Legendary star

Chapter 488 The worst finals (1)

"Meng, the next game is up to you." With a whistle, Mutombo walked towards the sideline very consciously. With 3 minutes before the end of the game, Mutombo got his It was the sixth foul in the game, but when Mutombo walked to Meng Xu's side, he stopped and said something to Meng Xu with a slightly apologetic look in his eyes.In today's game, after O'Neal played in the fourth quarter, Mutombo and Jermaine O'Neal took turns to play, but they couldn't stop O'Neal. And the speed of movement constantly defends O'Neal, and Mutombo, who does not have these advantages, can only compete with O'Neal for strength, which is exhausted and exhausted. Mbo still couldn't stop the red-eyed O'Neal. In this defense, Mutombo, who knew he couldn't stop O'Neal, fouled O'Neal directly after O'Neal turned around and wanted to make a layup.Although after the timeout, Meng Xu also began to take over the game, but an outside player can't compete with inside players in shooting percentage, because the Pacers' inside line can never restrain O'Neal, which also led to Meng Xu's current efforts on the field. It seems that it was all in vain, and Mutombo also felt very guilty after getting his sixth foul. You must know that Mutombo is now holding the highest salary in the Pacers.

"DiBacon, it's not your fault, you've worked hard." Just after Mutombo finished speaking and was about to turn around and leave the field, Meng Xu stepped forward to hug him, and entered from Meng Xu Since the beginning of the league, they have played against O'Neal's Lakers constantly. Even Duncan, who is at his peak, can't restrain O'Neal, let alone Mutombo, who is no longer at his peak. Therefore, Meng Xu doesn't blame Mutombo at all. Mbo, and Mutombo's efforts on the court can also be seen by everyone.

"Thank you, Meng. I'm very lucky to be your teammate." After the hug, Mutombo patted Meng Xu's back again, then turned and walked off the court.Perhaps at this moment, Mutombo thought of the trip to the finals with the 76ers. In that series, Mutombo, who had high hopes from the 76ers, was blown away by O'Neal. In the end, Mutombo He has also become the backer for the 76ers who missed the championship. From his teammates to the management, and then to many fans of the 76ers, they have no good looks towards Mutombo. Today, Mutombo has returned to the First United Center , can still hear the cursing of the "soft guy".

After Mutombo made six fouls, taking advantage of O'Neal's free throw gap, Larry Bird replaced Lorenzen White, and at the same time put Jermaine O'Neal to the center position, obviously for Lorenzen -White's defense, Larry Bird has no hope now, after all, in the last finals, Lorenzen White has already proved his "strength" to Larry Bird, although Jermaine- O'Neal's defensive effect on O'Neal is far stronger than Lorenzen White, but what is very unfavorable to the Pacers now is that Jermaine O'Neal has now fouled four times.

"Larry, do you want to use that tactic?" O'Neal made 1 of two free throws, and the Lakers have already led the Pacers by 3 points. Looking at a lot of insiders on the bench, Lester Conner also pointed to Larry Bird. Ask, do you want to use the "shark hacking tactic" against O'Neill?
"Don't worry, as long as the point difference does not exceed 4 points, fouls will not be considered." After a few seconds of contemplation, Larry Bird shook his head. "Shark-cutting tactics" can only be used when there is no other choice. In the finals, O'Neal's free throw percentage at critical moments also made Larry Bird very afraid, but in case the situation in the game is really unavoidable, Larry Bird will not hesitate to foul O'Neal.

When the Pacers were making substitutions, Phil Jackson also took the opportunity to replace Karl Malone, who was obviously weak, with Robert Hawley. After Mutombo’s six offenses graduated, the Pacers’ inside line was obviously at a slight disadvantage Yes, in this case, the Lakers have more tactical options. Since the Lakers can no longer play the triangle offense, they will use the simplest and most violent combination of internal and external tactics.

