Legendary star

Chapter 667 Victory
"Meng, take a break first."

Although the Pistons are likely to send their main players to give it a go in the opening stage of the fourth quarter when the score is 16 points behind, Rick Carlisle still intends to let Meng Xu sit on the sidelines and rest for a while. Meng Xu has already played today It's almost 33 minutes, and under the defense of the Pistons almost double-teaming the entire time, Meng Xu scored 53 points. It doesn't take much to know what Meng Xu's physical exertion is like now, so Rick Carlisle didn't have it at all this time. Discuss with Meng Xu, but directly ask Meng Xu to sit on the bench to rest in an orderly tone.

Sure enough, as soon as the fourth quarter opened, the Pistons sent out their entire main lineup, including Peja Stojakovic who had been resting on the bench for a long time. It is estimated that Philip Sanders also expected that Meng Xu would be on the bench. The opening stage of the fourth quarter rested, so Peja Stojakovic was sent to strengthen the offense. It is best to play a wave and recover the score.

On the Pacers side, Rick Carlisle replaced Meng Xu with James Posey, and at the same time replaced Tony Allen with Anfernee Hardaway. Usually, so after Meng Xu left the field, Rick Carlisle replaced Tony Allen with Anfernee Hardaway, allowing Anfernee Hardaway and James Posey to work together to sort out the team's offense.

When Rick Carlisle notified Meng Xu to play, there were less than 7 minutes left in the fourth quarter. It is estimated that Rick Carlisle planned to let Meng Xu rest until after the official timeout, but the Pistons are now completely under control After seeing the situation on the court, and beating the Pacers 5-21 in the first 11 minutes, the score difference has been reduced to single digits, so Rick Carlisle decided to let Meng Xu play early.

"Meng Xu has already stood on the sidelines, and the entire Bankers Life Arena is boiling now. Countless fans on the scene are waiting for the moment when Meng Xu makes history." When Meng Xu stood on the sidelines, the Bankers Life Arena Immediately, it was boiling. All the fans stood up and shouted Meng Xu's name in unison. When the third quarter was over and Meng Xu's scoring data was displayed on the big screen, the fans at the scene were looking forward to Meng Xu. Xu Neng scored 60+ today, especially when he scored 60+ against the Pacers' arch-rival Pistons. I'm excited just thinking about it.

"Anfernee, thank you." Meng Xu, who was waiting on the sidelines, and Anfernee Hardaway, who came off the field, exchanged high-fives before walking back to the court. Troubled by injuries, Anfernee- Hardaway is no longer what it used to be, but Hardaway’s fighting spirit and hard work have not diminished. On the court just now, it was Anfernee Hardaway’s two consecutive three-pointers that prevented the Pistons from closing the gap. Chase within 5 minutes.

Since Meng Xu was replaced by Anfernee Hardaway, after playing, Meng Xu took over Anfernee Hardaway's position and played point guard, but just as Meng Xu dribbled the ball into the At the top of the arc, Meng Xu discovered that the one defending him now is the same person defending Anfernee Hardaway just now, that is the Pistons point guard Chauncey Billups, and Philip Saunders did not arrange anyone Double-teaming himself, this was absolutely unexpected for Meng Xu.

Perhaps it is because Meng Xu has been sitting on the bench for a long time and has no touch for a long time, so Philip Saunders did not change the team's established defensive strategy, and now there is still 1 year before the official timeout. Minutes, called a timeout to adjust the defensive strategy, somewhat wasted.

Chauncey Billups' defense is very good, and he was selected to the second team of the All-Defensive Team this season. However, facing a player like Meng Xu whose height and strength are too different, Chauncey Billups In the two seasons when Meng Xu played point guard, every time he played against Meng Xu, Chauncey Billups played very ugly.

As for Meng Xu, facing a defensive player like Billups who is a little behind him in height, and whose strength and speed are not as good as his own, Meng Xu has dozens of ways to single him out, but this time Meng Xu still chooses A relatively simple way of attack, a fake move, followed by a big step towards the left side of the body, after Chauncey Billups followed suit, Meng Xu quickly stopped his steps, and then took off on the spot for a three-pointer shot.The reason why Meng Xu didn't choose to take a step back and make a jump shot is because Meng Xu's position just now was relatively far back, more than one meter away from the three-point line. If he took a step back, he would be about the same distance from the three-point line It’s only two meters away, super long-distance three-pointers and so on, just play around in the unimportant regular season, but in the real playoffs, you have to put [-]% energy and focus on every attack .

"56 points." After Meng Xu hit a three-pointer, Magic Johnson on the sidelines acted like a reporter and reported Meng Xu's score. Shouting "MVP, MVP".

Meng Xu hit a three-pointer, and the point difference between the two sides came to 9 points, so the Pistons must be cautious in their next attack. The meaning of the single-digit point difference and the double-digit point difference, It is far different from the psychological hint given to people. If the Pistons failed to score this time, or made a mistake, and the Pacers seized the opportunity to expand the point difference to more than 10, the hope of the Pistons coming back is very slim. up.

Offensive and defensive transition, under the close defense of Meng Xu, Chauncey Billups did not stick the ball too much. After dribbling the ball through the half court, he passed the basketball to Richard Hamilton, from Rick Carlisle to Larry Brown, and now Philip Sanders, the Pistons have always insisted on team basketball, so on the offensive end, the Pistons will never have unlimited singles like Meng Xu. Basically, whoever has the best chance Whoever attacks, passes the ball if the opportunity is not good.

Richard Hamilton, who was stuck tightly by Tayshaun Prince, did not choose to attack by himself after receiving a pass from Chauncey Billups, but passed the basketball to the basket. Rasheed Wallace, who came out, roared after receiving the ball. After trying a bit, he finally passed the basketball again. The five Pacers players on the field all chose very good positions on the defensive end. It is not easy to find absolute vacant opportunities.

After the basketball circled around, it finally came to the hands of Peja Stojakovic on the right side of the court. At this time, Peja Stojakovic had passed the meeting with Richard Hamilton just now. Crossed positions and ran out of opportunities, so Peja Stojakovic, who received a pass from Rasheed Wallace, took off slightly after adjusting his body posture slightly, preparing to take advantage of the situation. The basketball is thrown.

"Peja, be careful." Peja Stojakovic just took off, and Chauncey Billups, who was not far from him, saw Meng Xu, who was defending himself, moving towards Peja Stojakovic. Yakovich rushed over.

Peja Stojakovic, who was about to throw the basketball in his hand, after hearing Chauncey Billups' horrified voice, subconsciously turned his head to look at the place where the voice came from, and then Peja - Stojakovic found that Meng Xu, waving his right hand, rushed towards him like a falcon that had found its prey.

With a slap, the basketball that was barely thrown by Peja Stojakovic was slapped out of the baseline by Meng Xu, who rushed over obliquely.

"How is this possible?" Peja Stojakovic stumbled down from the sky, his mind was blank, what happened just now?
"Perfect help defense, and perfect blocking, Meng Xu's judgment, jumping speed, and jumping height are really amazing!"

"The Pistons have already stood on the edge of the cliff." Meng Xu's block this time is definitely a fatal block for the Pistons. strangled.

(End of this chapter)