Legendary star

Chapter 463 Victory
"The two sides are in a scoring shortage again!" When the game entered the fourth quarter, Meng Xu took advantage of his physical strength to lead the Pacers' rotation and caught the Pistons by surprise. In just 3 minutes, The Pacers beat the Pistons to a 12-5 spurt. Not only did the Pistons wipe out the lead established by the Pistons in the third quarter, but they also overtook the Pistons.After that, the two sides fell into the situation in the third quarter again, and it became extremely difficult to score every time. After the official timeout, both sides fell into a scoring drought at the same time. The sound of iron striking made the audience tremble with fear.

"Now it is less than 3 minutes before the end of the game. The score of the two sides is 65 to 67. The Pacers still have a 2-point lead. Now the ball is still in the hands of the Pacers. It can be said that the situation on the field is very important to the Pacers It is still very favorable." After Stockhouse hit the iron with 3 points, Jermaine O'Neal grabbed the defensive rebound and handed the ball directly to Meng Xu. At this critical moment, it has become a success for Meng Xu to drive the ball forward Out of the Pacers' practice.However, the Pistons' defensive strategy against Meng Xu also changed at this time. Artest, who was obviously exhausted, no longer pressed and harassed Meng Xu without limit, but stared at Meng Xu while slowly Retreat to the backcourt, the pace of the game on the field has become very slow now, the Pacers and Pistons have to play for 20 seconds in almost every round, so now whether it is the Pacers or the Pistons players on the field, look He looked unhurried.

"This attack, you won't have any more chances!" Almost after Meng Xu dribbled the ball through the center circle, Artest came over again. Although Artest had no energy left at this time, his legs It was already as heavy as lead, but Artest still tried his best to complete this defense.

"You must guard him, you must guard him!" Rick Carlisle on the sidelines squeezed his hands tightly together, and they were already rattling. As the game time dwindled, the players on the court The situation will become more and more unfavorable for the Pistons who are behind, but as long as the point difference can always be controlled within 3 points, then the Pistons still have a chance, and once the point difference is widened to more than 5 points, the Pistons win The hope is very slim, so whether it can prevent the Pacers' attack is very important.At this point in the game, as the head coach, Rick Carlisle has been unable to provide any help to the players on the field, so Carlisle can only stand on the sidelines and silently cheer for the players on the field.

Artest, who was in charge of the main defense, kept blocking Meng Xu. At the same time, Stackhouse on the right side of the court also gave up defending Hamilton and double-teamed towards Meng Xu, but Stackhouse When he chose to double-team Meng Xu, he obviously hesitated. The assistant coach on the sidelines shouted out anxiously, and Stackhouse slowly started to move towards Meng Xu's direction.At this moment, after pretending to start to the right, Meng Xu took a step to the left side of the court, taking advantage of Artest's swaying gap, stepped out in two steps, and reached the 3-point line peripheral.And Stackhouse, who was originally going to double-team Meng Xu, gave up the original double-team plan at the moment Meng Xu got rid of Artest horizontally, and rushed directly towards the 3-point line.

"Jerry!" Rick Carlisle, who was on the sidelines, lamented after seeing Meng Xu easily hit the ball in front of Stackhouse who was defending, and caused Stackhouse's defensive foul. A timeout was called immediately.After Meng Xu's 3-pointer, the point difference between the two sides was widened to 5 points. With Meng Xu's free throw percentage of over 90, the extra free throw could probably be hit 2%. The resentful Artest, and Stackhouse with his head drooping, Rick Carlisle was having a headache for a while, it was really bad, 33 minutes and 6 seconds, [-] points difference, the Pistons have reached the cliff on the edge.

Stackhouse's physical fitness is not bad. It can be said that he has excellent talent and strength. As long as he is willing to work hard, he can definitely become a top perimeter defender. However, Stackhouse doesn't like defense very much. Always missing people and making mistakes, which is why Carlisle is not optimistic about him. During the offseason of last season, Carlisle wanted to trade him, but he failed to reach a deal due to various reasons. After the game, Carlisle felt that Stackhouse still had the potential to change, but Stackhouse's performance in the defense just now made Rick Carlisle dispel his expectations for him again.

