Legendary star

Chapter 256 Western Conference Semifinals

"This year's Mavericks don't seem to be easy to deal with." On May 2001, 5, after Meng Xu finished a day of training, he returned home and watched the 3th game between the Mavericks and the Jazz. With Calvin Booth's quasi-lore, the Mavericks defeated the Jazz at home 5 to 84, and the scene of Malone punching the floor after facing Dirk Nowitzki at the last moment after failing to make a mid-range shot was also very impressive. It can only make people sigh that the hero is late. In the 83 games of this round of the series, Malone averaged 5 points and 27.6 rebounds per game, but his shooting percentage was only 8.8%.

In this round of the series, the Mavericks lost two consecutive home games at the beginning, and finally pulled three games in a row to complete the counterattack against the Jazz. Therefore, they became the third team in NBA history to lose two games first. After the home game, the team that completed a 3-3 reversal.

And the next round of the series between the Mavericks and the Spurs is undoubtedly the one that attracts the most attention from the fans of Huaguo on the other side of the ocean. At the end of the regular season this season, Wang Zhizhi finally got rid of all the fetters, Came to the United States, and Wang Zhizhi is now on the Mavericks' playoff roster. In the fourth game of the series against the Jazz, Wang Zhizhi played 5 minutes at the end of the game and scored 7 points and 1 rebound. data.Although I don't know whether Wang Zhizhi will get a chance to play in the next game, but because of the two Huaguo players, this round of the series between the Spurs and the Mavericks is also affectionately called by the Huaguo fans. It is called "Huaguo Derby".

After the Mavericks and Jazz series, the first round of this season's playoffs is all over. The Spurs and Lakers swept their opponents with a total score of 3-0, while the Kings 3-1. defeated the sun.In the five games between the Knicks and the Heat in the Eastern Conference, the Heat advanced in a thrilling manner, and the Raptors were almost overturned by the Hornets when they led 5-2. The Dragon eliminated the Hornets and advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals, while the 0ers and Bucks easily eliminated their opponents 5-76. The Pacers, who have reached the conference finals for 3 consecutive years under Larry Bird, won the first round of this season. After that, I went back home.

Just after the end of the first round of games, the Spurs, who have rested for more than a week, will play at home against the Mavericks, who have just played 5 games with the Jazz. Although after a long rest, the Spurs undoubtedly have a great advantage in physical fitness , but after the Mavericks fought with the Jazz, the state of the game is now fully stimulated, and the veterans of the Spurs, after such a long rest, finally found it in the series against the Timberwolves. At least in the training session this morning, except for Duncan and Meng Xu, the other Spurs players were more or less out of shape.It is because Duncan has reached his level and can control his game state freely, while Meng Xu is because of the system to help adjust. As long as there are no artificial reasons, Meng Xu can maintain a similar game state now.

"Generally, I didn't expect this day to come so soon." On the night of May 2001, 5, at the Alamo Stadium, the home of the Spurs, after all the players from the Spurs and the Mavericks walked out of the tunnel, Meng Xu went straight to the Mavericks. on the bench, and greeted his teammate Wang Zhizhi in the national team.Meng Xu and Wang Zhizhi were rookies in the same year, and they also participated in last year's Olympics together. However, unlike Meng Xu who entered the NBA directly after being selected by the Spurs, Wang Zhizhi was a core player of the 5st team of the Huaguo Basketball League at the time, so the Mavericks On the issue of Wang Zhizhi's entry into the NBA with 81, they couldn't reach an agreement. 81 asked the Mavericks for a huge transfer fee, but the Mavericks said that the transfer fee has never been heard of in the NBA, so they kept arguing between the two sides. Among them, the patience of the Mavericks and Nelson is also getting less and less. In the end, it was only under the direct intervention of the Chinese National Basketball Association that Wang Zhizhi was able to enter the NBA.

"Thank you." After seeing Meng Xu coming over to say hello to him, the current Wang Zhizhi is not as talkative as when he was in the national team, but looks a little shy, and Meng Xu can also see that Wang Zhizhi's face is always smiling. There is a trace of exhaustion, perhaps because of the overly dense schedule of the NBA and the fact that he is not used to flying around all day to catch away games.

"I'll treat you to dinner after the game." Seeing Wang Zhizhi who was a little embarrassed, Meng Xu opened his arms and hugged him, then lightly hammered Wang Zhizhi's chest with his fist: "Come on."

"Come on." Watching Meng Xu turn around and leave, Wang Zhizhi nodded as well, clenching his fists.

