Legendary star

Chapter 103 Break free from bondage
"Meng, how is your physical strength?" After the official suspension of the fourth quarter, Meng Xu on the bench wiped the sweat from his forehead with a towel, and Popovich asked with concern standing in front of Meng Xu.

"Coach, I'm fine. There's no problem at all." Meng Xu only rested for less than 3 minutes in this game. If there is no accident, Meng Xu will still play for the rest of the game. This is a huge test for Meng Xu's physical strength. You must know In order to protect Meng Xu, Popovich has not played so long in a game this season.

Although he already felt very tired, especially in the last few minutes just now, he had to attack and defend Kobe, and help defend O'Neal by the way, but Meng Xu still wanted to persevere.

"It's fine. Meng, you performed very well in this game. In the next game, I hope you can play more aggressively." Popovich patted Meng Xu on the shoulder, took out the The tactical board under the other arm began to arrange tactical tasks.

For Popovich, the players that the current Spurs can trust are Duncan and David Robinson, and Johnson and Meng Xu are barely half of them. Under the current situation, David Robinson is absent , Duncan was troubled by fouls and couldn't play, Johnson was possessed by God, and now he can only rely on Meng Xu's performance. I hope Meng Xu can open the situation for the Spurs on the offensive end.

While the Spurs were laying out the next tactics, Mayfair Jackson on the opposite side was not idle, but the team boss O'Neill now had a dark face, as if he was very dissatisfied with Mayfair Jackson's arrangement.

In the last two rounds before the official timeout, as long as O'Neal held the ball, he would be double-teamed by the two insiders of the Spurs, Jalen Jackson and Malik Rose. But the No. 5 of the Spurs is not so easy to deal with. This thin guy will always appear behind him very appropriately and punctually when he wants to shoot. no deposit.After leaving the court, O'Neal was also furious at his teammates, thinking that their containment and threats on the outside were not enough, especially Kobe, who was facing Meng Xu, was scolded by O'Neal. Although he was dissatisfied, Kobe could only choose Swallow your breath.

"I'm already open. If you don't pass the ball, you still have the nerve to say me." Of course, this is just what Kobe thinks in his heart. Now that O'Neal is still angry, he dare not say it.

After appeasing O'Neal, Mayfair Jackson began to arrange the next tactics. O'Neal will rest for a few minutes and then play at the last moment.In the next few minutes, the Lakers will resort to a new tactic developed at the end of the regular season, run and gun.To say that Jim Clemens, Mayfair Jackson's assistant coach, is really an awesome character. From the Bulls to the Lakers, Mayfair Jackson's team tactical training was all handed over to Jim Clemens. The guy is not only good at the triangle offense, but also has good research on running and bombing, inside-out, these tactics as long as they have appeared in the league.Originally, the Lakers practiced running and bombing, firstly to prepare for O'Neal after he left the court, and to use it as a trump card. However, in the first round of the playoffs, the Suns, who were authentically playing running and bombing, were made so miserable by the Spurs that the Lakers were all overwhelmed. Sorry to beat the Spurs with run and gun.But now the two inside pillars of the Spurs are not there, and O'Neal also needs to rest. Mayfair Jackson also intends to try it out, resorting to the running and bombing tactics with Kobe and Glenn Rice as the core. The immobile Ron Haber was also replaced by Fisher.

After the game restarted, Duncan did not play and was still resting on the sidelines. It seems that Popovich and Phil Jackson are playing the same idea.

"The two teams played really fiercely in this game. The Spurs interrupted the Lakers' triangle offense, and the Lakers also suppressed the Spurs' inside-out. But so far, neither team has been able to open the score."

"Except for Kobe, the performance of the outside players of the Lakers in this game is very disappointing." The game has already started, but the guest commentator Kenny Smith and his partner are still chattering about the whole game. game situation.

When the players of the two teams appeared on the field again, the pace of the game on the court suddenly accelerated. After losing their own inside pillars and big men, the defensive strength of the two teams also dropped by more than one level.

"Kobe wanted to get rid of Meng's defense, but couldn't find a chance. Beautiful shot, Kobe and Robert Hawley picked and rolled, shot directly near the free throw line, and the Lakers tied the game."

"Beautiful pass, Mario Elli got rid of Kobe's defense, Meng Xu jumped directly in front of Glen Rice and passed the ball in the air, Mario Elli made a three-pointer as soon as he caught the ball."

"Fisher dribbled the ball, Avery Johnson stepped forward to press, Fisher passed the ball, no, Fisher made a mistake, and the ball Fisher passed to Kobe was cut off by Meng Xu."

"Is this kid going to dunk again?" From the second half of this season, Meng Xu appeared more and more in the top ten shots every week. It's a pity that Meng Xu didn't participate in this season's slam dunk contest against Carter.

After stealing Fisher from near the three-point line, Meng Xu directly accelerated towards the Lakers halfcourt, but at this moment, Meng Xu did not have the urge to dunk. The dunk was really a waste of energy. With Meng Xu's physical strength and In the current situation, it is undoubtedly asking for trouble to expend physical energy for dunking.

Soon Meng Xu crossed the halfway line, and after losing the ball, Fisher chased all the way back, but the speed was too different from Meng Xu's.

"Meng, be steady, be steady." Mike Budenholzer on the sidelines shouted excitedly into the field. If Meng Xu scored this goal, he would have a 5-point advantage, and the balance of victory would be on the line. Will tilt to the Spurs side.

"Let's do another free throw line dunk." The reporters on the sidelines couldn't wait to raise their cameras, ready to record this historical moment. In the first round of the playoffs between the Suns and the Spurs, Meng Xu's free throw line dunk undoubtedly shocked a lot People, Meng Xu's dunk is far ahead in the selection of the top ten balls of the season on the NBA official website, and the reporters and fans who missed watching the scene all beat their chests. While shocked by Meng Xu's physical fitness, they also hope that Meng Xu can Once again staged a dunk from the free throw line, and now is undoubtedly a very good opportunity.

It's just that this time Meng Xu didn't let those good reporters get what they wanted. When Meng Xu dribbled the ball and reached one step outside the 3-point line, Meng Xu jumped up in a strange way, as if his body was completely out of his control, until Meng Xu made a hit. After scoring 3 points, Meng Xu still felt his mind was blank.

(End of this chapter)