Chapter 459: Feast

"86-82, the Pacers once again widened the gap to 4 points!"

"After returning to the court, compared with the previous game, Meng Xu's shooting was more decisive, and the two consecutive attacks, whether he was standing in front of Howard Easley or Sprewell, Meng Xu completely ignored their defense." Michaels, who was still criticizing Meng Xu for playing casually and in a hurry, also changed his position just now and began to praise Meng Xu after Meng Xu hit two 3-pointers in a row to help the Pacers overtake the score.

"54 points, it's already 54 points, as long as he scores two more points, Meng Xu will break Michael's record." Compared with Michaels, who has some incompatible, Magic Johnson's attention now is all on whether Meng Xu can break the highest scoring record of an away player created by Jordan here, Madison's away player scoring record before Meng Xu, whether it is the regular season or the playoffs, belongs to Jordan, and it is those two games that make Madison Jordan's home field from then on, and Jordan's playoff scoring record here has been broken by Meng Xu in the first round of the playoffs last season. Now Meng Xu only needs to score two more points to break Jordan's other record here.

As for Meng Xu himself, after the shot hit, he quickly retreated, after opening the "pretending moment", Meng Xu didn't have to worry about whether the basketball could hit, and whether to fight for rebounds, what Meng Xu has to do now is to complete the offense in the fastest time, so that he can have more offensive opportunities and more shots in these 6 minutes, and the more shots, the more chances he has to score, in these two attacks after the pause, Meng Xu all completed the shot within 7 seconds, and even when Meng Xu shot, Jermaine O'Neal and Mutombo were not completely in place, and this is probably the reason why Michaels criticized Meng Xu just now, if the Pacers play small-ball tactics, Meng Xu's choice is completely fine, and even meets the tactical requirements, but now the Pacers' lineup on the court is obviously going to play positional warfare.

"Alain, Ratril, wrap him, wrap him!" When Magic Johnson shouted that Meng Xu was about to break Jordan's record, Don Cheney on the sidelines immediately went crazy, in case Meng Xu really broke Jordan's record, even if the Knicks won today's game, then this game is a stain that they can't erase, not to mention that once Meng Xu goes berserk, the Knicks have no hope of winning at all, so the current Don Cheney is also shouting at the court regardless of it, asking Alan Houston and Sprewell to start packing Meng Xu without the ball.

After the Knicks began to pack Meng Xu without the ball, in order to get more opportunities, Meng Xu immediately gave up the ball and handed over the task of organizing to Jamal Tinsley, while he switched to playing without the ball. Although Jamal Tinsley still has a lot of shortcomings, and even a basketball brick maker bluntly said that the only shortcoming in the Pacers' starting lineup is Jamal Tinsley, but Jamal Tinsley's position in the Pacers is still as stable as Mount Tai. After two seasons of training and cooperation, Jamal Tinsley is absolutely competent in terms of connection with Meng Xu, as an organizational guard, that is, when Meng Xu is resting, he can organize the team's offense almost perfectly, and when Meng Xu needs to take over the game, he can hand over the ball without complaint, although Jamal Tinsley will still be suppressed in the face of those first-class point guards, and his teammates need to constantly make up for the leaks and wipe his ass, but for Meng Xu at the moment, Jamal Tinsley is enough.

After Meng Xu signaled that the offense was advanced by Jamal Tinsley with the ball, Jamal Tinsley immediately dribbled the ball and quickly rushed towards the top of the arc. Of course, it was Jamal Tinsley, after the two attacks just now, Jamal Tinsley immediately gave up the tactics arranged by head coach Larry Bird before he came on the field, and was ready to play the remaining minutes according to Meng Xu's ideas.

Jamal Tinsley can't get rid of Kidd Payton and these people, it's no problem to get Howard Easley, a change of direction and half a turn, Jamal Tinsley got rid of Howard Easley's defense, but Jamal Tinsley, who got rid of the defense, did not take the opportunity to rush to the basket, but dribbled the ball and moved two steps sideways, trying to attract Alan Houston or Sprewell to make up for himself, at this time, Sprewell, who was closely following Meng Xu, happened to be blocked by Jermaine O'Neal, who was covering, Sprewell, who lost his defensive target, immediately saw Jamal Tinsley who was moving laterally, so, just for a moment, Spreville gave up the idea of chasing Meng Xu and pounced directly towards Jamal Tinsley.

