Champion Creed
Chapter 590 - 590 211 Atlanta Curse Requesting Monthly Tickets!_3

590: 211: Atlanta Curse (Requesting Monthly Tickets!)_3 590: 211: Atlanta Curse (Requesting Monthly Tickets!)_3 He wasn’t fast.

His jump was average.

His breakthrough wasn’t strong.

But Miller had earned the respect of Indianapolis.

After the game ended, Reggie Miller walked off the court and hugged the greatest small forward in history, “Didn’t I make you proud?”

Bird, expressionless, chewed his gum, “Better than Shaq.”

After G3, the Pacers’ confidence had fully recovered.

They had proven that the Atlanta Hawks were not invincible.

In G4, Reggie Miller continued his magical performance.

In the last 50 seconds of the game, he scored 5 points in a row.

With the Pacers down by one at the final moments, Roger was about to make the decisive attack when the whistle blew on the court.

The Pacers had unexpectedly chosen to foul Pippen deliberately.

Pippen stood at the free-throw line; he missed the first shot.

At that moment, the cheering from the crowd drowned Pippen.

In this playoff series, Pippen had been unsure of his jumpshot, and this free throw was going to decide the direction of the series, making him even more nervous.

“Relax, Scott!” Roger tried to retrieve Pippen’s spirit amidst the Indiana fans’ roars.

But it didn’t work.

The second shot, the basketball bounced several times on the rim, but still popped out.

Smits grabbed the rebound, and Bird called for time.

“Scott actually missed both shots!

God, Roger definitely didn’t expect that after leaving Shaq, he’d still experience this!” Magic sighed and concurrently admired his old rival Bird’s courage.

How would he know Pippen would miss both shots?

He didn’t,

the lunatic was always very bold.

Or perhaps he trusted Reggie Miller too much because even if Pippen made both free throws, the Pacers could still fight for time to make an offensive play.

In the final defense, Pippen, chasing Reggie Miller, couldn’t stop due to inertia and sent him flying straight into the Pacers’ bench.

The Pacers players thought Pippen did it out of revenge and started to shove Pippen.

The Hawks’ players rushed over to help, and the scene was full of tension.

The referee’s whistle sounded, dispersing the players from both teams, and gave Reggie Miller three free throws.

Once again, the fate would have to be decided by free throws.

At that time, the score was 89 to 90.

If the Pacers made all three shots, they could tie the overall score.

Missing even one shot could mean falling back into hell.

Such critical, series-defining free throws would put massive pressure on the shooter.

Pippen had just faced that immense pressure.

But Reggie Miller’s steady three swishes made all of Indianapolis dance for him.

“In the past decade, nobody has received more inexplicable calls than Reggie Miller!” Magic complained about the unfairness to the Hawks.

“Magic, you’ve got to know, some people can’t capitalize on those calls even when they get them.

Reggie held on, and that’s a fact.

He’s one of the greatest clutch players in NBA history.

Countless examples have shown us you can’t win a championship without a clutch player,” Steve Jones believed being able to score in clutch free throw moments was also a skill.

(Clutch player: A player who can seal the game with steady free throws at critical moments.)

90 to 82, the Hawks had 3 seconds left but no timeouts.

In the last 3 seconds, the Pacers did everything to prevent Roger from receiving the ball.

Pippen could only look for a long pass to Stevie Smith.

But Jalen Rose suddenly burst through, intercepting the long pass.

2 to 2, the Indiana Pacers miraculously tied the score at home!

After the game, Reggie Miller screamed excitedly like a woman who had just seen Leonardo DiCaprio, arms clutched, jumping and spinning in the air, a spindly flamer dancing on the court.

It was one of the worst celebration moves in NBA history, yet it took place at such a grand moment.

This was the Indiana Pacers, the most unimpressive yet most formidable team.

With one three-pointer from Reggie Miller, they could suddenly revive from lifelessness.

“Damn it!” Pippen kicked the ball away.

For two consecutive games, he had let Reggie Miller kill the game right over his head.

Stevie Smith stood with his hands on his hips.

Due to being tightly defended, his average score wasn’t high.

He was worried, fearing he might let Andy down…

Atlanta was once again shrouded in darkness; the curse still haunted the city.

But during the post-game press conference, Roger was calmer than people expected.

“This is what the playoffs are about, you know what I mean.

At least I still have a chance; some people don’t even have one anymore.”

The very next day, Shaquille O’Neal’s Lakers were humiliatingly swept 4 to 0 by the Utah Jazz.

One of the most disappointing teams in NBA history was thus born.

The league’s Lakers vs.

Hawks promotion all went down the drain.

Shaquille O’Neal became the laughingstock of the league.

A day later, Roger led his team to squash the Pacers at home in the decisive battle, grabbing a 3 to 2 lead in the series.

But the game was soon to return to Indianapolis, a place the Hawks had never conquered.

Now everyone knew, the Pacers were not like the spineless Lakers; Reggie Miller wasn’t Shaquille O’Neal.

They had the ability to win the game.

They had the ability to push the Hawks to the brink.

They had the ability to make the curse of Atlanta a reality.

After the game, the journalists were most concerned about this issue.

“Roger, if the game gets dragged to a Game 7 in Indianapolis, are you worried about losing?

Will the Atlanta curse trouble you?

Can Andy still see the Hawks lift the trophy?”

The questions from the reporters were all pressure for Roger.

But Roger withstood that pressure, “Shut up, I’m not playing a Game 7 this year.”

“That’s a possibility.”

“Whether it’s possible or not, I call the shots.”