Chapter 310: Touching Porcelain
"It's really unpleasant to lose, and it's even more unpleasant to be hacked." On November 5, 2001, on the eve of the Pacers' visit to Madison, Meng Xu entered the system space as usual, and after completing 10 hours of training, Meng Xu sat on the floor of the training ground with a basketball in his arms, and complained to Anna, who was holding a bucket of popcorn in the distance: "If it weren't for this pit daddy's mission, it wouldn't be like this now." ”
Just after the Pacers won consecutive home games against the Wizards and the Bulls, the first round of the Pacers' new season road trip began, on November 2, the Pacers visited Miami, Meng Xu once again scored 33 points, but used 27 shots, and only hit 10 shots, and only 3 of 13 three-pointers, the overall shooting rate was less than 40%, and the Pacers also lost to the Heat 79-91 in this game.
On November 4, the Pacers came to Milwaukee and played away against the Bucks, who were second in the East last season, compared with the Heat's game, Meng Xu's hand felt slightly better, but he only shot 11 of 24, and at the same time scored 31 points, but also let Ray Allen score 35 points, and finally the Pacers lost to the Bucks 83-97 on the road, suffering two consecutive defeats.
After losing two games in a row, the 2-2 Pacers have fallen to the ninth place in the East, after four games, Meng Xu scored an average of 36.5 points per game, ranking first in the league's scoring list, but Meng Xu's shooting percentages are all career lows, and in addition to the Pacers' poor record, Meng Xu has now become the target of a lot of media bombardment, especially in this summer, the New York media who have disappointed their beloved have made Meng Xu's body incomplete.
"I'm very glad that Meng didn't join New York this summer, otherwise New York would have been taken to hell by now, sad Pacers, maybe we won't be able to see them in the playoffs this season." In an interview with the media, the owner of the New York Knicks, Dolan Jr., is now also in a state of complacency, and in the four games since the beginning of this season, the Knicks have won all of them, and they are currently ranked first in the league, so the current Dolan changed the sad look before the start of the season and began to sneer at Meng Xu.
"Meng? He's just a statistic, and if I had taken more than 20 shots a game, I could have won the scoring title, but I could never do that because for me, the team's wins are above all else. "The Knicks' boss Alan Houston is a good gentleman, and he obviously can't find the fierce material he needs, so many media reporters found the Knicks' second leader, Latrill Sprewell, and Latrill Sprewell did not live up to their expectations, in an interview, he ruthlessly attacked Meng Xu, and said that the Knicks will definitely limit Meng Xu's score to less than 20 points in the next game with the Pacers.
"Less than 20 points? That's what Ratrill really said? Apparently he hadn't woken up yet. As for Mr. Dowland's remarks, I don't comment, but I want to tell Mr. Dowland that with me, the Knicks will never win a championship. Although he knew that these reporters who came to interview him would definitely add fuel and vinegar, and they were all watching the excitement, it was not a big deal, but Meng Xu still didn't control it, and went back directly.
"Meng's performance? Meng has had no problem with his performance, and he is now the league's leading scorer, with nine rebounds and seven assists per game. The last player who averaged 36 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists per game has to go back to 30 years ago, as for Meng's shooting rate, you can't expect a player to maintain a shooting rate of more than 5% every game. In the voice of Meng Xu in the dark, Larry Bird was the first to stand up and publicly express his support for Meng Xu.
Larry Bird is a completely different head coach from Popovich, although he is not inferior to Popovich in terms of control of the team, but specifically on the court, Larry Bird's restrictions on the players are obviously not as good as Popovich, if Meng Xu is still in the Spurs, with Meng Xu's performance in these two games, Popovich will definitely scold Meng Xu, and then put Meng Xu on the bench to let him calm down, but Larry Bird will not. Unlike Popovich's pursuit of overpowering opponents tactically and on the field, Larry Bird is more like a nanny coach, and the nanny coach never seeks to comprehensively suppress the opponent in terms of tactics and play, but just let the leading players play comfortably and play to their maximum ability and potential.
Therefore, although Meng Xu performed very badly in these two games, Larry Bird still expressed his support for Meng Xu as always.
"Can you complain? It's not that you're going to take on this task, I'm saying that if it weren't for your offensive means being too simple, would it be so iron? After hearing Meng Xu babble about herself, Anna rolled her eyes and ate her popcorn as usual.
"The offensive means are single, and I can't help it, who makes the attribute points and points so few." Hearing that Anna poked his sore spot, Meng Xu is now somewhat ashamed, Meng Xu's current offensive means are still based on breakthroughs and 3 points, and it is no problem to say that the breakthrough is one of the best in the league, but Meng Xu's layup is not very good, which limits Meng Xu's finishing ability after breaking through. At the same time, CIC has always been a shortcoming of Meng Xu, so when Meng Xu has a bad outside hand, it is really embarrassing.
"Alas, it seems that I will never be able to save up to 5,000 points." Looking at his early 4000s of points, Meng Xu is also a burst of pain, since the end of the game with the Wizards, Meng Xu has been coveting Jordan's layup skills for a long time, seeing that he can save enough points in the second half of the season at most, but now he has to spend these points again.
In recent days, Anna will always talk to Meng Xu about some players after Meng Xu, some of them no matter how bad the start is, when the game is over, his shooting percentage is always within an acceptable range, is it because their offensive means are too comprehensive, 3 points are not scored? Then try CIC yet, still can't you? Then drive to the basket or make the opponent foul.
When Anna told Meng Xu that a player can score 30 points after only scoring 6 goals in a game, Meng Xu can only be described as dumbfounded, how strong does this guy have to be to make fouls in order to get so many free throws.
In the end, enduring a burst of pain, Meng Xu spent 2,000 points to learn this foul-making skill, which is known as the strongest in the system. Because he has already released big words, he can't lose tomorrow's game with the Knicks no matter what, and after two consecutive slumps, Meng Xu can't guarantee his feel, and the Knicks are known for their big defensive moves, especially Ratril Sprewell, so making fouls has become a very good way to deal with Latrill Sprewell.
Skill Name: Touching Porcelain (B-level Skill)
Skill Requirements: None.
Skill Effect: When the host is attacking or shooting with the ball, the opposing defender's foul chance will be increased by 50%, and the host's free throw shooting rate will be increased by 10%.
"Latril, see if you dare to brag in the future, force."
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