Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 108 Yincheng Ghost Arrow
In the first half of the game, Reggie Miller made 5 of 3 three-pointers and scored a total of 14 points, making him the second-highest scoring Pacers player.

In his early days in the league, the thriving Jordan was stirring up a storm.

But Miller was never afraid of that.

The Pacers and Bulls played against each other in the regular season in the East. Rookie Miller greeted Jordan with the iconic trash talk; "Who the hell do you think you are, the great Michael Jordan? The new dad is here , come on baby!"

The first half also followed Miller's script. Miller scored 4 points on all 10 shots, while Jordan scored only 4 points.

Naturally, Miller would not give up this rare opportunity to make a name for himself. He chased after Jordan and sprayed non-stop, ignoring Jordan's increasingly dark complexion.

At the end of the game, Jordan scored 37 points.

Although Miller only scored 20 points, his shooting percentage was as high as 75%. The Pacers also narrowly beat the Bulls by 1 point.

Since then, Miller has called himself the "Jordan Terminator". Every time he meets Jordan, he will make a full shot. Although eight out of ten times he is absolutely at a disadvantage, he occasionally causes Jordan some troubles.For example, slashing 44 points on Jordan's head, such as pushing away Jordan and hitting a deadly three-pointer.

In short, this thin man who couldn't even walk normally when he was a child is an existence that no team can ignore.

Now, standing in front of the 37-year-old Miller is the 24-year-old Kobe. At some point, Miller will recall the feeling of playing against that unattainable man on this court 10 years ago.

Moreover, both Jordan and Kobe have fought with Miller.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, Miller resorted to his iconic off-the-ball running, using the two fleshy screens of O'Neal and Mason, got an open spot, and made a mid-range shot.

"Why are your legs so slow? Did you get high last night?" When returning to defense, Miller did not forget to spray a few words of saliva on Kobe.

Bryant sullenly, followed Billups slowly ran to the frontcourt.

Both sides aspiring to win the championship know that if they want to gain a psychological advantage in a possible playoff matchup, then the two games in the regular season cannot be regarded as ordinary games, and they must go all out.

Bryant intends to retaliate against Miller. He backed up on the wing to ask for a position. Billups lobbed the ball in and then ran away to take the defense away.

After receiving the ball, Kobe stepped back and turned to face the frame, with his left foot back a little, a shot fake.

Miller's center of gravity was slightly shaken, and Kobe had already accelerated his breakthrough and rushed to the basket.

Breaking through Miller, Kobe, who was about to attack the frame, suddenly felt dark in front of his eyes, and a huge figure had returned to the basket, it was O'Neal.

Big Ben, who was emptied at the side, reached out for the ball, but Kobe didn't care about it at all. The thought of dunking a basket on O'Neal's head instantly occupied all his brains.

Of course, O'Neill would not allow the younger brother to break ground on his head. After taking off, he straightened his right hand and swung it over.

There was a burst of exclamation from the sidelines.

O'Neal's block hit Kobe's arm hard, the basketball flew off the sideline, and Kobe lost his balance and fell from the air on his back.

Players from the two teams hurriedly gathered around. The hot-tempered Artest and Ben Wallace confronted the Pacers, while Garnett and Billups asked how Kobe was doing.

O'Neal stood there with a face of indifference, but Miller and Mason kept spitting with the Lakers players.

The referee was in place immediately and separated the players from the two teams.

Kobe lay on the ground for about 1 minute, took a few deep breaths, got up slowly, and moved his body a few times. It seemed that there was nothing serious.

O'Neal got a foul, and the Lakers made two free throws.

Bryant made two free throws, and the Lakers continued to attack.

Artest's throw-in was a bit careless, and was directly intercepted by Reggie Miller and handed over to Brandon for a fast break.

The Zen master did not use Desagana Diop or Brad Miller at the beginning of the second half. The big book alone could not prevent O'Neal from destroying the interior, and could only rely on Artest's continuous defense to slightly limit After a while, Bruce Bowen's fixed-point three-pointer from the bottom corner became Reggie Miller's good wingman, hitting frequently from the outside, making the Lakers' defense lose sight of it.

Artest's nerve knife attack, this game seems to have lost the knife, although it can make Bowen uncomfortable, but the end is always not enough, and even missed two free throws.

"Bruce, it doesn't matter, just defend like that, the Lakers pass to him is tantamount to a mistake!" Miller did not forget to mock his former teammate after Artest made an outrageous free throw.

Brandon and Billups have a good personal relationship. The two know each other well, and they didn't perform particularly well under the restraint of each other. The Lakers can only rely on Garnett's natural advantage over Mason to launch an attack. Shooting, the hit rate gradually decreased.

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers' 6-point advantage in the first half had been eroded.

The Pacers only allowed backup center Foster to play for less than 4 minutes before switching back to the highly motivated O'Neal, while Al Harrington played as a space-type four.

Diop, who debuted as cannon fodder, received his sixth foul with about 5 minutes left in the fourth quarter, and graduated with honors. In terms of statistics, he played 10 minutes, scored 1 point, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks. one.

Soon, Ben Wallace also had 5 fouls, and the Lakers were supported by Brad Miller inside.

With one and a half minutes left in the game, the Lakers led 1-90 and held the ball.

Garnett's high post support, Kobe came out from the weak side corner with a cover, received a pass from Garnett, broke through smoothly, made an emergency stop jumper from the middle distance of the baseline, and made a hit.

The offense at this time is to simplify the routine as much as possible and score in the safest way.

O'Neal forced a back hit to Brad Miller, advanced to the basket and then turned and hooked.

Garnett let go of Harrington, and when O'Neal made a shot, the defense was in place. His fingertips touched the ball and the bullet missed.

A yellow figure went straight to the basket, and Reggie Miller cut in at the moment when the Lakers were empty inside, took off and dunked the ball into the basket!
92 to 91, the Lakers attacked, and there were 41 seconds left in the game.

The offensive time was reduced to only 7 seconds left. Kobe and Garnett cooperated in the pick-and-roll. After the dislocation, facing Al Harrington's defense, Kobe forced a jumper.

Missed, but Artest appeared under the basket on the weak side, grabbed the offensive rebound, and was about to put it back.

Bruce Bowen immediately fouled, stopping Artest while sacrificing himself.

Mason came on to replace Bruce Bowen who was sent off.

Bowen's foul played a value, Artest made two free throws.

O'Neal grabbed the rebound and the Pacers called a timeout.

The focus of the audience was on Miller, who had made such a fatal blow countless times.

Players from both sides returned to the court, Miller stood in the corner, in front of Kobe.

Feint to the left, push Kobe away, and come out from the baseline.

No chance, Kobe has followed.

Borrowed to the flank by Anthony Mason's cover.

Brandon hesitated. Artest's hands were too fast to pass the ball.

Miller continued to run 8 figures, with only 7 seconds left, Brad Miller frantically circled forward, and the ball could not be passed to O'Neal.

Miller ran to 45 degrees, the chance was still not very good, but Brandon had no choice, passed the ball, and Kobe came out and touched the ball.

The ball bounced toward the sideline, and Miller took the lead, caught the ball and turned around for a deadly [-]-pointer.

This three-pointer from 9 meters away draws a death arc, hits the center of the net, and the goal light is on.

94 to 93, the Pacers beat the Lakers.

Miller scored 29 points, including 9 of 6 three-pointers.

　I searched Miller’s interview, he said that Jordan scored 44 points in a certain game and he scored 12 points, but I didn’t find such a game after checking the data, so it is only possible that he remembered it wrong 2333
　　
　
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