly powerful team.

They were invincible at home, but they didn't expect to be defeated by the Pacers. At that time, some people began to expect the Pacers to make a comeback to the end and knock everyone down, just like sweeping the sun through the Celtics. But no matter what situation the strong are in, they are strong.

They found the advantage lost at home.

Three away games, winning two of them, and returning to home with a 3-2 score, they are ready to crown this season.

On June 16, the day before the race, the Pacers were still in Indiana.

Arriving in training an hour in advance, they spent a lot of time in the tactical analysis room.

Kirilenko missed the tactical analysis meeting. His back felt uncomfortable. He went to the hospital for examination at noon and the results were only released in the evening.

At the tactical analysis meeting, Claire admitted that his arrangement was wrong, which led to their failure to achieve an advantage.

"It's my fault, not your fault. You have performed at your own level. Unfortunately, we have embarked on the wrong path since the third quarter." Claire was blaming himself.

Team director Larry Bird, who attended the tactical analysis meeting, disagreed with his former teammate's approach of taking responsibility for losing at this moment.

"Based on the scale of last night's call, it is right to fight for the offense. The referee does not allow us to fight, we can only play the offense." Bird reviewed the game.

Is there any problem with the Pacers fighting? No.

Xie Hou scored 32 points in the first half, Kirilianko had a touch in the third quarter, and Artest, Papalucas and others shot all the goals they should score.

They performed their due offensive level.

Such an offense can allow them to defeat 28 teams in the league.

But the sun is exactly the only exception.

They are the best fast attack teams, positional combat teams, counterattack teams, rotation offensive teams in the league... No matter what kind of attack you want to play with them, they can catch them and beat you all over the ground.

It sounds desperate, but that's the truth.

To defeat them, it is very wrong to start with the offense.

But the harsh yardstick that night did not allow them to fight for defense.

In this way, the Pacers' fate has fallen into the hands of the referee? If the referee still does not allow them to fight against the Sun in the sixth game, can they have to sit and wait for death?

Xie Hou was silent throughout the whole process until the tactical analysis meeting ended. He consciously walked onto the court to practice shooting.

"It's boring like a gourd, where is the captain like a captain?"

Bird's words were less sharp than usual, and Xie Hou actually realized a little concern from it.

This shows how bad their situation is, even the most sarcastic people in the world have given their kindness.

"What can I say?" Xie Hou made a shot and hit.

Bird found that his shooting position was one and a half meters outside the three-point line. "If you shoot now, you should be able to beat me easily."

"That's certain." If not, wouldn't it mean that he has not made progress over the years?

"Since that's the case, let's compete?" Bird didn't discuss with Xie Hou at all. He started to do warm-up exercises as he spoke.

Xie Hou turned the ball in his hand, "Do I have a reason to refuse?"

"It is to give you a chance to build confidence, you won't refuse it, right?"

Well, if Xie Hou remembers correctly, Bird was born in the 1950s (56). Now it is 2008. Assuming he is 50 years old, can Xie Hou build confidence by defeating him?

Building confidence by defeating the 50-year-old man? Is King Arthur Xie Hou so destitute?

If Xie Hou forgot that Bird could only lose 2 points in the bullfight with him a few years ago, he wouldn't be able to put his face down and ask Birdby to shoot for confidence.

He knew Bird's ability.

"bring it on."

"Give me some time."

The older a person is, the more he should exercise before doing exercise, otherwise his arms and legs will easily be injured, and his recovery speed will be incomparable to young people, so he will suffer in the next period of time.

Bird warmed up for ten minutes, Xie Hou's patience was about to burn him out before he got up and said, "Come on."

"How to compare?"

"50 three-pointers? Missed shots and substitutions."

"Can."

If you have 50 three-pointers, it will be over soon.

Xie Hou originally wanted to take action first, and then make Bird stunned for the fifty consecutive matches, and he didn't even have a chance to fight back.

"Why didn't I take the initiative first?" Bird asked, "Are you still Chinese?"

"There is a saying among Chinese people that is to take the initiative. Because I am Chinese, I have to take the lead." Xie Hou said seriously.

"Is that true? Do you, a Chinese, know someone called 'dinosaur'?"

"Do you want to talk about Kong Rong?"

"Yes...you should have heard of his famous story."

It was so terrible that a arrogant and arrogant old white man actually told Xie Hou the story of Kong Rong releasing his li.

