Legendary star

Chapter 208 Two roads
"Shonelle replaced David, Malik replaced Tim, Antonio replaced Sean, and Jalen replaced Avery." After the official suspension of the first quarter, Popovich directly made arrangements for substitutions. , except for Meng Xu, the rest of the Spurs' main players have all been replaced. This is to let Meng Xu play enough.

Looking at the displeasure on Popovich's face, Meng Xu also noticed something strange about Popovich's substitution this time. Also because he had consumed too much energy in the first half of the quarter, Meng Xu originally planned to play in the first half of the quarter. The style of play was changed in the following games, and Popovich's substitutions were just in favor of Meng Xu.There is no way, the physical strength consumed in the first half of the quarter is too great, if you continue to play this way, not to mention the fourth quarter, I am afraid that you will not be able to run in the third quarter.And I had enough fun in the previous game. I scored 19 points in half a quarter, so I can be better than this when I start to pretend.I've had enough fun, and then it's definitely my teammates' turn to have a good time, otherwise it's easy to arouse public anger.

After the game restarted, seeing Popovich's substitution, Philip Saunders on the sidelines was very depressed. The tactics formulated before the game were completely useless. In order to limit the Spurs' The twin towers, Philip Sanders' own assistant watched the video all night, studied tactics, and finally sent a lineup of two point guards in this game, and also formulated a tactic to counter the Spurs, but in this game In the game, I never caught the Spurs by surprise, but was caught by Popovich's arrangement, and I have no way to deal with it.Whoever he aimed at could think of a player who averaged 8 points per game, and scored 6 points in the 19 minutes of the first quarter.

The Timberwolves are now a strong team in the Western Conference. Although they ranked sixth in the Western Conference last season, they also won 50 wins. As Kevin Garnett gradually entered the peak, he traded several outstanding characters with this season. After the players, the Timberwolves are full of fantasies and expectations for this season, and in this season's playoffs, the Timberwolves are also likely to meet the Spurs, so in the regular season games with the Spurs this season, Philip- Sanders will not hide the slightest bit. These few games will be played according to the intensity of the playoffs, and this game is no exception.But less than half a quarter into the game, the confidence in Philip Sanders' heart was blown away without a trace, let alone Duncan, the two-time FMVP, it was the number 5 in front of him, his own None of the team could guard him, with 19 points in the half quarter, while the Timberwolves only scored 14 points.It is conceivable how much difficulty this No. 5 player will cause his team in the future,
"Popovich replaced Tim Duncan. I think those fans who want to watch Tim and Kevin face off may be disappointed in this game." Since the league launched the "Four Power Forwards", Tim Duncan The matchup with Kevin Garnett has been hyped up. Meng Xu undoubtedly stole the spotlight in this game of national attention, because until now, Duncan has not yet matched Garnett on the offensive end. There was a one-on-one hit, and now Duncan was simply replaced by Popovich and sat directly on the bench.

Although Meng Xu, Michaels and the magician are very appreciative, as employees of ABC, they may not be happy about this game. This national live broadcast, which has been hyped for a long time, was just like this. Popovich was ruined by teaming up. Although Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett still have a chance to match up in the following games, it can be expected that almost everyone's eyes have been gathered on Meng Xu's team. body.

Of course, the reporters at the scene probably feel the same way now. Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett, the Spurs and the Timberwolves, this is undoubtedly a duel between sparks and the earth, but it is completely invisible now.

"Meng actually passed the ball. After the timeout, he seems to have changed his style of play. Could this be arranged by Popovich?" When the game restarted, Meng Xu rushed into the Timberwolves' inside line with the ball as usual, but this time Meng Xu did not choose to make a layup, but passed the basketball to his teammate on the outside line halfway through the breakthrough. After Meng Xu started to break through, the Timberwolves began to shrink inside. Now the outside line is all empty.

Antonio Daniels, who received the pass from Meng Xu, was taken aback for a moment, and then made a steady shot from outside the 3-point line.Originally, after coming off the bench early, Antonio Daniels had no idea, because Meng Xu's outright solitary performance in the first half of the quarter also made Antonio Daniels unable to bear the idea of ​​scoring points, but it was a bit out of the question. Unexpectedly, Meng Xu chose to pass the ball the first time he attacked, and passed it to himself.

Antonio Daniels is an important substitute for the Spurs. As Mario Eli is getting older, Antonio Daniels is playing more and more minutes. His average playing time last season has reached 26 minutes. It is not much worse than Mario Ellis. At the same time, in this limited playing time, Antonio Daniels can contribute about 10 points per game, and his 3-point shooting rate has reached 40%.This season is the contract year for Antonio Daniels, and Antonio Daniels' current idea is to collect more data, so that he can change jobs next season and get a big contract.Originally watching Mario Elli getting older and older, Antonio Daniels was also waiting for the opportunity to take the top position, but after last season's playoffs, Mario Elli had a second spring, and this season the Spurs signed again With Derek Anderson, the All-Star guard, and Meng Xu playing shooting guard from time to time, even Antonio Daniels himself is not very optimistic about his prospects in the Spurs.

In the next game, Meng Xu's performance was completely two people in the first half of the quarter. Although he continued to attack the inside of the Timberwolves, he did not attack by himself in most cases, but passed the ball to Jalen on the outside. Jackson and Antonio Daniels, as long as they are open, even if Meng Xu has already rushed to the basket, they will pass the ball to them.According to their two 40-point shooting percentages of about 3%, plus their own 12% bonus, although there will be some fluctuations, the minimum will not be lower than 45%, so these two guys are also feeling explosive now. Antonio Daniels made 3 of 5 3-pointers and Jalen Jackson made 3 of 4 2-pointers.The Spurs replaced with four substitute players, instead of being overtaken by the Timberwolves, they continued to widen the point difference. Before the first quarter of the game was over, the Spurs led the Timberwolves by 36 to 26 by as much as 10 points up.

Now Jalen Jackson and Antonio Daniels on the field also smiled when they saw Meng Xu. For a substitute who doesn't have much playing time, is there anything better than statistics?Especially Antonio Daniels, who is in a contract year and urgently needs to play a good number.

"It's really a special player. It's only the second season, and he can already touch the door, and there are two different options." Seeing the completely different first and second half of Meng Xu, as a person who has experienced it, Magic Johnson also seemed to feel something, looking at Meng Xu on the field with a smile on his face, and muttering to himself in a low voice.

"Ervin, what were you talking about just now?" Because Magic Johnson's voice was very low, Michaels only saw his mouth moving, but didn't hear any sound. Michaels thought that his earphones were broken Yes, after patting the earphones, he didn't find any problems, so he gave the magician a push.

"I said, this is really a special little guy." Although I have already touched the door in the first season, and there are many players like me, but more players will never see it in their entire lives. to that door.At the same time, as a player who has two choices after touching the gate, this is one of the few in the entire history of basketball, so the magician said that Meng Xu is a special little guy.Obviously, Meng Xu is now facing the question of how to choose between the two paths.

After scoring 19 points in the first half of the first quarter, Meng Xu sent out an astonishing 6 assists in the next 7 minutes. In the entire first quarter, he scored 21 points, 7 assists, 3 rebounds, and 2 Steal.The Spurs also led the Timberwolves 45 to 33 in the first quarter.

In the subsequent game, Meng Xu did not play, and after halftime, the game had already entered garbage time. In the end, relying on the foundation laid by Meng Xu in the first quarter, the Spurs defeated the Timberwolves by a score of 113 to 95.The duel between the strongest No. 21 in the new world ended hastily like this. Duncan and Garnett, who played only 15 minutes, did not have a few direct confrontations throughout the game.

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