Chapter 542: I Found Him
"This guy can really hold his breath!" Looking at Nash, who still kept passing the ball to his teammates on the field, but his teammates still continued to pass the ball to them again and again after throwing them again and again, Meng Xu was really a little speechless to Nash, is it more important to win the bet in Nash's heart than to win the game? Or maybe Meng Xu blames Nash, Nash's style of play is so selfless, and he can always trust his teammates! However, for Meng Xu, it doesn't matter what Nash thinks in his heart at this moment, the important thing is that Meng Xu really wants to see what kind of ability Nash can have on the offensive end.
"Steve, you're going to lose, even if you win the bet between us, but if you lose the game, you lose everything!" Closely following Nash who was advancing with the dribble, Meng Xu began to stimulate him with words, with Nash in his current state, it is definitely not easy for Meng Xu to break the ball in his hands, so Meng Xu's current defensive strategy against Nash is to stick to him, and at the same time use his physical advantages to constantly make physical contact with Nash.
"Steve, remember what I just told you!" In the process of dribbling at high speed, Nash suddenly made an emergency stop, while getting rid of Meng Xu's close pressing, Nash also gave up the intention of breaking through to the basket, just when Nash dribbled slightly on the spot, while observing the movement of other teammates, thinking about the next offensive options, the old Nelson, who had always stood on the sidelines and observed the situation on the court, finally couldn't help it. The Mavericks are already four points behind the Pacers, Nowitzki can't play, and several other people are not feeling good, and the only person that Nelson Sr. can rely on and trust at this time is Steve Nash.
After shouting a few words at Nash, Nelson Sr. gestured to the remaining Mavericks players on the court while shouting incessantly. After seeing the head coach's gesture, Michael Finley, who was waiting for Nash's ball near the three-point line, quickly left the spot and ran directly to the bottom corner, and Shaun Bradley, who was fighting for the position with Jermaine O'Neal under the basket, also left the basket with Jermaine O'Neal, except for Antoine Walker, who was already waiting at the top of the arc and in the middle of the free throw line to block for Nash, the remaining Mavericks players were all in motion, and according to their position on the court, It can also be judged that the Mavericks' current purpose is to create conditions for Nash to play singles.
Constantly slapping the basketball, looking at the eager eyes of old Nelson on the sidelines, and thinking back to Meng Xu's constant provocations in his ears, Nash finally made up his mind that this attack, Nash is going to come by himself.
"Is it finally coming?" After feeling the change in Nash's momentum, Meng Xu also showed a look of expectation, Meng Xu couldn't wait to see what kind of combat power Nash, who would have become the regular season MVP twice in his career, would burst out in a demonic state.
After a few seconds of silence, Nash finally moved, in the case of acceleration at start, Nash first made a breakthrough feint towards the left side of the body, and then immediately retracted his footsteps and began to break through to the right side of Meng Xu, after the breakthrough route was perfectly blocked by Meng Xu, Nash took Meng Xu's body as the central axis, stopped urgently, turned around, broke through, stopped again, turned around again, broke through again, and finally after a series of in-situ feints, Nash, who put the center of gravity of his body to the lowest, successfully broke through Meng Xu's continuous blocking, Completed the breakthrough from under Meng Xu's arm and hurried away.
After being ridden by Nash, he quickly adjusted his body posture and turned to chase Meng Xu, but saw that Nash had accelerated towards the direction of the basket, although Meng Xu had tried his best to chase back, but after being blocked by Antoine Walker, he could only watch Nash complete the layup before Jermaine O'Neal made up for it.
"Beautiful layup! Pretty! Pretty! Michaels, who was on the commentary bench, excitedly shouted three beautiful times after seeing Nash use an excellent breakthrough and a beautiful layup to help the Mavericks narrow the score to two points again.
"That's it, Steve, kill these Indiana dogs!" The elder Nelson on the sidelines waved his arms excitedly after Nash hit a layup, and at the same time broke out a very rare expletive.
Just after Nash hit a layup, Jermaine O'Neal, who happened to make up for the basket, sent out the baseline ball in a very short time, and the Mavericks players on the bench were still celebrating Nash's successful layup with extremely exaggerated movements, while the Pacers had passed the ball continuously, James Posey took the ball to the Mavericks' half, and in the face of Michael Finley who returned to the defense in time, James Posey passed the basketball back to Reggie Miller, and after Reggie Miller hit a pull-up jump shot, The difference between the two sides came to 4 points again.
"Pay attention to the 。。。。。。 of retreat" Old Nelson, who was very excited just now, instantly pulled down his face and roared at the Mavericks players on the court.
When the Mavericks attacked again, the situation on the court was basically the same as just now, except for Antoine Walker, who covered for Nash, the rest of the Mavericks players all pulled away, allowing Nash to single Meng Xu, although Meng Xu was ready, but this time, Nash still got rid of Meng Xu's defense again through continuous direction changes and feints, not only rushed to the basket to score a layup, but also caused a defensive foul on NN Hilario.
"It's kind of interesting!" In the defense just now, Meng Xu had tried his best, but in the end it was still a bad move, obviously he had predicted Nash's next move, but after continuous shaking in place, moving back and forth, Meng Xu's body couldn't keep up with the rhythm of his brain, and finally he could only watch Nash slip away from him, searching carefully in his mind, the last one who could get rid of his own defense in a row and complete the breakthrough was only the No. 3 of the 76ers, and the rest were even Kobe and Maddie, It is also a very difficult thing to want to get rid of yourself continuously in front of yourself.
"Frank, we've found the guy we need!" This game between the Pacers and the Mavericks is about whether the Pacers can break the 33-game winning streak held by the Lakers, and send a satisfactory result to the madness that has lasted for nearly three months, so today's game is not only a game that the Pacers and Mavericks supporters, nor is it just a game that all NBA fans are concerned about, today's game is a feast for the entire North American sports community, related to basketball, not related to basketball, and countless people are watching this game in front of the TV, And Jerry Colangelo, the general manager of the Phoenix Suns, is one of them.
After sending away the team's two big leaders, Jason Kidd and Steve Marbury, the Suns have entered a long period of rebuilding, and after already having potential interior combinations like Stoudemire and Sean Marion, an outside star player has become the last piece of the puzzle for the Suns, but because the Suns have insisted on the small-ball tactics for a long time, this last piece of the puzzle is not easy to find, and today, after watching this game between the Pacers and the Mavericks, Jerry Colangelo has finally found the piece of the puzzle that haunts him.
"Is it Meng Xu? Jerry, with our current leverage, there's no way we're going to get him from the Pacers, right? As the current first person in the league, Meng Xu is the object of study and coveted by all teams, and the Suns are no exception, Frank Johnson has heard Jerry Colangelo say to himself with a regretful expression more than once, Meng Xu is a player born for small-ball tactics, so after hearing Jerry Colangelo's words, Frank Johnson thinks that the general manager wants to tell himself how Meng Xu adapts to the Suns and clouds.
"Frank, even if I send the whole team to Indiana, it's impossible to get Meng back, so I'm not talking about him at all." Looking at this disciple of his own, Jerry Colangelo also shook his head with hatred, If I could exchange the whole sun for Meng Xu, I would have changed it a long time ago, and I would have to wait until now?
"Who's that?" After hearing Jerry Colangelo say that the person was not Meng Xu, Frank Johnson was also confused.
"It's the Maverick's 13th! If I'm not mistaken, his contract with the Mavericks expires at the end of the season, so this summer, we're going to do whatever it takes to get him! “