Legendary star

Chapter 14 Suffocating Spurs (2)

"Thank you." Just after Meng Xu pulled Iverson up, Iverson patted Meng Xu on the back to express his gratitude, but what Iverson said next made Meng Xu a little embarrassed; "Although No, but I still want to say to you, rookie, welcome to the NBA."

Iverson gave up the idea of ​​attacking the basket after the next three consecutive breakthroughs failed, and began to choose the offensive tactics of shooting in the middle and long distances and making sudden points in the free throw line area. Without him, Meng Xu too It's difficult. Iverson needs to accelerate and change direction at least 3 times. Only when he accelerates and changes direction can he get rid of Meng Xu and get to the basket, but when he is exhausted and rushes to the basket, Duncan and Robinson have already opened their hands I was waiting for myself there, and after these several life-threatening breakthroughs, Iverson also consumed a lot of physical strength. If I continue to play like this, I am afraid that I will have exhausted my physical strength before the fourth quarter.What Iverson didn't know was that defending Iverson these few times also took a lot of energy from Meng Xu. Meng Xu was barely supporting himself by relying on the effect of his skills. , Meng Xu had already been shaken to the point where he lost his defensive target, and Meng Xu almost collapsed on the ground.

"Yes, that's it. This is the defense I want, and this is the Spurs I want." Watching Duncan and Robinson sitting at the basket, Meng Xu swept the entire area from below the 3-point line to the free throw line, almost When the Spurs' half-court defense was airtight, Popovich also shouted excitedly, completely ignoring the special eyes of the audience behind him looking at him.Although many of Meng Xu's defensive choices, in Popovich's view, were a bit reckless, especially when Meng Xu wanted to steal the basketball in Iverson's hands, not only failed to steal Iverson, but was also given by Iverson. Taking the opportunity to pass, these are Meng Xu's lack of defensive experience, he still seems a bit reckless on the court, but Meng Xu relies on his precise prediction, excellent movement speed, and super long wingspan time and time again, time and time again. Popovich still couldn't help being amazed when he successfully filled his position.

"The Spurs' defense is simply suffocating. Their defense is terrible. In the second half of the second quarter, the Spurs beat the 76ers 15 to 3, and now the point difference has widened to 10 points." Seeing the Spurs' success After freezing Iverson, Michaels also sighed as above.

"If only my team could have two of these players." Although his team was in a slight position and was overwhelmed by the Spurs on the court, Larry Brown still didn't call a timeout, but just kept staring at the court. Duncan and Meng Xu on the board looked at Popovich, who was dancing excitedly, with envious expressions in their eyes.Larry Brown is a coach who is good at defense. He has a famous saying that "play in the right way." For Larry Brown's team, there can be no superstars or even superstars in the team, but they cannot be without defense. , no team.The players Larry Brown has always liked are the kind of players who play hard, know how to work as a team, and work hard to defend.It can be said that there is no player in this 76ers who fully meets the above requirements, but the Spurs opposite me have two players who meet all their requirements. For a coach, he can coach a ball that meets his tactical requirements. The team and the players are definitely a happy thing, but it's a pity that the players who meet their requirements are on the opposite side.Putting his thoughts away, Larry Brown looked at the rookie Todd McClochy who was on the bench, and then thought of the No. 16 pick that was traded to the Bulls, and shook his head in disappointment.

"The defense of the No. 5 rookie of the Spurs is really good. Although his data so far is only 0 points, 2 rebounds and 1 steal, his contribution on the court is not only what these data can reflect. , His close defense reminds me of someone." At the end of halftime, Michaels took the data sheet from the first half and kept praising Meng Xu's defense.

"Is that Scottie Pippen?" another commentator asked from the sidelines.

"Yes, his wingspan and his moving speed remind me of Pippen in his prime, but his close defense is more like Gary Payton. The only thing he lacks now is game experience." Michaels was on the side exclaimed.

"Yes, the defense he showed in this game is absolutely historical." Another commentator also echoed.

After the start of the second half, the Spurs replaced all the main players except Meng Xu, and all the main players of 76 played, trying to move back to the score as soon as possible while the main players of the Spurs were resting.

After the game started, Meng Xu suddenly discovered that Iverson was no longer in possession of the ball, and started running off the ball to play hide-and-seek with himself, and the 76ers’ genuine point guard Eli Eric Snow, as a post-possession Eric Snow, is also quite skilled in ball control, although under normal circumstances Eric Snow is only responsible for dribbling the ball across the half court and handing it over to Iverson .Facing the Spurs' substitute, the 76ers still patiently played positional battles. Eric Snow quickly dribbled the ball into the frontcourt. In the past, the 76ers used Iverson as the starting point for their tactics. Whoever holds the ball will hand it over to Iverson immediately after halftime, but this time, Eric Snow watched the team's boss Iverson playing off the ball with Meng Xu. There was no intention of asking for the ball. After the head coach Larry Brown asked Iverson to change his style of play during the halftime timeout, Eric Snow had to find a way to create opportunities by himself. After the ball, Eric Snow found that Iverson had already got rid of Meng Xu through a pick-and-roll. Perhaps because of the inertia all the time, Eric Snow subconsciously passed the ball to Iverson who was almost open. .

Immediately after the basketball was passed, something that surprised Eric Snow happened, because the basketball suddenly changed direction. At some point, Meng Xu suddenly jumped out from his side and directly passed the ball to broke down.Meng Xu originally defended Iverson, but when Iverson got rid of him, Johnson replaced him to defend Iverson, and Johnson's defensive object Eric Snow became Meng Xu to defend .

Perhaps Eric Snow's passing speed is relatively slow. After sensing Eric Snow's passing route, Meng Xu subconsciously reached out to grab a hand. After stealing the ball, Meng Xu ignored the Teammates who were in a daze or cheered directly dribbled the ball towards the 76ers' half court at their fastest speed. Although Meng Xu's ability to control the ball was a bit poor, and he almost lost the ball in the middle of the fast break, Meng Xu still managed to win with a Gliding dunk, got the first blood of his NBA career.

When Meng Xu dunked the ball and turned around to celebrate with his teammates, the entire Alamo Stadium was also detonated. Eric Snow looked at Meng Xu who was celebrating in disbelief, and racked his brains to think carefully. , I want to know how I was robbed by him just now.

After being intercepted by Meng Xu this time, as a veteran who has been in the league for 5 years and has nearly 30 playoff experience, Eric Snow can be said to be more cautious. - The moment Snow saw Iverson who was open again and passed the ball without hesitation, Eric Snow almost collapsed. The moment the basketball just left his hand, Meng Xu just caught his pass, directly, as if he had deliberately passed the ball to Meng Xu.

The moment Eric Snow came to his senses, Meng Xu hung on the basket again, "Impossible, impossible, how could he judge my passing route." Eric Ke Snow yelled in his heart, his legs were already shaking with anger.

(End of this chapter)