Legendary star

Chapter 40 Victory
After the official timeout of the fourth quarter, the final decisive battle between the two teams was also staged ahead of schedule. Originally, Phil Jackson planned to let O'Neal rest for a while until the end of the game as long as the substitute led by Glenn Rice can bite the score. At the last moment, the game ended in one fell swoop.But in just 3 minutes, the point difference between the two teams widened to 6 points. If the main players are not replaced, the game may end like this.

After O’Neal returned to the field, facing the double-teaming of David Robinson and Tim Duncan, he directly passed the ball to Robert Horry. The unguarded Robert Horry made a mid-range shot, and O’Neal leaped high and overwhelmed David Robinson grabbed the rebound.

"Such a fast bounce, such a high bounce, I can't imagine that a big fat man can have such a good bounce." Meng Xu was also shocked when he witnessed O'Neal grabbing a rebound this time from a distance.

O'Neal jumped high on the spot, with a huge impact, directly in the air against David Robinson and dunked the basketball into the basket. With the sound of the whistle, David Robinson got the sixth goal of the game. foul.

"Tim, it's your turn next." After scoring 2+1, O'Neal waved his arms and shouted at Tim Duncan.

O'Neal, who has never been good at free throws, miraculously made this free throw. O'Neal grimaced towards the audience, obviously not expecting that he would be able to make this free throw.

After David Robinson was sent off, Duncan was pushed to the center position again. It was the turn of the Spurs to attack. Duncan forced the inside and was flanked by Robert Horry. Then he passed the ball to the unguarded Samaki- walker.Samaki Walker missed a shot and was rebounded by O'Neal.

After O'Neal grabbed the rebound, he threw a long pass to the backcourt. After Kobe Bryant picked up the basketball, he went straight to the basket. When Kobe dribbled the ball across the 3-point line, Meng Xu chased after him. Coming up, after being almost intercepted by Meng Xu, Kobe slowed down, stabilized the ball, and waited for his teammates behind him.

After a few outside passes, the basketball was handed over to O'Neal again. O'Neal pushed back against Duncan twice in a row, turned back to face Duncan who jumped almost at the same time as him, and hit the ball with a mid-range hook .

"O'Neal's performance is really great. He is indeed one of the four major centers in the past. Now he is the strongest insider in the entire league. Duncan is far behind him. The Lakers will definitely be the championship this year."

"Yeah, Duncan is not on the same level as Shaq, hahaha."

After O'Neal scored this goal, the referee called Duncan's foul again, and it was another 2+1. Duncan fouled 5 times, and the Spurs had been forced to the edge of a cliff.

O'Neal tied the score with a free throw, and the morale of the two teams was instantly reversed. After Duncan's physical strength declined, he became more and more unable to support O'Neal, and Duncan's offensive deterrence was also greatly reduced.

Through two consecutive 2+1s, O'Neal instantly reversed the game and equalized the score. In this peak duel, he once again showed his dominance.

There were 5 minutes before the end of the game. After O'Neal made a free throw, Popovich called a timeout and replaced Duncan with Samaki-Walker. After a struggle in his heart, Popovich decided to use the shark-cutting tactic against O'Neal , Let the team's two substitute insiders foul O'Neal in turn.

After Duncan left the field, the core of the Spurs' offense shifted from inside to Avery Johnson on the outside. Since they did not formulate any tactics against Meng Xu before the game, they were shocked by Meng Xu's terrifying 3-pointer in this game. Phil Jackson also specifically told Rick Fox, who replaced Glenn Rice, to strengthen his defense against Meng Xu, and he must not be allowed to shoot easily.

Rick Fox is a player who is good at defense. In his opinion, in the previous game, whether it was Kobe or Glen Rice defending Meng Xu, there was too much room for him, which also made Meng Xu have no chance. Calm shot time.In his opinion, these rookies who lack game experience are the best to deal with. This year's rookie small forwards Wallis Zebiak, James Posey, Richard Hamilton, and even last year's best rookie Skater, when he was playing against the Lakers, was terribly defended by himself.And Meng Xu was obviously not as good as them, as long as he used [-]% of his skills, he would definitely be able to prevent this rookie from being in a mess.

But when the two really met each other, Rick Fox discovered that there is often a gap between dreams and reality. Although the boy on the opposite side lacks experience in the game and his running position is also very poor, he just can't catch up with him. , no matter how hard he tried, he was always one position behind Meng Xu.

After cutting into the bottom corner from the left, he circled along the baseline and ran to the other side of the court. Panting, Meng Xu finally got rid of Rick Fox. He just ran out of the open space, and Avery Johnson Meng Xu, who was unguarded, easily hit a 3-pointer. After this shot, Meng Xu also scored 22 points in this game, including 3 of 9 6-pointers.

"Rick, pay attention to your defense." Seeing Meng Xu hit a 3-pointer again, and Rick Fox, who was defending Meng Xu, was left far behind, Phil Jackson on the bench couldn't sit still.

In the next few minutes, O'Neal fell into the boundless darkness. From Samaki Walker to Malik Rose and even Meng Xu, the whistle on the court came and went, and various fouls continued to emerge, until the Spurs The two substitute insiders were all sent off, and after Meng Xu also accumulated 4 fouls, this sad situation came to an end.

In more than 3 minutes, the Spurs fouled O'Neal 7 times. O'Neal got 14 free throw opportunities, but only made 6 of them. The Lakers also fell behind 108 to 101 by 7 points. In 1 minute, the game was basically declared over.

"It seems that our team still has few insiders." Seeing the great results of the shark-slashing tactics, Popovich was also a little melancholy off the court. It is Popovich's consistent character to do whatever it takes to win.Although the game was won, it also proved the uniqueness of the tactic of killing the enemy by one thousand and self-defeating eight hundred. If the team does not have a large number of inside players, if you use the shark rashly, you will die. It’s ugly. In this game, the Spurs’ 4 insiders were beaten 3 times. Duncan fouled 5 times and Meng Xu fouled 4 times. At the end of the game, the Spurs have no one to use. If the two teams play overtime, the Spurs will be There is no doubt that you will lose.

In the final game, the Spurs also defeated the Lakers 115-109.

　Originally, I also wanted to have a climax, write about Meng Xu's confrontation with the boss or the Sharks, or Sanying's battle with the Sharks, but let's forget about the imagination, it's only the rookie season, let's wait until later.

　　
　
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