Don Cheney, who was on the sidelines, saw Sprewell's defensive options, and directly stomped his foot while shouting "Not good" in his heart. ”

When Sprewell pounced on Jamal Tinsley with open arms, and Howard Easley, who was getting rid of by Jamal Tinsley, also followed, Sprewell was already watching behind Jamal Tinsley, as long as he and Howard Easley successfully sandwiched him, then the Knicks could directly launch a fast break, but to Sprewell's consternation, just before he and Howard Easley's bag was completed, Jamal Tinsley directly passed the ball and passed the basketball behind him, Frightened, Sprewell looked back, only to find that Meng Xu had already pocketed behind him and caught Jamal Tinsley's pass.

In the defense just now, when Sprewell went to make up for Jamal Tinsley, only Alan Houston was left alone to defend Meng Xu, and Meng Xu, who had already run to the left baseline area with Alan Houston, was directly along the bottom line from the left side of the court to the right, and Jamal Tinsley, who was moving laterally, saw Meng Xu's figure at the moment when Meng Xu left the paint area, considering that Sprewell had already appeared in the middle of himself and Meng Xu with open arms, So Jamal Tinsley chose a ground-hitting pass and handed the basketball to Meng Xu.

"Don't go in, don't go in, don't go in." Seeing that Meng Xu had completed the turn the moment he received the ball, Don Cheney on the sidelines had already held his hands nervously and began to pray.

At this moment, Meng Xu, who took advantage of the situation to complete the turn at the moment of receiving the ball, took another step back, just retreated to the outside of the 3-point line, and threw the basketball in his hand towards the basket in the face of Alan Houston's block.

When the basketball came out of his hand, flew past Alan Houston's fingertips in the air, and flew towards the basket, Michaels in the commentary box, Magic Johnson, and even many spectators on the sidelines stood up at the same time, and everyone's eyes were firmly fixed on this in-flight basketball, this Madison Square Garden was silent, and everyone was waiting for this historic moment.

"57 points, 57 points, Meng Xu broke the single-game scoring record of 55 points set by Jordan here!" When the basketball thrown out by Meng Xu, after a short flight, fell into the basket with a brush, the entire Madison Square Garden exploded with a bang, followed by a tsunami-like cheers and applause, just like that night 8 years ago, Madison Square Garden was once again conquered by a visiting player.

"It's over, it's over。。。。。。" Watching Meng Xu hug and celebrate with his teammates calmly after he hit the basket, listening to the cheers and applause of the New York fans around him for Meng Xu, Don Cheney's face was decadent. With 5:07 left on the clock, and although the seven-point gap is not irretrievable, Don Cheney now has no confidence left.

"Hit again, it's Meng Xu's 3 points again, this is already Meng Xu's fourth consecutive 3-point hit after he got on the court, and it is also his 12th point in the fourth quarter." Although Meng Xu has broken Jordan's scoring record, this does not make the Knicks players on the court restrained, back to the offensive end, after continuous passing, the Knicks assisted Howard Easley by Alan Houston to hit a 3-point, narrowing the difference to 4 points again, but the Knicks just raised a little fighting spirit, which was once again extinguished by Meng Xu's 3 points.

"Knicks head coach Don Cheney called a timeout, this is the Knicks' last timeout, does he want to use this to interrupt Meng Xu's touch?"

"60 points, this is 60 points!" Not to mention Michaels, even Magic Johnson roared on the sidelines after seeing Meng Xu hit a 3-pointer again, Meng Xu just broke Jordan's record, and now he has tied Bernard King's record for the highest score of 60 points in a single game at Madison Square Garden, which is really crazy, there are still more than 4 minutes and 40 seconds left, Meng Xu has enough time to break Bernard King's record.

"Don't let this bastard score, don't let this bastard score!" Dowlan, who is not far from Magic Johnson, immediately woke up from his decadence after hearing Magic Johnson's words, rushed to the sidelines and yelled at the Knicks players on the bench, as for the head coach of the Knicks, Mr. Don Cheney was holding the tactical board at the moment, muttering something in his mouth, not knowing what he was saying.

"This goal must be scored!" Ignoring the yelling of Dowland Jr. on the sidelines, and not caring about the soft teammates who had lost their fighting spirit, Sprewell, who was unwilling to give up, and Alan Houston next to him glanced at each other and said fiercely. Up to now, Sprewell's physical fitness is close to exhaustion, but Sprewell doesn't want to lose this game like this, from the look just now, he also saw the unwillingness in Alan Houston's eyes, as a good engine oil that has been partnered for many years, at this moment Alan Houston and Sprewell only have one belief left, they can't just lose the game in humiliation, even if they lose, they have to lose vigorously.

