Legendary star

Chapter 348 The beginning of an era

"This kind of shooting is really speechless." Seeing Meng Xu beat Keith Van Horn again, and the score between the two sides increased to 10 points, Byron Scott on the sidelines was also anxious. Scratching his increasingly sparse head, he called a timeout with a helpless face. This timeout was only 2 minutes past Byron Scott's last timeout.

Originally, in Byron Scott's opinion, Meng Xu, who didn't make many shots throughout the game, would need time to get used to it even if he wanted to take over the game in the fourth quarter. What made Len Scott a little speechless was that after Meng Xu came on the field, in just over 3 minutes, he made 7 of 5 shots, including 3 of 5 3-pointers and 2 of 2 free throws. He scored 15 points in a row. Even if he called a timeout, there was no way to interrupt his fiery touch.Moreover, Meng Xu's offensive methods, whether it is a layup after a large continuous change of direction, or a step-back jumper that ignores Keith Van Horn's defense, are very demoralizing. No matter how many people are double-teaming in front of him, he can get rid of the defense very calmly, and then make a shot.

At the same time, Byron Scott also saw that Keith Van Horn, the main defense of the Nets against Meng Xu, was already very frustrated when he was off the court. Although he was constantly attacked by injuries, Keith Van Horn Well, at any rate, he was once a talented player as famous as Duncan. In his professional career for several years, Keith Van Horn has never been so useless as he is today. In a few minutes, Keith Van Horn was blown away by Meng Xu on both ends of the offense and defense. After being attacked by Meng Xu consecutively, the Nets took the initiative to create opportunities for Keith Van Horn to single Meng Xu , but the result was very helpless. When Keith Van Horn faced Meng Xu, his speed, strength, and jumping were all at a disadvantage. In the face of Meng Xu's perverted bounce and bullet speed, there was no room for him to display his advantage. Several consecutive singles ended in mistakes and blocked shots.

"Erwin, although it was only a few minutes, I have to admit that Meng dominated the field and dominated the game in these few minutes." Seeing Meng Xu who had already walked to the sidelines, he gave his teammates a high-five with a calm face To celebrate, Michaels is also very excited now.Since entering the league, Michaels has seen every improvement of Meng Xu. It can be said that Michaels is the first person who is optimistic about Meng Xu's success in the NBA, although now due to some indescribable reasons, Michaels no longer praised Meng Xu as before, but as a senior Meng Chu, seeing Meng Xu's dominant performance, Michaels was still happy for Meng Xu in his heart.

"That's true. Compared with last season, Meng Xu's improvement is very obvious." After hearing what Michaels said, Magic Johnson also nodded. Compared with last season, Meng Xu has more and more , began to show his dominance on both ends of the offense and defense. Not only can he change the game through defense, but he can also defeat opponents through offense.Thinking of this, Magic Johnson shifted his gaze to the sidelines and looked at his old buddy Larry Bird.Judging from Meng Xu's progress, I am afraid that Meng Xu will neither be "Larry Bird's second" nor "Magician's second" in the future. The bet between himself and Larry Bird I'm afraid neither of them can win.

"Here it comes again!" When the timeout ended and the game restarted, facing Keith Van Horn and Corey Kidders' double-teaming, Meng Xu made another shot, the net defending Meng Xu The players are already on the verge of collapse. This kind of desperate defense can't stop the opponent's feeling. He didn't take them seriously at all, and the expression that he took care of you so easily was even more maddening.

With less than 2 minutes left in the fourth quarter, 105 to 91, when the lead of the Pacers expanded to 14 points, the head coach of the Nets, Byron Scott, replaced all the players on the field. The main players, the Nets will face the league's No. [-] Kings back-to-back at home tomorrow, so when the overall situation is set, Byron Scott gave up struggling.

After the Nets replaced all the main players, Meng Xu also left the game with 1 minute left in the game. Although Meng Xu only played 5 minutes in the fourth quarter, there is no doubt that the fourth quarter of the game The quarters are all Meng Xu's performance moments. Before the official suspension, the two teams were still playing inextricably, but when Meng Xu re-appeared, the situation of the game took a turn for the worse. The Nets didn't even have the ability to resist at all. The game is over.

112 to 95, Jamal Tinsley, who played at the last moment, made persistent efforts and widened the difference between the two teams to 17 points. The Pacers, who were 11 points behind at one point, not only reversed the game, but also won the Nets in the end. 17 points, and the 17-point difference is also the biggest difference in the four games between the Nets and the Pacers this season.

"Congratulations to the Pacers, congratulations to them for winning the game and becoming the team with the most victories in the Eastern Conference." After the whistle blew at the end of the game, Magic Johnson on the commentary also stood up and cheered for the players on the field. , and also gave his own applause to his old buddy Larry Bird. Today's victory in this game is definitely a milestone moment for the Pacers.

Before the start of this season, Larry Bird took over the Pacers again as a savior. Although Larry Bird's great prestige in Indiana and the Pacers made the Pacers up and down, no one dared to oppose him. There are still many people questioning the deal that Li Bird exchanged 3 main players and draft picks for Meng Xu. Led by Xu and Larry Bird, they slipped into the abyss.But after more than half of the season, the Pacers not only did not sink, but reached the top of the Eastern Conference. There is no doubt that this is like a slap in the face, and it was slapped on the faces of those doubters.

"21 points in a single quarter in the fourth quarter. I can't remember clearly. This is the first time Meng has scored 20+ in the fourth quarter this season." With the technical statistics in his left hand and the microphone next to his mouth in his right hand, Michael Si looked at Meng Xu who was surrounded by his teammates to celebrate the victory in the distance.The scoring ability in the fourth quarter has always been one of the criteria for evaluating a player's key ball ability. For many players, it is enough to have a single 20+ in the fourth quarter several times in their career. Xu has scored 5+ in the fourth quarter at least 20 times this season alone.

Meng Xu currently ranks first in the league's scoring list with an average of 33.4 points per game. However, unlike several other good scorers, Meng Xu's points in the fourth quarter account for a large proportion of the total points. Both reached an astonishing 12.6 points, far ahead of Kobe who averaged 8.5 points per game. Therefore, Meng Xu is also known as "Mr. Fourth Quarter". Ability to chase back.

"Al, we are witnessing the beginning of an era."

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