Legendary star

Chapter 680 The Strongest Layup Reappears

"It seems that I really underestimated this guy."

The rookies known as the "03 Golden Generation" are on the rise this season. LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, and Dwyane Wade have all been selected to the best team of the season, but due to Tim Duncan, Shaq O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, etc., Meng Xu didn't pay much attention to these juniors, because their current strength is not enough to challenge Meng Xu's status, and in Meng Xu Xu expected that they would need at least one or two seasons to reach their respective peaks, thus completely replacing the older superstars like McGrady and Carter. But through today's game, Meng Xu realized that he underestimated these people. In other words, their speed of progress far exceeded Meng Xu's expectations.

Just like the Dwyane Wade in front of him, Meng Xu has roughly figured out Wade's true strength in the four regular season games this season. Wade this season should be similar to Kobe when Meng Xu first entered the league. , that is, the ability value is about 93, which is why Meng Xu doesn't care about Wade. The current O'Neal is not the insider bug with the ability value of 98 back then. Without O'Neal to attract firepower in front, with Wade's current strength , is not enough to turn up any big waves in front of the Pacers' outside line group.

But in today's game, Tyshawn Prince and Tony Allen couldn't control Dwyane Wade together. During the period when O'Neal was off the court, Dwyane Wade Perfectly carried the banner on O'Neal's shoulders and continued to lead the Heat's offense. Although Wade may not be as efficient as O'Neal in terms of scoring efficiency, Wade also ensured that the difference between the two sides will not be widened too much.

Therefore, during the 2 minutes when O'Neal was off the court, although the Pacers regained the advantage on the court, they failed to take the opportunity to open the score. Finally, when the official timeout came in the fourth quarter, the Pacers still scored 84 to 81. Maintain a 3-point lead.

"The time for the decisive battle between the two sides is coming!"

After a short timeout, Shaq O'Neal re-appeared again, and on the Pacers side, Jermaine O'Neal and NN-Hilario also played again, and the 6 minutes that determined the final result of the entire game finally came.

"Beep." Less than 15 seconds after the game restarted, the referee's whistle blew again. O'Neal, who was attacking with the ball, waved his arms with a hideous face, and then walked directly towards the free throw line.

"Jermaine O'Neal fouled 6 times. Although Jermaine O'Neal's defense against Shaq was not successful in today's game, as the inside pillar of the Pacers, Jermaine O'Neal committed 6 fouls at this time. , it is definitely very unfavorable for the Pacers."

O'Neal's rare two free throws left the Pacers with only one point in their lead. After Jermaine O'Neal made six fouls, many fans at the Bankers Life Arena also began to sigh, Jermaine -O'Neal is not only the inside pillar of the Pacers, but also the No. [-] scorer of the Pacers. His importance is self-evident, but at the moment when the game has entered the final game, Jermaine O'Neal committed six fouls, This is definitely a big blow to the Pacers.

And in the press box at the scene, when Shaq O'Neal knocked Jermaine O'Neal off the court, these media reporters from all over the United States immediately boiled, and the entire press box was in chaos now, Jermaine O'Neal The end of the game means that the balance of victory has begun to tilt towards the Heat. The Pacers lost to the Heat at home. It is exciting to think about it. For many of them, as long as the Pacers lose, it is a shocking Things that make people happy.

After Jermaine O'Neal made six fouls, Meng Xu went inside to find O'Neal again in the next offense. O'Neal has also fouled four times now. As long as he fouls again, O'Neal will definitely be tied up. But Meng Xu now wants to make a foul, but after being fouled twice by Mutombo, O'Neal is now extremely cautious and does not give Meng Xu any chance at all, so Meng Xu is breaking through. After reaching the inside, they could only split the basketball. Fortunately, Tyshawn Prince hit a jumper and the Pacers continued to maintain their lead.

