Legendary star

Chapter 624
Meng Xu and Arenas, one is this season's scoring champion, and the other is the fifth-ranked super scorer in this season's scoring list, so before the start of the Pacers-Wizards series, there are many bricks To put it bluntly, Meng Xu and Arenas will be the key to this round of the series, and this round of the series is also very likely to have a wonderful scoring battle.

The Pacers this season are still the team with the best record in the entire league, but compared to the previous seasons, the Pacers' defensive efficiency has declined significantly, and the average points lost per game has dropped from the top of the league in the previous seasons. The three fell to sixth in the league, and the main reason for all this was caused by Sarunas Jaskovicius as the starting guard of the Pacers. When Meng Xu was playing No. 1, the league All the No. 1 positions were overwhelmed by Meng Xu on both ends of the offense and defense. Even Jamal Tinsley in the first two seasons, his defensive ability was above the league average.

"Sarunas is out of position again!" When Arenas passed Sarunas Jaskovicius again, the Pacers assistant coach Lester Conor on the sidelines was also a little helpless Shaking his head, although Sarunas Jaskovicius has worked hard enough on the defensive end, he lacks Arenas' physical fitness by a large margin, and his relatively average defensive ability makes Sarunas Jaskovicius still has nothing to do with Arenas. Some gaps cannot be made up by hard work. As for the Wizards, today's game is obviously aimed at Sarunas Jaskovic. Hughes, constantly let Arenas go singles Sarunas Jaskovicius.

While Lester Conor was shaking his head and sighing, Rick Carlisle was also having a difficult ideological struggle in his heart. The offense has brought about a lot of changes, and it has liberated Meng Xu to a great extent, allowing Meng Xu to focus more on scoring, and Sarunas Jascovicius' three-point shooting ability is also very strong. In the first season of joining the Pacers, Sarunas Jascovicius hit a total of 106 three-pointers, and the three-point shooting rate reached 42.5%. Vicius' breakthrough, ball control, passing, and ability to see the overall situation are all top-notch, and he is not sticky to the ball. It is precisely because Sarunas Jaskovicius has so many advantages, Rick Carlisle was able to ignore his defensive shortcomings and put him in the starting lineup, allowing him to replace Meng Xu as the No. 1 position. However, in the playoffs with higher defensive requirements, the lack of defensive ability has It obviously dragged down Sarunas Jaskovicius, and also dragged down the Pacers.

In the attack just now, when Sarunas Jaskovicius was shaken away by Arenas, Meng Xu, who was closest to Arenas, gave up his defensive object to defend Arenas , but after Meng Xu's supplementary defense was in place, Arenas passed the basketball to Antawn Jamison, who was supposed to be defended by Meng Xu. After Arenas, he switched to Antawn Jamison immediately, but the difference in height and weight made it easy for Antawn Jamison to force Sarunas Jascovicius , and then the mid-range shot hits.

"Meng, I'm sorry, it's all my fault." Sarunas Jaskovicius, who had lost his position defending Arenas many times in this game, also lost his position after the defense of this round ended. Obviously some self-blame. From the beginning of this game to the present, more than half of the Pacers' points have been directly related to Sarunas Jaskovicius.

"Don't take it to heart, basketball is a sport that scores more points than anyone else, as long as we score more points than them." After softly comforting Sarunas Jascovitius, Meng Xu said He didn't care and ran towards the frontcourt. Meng Xu was very aware of the ability of Sarunas Jaskovicius and the changes he brought to the Pacers, so for Sarunas Jaskovicius Jascovicius has worked hard, but there is nothing he can do. Meng Xu will not go against others, no matter how many points Sarunas Jascovitius loses on the defensive end, as long as he can help him on the offensive end The team scored more points, then everything is not a problem.

Since the era of Larry Bird, the Pacers have attached great importance to the team's defense, and it has been since Larry Bird took charge of the Pacers that the Pacers' defense has always been at the forefront of the entire league. The coaches of the bishop's department believe in winning championships with defense, and as Larry Bird's younger brother and "proud student", Rick Carlisle, at the beginning of his coaching, had the same coaching style as Larry Bird. They are very similar, but after going through last season's Finals, Rick Carlisle's mind was shaken after a series of duels with the tactician Don Nelson, because the Pacers were able to beat the Mavericks by relying on It's not an impeccable defense, but a stronger offense than the Mavericks, so this season, Rick Carlisle has been adjusting the Pacers' tactics and strategies intentionally or unintentionally, but the results of the adjustments are still somewhat unsatisfactory. .

Going back to the offensive end, he dribbled the ball through the middle circle, and after using Meng Xu's screen to get rid of Arenas, Sarunas Jaskovicius passed the basketball back to Meng Xu, because in Sarunas From the view of Stephen Jascovicius, his success rate against Antawn Jamison in singles is not as high as that of Meng Xu singles against Arenas, so Sarunas Jascovitius did not hesitate to make a decision. Passed the basketball to Meng Xu, while he took Antawn Jamison and ran towards the other side of the court.

Just like Arenas singles against Sarunas Jaskovicius, Meng Xu's singles against Arenas is also very simple, in terms of height, wingspan, strength, and speed, they are all better than Arenas Under normal circumstances, when facing Arenas' defense, Meng Xu simply played as he wanted, but this time, Meng Xu did not take advantage of his height and wingspan to forcibly fight against Arenas' defense. Pulled out his hand, but after shaking Arenas away with a fake move, he rushed directly towards the Wizards' basket.

When Meng Xu got rid of Arenas and made a move to attack the Wizards basket, Brandon Haywood and Antawn Jamison, who were not far from the paint area, immediately followed the coach's instructions. The deployment before the game began to shrink towards the basket. While double-teaming Meng Xu, he was also preparing to close the door and hit that.

Breaking through and scoring has always been Meng Xu's best way to launch an attack, and benefiting from the bonus of the king of sudden points skills and the additional bonus of the sudden point tactics, Meng Xu's points after consecutive breakthroughs are converted into an assist The probability of this attack is very high, and this time, since Meng Xu got rid of Arenas, he had no intention of shooting himself. That was Meng Xu's original intention.

After successfully attracting the shrinking defense of Brandon Heywood and Antawn Jamison, Meng Xu made another change towards the left side of the court, and then took advantage of the opportunity to turn the basketball in his hand towards his back The direction was passed on.

After Antawn Jamison ran to double-team Meng Xu, he stopped and waited for Sarunas Jaskovicius who was outside the left three-point line, although the moment he received the pass from Meng Xu I was also a little surprised, but Salunas Jaskovicius didn't hesitate at all, but relied on the muscle memory formed over the years of playing, and gently tiptoed to make a three-pointer.

With a sound of "swipe", the basketball thrown by Sarunas Jaskovicius was hit hollowly. After the ball was hit, Sarunas Jaskovicius felt a lot more at ease. Because he can still contribute to the team, and he can also use his ability to help the team, to help the teammate he trusts and admires the most.

(End of this chapter)