"Beautiful, that's it, Dirk, just hit them like that, hit them hard!" When Dirk Nowitzki hit a step-back jumper in front of Tyshawn Prince, Mark Cuban, who was in the central box of the Bankers' Living Arena, jumped up from the couch and shouted with his cigar in his hand and waving his arms in the middle box, completely ignoring the strange stares around him.

Herb Simon and Marvin Simon, who were sitting together chatting with David Stern, looked at the somewhat crazy Mark Cuban with disdain, and the Simon brothers, who have been used to keeping a low profile, have always disliked team owners like Cuban and Dowran. And Larry Bird, who was on the side, also glanced at Mark Cuban like a neurotic, didn't he just get a mid-range shot, what about you? Even David Stern, who has always had a good relationship with Mark Cuban, looked at Mark Cuban with a little embarrassment in his eyes, on such an important occasion and in front of so many people, this guy didn't know how to restrain himself.

"One game at a time, one way to defend." When Meng Xu advanced to the front court with the ball, he found that the Mavericks' defensive strategy against him had changed again today, perhaps because Antoine Walker did not play, the Mavericks did not arrange a double package for Meng Xu today, but let Michael Finley defend Meng Xu alone, and it was still the kind of close defense, it was obvious that the Mavericks' defensive focus on Meng Xu today had been put on the shooting of the defensive perimeter.

Because Dirk Nowitzki played small forward today, plus Antoine Jamison and Sean Bradley, the Mavericks have a certain advantage on the inside, at least in terms of height.

Although with Meng Xu's current strength, Michael Finley has no way to prevent Meng Xu, but it is still not difficult for Michael Finley to stick to Meng Xu and constantly harass Meng Xu in a short distance, so that Meng Xu cannot find a suitable opportunity to shoot. Before the game started, the task that Nelson Sr. gave Michael Finley was not to let Meng Xu have room to shoot easily, try to force him to break through to the inside, and let Antoine Jamison and Dirk Nowitzki deal with him.

After using his strength and speed to quickly crush Michael Finley, Meng Xu did not stop, but accelerated towards the paint area, and the Mavericks, after Meng Xu broke into the three-point line, the defense of Meng Xu changed from Michael Finley to Antoine Jamison, and Dirk Nowitzki and Sean Bradley also put defensive attention on Meng Xu, as long as Meng Xu rushed into the paint area with the ball, then Meng Xu will definitely face Michael Finley, Dirk Nowitzki, and Sean Bradley's three-man joint defense.

When Meng Xu was "escorted" by Antoine Jamison and advanced to the edge of the paint area with the ball, Meng Xu had already roughly seen through the purpose of the Mavericks, because at the same time that Meng Xu reached the edge of the paint area, Nowitzki behind him and Shaun Bradley under the basket had already begun to move towards Meng Xu's forward route, and it would only take two seconds at most, and the Mavericks' encirclement would be completed.

With Meng Xu's ability to control the ball, it is not impossible to kill from the three-person joint defense, but once or twice is okay, you can't succeed every time! Therefore, after seeing through the defensive intentions of the Mavericks, Meng Xu passed the basketball out of the gap between the two of them before Dirk Nowitzki and Sean Bradley were in place, and TySean Prince, who had reached the bottom right corner in advance, after receiving Meng Xu's pass, Tyshawn Prince did not hesitate at all, received the ball, jumped, shot, and did it in one go.

After passing the basketball to Tyshawn Prince, Meng Xu did not stop, but continued to run towards the basket, and in the current tactics of the Pacers, rushing to grab the rebound in the front court is also one of Meng Xu's tasks. Because of the Pacers' current tactical system, one of the two interior players must always leave the basket and go to the area above the free throw line to block and dismantle with Meng Xu, plus James Posey, who is the big forward today, will not stay under the basket and fight with the opponent on the offensive end, but will wait for the opportunity outside the three-point line, so now on the court, Meng Xu is the person closest to the basket.

Seeing Meng Xu in the gap of the crowd, after passing the basketball out, Sean Bradley, who had already left the basket and pounced towards Meng Xu, quickly stopped his steps, turned his head, turned around, and shifted his attention and gaze to the direction of the basket.

"Very nice pass, Tyshawn Prince three-point shot, it's a pity it's a little bit longer."

In Michaels' regretful voice, the basketball thrown by Tyshawn Prince smashed to the front of the basket, and then bounced out, Sean Bradley, who was already prepared, quickly ran towards the direction of the basketball's landing point, but it was very unfortunate that just when Sean Bradley reached out his arm and was about to take the rebound into his arms, a big hand threw himself away in advance and grabbed the basketball that was landing.

'James, catch the ball!' Since Sean Bradley was already behind Meng Xu, after Meng Xu grabbed the rebound in the front court, he did not attack by himself, but passed the basketball to James Posey, who also rushed over to grab this rebound.

Maybe he didn't expect Meng Xu to grab this rebound one step ahead of him, or maybe he didn't expect Meng Xu to pass the basketball to himself who was close at hand, so James Posey was obviously stunned for a moment after receiving Meng Xu's pass, and then jumped up and shot at the middle distance, but after the basketball got out of his hand, James Posey's heart rose with an idea: "This ball is short!" “

Therefore, as soon as his body landed, James Posey rushed towards the paint area, and although he didn't score the basketball he thrown, James Posey was still able to judge the landing point of the rebound.

It's just that James Posey can judge it, and Sean Bradley can also judge it, but Sean Bradley didn't fight for this rebound, but stood up in advance and used his body to jam James Posey, ready to let Dirk Nowitzki, who had rushed over, grab this rebound.

But what made Sean Bradley angry was that just after he stuck James Posey, Meng Xu on the side took a step ahead of Dirk Nowitzki and grabbed the rebound, feeling that he was stuck for a long time, and he made a wedding dress for Meng Xu, but it was more than that.

Just when Sean Bradley wanted to put James Posica outside the paint area and fight for his teammates to create opportunities, he ignored a problem, that is, if his teammates can't grab this rebound, then the Mavericks' basket is very dangerous, and Meng Xu, who grabbed the rebound, turned around, took a step in front of Shaun Bradley, and then hung on the basket.

"Sean, your card slot is amazing!" Meng Xu, who came down from the basket, stretched out a thumbs up to Shaun Bradley after seeing his unkind expression, and praised his card position without hesitation, if Sean Bradley had chosen to grab this rebound by himself just now, instead of trying to jam James Posey, Meng Xu would definitely not have a chance to grab this frontcourt rebound.

"F**k, you bastard." After hearing Meng Xu's "praise", Sean Bradley almost spurted blood in anger, no wonder Steve and Antoine said that Meng Xu was not a good thing every day.