Chapter 321:

On May 15, the Boston District Court, the civil case concerning Fox Leon's injury to Frank finally came to a conclusion. After a unanimous vote by the jury, Fox Leon was not guilty and no civil compensation was required to Frank.
Due to James Barger’s return, Frank will face multiple charges of murder, drug trafficking, and kidnapping, including the murder of Leon’s father, Matthews.
Leon finally got rid of this incident, not only got rid of the huge compensation, but also sent the murderer who killed his father to prison. At the same time, his probation period has expired and he no longer needs to go to the police station for filing. He has regained his freedom and can fly around the United States as before.
"How does it feel to become a free citizen again?" Danny Angie, who greeted Leon at the door of the court, asked Leon who came out.
"I really hope that the holidays can come sooner!" Leon said with a sigh of relief. As soon as he got in the car with Angie and the lawyer, they were about to leave for a drink at a nearby bar.
Before the start of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics were given a break of almost a week, as the Indiana Pacers and the Detroit Pistons were caught in a cruel groundbreaking battle in the semifinals.
On May 14, the two sides fought a decisive battle in Indiana. The Pistons relied on Prince's key blocks on the road to slap Miller's possible layup and help the Pistons defeat their opponent 81:77 away. The score was 3:2 ahead, one step away from the Eastern Conference finals.
"Pistons or Pacers, which opponent do you want to fight more?" In the bar, the three of them did not choose a private room, but found a secluded corner and chatted slowly. Lawyer Eze asked a very nutritious question.
Angie thinks this is definitely a good opportunity for Leon to pretend to be forced. This guy will say that it is the same anyway, anyway, it is 4:0.
Unexpectedly, Leon held the glass and shook it for a while before saying: "I still want to play against the Detroiters. Although it is a bit boring to play against a similar opponent for three consecutive years, my chances of winning against the Pistons will be even greater."
"It's rare to see in a century, Fox Leon will also pick his opponent." Angie said with a bit of irony. In the past few years, Leon has often portrayed himself and the Celtics in the media as an image of himself and the Celtics. It's rare.
Leon gave Angie a slanted look, and this guy liked to hold back with himself more and more.
"The Pacers have better talents, especially if they have Jackson. I didn't expect them to get this guy in the summer. It really scared me. But O'Brien doesn't know how to use this guy, otherwise he would be More trouble. But O'Brien still has a routine to deal with us. After all, he has stayed here for more than two years, and Vogel is there. And if you look at it one-on-one, every position of the Pacers is not counted. Too bad, it will be a tough bone. As for the Pistons, I tell you Danny, Larry Brown’s team can’t beat me.
After speaking Leon drank the gin in the glass, a hotness. Feeling along the throat straight to the stomach, warmth is all over the body.
Angie didn't say much, and turned the topic to some life issues. For basketball, at this stage, he chose to trust Fox Leon unconditionally. Countless guys who wanted to watch Leon and the Celtics joke in the first two rounds have closed their mouths, of course, this can't convince everyone. After all, due to the strength of the opponents, the first two rounds of sweeps were not great results in the NBA. The conference finals were a great test.
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A day later, the game between the Detroit Pistons and the Indiana Pacers was played at the Palace of Auburn Hills. In the sixth game of the series, the Pistons were one step away from the conference finals.
The confrontation with the Pacers allowed Rashid Wallace to fully integrate into the team system, and the overall state of the Pistons reached the best. The pain of the last slaughter in the regular season has long been forgotten, and now they just want to make it to the conference finals.
However, the Pacers were not deterred by 2:3 and the disadvantages of away games. This year is undoubtedly the year of the Pacers' rise. Miller, who is not old, and Jermaine O’Neal, who has exploded strongly, joined the line of fire. Stephen Jackson, the increasingly mature Ron Artest, plus the Celtics' old ministers O'Brien and Vogel, the Pacers have a strong fighting power and willpower.
