Legendary star

Chapter 797 Battle of the Kings

Meng Xu and James, one was No.1 in the former league, and the other is No.1 in the current league. In addition to James' status as "Meng Xu's successor", after Meng Xu's comeback, many people are interested Looking forward to this showdown between the old and new kings between Meng Xu and James.

As for the question of which of Meng Xu and James is stronger, the mainstream public opinion in the United States has already reached a consensus. If it was four years ago, someone asked Meng Xu or James who is stronger?The answer must be that Meng Xu is stronger, but now it is just the opposite. James, who just won the Finals MVP and has won three regular season MVPs in the four years after Meng Xu retired, is at the juncture of his career. At the peak, Meng Xu is undoubtedly "old" compared to James.

So for many viewers who care about this game, the duel between Meng Xu and James is undoubtedly a match that represents Meng Xu handing over the scepter to James. Meng Xu was stronger than James four years ago, but Now it's the complete opposite. Meng Xu, who is 32 years old, has begun to decline in all physical functions, and has not touched professional games for four years, cannot be better than James, who is in full swing.

Of course, there are also a small group of diehard fans of Meng Xu who still firmly support Meng Xu, and hope in their hearts that Meng Xu can regain his own crown!

So in today's game, the protagonists are undoubtedly Meng Xu and James, and when James changed to the 3rd position in the second half of the first quarter and started to match up with Meng Xu, the atmosphere at the American Airlines Arena became more and more intense. It was getting higher and higher, especially after Meng Xu showed a game state that was not at all inferior to James, the audience at the scene shouted Meng Xu's name frantically.

"LeBron got the ball from outside the left three-point line, and LeBron leaned sideways on Meng Xu. Is he going to play Meng Xu with his back?"

"Huh? LeBron can't resist Meng Xu? Turn around, very good defensive prediction, Meng Xu successfully blocked LeBron's breakthrough route."

"LeBron, why don't you make a shot? Haven't you practiced three-pointers yet?" In fact, after James completed his turn just now, he had the space and opportunity to make a shot, but James didn't make a shot, but chose to step back a little. Step by step, continue to look for opportunities.

James, who was blushed by what Meng Xu said, didn't know how to refute Meng Xu. Before Meng Xu retired, Meng Xu had been "taunting" James' three-pointers in the game, and privately persuaded him to James has practiced three-pointers well, but to this day, James' three-pointer ability is still average. James' three-pointer shooting percentage reached a career-high 36% last season, but the average number of shots per game is 2.4, which is the lowest in history. times, he averaged less than one three-pointer per game, basically not a wide open, and James would not make a shot.

As the current No.1 player in the league and the best player in active service, James is extremely confident and conceited. Since James entered the league, only a handful of players have been able to suppress him. There are fewer and fewer people who suppress James at both ends. After Meng Xu retired, James really realized the feeling of flying in the sea and letting the birds fly in the sky. Especially after winning the championship last season, James even more I can feel that my personal strength has already stood at the highest peak in the NBA, so James is looking forward to Meng Xu's comeback and desperately wants to beat Meng Xu, but in the first game after Meng Xu's comeback, James found that he was actually suppressed by Meng Xu. Just like in five or six years, James could feel an invisible net catching him. This feeling made James very uncomfortable.

"LeBron actually passed the ball?" After James tried to break through again and was blocked by Meng Xu, James gave up his plan to single Meng Xu, but passed the basketball to Chris Bosh who had already pulled to the top of the arc. James gave up singles against Meng Xu and passed the basketball to teammates with better opportunities. There is no problem tactically, but in the eyes of the audience at the scene, this is an incomprehensible thing. The duel between men and women is the scene that attracts the audience the most, but James chose to pass the ball to his teammate when he was one-on-one with Meng Xu. This is simply unreasonable!

Although Chris Bosh, who received a pass from James, assisted Ray Allen to hit a three-pointer, the fans at the scene were still very dissatisfied with James' pass, because what they wanted to see was James and Meng. The duel between Xu, a former king and the current king is a battle for king, not a role player's game.

Therefore, after the offensive and defensive transition, the audience who were dissatisfied with James echoed the audience who supported Meng Xu. After Meng Xu received the ball, he chanted the MVP slogan in unison. Shouting "MVP, MVP", the audience at the American Airlines Arena, like the land and the sea, split into two distinct camps.

Unlike James, Meng Xu did not disappoint the audience this time. After Meng Xu held the ball, facing James who was closely defending him, Meng Xu made a three-pointer after a series of real and fake moves. .

"This is Meng Xu's iconic step-back jumper. His body is still so stretched, and his movements are still so graceful!"

"The biggest gap between LeBron and Meng Xu is undoubtedly the three-point ability."

After Meng Xu hit a three-pointer, Barkley in the commentary began to complain about James' three-point ability, but James, who was playing on the court, could not hear Barkley's complaints. , LeBron is really powerless, the wingspan is so long, the bounce is so good, the jump is so high, and the shot range is so high, James doesn't believe that Meng Xu's shooting will be interfered by others, it's not like James didn't imitate I've tried Meng Xu's shooting posture, but it's a pity that James couldn't learn it at all.

Just when Meng Xu, who hit a three-pointer, raised his right hand to signal to the audience, Popovich, who was sitting on the sidelines, frowned. After Meng Xu joined, the original tactical system of the Spurs would be Being disrupted, Popovich had already prepared in his heart. Meng Xu might play a lot of singles, and Popovich knew it very well, but when Meng Xu turned on the singles mode, Popovich still felt a little uncomfortable. Popovich likes the kind of players who have the courage to take responsibility and never relent at critical moments, but Popovich prefers the feeling of having everything in his hands. Singles outside of tactics, for Popovich , Undoubtedly, it is something out of his grasp.

"I don't need to clean up." Watching Meng Xu make a face towards himself when he retreated and passed the bench, Popovich's frowning face immediately dispersed. To be honest, Meng Xu wanted to integrate into the Spurs The tactical system has already made a lot of sacrifices, so Popovich has no way to make more demands on Meng Xu.

After seeing Popovich scolding himself with a smile, Meng Xu, who was a little worried at first, was completely relieved. Since Tim Duncan slipped from the peak, Popovich's tolerance for brainless singles It was getting lower and lower, so Meng Xu also wanted to know how Popovich would react after his brainless singles.

(End of this chapter)