Legendary star

Chapter 265 Calm Down

"Hey, Shaq, did you see my beautiful free throw?" When Meng Xu shot the basketball and received the basketball handed over by the referee again, Meng Xu pointed at O'Neal who was already in the rebound posture not far away. , making a helpless expression.

"Boy, anyone can catch one after dozens of shots." O'Neill rolled his eyes at Meng Xu, and at the same time his calf began to bend, staring at the basketball in Meng Xu's hand, ready to rush up at any time to grab this defensive rebound.

"Meng Xu's imitation of Jeff Hornacek's free throws seems to work well. If this free throw method can improve Meng Xu's free throws, then Erwin, you and everyone who wants to see the Spurs and the Lakers. I'm going to be disappointed, hahaha." When Meng Xu used the same method to score the ball for the second time, Michaels on the sidelines laughed loudly after speaking, and it might be Michaels at this moment In the best mood of the game, just after Michaels finished laughing, Meng Xu made his second free throw. After Meng Xu made the free throw, a commotion broke out in the entire Alamo Stadium. Shocking cheers sounded, and after Meng Xu made two free throws, the Spurs' lead reached 2 points. With 6 minutes left in the game, the Lakers started to attack Meng Xu, and now every hit by Meng Xu A free throw is crucial.

After making two free throws, Meng Xu deliberately smiled at Phil Jackson when he retreated past the Lakers bench. At the same time, just as Fisher dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, O'Neal squeezed away When David Robinson grabbed the position, Sean Elliott, who received Popovich's gesture, saw Fisher handing the basketball to O'Neal, and immediately rushed over to hug O'Neal. After Meng Xu, if the Spurs don't come back, it won't be Popovich's style.

"Phil, do you still want to continue to foul Meng?" Looking at Phil Jackson with a stern expression, Lakers assistant coach Kurt Rambis asked from the side. Last season, Phil Jackson's chief assistant Jim Clements asked. After resigning due to physical reasons, he once served as the Lakers head coach and general manager assistant Kurt Rambis, and this season he served as Phil Jackson's assistant coach.

"Stop for a moment." Phil Jackson, who didn't know what to write at the moment, was interrupted by Kurt Rambis, and Phil Jackson waved his hand to signal to stop fouling Meng Xu first. In the previous 1 minute, the Lakers fouled Meng Xu 4 times, but Meng Xu made 8 of 7 free throws. If Meng Xu continued to maintain such a free throw percentage, then the so-called "cutting Meng tactics" was actually giving Meng Xu Xu and the Spurs sent points.

After receiving instructions from Phil Jackson, Kurt Rambis got up and walked to the sidelines, and made a gesture to Rick Fox, who had been fouling Meng Xu, indicating that Rick Fox would stay in the next round , The foul on Meng Xu was suspended.And this also marks the failure of the Lakers' "cut Meng tactics". Fortunately, O'Neal also hit 1 of 8 free throws in this 5 minute. The gap between the two sides is only 6 points. With 3 minutes left in the game, The Lakers still have hope of reversing the game.

"Rick Fox didn't continue to foul Meng Xu. It seems that the Lakers are going to give up the tactic of cutting Meng Xu." When Meng Xu appeared at the top of the arc with the ball again, this time it was Kobe who defended Meng Xu. Rick Fox, who has been fouling Meng Xu in the first round, ran to defend Sean Elliott. It seems that in the next game, the Lakers will not continue to foul Meng Xu.

"It's normal, Al. If fouling O'Neal and Chamberlain is a defensive strategy, then fouling Barry and Hornacek and sending them to the free throw line can only be said to be a brain twitch." Originally Magic Johnson, who wanted to watch the Spurs and the Lakers slash with joy, now also looks disappointed. The Spurs and the Lakers only slashed each other for 1 minute, and the Lakers couldn't stand it and gave up this tactic.And this also made Magic Johnson wonder. In the game between the Spurs and the Mavericks a few days ago, Meng Xu's free throws were still so bad. Why did his free throws suddenly improve after only a few days?You must know that O'Neal has practiced hard for a summer before he increased his free throw percentage by 10 percentage points, and Meng Xu went from making 16 of 7 free throws to 8 of 7 free throws. It has only been a few days. The guy is really as talented as Larry Bird said?