Therefore, the sixth game was extremely fierce. The two sides entered a strangulation battle from the beginning of the first quarter, and the two defensive teams fell into the quagmire for melee. In the first 3 minutes of the game, the two sides did not score a point.
It wasn't until three minutes and eighteen seconds of the game that Billups broke through and caused O'Neal's foul, hit the free throw line and hit the first free throw before the two sides officially opened their heads.
In the first quarter, the score on both sides was 17:15, with the Pistons leading by 2 points.
In the second quarter, the two sides tied at 35:35, and the two teams together scored 70 points in the first half.
The intensity of the game reached white-hot in the third quarter, and the actions of both sides got bigger and bigger. In an attack, Artest grabbed the offensive rebound, and the layup was blocked by Ben Wallace. It happened after the two landed. After the physical conflict, Big Ben pushed Artest away. The referee immediately stopped the game, Artest almost rushed to fight Wallace, but was held back by his teammates.
Ben Wallace got a technical foul because of this, and it was really the referee's care that his actions were not sent off.
After that, the referee blew several fouls in a row, so that the players on both sides gradually calmed down and returned to the game. In this quarter, the Pistons scored 11 points and the Pacers scored 12 points. Due to the fierce physical confrontation, both free throws were not allowed, and a large number of two free throws were made or even missed.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the main players on both sides fouled multiple times. Both sides became more cautious and scoring became more difficult. The scores of the two sides have always been staggered, leading alternately.
With 59 seconds left until the end of the game, the Pistons made a mid-range jumper by Hamilton, turning the score between the two sides into 61:56, leading the Pacers by 5 points, which was the biggest difference between the two sides in the game.
The Pacers called a timeout, a crucial timeout.
After coming back, the game felt bad. Reggie Miller, who was uncomfortable with the Pistons' tough defense, made a three-pointer with the ball from the corner and rewritten the score to 61:59.
Subsequently, Billups was still in the offensive. He crushed Tinsley with his back, and then rolled back and made a mid-range shot. The gap was opened again.
But just 7 seconds later, Miller ran around again, to the left 45 degrees to receive the ball from his favorite position to take another three-point shot, hit, 63:62, the point difference was reduced to 1 point!
With 26 seconds left until the end of the game, the Pistons called a timeout.
After a long timeout, it was Billups again. This time he used the breakthrough very cleverly to shake O'Neal, and then leaned forward to cause O'Neal to foul. Not only did O'Neal be sent off for six fouls, but he also got to the free throw line.
Billups made two free throws and everyone in the Palace of Auburn Hills was hanging. Because of the 2-point lead, it was not safe at all.
The Pacers called a timeout to set up the tactics. Before the timeout ended, O'Brien called a timeout, which was the last timeout in their regular time.
Larry Bird, who was sitting behind the bench, stood up~EbookFREE.me~ yelled something to the players, then sat down again, looking calm.
With the last 3 seconds left, Billups was very precise.
At the end of the timeout, Tinsley served from the sideline. Reggie Miller was the key to take care of, but the Pacers made a high three-person screen. Foster, Artest and Jackson acted as blockers for Miller. . The blocking and running position of the three people finally squeezed a small gap for Miller, and Tinsley passed the ball into Miller's hands.
With the knife up and down, Reggie Miller's sword is not old, 45 degrees to the right, in the same position as just before, hit a three-pointer!
With a three-pointer hit, the buzzer at the end of the game sounded, and the Pacers relied on Miller's magical three-pointers at the last moment at the Palace of Auburn Hills to come back to life and tie the big score to 3:3!
Two days later, at the Conseco Arena in Indiana, the Pacers relied on Stephen Jackson to score 30 points. They won the decisive tiebreaker 89:81 at home, and they continued behind the unfavorable situation of 2:3. Pulling two games to reach the Eastern Conference Finals, it has only been four years since they last entered the Eastern Conference Finals. (To be continued.)