Legendary star

Chapter 423
"Jermaine's jump ball is still as good as ever, haha." After the warm-up of the players on both sides, when the referee threw the basketball in his hand into the sky, Jermaine O'Neal, who was slightly arched, rushed towards the Sky, while O'Neal was still on the rise, had already dialed the basketball in the air to the Pacers' half court, giving the Pacers their first chance to attack.Due to Jermaine O'Neal's almost abnormal jumping and explosive power, whether it is in the regular season or the playoffs, the Pacers' jump ball at the beginning is invincible. Last season, Jermaine O'Neal had 82 of the 80 regular season games The game won the jump ball, and only lost to Webber of the Kings and Garnett of the Timberwolves once each. In the 18 playoff games, he only lost to O'Neal once in the finals. In the 6 finals, Jayme Due to O'Neal and Shaq's 6 jump balls, Jermaine gained an overwhelming advantage, and the jump ball was also dubbed by the media as the only place where O'Neal was better than O'Neal.

So when Jermaine O'Neal won the jump ball again in this game, almost without any suspense, the two commentators on the sidelines, Magic Johnson and Michaels, looked at the jump ball. O'Neill, who was wearing a big "囧", laughed at the same time.

Although the jump ball failed, the Lakers did not leave the Pacers with the slightest loophole on the defensive end because of their early preparations. Therefore, the Pacers fell into a positional battle in their first attack after the opening. Perhaps today's In this game, positional warfare, defense and inside fighting will run through the entire game.

In today's game, the Pacers' five starting players are center Mutombo, power forward Jermaine O'Neal, small forward Meng Xu, shooting guard Reggie Miller, and organization back Jamal Tinsley. In terms of position, Mutombo replaced Lorenzen White. The Pacers still continued the starting lineup of last season. A set of tactics, Mutombo is at the basket, Jermaine O'Neal is cruising near the free throw line, Reggie Miller and Jamal Tinsley are on the left and one on the right, looking for opportunities outside the 3-point line. As for Meng Xu, it is still Play with the ball near the top of the arc.

The starting lineup of the Lakers has changed a lot. Three of the five starters from last season have now been replaced. Malone is here, and Hawley himself will give way to Malone. In the same way, anyway, in the regular season, they pretended to be dead and paddled, and put Malone on the bench. Instead, it was more relaxed and at ease. Not only Malone, but Payton would also start. Now Payton has not yet sat on the bench to become a champion. when.What is more surprising is the small forward position. After Rick Fox was traded and Brian Shaw lost the trust of Phil Jackson, the rookie Devin George, who was in the same class as Meng Xu, succeeded in taking the position. George is physically strong, has excellent footwork, and has good athletic combat ability. As for the others, he is very average. On the offensive end, except for the long-range shot that convulses from time to time, there is really nothing that can be used to score. On the defensive end, the defensive The consciousness is very good, and it is not easy to take fake moves. The rest of the rebounds, blocks, and steals are very average. There is nothing special about it. The only thing worthy of praise is the attitude of the game.Although lacking in ability, Devin George is very important to the current Lakers. Compared with the four big men, Devin George has no requirements for possession of the ball, and is very capable. Team spirit, perhaps this is why Phil Jackson put him in the starting lineup.

Perhaps because of the regular season, when Meng Xu dribbled the ball at the top of the arc, the Lakers did not arrange to double-team Meng Xu, but used Devin George to defend Meng Xu alone, and Devin George's defensive strategy also It is very clear, that is to always keep half a body distance from Meng Xu, and put the focus of defense on the breakthrough. Because of Meng Xu's breakthrough after the breakthrough, it occupies a very important position in the Pacers' current tactical system , Therefore, how to limit Meng Xu's breakthrough has become the research object of many teams.

