Legendary star

Chapter 452 Meng Xu and Mai Di (1)

On March 2003, 3, after 15:7 p.m., before the game between the Pacers and the Magic started, the Bankers Life Arena was already full. The basketball atmosphere in Indiana itself was among the best states in the United States. The Pacers' current record is impressive. The team has just won the first championship in team history. Therefore, every home game of the Pacers is in short supply. The current Bankers Life Arena is already the top seat in the entire NBA. It is the arena with the highest rate. It is said that Simon Brothers, the owner of the Pacers, has recently considered expanding the arena this summer and increasing the number of seats in the Bankers Life Arena from 18345 to more than 20000.

When the Magic players walked out of the player tunnel, the Pacers fans at the scene were also quite enthusiastic. From the first rookie Gordon Girisek to the Magic star Tracy McGrady, the fans at the scene From the moment they walked out of the tunnel, until they walked to their bench, until the Pacers players started to play, the boos on the scene stopped.

When Tayshaun Prince walked out of the player tunnel for the first time, there was a burst of cheers immediately in the Bank Plus Life Arena. As the Pacers players walked out of the player tunnel one after another, the cheers on the scene became more and more intense. When Meng Xu, as the finale of the Pacers, was the last one to walk out of the passage, the cheers on the scene reached their peak. After the cheers like a tsunami, there was a uniform shout of mvp. The fans waved and walked straight to the Magic bench.

"Tracey, welcome to Indiana!" Before reaching McGrady, Meng Xu stretched out his right hand and clenched it into a fist. After the fists touched, McGrady and Meng Xu hugged again.

"Haha, don't try to get close to me in this way, let me be merciful, I won't accept your trick." After the hug ended and parted, Mai Di said to Meng Xu with a smile, and walked towards the person behind Meng Xu. Jermaine O'Neal, McGrady and Jermaine O'Neal have been in an old relationship for many years. Since high school, McGrady and O'Neal have been very familiar with each other. Even when they travel during the offseason, these two guys are together.

"It looks like the Magic is going to speed up in this game!" When the players of the two teams finished their appearance and started to warm up on the field, Michaels, who got the starting list of both sides, took a general look at the appearance of the Magic. After the list, the Magic's strategy in this game was roughly inferred.Center Sean Kemp, power forward Drew Gooden, small forward Tracy McGrady, shooting guard Gordon Girisek, point guard Jacqui Vaughn, this lineup is obviously not prepared Fighting positional battles with the Pacers.At the same time, Michaels was a little surprised that after joining the Magic, McGrady, who spent most of his time at shooting guard, actually switched to small forward in this game. It seems that McGrady really wants to do what he said before the game. In this game, he faced Meng Xu directly.

"It should be like this. After Shaq left, the Magic's inside line has always been weak, and the Magic's ability to attack tough battles is also mediocre. Therefore, if the Magic wants to defeat the Pacers, they cannot fall into the quagmire of positional warfare with the Pacers. Among them, positional warfare is obviously a rhythm that the Pacers are better at."

While Michaels and Magic Johnson were still discussing the strategy that the Pacers and Magic might use in this game, Jermaine O'Neal and Sean Kemp, who represented the two teams with a jump ball, walked into the middle circle, As the referee on duty threw the basketball into the sky, today's battle of focus officially began.

Jermaine O'Neal was as stable as ever in terms of jumping the ball. He overwhelmed Kemp without any suspense and won the first wave of offense for the Pacers.Meng Xu without the ball had just passed halftime, and McGrady posted it. After McGrady approached Meng Xu, the other players on both sides also pulled away very interestingly, letting their respective bosses play in this round. One-on-one duels.Although McGrady will be at a disadvantage against Meng Xu in terms of strength, relying on his excellent wingspan, defensive anticipation, and being able to barely keep up with Meng Xu's footsteps, McGrady is still better than most players in the league when defending Meng Xu. The defensive effect is better.But no matter how good McGrady's defense is, he is only one person after all. After researching Meng Xu for more than half a season in the entire league, some so-called experts have found the best way to defend Meng Xu, which is double-teaming and going around. The defensive attention is all focused on restricting Meng Xu from catching the ball, and only in this way can Meng Xu's threat be weakened to the greatest extent. As for Meng Xu's double-teaming after catching the ball, its effect is really limited, because as long as Meng Xu wanted to make a shot, even if it was surrounded by four people, Meng Xu would not hesitate to make a shot. If Meng Xu wanted to pass the ball, Meng Xu could pass the ball in the gap between a group of people.

Although the words of these bricks seem to be reasonable, most teams will not do this, at least not for most of the game, because such a defensive strategy is doomed Among the other players in the Pacers, one should be emptied at any time. In the finals G4 of last season, the Lakers used this defensive strategy against the Pacers, but in the end Reggie Miller used 42 points in a single game to teach him a hard lesson. The Lakers, and that game became a turning point in the entire series. Therefore, unless it is a critical moment of the game, the average team rarely double-teams players without the ball in advance.Therefore, although McGrady's defensive action has been done very well, Meng Xu still received a pass from Jamal Tinsley after turning around halfway and stuck McGrady sideways.

