Legendary star

Chapter 428 Psychological Warfare

"Meng and Shaq are about to collide!" Seeing that Meng Xu, who was still sprinting, was getting closer and closer to O'Neal, and didn't even have the slightest intention to slow down and dodge, many fans on the sidelines, especially the female fans, had already Covering his face with his hands, he couldn't bear to watch the next scene. Meng Xu's strength is very strong. Among all the outside players in the league, one counts as one. There is no one who can compete with Meng Xu in strength, but outside players are after all. As an outside player, whether it is physical tonnage or strength talent, they are far from being comparable to inside players.Not to mention that with a big guy like O'Neal, you can know the result without thinking about it. Even if you are as strong as Jordan, you have to hide from Olajuwon, not to mention that Meng Xu is facing Bio at the moment. Rajuwon is bigger, even stronger O'Neal than Olajuwon.

"I hope Meng won't let us down." Michaels, who had already stood up from his seat, was not optimistic about Meng Xu's offensive choice, and even thought that Meng Xu's going inside to challenge O'Neal was the worst way to attack. But relying on his trust in Meng Xu over the past few years, Michaels still hopes that Meng Xu can create miracles in front of O'Neill.

"Meng, be careful, you must not get hurt." Standing on the edge of the bench, Larry Bird clenched his hands together nervously at the moment, and at the same time kept praying for Meng Xu in his heart.With Meng Xu's speed and impact, when he collided with O'Neill, he undoubtedly hit a wall. The degree of damage to the body caused by such a violent impact is obvious, but no one can stop the high-speed collision now. Meng Xu was in motion, and expecting O'Neill to dodge is a fool's dream, so Larry Bird could only pray secretly, hoping that Meng Xu could protect himself in this collision and not get hurt.

While Larry Bird was still praying secretly, Meng Xu rushed to less than one meter away from O'Neill, made an emergency stop, grabbed the basketball with his right hand and jumped up high. Seeing the posture and the height of the jump, Is ready to leap O'Neill.

"Boy, you are so arrogant." O'Neill, who had already stood in his position, saw Meng Xu jumping high in front of him, and the first thing he thought of was that this bastard wanted to dunk in front of him, and he was very angry. There may also want to ride buckle yourself.As the champion of the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest last season, Meng Xu, who has been performing all kinds of flat-frame dunks since entering the league, has already dunked a lot of big men, so when he thought that Meng Xu wanted to dunk himself, he originally The very angry O'Neill can only be described as tyrannical at the moment.

Without the slightest hesitation, O'Neill started directly, exhausted his greatest strength, and jumped into the air. At the same time, he waved his arms and leaned forward as much as possible, preparing to use his strong body to block Meng Xu who was flying in the air.

With a bang, Meng Xu's body and O'Neal collided in the air. Although Meng Xu's body began to drift to the left in the air after taking off, he wanted to avoid O'Neal's block in the air, but Meng Xu In the end, he ran into O'Neill.Meng Xu also has a full strength attribute now, which is why he can crush almost all outside lines in the league with his strength. However, when Meng Xu meets an inside line like O'Neal, he is still obviously in a slight position.The strength of O'Neill was beyond Meng Xu's expectations. The moment they collided in the air, Meng Xu immediately felt that the body contact with O'Neill was directly hit by a sledgehammer. Same, painful and numb.

When the two bodies were in contact with each other in the air for only a few seconds, they quickly separated. Meng Xu was directly knocked out by O'Neill, but Meng Xu, who was flying in the air, still showed a smile, because this attack , Meng Xu never thought about dunking in front of O'Neal at all. From the beginning to the end, Meng Xu thought about avoiding O'Neal in the air and laying up. It would be even better if he could cheat a foul by the way.Therefore, although Meng Xu was directly knocked out by O'Neal, but after taking off, he drifted a certain distance to the left side of his body in advance, so after the physical contact with O'Neal, Meng Xu's left side has already appeared shooting In the neutral position, Meng Xu, who was flying in the air, tried his best to adjust his body posture. Before his body lost his balance, he threw the basketball in his hand from the left side of O'Neal's body towards the basket.

