Legendary star

Chapter 359 Larry Bird
"Here again, beautiful, very beautiful layup." Amidst the exclamations in Madison Square Garden, Meng Xu, who was double-teamed by Sprewell and Alan Houston, was covered by Jermaine O'Neal , rushed directly to the basket, pulled two consecutive rods in the air, and after avoiding the blocks of Tyrese Knight and Kurt Thomas, sent the basketball into the basket. At the same time of the layup, Also caused a defensive Kurt - Thomas foul.

After Meng Xu made a free throw, Jeff Van Gundy called a timeout immediately. This timeout was the third timeout he called in the first quarter, but the Knicks still couldn't find a way to deal with Meng Xu. In the end, they were all led by the nose by the Pacers.At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Meng Xu continuously broke into the inside, or made layups or made fouls, forcing the Knicks to give up the defensive tactics formulated before the game, began to shrink inside, and double-teamed Meng Xu at the same time, but the Knicks As soon as he started to shrink, he was taught to be a man by Reggie Miller's two 3-pointers.Van Gundy had to pause again and continue to adjust. The continuous adjustment not only failed to contain the crazy Pacers, but also caused the situation on the field to become more and more chaotic. Now the Knicks have fallen into a dilemma. No, not double-teaming, not double-teaming.

"No wonder, in the middle and late stages of Michael's career, there were fewer and fewer dunks and breakthrough layups, and more and more jump shots. This style of play is really exhausting." Sitting on the bench, with his head covered Towel, panting heavily, Meng Xu hadn't sweated so much in the first quarter for a long time.The continuous change of direction breakthrough and the pull-bar layup are absolutely indisputable in terms of viewability and visual impact. From the louder and louder MVP cheers at Madison Square Garden, you will know that Meng Xu will soon Will conquer here again, but this method of attack consumes too much energy.

"Meng, you should rest for a while, the game has just started, don't worry." During the timeout, Larry Bird had already decided to replace Meng Xu with James Posey. What did Meng Xu want to do in this game? , Larry Bird is very clear, but Larry Bird does not want Meng Xu to fight too hard in this game. After all, it is basically a foregone conclusion that the Pacers will eliminate the Knicks. , they will lose more than they gain if they black-foot Meng Xu.

With Meng Xu's offensive ability, as long as the firepower is fully fired, Larry Bird believes that within two quarters, the Knicks will definitely be beaten, and once the game enters garbage time, according to Meng Xu's previous style, it must be Will not continue to play.So if you want Meng Xu to get a high score, you can't let the game enter garbage time so early. Otherwise, even if Meng Xu scores 60 points, others will say that you are scoring in garbage time, so you have to artificially control both sides. The score and the rhythm of the game can neither allow the Knicks to catch up, nor can they overwhelm the score and beat the Knicks to death. It can be said that Larry Bird is well versed in this, so in the first quarter, after the Pacers led by more than 10 points, Larry Bird violated the rules and asked Meng Xu to rest.

After Meng Xu left the court, although the Pacers were still running in an orderly manner, and the offensive end was also flourishing, but without Meng Xu, the Pacers' dominance at both ends of the offense and defense was greatly reduced, so the Knicks also played in the backcourt. Under the leadership of the two guns, the lead of the Pacers was eroded a little bit. By the end of the first quarter, the Knicks, 24 to 31 and 13 points behind, narrowed the point difference to only 7 points.

"Meng, it's your turn to play." In the second quarter of the game, Alan Houston scored 2 points in a row to tie the score at 4. Looking at the high morale of the Knicks players on the field, Larry Bird immediately called a timeout and replaced Reggie Miller with Meng Xu. ,
"Reggie, let me take care of them." After exchanging high-fives with Reggie Miller who walked to the sidelines, Meng Xu ran into the court with small steps. After resting for more than 10 minutes, Meng Xu regained his full strength.

"Shut up, idiot." Meng Xu, who was holding the ball near the middle circle, saw Spike Lee on the sidelines, and muttered at himself. In the process of accelerating and rushing towards the top of the arc, Meng Xu Xu turned around and passed Sprewell, and made a direct shot half a meter away from the 3-point line. After the shot was made, Meng Xu put his index finger to his mouth and said to Spike Lee to shut up. expression.This guy is like a fly, chattering non-stop throughout the game, not to mention that Reggie Miller can't help scolding him, even if I can't stand this guy.

After Meng Xu re-entered the court, the Knicks, who were about to rise, were quickly extinguished. The combination of Meng Xu and James Posey almost locked the pair of Sprewell and Alan Houston. Alan Houston and Sprewell can't play, and the Knicks' offense is directly abolished. The current Knicks are not the Knicks that used to have a group of All-Star players.At the same time, due to James Posey's excellent defense ability, Meng Xu can transfer more energy to the offensive end while ensuring that the defensive strength does not decline.

Therefore, the Knicks just reversed the situation a little bit, and fell into the quagmire again. At the end of the half, the game was 58 to 50. If Larry Bird had not replaced Meng Xu 2 minutes before the end of the half, the two teams The point difference will definitely be widened to more than 10 points.In less than 15 minutes of playing time, Meng Xu made 17 of 10 shots, 3 of 5 three-pointers, and 2 of 7 free throws. He scored 5 points, 27 rebounds, and 4 assists.

"Larry is messing around." Seeing Larry Bird on the sidelines holding his chin with one hand and pretending to be deep, Magic Johnson thought very darkly in his heart. Unexpectedly, Larry would be such a person , Obviously you can kill Knicks with a stick, but you have to hang your breath, let Knicks catch up but can't catch up, give up but can't just give up, always leave a little hope for Knicks.

"Alas..." Van Gundy looked at the boss James Dowland not far away, sighed, turned and walked into the player tunnel. One of the questions Van Gundy has been thinking about these days is that if last season, Xiaodao Lanken agreed to Meng Xu's request and made Meng Xu the only tactical core of the Knicks. So what will the Knicks look like now?Will it become No. [-] in the East like the Pacers?And reach the division finals, or even the finals?Judging from the performance of this season, Meng Xu's value is far greater than that of Alan Houston, and even Alan Houston Gasprewell is not as good as Meng Xu, but everything is too late, this is the second time that James Dowland Because personal likes and dislikes have ruined the future of the Knicks, fortunately, I should be free soon.

"Herbert, Marvin, you have created an excellent team, from the head coach to the players, they are all so excellent, maybe in the near future, Indiana will usher in its first championship trophy in its history It's gone." In the box with the best location in Madison Square Garden, David Stern looked at the Pacers owner Simon Brothers with a smile on his face, and then glanced at Charles Dolan, David Stern Trying hard to create the best matchup between New York and Los Angeles in the finals, but it turns out that the Knicks just can't support the wall with mud.

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