Legendary star

Chapter 801 Returning with Peach and Li
"Meng, have you rested yet?"

When the game was in full swing in the fourth quarter, Popovich, as the head coach, sat on the bench and chatted with Meng Xu and Duncan. It seemed that he didn't take the ongoing game seriously. After the point difference between the two sides was narrowed from 13 points to 6 points all the way, Popovich signaled assistant coach Amy Uduka to call a short timeout, and then asked about Meng Xu's physical condition.

"I'm fine, I've rested long enough." After hearing Popovich's inquiry, Meng Xu immediately got up and left the bench, then took off his coat and waited for Popovich Odd for next steps.

"Now that the rest is over, then you can replace Kawhi on the court and go to reap the game." Pressing down on Tim Duncan, who was also about to leave the bench, Popovich gave Meng Xu instructions According to the instructions, the Kawhi in Popovich's mouth is Kawhi Leonard. Meng Xu replaced Kawhi Leonard. This time, Popovich did not send all the main lineup. It was only Meng Xu who replaced Kawhi Leonard. For a while, assistant coach Amy Uduka was also unclear about Popovich's substitution.

"Tim, your playing time has exceeded the limit today, so you don't have to continue playing." After Meng Xu came on the field, Popovich found Tim Duncan staring at himself, which must be against Bobo Popovich let Meng Xu play, and the arrangement of not letting him play was a little confusing, so Popovich took out the playing time agreed with Tim Duncan before the start of the season to prevaricate Duncan.

Due to the impact of repeated injuries, Popovich has been constantly compressing Duncan's playing time since 10. In the last two seasons, Tim Duncan's playing time has been less than 30 minutes, and this season, Due to the joining of Meng Xu, Duncan's playing time will be further reduced. One is to let Duncan take more rest in the regular season. After all, Duncan is already a 36-year-old veteran. Second, it is naturally for the season. Prepare for the playoffs. Although Duncan is old now, in this era of fewer and fewer excellent insiders, Tim Duncan's ability to protect the basket and deterrence at the basket are still crucial to the Spurs. As long as Duncan On the court, those players who rely on breakthroughs don’t dare to rush to the Spurs’ basket. Today’s game is a good proof. With Dwyane Wade and LeBron James, two major breakthrough masters, the Heat, When Duncan came on the court, the number of successful breakthroughs was very few.

Of course, there is another reason for Popovich's move. Needless to say, the tacit understanding between Meng Xu and Duncan. The old comrades are the same, but it is hard to say whether there will be a tacit understanding and chemical reaction between Meng Xu and the other two core members of the Spurs, especially Manu, who has been serving as the sixth man of the Spurs. Ginobili, so Popovich wanted to take advantage of today's game and put Meng Xu and Ginobili on the court at the same time to see if they could have a tacit understanding.

There are two great gods on the field, so Gary Neal, as a point guard, naturally cannot attack by himself, but it also makes Gary Neal a little difficult to give the ball to. Gary Neal, who is dribbling the ball at the top of the arc, look Ginobili, who was looking at the three-point line on the left, and Meng Xu, who was near the three-point line on the right, felt for the first time that what he was holding was not a basketball, but a piece of hot potato. Who to give to and who not to pass to, Gary Neal couldn’t make up his mind for a while, because neither the head coach nor the assistant coach arranged any tactics during the timeout just now, which made Gary Neal very embarrassed. Xu is still Ginobili, he dare not offend him.

But after a while, Gary Neal's embarrassing problem was solved, because Manu Ginobili and Meng Xu, who were waiting for the ball to catch the ball, found that the opponent was also waiting to catch the ball, so they gave up at the same time. Gary Neal immediately passed the basketball in his hand to Thiago Spur who was below the free throw line. Ritter.

And Thiago Splitter turned the basketball to Meng Xu, who had already got rid of Sean Battier, on the right side of the court almost at the moment of receiving the ball. As for Meng Xu, he did not immediately Instead, he tried to break through to the basket. After being double-teamed by Chris Bosh and Sean Battier, Meng Xu directly passed the ball diagonally from behind and found the corner very accurately. After that, it began to return to the hands of Ginobili.

After receiving the pass from Meng Xu, Ginobili adjusted his posture after a moment of hesitation, and threw the basketball in his hand.

"Beautiful!" After Ginobili hit a jumper, Meng Xu, who was waiting under the basket to grab a rebound, gave Ginobili a thumbs up with a smile on his face, and returned the reward with a peach. Ginobili also smiled back at Meng Xu.

If Duncan and Parker welcomed Meng Xu's joining, then Ginobili's attitude towards Meng Xu would be a little more ambiguous. The chance of winning the World Series this time was lost in the hands of Meng Xu. In addition, Ginobili has always sneered at the title of "the poor version of Meng Xu", so in Ginobili's heart, how much does Meng Xu feel? There is also some resistance.

"If Meng becomes a coach, he will definitely achieve extraordinary achievements!" Popovich, who was originally sitting firmly on the bench, saw the connection between Meng Xu and Ginobili, and directly from the Standing up from his seat, he kept applauding Meng Xu and Ginobili who were retreating. Popovich couldn't help but admire that Meng Xu's emotional intelligence was really high, coupled with his outstanding talent and hard work. The training attitude, if this kind of player is not successful, it is purely unreasonable, but Popovich is also thinking, if Meng Xu has such a high emotional intelligence and such a good talent, if one day he has the opportunity to coach a team If it is a team, then he should also be able to do very well.

If Popovich has any worries about the Spurs in the new season, it is the relationship between the on and off the court. The joining of Meng Xu has caused the Spurs to face a major reshuffle in the distribution of ball rights. Qi is not worried, but Popovich is a little worried about being deprived of the core position of the team and Ginobili who has squeezed the ball. However, judging from the round just now, Meng Xu is also trying to repair relationship with Ginobili.

And Ginobili also responded to Meng Xu's gesture of goodwill in the next round. In this attack, as soon as Meng Xu arrived in the frontcourt, he went directly to the off-ball position to tear the Heat's opponents. The defense line went, and Ginobili, who held the ball, twisted his buttocks and rushed to the basket of the Heat. Instead of forcing a layup in front of Bosh, he passed it to Meng Xu, who was open at the bottom corner. Assist Meng Xu hit a three-pointer.

(End of this chapter)