"It looks like I have to learn from that big fat man!" Meng Xu, standing in the middle circle with his hands on his hips, looked at O'Neal who was making a free throw. Although the referee's penalty was somewhat biased towards the Lakers, O'Neal was undoubtedly the cause of the walk. The main reason why the players are so passive is that O'Neal continued to hit the inside line. While scoring consecutive points, he also continued to cause damage to the Pacers' inside line. Mutombo committed six fouls, and Jermaine O'Neal also fouled four times. If this continues, Jermaine O'Neal will probably end up too, and when the time comes, no one will be able to deal with this big fat man.Although Meng Xu is still scoring all the time now, his scoring efficiency is far inferior to that of O'Neal when he makes a goal and loses a goal. Moreover, it is difficult to cause damage to the Lakers by just relying on shooting, especially when the shooting speed is extremely fast. In the current situation, there is no chance of touching porcelain and cheating fouls. Therefore, if you want to reverse the situation on the field, you must either rely on consecutive 3 points to bring the score back, or you can rush the Lakers inside and cause their kills. There are only these two paths. After a while of deliberation, Meng Xu finally decided to take advantage of the opportunity of Malone's end to attack the Lakers' inside line. Although Robert Hawley is taller than Malone, he is half as good as Malone on the defensive end. has no deterrent effect.

After making up his mind, Meng Xu gestured to Jamal Tinsley, who was not far away from him, and Jamal Tinsley also nodded towards Meng Xu after seeing Meng Xu's signal. Nod, and Jamal Tinsley winked at Jermaine O'Neal standing on the edge of the paint.After O'Neal missed the second free throw and the rebound was grabbed by Jermaine O'Neal, Jermaine O'Neal made a direct long pass and handed the basketball to Jamal Tinsley. After the ball ran two steps forward, it directly threw the basketball in its hand towards the Lakers' half court. The target was naturally Meng Xu, who had already begun to accelerate.

"Boy, don't try to steal the chicken!" Robert Hawley, who had just replaced the game, had long noticed Meng Xu secretly gesturing to Jamal Tinsley, so after O'Neal missed a free throw, Robert, who was also standing near the center circle, -Hawley took the lead in retreating back and forth. Sure enough, when Robert Holly retreated to the 3-point line, the Pacers launched a fast break.

When Meng Xu received the pass from Jamal Tinsley, Robert Hawley had already appeared in front of Meng Xu. Although Robert Hawley was not as powerful as Malone, he was still an insider after all, and Because Robert Holly often plays small forward, he is also very good at moving speed, and Holly is also very good at close defense. Under the training of Olajuwon, Robert Holly has strong athletic ability and range As a player with a wide range, he has a lot of experience. Although the effect of cooperating with Payton to defend Meng Xu in the first half was not good, Holly is still not convinced. After all, Holly also played with Big Dream. The world holds three championships.

But now Meng Xu doesn't care who is standing in front of him. Even if O'Neill is standing in front of him, he has to bite the bullet and rush over, but Robert Hawley is very cunning, using his height and wingspan to cover him. Meng Xu, while sticking to Meng Xu, was always in the middle between Meng Xu and the basket.Under such circumstances, Meng Xu had no choice but to give up his plan to rush to the basket. Instead, after making a half-turn and passing the ball, he quickly took a step sideways and shot a mid-range jumper near the free throw line.

When O'Neal made two free throws and widened the point difference to four points, only 6 seconds later, Meng Xu hit a mid-range shot, narrowing the point difference to 2 points again.However, O'Neal was obviously not to be outdone. After Meng Xu made a mid-range shot, the Lakers used the cooperation between Kobe and O'Neal to hit the basket again, and this time O'Neal was 2+1 again. Jermaine O'Neal received a personal Fifth foul.

"I KAO, you really want to play us to death!" Looking at the referee on duty who was blowing the whistle and pointing at Jermaine O'Neill, gesturing him for a defensive foul, Meng Xu immediately wanted to rush over and reason with him After a while, but the moment Meng Xu's mind just got hot, Duncan's advice appeared before Meng Xu's eyes again, so Meng Xu could only suppress the anger in his heart, and went to hold Jermaine O'Neill to persuade him Don't make any drastic moves.

O'Nealga made a free throw, and the point difference between the two sides reached 5 points again, and the Pacers still did the same as last time, quickly serving the baseline ball and directly launched a fast break, but compared to the last time, the Lakers were obviously prepared. As soon as Xu passed the middle circle, three players from the Lakers had retreated for halftime, and their running routes were all heading towards a goal. They were going to intercept Meng Xu at the free throw line.

Meng Xu, who has received the basketball at this moment, has only one idea, that is to speed up, speed up again, to get ahead of them, dare to put the basketball into the Lakers' basket before the Lakers' defense line is formed!

