Legendary star

Chapter 590 The Spoiler

"Meng, I think our tactics should be changed a little bit." After Meng Xu left the field, Rick Carlisle first handed Meng Xu a towel, and then discussed with Meng Xu the tactics and strategies in the last few minutes. It can be heard from Rick Carlisle's tone that Rick Carlisle is not arranging tactics to Meng Xu, but is seeking Meng Xu's opinion and discussing with Meng Xu.

As an old man who has been in the position of assistant coach and head coach for more than 10 years, Rick Carlisle is very clear that when the core of a team is playing well on the court, the head coach suddenly stands up and calls a stop. Therefore, although Rick Carlisle already had his own plan in mind, Rick Carlisle decided to seek Meng Xu's opinion first, and then make arrangements. If there is a estrangement or conflict, then everything is irreversible, and Rick Carlisle also knows that Meng Xu is not the kind of player who is too stubborn to listen to opinions. He knows how to choose between victory and statistics.

"Okay." After hesitating for a moment, Meng Xu nodded. After all, he is still a player, and it is impossible to see every small change on the court.

"In the next game, in order to prevent you from scoring, the Mavericks will definitely continue to double-team you, so you need to give the ball to James or Jermaine when you encounter double-teams, and let them share you Only in this way can we win the victory more easily." After Meng Xu nodded, Rick Carlisle let go of the stone in his heart, and said the strategy he had already considered.

"Well, I understand." After agreeing to Rick Carlisle, Meng Xu felt a little regretful in his heart, wondering if he could meet Nowitzki in the finals in the future. The "answer-ball" who tried his best will probably not be encountered in the future.

Same as the Pacers side, on the Mavericks side, after Nowitzki was off the field, the head coach Nelson provided him with "personal service", explaining tactics to him from the beginning to the end, but the old Nelson did not Rick Carlisle has so many worries. Under the old Nelson's command, the dragon must be coiled, and the tiger must be lying down. No matter who it is, he must obey me honestly.

It seems that Nelson Sr. and Rick Carlisle have similar arrangements. When Nowitzki receives a pass from Nash again and is double-teamed by Jermaine O'Neal and James Posey, Nowitzki Without hesitation, he passed the basketball to Antoine Walker who was open, and Antoine Walker also "lived up to expectations" with his shots.

"Trash!" Mark Cuban, who was in the central box of the Bankers Life Arena, cursed fiercely after seeing Antoine Walker hit the ball, and then took another sip of his cigar. It can be seen that Mark - Cuban is very dissatisfied at the moment. As for whether he is dissatisfied with Antoine Walker's shooting, or dissatisfied with the old Nelson's change of tactics, only he knows.

Back on the court, after Antoine Walker missed a shot, Jermaine O'Neal, who grabbed a rebound from the backcourt, directly handed the ball to Meng Xu outside the three-point line, but Meng Xu did not launch a fast break, but Slowly slapped the basketball. After the official timeout, Rick Carlisle replaced Tayshaun Prince with Mutombo. While strengthening the defense against Nowitzki, he also strengthened the defense against the backcourt. Rebound protection, and the consequence of this change is that the speed of the Pacers' offensive and defensive transitions has been greatly reduced. From now on, the Pacers' tactics will begin to change towards positional warfare.

When Meng Xu dribbled the ball one meter away from the three-point line, Michael Finley posted it first, and Antoine Walker was also not more than two meters away from Meng Xu, waiting for Meng Xu's attack. The next move seems to be possible to rush to double-team Meng Xu at any time.

Just when Meng Xu called Jermaine O'Neal to cover and was about to do a pick-and-roll with Jermaine O'Neal, he found that Antawn Jamison also followed, and Michael Finley found Meng Xu After the pick-and-roll intention, he also started to move towards Meng Xu in advance on the route that Meng Xu might travel after completing the pick-and-roll, preparing to double-team Meng Xu after the pick-and-roll.Therefore, even if Meng Xu can successfully complete the pick-and-roll with Jermaine O'Neal, with Antawn Jamison in front and Michael Finley in the back, it is not easy for Meng Xu to break through, so Meng Xu simply He gave the ball directly to James Posey who had already pulled up from the other side of the court, and after bypassing Antawn Jamison, he cut straight to the basket.

After Meng Xu handed over the ball, the Mavericks' defensive strategy also changed rapidly. Antoine Walker and Michael Finley, who were originally in charge of double-teaming Meng Xu, stayed in place to defend Jayme. In-O'Neal, the other changed his course in time and ran towards James Posey.

James Posey does not have the special status of Meng Xu, nor does he have as much tactical authority as Meng Xu. Therefore, James Posey will not discount the tactics arranged by the head coach. After taking over the ball, James -Posey tried it. After failing to get rid of Michael Finley's defense, he followed the coach's tactics and immediately passed the basketball to Jermaine O'Neal near the free throw line.

The Mavericks' two insiders, Antawn Jamison and Antawn Walker, are no different from free to Jermaine O'Neal, and this is the main reason for Rick Carlisle's adjustment, anyway Old Nelson doesn't need the inside anymore, so we will play more thoroughly and use the basket attack to completely defeat him.

In this defense, Antoine Walker's performance is quite competent, at least not allowing Jermaine O'Neal to pass him directly to attack the basket, but forcing Jermaine O'Neal to use his height advantage , a mid-range shot near the free throw line.

"Not good." As soon as the basketball was shot, Jermaine O'Neal had a bad premonition, but Antoine Walker had already blocked Jermaine O'Neal very early, so that Jermaine O'Neal did not Any way to grab this offensive rebound.

"Left? Right?" Looking at the basketball still spinning on the rim, Mutombo, who had already occupied the best position, did not jump hastily, but kept his eyes on the basketball while gaining momentum. Basket, Mutombo will immediately take off and pocket the offensive rebound.

But what made Mutombo vomit blood was that when Mutombo was about to take off, he found a person rushing from behind him, not only pressing himself to take off, but also snatching the front from his head. Mutombo turned around and saw that it was Meng Xu. When Meng Xu grabbed Jermaine O'Neal's backcourt rebound just now, Mutombo was smiling happily on the bench. After a few minutes, he became the one being robbed.

"Reggie!" Because there was a Mutombo in the middle when grabbing the offensive rebound, Meng Xu had no time and space to make a second attack after grabbing the offensive rebound. Afterwards, a group of Mavericks players appeared around. Meng Xu didn't hold back, but threw the basketball behind him. When Meng Xu rushed over to grab a rebound just now, Reggie Miller happened to be moving there. , so Meng Xu boldly passed the ball there. If Reggie Miller didn't change the route midway, the next step would definitely be a ten-best match. Otherwise, it would be a very ridiculous mistake.

As expected, Reggie Miller did not disappoint Meng Xu. After receiving Meng Xu's pass, he made a very decisive three-pointer.

"Meng Xu grabbed the offensive rebound and passed the ball without looking at people's heads. After receiving the ball, Reggie Miller made a three-pointer. It was beautiful! This is a golden three-pointer. Reggie Miller made a three-pointer. After the point hit, the Pacers have widened the point difference to seven points!"

"Reggie! Reggie!" After Reggie Miller hit a three-pointer, the audience at the Bankers Life Arena all stood up and shouted Reggie Miller's name in unison, because they knew that this was probably Reggie- It's the last game of Miller's career. Perhaps from now on, they will never have the opportunity to cheer for the guy who has been with them for 17 seasons.

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