As a super insider, in order to control his number of fouls, he had to choose to endure on the defensive end and not respond to the opponent's provocation. Olajuwon, facing David Robinson and Tim Duncan, O'Neal has never been so aggrieved, so after reaching the frontcourt, O'Neal rushed towards Jason Williams and asked for the ball. Especially when he saw Mutombo who had already settled behind him, O'Neal couldn't control his anger.

After successfully getting the ball, O'Neal relied on Mutombo to advance to the basket very skillfully. At the peak of Mutombo, O'Neal couldn't stop O'Neal's post-up singles, let alone Muto, who is now on the verge of retirement. Mbo, so after consecutive backs, O'Neal turned his back without hesitation.

Although Mutombo's body can't stop O'Neal's destruction, Mutombo's position selection is still very good. At the moment O'Neal turned his back, Mutombo, who had lost his position, moved laterally ahead of time, occupying the After O'Neal went straight to the basket, he can shoot, but he can't dunk. This can be regarded as a remedial measure for Mutombo.

"Shaq, be careful." O'Neal, who had already completed the back turn, still had no chance to go straight to the basket and use a dunk to vent his anger. Therefore, after completing the back turn, O'Neal chose to use a jumper to end the game. An attack, but after O'Neal took off, he seemed to hear his teammates calling himself behind him.

In this jump shot, O'Neal's take-off height was not high. After all, there was no defender more than one meter in front of him, so O'Neal just tapped his toes slightly and threw the basketball in his hand. In an instant, O'Neill saw a yellow figure flying over from his right side, and with a bang, the basketball thrown by O'Neill changed its trajectory and flew towards the baseline.

O'Neal, who fell from the sky, looked at the basketball that rolled into the press box, and was obviously taken aback. Obviously, O'Neal never thought that his attack would be blocked by someone.

"Big guy, look behind you before you make a shot. Don't forget, I once overwhelmed you three times in one match." Meng Xu, who fell from the sky after him, saw his long face O'Neill deliberately mocked O'Neill a few words.

"Boy, you're courting death!" Seeing Meng Xu who turned and left after mocking him, O'Neill's teeth were already grinding.As an insider, one must have the awareness to become the background board, which is better than Olajuwon and David Robinson who have been the background emperor countless times, but O'Neal does not believe in evil, as long as he dunks on O'Neal's head, the cover Without exception, O'Neal will inhumanly retaliate against Carter. The scene of Carter being photographed directly from the air by O'Neal on the floor casts shadows on countless outside players, but Meng Xu, who came from the Spurs At the beginning, I have brushed O'Neill's beard countless times, but I have never been retaliated by O'Neill, or O'Neill has not yet found a chance to retaliate.

"Hmph, let's see how long you can bear it." After retreating to his defensive position, Meng Xu focused his attention on O'Neal again. The reason why Meng Xu tried to foul O'Neal just now was because he wanted to This was used to annoy O'Neill, and Meng Xu deliberately brought up the old story again, lest O'Neill forget the game that he was fooled three times back then.

Udonis Haslem, who was standing on the baseline and serving the baseline ball, obviously had O'Neal at the basket as his first goal, but O'Neal was being watched by Mutombo and NN-Hilario one after the other. Yes, so after trying for a long time, there was no way to hand the basketball to O'Neal, Udonis Haslem could only pass the basketball to Dwyane Wade at the far end, and let him organize this an attack.

Since it took almost 15 seconds just now, the Heat had to complete this attack in a very short time. With O'Neal always in double-team, after getting the ball, Dwyane Wade, He directly attacked the Pacers' inside line. As for shooting a basket from the outside line, Dwyane Wade would not shoot outside the three-point line unless it was a last resort. As a shooting guard, Wade Wynn Wade's three-point shooting rate this season is an astonishing 17%. Don't talk about shots under defense, even open three-pointers, Wade sometimes doesn't shoot.

Tyshawn Prince is an excellent perimeter defender. The top wing defenders in the league, such as Kobe, McGrady, Carter and many other perimeter superstars have suffered under the defense of Tyshawn Prince, but In today's game, Tayshaun Prince couldn't do anything about Dwyane Wade. This guy's speed is too fast, and his height is much lower than that of Tayshaun Prince. So many times on defense, Tayshaun Prince lost his position because he couldn't keep up with Dwyane Wade's footsteps.

