Legendary star

Chapter 79-Baptism
"You dirty bastard." After the start of the second half, the Knicks' first attack, Larry Johnson missed a shot, Meng Xu rushed in to grab a rebound, if not for his quick reaction, he was almost elbowed by Larry Johnson. On the ground, although he avoided Larry Johnson's black elbow, Meng Xu, who was out of position, still failed to grab the rebound. After the rebound was grabbed by Ewing, he made a mid-range shot.

"Little rookie, I told you that this is Madison, not a place where you can be presumptuous." In the process of grabbing rebounds this time, Larry Johnson was already hugging Meng Xu even if he couldn't grab a rebound. idea.

Basically, all the players who come to Madison will be more or less hacked by these players in New York, which makes them have scruples.Intimidated by the name of the New York gangsters, even a No. [-] pick like Brand did not dare to make too much publicity when he came to Madison, but Meng Xu completely ignored them and even provoked the Knicks in the second quarter. Jeff Van Gundy, the former head coach, made Larry Johnson a little unbearable. Who is Larry Johnson?This is a well-known villain in the league, the well-known "boxer" who beat Mourning violently in the playoffs.

"Larry, don't go too far." Watching Larry Johnson show off his strong arms to Meng Xu, Tim Duncan couldn't stand it anymore. As the boss of the team and Meng Xu's senior, he entered the Spurs from Meng Xu From the beginning, Duncan always protected Meng Xu.

Seeing Duncan yelling at him, Larry Johnson also rushed to Duncan not to be outdone, clinging to Duncan, his eyes widened.As his opponent who blew himself up in the finals last season, Larry Johnson was still a little afraid of Duncan in his heart, but the scene in front of him did not allow him to give in.

"Beep" Just as the two sides were confronting each other, a whistle sounded on the field, and the referee on duty blew a technical foul on Larry Johnson.

Although Larry Johnson was unconvinced and asked the referee to argue, it was useless.Seeing this kind of scene, Jeff Van Gundy on the sidelines also shook his head helplessly. As the finals MVP of last season, the favorite of this season's regular season MVP, and the top 3 super giants in the league, Tim Duncan will definitely under the care of the Union.In the scene just now, if the players were changed, the referee would definitely hit 50 rebounds each, but Larry Johnson was facing Tim Duncan. In addition to the fact that the league deliberately suppressed the New York gangsters, even though it was at the Knicks' home court. , The referee unceremoniously blew a technical foul on Larry Johnson.

After the free throw was scored, the Spurs started to attack. Facing Ewing and Larry Johnson who were defending themselves, Tim Duncan reached out for the ball directly. Larry Johnson is a one-handed dunk. Duncan, who does not seem to be strong, showed great destructive power in this attack. Larry Johnson was directly knocked out of the baseline. Duncan sat on the ground after dunking. Larry Johnson yelled.

"Meng, you have to be tougher than them when dealing with this kind of people. The more you shrink back and become weaker, the more unscrupulous they will be." Duncan put his arms around Meng Xu, who came up to celebrate and clapped his hands, in Meng Xu's ear while talking.In the first game of last season's finals against New York's defensive style, Duncan was a little uncomfortable playing, and after the game, David Robinson also said the same thing to Duncan, so from the second game, Duncan changed. After several group fights, Larry Johnson, who has always regarded himself as a villain, backed down in the face of the tough Duncan, and Duncan's performance is getting better and better, not only leading the team to win the championship , also crowned the MVP of the finals.

"I understand." Meng Xu nodded and ran to defend Alan Houston.

From the third quarter onwards, the two teams, both offensively and defensively, have made more and more moves. Different from the hidden small moves in the first half, black elbows and footsteps, these obviously hurtful moves are also getting more and more serious. many.

"Greg, do you want to replace Meng?" Assistant coach Mike Budenholzer said with some concern, watching Meng Xu who was brought down by Sprewell again during the offense.

Popovich on the side also hesitated, but seeing Meng Xu get up from the ground and rubbed his shoulders as if nothing had happened, Popovich shook his head and denied Mike Budenholzer's suggestion.

"Sooner or later, Meng will go through this kind of baptism. This kind of situation appears in the regular season, which is much better than the playoffs." As an outside player, especially a rookie, many people will feel that when facing this kind of rough defense. Unsuitable, fearful of getting hurt, or even completely lost the state of the game, and Popovich naturally does not want Meng Xu to have this situation in the crucial playoffs.

"Avery." After successfully defending against an attack from the Knicks, Meng Xu stopped Avery Johnson. Meng Xu nodded.

In this attack, Meng Xu did not move back and forth outside the 3-point line as usual. Instead, after making an off-ball screen with Mario Elli, after throwing off Sprewell who was defending him, Meng Xu directly accelerated Drove inside and jumped directly to the right of Larry Johnson just below the free throw line.

"Oh my god, this kid can jump really high." Seeing Meng Xu jumping high, his head was already beyond the basket, not only Larry Johnson, but almost the entire audience was in shock.

At the moment Meng Xu took off, Avery Johnson, who was still on the outside, directly hoisted the basketball into the inside. Larry Johnson, who had already started to descend, also yelled in his heart after seeing Meng Xu catch the ball with both hands in the air.

With a super high jumping height and a super long wingspan, after Meng Xu caught the ball in the air, he dunked the basketball directly into the basket against Larry Johnson who was already in a falling state.After the dunk, Meng Xu hung the basket with both hands, and Larry Johnson, who had already landed, was also riding on Meng Xu's crotch.

"It's over." After landing, Larry Johnson's face was ashen, and he was actually buckled by someone.If it is barely acceptable to be dunked by Duncan just now, after all Duncan is currently the strongest power forward in the league, but it is completely unacceptable to be dunked by this rookie.

After Meng Xu rode and dunked Larry Johnson, the entire Madison fell into an exclamation.

"There is no doubt that this ball is the best dunk since the new century, bar none."

(End of this chapter)