Legendary star

Chapter 226 Let's Make a Bet
"This guy is really persistent. He keeps shooting without playing." Just over 7 minutes into the first quarter, Kobe has already made 10 shots in front of Meng Xu. Although he only hit 5 times, but watching Kobe's anger was more or less aroused when he kept beating Meng Xu in front of him.Only now did Meng Xu really understand Billups' feelings. In the game against the Timberwolves, Billups, who was repeatedly beaten by Meng Xu, felt desperate and resentful at the end of the first quarter. Meng Xu now remembers the small eyes clearly, because what happened to Meng Xu today is a copy of Billups that day. Although Kobe is a little shorter than Meng Xu, Kobe basically ignored all aspects of Meng Xu's defense. Turning around, the back-turning fadeaway jumper is almost the same as that of Meng Xu who shot Billups that day.

"It's a beautiful pass. I have to say that Meng Xu's pass is more and more like Erwin and Anferney." When Meng Xu got rid of Kobe again, he passed the ball in a very aggressive way without looking at him. After the basketball was handed over to Duncan on the inside, Michaels, the commentator of the game, also looked at his partner Magic Johnson and said with a sigh.

"Yes, I think this is the last situation Larry wants to see." Seeing that Meng Xu's playing style is becoming more and more like Hardaway, or more and more like himself, Magic Johnson felt that, The bet I made with Larry Bird will definitely win in the end.

"Larry?" Michaels was not too clear about the meaning of the nonsensical words uttered by the magician. Only a few people knew about the bet between Larry Bird and Johnson.

However, this time Meng Xu's beautiful pass failed to turn into an assist. After the introduction of Grant this season, the Lakers' inside combination can be regarded as unprecedentedly strong. At the same time, they put most of their energy on O'Neal After the defensive end, Duncan also played extremely difficult in this game.Grant is physically strong, and his footwork is very good. He has entered the best defensive team many times. Not only that, Grant is also an old ball ruffian who has been in the NBA for more than 10 years. He is very good at all kinds of small tricks. Therefore, although Grant is 34 years old, this kind of defensive player is basically something that no one wants to encounter. O'Neal, who was so arrogant in the regular season, was educated by the old ball ruffians in the playoffs. Several years have passed.In today's game, Grant's defense made Duncan very uncomfortable. At the same time, in order to beat Tim Duncan and defeat the Spurs, O'Neal now can't care about the so-called superstar dignity, but put down his body to double-team Duncan.

In the previous two seasons, the Lakers' power forward has always been Robert Hawley, a fake power forward, so every time he faces the Spurs' twin towers, O'Neal will play very uncomfortable. In this kind of internal muscle confrontation, Robert Hawley really can't help O'Neal, because neither Duncan nor David Robinson can handle Robert Hawley, and after Grant joined the Lakers this season, all these problems no longer exist.

After receiving the ball, Duncan, after encountering O'Neal and Grant's double-team, passed the basketball to Sean Elliott who was open very quickly, but after Sean Elliott received the ball, he hadn't had time Adjust, Fox's defense is in place, in this case, Sean Elliott chose to continue to transfer the ball, when the basketball passed from Sean Elliott to Mario Ellis, Mario Elliott passed back When it was given to Meng Xu, the attack had already consumed almost 20 seconds.

After catching the ball, Meng Xu looked up at the timing card. In order not to make a mistake or time out due to continuing to transfer the ball, Meng Xu decided to shoot the ball by himself, dribbled the ball on the spot, and deliberately waited until Kobe After coming to defend himself, Meng Xu made a quick shot at the 3-point line.

"Kobe, although I don't want to be a scoring maniac, but when it comes to scoring, I will not lose to anyone, including you." When Meng Xu landed from the air and saw his 3-pointer hit , said to Kobe, who was defending himself, in an extremely pretentious manner.

"You say I'm a scoring maniac? Then I'll be crazy about it." After seeing Meng Xu finally made a shot, Kobe also showed a hint of excitement. A game without an opponent is destined to be lonely and lonely, but even so, you don't I may be better than me in scoring. After soaring points this season, especially after defeating Iverson and Carter, Kobe’s self-confidence is now unprecedentedly high. If Jordan hadn’t retired, Kobe would even Will go to Jordan to make a gesture.