In this attack, Dwyane Wade got rid of Tyshawn Prince's defense again, but just when Dwyane Wade was about to continue to break through, Meng Xu appeared in front of him and blocked the attack. his way.Seeing that 24 seconds were running out, and Meng Xu's Dwyane Wade couldn't get rid of him for a while, he had to choose to pass the basketball back to the outside line. Jason Williams, who received the pass from Wade, hastily Take a shot, hit the ball.

After successfully defending against the Heat's attack, Meng Xu slapped the basketball and slowly advanced towards the frontcourt. After Meng Xu passed the middle circle, Antoine Walker, who had accumulated 5 fouls, quickly moved towards the Meng Xu rushed over. Like O'Neill, Antoine Walker hated Meng Xu very much, and even hated Meng Xu, because in Antoine Walker's view, it was thanks to Meng Xu that he was able to get to where he is today. Xu's appearance ruined everything about him, ruined his Celtics, and also ruined his championship dream, making him fall everywhere like a bereaved dog.

All kinds of past events came to the fore at this moment, so this defense, Antoine Walker secretly told himself in his heart, we must defend this kid's attack this time, I want to help the Heat defeat him, I want to see When he loses, I want to see him cry, and I want to pay back everything he did to me back then.

Looking at Meng Xu who was slapping the basketball on the spot while constantly lowering his body weight, Antoine Walker knew that Meng Xu was about to break through, so Antoine Walker quickly dropped all his thoughts and focused on staring at Meng Xu. Meng Xu's every move.

It's just that after Meng Xu stepped left and right twice in a row, Antoine Walker was completely lost, and could only watch Meng Xu pass away from the left side of his body.

"Come on, little bastard!" O'Neal, who was still angry, saw Meng Xu rushing towards the paint with the ball, and immediately gave up defending Mutombo, and rushed towards Meng Xu. After the provocation, O'Neill could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, and now the old and new grudges had to be settled together.

"Get ready to bear my wrath!"

Seeing Meng Xu who had already taken off one step away in the paint, O'Neill jumped up without any hesitation, waving his arms to cover a large area in front of him.

Meng Xu, who was flying in the air, started to fold his body when he was about to collide with O'Neal, preparing to avoid O'Neal's block. However, O'Neal, who had been prepared for a long time, after Meng Xu made a movement of folding the lever, He completed a half-turn in the air, still covering Meng Xu tightly.

What happened next left O'Neill stunned. Once, twice, after the first time the lever was still covered by O'Neal, Meng Xu then completed two more lever movements in the air, successfully dodging O'Neal's block, throwing the basketball in his hand to the basket, and the layup after pulling the bar three times, in the entire history of the NBA, only two people have completed this kind of layup in the game, one is called basketball Michael Jordan, the God of God, and Meng Xu in front of O'Neal.

After Meng Xu threw the basketball in his hand to the basket, Meng Xu collided with O'Neal who had already landed. Meng Xu's body is top among outside players, but in front of O'Neal, he can only be regarded as a chicken , So after a physical collision with O'Neal, Meng Xu was directly knocked out of the bottom line by O'Neal.

"Beautiful, beautiful, perfect, Meng Xu beat Shaquille O'Neal with a perfect layup!"

Looking at Meng Xu who looked relaxed and seemed to be smiling, Michaels on the sidelines commentary was already a little incoherent with excitement.

"Five fouls, O'Neal fouled five times, and after Jermaine O'Neal made six fouls, O'Neal also received the fifth foul of the game."

O'Neal fouled five times, and Pat Riley on the sidelines called a timeout almost in a daze. Pat Riley has told O'Neal countless times, calm down, calm down, don't foul, don't go with Meng Xu One to one, but this guy still violated his deployment.

(End of this chapter)