Legendary star

Chapter 49

"This guy is really hard to deal with." After Meng Xu pushed Pierce, this guy turned his back to him, turning left and right. This kind of movement, which seemed real and fake, made it difficult for him to distinguish.

Just after Pierce turned left with the ball, Meng Xu subconsciously stepped forward to block it. Almost instantly, Pierce's body turned to the right. Meng Xu made a mistake in his prediction, and Pierce wiped Meng Xu away. After that, he made an emergency stop on the spot, hit a mid-range shot, and caused a foul by Samaki Walker who was defending.

"Beautiful breakthrough, beautiful shot." Pierce's 2+1 this time also made Bob Cousy in the commentary stand so excited that he couldn't help himself.From the beginning to the present, the Celtics have been under pressure by the Spurs, especially the team's leader, Anthony Walker, who was defended by the rookie on the opposite side and could only defend from the outside.After Pierce scored this goal, he scored 8 points in a row. The Celtics, whose morale was low, gradually gained momentum.After Paul Pierce made a free throw, he has scored 9 points in a row, and the gap between the two teams has also narrowed to 6 points.

"Meng, don't let him break through, push him outside, let him shoot 3s." When Pierce made a free throw, assistant coach Mike Budenholzer pulled Meng Xu, who was living on the sidelines, to convey that the head coach Bo Povic's instructions.

"Well, I see." As a rookie last year, Pierce's status in the team is not as good as Anthony Walker, but compared to Anthony Walker, Pierce is calmer and plays more reasonably. Although his defense is not outstanding, he is worse than Anthony Walker. Much stronger.Pierce's shortcoming is also obvious, that is, his mid-range and long-range shooting is unstable. After his 3-point shooting percentage exceeded 40% in his rookie season, his 3-point shooting percentage dropped by 10 percentage points this season. The drop is astonishing. tongue.Pierce may have also discovered this. In recent games, he has begun to reduce the number of 3-point shots intentionally or unintentionally.

When it was the Spurs' turn to attack, Duncan directly held the ball and broke through from the flank to the inside. With Vitaly Potapanko standing in advance, Duncan made a half-turned jumper, which not only made a 2-pointer, but also caused Vitaly- Potapanko's foul, after steadily scoring the goal, the point difference between the two sides widened to 9 points again.

The Celtics did not hand over the ball to point guard Kenny Anderson this time, but Paul Pierce personally controlled the ball. Kenny Anderson didn't care about this, or dare not care, Pierce is now the team After Anthony Walker is off the field, Pierce is the core of tactics on the field, and for Anthony Walker, he prefers to shoot than to control the ball, and Pierce has always played very reasonably, so now this Celtic team Man, Paul Pierce has the most possessions.

After seeing Pierce personally control the ball and advance to the middle circle, Meng Xu, who had been prepared, quickly posted it. Although the defense was given by this guy last time, Meng Xu didn't think that he could get rid of himself every time. Although his own defense still has a lot of flaws, it is still no problem to withstand Pierce.Pierce's height is about the same as Meng Xu's, and he is a little heavier. Now Pierce is not as fat as he was later, and his body is still very slender.

After being tightly entangled by Meng Xu, Pierce shook twice in a row, but Meng Xu didn't catch his fake move. At this moment, Meng Xu was staring at Pierce with all his attention, quickly judging his next move in his mind.

After finding that he could not get rid of Meng Xu, Pierce called Kenny Anderson to make a cover for himself, and then directly advanced to the position near the 3-point line on the right, but when Pierce was about to break through to the inside, he found that Meng Xu had already Appeared in front of oneself.

"What a fast moving speed." Although he was very shocked, Pierce did not relax at all. After making a fake move of taking a step back and cutting to the baseline, Pierce chose to shoot directly.

However, Pierce's fake action did not hide from Meng Xu's eyes. At the same time that Pierce took off, Meng Xu jumped up immediately, and at the same time resorted to covering his eyes to defend. At this moment, something that surprised Meng Xu happened. In order to avoid Meng Xu's block, Pierce actually moved more than half a meter horizontally in the air. Although he had the advantage of wingspan, Meng Xu could only watch the ball out of reach and watched Pierce complete this shot.

Fortunately, the ball did not hit. Although Meng Xu was successfully evaded in the air, the timing of the shot was not very good. The basketball shot was a bit short. Even so, Meng Xu was still in a cold sweat.

As a Jordan fan, air drifting can be said to be one of Jordan's stunts. According to the magician, after Jordan takes off, he will hold the basketball under his armpit, and then wait for you to land before shooting. Although the description of fever is a bit exaggerated, but It also shows Jordan's terrifying stagnation and physical balance.And this unremarkable boy in front of him can actually sit and drift in the air.

Although the goal was not scored, many fans still applauded Paul Pierce.

"That kid's defense is awesome. It's been a long time since I've seen an outside player with such an excellent defense." In the box of the North Shore Garden Arena, Bill Russell kept admiring Meng Xu in front of everyone, his eyes showing his respect for Meng Xu. appreciate.As a player with top defense but mediocre offense, Russell is instinctively more optimistic about players with excellent defense.

"Pierce actually hesitated." Bob Cousy also shook his head when he saw Pierce holding the ball outside the 3-point line, who was a little hesitant.On the sidelines, Popovich nodded in satisfaction.After experiencing the explosion in the first 2 minutes, Pierce's shooting rate also plummeted.

At this time, the head coach of the Celtics, Rick Pitino, can be said to have no choice. The inside line is a mess. As long as you meet a team with an All-Star inside line, you will be blown up, and the shooting percentage from the outside line is also a mess. There are many players on the team who can shoot 3 points, but most of them are like Anthony Walker. The type of outside shooting is extremely unstable, and the overall shooting rate has always hovered around 30%, and it is still the kind that gets better at critical moments.The team's current tactics are mainly Anthony Walker singles and Pierce singles. After coaching the Celtics for 3 years, Rick Pitino didn't even create his own tactics.

"Mr. Pitino has been coaching the team for three years." Seeing that the situation on the field is getting more and more difficult, Rick Pitino is a little helpless, the cardinal is very happy with the head coach he personally selected. Also lost patience.

"Yes, teacher." The celebrities behind the cardinal heard his implication, and they all made up their minds.

　I'm a bit out of shape, and I can hardly read what I wrote.

　　Every time I drop a collection, my heart feels cool.

　　Please collect, please recommend.

　　


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