Legendary star

Chapter 743
On June 2007, 6, the battle between the Pacers and the Spurs at Tianwangshan, due to the lack of three main players on both sides, also made today's game a study and discussion by various experts before it even started. The focus of prediction, almost everyone is looking forward to, how the Spurs and Pacers will perform today without the three main players.

For the Pacers, no matter how Jermaine O'Neal is suppressed by Tim Duncan, he is also the Pacers' second-in-command. No. [-] scorer, rebounding leader, the second half of the last game also fully proved that neither NN Hilario nor Darko Milicic can replace Jermaine O'Neal in the Pacers. role, and without Jermaine O'Neal, the Pacers also lack a lot of tactical flexibility.

On the Spurs side, since entering the Finals, Manu Ginobili has been the Spurs' No. [-] scorer after Tim Duncan. Ginobili has also become an important player that the Spurs rely on very much. In the last game, Popovich even arranged for the entire Spurs to play tactics around Manu Ginobili. It can also be seen that Manu -The importance of Ginobili to the Spurs.

After Ginobili missed the Tianwangshan battle due to suspension, Popovich re-arranged Michael Finley into the starting lineup, hoping that Michael Finley can make up for the gap caused by Ginobili's absence, Although Michael Finley is now 34 years old, Finley is also an all-around player who can attack, defend, break through and shoot.

Today's game is the last home game for the Spurs in the finals. Once they lose this game, the Spurs may be doomed. Therefore, for many fans who support the Spurs, although Ginobili is missing, but They still hope that the Spurs can win today's game. After all, they still have Tim Duncan. As long as Tim Duncan is there, everything is possible.

The lack of many main players will definitely affect the formation of the head coaches of both sides, but for many viewers who watched the Spurs and Pacers game just to watch Meng Xu and Tim Duncan, today's game The game is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Without the No. [-] scorer and several main players of their respective teams, Meng Xu and Tim Duncan will inevitably strengthen their offenses to make up for their respective teams. The team's offensive firepower, so for this kind of people, today's game is worth looking forward to. Whoever wins and who loses has never been their concern. There is only one thing they care about, and that is Meng Xu. And Tim Duncan can join forces to contribute a wonderful game.

The progress of today's game is indeed a bit different from the previous games. On the Spurs' side, Tim Duncan led a group of pitchers, while on the Pacers' side, Tony Allen was suspended, and Chris Duhon was suspended. Unable to guard against Tony Parker, Meng Xu went directly to the No. 1 position.

Michael Finley, who replaced Manu Ginobili's tactical position, did not disappoint Popovich in the game. Michael Finley's three-point shooting rate today is like a godsend. He made 7 shots in the first half In 6, he scored a game-high 23 points, 23 points in the half, and also broke Michael Finley's half-time scoring record in the playoffs.

Under the leadership of Michael Finley's performance that was almost against the sky, several of the Spurs' pitchers also broke out alternately. Throughout the first half, the Spurs made an amazing 18 of 12 three-pointers. The Pacers were beaten, and the Pacers seemed to be stunned by the Spurs' three-pointers. They didn't show any ability to fight back from the beginning to the end, and they were almost 10 points behind the Spurs.

And the Spurs fans at the scene seemed to be infected by the outstanding performance of the home team, cheering for the Spurs crazily from beginning to end. It can also be seen from this that the Spurs fans at the scene hope that the Spurs can win today This game, because only by winning this game can the Spurs see the hope of a championship again.

"It's unbelievable that the Spurs can still suppress the Pacers without Ginobili." After the first half, looking at the score on the scoreboard, Barkley, who has always supported the Spurs, said: Some can't believe it, is this a game that the Spurs can play without three main players?
"The Spurs made 12 three-pointers in the first half, which is obviously abnormal. The Spurs' lead in the score is also due to this. Keep this shooting percentage throughout the game, so the next third quarter is the key to this game." After Barkley finished speaking, Reggie Miller immediately began to refute him.

"Well, what Reggie said is really reasonable." As soon as Reggie Miller's voice fell, Magic Johnson expressed his support for him.

"These bastards." Although there is still a smile on his face, in Barkley's heart, he has already scolded him. When he was on TNT before, Barkley could still argue with Reggie Miller. , evenly matched, but after being invited by ABC to explain the finals, Barkley once again realized what it means to be hard to do with one hand, and what it means to be hard to beat with three mouths.

Just when Barkley chose to keep silent and prepared to refute them with the excellent performance of the Spurs after the start of the game, the situation changed suddenly in the third quarter that started. With 11 points behind, the Pacers once again A full-court pressing tactic was used, and Meng Xu rushed to shoot three-pointers crazily after the start of the game, as if the game was not two more quarters, but two minutes away.

"This is, convulsion, convulsion?" Watching Meng Xu hit two consecutive three-pointers within just one minute of the start of the game, Popovich, who had been standing on the sidelines, began to twitch uncontrollably.

The entire league knows how strong Meng Xu's three-point ability is, and it is precisely because of his powerful three-point ability that Meng Xu has super explosive scoring power and ability to grab points. For many players, scoring in a single quarter 20+ is already a very remarkable thing, but for Meng Xu, 20 points in a single quarter is just a routine operation, even if it is 30 points in a single quarter, it has appeared many times in Meng Xu's career.

"Here, is this the moment of convulsions?" When Meng Xu made another three-pointer, within a very short period of time after the opening of the third quarter, after three shots from three, Barkley on the commentary felt like crying. , don't play like this!
"Pretentious moment" is an additional state of Meng Xu's three-point shooting skills, and it is also Meng Xu's last trump card. As long as the point difference between the two sides does not exceed 20 points, the "pretentious moment" that lasts for 6 minutes is enough for Meng Xu to score. The difference narrowed to an acceptable level, and even a wave of overtaking the score.Because the cooldown time of "Pretentious Moment" is 500 minutes of game time, Meng Xu will use "Pretentious Moment" basically every dozen games, but in the league, Meng Xu's "Pretentious Moment" "Moment" has another name, that is the moment of convulsions. Once the moment of convulsions comes out, there must be a team that will become the soul of Meng Xu's subordinates. That's why Popovich subconsciously said that after Meng Xu started grabbing points. Twitched.

"The Spurs are going to die." In the first 3 minutes of the third quarter, Meng Xu made 7 of 5 three-pointers, reducing the 11-point difference between the two sides to only 2 points, although the Spurs still maintained their lead , but based on Reggie Miller's understanding of Meng Xu, the Spurs' lead will not last long, and once the score is overtaken, the fighting spirit and spirit of the Spurs will collapse. Every time Meng Xu enters the "convulsion moment" and keeps chasing points with three-pointers, Reggie Miller will feel blood rushing, and there is no other feeling, and when Reggie Miller After retiring and becoming a bystander, Reggie Miller realized how much psychological pressure Meng Xu's crazy pursuit of points would bring to the defense. Those players with poor psychological quality may even directly collapse.

"It's over." Just 1 minute after Reggie Miller finished speaking, Meng Xu helped the Pacers overtake the score. Popovich's consecutive timeouts failed to interrupt Meng Xu's touch. After getting bigger and bigger, the ending of this game is already doomed.

(End of this chapter)