On June 11, 2000, just after Game 2 of the Spurs and Pacers series ended and the two teams rested for three days, Game 3 of the Spurs and Pacers Finals kicked off at the Bankers' Living Arena, the home of the Pacers.

In this game, Larry Bird made a big adjustment to the Pacers' tactics, first sending Austin Crohill and Rick Schmitz on the inside, two very good moving interior lines, and Tim Duncan carried out a full-court defensive tactic of going around the front and packing, don't look at Rick Schmitz has a height of more than 2.20 meters, but in this era, a center with poor mobility cannot survive at all. And Austin Krohill is an interior line who is known for his speed, and this guy is a little different from the interior line of this era, he can even pull out and shoot 3 points, but the shooting percentage is relatively average.

Then on Meng Xu's defense, Larry Bird let Jalen Rose and Chris Mullin take turns, and did not let Reggie Miller go to the opposite of Meng Xu at all, in the first two games, Meng Xu and Reggie Miller's exchange can make Larry Bird disgusting enough, so in this game, Reggie Miller no longer has any contact with Meng Xu on the defensive end.

And the rest of the Spurs' outside players, Larry Bird to Shaun Elliott and Mario Ely both execute limited defensive tactics, and to Avery Johnson is the whole process, although Avery Johnson has a strong talent in organizing the team, but shooting has always been his shortcoming, especially the 3-point shooting on the outside, which is basically none, and the mid-range shooting is sometimes absent.

Maybe it's because the Pacers' defensive intensity is very high, except for Meng Xu in the Spurs' outside four, this game is a collective failure, and Avery Johnson is in the situation that the Pacers are empty throughout the whole process, I don't know if it's because of nervousness, Avery Johnson, who is basically unguarded in this game, actually threw many 3 non-sticks.

On the Spurs' side, Popovich still continued the tactics of the first two games, using Meng Xu to beat Reggie Miller on the outside, and using Sean Elliott and Mario Elie to implement the whole process of non-stop clamping for the Pacers' second-in-command Jalen Rose, and Tim Duncan sits under the basket, one person is enough to deal with Austin Crohill and Rick Schmitz. Perhaps infected by the state of the Spurs, the Pacers' shooting percentage in this game was also very low, and the leading player Reggie Miller only shot 1 of 7, and only scored 7 points in the third quarter. At the end of the third quarter, the score was a staggering 57-54.

When the game was more than 3 minutes into the fourth quarter, the Spurs were 65-59, leading the Pacers by 6 points, and at this time, Meng Xu, who had already committed 4 fouls, was still following Reggie Miller, perhaps after the first two games, Reggie Miller was already very familiar with himself, at the beginning of this game, Meng Xu was played by Reggie Miller several times, but fortunately, Miller's hand was average, and several shots were ironed.

Although it is not an embarrassing thing to be played by Miller, you must know that even Jordan was played by Miller, but now Meng Xu, who has a certain status and status, will still feel very unhappy, but Miller is not slippery, and he can't do anything with small moves against him.

When it was time to match up again, Reggie Miller did not run back and forth with Meng Xu as usual, but took the initiative to stop outside the 3-point line and stared at Meng Xu who was tearing his jersey: "Meng, your defense is excellent, I haven't been so embarrassed for a long time, but what I want to tell you is that my time has begun, so you can watch my performance well." ”

"Your time?" When Miller said this, Meng Xu was also shocked.

Almost at this moment, Reggie Miller pushed Meng Xu away, quickly moved a step to the left, and after receiving a pass from Dale Davis, he jumped directly half a step away from the 3-point line, Reggie Miller's shooting method is completely another school in the NBA, Reggie Miller's shooting never pursues anything picturesque, but downright pragmatism, his jump speed is fast, but there will be a significant pause after the jump, and then shoot.

Although he already knew Miller's shooting posture and shooting trajectory in advance, but in the face of Reggie Miller, who had already shot, Meng Xu still had no way to deal with it, and Meng Xu, who was a little unwilling, still jumped up from Miller's side, and wanted to interfere with it somewhat, at least let the coach see that he had worked hard, if Popovich saw that Reggie Miller shot in front of him, but he was indifferent, then after the game, he would definitely be greeted with inhuman treatment.

It's just that when Meng Xu jumped, he found that Reggie Miller actually adjusted his shooting posture in the air, and at the moment when the basketball was taken off, Miller leaned towards Meng Xu, and Meng Xu, who couldn't dodge in the air, directly took his arm on Reggie Miller's body.

When the whistle blew, Reggie Miller hit a 3-pointer, while Meng Xu defended a foul, and in just one round, Miller pulled back 4 points for the Pacers.

Meng Xu, who had already committed 5 fouls, had to sit on the bench and watch Reggie Miller's big kill on the court, after Meng Xu got off the court, the entire Spurs didn't even have players who could keep up with Reggie Miller, and it only took 3 minutes for Reggie Miller to shoot 6 of 7, 3 of 4 3-pointers, and he scored 14 points in a row, Popovich called two timeouts in a row, and there was no way to interrupt Reggie Miller's hand. In just three minutes, Reggie Miller not only helped the Pacers stop the decline, but also overtook the score in one fell swoop. 73-71, by the time the official timeout of the fourth quarter arrived, the Pacers had outscored the Spurs by four points.

"This is Miller, and this is Miller's moment." When Magic Johnson almost yelled at the words in excitement, the entire bankers arena was boiling.

"Miller moment?" On the bench, Meng Xu, who was being arranged by Popovich, muttered after hearing the roar of Magic Johnson that spread throughout the court.

When the game restarted in the fourth quarter, after only two rounds, Meng Xu was graded by Miller, and Reggie Miller still continued his magic, in the entire fourth quarter, Reggie Miller scored 26 points in a single quarter, and finally helped the Pacers defeat the Spurs 95-89, after winning this game, the Pacers also pulled the score of the two teams to 2-1.