12dz Chapter 664 Tonight, the King will appear in the Pacers players' dreams!
Chapter 664 Tonight, the King will appear in the Pacers players' dreams!
Swish!
Swish!
Towns, who has a free throw percentage of over 80%, did not miss either of those two free throws.
With those two free throws, the Nets took a 16-10 lead in overtime.
With a whistle, the referee stopped the game, and Carlisle called a timeout.
Carlisle glanced at the score on the big screen.
134:128.
The Nets are leading by 6 points.
If the Pacers score on the next possession, they should foul immediately, giving them another chance to tie the game.
But the prerequisite is that the next ball must be scored.
Therefore, he had to call this pause.
Taking the tactics board, Carlisle squatted down and began to arrange the tactics.
The tactic is simple: shoot three-pointers.
Two-point shots are no longer useful.
Even if they score two points and then foul, even if the Nets miss both free throws, they'll still be 4 points behind.
Only by making a three-pointer will there be hope.
With a beep, the pause time was up.
The players from both sides returned to the field.
Turner stands outside the sideline, ready to serve.
The Nets did not employ extreme defense against Haliburton, which allowed Haliburton to make one back-and-forth run before receiving the ball from Turner.
After circling around the perimeter a few times, Halliburton finally found a barely passable opportunity to shoot.
Without any hesitation, he took the three-pointer himself.
Time was running out, so even though he knew his three-point shooting touch wasn't working tonight, he still took the shot without hesitation.
Bang!
The basketball was a little unlucky; it hit the inside edge of the rim, spun around, and then miraculously spun out again.
Durant leaped high and stretched out his long arms to catch the ball.
Turner walked past Towns and patted Durant on the shoulder.
With a whistle, the referee blew the whistle.
Turner committed a foul.
Turner shook his head and angrily shoved Towns, who was clinging to him, before walking towards the frontcourt.
Towns didn't bother arguing with him; with his team in the lead, it was best not to do anything else pointless.
Durant pumped his fist and gave high-fives to Towns, Wang Xiucheng, and the others.
At the free-throw line, Durant made his first free throw.
After stretching his wrists, Durant received the ball from the referee again, and then, without adjusting, threw the ball toward the basket.
With a thud, the basketball hit the rim and was rebounded by Nesmith, but before he could pass the ball to Haliburton, the referee blew the whistle.
The game is over!
The Nets defeated the Pacers 135-128 in overtime at home!
Nets fans were jubilant in the stands, but Pacers fans who had traveled from afar had their heads down and looked quite disappointed.
Losing a game is bad enough, but losing in overtime makes it even harder to accept.
"I wonder if these Pacers players can withstand this loss," O'Neal and Barkley said at the game's end.
"If they can pull through, I believe they can quickly become a very strong team."
"If they can't, they may be forever dominated by the Nets until Wang Xiucheng retires."
"But Wang Xiucheng is only in his early twenties. He will probably be a nightmare for some people for a long time!"
The two expressed their opinions directly to fans across the United States watching the game.
This match, after all, went through overtime.
Although overtime is nothing unusual, which team hasn't played overtime before?
However, in tonight's game, it was almost entirely Wang Xiucheng who dragged the Nets into overtime.
Then, it was Wang Xiucheng alone who defeated the Pacers!
Wang Xiucheng will probably appear in the dreams of many Pacers players tonight!
It has to be said that sometimes those two fat guys are quite accurate in their judgment.
Two days later, in the second game of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Nets defeated the Pacers 126-110 at home.
Compared to the first game, the Pacers players clearly haven't recovered from their previous loss.
From the very first basket, the Nets never let the Pacers catch up.
In almost every quarter, the Nets outscored their opponents by about 5 points.
By the latter part of the fourth quarter, the game had practically become garbage time.
Wang Xiucheng played 37 minutes in this game, scoring 22 points and adding 15 assists.
Although Wang Xiucheng didn't score many points tonight, his 15 assists revitalized the entire team.
Seven Nets players scored in double figures in this game, with Towns leading the way with 28 points.
For the Pacers, Haliburton returned to the locker room at the start of the fourth quarter due to soreness in his left leg.
Haliburton's stats were also finalized at 10 points and 8 assists.
The Nets won two consecutive home games, giving them a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference Finals.
But the Western Conference Finals presented a completely different picture.
Despite having a better regular season record and playing at home, the Timberwolves surprisingly lost both of their home games.
They lost by 3 points in the first game, but only by 1 point in the second game.
They only lost by a total of 4 points in the two games, but a loss is a loss.
The Timberwolves not only failed to maintain their home-court advantage, but also failed to win a single game.
It's easy to imagine how difficult the games will be for the Timberwolves in the coming days.
The third game between the Nets and the Pacers will be held in Indianapolis two days later.
The Nets will rest in New York for a day before flying to Indiana the following day.
……
New York, Blackstone Group Building.
Su Shih-min watched the second game of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Nets and the Pacers on TV, which had just ended, and then took out his phone and made a call.
The call was quickly connected. Su Shimin used the remote to turn off the TV, plunging the room into darkness, with only the faint light emanating from the phone screen.
“Miss Julia, it’s been a long time,” Su Shimin said to the person on the phone.
"Stephen, it's been a long time." A woman's voice came from outside.
“Miss Julia, you know I don’t call you unless it’s something important. To make a long story short, your daughter’s company has recently shown interest in several of my projects. I’d like to know, is this your idea? Or is it Koch Industries’ idea?”
There seemed to be a few seconds of pause on the phone, then the sound of a door closing was heard, followed by the woman's voice.
“Stephen, you should know that the company is managed by your child. I don’t know much about it, but I’ve heard that Wang is very interested in the shares of Wanda that you own.”
Su Shimin looked out the window at the tall buildings.
He knew it must be this.
Wang Xiucheng had already declared that Taimeng should hand over Wan Da.
Blackstone Group is the largest capital behind PAG, and Wang Xiucheng certainly couldn't be unaware of that.
That's why Wang Xiucheng has been targeting Blackstone all this time.
In almost every project Blackstone was involved in, Wang Xiucheng would have his younger brother get involved and forcefully inflate the project's budget.
Blackstone has done a lot of work for these projects.
Whether it's human resources, material resources, or financial resources, if Blackstone fails to secure these projects because of Wang Xiucheng, then all of its initial investments will be wasted.
Conservatively estimated, each project costs at least several million.
However, if Blackstone follows Wang Xiucheng in raising prices, its profits will foreseeably be greatly reduced.
This will be reflected in every report Blackstone Group gives to its shareholders.
Moreover, Su Shimin did not know whether it was Wang Xiucheng or Maria Koch who intervened, but he managed to bribe at least one senior executive within Blackstone Group.
This allowed Wang Xiucheng to accurately pinpoint the limits of Blackstone's pricing every time.
If he does nothing, Blackstone won't be dragged down, but it will be difficult for it to make money like before.
Thinking of this, Su Shimin said, "Can I speak with Wang in person?"