Legendary star

Chapter 799 Your uncle is still your uncle
"Tony, let me handle the ball this time." Since Tony Parker was forced into a panic by Dwyane Wade for two consecutive rounds, when Tim Duncan was about to serve the baseline ball again, Meng Xu walked to Tony Parker's side, hoping to change positions with Tony Parker and let him control the ball.

"Well, okay." After struggling for a long time, Tony Parker nodded towards Meng Xu, then turned and ran towards the frontcourt.While running, Tony Parker looked back at Meng Xu very tangled up. Tony Parker welcomes Meng Xu to join the Spurs, because with Meng Xu joining, they are one step closer to the championship, but in After Meng Xu came to the Spurs, Parker first lost his core position on the field and retreated from the Spurs' offensive core and top scorer to the second line. Now it seems that he will take another step back and become a dispensable dribbling guard Yes, although Parker knew in his heart that Meng Xu's move was also to win the game, but anyone would feel uncomfortable.

After Tony Parker left, Meng Xu nodded towards Duncan, signaling him to send the baseline ball. For Meng Xu to run to the backcourt to control the ball, the Heat were obviously a little unexpected, although Meng Xu also played A point guard who has also won the assists title, but Eric Spoelstra never imagined that Meng Xu would play the No. 1 position in today's game.

Although I didn't expect Meng Xu to return to the backcourt to control the ball, Sean Battier, who was in charge of pressing Meng Xu, followed Meng Xu when he ran to the backcourt, and when Meng Xu received After the baseline ball from Duncan, Battier stuck close to Meng Xu and began to press on Meng Xu.

However, when Sean Battier was crushed by Meng Xu and pushed from the backcourt to the frontcourt, whether it was Battier still following Meng Xu, or Eric Spoels standing on the sidelines Terra, his face is a little ugly now. Battier's body is too thin for Meng Xu. Although Battier has worked hard enough when pressing Meng Xu, but when defending Meng Xu, Battier was still like a junior high school student defending a college student, unable to fight back when he was crushed by Meng Xu.

After Battier was crushed by Meng Xu, Meng Xu is now basically empty. This is also due to the characteristics of the whole court's pressing defense. As for the rest of the Heat players, no one can give up their defense now. The object came to defend Battier, so Meng Xu scored a layup under the watchful eyes of all Heat players.

"LeBron." Eric Spoelstra, with a helpless face, took advantage of the opportunity of the Heat to send the baseline ball, and stopped James who was passing by the sidelines, ready to change positions between him and Battier. To press Meng Xu, although Battier's defense is also very good, but his physical fitness is not enough in front of Meng Xu, so Eric Spoelstra hopes that the stronger James will come In place of Battier.

James, who was instructed by the head coach, stayed in the backcourt directly after Dior scored in the low post singles, and was ready to follow Eric Spoelstra's instructions to press Meng Xu.

After discovering that the player defending him had become James, Meng Xu changed his advancing method and gave up the bulldozer-style rush he had just faced when Battier was pressing. After two steps of acceleration, Meng Xu directly lowered the Losing his body's center of gravity, he dribbled the ball almost close to the ground, and easily got rid of James' pressing, then pouted his buttocks, twisted and rushed to the Heat's basket.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, Meng Xu made a basket, and then Eric Spoelstra called a timeout. From Eric Spoelstra's frown, the It can be seen that the Heat's full-court pressing tactics have failed.

"This is the difference in pure strength." Popovich, who was sitting on the sidelines, looked at Tony Parker and Meng Xu, and sighed in his heart. Due to the decline in Duncan's strength, he and Gino Billy's habitual convulsions, so two seasons ago, Popovich helped Tony Parker to the core position of the Spurs, but Parker's soft style of play at critical moments and lack of pure strength have always restricted him. Considering the upper limit of the Spurs, taking these few rounds after the opening of the third quarter as an example, when Parker faced Dwyane Wade's pressing, he was still unable to rely on his own personal ability to break Wade's pressing. This caused the Spurs' tactics to be unsustainable under the Heat's full-court pressure. Once this situation lasts for a long time, the Spurs will definitely face increased turnovers and difficult scoring. The advantage will also be destroyed once.

After Meng Xu started to control the ball, the Heat's full-court pressing was useless. Battier's defense was good enough, but his physical fitness was too poor, so his pressing defense was like air in front of Meng Xu. With a light squeeze, Battier will be pushed away, and he can't even stick to it. How can he press?James' body is strong enough, but Meng Xu can put his body's center of gravity very low when dribbling. A player of James' height can't do it at all. Therefore, after Meng Xu started to control the ball, the Heat's full-court pressing Failed, this is purely a gap in strength. In the current league, I am afraid that there is no player who can close and press Meng Xu.

"The heat's full-court press now looks like a complete failure." After Eric Spoelstra called a timeout, Kenny Smith in the commentary booth shook his head and pronounced the Heat's full-court press. The failure of the pressing tactics, Meng Xu has rich experience in full-court pressing, so the Heat's full-court pressing on Meng Xu is destined to end in failure. Of course, if Meng Xu is a few years old or in poor physical condition One point, the Heat's full court pressure on him may still have some effect, but now, your uncle is still your uncle.

"Meng Xu's offense is really incomprehensible. It's normal for the Heat to be unable to defend him. However, I find it very strange that the Heat are determined not to double-team Meng Xu. What's the difference between defending Meng Xu one-on-one and sending points?" Unlike Kenny Smith, Reggie Miller questioned Eric Spoelstra's defensive strategy. If you say that at the beginning of the game, you may have underestimated Meng Xu's strength , There are still some vacillations about how to defend Meng Xu, but the game is up to now, Meng Xu should have been double-teamed long ago, but Eric Spoelstra tried to break the Spurs pick-and-roll in the first quarter. Except for double-teaming Meng Xu a few times, Sean Battier or James defended Meng Xu one-on-one for the rest of the time.

"It's really time to double-team." Seeing that Meng Xu's personal score has risen to 23 points, Barkley, who seems to be calm on the surface, has long been unaware of the big waves in his heart, so Barkley is also looking forward to it. The Heat double-teamed Meng Xu after the timeout.

"Hahahaha..." Looking at Barkley's expression, Kenny Smith and Reggie Miller looked at each other and then laughed tacitly.

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