Meng Xu, who is still standing at the top of the arc, waiting for Kobe to foul him, is also very helpless and depressed now. After dribbling the ball for halftime, Meng Xu thought that Rick Fox had already fouled 5 times and wanted to change The man continued to foul himself, but after waiting for a long time, he didn't see Kobe stretching out his hand to him. Instead, he opened his arms half a step away from him and stared at him at the same time.I spent 2000 points and 7 skill points for this game. I didn't expect you to kill me 4 times, and it was over. Thinking of this, Meng Xu felt uncomfortable for a while.

In this attack, under Kobe's tight defense, Meng Xu passed the ball through the base and handed the basketball to Duncan inside, and Duncan passed the ball to David on the weak side under the double-team of Grant and O'Neal Robinson, but David Robinson hit the iron with this shot.

"David is really old." Looking at David Robinson's helpless and disappointed expression after he missed a shot, Magic Johnson said with a sigh, if it was David Robinson before, in this case , After receiving a pass from Duncan, he must have gone straight to the basket and dunked, but now, David Robinson really can't run or jump.

After the Lakers stopped fouling Meng Xu, the Spurs, who were still leading the score, also stopped the "shark hacking tactic". With more than 2 minutes left in the game, the game finally returned to normal.

"I'll go, this guy is here again." After the offensive and defensive transition, the Lakers first handed the basketball to O'Neal inside. After O'Neal encountered a double-team, O'Neal passed the basketball from the inside to Rick Fox, and Fox It is to transfer the basketball to Kobe's hands again. At the last moment of this kind of game, every ball is crucial.Although the Lakers are behind in the score, they are still playing very patiently. Under such circumstances, Rick Fox obviously did not dare to make a rash move. After getting the ball, Kobe leaned sideways on Meng Xu, holding the basketball while Pretending to look at his teammates who were running, Meng Xu now knew very well that Kobe wanted to come by himself.

Soon, after Kobe slapped the basketball and hit Meng Xu a few times, although Meng Xu was prepared, he could only watch helplessly. Kobe turned around in front of him, leaned back, shot a jumper, and then made a 3-pointer Hit, after Kobe hit the 3-pointer, the point difference between the two teams was reduced to 3 points, and Kobe who hit the goal was not at all excited, but waved at Meng Xu with a cold face. fist.

"The situation is not good." Popovich on the sidelines seemed to see the signs that Kobe wanted to take over the game, and while touching his thinning hair, Popovich always felt a little inexplicable uneasy.

"Could it be that I'm going to use my trump card now?" In the next round, the Spurs still failed to score, and after Kobe hit a 3-pointer again, the Lakers tied the score 91-91.

"Guys, don't be impatient, don't panic, there is still more time." After Kobe helped the Spurs equalize, Popovich immediately called a timeout. While calling the main players on the field together to arrange tactics, Popovich Povich also looked at the timer, signaling to the players that there was still plenty of time.

After the timeout, the Lakers made personnel changes. Ron Haber replaced Fisher, Robert Hawley replaced Rick Fox, and the Spurs were still the same lineup as before. In 2 minutes, it was time for the decisive battle between the two sides.

There is 1 minute and 56 seconds left in the time, and the score is tied. It can be said that both teams are under a lot of pressure now, but the Spurs players on the field are not the slightest bit different. The leader of the last team is a player like Duncan, so the Spurs have a very special temperament, that is, no matter what the score is, whether they are leading or trailing, the Spurs players are very calm on the court, without the slightest anxiety and anxiety. impatient.After passing consecutive passes, Duncan finally took a step back and made a mid-range shot for the Spurs to overtake the score again.

At this time, Meng Xu actually wanted to go on his own, but considering that before the timeout, Popovich gave Meng Xu repeated orders and repeated orders, and he had to follow the tactics, not to be impatient, and not to act recklessly, so Meng Xu had to suppress his heart. This impulse was just that in the next Lakers offense, Kobe, who was guarded by Meng Xu, unexpectedly passed the ball to Robert Hawley who had just played, and Robert Hawley hit a 3-pointer in front of Sean Elliott After overtaking the score, Meng Xu could no longer calm down.

"Meng, be steady." Seeing that Meng Xu was about to speed up before halftime, Popovich on the sidelines yelled loudly at Meng Xu on the court. Popovich knew it too. Steve Kerr's qualifications are too low, and his status in the team is not good, so it is usually okay, but as long as the game comes to a critical moment, these players on the field, whether it is Meng Xu or Duncan, will face Steve Cole. Cole didn't even believe it, and Meng Xu had at least ignored Steve Cole's shouting many times, so this time Popovich also went directly.

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