Larry Bird was sitting in the luxury box, watching the performance of the players below, and nodded with satisfaction.

At this time, the game between the Indiana Pacers and the Phoenix Suns had reached the final moment, with the Pacers leading by 7 points.

There was only 5.3 seconds left for the Suns, and the overall situation was decided.

On the big screen at the scene, a close-up of Jermaine O'Neal's face appeared.

Today, he once again became the best player in the game without any doubt.

32 points, 14 rebounds and 8 blocks!

O'Neal Jr.'s performance is the key to the Pacers' victory today despite the lack of Artest.

In the latest MVP rankings, O'Neal Jr. also ranked fifth.

People are now discussing who is the absolute dominant player at the fourth position in the new generation, between him and Garnett!

However, what makes Bird most proud today is not O'Neal's performance, but the shooting percentage of the Suns players.

Stephon Marbury, who averaged 20.8 points per game, was defended and only scored 14 points in this game, and his shooting percentage was only 26.7%.

Sean Marion, the Suns' second offensive point, wasn't much better, scoring only 15 points with a 40% shooting rate.

The Pacers' defense makes Bird very proud.

It is precisely because of this unparalleled super defense that the Pacers will achieve 14 wins and 3 losses this season, the best record in the Eastern Conference!

"The performance of the boys is getting better. If Ron had not missed the day due to injury, we might have been able to widen the point difference to double digits." Beside Bird, Pacers president Donnie Walsh took out a

A cigar was handed to "Big Bird".

"That's not true, otherwise how could Marion still score 15 points?" Bird took the cigar and held it in his mouth, quite like his mentor "Red Head" Auerbach.

"The team I built myself is so awesome." In the end, the "King of Forces" didn't forget to brag about himself.

2003 was Larry Bird's first year as the Pacers' front office.

However, Pacers fans are already looking forward to Bird.

Because in the late 1990s, Bird saved this team in a similar way.

From the late 1990s to the early 2000s, Larry Bird briefly coached the Pacers.

At that time, he promised that after coaching the team for only three years, he would definitely make a huge difference to the team.

As we all know, the "King of Force" has the buff bonus of not failing when pretending to be awesome.

Thus, the pretentious journey of Bird's coaching career officially began.

In Bird's first year coaching the Pacers, he led the Pacers, who had only 39 wins the previous season and failed to make the playoffs, to an impressive record of 58 wins, ranking second in the Eastern Conference behind the Bulls. Bird himself also

Won the best coach award.

In the end, the Pacers had to fight the dynasty Bulls led by Jordan in seven games in the Eastern Conference finals before losing.

In the next two years, Bird led his team to second place in the Eastern Conference and first place in the Eastern Conference, as well as an Eastern Conference Finals and a Finals!

In three years, he took a team outside the playoff scope to two Eastern Conference Finals and one Finals. Bird once again fulfilled his boast.

Of course, as promised, he resigned as head coach after the third year.

Now, Bird is back again, but as director of basketball operations.

Although the position has changed, all Indianapolis fans believe in Bird's ability.

They firmly believe that Bird can make the Pacers soar like he did a few years ago.

As a result, Bird fucking did it again!

This summer, as soon as Bird took office, he decisively fired former Pacers coach Isaiah Thomas, hired his friend Rick Carlisle from his playing days as the team's head coach, and drastically changed the team's system and style of play.

This is what led to the Pacers' current impressive record.

So when he heard Bird bragging about himself, Donnie Walsh just smiled.

Bird, this guy, really has the capital to brag about himself.

Bird came back this time to lead his hometown team to win the championship.

And the current Pacers, as long as they are not affected by major injuries, will definitely be a championship-level team!

In this three-year plan, Bird is very confident that he will win an O'Brien Cup for the Pacers!

At the end of the game, Bird raised his glass of wine while looking at the cheering fans below.

"This is for you."

After finishing the drink, Bird and Walsh walked out of the luxury box. It was another wonderful night.

When Bird and Walsh just walked out of the luxury box door, Bird found scout Sweat waiting outside with a document bag.

"Sweat? Why are you here?" Bird was a little surprised, because the scout only needed to put the report in his office, and there was no need to wait for him to submit the report in person.

"I have the latest scouting report that I need to hand over to you." Sweet said, handing the document bag to Bird's hand.

"Is there anything special?" Bird took the report and opened it in person.

"You know, I have been providing you with reports on that guy for a month. Although he is not in our plan, I think you should really take a look at his performance."

"Um...you mean the guy who made Harrison confused?"

"That's him. He has been promoted to the middle of the second round in the draft prediction, and his team is now ranked eighth in the country!" Sweet's voice became excited. As a scout, the happiest thing is of course to dig

Here comes the treasure.

Sweet has been attaching a copy of Wayne's scouting report to Bird for a month now.

From his perspective, Wayne's arrival can help the team further open up space and completely liberate O'Neal and Artest.

Of course, he is just a scout, and more professional people should consider tactical matters.

What he has to do is bring the best players to Bird.

Even if it's a player outside the team's plans.

"Okay, I'll take a look at his report. Thank you for your hard work, Sweet." Bird waved his hand and thanked Sweet for his work enthusiasm.

Of course, he didn't take a second-round pick to heart.

"By the way Larry, there's one more thing!"

"Huh?" Bird, who was about to leave, stopped again. If it weren't for the fact that Sweet was a veteran of the team and a native of Indianapolis, he would have become impatient.

"Tomorrow night, Oklahoma State will meet the University of Texas. This is definitely the most important matchup in the Big 12 Conference. If you have time, watch that kid play. Trust me, you will be right too.

He's interested."

"Tomorrow, okay, I'll take a look when I have time." Bird nodded on the surface, but actually had no intention of taking a look.

Anyway, let's get rid of Sweet, the overheated warm-hearted person.

"Okay, Larry. Then I won't interrupt you now."

After Sweet walked away, Donnie Walsh approached Bird curiously.

Although he is the team president, Bird, the director of basketball operations, is basically in charge of the Pacers' basketball affairs this year.

"What's going on? Isn't Harrison our target this year?" Walsh asked curiously.

"Oh, Sweet said that when he was watching Harrison play a month ago, he accidentally discovered a Chinese student whose performance was very eye-catching. So, he always sent me that guy's scouting report."

"Chinese students studying abroad? It's really rare. What, are you interested?"

Facing Walsh's inquiry, Bird spread his hands: "I don't think we can get the second Yao. Let's see. If that guy is really that powerful, he will naturally appear in our field of vision.

"

Byrd took the report back into the document bag.

Now, he just wants to enjoy this wonderful victory today.

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Wayne brought up his system interface and increased his lateral movement speed from 62 to 67. There were not many growth points left in the past month.

Wayne was on the verge of crying. This game was really frustrating.

On the surface, the victory looks glorious, but because the intensity and difficulty of the competition are not high, there are not many growth points at all.

And the more he looked at his current attribute interface, the more depressed Wayne became.

Why are none of the attributes related to physical fitness such as bounce and speed unlocked until now? How many times do you have to upgrade before you can see it?

Every time he saw Graham running and dunking, Wayne was filled with envy.

I can’t add anything if I want to, and I don’t know how many attributes there are in this area.

Wayne could only guess based on his own feeling. His speed should be pretty good for the fourth position, like the skinny Yao Ming as a rookie, who was more flexible.

But the bounce is a bit stretched, and blocking shots depends entirely on height.

Ma Dan, at a young age, he has the feeling of Duncan standing and blocking shots in his later years...

Wayne shook his head. At the moment, he could only use data crazily in the game to make up for the shortcomings of not getting many points.
To be continued...