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Chapter 522 Meng Xu and Jordan's Law

"Corey, Richard, double-team him, double-team that kid, don't let him catch the ball, don't let him shoot!" The head coach Byron Scott couldn't sit still anymore. He rushed to the sidelines and kept yelling at the court, stomping his feet from time to time, not to mention how funny that look was.

Originally, before the start of this game, Byron Scott planned to take advantage of the poor state of the Pacers to end the Pacers' winning streak at home, and also narrow the gap with the third-ranked Pistons in the Eastern Conference. The gap, after all, the fourth place in the Eastern Conference means meeting the Pacers before the conference finals. The Nets, which have lost to the Pacers in the playoffs for two consecutive years, really do not have the strength and confidence to beat the Pacers in the series , so the Nets have to find a way to avoid the Pacers in the playoffs, and now there is only a gap of two wins between the Pistons and the Nets, who are ranked third in the Eastern Conference. As for the Heat, who is second in the Eastern Conference, if the Heat If they don't collapse, the Nets will have no chance to overtake.

But after the start of the game, Byron Scott found that the situation on the court was completely different from what he had imagined. Since the beginning of this season, there has been almost no Meng Xu who is in the scoring mode. From the first minute after that, he gave up his usual style of play this season, and started scoring non-stop, three-pointers, mid-range shots, post-up singles, and breaking through the basket. The fans of the Nets showed off their comprehensive scoring skills, constantly attacking the basket of the Nets in various ways, and the fans of the Nets also made Byron Scott very angry. , the fans who booed Meng Xu at the beginning of the game, after Meng Xu scored again and again, turned their backs. Now the Continental Airlines Arena not only cannot hear the voice of Meng Xu booing, but after Meng Xu scored , there will be bursts of applause and cheers.

What worries Byron Scott most is not the defection of the fans at the scene, but Meng Xu's almost crazy state in this game, and his obsession with scoring. In 12 minutes, he made 18 of 10 shots, 7 of 3 three-pointers, 9 of 7 free throws, and scored 30 points in a single quarter.Originally, according to the Pacers' rotation habits this season, Meng Xu would not play at the beginning of the second quarter, but in the second quarter of this game, Meng Xu brought a group of substitute players to the court. Not only that, Meng Xu Xu also made all 3 shots at the beginning of the second quarter, increasing his personal score to 37 points. It is only the second quarter now. Meng Xu's scoring momentum made Byron Scott on the sidelines There is no way to pretend to be calm. Even if the Nets lose to the Pacers at home, the management is unlikely to blame Byron Scott. After all, the strength of the Pacers is obvious to all. Even as strong as the Heat, they have already lost to the Pacers It's been two games, but if Meng Xu sets a single-game scoring record at the Continental Arena, it won't be the management's fault.

After Meng Xu scored 82 points in Madison Square Garden last season, not only Knicks coach Don Cheney was fired, but even many core players of that Knicks team were sold off at a low price after the end of the season. , The night of 82 points is a sore spot that the Knicks will never be able to get rid of.Byron Scott doesn't want himself and his team to follow in the footsteps of the Knicks.After losing to the Pacers for two consecutive seasons and crashing into the Eastern Conference Finals, Byron Scott's situation in the Nets is already not very good, whether it is the team's management or the core of the team The team is very dissatisfied with Byron Scott.If Meng Xu is allowed to score 60+ or ​​70|+ in a single game today, Byron Scott can be sure that he should leave before the end of the season.

Although the current score on the field is only 45 to 33, the gap of 12 points is not a big gap for a game with more than 30 minutes left. As long as the Nets can work hard, it is still possible to reverse the game , but for Byron Scott, he doesn't care much about the outcome of this game. The only thing he cares about now is how to limit Meng Xu's single-game scoring to less than 50 points. The Continental Arena is a new arena. The current highest score in a single game in this arena is Jason Kidd's 41 points in a single game last season, but Byron Scott doesn't expect to be able to make it. Meng Xu's scoring in a single game is limited to less than 41 points. After all, the second quarter has just started, Meng Xu has already scored 37 points, and 50 points is Byron Scott's bottom line, so Byron on the sidelines -Scott is on the sidelines now, yelling at the Nets players on the field, gesturing them to double-team Meng Xu, as for the others?Byron Scott couldn't care less about them now.

In fact, the Nets players at this time were very dissatisfied with Meng Xu's crazy scoring of points without giving any face at all. How do they meet people, so after receiving the instruction from head coach Byron Scott, they are not polite. As long as Meng Xu holds the ball, three people will immediately surround him, even if Meng Xu does not have the ball in his hand. Running empty, Richard Jefferson and Corey Kidders also followed Meng Xu inseparably, trying to prevent Meng Xu from receiving the ball.

Under such circumstances, the game between the Pacers and the Nets became extremely chaotic from the beginning of the second quarter. Several Nets players on the court frantically double-teamed Meng Xu, while the Pacers, Meng Xu has been completely stripped from the team system under the crazy double-teaming of the Nets, but in today's game, the Pacers are responsible for ball control and organization. Kenny Anderson, so even Meng Xu It has been isolated from the team system, but under the organization of Kenny Anderson, the Pacers are still in an orderly state on the offensive end. It seems that after the first half, the game will basically lose its suspense.

"Ervin, am I not mistaken? Is the Nets using Jordan's rules against Meng Xu?" Looking at the situation on the court, Michaels in the commentary was stunned, afraid that he might have misread Michaels. Si, and confirmed it with Magic Johnson next to him.

"It is indeed Jordan's law. Meng Xu's current strength is no different from that of Michael at his peak. He is even better than Michael in terms of rebounds and three-pointers. That Pistons team is much worse." Actually, Magic Johnson was a little dumbfounded at this time. In order to prevent Meng Xu from scoring non-stop at home, the Nets actually gave up defending the other Pacers players. You must know that the current Pacers and Meng Xu's teammates are much stronger than those of Jordan's back then. Like the Pistons, they defeated Jordan's Bulls by relying on Jordan's rules.

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