Chapter 844: Giving back to the other in the way of the other
"Meng, well done!"
After Meng Xu stole Mario Chanmos's pass three times in a row and scored a fast break, Eric Spoelstra called a timeout just over a minute into the second quarter, and when Meng Xu walked off the court, the Spurs' bench, head coach Popovich, assistant coach Brett Brown, and Tim Duncan and Tony Parker, who were on the bench after the end of the first quarter, all rushed to Meng Xu's side.
Relying on Meng Xu's three fast breaks at the beginning of the second quarter, the Spurs established an 11-point lead at the beginning of the second quarter, although there are still three quarters to go before the end of the game, an 11-point lead cannot ensure that the Spurs defeat the Heat 100%, but there is no doubt that the Spurs have established a huge advantage, if the Heat is not handled properly, it will definitely repeat the mistakes of the previous game, after the end of the half, the Spurs pulled out a 20-point difference, so the Spurs up and down, It's all very exciting right now, because if they win at home today, they are one step away from the O'Brien Cup.
Therefore, after all the players on the field got off the court, most of the players in the Spurs queue except for Meng Xu were excited, the current Spurs are not the Spurs that have reached the finals many times and were crowned champions, in this Spurs, except for Meng Xu, Duncan, Parker, Ginobili, the rest are all finals rookies, and they can win the championship trophy when they reach the finals for the first time in their careers, how can people hold back the excitement in their hearts? And Meng Xu and Duncan have not tasted the finals and championships for many years, so in the face of the O'Brien Cup, which is already close at hand, even Tim Duncan, who is famous for facial paralysis, is a little out of shape at this moment.
"Uh-huh, uh-huh。。。。。。" After feeling that the emotions on the bench were a little out of control, Popovich, who was standing beside Meng Xu, immediately coughed a few times, and then swept the Spurs players around him one by one with his eyes.
"Ahem, ahem..."
"Uh-huh, uh-huh..."
After Popovich glanced at him sternly for a week, a cough immediately sounded on the Spurs' bench, and I didn't know that the Spurs were collectively infected with the flu, and after the coughing ended, almost all the Spurs players regained their expressionless expressions, and then stared intently at head coach Popovich, waiting for him to set up next.
is completely different from the funny atmosphere on the Spurs' side, when the Heat players on the court get off the court, the Heat have a dignified or confused look on their faces from the main force to the bench, especially Mario Charms, who was stealed three times in a row by Meng Xu, is like a walking corpse.
At this time, not to mention the Heat players, even the head coach of the Heat, Eric Spoelstra, is now a confused and helpless expression, at the beginning of the second quarter, when Meng Xu began to defend Mario Chanmos, Eric Spoelstra had a premonition, although Meng Xu is the best No. 3 position in NBA history, but Meng Xu has also played a cameo role as an organizational guard for two seasons, and he also won the title of No. 1 killer by beating all opposing organizational guards, Those who are faster than me are not as strong as me, and those who are stronger than me are not as fast as me, this set of theorems is completely invalid in front of Meng Xu, whether you are a strong defender or a speed-type guard, it is not easy to do it in front of Meng Xu, and compared to those who have a physical quality against the sky, these physical qualities are a little worse than the No. 1 position, when facing Meng Xu, they are all eaten to death by Meng Xu.
So when Meng Xu was placed in the No. 1 position by Popovich, Eric Spoelstra had already anticipated the situation that Mario Chanmos might face, but what Eric Spoelstra didn't expect was that Mario Chanmos was even more unbearable than he expected, or it can also be said that Meng Xu's blockade of Mario Chanmos was far stronger than he imagined.
"Alright, calm down, Mario, you take a break, Dwyan, and when you get on the court, you take control." Looking at Mario Chammos, who was expressionless and unusually depressed, Eric Spoelstra knew that he couldn't slow down in a short period of time, so Eric Spoelstra could only arrange Wade to play the No. 1 position and let Ray Allen replace Mario Chammos.
For Meng Xu's terrifying defense and stealing ability, Eric Spoelstra has no way to deal with it, as for whether Mario Chammos can slow down, Eric Spoelstra is not clear, what he can do now is to replace Mario Chammos with Wade, who has better ball control ability, as for whether Wade can break Meng Xu's blockade after he plays, this is not something he can decide, but the result of Wade's inability to break Meng Xu's blockade, Eric Spoelstra is very clear.
After the game restarted, Dwyane Wade, who replaced Mario Chanmos as the No. 1 position, kept staring at Meng Xu not far away, although Wade did not think that Meng Xu could defend himself like defending Mario Chanmos, but Mario Chanmos just faced the dilemma when facing the blockade, which also made Wade extra vigilant, Wade is very aware of Meng Xu's ability.
Therefore, when the game restarted, in the face of Meng Xu's close pressing, Dwyan-Wade was very careful when protecting the ball, and even in the backcourt, Wade did not hold the ball for a long time under Meng Xu's close defense, but looked for opportunities in the backcourt and handed the basketball to James who received him.
Although after Wade took the No. 1 position, the Heat did not have a situation where the offense was cut off before it started, but the situation on the court and the performance of the Heat players on the court still did not satisfy Eric Spoelstra.
Wade is almost immobile under Meng Xu's defense, and he needs teammates to respond to the dribble in the backcourt, which means that the tactical system of the Heat James and Wade will become a one-man show for James, and when Wade is blocked by Meng Xu, James will have to consume more physical strength, start holding the ball in the backcourt, and then advance to the front court with the ball for organization.
And now it's not just Wade, after Ray Allen came on the court, Kawhi Leonard quickly switched positions with Ginobili and launched a close defense against Ray Allen, after Wade and Ray Allen were taken care of by the Spurs, and even stripped out of the Heat's tactical system, the Heat had to rely on James' personal ability.
"The Heat's offense is in trouble, and if Wade and Ray Allen can't break through the Spurs' defense and help James, the Heat will definitely not be able to turn things around."
Before the start of this game, Eric Spoelstra wanted to disrupt the Spurs' offensive system by pressing all over the court and let them fall into a solo battle, but now, the Heat have been repaid by the Spurs.