Legendary star

Chapter 353: First suppress and then grow
"Does Van Gundy really intend to keep this game going?"

In this game between the Pacers and the Knicks, from the very beginning, the Knicks focused on the Pacers' head player Meng Xu. The Knicks' second scorer, Sprewell, almost gave up the game. Instead of attacking, he put all his energy on the defensive end, defending Meng Xu closely, and as long as Meng Xu catches the ball or shows signs of catching the ball, it will be the double of Sprewell and Alan Houston immediately. double team.There was no problem with this defensive strategy. After all, Meng Xu is the new scoring leader this season, and not only in scoring, Meng Xu is also at the top of the league in connecting teams. He averaged more than 8 assists per game. Good proof, so as long as Meng Xu is restrained, the Pacers' offensive deployment can be disrupted, and the Knicks have hope of winning.

But judging from the current situation on the court, the Knicks' defense is obviously problematic. Maybe Meng Xu has no desire to attack, or maybe the Knicks really locked Meng Xu. In this game, Meng Xu's The performance is not at all like an offensive core, but more like a role player.But instead of the Knicks not taking the lead in the score, the point difference between the two teams is getting bigger and bigger, so this surprised Magic Johnson. In this case, if it was another coach, he would have done it long ago If there is no change, or to strengthen the defense against Reggie Miller, Magic Johnson can only sigh now that Jeff Van Gundy is too stubborn.

"Jeff, do you still have to wait?" On the Knicks' bench, Tom Thibodeau, Van Gundy's assistant coach, can no longer sit still. Although the Knicks' defense against Meng Xu is still relatively successful, the first In less than half of the second quarter, Meng Xu made 6 of 3 shots and 1 of 0 free throw. He only scored 7 points, but the Knicks were 15 points behind. In the Knicks' defensive strategy, Rejimi, who was given up, Le, 13 of 7 shots, including 6 of 3 three-pointers, 7 of 5 free throws, scored 22 points in less than half of the game, but Van Gundy did not plan to make targeted arrangements for Reggie Miller. It is waiting for Reggie Miller to feel cold. In Thibodeau's view, this kind of waiting is obviously unreliable.

"Wait, the official timeout is coming soon." Jeff Van Gundy looked up at the timer and waved his hand at Thibodeau. It's not that he doesn't want to change, but he hasn't figured out how to change it yet.And if the Knicks continue to persist like this, then I can definitely limit Meng Xu's scoring to less than 20 points, just. . . . . .Van Gundy looked at the box in the distance, and when he thought of Xiao Dolan, he sighed in frustration.

As Van Gundy expected, in the largest and best box in the Bankers Life Arena, the owner of the Pacers, Herbert Simon, ignited a fire for his brother and another owner of the Pacers, Melvin Simon. A cigar, while James Dowland on the side had a livid face, and pressed the cigar in his hand into the ashtray.

"James, the Knicks look vulnerable." The Simon brothers are both New Yorkers. After the two developed in Indiana, they once wanted to extend their tentacles into their hometown, but they met the Dowland family. A group of New York local consortia attacked, so the Simon brothers were also very unhappy with the Dowland family. After taking a puff of the cigar, Melvin-Simon also felt extremely comfortable at the moment.

"Hmph." Xiao Daolan flicked his sleeves, got up and left the box directly.

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"Hey, Alan, come and double-team me, I've already received the ball." In the first offense after the start of the second half, when Meng Xu got rid of Sprewell's defense and received Jamal Tinsley's After passing the ball, Meng Xu found out that Alan Houston, who would always come to double-team him at this time in the past, did not rush over, but continued to stare at Reggie Miller, which made Meng Xu a little upset. Don't respect me, what about double-teaming?

Although it is not yet clear what the Knicks' change means, but for Meng Xu, since you are no longer double-teaming me, wouldn't it be embarrassing for me not to attack?
Although Meng Xu didn't attack with the ball much in the previous game, he has to admit that Sprewell's defense in this game is quite good, although Sprewell's physical fitness can't be called against the sky. , but among all the outside players in the entire league, it is also the top group, and Sprewell's defensive awareness is also very good, and more importantly, Sprewell almost gave up offense in this game , and devoted all his energy to defending Meng Xu.

"Bastard, want to score? It's not that easy." Meng Xu just received the basketball sideways, and when he was about to adjust, Sprewell, who was thrown off by Meng Xu, caught up again and stuck to it tightly. Caught Meng Xu's back, and firmly stuck Meng Xu's waist.

At this time, it is obviously difficult for Meng Xu to complete the adjustment and take off to shoot. It is not easy to make a breakthrough even by turning around forcibly. Although Sprewell's defense this time can be described as perfect , but Meng Xu is still very confident in his offense.

"Meng Xu is this? Do you want to play Sprewell with his back?" Seeing Sprewell's almost perfect defense against Meng Xu, Michaels couldn't help but praise Sprewell in his heart, but the next step For a moment, Michaels found that no matter how good Sprewell's defense was, there was nothing he could do about Meng Xu's almost rogue-like offensive style.

"Meng's strength is really outstanding." After only sitting back twice, Sprewell was pushed by Meng Xu about a distance of more than one meter, and Meng Xu also took advantage of the situation to complete the turn and hit the jumper.There is no doubt that if Meng Xu always chooses to use his back to hit Sprewell, he will definitely arch Sprewell directly, like Barkley, until he reaches the basket.

"Yes, it's really unimaginable that while Meng possesses the top speed of movement, he also has such outstanding strength." In this year's All-Star Game, Meng Xu and Duncan faced each other directly. Singles, and a variety of 45-degree angles to hit the board and shoot, it is enjoyable to watch.Although Meng Xuming is obviously in a slight position in the matchup with Duncan, but Meng Xu, a swingman, can play back attack in front of Duncan, the most powerful forward in the league, which is enough to make people look at him with admiration.

Soon, in the next attack, Meng Xu was still leaning against Sprewell, arching from outside the 3-point line to the extended line on the right side of the free throw line. board hit.

After hitting the ball, seeing Sprewell's constipated expression, Meng Xu was also happy. Don't talk about others, Meng Xu himself felt that this offensive method was too shameless. Otherwise, with my half-baked post-back ability, I would be able to withstand most of the outside players in the league, all the way to the basket.It's just that this kind of offensive method is undoubtedly very energy-consuming. After only two post-up singles, Meng Xu felt that it was more energy-consuming than his own three breakthroughs.

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(End of this chapter)