Legendary star

Chapter 261 Playing with Fire
"You guys are playing with fire, no, you're just trying to die, I'm sorry if God doesn't accept you." On May 2001, 5, the fifth game of the Spurs-Mavericks series, in The Spurs' home stadium, the Alamo Stadium, was considered before the game, and it was likely to be the last game of this round of the series, but when the game really started, the Mavericks, who thought they would give up resistance, now After the first quarter of the game, the Mavericks led the Spurs by 14 points 5 to 32 in the away game. It is also very important for the Spurs to be scored 21 points by a team in one quarter. It is rare, and it has never been encountered in this year's playoffs. Even in the last game where the Spurs and the Mavericks played against each other, the Mavericks only scored 11 points in the first quarter.After the timeout, Meng Xu, who had just sat on the bench, heard Anna's incomprehensible words in his ear.

"What do you mean?" Meng Xu, who was confused by Anna's words, also asked rhetorically.

"You released Garnett in the last round, and now you are likely to release Nowitzki again. The Mavericks are not the Timberwolves. If you are reversed by the Mavericks, you will ask for it."

"I'll go, I won't be so lucky, I will meet every super giant in this era?" Hearing what Anna said, Meng Xu also sighed, from Kobe to Garnett, now Nowitzki again, I really don't know if I am lucky or unlucky.And now Meng Xu finally knows why Nowitzki is so abnormal in this game. In the first quarter of the game, Nowitzki made 8 of 5 shots when he was one-on-one with Duncan. Among them, 6 of 4 free throws, not only scored 14 points in a single quarter, but also made two fouls by Duncan, and Duncan's foul was the biggest reason why the Spurs fell behind by a large score in the first quarter.

"So, you guys are trying to die. You can obviously sweep, but you want to save face. Now it's alright. At the beginning of this round of the series, Nowitzki's strength was only 92. After the last game, he directly It has become 94, and now it is on the verge of a breakthrough, if not, this game will sacrifice you."

"Sacrifice, then he must have that set of teeth." Even if Nowitzki breaks through in this game, there is nothing to be afraid of. No matter how strong the Mavericks are, they can still be better than the Lakers. It's useless to save up a "pretentious moment". At worst, I'll use it on you first. After hearing Anna's words, Meng Xu curled his lips and said in his heart nonchalantly.

"Ervin, in this game, the Mavericks' offense is indeed much better, especially Nowitzki, who played more resolutely than in the previous games." During the timeout of the first quarter, Michaels began to comment From the performance of the Mavericks in this game, it is obvious that the performance of the Mavericks so far in this game is beyond expectations.

"The Mavericks should have played like this a long time ago. If Donald had arranged this way in the previous games, the result of this round of the series is really unpredictable." The performance of the Mavericks in this game is undoubtedly very against Magic Johnson. Appetite's.

"What's the situation, you changed to guard me again?" After the start of the second half of the second quarter, when Meng Xu was standing at the top of the arc with the ball, Meng Xu found that his defender had changed from Finley to Juwan Howard. , in the first quarter of the game, although Nowitzki was superb, under the care of Meng Xu, Finley was like an iron god possessed. He made 4 of 0 shots in a single quarter and had 2 turnovers. It made money, and on the defensive end, Finley had nothing to do with Meng Xu, so after the start of the second quarter, Nelson directly used Juwan Howard to face Meng Xu.

Zhuwan Howard is 2 meters tall. Although he was at a disadvantage when defending Duncan, he had a slight advantage when facing Meng Xu. Therefore, seeing Zhuwan Howard with his arms outstretched in front of him, Meng Xu could only choose to move horizontally first and then look for Duncan, but when Meng Xu moved, something embarrassing happened to Meng Xu immediately. Just as Meng Xu moved horizontally, Zhuwan Howard Abandoning Meng Xu, he rushed directly towards Duncan who was competing for position with Nowitzki. He was going to double-team Duncan immediately, and Nash, who was closest to Meng Xu, also made a symbolic defense.

"Are you going to let me go?" Seeing that there was no one in front of him, and Nash was still two meters away from him, running slowly towards him, Meng Xu looked embarrassed.The last round of the Timberwolves let me shoot the tragic situation, but now I dare to play like this?You must know that although Meng Xu will not take the initiative to score points in most cases, Meng Xu's scoring ability, especially the explosive power of scoring, is very strong. In this case, old Nelson dared to let himself go ?Does this despise my shooting ability?Or do you want to try the speed of the knife in my hand?Thinking of this, Meng Xu just jumped up on the spot, raised the knife in his hand and dropped it, and hit a 3-pointer.

