Legendary star

Chapter 131 The Restless Gene
"This kid still needs to clean up." For Meng Xu's dunk, Popovich was not as excited as the Spurs players on and off the court, but instead looked unhappy.

"It's time to clean up." Although he said so, Mike Budenholzer felt a slander in his heart. Meng Xu's pushy personality was not the result of your connivance.

Meng Xu's dunk greatly affected the atmosphere at the Staples scene, but the two leading players of the Lakers couldn't swallow this breath so easily. Rick Fox sent the baseline ball, and after receiving the ball, Ron Haber encountered Meng Xu's press in the backcourt. Under Meng Xu's high-pressure press, Ron Haber almost made a mistake again.

Kobe, who received the pass from Ron Haber, dribbled the ball quickly through the half court. Just now Ron Haber was entangled by Meng Xu for nearly 5 seconds. If it wasn't for Kobe's timely cover, it might have taken 8 seconds violation.

After Kobe passed the middle circle, he began to accelerate to the left. After getting rid of Mario Eli and Jalen Jackson in a row, Kobe directly threw the basketball in his hand towards the basket.

Having squeezed Samaki Walker away, O'Neal, who stood in his position ahead of time, saw the basketball flying towards him, and took off directly in the direction of the basket, overwhelming Samaki Walker and successfully received Kobe's pass in the air. After the ball, Samaki Walker dunked the basketball directly into the basket through Samaki Walker, and the tragic Samaki Walker was knocked out by O'Neal.Grabbing the basket with both hands, it made a creaking sound, and O'Neal deliberately swayed back and forth on the basket for a few seconds.

"Beautiful alley-oop, this ball is the perfect embodiment of the tacit understanding between Kobe and O'Neal." The whole Staples erupted into applause and cheers instantly, and even a lot of spectators sat up from their seats , Shouting O'Neill's name.

Accompanied by the creaking sound, just when the basketball hoop was shaking back and forth because of the overwhelmed load, O'Neal let go of the basket, fell from the air, and showed himself to Meng Xu and Duncan who were supporting Samaki Walker behind him After the muscle, O'Neal with a fierce expression and Kobe who ran over clapped in celebration.

"Fatty, I'll let you be arrogant for a while first." Meng Xu, who was unhappy, muttered in a low voice. Meng Xu had already played this game as the last game of the season. It's time to go home and go fishing, so there's no need to worry about physical strength.

"Meng, this big guy is not so easy to deal with." Samaki Walker, who was pulled up by Meng Xu and Duncan, carefully reminded Meng Xu after hearing Meng Xu's muttering.

"Saki, of course I know this. Tim is much better than you. It's not like he can't deal with this fat man." Duncan glanced at Duncan who rolled his eyes and didn't respond. Meng Xu continued, "But don't worry. , I will avenge you."

"Yeah." Samaki Walker nodded, looked at Duncan, and ran towards the frontcourt.Currently in the Spurs team, there are only two people who dare to joke with Duncan. One is the former boss of the Spurs and Duncan’s big brother David Robinson, and the other is this year’s rookie Meng Xu, because he is from the same school as Duncan. For this reason, in addition to the fact that Duncan took great care of Meng Xu, Meng Xu had no scruples in front of Duncan. He said what should be said and what should not be said. He basically said what came to mind. In addition, even the Spurs locker room Avery Johnson, the leader of the team, didn't dare to joke with Duncan.

"Senior, do you want us to play one too?" Meng Xu whispered next to Duncan as he walked to the front court. It is not Meng Xu's character to not return after being beaten.

"I don't think so, I don't care, I'm afraid you will be punished by Greg after the game." Looking at the head coach on the sidelines, Duncan showed a weird smile.

"Yeah." Following Duncan's gaze and seeing Popovich with a livid face, Meng Xu instantly felt a cool breeze blowing beside him, and his skin got goosebumps.Thinking about it, Popovich is already thinking about how to "torture" himself after the game. Thinking of this, Meng Xu gave up the idea of ​​returning an alley-oop to the Lakers.

After running to the middle circle, Jalen Jackson handed the basketball to Meng Xu, and Rick Fox, who was facing Meng Xu, was still nearly two meters away from Meng Xu.

For Fox's defensive style, Meng Xu is very happy in his heart. It is basically difficult for ordinary breakthrough players to deal with the opponent's defensive breakthrough method, but Meng Xu's breakthrough method is precisely the least afraid of this. kind of defensive.The breakthrough method of the snake-like maneuver requires a certain acceleration distance, and because of poor ball control, Meng Xu is very afraid of close defense, especially when dribbling, when encountering those players whose bodies crush him. , Meng Xu's only solution is to raise his hands and surrender. Obviously, Phil Jackson hasn't discovered his weakness yet.

After Meng Xu took a step forward, he started to accelerate from near the middle circle. Although Fox judged the direction of Meng Xu's breakthrough, he was still thrown away by Meng Xu's sudden stop and change of direction. After breaking through Fox, Meng Xu faced O'Neal again. This time, there was no AC Green pulling out to defend. He glanced at Samaki Walker behind him. O'Neal gave up on him decisively, left the basket, and rushed towards Meng Xu.

When he was two steps away from O'Neill, Meng Xu began to change direction in the opposite direction. When O'Neill's attention was attracted by his change of direction, Meng Xu directly hit the ground and passed the ball during the change of direction. The ball, passed the basketball to Samaki Walker behind O'Neal.

Samaki Walker, who was unguarded, made a dunk directly after receiving the ball, and then imitated O'Neal just now, deliberately hanging on the basket for several seconds before getting off.

"Thank you, Meng, thank you." Samaki Walker said thank you repeatedly while clapping hands with Meng Xu.In Samaki Walker's view, Meng Xu's move is to fulfill the promise he just made to vent his anger on himself.

"It seems that Meng is trying to be a leader. I don't know if this is a good thing." An ordinary assist, in the eyes of Mike Budenholzer, who has always been very sensitive, contains some other meanings .

"Meng's character is like this. He is completely different from Tim. Tim will sacrifice everything for the team and victory. Although Meng can also sacrifice, the restless gene hidden in his character will subconsciously Let him stand up for his teammates." After one season, Popovich undoubtedly has a very clear understanding of Meng Xu's character.

"Is this why Meng likes to be in the limelight?" After hearing what Popovich said, Mike Budenholzer also hoped that he thought too much, because the Spurs already have too many leaders, and there are many leaders in the locker room. Avery Johnson, with Duncan and David Robinson on the court, if there is a player who wants to compete for leadership, the harmonious atmosphere of the Spurs will undoubtedly be broken.

(End of this chapter)