Legendary star

Chapter 13 Suffocating Spurs (1)

"The coach defended this time just now, I was out of position." After the timeout, Meng Xu returned to the bench and took the initiative to admit his mistake to Popovich, because Meng Xu knew that as a rookie with a low draft, it was difficult for a rookie like the Spurs. In a strong team, you don't get much playing time, let alone a bad performance on the court. If you make one or two mistakes, the coach can forgive you. If there are three or four times, then you must be greeted by endless coldness. bench.

"Meng, it's not your fault. Your defense against Iverson is perfect. You will defend him in the next game. Try to block his passage to the basket and force him to the sideline and bottom line." , where both Tim and David can effectively support you." Popovich looked at Meng Xu, without any intention of blaming him. Instead, he praised Meng Xu's defense against Iverson in public. Chi is a famous hair dryer. In this Spurs team, except for David Robinson and Tim Duncan, all other players and assistant coaches have been sprayed by Popovich.

"En." Meng Xu nodded, facing Popovich's encouragement and admiration, Meng Xu also felt warm in his heart.

"David, Tim, in the next game, you will sit on the left and right wings of the basket and be ready to block Iverson's breakthrough route at any time. As long as you can block Iverson or reduce his scoring efficiency, then this We’re going to win the game.”

"Avery, in the next game, you will defend Eric Snow on the opposite side, and Billy Owens will be defended by Mario. No changes will be made on the offensive end. It will be the same as before, and it will still be Tim As an offensive starting point." After Popovich took the tactical board and explained the next tactics to several players on the field one by one, the game also restarted.

"Friends in the audience, I am the commentator Michaels. Alright, the timeout is over and the game will continue." The whistle sounded, and the game started in the second half of the second quarter. Looking at the opposing players on the field, Michaels was also a little surprised He shouted: "After the timeout, Popovich made another change, hey, how to defend Iverson became No. 5 Meng Xu."

For Popovich, using Meng Xu to defend Iverson is not only a gamble, but also a helpless move. Several Spurs guards have taken turns in the previous games, and none of the 5 guards can restrain him. Iverson, even keeping up with Iverson's speed is more difficult. Iverson often accelerates, then changes direction and changes direction. The players defending him will be thrown away or even knocked to the ground. After that, whether it is shooting, continuing to break through, or even shooting percentages, it all depends on your mood and how you feel.But just before the timeout, Meng Xu's assisted defense made Popovich see hope. Meng Xu's prediction was simply top-notch, and his speed could barely keep up with Iverson. The loss of position was also caused by Iverson after changing direction 3 times. If Tim came out half a second earlier to help Meng Xu defend, then this was a perfect defense.

After the start of the game, Duncan attacked with the ball again. When he saw the 76ers double-teaming him again, Duncan did not choose to play hard like before. After that, he passed the basketball to David Robinson at the other end of the basket. At this moment, Robinson was completely unguarded. After receiving the ball, Robinson took a step forward and dribbled the ball.The current league is no longer the era of the four major centers. Except for O'Neill who is at the peak of the four major centers, the other three have all begun to decline. David Robinson actually began to decline last season. With the increase of age and the accumulation of injuries, David Robinson's athletic ability has declined very seriously since he was reimbursed for the 9697 season. David Robinson's playing time and number of shots in these seasons It is also a straight drop. The most intuitive thing is the sharp drop in data, and the offensive methods and methods are not as good as before. This is the main reason why Larry Brown dared to ignore David Robinson to double-team Duncan. Since last season, David Robinson has Rarely dunks, and after this dunk, David Robinson yelled loudly at the 76ers bench. This dunk was also a response to Larry Brown daring to ignore himself.

Facing David Robinson's angry dunk, Larry Brown didn't care at all. Taking advantage of the moment David Robinson was unable to defend, the 76ers quickly served and launched a fast break. At that time, he received a pass from his teammate from behind. Just after receiving the ball, before he had time to adjust, Meng Xu chased after him. Iverson casually glanced at Meng Xu beside him, and made a fake move forward to break through. He wanted to move horizontally, but found that after Meng Xu's footsteps moved a little bit, he didn't move at all. It seemed that he had seen through his fake action, so Iverson had no choice but to continue to speed up and break through, and then Immediately after a step back, and then a change of direction, he attempted to make another horizontal breakthrough, but found that Meng Xu had already blocked the space for his horizontal breakthrough.

Iverson's several fake moves and continuous changes of direction have already made Meng Xuhuang dizzy. If it weren't for the 50% chance of seeing through the fake moves with the sixth sense, it would be as close to the vines wrapped in death. As a result, Meng Xu was lying on the ground now.

Seeing Meng Xu who blocked his breakthrough route in advance, Iverson was also frightened. This is the first time Iverson has encountered such a difficult defensive player in his career. At this moment, Iverson put his The center of gravity of the body kept lowering, and continued to break forward. Taking advantage of the moment when he was half a body ahead of Meng Xu, he changed direction and abruptly broke through from under Meng Xu's arm to the basket. Just as Iverson thought, When he was about to take advantage of the layup, a big hand fell from the sky, and the thin Iverson was shot out of the baseline by David Robinson with the ball.

The entire Alamo stadium erupted in an instant, and countless spectators cheered loudly, waving everything they could wave in their hands, and all the players on the Spurs bench waved their towels like ghosts and wolves.In this round just now, the morale was really boosted. The Spurs not only overtook the score, but also regained the decline on the court.

"Oh, it was too violent and bloody. Robinson's block this time was like swat a fly, and Iverson was completely swatted away. I seemed to see the young admiral again." Michaels, the narrator on board, exclaimed.

After Meng Xu ran to the bottom line and stretched out his hands to pull Iverson up, he also put his hands on his hips, panting heavily. For Iverson, apart from being shocked by his super fast speed and strange change of direction, Meng Xu also There is only admiration, a small man with only 1 meters, like a fighter, for the team's victory, with his thin body, constantly hitting the inside of the Spurs, which is full of tall people. Courage, this perseverance, is also worthy of Meng Xu's admiration.

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(End of this chapter)