Bird understands Chinese culture not to expand his knowledge, simply because the core player of the Pacers team is Chinese.

The Mavericks' boss Kuban learned German for Nowitzki (and later Slovenian for Doncic), with the purpose of making the players feel at home.

Bird didn't have to do this at first, but there have been rumors from the outside world that the contract of Pacers' meritorious general manager Donny Walsh will expire in 2008. The behind-the-scenes promoter who created the Pacers' dynasty has been targeted by many wealthy families. For outstanding management personnel, the greatest achievement is to rebuild a tall building in the ruins.

Walsh has worked with the Pacers for many years, from the Miller era to the Sherlock era, and now he has won three championships in five years. Even if he loses to the Suns and misses three consecutive championships, it is enough to tie the Lakers at the beginning of the century as the first 10th best team in the 21st century.

There is nothing worth pursuing here.

He is likely to leave office.

Walsh left office, and his successor was most likely Bird, who had both prestige and ability.

Bird now takes the initiative to understand Chinese traditional culture and becomes closer to Xie Hou, which is also a signal.

Xie Hou failed to take the lead and gave the first opportunity to Bird.

Bird claimed that he hadn't played for a long time and his shooting felt like a DNA in his flesh and blood.

His ball is soft and rotates very quickly. Every time he flies to a high altitude and falls into the center of the basket, he is in a high arc and a high accuracy center.

He scored 10 goals in a row, with the 11th goal, and the basketball turned into a whirlpool-like visual sense in the basket.

"Are you sure about tomorrow night's game?" Bird asked suddenly.

Xie Hou received the ball that fell from the basket and threw it back to Bird: "Yes, but not 100% sure."

"If you don't have 100% confidence, I don't know what we can use to win the sun." Bird smiled.

"Why should I have 100% confidence? The sun is invincible."

"Then how did you win two of them before?"

"They weren't adapted to the atmosphere of the finals at that time."

"Oh, you even believe what the media said now?"

"Their performance in Game 4 and Game 5 is indeed far better than the first three games, which is an indisputable fact."

"You just said you are sure, but not 100% sure. After listening to your next few words, I think... Are you only 1% sure?"

Xie Hou did not deny it, and he smiled lightly and said, "That's also sure."

"1% hope is hope. 1% confidence is not sure. You can't expect you to win two consecutive wins in Phoenix."

Bird said too much and he missed his 12th goal.

Now it's Bird's turn to pass the ball, he handed it to Xie Hou.

Xie Hou brought the ball out of the three-point line.

"I may have tried all the methods, passing the ball, attacking myself, passing the ball and attacking myself, but we are always behind. Once the Suns enter their own rhythm, personal offense is insignificant." Xie Hou's face no longer had a smile. If these words were said to his teammates, it would have a deeper blow to the team than losing to Tianwangshan. "I scored 32 points in the first half and the Suns are still leading. What else can I do?"

After saying that, he lost his vote.

The basketball flew to the edge of the field.

Bird teased: "Steve Nash won't throw that ball."

Xie Hou clenched his fists.

"You just said, you tried all the methods? Are you sure? Combining the pass, your own attack, personal attack and activation of teammates... The main theme of the methods you said are attacks. Will that game just now be in vain? Is our offense far less than the Suns? Isn't it a consensus? Why are you still thinking about attacking?"

After saying that, Bird picked up the ball himself.

"You mean, fight for defense?"

"This is a classic of the Eastern Conference's strong teams. Traditional craftsmanship cannot be lost."

Xie Hou paused, "But you said, the referee is not allowed to fight us. If we can't even play at home, can we fight away?"

"If you don't try, you will never get any results, or you have accepted the failure, then pretend I didn't say it. Maybe you will still be blocked by the referee when you go to the confrontation. If you really use all your methods to stop the failure, I believe you won't be sad." Bird held the ball in his hand, "You have only played for five years, but you have won as many championships as me. Can't you afford to lose? (Xie Hou subconsciously shook his head) Since you have nothing to lose, then give everything and try to see. Maybe there is darkness ahead, maybe there is dawn at the end of the darkness."

Then, he started shooting.

He scored 11 goals in a row before, but because he was too verbose, he lost his 12th goal.

Now he said everything he should say, scoring 39 goals in one go, shaving Xie Hou's head 50-0.
Chapter completed!