Legendary star

Chapter 649 The Changing Spurs
The 'answer-ball' played by Meng Xu and Duncan ran through the entire first half of the third quarter. The two played harder and harder, and the audience was fascinated by it, with cheers and applause. After a wave, this kind of duel was forced to stop until the official timeout.

"After the timeout is over, let's play a small lineup, Manu, you replace Mike, Robert, you replace Tim." As soon as the players on the field came off the court, Popovich couldn't wait to review the Spurs' next lineup. changed.

"Tony, you have to be decisive, understand? Break through, break through, understand? Don't always spin around outside, OK!" After arranging the next lineup and tactical arrangements, Popovich pulled Tony Parker. There was a lot of scolding. As for Tim Duncan, who had already sat on the bench, Popovich didn't bother to pay attention to him. Of course, Popovich couldn't scold Duncan like he scolded Parker.

"Meng, is there a problem with your physical strength?" It was completely different from the atmosphere on the Spurs bench. After several players left the field, the first thing Rick Carlisle said was to ask about Meng Xu's physical strength. After all, in the half-quarter of the game just now, Meng Xu shot as many as 9 times alone, and most of the shots were under the double-team of the opponent, so Rick Carlisle must understand Meng Xu Xu's physical condition can only be arranged for the next lineup and tactical arrangement.

"I'm okay, there's no big problem." After receiving the towel handed over by Rick Carlisle, Meng Xu wiped the sweat from his head while panting heavily. Meng Xu's physical exertion was still very high in the half of the game just now. Big, but Meng Xu's physical recovery speed is also very fast. After sitting on the bench for a few minutes, taking a walk for a while after playing, and arranging for a while, more than half of the consumed physical energy can be recovered, so Meng Xu has never There is no need to worry about problems with your physical strength. Reasonable distribution of physical strength does not exist in front of Chamberlain's infinite energy.

"Well, that's good." After hearing Meng Xu say that his physical fitness is fine, Rick Carlisle swallowed back what he originally wanted to say. Meng Xu didn't want to rest, and he had nothing to do. The Pacers are still 2 points ahead of the Spurs, so let Meng Xu hang around for a while.

"What's the situation?" After the game restarted, Meng Xu discovered a very strange thing. Tim Duncan sat on the sidelines to rest?What is this operation?Now is not the time to be on the bench, and based on Meng Xu's understanding of Duncan, Duncan will not have physical problems yet.

"It must be so." Turning his head to look at the Spurs' bench, after a glance at Popovich standing on the sidelines, Meng Xu can guess the general idea. Meng Xu played under Popovich for two years Ball, I know Popovich quite well. What Popovich hates the most is that a certain player gets a high score on the court. When Meng Xu was still playing for the Spurs, he was almost able to get He scored 30 points, but was pushed to the bench by Popovich after a timeout. Even Duncan was no exception. With Duncan's scoring ability, Meng Xu believes that as long as Duncan is willing, he can score 30 points in a game It's still very easy, but in the Spurs, under Popovich, Duncan scored 30 points a season. Unless it is very important and very anxious games, Duncan doesn't even think about it. , and in the half of the game just now, Duncan took as many as 10 shots, 10 of 7 shots, 4 of 3 free throws, and scored 17 points. Popovich could endure the official timeout before pushing him down. It's not easy being on the bench.

Taking pleasure in others' misfortune, Meng Xu winked at Duncan, who was sitting motionless on the bench with a towel on his head, and kept winking, "Look, he's sitting on the bench again."

"You bastard, play your game well." Seeing Meng Xu walking and winking at Duncan, Popovich, who was not far from Meng Xu, finally couldn't stand it anymore, and yelled at Meng Xu , and Steve Kerr, who was standing beside Popovich, immediately hugged him after seeing Popovich yelling at Meng Xu. It's a technical foul!
"Hahahaha." Seeing Popovich's angry look, Meng Xu suddenly felt very refreshed, but Meng Xu also gave Popovich face. After Popovich yelled at him, Meng Xu He speeded up and ran towards the front field.

After Meng Xu arrived in the frontcourt, Tony Allen still handed the basketball to Meng Xu as usual, but this time Meng Xu did not choose to play alone, but attracted Manu Ginobili and Bruce Bowen. After double-teaming, he passed the basketball to Tayshaun Prince, who was already vacant. Tayshaun Prince, who hadn’t touched a basketball in a long time, received a pass from Meng Xu. Shi Shi was stunned for a moment before making a steady shot.

Tyshawn Prince hit a three-pointer. Rick Carlisle, who was still sitting on the bench, immediately stood up and applauded for Tashaun Prince. Of course, the applause was also for Tashaun Prince. Meng Xu's assist by En-Prince.

"Greg, what should we do? Should we call a timeout and change our defensive strategy?" The Spurs replaced Duncan, and Meng Xu on the opposite side stopped playing singles recklessly, but passed the ball whenever he encountered a double team. It was Meng Xu who could pass the basketball to the open teammate every time, so the assistant coach Steve Kerr, who was directing from the sidelines, began to ask the head coach Popovich for advice, and at the same time turned his head to look at the teammate sitting behind him. Tim Duncan on the bench.

"Not for the time being." Popovich, with his hands on his chest, directly rejected Steve Kerr's suggestion. The reason why Popovich put Duncan on the bench was because he wanted Duncan to sit below. Calm down and teach him a lesson. Secondly, I want to use this to practice new tactics. The current Spurs are no longer the Spurs of the previous two seasons. After the baptism of last season's finals, whether it is Tony Parker or Manu -Ginobili is already enough to be alone, so it is imminent to transform the Spurs from a single-core team to a multi-core team. The lesson of Meng Xu's departure is vivid, so Popovich naturally does not want to The players he had worked so hard to train left again like Meng Xu.

"Tony's performance is very good." After Popovich rejected his suggestion, Steve Kerr shifted the topic to Tony Parker. After Duncan went off, Tony Parker replaced Duncan. The position has become the core of the Spurs' offense. Now it seems that Tony Parker has entered his new role very well. Although he still lacks Tim Duncan's dominance and finishing ability on the offensive end, Tony Parker Also organized the Spurs' offense in an orderly manner.

"Well, it seems that we can let Tim rest more in the future." Obviously Popovich is also very satisfied with Tony Parker's performance on the court. As long as he can continue to maintain it, then Tim Duncan will You don't have to be both a father and a mother like in previous seasons.

　Thanks to Emiya Wei Gong for the reward, thank you.

　　
　
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