Legendary star

Chapter 11 The beginning of a new season

On November 1999, 11, American time, the Alamo Stadium in San Antonio, this temporary arena that can accommodate 2 can be said to be full of seats. As this year's defending champion, the Spurs will face the 20662ers, the first opponent of this year, here today Whether it is for the Spurs club or for all Spurs fans, it is a day worth remembering for life. The Spurs have been established in 76 and have finally won the first place in team history after 1967 years. championship.

Before today's game, the Spurs will hold a grand championship ring awarding ceremony at the Alamo Stadium. At the same time, at noon today, the Besar County Government, where the Spurs are located, held a referendum and agreed to use tax increases The way to build a dedicated basketball arena for the Spurs, the new arena will be named SBC Center Arena, and plans to officially put into use on October 2002, 10.

As the defending champion's opening game this year, and the Spurs' championship ring presentation ceremony, today's game is destined to receive national attention and will be broadcast live simultaneously to the world.The press seats in the stands of the arena were crowded with reporters from major newspapers and TV stations. More than half of the reporters who followed the NBA in the United States came to the Spurs' home court today. Who made the Spurs this year's championship? Reporter for The New York Times.

"Hmph, the villain learned that if Patrick hadn't been injured, New York would have won the championship." The New York Times reporter chattered to other reporters around him, and it seemed that he still had a lot of resentment towards this year's finals.

"Look, Popovich's illegitimate son has come out." Since Meng Xu's contract with the Spurs came out, the New York Times immediately declared that Meng Xu must be Popovich's illegitimate son, and even took out A photoshopped comparison of their facial features, and this statement was also adopted by some mainstream media, and Meng Xu was Popovich's illegitimate child, and it quickly spread.

Otherwise, how can Meng Xu be selected in the first round with his poor statistics, and a late first-round pick can sign a big contract with the team with an average annual salary of 150 million US dollars. Is there anything tricky about it?You must know that there are more than 1000 universities in the NCAA league, and there are tens of thousands of players like Meng Xu. Why did the Spurs choose Meng Xu alone?

Just when this group of unscrupulous reporters was laughing loudly at Meng Xu and Popovich, as a rookie this year, Meng Xu was the first to walk out of the player tunnel wearing his No. In some cases, what greeted Meng Xu was not boos all over the sky, but more than 5 fans in the audience stood up collectively, cheering in unison, "champion, champion."

A little dazed, Meng Xu realized after a while that these cheers were a reward for the entire Spurs team. Although these cheers had nothing to do with him, Meng Xu couldn't help but feel excited. I wonder who can cheer more than 2 fans? Keep calm amid the cheers.

During this period of time, Meng Xu has been under unimaginable pressure, and even developed a phobia of newspapers. Although He Hui has sent a lawyer's letter to the New York Times and other bad media, it still does not help.There are even some media outlets who made a fuss about it, saying that Popovich had a romantic night 20 years ago, and that’s why Meng Xu was born. Now, looking at Meng Xu, who is a bit downcast, he just thinks about how to make up for him, even Meng Xu's ending has been thought out for Meng Xu, saying that after the two-year contract is over, Meng Xu can take the million salary from the Spurs, go back to his hometown and buy a farm, and spend the rest of his life in peace.However, Popovich was very calm about these rumors, he just kept encouraging Meng Xu and used his strength to fight back against them on the court.

The first thing that happened was the awarding ceremony of the Spurs championship ring. Since he was a rookie who only entered the team this year, this ring was naturally not for Meng Xu. Meng Xu could only sit on the bench, drooling and watching his teammates. One to receive the championship ring, and by the way, to give a championship speech. When Duncan played, the atmosphere of the audience reached its peak, and more than 2 fans shouted "MVP, MVP, MVP..."

Meng Xu, who was sitting on the sidelines, was also full of enthusiasm. He clasped his hands and swore in his heart that one day I would be like Duncan and let the fans cheer for me.

After the tedious awarding ceremony of the championship ring was over, the game officially began.

"Let us once again congratulate the Spurs for winning the first championship in team history." Michaels, the ABC commentator on the sidelines, looked at the players of the two teams warming up and said, "Okay, let's take a look at the starting lineup of the two teams. Players, the Spurs' starting center David Robinson, the power forward is last year's finals MVP Tim Duncan, the small forward replaced Sean Elliott as the starter is Chucky Brown, Sean Elliott this year After a kidney transplant, he may be absent for most of the season. May God bless Sean for a speedy recovery. The starting point guard is Mario Avery, and the point guard is still Avery Johnson. The Spurs' starting lineup is in addition to Sean In addition, there is no big change compared with the previous two seasons, but they are one year older this year. The Spurs are one of the teams with the oldest average age in the entire league. I think Popovich should think There is a way to trade a few young players, otherwise the competitiveness of the Spurs will gradually decline as the age of this group of key players increases."

"Okay, now that we've finished introducing the Spurs, let's take a look at the 76's starting lineup. The 76ers' starting center is Tyron Hill, the starting power forward is George Lynch, and the starting small forward is Billy Irving. Si, the two guards are Eric Snow and Allen Iverson, one of the most violent scorers in the league. Today, the 76ers are too short. There are 5 starters on the field. The tallest is Tyron Hill at 2m, oh god, the 06ers are going to be blown inside by David and Tim."

"Our Finals MVP played very excitedly in this game." After watching the two sides jump the ball, Duncan took the ball and went directly into the 76ers' inside line, and after ending the attack with a dunk, Michaels said jokingly. .

The tactics of both sides in this game are very clear. The Spurs are played by Duncan and Robinson on the inside, while the 76ers are led by Allen Iverson to attack the ball and focus on the outside. The inside of the 76ers has no resistance in front of the Spurs. , the same Spurs' perimeter defense is like paper in front of Allen Iverson. Iverson is extremely fast, breaks through sharply, and shoots very accurately. Watching Iverson make shots again and again, Popovich Qi kept shaking his head on the sidelines. The perimeter defense has always been the weakness of the Spurs. As long as they encounter teams with excellent perimeter players, the Spurs will struggle.

Soon the first quarter ended. Although the Spurs had a great advantage in the interior, relying on Iverson's consecutive scoring, the Spurs only led the 23ers by 18 points 76 to 5.

happy national day everyone

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