"Beautiful back turn, this is Meng Xu's iconic step-back jumper, hit a 3-pointer, beautiful." Meng Xu's first attack was completed very simply, without the slightest fake move, just catch the ball and turn around , Take a step back and make a shot. In the face of Meng Xu's offensive style, McGrady can't do anything. He can only watch the basketball thrown by Meng Xu slide across his fingertips.After Meng Xu made a shot, the Banker Life Arena was like an explosion, and there was a deafening cheer in an instant, and Meng Xu's name resounded throughout the Banker Life Arena.

Meng Xu has many scoring methods, such as 3 points, breakthrough layups, post-up singles, each of which is a very efficient scoring method, but when it comes to which scoring method is the most entertaining and popular with fans, then Undoubtedly, it is Meng Xu's step-back step-up jump shot. This seems to be the least efficient offensive method among all Meng Xu's scoring methods, but it is precisely the most popular offensive method by fans, with chic and elegant movements and perfect body Coordination, everywhere exudes unparalleled charm.

After Meng Xu hit the first goal in this way, McGrady, who returned to the offensive end, was not to be outdone, holding the ball and appeared at the place where Meng Xu made the shot just now. After Meng Xu started defending McGrady, other Magic players also Just like before, pull them all away and let McGrady single out Meng Xu in this attack.

"You're not the only one who knows this trick." After dribbling the ball continuously, McGrady suddenly took a small step back, and then directly pulled out his hand more than one meter away from the 3-point line, looking at Meng When Xu tried his best and couldn't interfere with the basketball he threw, McGrady, who was still in the air, looked at Meng Xu opposite with a smile on his face.

When McGrady and Meng Xu landed one after another from the air, the basketball thrown by McGrady went into the basket. After McGrady hit back Meng Xu with an answer-ball, the Bankers Life Arena, which was originally extremely noisy and booed, suddenly It became quiet.

"Beautiful 3 points, McGrady hit back Meng Xu with a pull-up shot from the same position!" After seeing McGrady's shot, Michaels on the sidelines also exclaimed. The pull-up shot is also McGrady's stunt One, although Mai Di's dry draw is obviously different from Meng Xu's dry draw, but similar to Meng Xu's dry draw, Mai Di's dry draw is also elegant, graceful, elegant and natural.

Compared with Meng Xu's retreat step, Mai Di seldom takes a step back when doing a pull, but because the jumping height is lower than Meng Xu's, McGrady's receding range after the pull is slightly smaller than that of Meng Xu. Big, and because of the different shooting postures, the arc of the basketball shot by Meng Xu is slightly higher, while the arc of the basketball shot by McGrady is flat. Therefore, both of them seem to be dry-drawn shots, but the feelings they bring to the audience are completely different.

When McGrady hit the ball, it was 3-3 and the two sides were tied. After glancing at the calm Meng Xu on the opposite side, McGrady retreated directly after waving his arms.

Although McGrady didn't make extra movements or words, Meng Xu could still feel the fighting spirit and fighting spirit released from McGrady from the moment McGrady waved his arms.

The offensive and defensive transition, when the fans at the scene saw Jermaine O'Neal's baseline ball, after Jamal Tinsley turned into Meng Xu with the ball, the fans at the scene burst into cheers in an instant. After hitting back at Meng Xu with a blow, Meng Xu is now obviously going to show something. No matter what position the fans stand on, this kind of passionate answer-ball will always be the favorite drama of all audiences. .

Just when Mai Di was close to Meng Xu and was about to defend Meng Xu's attack, Meng Xu just leaned and bumped, and Mai Di lost his position. Then Meng Xu turned around and wiped Mai Di behind him. This time Meng Xu did not choose to continue shooting outside, but rushed directly to the magic basket.

After getting rid of McGrady, Meng Xu began to speed up, and Drew Gooden, who gave up his defensive target and rushed to defend, was knocked away by Meng Xu directly, rubbing the numbness and pain of being hit by Meng Xu Looking at Meng Xu who still did not slow down at all, Drew Gooden, who was knocked away by Meng Xu, seemed to have forgotten to catch up while standing there, and what happened next made Drew Gooden even more excited. stunned.

When Meng Xu bumped away Drew Gooden and crossed the free throw line, Meng Xu jumped up less than one meter from the free throw line. This guy actually wanted to dunk!

When Meng Xu got rid of McGrady, knocked Drew Gooden away, and took off within the free throw line, almost everyone on the scene, including the Pacers on the sidelines bench, stood up at this moment, even the Magic's On the bench, several people also left their seats.Kemp, who was still shoving Mutombo under the basket just now, was shocked when he noticed Meng Xu who was already flying in the air.

With a bang, Kemp, who had adjusted his defensive posture and was about to take off to block Meng Xu, found that Meng Xu had hit him. Under the huge impact, Kemp took a step back. Kemp looked up and found that Meng Xu was already hanging on the basket.

The buckle, this is a nearly perfect buckle. After realizing that he was buckled by Meng Xu, Camp immediately wailed in his heart. I used to buckle other people, but now it is basically Everyone wanted to give me a dunk, but fortunately my body was not as good as before, and I was knocked away by Meng Xu in the defense just now, otherwise I would have been dunked by this kid just now.

Soon, after a brief exclamation, the Bankers Life Arena erupted again, and the names of "Odin" MVP and Meng Xu were filled with cheers.

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