With the sound of the referee's whistle, the basketball thrown by Meng Xu fell into the net, and Meng Xu also fell heavily to the ground and slid backward for a long distance.The entire Bankers Life Arena was immediately detonated after a brief silence, 2+1, it turned out to be 2+1, Meng Xu was not defeated by O'Neal in the head-to-head confrontation with O'Neal, but instead beat O'Neal It became a 2+1. An outside player actually hit a 2+1 on O'Neal!At this moment, the entire Bankers Life Arena is going crazy. Meng Xu's single-handed victory against O'Neal not only brought back a few points for the team, but more importantly, Meng Xu's attack was a great encouragement. It greatly improved the morale and fighting spirit of the Pacers.

"The momentum that the Lakers have just ignited, I'm afraid it will be extinguished." Looking at the Pacers players who gathered together to celebrate, full of fighting spirit, and the Lakers players who still stayed in place with incredible expressions on their faces, Michaels was excited He also said regretfully that he was excited because Meng Xu did not live up to his trust and created a miracle again. It is a pity that the Lakers, who had just started and were about to hit a wave of GC, were hit by such a blow. Under the circumstances, the Lakers must have reversed the situation on the field in a short period of time.

"No matter what, I just want to win this game!" When Meng Xu walked to the free throw line, O'Neal, who was standing not far away, looked at Meng Xu, breathing fire.

But Meng Xu didn't care about this at all. Larry Bird's psychological warfare against the Lakers began as early as the middle of last season. The most important point was to praise Kobe and step on O'Neal, causing problems within the team. In the finals of last season, the Pacers benefited a lot from this. Therefore, this season, as the biggest opponent of the Pacers defending the title, Larry Bird's psychological warfare against the Lakers is still going on. Not only Meng Xu keeps claiming that Kobe is the My most valued opponent, even Larry Bird, has been praising Kobe in public, saying that Kobe is the most threatening player in the Lakers. As for O'Neal, Malone and the others, the Pacers have enough means to limit them. Only Kobe is the player that the Pacers have never been able to limit.

After making the free throw, Meng Xu still grinned at O'Neill, and at the same time said secretly in his heart: "Be more angry, be more angry." No matter how strong your strength is, no matter how ancient your dominance is , If you can't settle the team behind you, you still can't win the final victory.

In the following games, O'Neal's desire to attack became even more vigorous, even to the point of madness. He took 16 shots in a single quarter, and all of them were completed against the double-teaming of Mutombo and Jermaine O'Neal. If it weren't for physical strength The consumption is too great, and it is possible for O'Neal to take 20 shots in a single quarter in the third quarter.

"O'Neal in this game is really crazy. It's been a long time since I saw O'Neal like this." At the end of the 3rd quarter, looking at the technical statistics sheet in his hand, Magic Johnson shook his head slightly, and made 29 of 16 shots. Among them, 15 of 9 free throws, 41 points and 15 rebounds in three quarters, 16 of 9 shots in a single quarter, 7 of 4 free throws, and 22 points in the third quarter.Although O'Neal's shooting percentage is already very good, but for the current Lakers, O'Neal's style of play is very detrimental to the team.A team of four superstars requires everyone to make sacrifices to reduce their possession of the ball and the number of shots, so as to maximize the strength of the team. What O'Neal is doing on the court now is not only detrimental to the ball The team will also harm the interests of several other giants. Just look at Kobe and Malone who sat on the bench for the entire third quarter. If things go on like this, Phil Jackson will definitely not be able to control this team.

But it is not without good points, at least under O'Neal's 22 points in a single quarter, the Lakers have narrowed the point difference to only 4 points at the end of the third quarter, 74 to 78, such a score, regardless of Whether it is acceptable to the Pacers or the Lakers.

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