Legendary star

Chapter 257 China Derby
"Nash's defense is too bad." When Meng Xu started to start, Nash, who seemed to have a very standard defensive posture, was passed by Meng Xu in one step, and Meng Xu even changed direction after his iconic big stride. It's useless. Seeing this situation, Magic Johnson on the sidelines could only shake his head helplessly. Like Meng Xu, Steve Nash is also a player that the magician admires very much. Nash's organizational skills and overall situation , The shooting is first-class, but the physical fitness is not good, and the defense is too poor, and this will seriously limit his upper limit.

After Meng Xu passed Nash, he rushed directly towards the basket. Originally, according to the unspoken rules, the first offense of the Spurs would be handed over to Duncan, but today after the Mavericks sent 3 insiders, Duncan now There are no good opportunities either. Nowitzki defends Duncan all the way, while another All-Star power forward, Juwan Howard, is ready to double-team Duncan at any time.

Sean Bradley, with a height of 2 meters, is a natural barrier as long as he goes to the basket, and in this game, perhaps it was the old Nelson's arrangement, Sean Bradley has always been Move left and right under the basket, never far away from the basket, just fight for position with David Robinson under the basket, and after David Robinson was injured consecutively in the playoffs last season, his current physical condition is deteriorating, and he once saw The big bamboo pole, which is as thick as grass, is already struggling for a position.

While the five long men under the Mavericks' basket are constantly fighting for positions, Sean Elliott, who has slipped to the bottom corner after a reverse run, is now in an unguarded state, and Meng Xu is entering After the 5-point line, seeing that there was no place in the crowded paint area, he passed the basketball in his hand to Sean Elliott in the bottom corner through a long pass. At this time, Xiao, who received the pass from Meng Xu, Sean Elliott obviously still hadn't reacted a bit. Meng Xu would give himself the opportunity to take the first shot, but Sean Elliott hesitated for a while, but still decisively shot the basketball in his hand. go out.

After seeing Meng Xu pass the ball to Sean Elliott, the old Nelson and Popovich on the sidelines nodded at Meng Xu almost at the same time.Although Popovich was a little unexpected about the Mavericks' formation change in this game, but Popovich also believed that no matter how the Mavericks changed their formation, they would not be able to make any waves in their hands. , because whether it is Duncan or Meng Xu, Popovich believes that they can completely suppress their opponents.

"Hey, Steve, why do you always have a straight face today? Even if the Mavericks are swept by the Spurs, you don't have to look like this." After Nash dribbled the ball through half court, Meng Xu quickly posted it, Nash, a player, has always been a good-tempered guy in Meng Xu's impression, but I don't know why he keeps a straight face when he sees himself today, with an expression that he owes him millions.

And Nash had an expression that I don't want to talk to you, and then handed the ball to Nowitzki who was near the free throw line. For today's game, Nash was a little bit upset. The opponent was Meng Xu, and another important reason was that Nash didn't like to play this kind of slow-paced positional warfare. In the past, when Bradley was on the bench, the Mavericks' offensive rhythm was actually very fast. Although not as good as the Suns and Kings, the gap is not very big, and today when Bradley started playing, the Mavericks had to slow down.

When the Mavericks started to play positional battles with the Spurs, they undoubtedly gave up their familiar rhythm, but this does not mean that the Mavericks are now useless, at least Juwan Howard singles Sean Elliott is still very easy Yes, and Michael Finley also has a big advantage when facing Mario Ellis. Therefore, in this attack by the Mavericks, Nowitzki tried to single Duncan once, and passed the basketball. Given Juwan Howard, and Juwan Howard is a skilled power forward, it is still very easy to single Sean Elliott.

So after the game started, although the Mavericks were using their own weaknesses to play against the Spurs' strengths, the two teams are now evenly matched on the court. After the first quarter, the Spurs only scored 17 points. 15, leading the Mavericks by 2 points.

"Big Zhi, Big Zhi is on the court. In the second quarter of the first game between the Spurs and the Mavericks, two players from our Chinese national team, Meng Xu and Wang Zhizhi, appeared on the court at the same time. This day is undoubtedly a historic day for our Huaguo basketball.” When the second quarter started, Meng Xu led the Spurs’ bench lineup, and after Wang Zhizhi also played on the Mavericks’ bench lineup, he was far away. In the CCAV studio on the other side of the ocean, Mr. Zhang Lili was so excited that he couldn't help himself.