The game restarted, the Knicks sent a baseline ball, Alan Houston took the ball directly from Howard Easley's hands, and advanced with the ball himself, before the half, Alan Houston began to accelerate, with his little physical strength, rushed towards the Pacers' half, and got rid of Hamilton's defense with a rush, and after Meng Xu who assisted in the defense was stuck by Sprewell, Alan Houston directly stopped the jump shot from the middle distance, this ball, Alan Houston not only hit, It also caused a defensive foul on Hamilton, and after Alan Houston hit a free throw, the gap between the two sides was reduced to four points again.

Alan Houston's 2+1, once again let the audience who support the Knicks ignite a trace of confidence, this is already the 45th point of Houston's game, if there is no Meng Xu today, maybe Alan Houston will be the hero of the whole New York tonight, but both Shengyu and He Shengliang, the birth of every era, there will be countless victims behind him. When the Pacers attacked again, Sprewell, whose physical strength was obviously unable to support it, was thrown out after Meng Xu's acceleration of the emergency stop, and Meng Xu, who appeared vacant again, directly pulled out his hand after receiving a pass from Jamal Tinsley, when there was still more than one step away from the top of the arc, and what made the audience crazy was that Meng Xu's 3-point shot hit again.

"Hit 5 3-pointers in a row, hit 5 3-pointers in a row, 63 points! 63 points! Madison Square Garden's New Single Game Scoring Record! ”

When Meng Xu hit the fifth 3-point shot, Madison Square Garden instantly remembered the earth-shattering "MVP" shout, and at this moment, most of the audience in the entire Madison Square Garden stood on Meng Xu's side.

"David Robinson's record is going to be unkept!" As the game continued, when Meng Xu hit his sixth and seventh three-pointers in a single quarter and scored 69 points, the audience was shocked to find that not only Jordan and Bernard King's records were not guaranteed, but even David Robinson's 71 points in a single game, which is considered to be the NBA's single-game limit scoring record after entering the modern era, was also facing the situation of being broken by Meng Xu.

"Impossible, impossible, how is this possible!" , When Meng Xu hit his eighth 3-point in the fourth quarter and successfully broke the single-game scoring record of 71 points set by David Robinson 10 years ago, Don Cheney, who was sitting on the sidelines, had trembling hands, lips trembling, and couldn't control his emotions.

"The 9th 3-pointer, 27 points in a single quarter!"

"No, Al, it's 27 points in the first quarter, it's unbelievable, Meng's shooting will feel so good." Looking at Meng Xu, who was still calm on the court, Magic Johnson kept shaking his head, as if any common sense could not be used on Meng Xu's body, no matter which player, no matter how stable his shooting was, with the decline of physical strength and the deformation of his shooting action, when he shot continuously, the shooting rate must be getting lower and lower, but now Meng Xu has hit 9 3-pointers in a row, and Meng Xu has no intention of stopping, including Magic Johnson, everyone on the scene, are also looking forward to Meng Xu hitting the next goal, or even the next goal.

"Bastard, I'm not going to let you get away with it!" Just when Meng Xu squeezed out of Alan Houston and Sprewell's bag again, and was about to make a move, Sprewell slapped Meng Xu's arm directly, and Sprewell chose to use a foul to prevent Meng Xu from continuing to shoot, after Sprewell deliberately fouled Meng Xu, there was a burst of boos in Madison Square Garden, obviously, these boos were given to Sprewell, and in the eyes of the audience, Sprewell deliberately ruined a great performance.

When the referee blew Sprewell's defensive foul, the Knicks player, nicknamed "Madman", walked directly to the side of the paint area under the boos of the audience, where he waited for Meng Xu to walk to the free throw line, and Alan Houston behind Meng Xu stared intently at his old partner, at this moment Alan Houston could see the loneliness and unwillingness in Sprewell's eyes, Alan Houston and Sprewell both knew that Sprewell's days of staying in Madison were numbered, Spreville is guarding this sacred place in his own way in his own way.

"This guy is really dark enough." Rubbing his arm, Meng Xu glared at Sprewell, who was already waiting on the edge of the paint area, and then walked straight to the free throw line.

In the uniform MVP shouts of the audience, Meng Xu hit all 3 free throws and increased his score to 78 points.