Legendary star

Chapter 46 The Battle of the Successor (2)

"Meng's passing is good, but his vision is still too poor." Looking at the team's game a few minutes before the first quarter, Popovich shook his head with a little disappointment. After taking control of the ball, Meng Xu played Very cautious, even a little hesitant, it seems very unreasonable in handling the ball, and Meng Xu still has weaknesses such as insufficient vision, poor breakthrough, etc. Now Meng Xu has not learned how to connect teams.To Popovich's relief, the cooperation between Meng Xu and Duncan is very tacit. As long as Duncan has a good opportunity, Meng Xu will pass the ball as soon as possible. So far Duncan has scored 4 goals, including 3 times were assists from Meng Xu.

Anthony Walker attacked with the ball again. After being blocked by Anthony Walker twice in a row, Meng Xu also changed his defense against Walker, gave up his close defense against Anthony Walker, and let him go half a step. Shooting and then defending him with blindfold defense seems to work well. So far, Anthony Walker has only made 6 of 2 shots and scored 4 points.

After the game was officially suspended in the first quarter, Popovich replaced all the starters on the court, and the rest of the first quarter became a stage for substitute players.Although the Spurs have rotated 3 main players in this game, the cooperation between the players is not unfamiliar at all, and the game is also very smooth.After the first quarter of the game, the Spurs also led the Celtics by 24 points 22 to 2.

After the start of the second quarter, the Spurs changed to a tactic of one big and four small. The starting point of the team's tactics became Tim Duncan again.This tactic originated from the Rockets in the 9394 and 9495 seasons. After the Rockets relied on this tactic to complete consecutive championships, the league also began a frenzy of research on this tactic. Popovich is no exception. The Spurs have two powerful insiders , when using this set of tactics, it also has unique conditions.

After Antonio Daniels dribbled the ball for halftime, Meng Xu moved laterally along the 3-point line in order to get rid of Anthony Walker. When Antonio Daniels advanced near the 3-point line, Duncan reached out from the right side of the paint to ask for it. , Antonio Daniels quickly handed the ball to Duncan, Duncan held the ball and singled Vitali Potapanko, Walter McCarty gave up his defender directly and double-teamed Duncan.Maybe he heard Bob Cousy's ridicule to himself. After the second quarter began, Rick Pitino also arranged to double-team Duncan.

Meng Xu, who was at a 3-degree angle on the right side of the 45-point line, cut into the bottom line on the right side. After half a circle in the frontcourt, Meng Xu also got rid of Anthony Walker. Duncan, who was double-teamed, passed the ball directly. It was given to Meng Xu in the bottom corner. Before Anthony Walker arrived, Meng Xu threw the basketball.

"This little guy's shooting posture is really similar to that guy." Seeing Meng Xu hit a 3-pointer, Bob Cousy also frowned. The guy he was talking about was naturally Larry Bird, and he called him Larry. Bird is that guy, which shows the deep prejudices of Bob Cousy and Larry Bird.

"Well, that's true." Tom Heinsohn on the side also nodded.

"How about Fatty, don't you like shooting 3-pointers very much? Why didn't I see you take a shot in this game." After Meng Xu's shot landed, Anthony Walker just arrived. Meng Xu, who was still maintaining his shooting posture, was a little provocative. Said to Anthony Walker.This goal is also Meng Xu's first shot in this game. In the first quarter, Meng Xu's mind was full of how to get assists, and he didn't even make a single shot.

Anthony Walker was also very angry after seeing Meng Xu's beating expression after he made a shot.It's just that I kept saying "calm down, calm down..." in my heart, so I didn't get hotheaded.

"Boy, wait and see." Anthony Walker said harshly, turned and ran to the front field.Before the start of the game, after learning that the Cardinal would come to watch the game, Anthony Walker also held his breath and wanted to show his face in front of the Cardinal.

After Meng Xu made a 3-pointer, the Celtics quickly served the baseline ball. After Paul Pierce received the ball near the 3-point line, he was defended by Jalen Jackson and passed the ball directly to Anthony Walker. Walker directly led The ball rushed to the frontcourt, and when the dribble advanced to near the 3-point line, Meng Xu blocked the breakthrough route in advance. Walker hesitated for a moment, looking at the empty inside of the Spurs, Anthony Walker decided to continue to break through.

After Walker dribbled the ball laterally, he chose to cut to the bottom line. Meng Xu took advantage of the opportunity to squeeze Anthony Walker to the sideline. As soon as he was about to dribble out of the sideline, Anthony Walker made an emergency stop and took a step back. Meng Xu also followed closely. up.

Seeing that he couldn't get rid of Meng Xu's defense, Duncan had already returned to the defense, Anthony Walker took off directly on the spot and threw the ball.Although Meng Xu is only 3 centimeters shorter than Anthony Walker, there is more than one level difference between the two in jumping and staying in the air. After Anthony Walker took off, Meng Xu also jumped up, and a big hand covered Anthony Walker's body very accurately. face, blocking his view.

With a bang, the shot went a bit wide, the basketball hit the side edge of the basket and bounced out, and the rebound was accepted by Samaki Walker.

"This year is Anthony's fourth season. Compared with the previous seasons, there is no change." In the box of the North Shore Garden Arena, the Cardinal leaned on a cane and said to Bill Russell beside him.Anthony Walker is the successor of Larry Bird hand-picked by the old man of the Cardinal. In his second season in the league, he scored 4 points, 22.4 rebounds, and 10.2 assists. The data of +3.3 is very close, but compared with the previous data, this year's data not only did not increase, but declined in all directions.

"Are you always blaming me in your heart, why do you have to be so persistent?" The cardinal saw that Russell did not speak, and scanned the surrounding Celtic celebrities.

"The times have changed. The future league is a league for perimeter players. Your philosophy is no longer suitable for today's basketball." After the cardinal finished speaking, some people with guilt in their hearts lowered their heads unconsciously.An old man who is more than seventy years old points to a group of people who are over 50 years old and tells them that you are already old and can't keep up with the times. This kind of scene is very funny when you think about it.Even so, no one dared to refute the cardinal or question the cardinal's remarks.

(End of this chapter)