"Ma Long's ability to defend against pick-and-rolls is really good." Just when Meng Xu was about to cooperate with Jermaine O'Neal in a pick-and-roll, and then took advantage of the opportunity to enter the Lakers penalty area, he found that Malone appeared in front of him just right. It is also part of the pick-and-roll tactics, but judging from the heights of Meng Xu and Ma Long, it is really not a misplacement. Ma Long is 2 meters tall and Meng Xu is 06 meters tall. The actual difference is not much. I want to build a big foundation with a small impossible.Perhaps because he has been playing pick-and-rolls for more than ten years, Ma Long, who is familiar with the essence of pick-and-roll tactics, is also very knowledgeable about how to defend pick-and-rolls. When Jermaine O'Neal rushed to the top of the arc to cover for Meng Xu, he followed Jermaine O'Neal Ma Long, relying entirely on the inertial thinking formed by playing pick-and-rolls for more than ten years, occupied an excellent defensive position in advance before Meng Xu and Jermaine O'Neal completed the pick-and-roll, not only delaying Meng Xu, but also blocking Meng Xu And the passing lane between Jermaine O'Neal.

"Boy Meng, I heard that you are very good at playing back-to-back singles. Now I have such an opportunity. Come and let me learn more." Trash talk and provocation are also a characteristic of Ma Long, so he successfully blocked Meng Xu's Ma Long. , and soon sprayed on Meng Xu, Meng Xu has excellent physical fitness and comprehensive offensive methods, especially known as the strongest post-up singles among outside players in the league, which is a nightmare for many defenders. In the final, Rick Fox and Brian Shaw were ecstatically played by Meng Xu's post-up singles.But for Ma Long, Meng Xu's back-up singles has no advantage. Ma Long's strength is obvious to all. Although he is old now, he is still at the league's top level. The only thing I'm not afraid of is back-to-back singles, as long as I don't move, everything will be for nothing.

"Okay, I'll let you see what the strongest post-up singles look like." After hearing Malone's provocation, Meng Xu immediately changed his ball-holding posture, and turned into a sideways opponent when facing Malone. Looking at Malone, it seems that he is really going to fight Malone with his back.

"What is Meng going to do? Are you going to play Ma Long with his back?" After seeing the scene on the field, Lester Conor on the sidelines also frowned. With Meng Xu's golf quotient, it is logically impossible to do such Facing the old Ma Long, Meng Xu can completely break through his defense with his footsteps and speed. No matter how bad he is, he can easily step back and make a jumper for YANSHE. , Why do you have to choose post-up singles, this offensive method seems to have a very low success rate.

Others don't know, Meng Xu naturally knows what he is doing now. At the beginning of this season, Meng Xu activated the task of advanced domineering, and the name of this task is called talent crushing. As the name implies, it is to use his body Talent crushes all opposing defensive players, and finds out a set of offensive methods that suit his physical talent. Meng Xu's current physical talent attributes have reached 99+, and all 6 physical attributes are overflowing, but how to find out a set that fits? Meng Xu didn't have a clue about his own offensive method. After thinking hard, Meng Xu decided to start with the post-up singles that can highlight his physical talent.

With the constant collision of bodies, when Meng Xu was close to exerting his strongest strength, Ma Long behind him still firmly occupied the defensive position. Ma Long was not a weakling like Rick Fox and Brian Shaw. Physical strength is the strongest among perimeter players, but compared with a super muscular player like Ma Long, there is still a big gap.

When Meng Xu increased his strength again, using his body that was obviously very thin compared to Ma Long, he leaned heavily on Ma Long's body again. This time, Meng Xu obviously felt a gap behind him, and Meng Xu immediately changed the center of gravity of his body. , before Ma Long rushed forward again, halfway through the posture of turning to the left, his body immediately pulled back and turned directly to the right. Ma Long, who was unable to react in time, was instantly left behind by Meng Xu.

"What a speed!" The moment Ma Long withdrew his footsteps and turned around, he saw Meng Xu rushing to the basket. Facing O'Neal who was defending, Meng Xu turned his back again, and then threw the basketball to the basket. Looking at the basket, looking at the basketball that spun a few times on the basket and fell, Malone still has an incredible feeling.

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