"In the Spurs' first attack, Meng Xu took the ball and went directly to Dazhi." After Meng Xu came on the court, seeing Wang Zhizhi also playing at the same time, after smiling at Wang Zhizhi in the distance, Meng Xu signaled His teammates pulled away, and after getting rid of Howard Eisley's defense at an accelerated speed, Meng Xu rushed to a place not far in front of Wang Zhizhi, but this time Meng Xu didn't shoot in front of Wang Zhizhi, or continued to change direction and rush forward At the basket, but passed the ball to Derek Anderson behind him.In the last game against the Timberwolves, Meng Xu seized a lot of shots from the substitutes, so in this game, Meng Xu also intends to make up for them, so as not to make the substitutes feel dissatisfied with him after a long time. , and at the same time, he can also get assists, the best of both worlds.

After Derek Anderson made a shot, Meng Xu retreated quickly. When the players of the two teams were all in position, Meng Xu, who was standing at the top of the arc defending Howard Eisley, felt a little embarrassed, perhaps for Meng Xu's fear of defensive ability may be the special arrangement of the old Nelson. The Mavericks' backup point guard Howard Eisley handed over the basketball to the team's boss Michael Finley before halftime.

"king."

After listening to Michael Finley's shout on the other side, Finley hopped lightly and passed the basketball to Wang Zhizhi, who had already settled down. Although he was 2 meters tall and weighed more than 13 kilograms, However, Wang Zhizhi's footsteps and movement are still above the average level of all NBA centers. The Spurs' backup center Riff LaFrentz can't keep up with Wang Zhizhi's footsteps. Therefore, after receiving a pass from Finley, Wang Zhizhi Also after easily swaying Rif LaFrentz's defense, the hook hit.

"The Mavericks' big Huaguo has a really good touch, and Don Nelson's draft vision is really good." When Wang Zhizhi went directly to the outside to make a 3-pointer in the next attack, the commentary of the game Michaels also praised Wang Zhizhi, and at the same time also praised the Mavericks' head coach Nelson.

"El, this is Don's all-time hobby. From Chris to Dirk, Don always has a special love for those big men who are good at shooting." For Don Nelson, Magic Johnson also respects him very much. At the peak of his career, the Warriors led by Nelson Sr. have always been the biggest opponent of the Lakers.

With the help of his teammates, the next few minutes will be the performance time of Meng Xu and Wang Zhizhi. The only difference is that Wang Zhizhi is scoring consecutively, while Meng Xu is continuously scoring. Give assists to teammates.From the start of the second quarter to the 6 minutes of the official timeout, Wang Zhizhi made 7 of 4 shots, including a 3-pointer, scoring 9 points, while Meng Xu provided 4 assists.It's just a little bit of a pity for the Huaguo fans. Due to the different positions, and in this game, Meng Xu didn't rush to the basket, so Meng Xu and Wang Zhizhi didn't have a direct intersection most of the time.

"Meng, this fellow of yours looks very good. Do you want me to go up and take care of him?" After the game, when Meng Xu was wiping his sweat with a towel, Duncan gently pushed Meng Xu and said in a low voice.

"I don't need it today. I'll let him train with you during the offseason this summer. By the way, you can also teach him your unique skills." Duncan couldn't hide his little thoughts from Meng Xu. Duncan looks honest on the outside, but his heart is completely different.Moreover, Meng Xu has now discovered one of Duncan's little hobbies, that is, for players he is interested in, Duncan will always give pointers or give them a hard time on the field, and will say yes triumphantly after it is over. After helping them grow, now it seems that Duncan has a little interest in Wang Zhizhi.

"I have to charge for it." Seeing Meng Xu who was a bit aggressive, Duncan opened his big hand and stretched out five fingers.

"500 dollars a summer? That's too cheap, let's make a deal." Meng Xu put his hand directly on Duncan's, signaling the deal.

"Fuck $500, you guys are too stingy, at least $50000, or across the arena, five Chinese meals are fine." Since Meng Xu came to the Spurs, in order to enhance the understanding between teammates, as a team Duncan decided to treat Meng Xu to a meal, and after much deliberation, Duncan finally decided to treat Meng Xu to a Chinese meal, but it didn't matter. Duncan became addicted to Chinese food.Once there is a bet on the Spurs, the bet Duncan chooses must be Chinese food.

"5 Chinese meals? Tim, I remembered that you still owe me several Chinese meals." Hearing Duncan talking about Chinese food, Meng Xu suddenly remembered that Duncan still owed me several meals. The first time after the Mavericks fell behind the Jazz 0-2, Duncan bet himself that the Spurs' next opponent would be the Mavericks or the Jazz, and this guy shamelessly chose the Jazz first, but when the Mavericks reversed the Jazz, Duncan Just keep silent about this bet, obviously wanting to renege on the debt.

"Well, the coach is going to set up tactics." Duncan immediately turned his head away, and even though Meng Xu pushed and shouted, there was no response.

(End of this chapter)