"Perhaps today's game is a historic moment for this league and for David." Looking at Meng Xu and Wang Zhizhi who were embracing each other not far away, Magic Johnson said with a smile on his face.It is well known that David Stern and the top executives of the NBA league want to open up the Huaguo market on the other side, and now David Stern's wish is finally coming true. After Zi Zi, another player from Huaguo successfully entered the NBA, and the two teams also met in this year's playoffs by coincidence. Thinking of this, Magic Johnson looked towards the distant stands I took a look at the box above, and it is said that today's game, all the top executives of the alliance were present.Although he is not a conspiracy theorist, Magic Johnson is also very suspicious in his heart at the moment, whether someone is obstructing the Mavericks' reversal of the Jazz game.

Michaels on the side also nodded after hearing Magic Johnson's words, but he didn't make a sound. Michaels usually avoids talking about these matters involving NBA senior management. He is not an NBA player like Magician. Famous people, no one can hang on.

Afterwards, when the warm-up of the two teams was over and all the starting players were on the court, Michaels also began to introduce the starting lineups of both sides for this game: "The Mavericks' starting center for this game is Sean Bradley, power forward Dirk- Dirk Nowitzki, Juwan Howard at small forward, Michael Finley at shooting guard, Steve Nash at point guard."

"The Mavericks actually sent 3 insiders in this game?" After seeing the Mavericks' starting lineup, Magic Johnson was also a little surprised. In order to deal with the Spurs' inside twin towers, the old Nelson racked his brains. Except for Steve Nash, the rest of the five starting players are all tall men over 5 meters tall. I just don’t know if Steve Nash can connect the Mavericks’ big players well. You must know that according to normal tactics, it is best to partner with 2 guards for 3 insiders, so that the team can be connected well, but the Mavericks only have one guard on the field now.And Meng Xu, who is playing against Nash, has the top defense in the league. Once Nash is restricted by Meng Xu like the Timberwolves' Trier Brandon, then the Mavericks' 2 inside tactics will be completely defeated. 's failed.Moreover, there is a very big loophole in this tactic of the Mavericks, which is the team's perimeter defense. After accumulating 3 interiors, the Mavericks' perimeter defense will inevitably be very weak, and neither Nash nor Finley is that good at defense. The players, especially Nash, are basically a defensive black hole, and Meng Xu is now one of the best perimeters in the league.

"Ervin, maybe the Mavericks will bring us some surprises." From Magic Johnson's tone, Michaels could tell that the Magician was not optimistic about the Mavericks' 3-inside tactic, but the old Nelson was after all One of the best coaches in the league, his arrangement will not be aimless.

"Steve suffered too much when facing Meng Xu, and Finley couldn't keep up. This is a big loophole and hidden danger for the Mavericks." Magic Johnson does not believe that a miracle will happen to the Mavericks , but Magic Johnson is also a little puzzled. There is no reason why old Nelson can't see the problem that he can see?

After the magician finished speaking, the game between the two teams officially began. When the referee threw the basketball into the air, he faced Sean Bradley, who was nearly 20 centimeters taller than himself. With extremely fast bounce speed, just after Bradley's feet left the ground, Duncan had already dialed the basketball in the air to the Spurs' backcourt.

After getting the first wave of the ball in this game, Meng Xu also slowly dribbled the ball through the half court. The Spurs' tactics in the playoffs are very clear, which is to slow down and play positions. Both sides fight consumption and defense. And the Mavericks' 3 inside tactics in this game, it seems that they are definitely going to fight the Spurs.

"Steve, does your coach have a problem with you? Let you defend me." Meng Xu winked at Nash while dribbling the ball and watching Nash in front of him who was defending him very hard.After switching to point guard this season and possessing ball-handling skills such as fingertip dribbling, it can be said that facing all guards in the league, Meng Xu is out of position. Meng Xu cannot be defended, and if a small forward who is similar in height to Meng Xu is used to defend Meng Xu, let alone how effective the defense is, as long as the opponent switches defenses like this, then Mario Eli and Sean Elliott will immediately There will be opportunities for the big to beat the small, and there are only a few people in the current alliance who can keep up with Meng Xu's first step, and there is no one who can prevent Meng Xu from breaking through.

　Thank you for the two monthly tickets of Taro Huihui, thank you.

　　Thank you for the monthly ticket of Wolong Zhuge, thank you.

　　Thank you for the monthly ticket to bid farewell to the days of Xiaosan, thank you.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)