"Boy, you won't succeed." Just when Meng Xu crossed the three-point line with one foot, Payton had already stood on the free throw line in advance, and took a good defensive posture. At this time, as long as Meng Xu If Xu couldn't hold back his footsteps, or didn't have time to change direction, he would definitely hit Payton, and as long as Meng Xu hit Payton, it would be an offensive foul [-]% based on the current penalty scale.

"Not good, Meng Xu is going to make a mistake!" Michaels on the commentary seat is now sweating for Meng Xu. At this moment, not only Payton has already occupied an excellent defensive position, but Kobe and Robert - Huo Li also followed closely beside Meng Xu from left to right.

Just when Meng Xu was less than half a meter away from Payton, a surprising scene happened because Meng Xu stopped his steps and jumped up on the spot.

"Can you stop in this situation?" Seeing Meng Xu, who was sprinting towards Peyton just now at a speed of [-] meters, stopped in an instant, and the scene immediately remembered a burst of exclamation.But what shocked the audience even more was still behind. Just after Meng Xu took off, Payton, Kobe, and Robert Hawley around Meng Xu also stopped their steps and jumped up one after another, trying to block Meng Xu. Xu's shot this time.

"Perfect!" Facing the blocks blocked by the three, Meng Xu still completed his shot, and when he saw the arc drawn by the flying basketball, Meng Xu had a premonition that this ball would definitely go in. !
With a sound of "swipe!", when the basketball thrown by Meng Xu went into the net, the entire Staples Center fell into silence immediately. He faced the blocks of three people and made a hit. Who else?Who else can stop this kid!

After taking advantage of the opportunity for a short time, the Pacers' bench broke out in an instant. Larry Bird in a suit jumped directly from his seat, rushed to the sidelines, waved his arms, and roared ferociously, while the bench The rest of the players on the field and assistant coach Lester Conor also waved the towels and tactical boards in their hands, rushed to the sidelines frantically, and kept yelling at the field.

"Boss, you're really crazy!" Jamal Tinsley, who came up from behind, immediately hugged Meng Xu, screaming excitedly, and after Meng Xu hit the ball, he also roared to the sky With a sound.

After hitting this goal, the continuous hit effect of the king of mid-range shots has been activated. With less than 2 minutes left in the game, Meng Xu has a very high chance of hitting the next five shots. Powerful, in Invincible, as long as the point difference between the two sides can be kept within 3 points before the end of the game, then the chance of lore will come.

"I said, I must win this game!" At 1 minute and 35 seconds, O'Neal once again made a strong attack on the inside and succeeded. Jermaine O'Neal graduated with six fouls. Although he missed the free throw, O'Neal still challenged Meng Xu when he retreated.

"NN, today is your first time facing that fat man. Don't put any pressure on him. If you feel that you can't guard him, just foul him." This time the Pacers did not continue to launch a fast break. After Jamal Tinsley passed the ball, he stopped near the center line. After NN Hilario, who had served the baseline ball, followed up, Meng Xu directly instructed him to face O'Neal in the next defense. Foul, although according to the current situation on the field, within two rounds, Larry Bird should give the instruction to kill the shark, but Meng Xu didn't want to wait until that time, because now he has full confidence, Rather than waiting until the last minute to gamble, it is better to kill that arrogant guy now.

"The situation on the field is becoming more and more unfavorable to the Pacers!" At 1 minute and 30 seconds, there was still a 5-point gap between the two sides. The situation on the field has gotten out of control, so Jeff Van Gundy on the commentary can only shake his head with a wry smile. Although the game is not over yet, according to Jeff Van Gundy, the Pacers have already lost. Today's game , The Pacers did not lose to themselves or the Lakers, but to the so-called commercial interests.

"What is Meng doing?" After finishing the instructions to NN-Hilary, Meng Xu took the ball and began to accelerate. In an instant, he stood on tiptoe. In the eyes of the people around him, Meng Xu actually had a better choice at this time, and it was far from the time of all-or-nothing, and even if all-or-nothing, he should cast 3 points Under Meng Xu's unreasonable choice, even the magician Johnson, who claims to know Meng Xu best, is not sure what Meng Xu wants to do.

