Legendary star

Chapter 54: The Beaten Meng Xu

After the warm-up of the two sides, the game officially began. When the referee on duty threw the basketball into the air, David Robinson pressed Rick Schmitz to give the Spurs the first chance to attack.

In this game, the Spurs stopped their rest and all the main players played. Starting center David Robinson. After David Robinson returned, Tim Duncan also returned to the position of power forward. Lee, point guard Avery Johnson.

As for the Pacers, the center is the Dutch Rick Schmitz and the power forward Dale Davis. One of the two insiders of the Pacers shoots well, but the defense is poor, and the movement and footsteps are not good. Strong body, strong defense, but poor offensive means. These two players are veteran players who have played for the Pacers for about 10 years. Although they are average in ability, they have rich experience in the game. Many new generation insiders in the league are in their hands. fault.The small forward is Jaylen Rose. This season, Jaylen Rose has got more opportunities than last season. The current average data is infinitely close to 20+5+4, which has surpassed the team's boss Ray in terms of statistics. Jim Miller.Reggie Miller, the boss of the Pacers, is the shooting guard. This year is Reggie Miller's No. 13 season. As a player living in the shadow of Jordan, Reggie Miller, who has reached the end of his career, also hopes to be able to Win a championship before retiring.Point guard Mark Jackson, as a veteran player who entered the league in the same year as Reggie Miller, Mark Jackson's aspirations are consistent with Reggie Miller's.

Meng Xu's main task in this game is to defend the Pacers' top scorer Jaylen Rose.In these few games when David Robinson took a break, the efficiency of the defensive system established by the Spurs this season has also been greatly reduced. The average conceded points per game has increased by as much as 10 points. It is not that Tim Duncan is not strong, it is really Meng Xu's defensive ability The difference from Duncan is too much. Meng Xu's one-on-one defense is almost impeccable, but he is far behind Tim Duncan in terms of timing and selection of help defense.

The Pacers have also established their own solid defensive system during the years of Larry Brown's coaching. The defensive efficiency has never dropped out of the top 5 in the league. After Larry Bird took over the Pacers, he did not change the original system. The tactical system, but while solidifying the defense, injected offensive elements into the team, which also made the Pacers complete their transformation in just one season.

When the game between the Pacers and the Spurs started, the Spurs quickly took advantage. David Robinson and Tim Duncan continued to play hard on the inside. After the efficiency of the personal defense plummeted, only Reggie Miller was left to fight alone. Mario Elli, who was facing Reggie Miller, was devastated by Reggie Miller.This year's Reggie Miller is 35 years old, and his athletic ability and peak have dropped a lot, but Mario Eli is 2 years older than Reggie Miller, and even at a young age, he can't keep up with Reggie Miller What's more, he is almost 40 years old now.

As an outside player with the best running ability in the league, after the game started, Mario Eli could only follow Reggie Miller to eat ashes. There was no way at all. Reggie Miller made 7 of 5 shots in the first quarter alone. , 3 of 3 three-pointers and scored a game-high 2 points.After the start of the second quarter, Meng Xu appeared at the shooting guard position, taking on the heavy responsibility of defending Reggie Miller.

"Rookie, are you interested in playing in Indiana? Larry is very interested in you." Looking at Meng Xu who was sticking behind him, Reggie Miller said with a smile.I have encountered too many defensive masters in my career, including Jordan and Pippen, and I have not been able to limit myself, so when I saw Meng Xu without the ball, he posted himself, and Reggie Miller did not hesitate. care.

"What?" Meng Xu, who was concentrating on defending Miller, was stunned when he heard Miller's words. He started poaching corners on the court, which he had never seen before.

"Too tender." At the moment when Meng Xu was distracted, Miller quickly ran away, watching Meng Xu catch up at an astonishing speed, Miller was surprised but also a little regretful.For Miller, as long as there is a gap of half a body, he has room to catch and shoot.

This old guy is really strong. Although he was played by Miller once, Meng Xu quickly caught up with him, but Miller insisted on relying on that weird running and changing direction, and he was always half to one ahead of Meng Xu. Status, this result also made Meng Xu feel a sense of frustration. With his speed attribute of 100, he couldn't catch up with this old man. It was really speechless.

"That's the shot?" Just when Miller was one position ahead of Meng Xu again through a change of direction, Miller received a pass from Mark Jackson. Without the slightest adjustment, Miller shot directly.Although Miller had already foreseen that Miller was going to shoot in advance, Miller's shot was very fast, and Miller obviously had a pause in the air. Although the jump was not high and the shot was not high, Meng Xu couldn't block it. The bounce and attributes are too poor. When defending Miller, Meng Xu was also very sad. He took off early, and before Miller made a shot, he landed first. He jumped late and the ball had already left his hand.

"Rookie, your coach didn't teach you, what is the first element of the game?" Reggie Miller walked up to Meng Xu after scoring the goal, and pointed his finger at his bald head: "That is to concentrate Mind, don't get distracted, get it, little rookie."

"I don't want to fix it." After muttering something, Meng Xu ignored Reggie Miller and ran to the frontcourt.

And on the offensive end, Miller is also quite difficult to deal with. No matter how Meng Xu moves, Miller can catch up with him, but Meng Xu is not like Miller, who can shoot without adjustment. In basketball, Miller will appear just right in front of Meng Xu. The tricky bounce and long adjustments before the shot give Miller enough time to block the shot.

"El, Meng's performance in this game is completely unworthy of your praise." Seeing that Meng Xu was overwhelmed by Miller on both offense and defense, Mike Brand, the commentator on the field, was a little malicious. looked at his partner.

"Oh, Mike, Reggie Miller is one of the best perimeter players in the league, and Meng is just a rookie. It's not normal to be blown up by Reggie Miller. You know, even Jordan couldn't do anything to Reggie Miller back then. Seeing Reggie Miller making another 2-pointer under the interference of Meng Xu, Michaels also looked embarrassed.

(End of this chapter)