"Is Donald going to gamble again? It seems that in this game, Donald still needs to restrict Duncan first, but isn't it too hasty to let go of Meng Xu?" Seeing the Mavericks' defensive strategy after the timeout, Michael Si also smiled. Old Nelson really lived up to his reputation as a lunatic and a gambler. He dared to let Meng Xu shoot. What a crazy decision.

"Maybe Donald has no choice." In the previous few games, whether it was Nash or Finley's defense against Meng Xu, or even the double-teaming of the two ended in failure, and in these few games, Meng Xu's desire to attack is not very high, so the old Nelson chooses to focus on taking care of Duncan, and letting go of Meng Xu is also a seemingly crazy arrangement, but in fact it also makes sense.And no matter how explosive Meng Xu's scoring is, he can't last the whole game. At the same time, as an outside player, no matter how bad your shooting percentage is, you still can't compare with a super insider like Duncan. For a super insider like Duncan, as long as the Mavericks dare to let him go, Duncan can at least score 50 points on the Mavericks, but Meng Xu may not.

"Boy, let's start your performance well." Looking at the No. 5 Spurs player who immediately pounced on Finley after the shot was made, old Nelson also had some special thoughts in his heart. For Meng Xu, old Nelson is still very familiar with Meng Xu's playing style. Every coach needs and likes a player, but the old Nelson always feels that Meng Xu has been playing in the Spurs. The game is to let Meng Xu let go a little bit and let him play a little bit more, just like what he did to Kobe when he played against the Lakers.

"Beautiful shot." In the next offense, facing Nash's airy defense, Meng Xu still chose to shoot a 3-pointer at the top of the arc, but after Michaels just shouted "beautiful", Meng Xu made the shot. Basketball is on fire.

"Donald, you really found my weakness, but even so, you have no chance of coming back now." Although the score was still behind, Popovich did not feel anxious at all.It’s just that Popovich is a little worried about Old Nelson’s strategy of letting Meng Xu play in this game. What Popovich is most worried about is that Meng Xu will become a player like Kobe, so he has been trying to suppress his offense. Desire, for this reason, did not hesitate to send away the team's meritorious guard Avery Johnson, and pushed Meng Xu to the point guard position, but now someone secretly pried the gate that he had been afraid to open, and this He was still the old Nelson whom he had always respected very much.

"Some things cannot be suppressed. It is much better to experience it early than to experience it later." Perhaps feeling that Popovich was peeping at him, the old Nelson also glanced at where Popovich was.Popovich is a direct descendant of his disciple Larry Brown, and he can be regarded as one of his disciples. Although he has two championships in his hands at a young age, Popovich, who seems to be high-spirited, seems to the old Nelson. There is still something missing, and what he lacks cannot be made up for and realized without experiencing one or several major setbacks.

And in the next period of time, the Mavericks' style of play was also extremely simple and rude. After a few passes, the basketball was handed over to Nowitzki. In this game, Nowitzki's touch was amazing Well, Duncan, who defended Nowitzki from the shit in the previous games, is already a bit difficult in this game, and Nowitzki is also very smart now not to fight hard with Duncan at the basket, but to use all kinds of backs A step-back jumper, a big man with a height of 2 meters, when he uses the step-back jumper, the difficulty of defense can be imagined.As for the Spurs, Meng Xu is also playing high now. Anyway, the Mavericks basically have no defense against Meng Xu, so Meng Xu has also become the Spurs' first offensive point during this period.

The coaches may not like Meng Xu and Nowitzki's answer-ball, where you play one ball and I play one ball. However, this kind of duel is the most popular among fans, whether it is the Spurs fans at home or the TV. The former fans must be very happy after seeing this matchup.

"Can you still go in?" When Meng Xu hit another 3, the old Nelson, who had been calm just now, was already shaking a little. Originally, old Nelson thought that no matter how good Meng Xu's hand was, you could shoot a shot from the outside. 10 times, hitting 5 times is already a feeling, and luck is beyond the charts, but what makes old Nelson's heart speed up is that Meng Xu hit 6 goals in the first 4 shots.So after Meng Xu hit the ball, Old Nelson also immediately called a timeout.

　Thank you for the monthly ticket of Shushushu, thank you.

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

　　Thank you Zhishu Shidao for being a mother's monthly ticket, thank you.

　　Thank you for the two monthly passes of Nirvana of Samsara, thank you.

　　When I wrote this, I suddenly detailed that at the end of the regular season that year, the Mavericks released water in order to let the Warriors enter the playoffs, but they were given a black 8 by the Warriors in the playoffs.

　　
　
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