And just after Magic Johnson's voice fell, the basketball shot by Meng Xu made a hollow hit, 108 to 111, and the point difference between the two sides was reduced to 3 points.

At 1 minute and 17 seconds, O'Neal held the ball and stormed the basket again. NN-Hilario directly fouled O'Neal. O'Neal made two free throws and scored 108 to 112.

"Four hits in a row, four hits in a row!" At 1 minute and 03 seconds, after O'Neal's free throw, Meng Xu made another mid-range shot just like the last time. Michaels, who was on the commentary stand, stood up excitedly , 1 minute, a gap of two points, this game once again has suspense.

"This group of bastards, these cowards!" When NN-Hilario fouled O'Neal again after receiving the ball, O'Neal could no longer control his emotions, pointed directly at the Pacers' bench, and began to curse, although O'Neal's free throws are much better now, but no one can calm down in the face of endless intentional fouls, and this time O'Neal made one of two free throws.

"1 point, only 1 point left!" With 43 seconds left in the game, Meng Xu made another mid-range shot. After five consecutive mid-range shots, the difference between the two sides was only 1 point.

"Isn't God on the side of the Lakers?" Although the Lakers are still 1 point ahead of the Pacers, under Meng Xu's five consecutive hits, anyone will be shaken, even the always resolute magician Johnson, his forehead is sweating from nervousness. In today's game, the Lakers took advantage of the home court. O'Neal and Kobe broke out one after another. Even the referees are on the side of the Lakers. If the Lakers still lose the game in the end, then there is only one One explanation is that God is on the side of the Pacers.

"MVP, MVP..." In the uniform shouts of the fans, O'Neal made two free throws, 112 to 115, the Lakers once again led the Pacers by 3 points, and now all the pressure is on the Pacers' side up.

"The last 32 seconds are left. I don't know how the Pacers will arrange these 32 seconds. Will they consume 24 seconds while ensuring a score, and then foul O'Neal, or will they quickly score a goal like the previous rounds?" ball?"

"Meng Xu actually indicated that there is no need for a timeout? What a bold decision!" Just when Jeff Van Gundy thought that Larry Bird would call a timeout to arrange the last 38 seconds, he saw Meng Xu on the field, Told Larry Bird not to call a timeout.Meng Xu, who took over the ball from Jamal Tinsley in the backcourt, did not rush over quickly like the previous few times, but slowly advanced the ball to the frontcourt. The player will still continue to foul O'Neal, so in Meng Xu's view, it doesn't make any difference whether it is called a timeout, the offense is completed in 7 seconds, or it takes 24 seconds, because for this ball, he still has a 20% hit rate bonus .

"Don't let this kid shoot a 3!" Seeing Meng Xu, who was running out of time in the middle circle until there were 7 seconds left, and started to accelerate, Phil Jackson on the sidelines immediately roared at the players on the field, instructing They go to double-team Meng Xu, and don't let Meng Xu make a 3-pointer.

However, this time, he still chose two points. Payton, who broke through the defense, and Kobe, who got rid of the defense with a change of direction, did not shoot outside the 3-point line, but continued to take a step forward to meet Robert. Holly's defense made another mid-range shot.

114 to 115, the point difference is still only 1 point, and there are still 11 seconds left before the end of the game. The Pacers' tactical intention is very clear, that is, they will definitely foul O'Neal, so as to win the last shot. , So Phil Jackson immediately called a timeout to arrange the defense of the last shot.

"Boy, your performance is over!" When the timeout ended, the Pacers continued to foul O'Neal, and O'Neal made two free throws again. Amidst the MVP shouts, O'Neal rushed to grab a rebound with a ferocious face Meng Xu roared, 6.4 seconds, 3 points gap, in O'Neill's view, the Pacers are absolutely finished.

"Hey, this is the limitation of the shark-killing tactics!" When O'Neal made two free throws, even Michaels was discouraged. He made 21 of 15 free throws. In today's game, O'Neal's free throws are absolutely super. Amazing, especially the 4 free throws at the last moment, which made Meng Xu's previous efforts all in vain. Even if the Pacers were lucky enough to hit a 3-pointer to tie the game, the Pacers, who had already lost two major insiders, were in the game. In the current game, there is absolutely no chance of winning, not to mention that with Meng Xu's physical condition, it is still unknown whether he can make this lore.

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