Looking at the teammates around him, he already had a look of blaming himself, especially Artest, who wanted to eat himself up. As for the boss of the team, Ben Wallace also looked at him when he was off the court. He yelled at Stackhouse, in this situation, Stackhouse is also very wronged now, it’s not that I don’t want to double-team, it’s that I really can’t run anymore, as for the foul, it’s even more I can't blame me, it's really that kid who's such a thug, he was ready to make a move, but when he saw me rushing over, he stopped in the air and waited until he had physical contact with me before making a move. This foul is really cheating It's slipping.And then head coach Rick Carlisle yelled at Stackhouse, which made Stackhouse aggrieved to the extreme.

After the adjustment and deployment of the timeout, after the game restarted, Billups used a key 3-pointer to narrow the point difference to 3 points again. After seeing Billups hit a shot, Rick Carlisle also I breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the Pistons still have a big heart like Billups. If it were the Pistons last season, most of them would have collapsed now.After Billups made a shot, Rick Carlisle also expected Billups to stand up and save the team as he did in the last game. In the tiebreaker with the Magic, Billups scored After scoring 37 points, in the last 5 minutes of the fourth quarter, Billups made 4 of 3 shots, 3 of 1 1-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 11 of the last 9 points of the Pistons. The Pistons successfully eliminated the Magic.

In the ensuing game, when Meng Xu missed a 3-pointer and Billups and Riverdeck Robinson used a mid-range shot to narrow the difference to 1 point after the pick-and-roll, the sideline Rick Carlyle Rick became crazy, unbuttoned his suit, and kept waving his arms towards the court.

"Larry, should we adjust it?" Seeing that the point difference was reduced to 1 point left, Lester Conor couldn't sit still anymore, and immediately asked Larry Bird next to him for instructions. Call a timeout.

"Leicester, be calm. There are no problems with our lineup and tactics, so we don't need to make any adjustments." Compared with Lester Conor, Larry Bird is still very calm, as if The Pacers still lead the Pistons by more than ten points, because Larry Bird also knows that at this time, any adjustments can have very little effect, and the most important thing is to see the performance of the players on both sides.

"No matter how hard you try, you will never get rid of my defense!" Artest, who already had physical problems, still did not give up any chance, and harassed Meng Xu endlessly in Meng Xu's ear when he was dribbling the ball.

"Boy, can't you save a little energy? Do you know how the villains in the movie die?" Listening to Artest's non-technical trash talk, Meng Xu can't bring himself to confront him now. Squirting interest.

"How did you die?" After hearing Meng Xu's words, Artest said it subconsciously, but the moment he spoke, Artest realized that he had been fooled by Meng Xu.

"Of course, like you, they all died of talking too much." Taking advantage of Artest's distraction, Meng Xu first squeezed Artest away, and then changed direction, getting rid of the auxiliary defense. After Stackhouse, Meng Xu walked towards the Pistons' basket along the edge of the paint.

"Riverdek block him, block him!" After Meng Xu got rid of Artest and Stackhouse in a row, the two insiders of the Pacers, Mutombo and Jermaine O'Neal, had already left the basket on their own initiative. After Meng Xu made way for the breakthrough, the assistant coach of the Pistons immediately yelled into the field from the sidelines, signaling Riverdeck Robinson, who was closest to Meng Xu, to block Meng Xu's breakthrough.

Although the Pistons were strictly guarding against Meng Xu's breakout after the opening, but when Meng Xu rushed towards the basket of the Pistons this time, the Pistons' defense focused on defending Meng Xu's layup after the breakthrough. Riverdeck Robinson rushed towards Meng Xu, preparing to delay Meng Xu's breakthrough, while Ben Wallace, who had just followed Jermaine O'Neal out of the basket, immediately gave up Jermaine O'Neal and returned to the basket.Meng Xu's style of play is very clear to the entire league. As long as the critical moment comes, he will definitely hold on to the basketball and never let go. Passing will always be the second choice. Therefore, in this attack, everyone on and off the net thinks Meng Xu will come by himself instead of passing the ball.

"Ball, where's the ball?" Just as Meng Xu swung Riverdeck Robinson away with a change of direction, he had returned to the basket and occupied his position. Ben Wallace, who was staring closely at Meng Xu, found After Meng Xu dribbled the ball, the basketball in his hand disappeared.

