Legendary star

Chapter 753 Nobody Can Stop Me
"Meng, you are a little different today? Are you scared? Hahaha." Kobe Bryant, who made a difficult fadeaway jumper, retreated past Meng Xu with a proud look on his face. Meng Xu provocatively said that before the end of the first quarter, Kobe had already scored 11 points, and Meng Xu only scored 5 points now, so after the provocation was over, Kobe also said by the way: "11 to 5, 11 to 5!"

In this game between the Pacers and the Lakers, the biggest highlight is not the strong dialogue between the No. 6 in the West and No. [-] in the East, but the battle for the scoring champion between Meng Xu and Kobe Bryant. All the two scoring champions, as the top two players in the scoring rankings this season, the direct dialogue between Meng Xu and Kobe was also predicted by many experts to be a wonderful scoring battle. Some media even exaggeratedly said that the match between Meng Xu and Kobe will be a king of kings.

However, the progress of the game was completely different from the predictions of these experts. Kobe was exactly as they predicted. He showed a strong desire to score at the beginning of the game. It was all done by Kobe. After playing 8 minutes in the first quarter, Kobe took 10 shots, but Meng Xu was a big disappointment. Except for two shots when he was open, the rest of the players In part of the time, Meng Xu is passing the ball for his teammates, using his running position to help his teammates tear up the space.

Although Kobe and Meng Xu have a good relationship in private, Kobe has never been convinced by Meng Xu. In the past, he couldn't help it. His teammates were not strong. Every time they played against the Pacers, the Lakers ended in failure. But It's different now. After two seasons of operation, the Lakers already have the strength to challenge the Pacers, and Kobe also very much hopes to teach Meng Xu in today's game as a preview of the finals , In Kobe's mind, he has only one opponent now, and that is Meng Xu's Pacers. In addition, whether it is the Big Three of the Green Army or the Big Three of the Suns, Kobe doesn't pay attention to them.But Meng Xu didn't give face very much. Even if Kobe and Fisher took the initiative to switch positions to defend Meng Xu one-on-one, and kept provoking Meng Xu with trash talk, Meng Xu still didn't make a move.

"11 to 5? Is it 16 to 18? No, it will be 16 to 21 soon." When Kobe satirized Meng Xu with the individual scores of both sides, Meng Xu unceremoniously used the current scores of the two teams The score hit Kobe back and forth. Kobe's consecutive scoring seemed very encouraging, but Kobe's scoring efficiency was not very high under the defense of Tayshaun Prince. , whether it is Tayshaun Prince or James Posey, they can use their height and weight advantages to overwhelm Fisher, so the Pacers have always had an advantage in the scores of both sides.

"This bastard." Kobe, who was still smug just now, immediately pulled his face down after hearing Meng Xu's counterattack. Kobe really wanted to win Meng Xu, and sometimes he even dreamed about it at night, so after listening After Meng Xu's words, Kobe instantly recognized the meaning behind Meng Xu's words.

"Reggie, do you think Meng will attack by himself in this attack? We saw Kobe Bryant pestering him all the time, still muttering something, as if he was saying something to Meng Xu." After Kobe made a difficult fadeaway jumper, Kenny Smith in the commentary seat couldn't hold back, hoping to see Meng Xu fight back against Kobe in his own way.

"Kenny, I can answer you with certainty. In this offense, Meng will still choose to pass the ball. Have you forgotten the statistics and analysis of the New York Times?" Before Reggie Miller could speak, Charles - Barkley was the first to jump out. Regarding the New York Times statistics that Barkley mentioned, in fact, after Meng Xu's crazy triple-double this season, the New York Times specifically blackened Meng Xu. In that statistics In the single, the New York Times counted Meng Xu's scoring distribution throughout the game, especially the scoring distribution before and after the triple-double. After some cloudy statistics, the New York Times finally I came to a conclusion, that is, when Meng Xu's rebounds and assists are not in double figures, he rarely shoots. Once Meng Xu's rebounds and assists are in double figures, then Meng Xu will hold on to the basketball and not let go , until his score exceeds 30 points, although the statistics of the New York Times were criticized as soon as they were born, those people who black Mengxu don't care about this, they have always regarded this statistics as the truth .

Just when Barkley looked at the deflated Reggie Miller and laughed, Meng Xu, who took the ball to the frontcourt, did not hand the basketball directly to Tyshawn Prince to let him Going to misplace Fisher in singles, but leaning against Kobe sideways, after two consecutive tops, he quickly turned around in front of Kobe, took a step back and shot a three-pointer.

"16 to 21." After the shot was made, Meng Xu smiled at Kobe and said something that made Kobe furious: "Kobe, as long as I want to score, no one can stop me, including you. "

"Meng Xu hit a three-pointer under Kobe's defense, and the Lakers couldn't stop the Pacers' offense at all." After Meng Xu hit a three-pointer, Reggie Miller in the commentary was also extremely excited and shouted loudly After two sentences, he shifted his gaze to Barkley. Seeing the expression of Barkley, who was talking wildly just now, Reggie Miller let go of his anger.

"Well, Meng Xu hit a three-pointer, and the point difference between the two sides was widened to 5 points. Phil Jackson directly called a timeout." Barkley, who was slapped in the face by Meng Xu, had to change the subject with an embarrassed face, and Targeted Kobe Bryant: "Kobe has too many individual isolations, which is very detrimental to the Lakers, because their triangle offense cannot be effectively rotated at all, and they want to rely on individual isolations. It's impossible to beat the Pacers."

After Meng Xu's three-pointer hit, Phil Jackson on the sidelines immediately called a timeout. Perhaps in Phil Jackson's view, Meng Xu's three-pointer was a sign that he was going to explode, and this sign definitely It must be resolutely killed. Of course, there is another important point, that is, as Barkley said, Kobe played too many singles with the ball. You must know that in the current triangle offensive tactics of the Lakers, Pau Gasol is the center Shaft and support points, but in the first quarter, the number of times Gasol received the ball can be counted on a handful.

The effect of Phil Jackson's timeout is very obvious. After the timeout, Kobe's singles with the ball have been greatly reduced. Kobe, who took 8 shots in the first 10 minutes, in the remaining 4 minutes of the first quarter, Only two shots were taken, but the Lakers did not continue to score because of Kobe's fewer shots. Instead, at the end of the first quarter, the point difference was reduced to only 2 points.

(End of this chapter)