Legendary star

Chapter 159 Killed?
"Little Flying Squirrel's game is a pill." After being blocked by Meng Xu, Stoudemire, who hadn't slowed down for more than a minute on the court, was replaced directly after Mike Dunville called a timeout. The game is over, and after the end, Stoudemire put the towel on his head directly.

Perhaps it was Mike Dunville's arrangement during the timeout. Pippen gave up his anger with Meng Xu and no longer pressed Meng Xu. Instead, he put all his limited energy on organizing the offense. For Mario Eli The defense has also relaxed a little bit. The Spurs have not found a touch on the perimeter until now. This game is probably going to be ironed out.

In the next game, because the Blazers have been unable to solve the problem of the connection between the inside and the outside in the three inside tactics, and the Spurs continued to hit the iron because of the touch of several outside players, the two teams cooperated abnormally and fell into a trap. The scoring drought, until Meng Xu steals Rasheed Wallace and scored two points in a fast break, the iron game, which lasted for almost 4 minutes, was declared over. When halftime ended, the Spurs only scored 39 points. 38 point ahead of the Blazers than 1.

After halftime, Meng Xu scored the most points from the two teams. In the first half, he made 10 of 6 shots and 3 of 8 4-pointers. In a defensive battle, he scored the highest 14 points of the two teams.Although Meng Xu's shooting rate is not bad, the Spurs' overall 3-point shooting rate is 19 of 6, while the Blazers on the opposite side are even worse, only 5 of 1.

"Erwin, what kind of adjustments do you think the two teams will make in the second half of the game?" When the players of the two teams began to walk into the player tunnel, looking at the backs of the players of the two teams, Michaels asked the magician beside him road.

"Both the Spurs and the Blazers should make some changes. It can be seen from the halftime game that the Blazers' 3 inside tactics have no hope of winning at all, although they blocked Tim Duncan very well. , but this is not enough to help the Blazers win a victory. The Spurs also need to change their style of play. Perhaps they tasted the sweetness in the series against the Lakers. Popovich is now a bit too dependent on outside shots. The Spurs It's time to add some breakthroughs, only by continuously causing damage to the Blazers' inside line can Duncan be liberated." As a commentator, the skill of pointing Jiangshan must be full, and I have to say that the magician has completely entered the game now. out of state.

"Yes, the Blazers urgently need to make changes. I have to say that Mike Dunville is more stubborn than Popovich."

After the intermission, as Magic Johnson said, both the Spurs and the Trail Blazers made adjustments to their lineups. The Blazers returned to their familiar lineup and tactics. Positionally, Mike Dunvey replaced Damon Stoudemire with Stacy Augmon.On the Spurs side, Duncan's partner became Malik Rose, Sean Elliott returned to the small forward position, and Meng Xu sat on the bench.

Popovich's move was to strengthen the strength of the substitute lineup, and at the same time, he wanted Meng Xu to rest for a while. The second half of the second quarter was too much for Meng Xu. During the whole game, Pippen was being pressed. During the intermission, Meng Xu was so tired that he sat in the locker room and didn't even want to talk.After the two teams made changes at the same time, they each strengthened their offensive performance, and the Spurs really reduced the number of shots from the outside, and all kinds of mid-range shots returned to the arena.Under Meng Xu's leadership, the Spurs' bench lineup was on par with the Trail Blazers' bench lineup led by two All-Stars for the first time, and even had a slight advantage.

When the third quarter of the game ended and the Spurs and Trail Blazers tied at 3, almost everyone on the scene knew that the game would not be decided until the last minute.Only after the start of the fourth quarter, the situation changed suddenly. With Meng Xu continuing to sit on the bench, Terry Burt, Jalen Jackson, Derek Tial, Antonio Daniels, Samar The bench lineup composed of Ky Walker was blown up by Detlef Schramff and Jermaine O'Neal. The bench lineup of the two teams only played for 68 minutes. When Greg Anthony passed a 4-pointer , Extending the Blazers' lead to 3 points, Popovich immediately called a timeout, and sent the main lineup ahead of time before the official timeout.

Because of the score lead, facing the Spurs' counterattack, the Blazers have been playing unhurriedly, and the Spurs have always been short of breath, so the point difference between the two teams has been maintained at about 3 points.

With the last 40 seconds left in the game, Tim Duncan successfully beat Arvedas Sabonis inside and narrowed the difference between the two teams to 1 point.Although Duncan has shown signs of fatigue, he has been holding on to his last breath for the Spurs.

Dribbling the ball and glanced at the scoreboard, with the last 33 seconds left, Rasheed Wallace directly attacked the Spurs basket. Originally, at this moment, this key offensive opportunity should be given to the team The strongest player in the game, but there is no such problem in the Trail Blazers. Whether it is Scottie Pippen, Rasheed Wallace or Arvidas Sabonis, they are all the kind of relentless players at critical moments. players.When Rasheed Wallace, who rushed to the basket, avoided Malik Rose's defense and wanted to make a layup, he was directly taken by Duncan.And the basketball that was photographed by Duncan in the backcourt was snatched by Avery Johnson and handed over to Meng Xu, who was on a fast break. Start celebrating the victory early.

88 to 89, the Spurs finally overtook the score with 25 seconds left in the game.

Because there is no timeout, Mike Dunville did not call a timeout. Scottie Pippen controlled the ball and slowly pressed the time. At the same time, he was also accumulating energy for the last attack. This game consumed Pippen. It's too big, otherwise, Pippen wouldn't let Rasheed Wallace shoot the ball just now. The more this kind of moment, the more it can reflect the role of a superstar.

Standing near the center circle, looking up at the scoreboard from time to time, and at the same time gesturing to all his teammates to pull away, Pippen was already thinking about the shooting method he would choose for the last attack.

At this moment, Meng Xu stood about one meter away from Pippen, slightly arched his waist, not daring to relax in the slightest, and stared at Pippen intently. When there were 6 seconds left in the time, Pippen moved. , After taking a step directly to the right side of the body, Pippen seems to have chosen to directly break through the basket.

Clings to Pippen, keeps pushing Pippen toward the sideline along his likely driving route, and at this moment, just after Pippen crosses the 3-point line, Pippen pulls up, steps back, and swings to the right , and then turned back to the left. After this series of actions, he finally got rid of Meng Xu's defense. Facing Duncan who came out of the supplementary defense, he was directly under the double-team of Duncan and Meng Xu. The Alamo gymnasium was silent.

"We were lore?" Looking at the basketball that fell into the basket, and the Blazers players who had already started to celebrate wildly, this idea came to Meng Xu's mind immediately.

"It's really a pity. In the last round, the Spurs' defense was very good, but this is the role of a superstar." Watching Duncan and Meng Xu score the lore in front of him, he shouted and celebrated with the teammates rushing over Pippen and Magic Johnson also stood up from the commentary booth and applauded the 35-year-old veteran heartily.

　I'm not in a good state today, sorry.

　　Thank you Liuyun Xingguang for your reward, thank you.

　　By the way, please recommend, please collect.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)