"Meng, don't you think your game is too fancy? Although this is Los Angeles and Staples, you have to understand that you are a basketball player, not an entertainment star. If you want to enter Hollywood , I have to wait until the contract with the Spurs ends to think about it, understand?" After the first quarter, just as he walked off the court, Popovich squirted at Meng Xu who was sitting on the seat. Now that the Spurs have been lagging behind the Lakers, Popovich will really replace Meng Xu and let him calm down.As a wise head coach, how could Popovich not understand the small things in Meng Xu's heart? Just after Duncan and Duncan first entered the league and met the Bulls, they had to show themselves in front of Jordan. The enthusiasm is the same, Meng Xu, who likes to show off, how could he let go of this opportunity? Today's game has gathered almost most of the entertainment and sports stars in the United States. If he doesn't have any ideas, then Meng Xu is not Meng Xu up.At the same time, what could be more in the limelight than showing Magic Johnson's playing style at the Lakers' home court in front of Magic Johnson?

"Understood, I understand." When Popovich saw through Meng Xu's thoughts, Meng Xu also nodded awkwardly and uncomfortably. While nodding, Meng Xu quickly turned his face to one side, looking Did Duncan, who was not far away from him, take pleasure in other people's misfortune? Meng Xu turned his head only after seeing Duncan still had a serious expression on his face, and continued to listen to Popovich's "teachings".

"Very good." After seeing Meng Xu's attitude of pleading guilty, Popovich continued: "Now the Lakers' defense is shrinking very tightly, so in the following games, you need to increase the number of outside shots appropriately." In this game, the Lakers protected the interior very well. The best performance of the Spurs in the first quarter was David Robinson. After O'Neal double-teamed Duncan, David Robinson also got a lot of opportunities. In the first quarter, 7 He scored the team's highest 4 points on 8 shots, and Duncan only made 4 shots and only hit 1 goal. The Spurs' two perimeter players, Mario Elli and Sean Elliott, are not feeling very good now. At the last moment of the first quarter, the Lakers simply began to shrink their defense, choking Duncan and David Robinson.

"No problem, no problem." When he heard that Popovich wanted to increase the number of shots, Meng Xu immediately burst into a flowery smile. With your words, don't blame me for taking too many shots. What's more.Although the rewards for triple-doubles are better and more tangible, in the eyes of fans and the media, super scorers like Kobe and Iverson are the most popular, and Meng Xu was going to play in Sri Lanka today. Taps made a big news.

"But." After seeing Meng Xu's bright smile, Popovich immediately lowered his face and vaccinated Meng Xu: "If you are like that afro boy, then you will end me unconditionally. "Although Popovich is also very optimistic about Kobe, if there is such a guy in his team, then Popovich cannot accept it anyway.

After half of the second quarter, the main players of the two teams came back on the court. Since there was still some gap between the substitute lineup and the Lakers, the Spurs not only failed to reduce the score in the 6 minutes when the two teams came off the bench, The difference is getting bigger and bigger. 30 to 37, the Spurs are about to fall behind the Lakers by double digits.

"Meng, didn't you just say that you won't lose to me in terms of scoring?" When Meng Xu passed the center circle with the ball, Kobe switched defenses with Haber and defended Meng Xu himself.

"That's natural. I'm not bragging. If I want to score, I'm sure you won't be the top scorer." While talking, Meng Xu swayed in place twice before passing the basketball to 3 points. Mario Eli in the left position of the line.

"Then let's make a bet, shall we?" Although Meng Xu no longer has a basketball in his hand, Kobe still pursues Meng Xu relentlessly: "Let's just make a bet, who will play in this game?" How about more points? How about it? In order to show fairness, we don’t count too much in the first quarter, so how about counting from now on?” Meng Xu made 3 of 2 shots in the first quarter and only scored 5 Kobe made 12 of 6 shots and 2 of 1 free throws, scoring 13 points.

"It's not fair to you. If you want to bet, let's count from the beginning of the game to the end of the game. How about it?" After Meng Xu finished speaking, he walked along the sideline to the basket. After teammate Grant blocked it, Meng Xu quickly passed through the crowd and ran to the bottom corner on the other side.

Meng Xu, who was already unguarded, quickly received a pass from his teammates. With quick bounce speed and graceful posture, the basketball Meng Xu threw went directly into the net. After this shot was made, the relationship between the Spurs and the Lakers The point difference was narrowed to 4 points.At the same time, the difference between Meng Xu and Kobe is only 5 points.

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