"Meng Xu passed Riverdeck Robinson and rushed into the paint. Now there is only Ben Wallace in front of him. Will Meng Xu choose to lay up in front of Wallace? Meng Xu passed the ball Yeah, nice no-look pass, Hamilton, unguarded Hamilton hits a 3."

"Did you pass the ball? Did you pass the ball?" Rick Carlisle, who was on the sidelines, was stunned after seeing the scene on the court. You must know that he has studied all the Pacers' games in the past two seasons in detail. In the last 3 minutes, when the score is tight or the Pacers are behind, the only tactic for the Pacers is to let Meng Xu hold the ball to play singles. After holding the ball, Meng Xu either shoots 3 points from outside the 3-point line or rushes into the interior. Fouling the layup, it seemed that his passing skills were blocked during this period of time, but now, Meng Xu chose to pass the ball on a rare occasion.

"This game is over, no one will blackmail me for throwing the blame at a critical moment, right?" Meng Xu's heart skipped a beat as he looked at the spectators celebrating around him and the unfriendly journalists under the Pistons basket. The hand feeling is really not good, there are no 3 points, and the mid-range shots are not accurate. Meng Xu would not choose to pass the ball at this time.

"Jamal, I'll guard him." Meng Xu, who was slowly retreating, saw Jamal Tinsley, who was waiting in the center circle and was about to step forward to defend Billups. Meng Xu patted him lightly. Arm, signaled Jamal Tinsley to switch defenses with himself, and he would defend Billups himself.Jamal Tinsley is only 1 meters tall, and his body is not strong enough. Therefore, when Jamal Tinsley is defending, he uses the most personal harassment and uses his speed advantage to interfere with the opponent. rhythm, but when encountering an old ball ruffian who is physically stronger than him and has more game experience, Jamal Tinsley will appear very passive on the defensive end, constantly needing his teammates to fill in and make up. Billups is just such an old ball ruffian, so in order to avoid being passive in the situation due to Jamal Tinsley's loss of position and lack of supplementary defense at the critical moment, Meng Xu also decided, In the last few minutes, he will personally defend Billups.

"It's finally here." Billups, who was slapping the basketball and slowly advancing towards the frontcourt, saw Meng Xu standing in front of him, a flame rose in his heart instantly. When Meng Xu was still in the Spurs, Billups Puth has played against him many times, especially in the season when Meng Xu was a guest point guard. In the seven games between the Timberwolves and the Spurs, Billups was tortured to pieces by Meng Xu every time, but this did not hurt Seeing Billups' confidence, on the contrary, made Billups work harder and harder, so that one day, he could return all of this, although Billups also had a relationship with Meng Xu after joining the Pistons. There have been several fights, but since Billups was not the core of the Pistons' tactics at that time, and Meng Xu did not play point guard, there was almost no chance for the two to match up, and now the opportunity has finally come.

"I must beat you!" When Meng Xu was less than two meters away from Billups, Billups quickly picked up the speed, but Billups found that Meng Xu just inadvertently One step in the middle of the horizontal movement blocked his best breakthrough route. At the same time, Meng Xu's outstretched long arms also blocked Billups' pass route to Artest on the other side of the court.

"There is still a chance!" Seeing that the distance from Meng Xu was getting closer, Billups suddenly found that there was still some space on the left side of Meng Xu's body, so Billups used up his last bit With strength, he clenched his teeth and sped up again. At the same time, he began to change direction towards the left side of Meng Xu's body. He wanted to get rid of Meng Xu's defense from the opening that Meng Xu had exposed, but Billups' movement was almost completed. At that time, Billups found that Meng Xu who turned around smiled at him. At this moment, Billups understood that this gap was deliberately exposed to him by Meng Xu, in order to attract himself from here. Break or pass.

"It's over!" Feeling the soreness from the arm that dribbled the ball, Billups' mood instantly sank to the bottom. Billups knew that he was intercepted by Meng Xu.

"Meng Xu stole Billups at the critical moment, the Pistons are over!" Watching Meng Xu steal Billups, and then quickly launched a fast break, with a one-handed dunk, the difference between the two sides was widened again. After 6 points, Michaels in the commentary shook his head. At 1 minute and 18 seconds, the Pistons trailed the Pacers by 6 points, and they were basically hopeless.

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