Legendary star

Chapter 824
"Mark Jackson is determined not to double-team Meng Xu?"

If it is said that Mark Jackson's offensive tactics tailored for Stephen Curry at the beginning of this game made everyone's eyes shine, and they couldn't help but praise him as a tactical genius, then he started from the second quarter. At the beginning of the half period, the defensive strategy against the Spurs was somewhat incomprehensible, especially when Meng Xu kept scoring, he still insisted on the defensive strategy of not double-teaming and assisting Meng Xu. Several commentators on the sidelines watched and shook their heads.

"Maybe Mark Jackson has his own reasons and plans, maybe it is." Looking at Mark Jackson standing on the sidelines with a calm face all the time, Kenny Smith felt that it might be Mark Jackson who didn't double-team Meng Xu. Deliberately, although Meng Xu has always maintained a high offensive efficiency, the point difference between the Spurs and the Kings has not been widened too much.

If, as Kenny Smith conjectured, it was done on purpose by Mark Jackson, then Mark Jackson is really too bold, because Kenny Smith knows that most of the coaches in this league, including the Spurs Popovich is sitting on the bench. When faced with this situation, he will change his defensive strategy. After all, the team is behind and a certain player of the opponent has maintained a very high scoring efficiency at this time. At this time, if you remain indifferent and do not know how to adapt, it will be very easy to be tragic.

The commentators on the commentary booth couldn't see through what kind of tricks Mark Jackson was playing, but Popovich, who was on the Spurs bench, had already guessed a clue at this time. Meng Xu retired for four years. The structure of this league has also undergone great changes, and after Meng Xu's comeback, after experiencing the crazy performance at the beginning of the season, it has gradually become flat, because Meng Xu has been integrated into the Spurs' tactical system. Yes, and the Spurs' tactical system is a system in which I am for everyone and everyone is for me. Under this system, it is not necessary for one person to undertake too many scoring tasks, and Meng Xu is integrating into the Spurs' system. After that, almost never entered the scoring mode again.

Therefore, Meng Xu's scoring curve and efficiency value chart have been showing a downward trend since the middle of the season. In the first round of the playoffs against the Lakers, Meng Xu's scoring average was even less than 20 points per game. Efficiency, or the efficiency value on both offensive and defensive ends, has dropped to freezing point. In this case, it is also possible that Mark Jackson miscalculated Meng Xu's strength.

Similar to what Popovich guessed, Mark Jackson did underestimate Meng Xu's strength, because when the Warriors formulated their divisional semifinal game strategy and conducted targeted research on the Spurs, they used the Spurs as their reference. In the series with the Lakers, as for the regular season, everyone in this league knows that the statistics and performance of the regular season are of no reference value.

Of course, there are more important points. One is Meng Xu’s physical strength. The Spurs are now basically handling key balls at critical moments by Meng Xu, and Meng Xu is now a 33-year-old. Old guy, so let Meng Xu single out Green, let Meng Xu consume too much energy in the first three quarters, which is also one of the reasons for Mark Jackson's arrangement.

But the most important point is that Ma Xu singles Green with the ball, which will degrade the Spurs from a team with team tactics to a team that relies on superstar singles, although the Warriors' tactics are essentially around Stephen Curry However, compared with the pure superstar singles tactics, the Warriors' tactics are undoubtedly much more team-based. Singles against the team, Mark Jackson does not believe that Meng Xu alone can beat the Warriors.

Although Meng Xu's continuous scoring ability during this time period did exceed Mark Jackson's expectations, Mark Jackson is not panicking at all now, because Mark Jackson feels that everything is still under his control.

"This old guy is really long-lasting!" Mark Jackson is solid on the sidelines, but Green, who is defending Meng Xu on the court, is now exhausted.

When Meng Xu was on the left side of the top of the arc, leaning sideways on Draymond Green, and received another pass from Tony Parker, behind Meng Xu, he lowered his center of gravity and put almost all of his The strength is all on Meng Xu's waist to prevent Meng Xu from suddenly exerting force. Although under the existing rules, Green's defensive action is easy to get a defensive foul, but he has already used all his strength. Green, who was trying to solve the problem but had nothing to do with Meng Xu, could no longer care about fouling or not. At the same time, Green remained extremely focused, always staring at Meng Xu's shoulder.

And Meng Xu, who was firmly held back by Draymond Green, really appreciated the opponent's fighting spirit at this moment. Although Meng Xu had defeated Draymond Green countless times in one-on-one, And when this kid was thinking about it, he taught him a few times with more concealed and tall tricks, but this kid didn't feel the slightest sense of frustration, instead Meng Xu felt that the more frustrated he became, the more courageous he became. In this era, there are fewer and fewer players who can have this mentality.

Although Draymond Green's defense against Meng Xu is very fierce now, Meng Xu still has many ways to get rid of him. It’s enough for him to drink a pot. Although Draymond Green’s defense is good, and he has both strength and speed, but he is an insider after all. In terms of physical flexibility, there is still a big gap with outside players. Yes, so as long as Draymond Green eats Meng Xu's fake action, then he has no chance of redemption at all.

So facing Draymond Green's defense this time, Meng Xu leaned sideways on Draymond Green twice with the ball in one hand, and after feeling that the guy's body center of gravity was indeed stable, he half-turned and moved towards Draymond Green. Turning on the right side of the body, first distanced itself from Green, and then halfway through the half-turn, retracted the movement and turned towards the left side of the body.

When Meng Xu turned half-turned for the first time, Draymond Green, who only moved a little bit, took a quick step when Meng Xu made the second turn to block Meng Xu's turn in advance Then, after Green took a step, he saw Meng Xu pull his body back when halfway through his turn. Green, who had no way to take back his steps, could only watch helplessly as Meng Xu moved again Get rid of yourself.

Meng Xu, who got rid of Draymond Green, stepped into the three-point line and took two more steps. Meng Xu stopped and shot a jumper just before the defending David Lee rushed over.

Draymond Green, who turned around and chased after Meng Xu's shot, looked at Meng Xu's celebratory posture with his right hand raised after he made a shot. The expression on his face was really ashen.

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