Chapter 333: Popovich's treacherous scheme

"That's a lot of speed." Bruce Bowen, who was deceived by Meng Xu's two consecutive feints of turning around with heavy shoulders, looked at Meng Xu, who had rushed to the basket, and shook his head helplessly, Meng Xu's start speed was too fast, once out of position, he basically couldn't catch up with him, looking at Meng Xu's back, Bruce Bowen did not continue to chase Meng Xu, but ran towards Reggie Miller, who had gotten rid of Steve Smith not far away.

In this game between the Spurs and the Pacers, due to the Pacers' three-point shooting rate in the first and second quarters, the three-point shooting rate was too against the sky, which led to the Spurs' continuous expansion of defense, Duncan and Lavrenz were almost on the edge of the three-point line, and this also led to the Spurs' basket being very empty, Meng Xu, who seized the opportunity, rushed to the Spurs' basket very resolutely in almost every round, wanting to force the Spurs to shrink the defense, but it was a little strange that the Spurs did not score points because of Meng Xu's continuous cuts under the basket, Instead of shrinking the basket, he continued to focus his defensive attention on the Pacers' perimeter.

"Larry, what kind of medicine is this guy selling in his gourd?" looked at Popovich not far away with a puzzled face, Lester Connell really couldn't understand the Spurs' current defensive strategy, defending the Pacers' three-point, letting Meng Xu break through, and let him score? What is the difference between this and suicide? In the first quarter, Meng Xu, who only scored 3 points, scored 14 points in 5 of 9 shots in the second quarter, and in the first 3 minutes of the third quarter, Meng Xu shot 3 of 5 and scored 6 points.

"Loose first and then tightened? Or is it tight first and then loose? "With Larry Bird's understanding of Popovich, this cunning and treacherous guy will definitely not have any good intentions, the reason why he arranged it this way must be to disrupt the offensive rhythm of the Pacers, this guy is best at this, but fortunately, the situation on the court is still slightly favorable to the Pacers, so Larry Bird also decided to wait and see, wait and see.

"Very beautiful breakthrough, Duncan didn't have time to return to defense, Meng Xu hit a layup, is Meng Xu going to score 50 points in this game?" The Spurs and Pacers are both very popular teams, and this is the first matchup between the two Wake Forest after separation, so this much-anticipated game has been playoff intensity from the start. Originally, before the start of this game, Magic Johnson was still a little worried about whether Meng Xu would play abnormally under the strict defense of the Spurs, but to Magic Johnson's surprise, the Spurs' targeted defense of Meng Xu only lasted for one quarter, and after the Spurs relaxed their defense of Meng Xu, Meng Xu cut 30+ again in less than three quarters, which was really surprising.

"Greg, do you want to continue?" Seeing Meng Xu break through to the basket again and hit a layup, Steve Kerr is now very anxious, the two sides are very anxious in this game, and the Spurs are always at a disadvantage, but as the head coach, Popovich doesn't seem to be in a hurry at all, and sits on the bench very leisurely.

"Alright, that's it." Leaning back on the back of the chair, Popovich stared at the arena and smiled at Cole after hearing Steve Cole's inquiry.

"Larry, Spurs have shrunk defensively." Duncan was under the bag of Jermaine O'Neal and James Posey, and after hitting a hook shot, he quickly retreated to the basket, instead of staying near the free throw line as in the game just now, Duncan's move was obviously a signal for the Spurs to shrink under the basket, and soon Lavrenz's defensive position proved Lester Connell's guess.

"Meng, you won't be so easy this time." After getting the signal from the assistant coach, after sticking to Meng Xu who was about to attack with the ball again, Bruce Bowen resisted Meng Xu and grabbed Meng Xu's jersey with one hand, while watching Meng Xu's next move with all his attention.

After coming to the Spurs this season, it only took one game for Bowen to sit firmly in the main position, although Bowen's contribution to the Spurs on the offensive end is basically 0 compared with Meng Xu and Shawn Elliott, but Bowen knows what he can rely on to sit in the main position, every game, Bowen will take out the spirit of 100 points to defend the opponent's outside arrow, this game is no exception, Bowen not only has to defend Meng Xu, but also help Steve Smith to defend Reggie Miller, but whether it is against Meng Xu, Or Reggie Miller's defense, Bowen is not satisfied.

"One of the best outside defenders in the league." In this attack, Meng Xu was a little surprised to find that the unfavorable feints he had against Bowen before were useless, and Meng Xu used the feints to shake several times in a row, but they were all recognized by Bowen. Originally, in the summer, Meng Xu also considered suggesting to Larry Bird to trade Bowen from the Heat, but because the Pacers already have James Posey, Meng Xu has been hesitating, he can do what Posey can do, but he can't do what Posey can do, just during the time when Meng Xu hesitated, Bowen was given a head start by the Spurs.

After the continuous feints did not shake off Bowen, Meng Xu decided to forcibly turn in front of Bowen, but after Meng Xu completed the turn, he found that Bowen had blocked the route he broke through in advance, and at the same time, Duncan also quietly moved two steps to this side, ready to make up for Bowen at any time, or defend the Pacers' blocking.

After observing the running positions of his teammates around him, Meng Xu did not call Jermaine O'Neal to block for himself, but seemed to be gambling, and directly began to accelerate diagonally and change direction, wanting to forcibly get rid of Bowen's defense, just when Duncan's attention was attracted to Meng Xu's breakthrough, Meng Xu, who was breaking through with his head down, used a back pass to pass the basketball directly to the left side of his body, getting rid of Steve Smith's Reggie Miller.

"The Spurs' defense is very good, especially Bowen's defense against Meng Xu, in this defense, Bowen has never lost his position, and closely follows Meng Xu. Meng's passing behind the back is also very beautiful, and I don't think anyone can pass such a beautiful pass except Erwin. ”

"That's true, but I think Meng's passing ability and vision are not inferior to mine, and he is even better than me at the same age." Meng Xu's passing, vision and overall view are what Magic Johnson admires most about him, and Magic Johnson has always believed that Meng Xu is the player who is most likely to reach or surpass himself after Anfernee Hardaway.

"Reggie Miller's three-pointer, drifting。。。。。。 Oops, alas, a little bit worse. Seeing Reggie Miller, who received Meng Xu's pass, missed the empty three-point shot, Larry Bird and Popovich on the sidelines were different at the moment, although it is normal to miss a shot, but Larry Bird frowned, while Popovich showed an imperceptible smile, looking like he had succeeded in his scheme.

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