The rookie dares to challenge Jordan in the season, do you stay at 8 seconds and 9 minutes against Reggie Miller? One person, one city representative

In the NBA, Reggie Miller's name is synonymous with "toughness" and "hardness". He had a congenital buttocks deformed and was once asserted to be with a wheelchair, but he made a counterattack in his life and became the Pacers' history totem; he dared to provoke Jordan in the rookie season, and for 18 years he stayed in the small ball market and engraved the "uncompromising" into the team's bone marrow. From a thin boy who avoids his sister's blocking to the "New York Public Enemy" who fights against the God of Basketball, Miller's career is a passionate epic about love, struggle and inheritance.

In 1965, Reggie Miller came to the world, but with congenital buttocks deformed - he staggered on a stent before the age of five, and the doctor asserted that "it will never be out of the wheelchair for the rest of his life." But the shackles of fate failed to trap his dream-seeking steps: he threw off his support at the age of seven and stepped onto the court. In order to avoid the block of his sister Sherill Miller (a legend of high school basketball, crushing his younger brother with strength), he could only practice long shots. This seemingly "helpless" choice has created a historical three-point ability for him and also planted the spark of "not admitting defeat". On the 1987 draft night, Pacers general manager Donny Walsh became the "public enemy" - abandoning the popular Steve Alford and betting on UCLA's "skinny shooter" Reggie Miller. Miller joined the team with booing, but did crazy things in rookie season: at the instigation of the team's boss Chuck Person, he provoked the basketball god Jordan, and the trash words were output: "Who do you think you are? Great Jordan? Now a new commander is coming to the city!" The result is conceivable. Jordan used his dominance of 44 points in the second half to let Miller swallow a 12-point defeat, leaving a warning: "Don't be rude to the basketball god." But this time, the "humiliation (humiliation)" did not defeat Miller, but instead made his confidence more "deformed" - his fearless character has become his "must-have fuel" for his impact on history. In the rookie season, Miller averaged only 10 points per game, but was promoted to start in the second year and averaged 24 points per game in the third year, becoming the Pacers' core and leading the team back to the playoffs. But the growth of the small ball market is full of pain: from the 1990s to 1991 season, he led the team to be swept 0-3 by the Pistons in the first round; in the following years, he fell in the first round many times and was "educated" by the Celtics and the Knicks. But Miller didn't believe in fate and regarded "frustration" as a ladder: from the 93 to 94 season, Jordan temporarily retreated, and the eastern group had no leader. He smelled the opportunity and led the team to the Eastern Conference Final. Facing the Knicks' "All-Star Legion" (Ewing, Harper, etc.), the Pacers were like "the countryman entering the city", but they were forced to reach the tiebreak before losing. In the fifth game of the Eastern Conference Final, Miller scored 25 points in a single quarter. After the game, the celebration of Spike Lee (the Knicks loyal) made him the "first public enemy of New York" - From then on, the Eastern Conference teams no longer dared to underestimate the Pacers, and Miller's "hard bone" began to deter the league.

The 94-95 season was Miller's peak chapter: the "Gods Fighting" on the back line in the 1990s (Jordan, Stockton, Gliders), he was still selected as the All-Star, led the team to 50 wins, winning the first division championship after the Pacers joined the NBA. The birth of the "Miller Moment" has left him famous: in the Eastern Conference semi-finals against the Knicks, in the last 8.9 seconds, he scored 8 points in a row to reverse the game, dragging New York home court into silence. This battle not only eliminated the Knicks, but also made "Miller Moment" a basketball term - interpreting "a miracle, only for those who dare to fight." Although East defeated the Magic (O'Neal, Hardaway), Miller's rhythm has already started and the finals seem to be within reach.

Jordan returns, and the deterrence of the God of Basketball reappears, but Miller's dictionary does not "retreat". In the 1996-1997 season, he missed the playoffs due to injury. In the 1998 season, he stood in front of Jordan again with a body of rebellious and trash talk. In this round of series, Miller almost overturned Jordan: using three-pointers, trash talk, and resilience to cause countless troubles to the "God of Basketball". Although he eventually lost, his "hard struggle" made everyone see that the leader of the small ball market dared to wrestle with the peak Jordan - this courage has become a footnote to the Pacers' "uncompromising" culture.

Eighteen years, Miller only wore the Pacers jersey. He incorporated "trending, unyielding, and hard-working" into the team culture: a congenital disability counterattack, interpreting "miracle comes from struggle"; a year of setbacks, interpreting "uncompromising persistence"; a hard-working Jordan does not join in groups, interpreting "loyalty and pride". After retiring, he became the Pacer's "living totem" - when later generations mentioned the Pacer's "not showing off or compromising", they always think of Miller: the man who had congenital buttocks deformed but had to fight his fate and the God of Basketball.